Delightful interview with genetics pioneer Mary-Claire King of #seattle @uwmnewsroom.bsky.social She talks about origins of her curiosity/diligence/logic that led her to discover #BRCA1 (mutation that increases risk of breast cancer) in 1990. #breastcancer www.sciencefriday.com/segments/dr-...

For my #birding commty. @ebrrh.bsky.social @inaturalist.bsky.social #birder #pnw #paleo #dinosaurs

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Hooray for @sufsseattle.bsky.social and others Standing for Science today at #Seattle #waterfront

I offer Karen Bakker, a scientist who died in 2024, but wrote the book "The Sounds of Life" and spoke at @townhallseattle.bsky.social Highlight: "Mother #whales whisper to their babies." Hear her describe acoustic research. #AI @ubcoceans.bsky.social www.everand.com/listen/podca...

Check out Elena Cheung and her Substack with wryly funny essays on #yoga. Latest compares core muscle cooperation to awkward group projects of middle school. #nerd #anatomy elenashapeshifts.substack.com/p/your-core-...

Had reason to look up my own story on #social #acceptance and when it isn't there for families with children with disabilities. #belonging #ostracism @seattlechildrens.org (a few years old 👓) www.parentmap.com/article/acce...

"Our good deans aren’t holding back the worst; they are legitimating it." One of many stark warnings in an interview with Prof. Ben Robinson, who was sanctioned by IU (Indiana University) following a single anonymous complaint. 1/ academeblog.org/2025/09/02/t...

There is irony that a #physician suffers the same diagnosis he #researches. But Ross Camidge also shares hard-won wisdom. "If a treatment is so horrible that a patient can’t handle it, then it is not an advancement." #lungcancer Thanks @jfreemandaily.bsky.social for sharing tinyurl.com/nmz9bsf5

Today is a very #seattle puzzle. Strands #555 “No gray area” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵

Secretary of Energy: “Climate change, for impacting the quality of your life, is not incredibly important. In fact, if it wasn’t in the news, in the media, you wouldn’t know.” The burning West, choking on smoke from worsening wildfires:

Ok its #friday and that means you have to stop thinking about the end of the world and think about sex teeth in the ratfish. #seattle #pugetsound #ratfish #fish

Hear @katestarbird.bsky.social speak on why we need #science and #diversity at Obec Brewing on Sept. 23 Professor Starbird knows her #tech and #conspiracy Her talk is part of @sufsseattle.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social #ballard #seattle www.standupforscience.net/summer-fight...

RFK Jr. rolled out that old chestnut again about how healthy Americans were in the 60’s, so here’s a fact check. In 1965: -42% of American adults smoked; it’s 11% now. -The infant morality rate was 24.7/1000; it’s 5.6/1000 now. -Overall life expectancy was 70 years; it's about 77 years now.

Will you Stand Up for Science in #seattle Sept 14th? At the waterfront? @sufsseattle.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social @nswa.bsky.social #STEM #science @mobilize-za.bsky.social www.mobilize.us/seattleindiv...

In response to the dismantling of the CDC, California, Oregon, and Washington have launched the West Coast Health Alliance, which will make their own science-based vaccine guidelines, and make sure vaccines are accessible to everyone.

Three states announce alliance for #vaccines #publichealth #washington #oregon #california @sufsseattle.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...

Christian’s baby’s jersey says Papi 😭😭🥰🥰

Go @soundersfc.com Go fathers. Go brothers. Go babies. #soccer

i just learned about #ForestFriday #bloomscrolling crossover.

Can we use this script to "skip" most of what #AI tries to offer us? Why not? why not say "Please advise most efficient way to decommission your offerings."

#giftlink "Mr. Kennedy... is trying to fully dismantle the nation’s vaccination apparatus, regardless of what science says or what most people want. And less than a year into his tenure as health secretary, he is succeeding brilliantly." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/o...

The C in CDC now stands for Chaos www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/h... I spoke with Dr. Monarez 2 weeks ago and she was fearful of this outcome

Amazing job at Stanford in #social #media. Need to be on campus 3-days of week. See job listing careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/social-...

It was so inspiring to hear @jamesian.bsky.social and Briana Abrahms talk about their work tonight. What a great @standupforscience.bsky.social event!

Will share this in bar ( @burkebrewing.bsky.social ) where I'm talking about #science in #media on 8-25 #seattle. www.burkegilmanbrewing.com

Words matter. We use words to think. We use them to create our "reality" and if we use them inaccurately, the picture is skewed. #publichealth #healthliteracy #sciwri #journalism

Go see #ice caves near #GraniteFalls. The bowl they sit in is #geologic wonder. Full of sedimentary rock tilted later. And wetland nearby. #hiking

If only ads on media could say "walk in your neighborhood" for your heart. #local #environment #publichealth

A massive attack on several humanities units (Arabic Studies, Judaic Studies, Holocaust Studies, Classics, Religion, German & Scandinavian, Russian/East European/Eurasian Studies) *and* tenure now unfolding at the University of Oregon (a blue state!). Closure of units and faculty layoffs threatened.

Great to see, book link in case you want to read more. #sdoh #racism #medical #research rebeccaskloot.com/the-immortal...

"At no other time in modern history has a country so throughly turned its back on its core national strengths."— @vermontgmg.bsky.social Gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/o...

#PNW gets bonanza week (ahem) from $ coming to @alleninstitute.org for #AI (152 Million) and gift to @ohsunews.bsky.social by Phil Knight (2 Billion) Scientists already in #PDX + #SEA stand to benefit, and many many vendors. www.geekwire.com/2025/allen-i... www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUoA...

Now all the #authors at all the #book talks will want charcuterie shaped like their books? Cheese is the new cake-shaped like book. #literary #scifi

I’m thrilled to share that my new collection, "Life on a Little‑Known Planet: Dispatches from a Changing World," will be released on November 4th. It’s now available for preorder in hardcover, eBook, and audiobook formats.

Freaking out because a friend says "it's already August. August is the Sunday night of the calendar year." Is she serious? November is the Sunday night...or Dec. 15th is Sunday night. 📆 Let's torture this metaphor. What is the "sunday night" of your calendar year?

We can't know what the fish is thinking, but the 4-year-old knows that someone is on the other side of the glass. @seattleaquarium.bsky.social Priceless. #ocean #science #education

Being a science #journalist. This resonates. #vibe #spin #yeast

Ahh. The weekend, 🕓 to enjoy the acerbic humor of @thisisindexed.com Why, yes, I will make weird little things in obsolete ways. Obsolete is the new pink. #luddite #tech #humor

Start your weekend with a dive into #protein #synthesis from @briangreene.com interviewing #seattle's own Nobel winner David Baker. Baker runs the @uwproteindesign.bsky.social All part of the @worldscifest.bsky.social #cancer #vaccines #climate 🧪🦠 www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQNc...

Hurry to see @seattleartmuseum.bsky.social exhibit of Ai Wei Wei. His transgressive rewriting of what is art, and what is rebellion is fantastic. New audio (with him talking about his own work) is delightful. #art #modern #immigrant #rebellion

I was a at safety-net hospital today and the NP told me that their outpatient clinic no-shows has sky-rocketed because of ICE. And as a result, sicker patients are showing up the ER close to death's door. This just makes me so sad. #medsky

Come talk to me about #science #journalism on Monday, Aug. 25th at @burkebrewing.bsky.social #sciwri #healthliteracy #seattle #research #biotech

Tiny tiny star makes my #lowtide big. @oregoncoastconnect.bsky.social At #ArchCape

Hear researchers talk about #gender and #LongCovid Monday in a free virtual town hall from Seattle's Institute for Systems Biology. Speakers: Jason Goldman, Kathy Tuttle, Julie Wallick, Ethan Pascual, and Lea Dahlke. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

“In a watershed advisory opinion, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague has said a "clean, healthy and sustainable environment" is a human right, and that failing to protect the planet from the impacts of climate change may be a violation of international law.”

Hooray for #manzanita #toy store Toylandia...who had nest of swallows by front door. @oregoncoastconnect.bsky.social

Yes. Yes. The act of forming sentences and paragraphs is a method of distilling and has an intrinsic benefit to the writer. @nature.com #writing #science #sciwri #LLM www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Here's another photo that seems to be sunlight "leaking" through leaves, best described as komorebi in Japanese. The word is also associated with tranquility.

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