The brand-new Women’s Professional Baseball League unveiled the identities of its four inaugural teams today, all named for historical figures who advanced women’s rights. Read more at news.sportslogos.net/2026/07/08/w...

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In late June, Springer Nature sold Scientific American to LabX Media. I have since decided to step out of my role as a senior graphics editor for the magazine :: #sciart 📊 🧪 :: 🧵 [1/7]

Did you know? Renewables have just overtaken coal as the world's largest source of electricity 34% – global renewable share, up 2x in 20yrs 48% – EU 37% – China 26% – US 24% – India

Rally at 5pm today, for @sciam.bsky.social and @sciamunion.bsky.social. 1 NY Plaza, Lowest Manhattan. Take the 5 to Bowling Green and walk 350 meters (0.2 miles).

New from @juanpab.bsky.social, @keertigopal.bsky.social, and me: Chicago has the most lead pipes of any U.S. city... and pays wildly more than anyone else to replace them: ~$31,000 per line, more than 6x the EPA's nat'l est. of $4,700. Officials can't fully explain why. grist.org/accountabili... 1/n

Hi hello yes, come work with me (if you're a good human) please and thank you www.sciencefriday.com/associate-pr...

Employees at Scientific American were told this week that their publication was sold to LabX Media Group. A @sciamunion.bsky.social rally is set for next Tuesday, 5p Eastern, lower Manhattan. Details in link. I'm told it's fine to share this broadly: actionnetwork.org/events/scien...

📢 Heads up science journalists! 🧪 Looking for work in science journalism or #scicomm? 👇 Contact Robin, she can be a great resource!

Meghan is an incredibly smart and versatile science journalist and altogether delightful human and you should absolutely hire her!

connect with me or see my feed on LinkedIn if you're looking for work in science journalism or sci comms. I frequently repost interesting job opps for pros in our field: www.linkedin.com/in/robin-llo... THREAD 1/x

Scientific American is being sold to LabX Media, publisher of Discover: group.springernature.com/gp/group/med... They've fired me and other union staff, ahead of June 26 vote ratification. My rates are suddenly more reasonable, if you need editing or reporting - [email protected]

Today is my last day at Scientific American, which has been sold to LabX media group. For three decades I've led the magazine's coverage of human origins, archaeology, paleontology, animal behavior, ecology, BIRDS. End of an era. Anyway this feels weird to say, but I'm now available for assignments!

I learned a lot about glow-in-the-dark brains and how neurons 'talk' from @adam-bowman.bsky.social . My story about his cool work is in @sciam.bsky.social profiles of Young American Scientists, just out today! Thanks, Adam, for your patient explanations! 🧪

Good story on ticker tape and tt parades, @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social ! LGK!!

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I used to think Bond villains were a ridiculous conceit... theconversation.com/a-million-ne...

Bronx subway: The woman seated next to me just opened a fresh sleeve of Saltines and offered some to me and the guy on other side of her before she started eating. 🥰

lots of cool planet-watching, some with naked eye, is available these days. We watch Mercury set most recent evenings. Here's info on this afternoon's Venus-Moon occultation.

Nice view of Venus, Jupiter, AND little reddish Mercury in West sky, sunset right now, NYC. Castor and Pollux coming into view too, above Mercury.

Tell it like it is, journalists

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Down at the Grebe Factory interviewing the new apprentices for the Western Grebe Taxi Service, I'll thread in stills/video as I process them As a primer, here's THE BEST WESTERN GREBE MATING RITUAL FOOTAGE OF MY LIFE Warning on this thread: too cute for doom Skip to :41 for just rushing. 🪶 🐣

Actor Andrew Scott and SciAm's certified weather nerd @andreatweather.bsky.social enjoyed comparing their philosophies on checking the weather in a conversation about Scott's new movie, "Pressure." Watch their full conversation here: www.scientificamerican.com/video/andrew...

Me when people tell me I should stop using em dashes because it "looks like AI" 👇

Unacceptable Morning Show Host Jeff Spurgeon To Retire After Three Decades On WQXR | WQXR Features | WQXR share.google/k1O9zgr2Aw0K...

Taylor/Blakeslee Graduate Fellowships announced from the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing for the 2026-2027 academic year casw.org/news/seven-j... via @sciencewriting.bsky.social

Deadlines for two CASW awards are coming up! ▶️ The Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award, for a science journalist under the age of 31 ▶️ The Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting Help us spread the word, and submit your application here: casw.submittable.com/submit

How to pitch a story to multiple pubs at the same time, by @timherrera.bsky.social empowering open.substack.com/pub/freelanc...

Snopes looked into the Driscoll's strawberries claims that have gone viral. Their assessment finds the claims to be false: www.snopes.com/fact-check/d....

Probably fine. Just a lot of one off events from the past couple of days right?

Copilot states that the May 26, 2026, runoff between Sen. Cornyn and state AG Paxton for Texas GOP US senate candidate has already occurred.

udm14.com Reminder: For links only (no AI "answers") search results, one can use this.

An Ecuadorian biologist is accused of scientific misconduct, inflating species counts, mishandling animals, entering reserves without permission and potentially complicating the development of lifesaving snake antivenoms. For more than a year, I investigated him for @science.org:

Thank you to @sciam.bsky.social for letting me dig into the protein enhancement fad. 1. If you are an elite athlete, OR elderly/frail, maybe you do need extra protein. 2. That's not you. You're not an elite athlete. 3. If it is you: consider yogurt. www.scientificamerican.com/article/prot...

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Good rest stops have trees. Great rest stops have benches under the trees.

Mark Lamster, longtime architecture critic of The Dallas Morning News, has been awarded the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism.

How to get your first clip without having any past clips. (The ole Catch-22)

"How to cover the federal appropriations process," 1pm EDT, Thursday (April 30), online discussion with @maxkozlov.bsky.social @virginiagewin.bsky.social @alesszimm.bsky.social

Years ago @mikeduncan.bsky.social told me "you can rewrite shit but you can't rewrite nothing" and it's made every draft easier since.

Politicians are noticing something fishy, rather than phishy, about their constituents' emails.

AP's "customers now are dominated by broadcast, digital & technology companies, an illustration of where people are getting news. The AP has seen 200% growth in revenue from technology companies over the last 4 years," said a senior VP and chief revenue officer. apnews.com/article/news...

our health care systems are named for and enmeshed with this The Dubin Center at Mt. Sinai. 1176 Fifth Avenue. At 97th. share.google/tPHxldbeEESe...

The cost of fresh vegetables is up a stunning FORTY EIGHT PERCENT from February 2025: www.bls.gov/news.release...

hopeful public health news www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/v...

Science and environment journalist friends: I have a spot for you on an upcoming shark research expedition! Want to come, see some shark research, and learn about the important work the lab is doing? Let's chat. DMs open.