Reading this fascinating book by @dawnbiehler.bsky.social!

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If you’re building a science writing syllabus for this fall or beyond, have no fear! Our new book, The Best Science Stories and How They Work, publishes this July with @uchicagopress.bsky.social and will make for great assigned reading. Pre-order here: www.theopennotebook.com/the-best-sci...

If you value science in America, please do this today 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽

While waiting for an appointment, I stopped at an Indie bookstore and found a bday gift for my ancient aunt who is now too visually impaired to read. Bookstores: providing for our needs even when we don't need books.

Trying to make my first hugelkultur bed today.

Yesterday the Lorquin's Admirals came out to play. #mcloughlingardens

New poem plus a thoughtful review of The Visible Field in the new issue of Radar Poetry! www.radarpoetry.com/issue-45-toc

At Williams College yesterday for reunion, my former prof David Dethier showed me his copy of the short book that six of us wrote on the natural history of the Hopkins Research Forest; his copy has our signatures on it! Four of us were at reunion.

Small Elephant Hawkmoth 💕 #NatureWithin

Lots of sleepy bees in the garden this morning, including this sweet boy. #mcloughlingardens #bees

I've been keeping this quiet for a while, but now's as good a time as any to announce: I have a book contract for a new textbook, Applied Evolutionary Medicine, with Princeton Univ Press. Core theme: "What, if anything, do medical practitioners do differently when they understand evolution"?

There's only one species of bumble bee (Bombus flavifrons) I see foraging in the beach pea (Lathyrus japonicus). You can see the bite marks on the petals from the bees as they negotiate opening the lovely blossoms. #mcloughlingardens

I'm sure the hairs on these foxglove blossom have some sort of function. Perhaps to entice bumble bee boys to follow the psychadelic nectar guides?

This Bombus flavifrons worker has earned her rest. Look at how tattered her wings have become. I feel you, girl. #mcloughlingardens #bees

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This beautiful list of titles for Pride Month from @clmporg.bsky.social…including one of our new nonfiction titles, BACKYARD ALCHEMY by J.D. Ho! 🎉🎉🎉📚🌈 @nematode.bsky.social

Love those Sitka bumble bees with the classic fluffy pink butt! #mcloughlingardens #bees

A beautiful Bombus flavifrons taking a breather on a perfectly sized snowberry leaf. #mcloughlingardens #bees

Created with @sciline.org, our Science Reporting Quick Tips offer accessible lessons for essential skills in science reporting, perfect for any journalist who wants help on deadline. Browse our tip sheets here: www.theopennotebook.com/science-repo...

Sorry I've missed a lot of posts. I just moved back north!

Read J. D. Ho’s BACKYARD ALCHEMY this #APAHeritageMonth! This collection of environmental essays “transforms the loss of climate stability, relationships, health, and ecological integrity into sites of repair and restoration.” @riverriverbooks.bsky.social riverriverbooks.org/store/Backya...

If you want to truly understand me, know that I am moving 7 hours away with my composters (emptied and rinsed) and 14 lb of ground goat (frozen).

If you need some hope today, I was just at a very, very busy intersection, and I saw a human stopping traffic to escort two Canada geese and their goslings across the road.

Read two poems from Jennifer A Sutherland’s new collection House of Myth and Necessity and listen to Episode 88 here: ofpoetrypodcast.com/2026/04/22/e... @riverriverbooks.bsky.social @jasutherland.bsky.social

Get yourself a neighbor who says they will take your compost when you move so you can move with your empty compost bins.

Sometimes I am genuinely flummoxed by the English language despite 18 literature courses in college, two graduate degrees in English/Writing, and many jobs as a writer and editor.

The tangents you can launch into while your body is at work taking in signals from its environment, transforming it and you—a two-way flow of connection. I love how @nematode.bsky.social's lyric essays in their Backyard Alchemy @riverriverbooks.bsky.social, 2026) do that! 🐛🌱❤️💫🌱🐛💖 📚💙

My computer rubbed against the wall of my office and wrote this poem.

I quit a job because of poor cybersecurity practices today. Take it seriously, people.

More great talks at @indexerscanada.bsky.social conference today. After the latest review by Elizabeth Bartmess on generative AI attempts at creating book indexes, compared with how ‘good’ the chatbots say they are, the bots could do with much more imposter syndrome. #IndexSky

Our colleague needs your help keeping a 1,200-year dataset alive! If you have botanical expertise or are based near Arashiyama, Kyoto — DM her or email [email protected].

Reading this amazing book about the power of music. @nottinghilleds.bsky.social

A thick-headed fly 💛 🇬🇷 #NatureWithin

“…a collection of gorgeous, plainspoken, and raw personal essays…” Beautiful shout-out to J.D. Ho’s Backyard Alchemy by Elissa Gershowitz, editor at The Horn Book! Read the full post here: www.hbook.com/story/out-of... @nematode.bsky.social 📚💙

Hey we nudged up into the YA mass market bestseller list this week! Thanks to everyone for reading!

National Poetry Month: Prompt 4, from J.D. Ho—of feelings and place 💙 #NaPoMo #poetry @nematode.bsky.social

While you slept last night: ~100 million birds took to the skies 🐦 The Mid-Atlantic saw heavy traffic moving north/northeast, with migration hotspots from the Southeast to Ohio Valley and Southern Plains. The overnight rush continues this weekend. Details at cwg.live

No index. I know that's a small thing to complain about rn, but ffs!

Coming June 2026! Pre-order now and if you go through @uchicagopress.bsky.social you can take 30% off with code UCPNEW.

It is nettle soup season!

I have two new poems in Issue #2 of slips slips—this one features midlife dating and both members of my writing group, @nematode.bsky.social and @jgriffingraham.bsky.social 💜 “it's a play in a wooden O; a cypher; we are but the players, filling it an hour, short as spring, lush and too beautiful”

I am loving this book.

I could choose to be depressed about the state of the world today...or...I could write about ferns and music.

Ooh... this looks good.

LOOK what just arrived today, @loriweidenhammer.ca ! It’s gorgeous and so packed with information. Beautiful photos as well. Can’t wait to dive in 🌸🐝🌺🌻🐝🧑‍🌾

Attention Science Communicators! We are conducting a survey on the landscape of science communication & need your help gathering experiences. Please send this to #SciComm ppl you know. We want to get as thorough a sense of the state of the field as we can. umiami.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

my 1st skull! Thanks @aaronburch.bsky.social & @havehashad.com for liking my mall nostalgia poem! www.havehashad.com/hadposts/the...

Moss 💚 #NatureWithin