A group of youth climate researchers affiliated with UC Davis is trying to fix climate models to correct for fossil fuel industry propaganda that has snuck its way in. But... of course their funding was just cut. :( So they're doing a GoFundMe. www.gofundme.com/f/support-Ba...

If these were normal times, I would not be unsettled by the fact that, for more than half an hour this morning, the website of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture was inaccessible. I'd assume it was a glitch. These being Trumpian times, it was very unsettling.

WPSU is set to be the first in the country to go dark after the Trump administration stripped away federal funding for NPR and PBS. “The news devastated me, it devastated all the employees,” said Jeff Hughes, WPSU’s former program director.

#camouflage #fugitivity

Join us in State College on October 18th for the next No Kings Rally and March! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

Happy book birthday to the National Geographic Book of Magic and the Occult. Learn about shamans! Grimoires! Little bowls that trap demons rising up under your house! Many thanks to coauthors Michael Greshko @michaelgreshko.bsky.social and Nina Strochlic and the teams at WonderLab and NG books.

Personal news: I wrote ~3/8 of a book, and that book is out today! If you want a visually rich, historically grounded look at magic though the millennia, this book's for you. The National Geographic Book of Magic and the Occult is available wherever books are sold: bookshop.org/p/books/nati...

This book was a massive lift. Huge thank-you to my coauthors Nina Strochlic and Pat Daniels and to our incredible editor @mayamyersbooks.bsky.social, as well as to the whole team at WonderLab Group and National Geographic, with a special shoutout to Kate Olesin and Jennifer Emmett.

Fur-ankenstein creator Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was born 298 years ago today! Her novel #Frankenstein is an early example of science fiction and has influenced countless works both in and outside the genre. #Caturday #MaryShelley #HoratioTheCat

Had to stop by this sign outside the Moshannon Valley Detention Center. The GEO Group donated $1M+ to Trump’s campaign. Now they’re profiting off of locking up kids using our taxpayer dollars. The corruption is clear. Thank you to the local residents, clergy, & advocates for standing against this.

"More than 300 ppl from across PA traveled to Philipsburg Sun afternoon to protest the Moshannon Valley Processing Center and U.S. Immigration + Customs Enforcement, which operates the privately-owned facility. Its capacity is 1,876, making it the largest immigration detention facility in the NE." 👏

The marchers in Hollidaysburg waiting for the Police to clear the streets. You cannot see the end of the line of marchers.

Horatio celebrates Purr-ide month with these rainbow reads! #Caturday #PrideMonth #Pride #PrideBooks #HoratioTheCat #LGBTQIA

SCBWI and more than 40 organizations representing parents, grassroots organizers, authors, librarians, booksellers, and publishers have signed a statement on the Trump Administration's firing of Dr. Carla Hayden. Share and ACT NOW bit.ly/EmailHayden

State College, PA has Webster's used books, which is awesome, and The Squirrel and Acorn Bookshop for new stuff. Plus, nearby Bellefonte has the awesome new nonprofit bookstore The Print Factory. A beautiful blue gem in the middle of a an old red town.

This #EarthDay, let kids take the mic 📣 🎤 How to Teach Grown-Ups About Climate Change by @patdaniels.bsky.social & @aaronblecha.bsky.social is a witty guide to the science behind climate change, which puts kids in charge. 📚 Grab your copy here: whatonearth.pub/3U6tOxJ

When political ideology interferes with scientific research, American innovation and progress crumbles. A paper on evolution that was planned for a special edition of a Royal Society journal was withdrawn after authors feared potential political retaliation could lead to deportation. #ScienceSky

The Supreme Court made a unanimous decision, saying the lower Court’s order “properly requires the Government to ‘facilitate’ Abrego Garcia’s release.” Calling on the White House to follow this directive.

This is exactly why we need to be organized in our defense of the freedom to read. The book banners are organized & we'll funded. But they are also unpopular. Our numbers can beat their money

Great turnout in the rain in State College, PA.

📍 State College, Pennsylvania

Honestly I hope Judge Van Dyke never picks up an appeal of a sodomy case

Are you looking to defend specific books being challenged or banned in your community? @uabookbans.bsky.social has a "Book Resume" template to make it easy. bookresumes.uniteagainstbookbans.org

ATTN: Pennsylvania science folks! @laurenkreeger.bsky.social and I visited Senator McCormick (PA) yesterday and spoke to him about NIH cuts. He *did not know* there were active cuts to grants in part because he does not currently have a health care or science legislative aide to brief him. (1/2)

Hey Rhode Island friends, check this out 👇

Today, we joined a protest in support of Ukraine and International Women's Day, sponsored by a Ukranian student organization. American and Ukranian flags were flying!

We've had two books longlisted for The Nature Generation's Green Earth Book Awards 2025! 🤩 🏝️ Galápagos Islands by @karenromanoyoung.bsky.social & Amy Grimes. ♻️ How to Teach Grown-Ups About Climate Change by @patdaniels.bsky.social & Aaron Blecha, featuring a foreword by @michaelemann.bsky.social.

I am truly honored to be joining this fantastic group of individuals tomorrow, all of whom will join me at the Lincoln Memorial* in Washington DC to #StandUpForScience! standupforscience2025.org/dc-rally/ ____ *Lincoln--the very first Republican President--created the National Academy of Sciences

Wow! A standing-room-only crowd of over 100 community members gathered on March 4th to push back on the administration. We are mobilizing! DM to join us.

“The more young Americans who are trained to join with other young people in the world to be sent abroad with slide rule, textbook, and medical kit to help people help themselves with the tools of peace, the fewer young people will need to be sent with guns and weapons of war.” —Walter Reuther

Next: An executive order declaring gravity doesn't exist. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

Honored to share in this year's "Planet Earth Awards" from the Alliance of World Scientists: scientistswarning.forestry.oregonstate.edu/AWS_award

This *will be* the testing grounds of implementing such sweeping bans across public schools nationwide.

I know Rose, and this SUCKS. Interestingly, however, it's still on the NASA site *in Spanish*. www.nasa.gov/universe/pas...

I went to post about the National Japanese American Memorial in D.C., which is beautiful but usually missed by tourists. It is a deeply staggering admission of guilt and a warning to future Americans. I went to link to the inscriptions and- Well, they took the site down. www.nps.gov/places/japan...

The 23 most banned picture books of '23-24, per PEN. Almost all featuring gay or transgender characters--or naked butts. pen.org/banned-pictu...

From a journalist friend: Just spreading the word. The CDC is purging data, so people should archive their favorite CDC datasets today, namely ones around race/ethnic diversity, LGBTQ, and reproductive health. Also health data involving climate. The youth risk behavior survey has already gone down.

Department of Transportation orders all personnel to "identify and eliminate" every order, directive, rule, regulation, policy, notice, guidance document, funding arrangement, or program that even mentions climate change, diversity, or environmental justice www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.go...

For other ruffians, as their fancies wrought, With self same hand, self reasons, and self right, Would shark on you, and men like ravenous fishes Would feed on one another.

A proposed revision to Iowa's state science standards would remove references to climate change and evolution. I discussed the situation with KCRG in Cedar Rapids.

Today's Spelling Bee coinage: anticipanic

The Episcopal Church divests from fossil fuel, entirely! episcopalnewsservice.org/2024/12/11/e...

Many thanks to the California Reading Association, which has given How Teach Grown-Ups About Climate Change, published by @whatonearth.bsky.social, a silver award. My gratitude as always to illustrator Aaron Blecha and consultant Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social #kidlit #climate

I did not like Ken Ham and Jessica DeFord's Climate Change for Kids … and Parents Too! No, indeed, I did not.

"Hurricane Threat Poised to Keep Rising, Experts Warn" by @bberwyn.bsky.social for @InsideClimate.flipboard.com.ap.brid.gy: insideclimatenews.org/news/1110202...

Yay for climate! Yay for youth! ecojustice.ca/news/court-s...