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.

The giant planets of the Solar System, by JWST.

First reporter on the questionable to false premise of Iran war, @danvergano.bsky.social

This interstellar visitor is “bursting with methanol,” according to one scientist

China's moon base plans sound stronger than US moon base plans, to me. Detailed reporting you'll only get from incomparable phys sci writer/editor @leebillings.bsky.social & legendary space reporter Leonard David.

Guys. All hands on deck this is not a drill. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. The Pokémon Company has a job posting for PhD-level ecologist 🧪 hrmos.co/pages/pokemo...

Losing an hour of sleep to daylight saving time is not good for you, but there are ways you can help yourself bounce back

For particle physicists working with neutrinos, almost nothing is everything Several massive multimillion dollar experiments should soon reveal more about the nature of these ghostly particles. ✍️ Nicola Jones knowmag.org/4lcyNsh

I’m quoted in this excellent Scientific American article on the incredible Zagros mountains, the focus of much of my PhD and postdoc research. The Zagros’s unique tectonic history explains the Gulf’s rich oil and gas reserves and ultimately the Gulf itself, including the narrow Strait of Hormuz.

Good animation, with story detailing why shipping traffic shut down in this strait thru which about 1/5th of world's crude oil and NG typically passes. In a word: insurance. www.npr.org/2026/03/04/n...

Well, in more pleasant news, the Fish Doorbell is back... 🧪

This, 1000x this: www.tiktok.com/@maxfishersh... #medialiteracy

My students were horrified today when I told them that the phone company used to publish everyone's name, address, and phone number in a huge book, then deliver it to everyone in town.

this is from November but then again I don’t think he’s seen any news that would make it out of date

we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

To anyone laid off from the Post today, we are hiring:

entry window for CASW '26 awards & fellowships is open: Taylor/Blakeslee grad fellowships: apply by 3/16 casw.org/awards-fello... Sharon Begley Science Reporting Award: by 4/30 casw.org/awards-fello...

Holy hell, what an obituary

Oh, just get vaccinated (part 5,000) "Many shots seem to have “off-target” benefits, such as lowering the risk of dementia, studies have found." (gift article)

Uplifting year-ender by @kkjetelina.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...

“The science is endangered now, just like the whales.”

illuminating piece on tight links between cardiovascular, pancreas (insulin/diabetes), and kidney diseases - really all 1 condition! by @smjyoti.bsky.social

It's been thought since the early 70s that eukaryotes (basically any life with a cell nucleus) wouldn't survive above 62C and no complex life had been shown living above 60C. Until the "fire amoeba"... 🧪 (These are some of my favorite stories to write, just weird neat stuff we're learning.)

Quiz teaches you how to spot AI-generated video www.npr.org/2025/11/30/n...

good essay, refutes & defeats any MK-type hair-splitting, "age-nuance," "skepticism" nonsense www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...

Resources for addressing food scarcity: www.aol.com/finance/arti...