As another year comes to an end, try keeping your #mind sharp with my latest for National Geographic 🧠🧠🧠 www.nationalgeographic.com/health/artic...

The United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, was placed under lockdown on Thursday after receiving threats, a spokesman said.

It was a pleasure! Looking forward to hearing about more exciting work of yours.

Thanks Laura!

Like, the NYT reporter didn’t even interview people in the nearby town about how THEY feel about their weird new neighbors.

COVID revisionists see the public-health response to the pandemic as a failure. But they fail to get the full picture—and that might leave us even less prepared for the next pandemic, Rogé Karma argues.

Texas House Democrats offer a brief response to Gov. Greg Abbott's threat of arrest and expulsion: "Come and take it."

@tatyanazaria.bsky.social is a great science journalist who does outstanding work on space stories at Ohio State and freelances as well! Eg her recent feature on heavy elements produced in the r-process: news.osu.edu/study-reveal...

Ohio State is making a huge splash in the commercial #space sector. Plus, a visit from former astronaut Kate Rubins: news.osu.edu/space-confer...

Who wants to eat fish soup - and really taste it - in a virtual reality videogame? Ohio State researchers have your back! My colleague @tatyanazaria.bsky.social delivers all the delicious details. news.osu.edu/new-device-c...

“Kamala,” by @kadirnelson.bsky.social, would have been the cover of the November 18, 2024, issue of The New Yorker, had Kamala Harris had won the election. Read about the cover that never was: nyer.cm/0syMCVN

The inverted flag isn’t disrespect — it’s a distress signal from naval traditions, used to show grave danger to life or property. With a lawless man set to take power after attempting to overthrow the government, America is in extreme danger. That’s why I’m posting it today.

We need to sue for their anti-climate policies.

A tiny reminder that we have been patiently and steadily making sure The Verge is independent of tech platform distribution for years now and now you can support that independence directly by subscribing. In return you will get great reporting mixed with us calling people names for being dumb

Have you checked out the brand-new climate fiction collection from @gristnews.bsky.social yet? Get inspired. These 12 short stories envision what a better future could look like and how we get there. grist.org/imagine2200-... #Imagine2200 #climatefiction #fiction #sciencefiction #solarpunk

“It’s hard to remember, but I wanted to try not to forget, too.” Read “Happy New Year,” a short story by Hiromi Kawakami that is set in a sparsely peopled Japan of the distant future.

In 1948, two Harvard professors surmised that a rare name had a negative psychological effect on its bearer. Were they right?

Reimagining the Climate Crisis Through Climate Fiction What we’re trying to advocate for are courageous stories. Justice-driven stories. Culturally authentic stories. Stories with diverse, intersectional characters. www.terrain.org/2024/current... #Fiction #Storytelling #Imagination #Climate

"Siloing science journalism is dangerous because it leaves the public vulnerable to misinformation. It undermines journalism’s ability to put global crises into context and make them meaningful at the local level." 🧪https://www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/science-journalism-becomes-plain-old-journalism/

"He left me alone in a tangerine motel room, left me lonely in my dorm room, left me by myself to hook up with randos, left me homesick in a city where he knew I didn’t belong." Definitely read this one by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social in @jhhnow.bsky.social. gooseberry-pie.com/the-guy-i-du...

🌍 Why Don’t Governments Use Science? A @natureportfolio.bsky.social survey found 80% of science-policy experts think governments lack robust systems for science advice - despite crises like COVID-19 showing its value. How can we bridge the gap? 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/d41... #SciComm 🧪

I wrote a little end of year manifestation for you'all. MAY IT EVER BE THUS! www.wired.com/story/the-be...

“While blues legends sold authenticity and jazz greats fell under the spell of hard drugs, “reincarnated” frames a taste for violence as our generation’s manifestation of the fleshly urges church leaders denounce whenever secular music is deemed demonic.”

What a time to be alive!!!!!

That's it. I've had it up to here with these woke zoologists. First we can't call them "shark attacks" (shark encounters is preferred), now we can't do presidential turkey pardons bc it aligns turkeys unjustly with the carceral state. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/o...

Trump lied all the way through the campaign saying he knew nothing about Project 2025 and now he's nominating everyone from Project 2025 to serve in his administration. Messaging wasn't the problem for Kamala. It's that Trump can lie over and over and never pays a price.

never eat

For National Geographic, meet Gus, Australia's newest and so far first-ever, wild penguin visitor. www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...

Leaving this here. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/rabb...

So the International Space Station is a basically giant Habitrail hamster cage ... and it's leaking www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-... 🧪 by @meghanbartels.bsky.social

VERY underhanded things going on. Get out the vote. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

they should publish it anyway.

"The decision not to publish was made by The Post’s owner — Amazon founder Jeff Bezos." I worked at the paper for seven years and Bezos never interfered with a thing. This is five-alarm fire stuff. www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/...

All, if you're hearing about the LAT endorsement decision, important to note that the editorial board was about to endorse Kamala, until it was blocked by the paper's billionaire owner: www.semafor.com/article/10/2...

For National Geographic, who really wins when bats and penguins meet in the wild? Inspired by HBO's dark take on #ThePenguin, you'd never guess what sort of real-life tactics these fierce protectors actually use to shoo bats away. www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...

My latest for National Geographic on Earth's latest space guest: www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...

I have only written 130 words this morning *in the draft

still cant get over how perfectly this describes vance. from harpers, 1941 "who goes nazi?"

lol Eric Adams is absolutely going to try and escape in a hot air balloon

For a third day in a row, bomb threats disrupt life in Springfield, Ohio—this time two major medical facilities had to be locked down for thorough sweeps for explosives

Hey! I would like to read your favorite short stories published this year. Send me your recommendations!

Last week, next-generation space food systems and innovations touched down at Ohio State. news.osu.edu/the-future-o...

NEW: Two of the most famous volcanoes in the world, Italy's Stromboli and Etna, have been erupting rather spectacularly recently. Scientists tell me that these two angry peaks are changing more dramatically than you might expect. 🌋 www.bbc.com/future/artic...

My latest in National Geographic is a bit stomach-churning: www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...

This is getting a little ridiculous. True loser shit. It’s basically tied. What do these people think their jobs are?

Wear a mask. Even if you just start popping one on at the store, on the metro, in meetings at work, at your job when someone else is in a mask. Any additional masking slows the spread and makes it more possible for people like me to be in public places. You don't have to be perfect, every bit helps.

Millions of people are overdue on their federal student loans, with their accounts delinquent, in default or still on pause, according to the latest data. The reasons borrowers aren’t paying are varied, and court rulings keep upending collection efforts.

every time I see someone complain about unions I think about how unions were the consensus alternative to the previous system of burning the factory owner alive inside his house