So grateful to @anitagill.bsky.social for reviewing my book, "Body Weather" for Another Chicago Magazine. She really got it! anotherchicagomagazine.net/2026/07/14/t...

The excerpt of my book published by @smithsonianmag.bsky.social was cited in the new Trump report on why Smithsonian Institution is full of Radical Activists. New jacket copy should read: "Trump hated this book, go read it!" (citation 218, if you're curious) www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...

Literally just landed and am so excited to be in Seattle! Especially since Chicago was 95 degrees when I left. 🥵

This is fascinating and also seems within reach

I'm so excited to be in Seattle for this event, and really grateful that Ashley will be moderating the conversation. She brings such a wealth of knowledge about climate and the Pacific Northwest. @beaconpress.bsky.social

I don't know if people realize that extreme heat is one of the deadliest natural disasters--often killing more people than hurricanes, typhoons, tornadoes, floods. So yes, this is sadly ironic, but it is also seriously dangerous.

Celebrate Pride with The Sick Times! Many in-person events aren’t accessible to people with Long COVID and related diseases and disabilities, so we're hosting our own virtual variety show! Register now: luma.com/ih0oq3yw?mc_... 🏳️‍🌈 😷 We're excited to see you there!

Boston area is REAL HOT today, so if you're in need of a cool off and a cool conversation, please join us! So excited to be in the home of my publisher @beaconpress.bsky.social

I hadn't looked at my Body Weather book proposal in years, and it was really fun to consider it from a craft perspective with Erika Hayasaki. Thanks to @niemanstoryboard.org for publishing it! @beaconpress.bsky.social

🗣️ THIS FRIDAY! @lodrinkswater.bsky.social is coming to Cambridge! She’ll be at @portersqbooks.bsky.social to talk about her book, BODY WEATHER, with Lizzie Stark at 7PM. RSVP to save your spot!

@lodrinkswater.bsky.social:"The Earth is indisputably getting warmer. The Devils Hole pupfish live in a precarious environment. Only a few degrees warmer, and they won’t be able to survive — and then where will the refuge population go? Where does anyone go when conditions are too extreme for life?"

Watched "The Muppets Movie" (1979) last night for the first time in years. It is a travesty that there aren't more Muppet adaptations. Can you imagine a Muppet Pride and Prejudice?!?!?

So excited to have this excerpt in The Xylom! Many thanks to @alexip718.com for getting it out there!

East Coast book tour is only a week away!! First up, D.C., where I'll be visiting Lost City Books on Sun. June 7 at 6pm. I'll be in conversation with science journalist Helen Fields: lostcitybookstore.com/event/2026-0...

I need this shirt. Maybe everybody needs this shirt?

Been working on this one for a while, and thinking about the issues around mold and climate change for even longer. Thanks to @thesicktimes.org for giving it a home!

Such a delight to be interviewed by Leslie Nguyen Okwu for @electricliterature.com. electricliterature.com/tracing-the-...

Me and @liapas.bsky.social are doing a workshop next Thursday May 28 at 12pmPST/1pmMST/2pmCST/3pmEST. It's virtual and free! You'll do art and poetry exercises and hopefully come away feeling more confident in your ability to make your symptoms visible. RSVP here: invyt.io/i/j7n942VT

What happens when your body and the climate break down at the same time? On Still Here (produced by @melaniemarich.bsky.social), @mileswgriffis.bsky.social talks to @lodrinkswater.bsky.social about her new book, Body Weather: Notes on Chronic Illness in the Anthropocene. bit.ly/4dlF3M1

I'm so excited for this workshop! If you've ever struggled making sense of your symptoms or chronic illnesses, I hope that this program will provide a few more tools for understanding and conveying your experience of your body.

Such a delight to talk to @thesicktimes.org about my book and to consider the myriad ways are bodies are connected to our environments. You can listen to the podcast episode here: thesicktimes.org/2026/05/18/w...

I love seeing when we can make social media work in positive ways. Especially fun to see it for the account of a bookstore I'm visiting next month for a book event!

A good thread on the increasing risk of salmonella and other food borne illnesses. I wrote about this in my book, too, how climate change is creating conditions for bacteria like this to spread more easily

Thanks to @lynnelamberg.bsky.social and @sciencewriters.org for having "Body Weather" on the Advanced Copy column. I hope it leads other science writers to the book! www.nasw.org/member_artic...

Loved hearing this perspective from @pstnyc.bsky.social on being a judge for the Lukas Awards and helping my manuscript, as well as working with another writer on the links between climate change and health. philipsturner.com/celebrating-...

Back on my beat of getting diagnosed with random things while public health is being stripped away and the most vulnerable are made to suffer most. This time tuberculosis edition! www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Thanks for the shout-out! Love to see how many other great books came out this week!

Souris wants to know if you’ve ordered “Body Weather” and/or have received your preorder. The amount of treats she gets depends on me earning at least a little money. bookshop.org/p/books/body...

Happy #PublicationDay, @lodrinkswater.bsky.social! 🥳 BODY WEATHER, her lyrical exploration of the interconnected relationship between chronic illness and Earth’s meteorology, is “a timely and thought-provoking ode to discovery and recovery.” — @libraryjournal.bsky.social

So much fun to go back to Smithsonian for a little collab

Basically an excuse to write a whole book of metaphors

I have a similar voice disorder to RFK Jr and I have feelings about it. So I wrote an essay, naturally slate.com/technology/2...

hi srsly pls hit me up hi have a nice day :)

I adopted these two critters about six weeks ago. They’re not a bonded pair and at first it seemed like they’d be permanent enemies. Miel, the fluffy tabby, loves to roughhouse. Souris, the little black one, does not like being tackled. But lo, peace had been found on a fluffy blanket on my lap.

Love to see indie bookstores offering great deals on release week!

Sneak peak of "Body Weather" is out today in @smithsonianmag.bsky.social! You get an adapted excerpt from the last part of the book: www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...

And I promise it’s not all doom and gloom!

I just love being in such good company!

Some personal news, as they say:

So fun to see "Body Weather" on the list. And so many other incredible looking books!

I read “Caliban and the Witch” and thought it had an interesting thesis. But this is the trouble with being a non-historian— you don’t always know when someone is shirking scholarship. This was a great article explaining the book’s issues muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...

Well this is bleak

People not in Minnesota: please read this excellent summary of what life is like in Minneapolis since the murderous scum ICE swarmed here. And more are on their way. By local reporter / writer / bike dude / legend @dbrauer.net .

Hearing "you're too young to be sick" is something that reflects the reality the MAHA movement is trying to create: that there is only one way to exist as a worker, and it's to be fully productive and able-bodied. Which is just not the reality for so many people: substack.com/home/post/p-...

Keith Porter was shot and killed by an off duty ICE agent on NYE, leaving his family to bear the expense. His loved ones have created a GoFundMe. Please donate/share if you can. gofund.me/839a8c4bd

Dear god I hope so. It would be a nice change from this past year.

It's long, but I loved this article so much! Brings more depth to a movie that's already chock full of it.

A pair of snowy owls on the coast of Chicago

I've been thinking about this a lot over the last few weeks. And I'm so so thrilled at the election results from last night, but things in the Chicagoland area are still pretty dire. open.substack.com/pub/loboisso...