I’m featured in this excellent story by @willvh.bsky.social. Valuable info in here for anyone doing sensitive reporting

I wrote about octopus gardens and the delightful science of octo brooding on the seafloor for @scifri.bsky.social. www.sciencefriday.com/articles/oct...

Reporters from across newsrooms in Chicago are collaborating to collect visual evidence of federal agents detaining people & using force in Chicago. Send videos to tinyurl.com/chicagojourn..., or get in touch via email [email protected].

Reminder: @propublica.org is still tracking how immigration agents use force when they make arrests. Do you have video or other documentation of forceful or violent arrests by immigration agents that we should review? Please reach out. email: [email protected] Signal: @nicolefoy.27

We took the paywall down on this one. defector.com/how-the-fuck...

If you're arrested in Illinois protesting the planned ICE HQ in North Chicago, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at [email protected]. As always, I will take as many cases as I can.

The failure of the United States government to do what it needs to do regarding climate change is one of the most undemocratic and possibly consequential things to ever happen in human history

Gaza doctors ‘becoming too weak to treat patients’ as hunger crisis deepens

If you want to donate to a PBS station in a state that needs it the most, I made a list of all of the donation pages and a legend with how much of their budget relies on federal funding docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

come see Laura teach me about my new favorite thing, ROCKS!!!!!

Hi, I'm a climate journalist for the Boston Globe. If you're a federal employee working in New England for EPA or the Forest Service (or you were, until last week..) I'd love to hear from you. My colleagues and I at @bostonglobe.com are dedicated to protecting our sources. Signal: erinmdouglas.23

Oh heyo, I wrote this

If you would like your media publications to *not* help usher in the fall of democracy, science, higher education, and the free press, here are some great spots that would love your financial support:

This article by @ykarenkwon.bsky.social is so important. Thanks to @sciam.bsky.social and then-EIC @laurahelmuth.bsky.social for publishing it. (Photo by Pablo Monsalve/Getty).

Remember folks, women are too emotional to be president.

A Florida weatherman goes on his own news station's program to tell his viewers that he can no longer predict their safety with accuracy, because of "this sledgehammer attack... the federal government cuts to the National Weather Service." Gives them numbers. Urges them to call their reps.

200+ scientists are in the middle of a marathon livestream to show why weather and climate science is so important and needs all our help to continue. It is here: wclivestream.com/watch

Please be part of this: ⬇️ Seeking climate scientists or meteorologists whose work has ever been funded in part by the U.S. federal government to join a 100-hour public, nonpartisan Weather & Climate Livestream [https://wcstreamathon.netlify.app/?mkt_tok=O].

International students are vital to our community. We should be doing everything possible to welcome and encourage students from across the world to come to our schools. This is an abominable act www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

The comment period for this ends in 3 DAYS. Please leave a comment telling them EVERYONE should be able to get covid boosters. www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...

My ongoing request: If your NSF or NIH grant was terminated--whether at Harvard or elsewhere--please report it here. NSF: grant-watch.us/submit-nsf.h... NIH: grant-watch.us/submit-nih.h... Our trackers are actively used in lawsuits and are often the only record that terminations ever occurred.

👀 On our radar: Death metal vocal techniques 💬 “I think it’s cool that this study is going to bring a lot of new information to what we do know already about extreme vocalization.” ✍️ @ohyeahitscouch.bsky.social, @scifri.bsky.social

It was a privilege to help tell the stories of U.S. scientists whose lives have been upended during the first 100 days of President Donald Trump’s administration in this recent piece for @science.org

👉Public funding for journalism in the US is being slashed 👉Privately-funded journalism has been gutted by corporations 👉Journalism is vital to democracy 👉PLEASE consider supporting nonprofit journalism so we can keep telling nuanced, well-written, and fact-checked stories about science & nature

all right everybody, here we go links, trackers, webinars, templates, and all the free support you need if you just got that nightmare NEA email on Friday please share far and wide, you do NOT have to be in Oregon to use these resources

Imagine if the NYT covered trans healthcare this way

my latest for @wired.com takes a look at the rising movement among black “memory workers” who are fighting against trump’s war on history www.wired.com/story/trump-...

Researchers are inviting death metal singers into the lab to understand how they can scream, growl, and squeal without hurting their vocal tissues. What they’re finding upends conventional wisdom on vocal health. ✍️ @ohyeahitscouch.bsky.social

You probably know @portersqbooks.bsky.social is a fantastic store (now with even more fun gifts, plus the Page & Leaf cafe!) but did you know they do a ton of other stuff to build & support our community? 👇

For @scifri.bsky.social, I wrote about how an opera singer and 9 death metal artists are upending what researchers know about vocal health: www.sciencefriday.com/articles/dea...

Today in I love my job, here's a story about research into how death metal singers make extreme vocalizations, by @ohyeahitscouch.bsky.social for @scifri.bsky.social www.sciencefriday.com/articles/dea...

@ohyeahitscouch.bsky.social brought us such a great story !!! Listen if you're not a poser

Just a reminder, if you were an REI member who purchased more than $10 worth of items in 2024 or joined in 2024, you can vote until midnight May 1st to reject the proposed slate of anti-labor Trump supporters for the REI board vote.escvote.com/REI/

if you’ve recently traveled into or out of the US and had any unusual interactions with CBP, i’d like to hear about them (regardless of immigration status—citizens, permanent residents, visa holders) email: gaby @ the verge dot com, i’m also on signal ✨

People are running around looking for compost bags...Some scientists have bought their own soap and cleaning supplies. A snapshot of the chaos at one NOAA lab as contracts for basic services expire. My latest: www.propublica.org/article/noaa...

We're disappointed to see Ben Barres's powerful book "The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist" among the ~400 titles removed from the Naval Academy Library. Needless to say, we're proud to have published his book and will keep it — and his memory — alive.

Wired is absolutely killing it these days

For federal workers who have been laid off:

hi, cis folks! so, when they release the US cass review that makes the cass review look like a trans liberation manifesto, i think you should • ask who’s making the case against transition • answer whether they have trans people’s best interest at heart • listen to actual trans people instead 🧵

This should be the framing for every single story about the research that comes out of this

I'm a journalist with @wired.com I'm writing about how, weeks later, the Return to Office mandates are impacting federal workers and offices. If you have been impacted by these mandates, please contact me securely here, or on Signal at DavidGilbert.01

REMINDER: Wisconsin has same-day voter registration. So, if you haven’t registered or recently moved or anything like that, you can register at your polling place (with ID and proof of residence) TODAY. Every state should do this. It’s great that Wisconsin does this. Go vote.

1/ On April 5, there are nationwide protests happening literally everywhere in the US. Find more details here: handsoff2025.com

Meanwhile, @wired.com "will no longer put articles that primarily use public records obtained by FOIA behind its paywall." From Reliable Sources: view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/174...

If you work for or with the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness please contact me. I report on inequality and homelessness and want to hear the immediate impact of this/what this means for your work. Signal is nslayton.12

I'll be at the Boston rally tomorrow. Here's info on rallies near you: standupforscience2025.org/local-event-...

Understatement of the year: there's a lot happening with science and the environment... Here's how I plan to cover these issues. Contact me if you have a story idea.

For reference these are basically mandatory components of getting an undergrad physics degree. If you don't have an REU, you simply don't get hired or advance, and REUs are only available for students, typically between junior and senior year. This is wiping out an entire year's worth of graduates.

🚨 Are you a researcher who's been asked by your institution not to talk to the public/media about certain topics - esp after Jan 20? Are you a PIO who's had to tell scientists not to talk to the media? Reach out on Signal at mkozlov.01 for a @nature.com story. Your identity will be kept private.

It's pretty cool that Eater put together resources for restaurants about how to handle ICE raids