Stoked that I get to be part of the MN STEM Book Fest on October 12, 2025 at the amazing Bakken Museum from 10-4pm! 📚🔬⚙️💡 This event celebrates the power of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics through books, authors, and interactive experiences.

Tip for anyone who cares about public health or their children: print out the AAFP's immunization schedule. They do not endorse the current CDC recommendations. This would be the schedule you'd see if the CDC wasn't under attack by an anti-vax idiot: www.aafp.org/family-physi...

So the same person promoting the mass doxxing site also wrote a self-published book called No Excuses: The Conservative Playbook for Permanent Power and sells it on Etsy. But he also sells birthday cards and I cannot stop laughing.

Looks like the doxxing site Charlie's Murderers had to wipe the names of the doxxing victims it was terrorizing. Thank god for lawyers: www.charliekirkdata.org

"The Expose Charlie’s Murderers dox site’s end goal is a scam ass meme coin called $ECM" via Teridax on twitter.

This is my nephew defying orders from Iowa governor. He and his family have received countless death threats and the local sheriff’s department suggested they leave their home so they did. Tell me more how the radical left is the problem www.huffpost.com/entry/jon-gr...

“This Is the Greatest Threat to Our Human Future” | @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social and I discuss with @nextbigidea.bsky.social about our new book, #ScienceUnderSiege: nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/gre...

The complete absence of any human emotion from Donald Trump's post about Charlie Kirk's death has me shook. I know he's a narcissistic sociopath, but it's still unnerving to see a "tribute" that rings so hollow, that still centers self, in a moment like this.

Banksy's latest is of a judge beating a protester with a gavel. It was washed off within 24 hours. Would be a shame if this image were reproduced all over the US and UK. Would be a shame if someone stamped this image on the steps of the Supreme Court.

Reddit is apparently now building "social credit reports" on users based on their comments. This is deeply concerning: www.reddit.com/r/50501/comm...

@nationals.com game last night vs. @phillies.com. white nationalist in the stands, unafraid, unchallenged. he is findable.

@msf.ca I've been getting a ton of mailings from you and have been looking through every single newsletter, letter, blow-in card, etc.. to see you mention the starvation event in #Gaza even once. Nothing. I had to go to your website to find your statement and activity.

One of my kids has discovered a passion for #streetart and #graffiti. We are preparing to paint the garage so we offered it up as a canvas. Can't wait to see the final product. Encouraging young #artists is a necessary act.

What a privilege to chat with Dr. Roger Thompson and Ed Whittingham for this episode of @energyvsclimate.bsky.social Climate Book Reviews. If you're not following this podcast, subscribe. I may not be inducement enough, but their last episode featured @katharinehayhoe.com. Just sayin'

OMG, another one who is on the cusp of getting it! Not right vs. left, up vs. down.

This is amazing. They are *so close* to getting it.

Convincing everyday people that they're the reason #climatechange exists (after years of denying it existed at all) is one of the greatest cons in human history. It's not your fault. It's theirs. They know it. But they have to be stopped.

Remember: The oligarchs who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us so they can become more powerful. They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone. Don't fall for it.

BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.

"Ashley didn’t become an author because someone told her she was brilliant. She became one because someone told her to keep going." The Thinking Spot #indiebookstore wrote this wonderful post-event recap and it has absolutely made my day. www.thethinkingspot.us/post/ashley-...

It’s been said many times, but we must continue to repeat it: You may not believe in Climate Change, but your insurance company does.

Don't ever let leaders convince you that they "didn't see it coming," as we've been hearing out of Texas for the last few days. They've been told. They know. They deny. They defund. To protect our kids, our leaders must listen to #climatescientists.

My response to those who say it’s “too late” to address climate change and global environmental damage. It is NOT too late. As long as one tree is still standing, one whale is still swimming, and one child is still breathing it is not too late to protect something precious.

With all respect for Suzuki, the words "too late" are not quite right. As long as we can use our hands to plant a tree seedling, it's not too late. But climate change is here. We didn't meet the targets, so we face enormous challenges. That said, keep tending your small natural worlds.

Having written a book long ago about a catastrophic natural disaster erroneously blamed on the @nws.noaa.gov I can tell you that politicians and newspaper columnists will throw federal meteorologists under the bus in a heartbeat if it will deflect attention from their own failings.

There's a lot to grieve when we talk about #climatechange. But what I find myself thinking about a lot these days is how climate change is now nearly completely absent from the national dialogue in any meaningful fashion.

I would never pass up an opportunity to let folks know that applications for @polarsteamteam.bsky.social aka the Antarctic Writers & Artists Program (which features heavily in my novel South Pole Station) are open until July 15th. Work and create in #Antarctica!

They were terrified by the events of December 4, 2024. They are losing their minds over Mamdani. What else do you need to see to understand that the oligarchy and billionaires absolutely understand that they operate in a profoundly dangerous manner and that a reckoning is inevitable?

Very grateful to be included. We live in a moment of chaos & weaponized distraction, which work to discourage #artists from documenting & creating. Prize committees, organizations, fellow writers, librarians, and institutions like @urochester.bsky.social are stalwart defenders of democracy and art.

HUGELY Important.

🚨 Trump has secretly green-lit regime change in Iran www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trump-secr...

Good and decent people, regardless of politics, will be repulsed by this base depravity. Those who are not are irredeemable. I see no way we can live in a society with such individuals. Where do we go from here?

"We didn't cross the border. The border crossed us."

Some observations on #nokings day: 1.) my elders have dusted off their '68 skills and are protesting with joy and energy. 2.) I will never again make assumptions about F150 drivers (lots of honking and support) 3.) USPS drivers are with us--fists in the air. (con't)

My local #nokings day protest here in #Minnesota was canceled but everyone showed up anyway--and then some. Huge turnout.

Good and decent Americans should take heart. The country is waking up. Enormous, and hard to rouse, we've slept on while tiny yapping dogs have been tip-tapping atop us, barking and whining and trying to tear things apart. But the behemoth stirs.

It's a distraction campaign. What is Trump distracting from? The "Big Beautiful Bill" and the Epstein Files. Will you fall for it? The mainstream media is, including @msnbc.com. Only @meidastouch.com has continued speaking regularly about this atrocious, inhumane bill.

Main #NoKings #protest in MN will be at the State Capitol in St. Paul, but there are other protest sites for those who can't travel here. One example is the “NO KINGS Minnetonka-Southwest Metro." www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

A lovely surprise. So thankful for outlets like #ForewordINDIES and readers who take chances on independently published books, especially books that touch on #climatechange.

And #VanGundy is literally the worst commentator in sports. He's wrong about exactly everything. I hate that the NBA is becoming unwatchable.

I'm no Knicks fan, but I have never seen such atrocious officiating--such obviously biased officiating--in my decades of watching @nba.com basketball. Shameful. The NBA needs to address its officiating problem. NBA refs are easily the worst officials in all of pro sports.

We didn’t forget about journalist Jamal Khashoggi, did we? Murdered inside a Saudi consulate. Dismembered. Then a full-on coverup, sanctioned at the highest levels.

Fed up yet? Worcester is. The American citizenry is coming for ICE. And they can call in as many cops as they like. We will always outnumber them. This is how we win.

The Truth Of The Matter And They Are Not Bringing Jobs Back….

proud to be one of the initial signatories of this open letter calling on congress and Trump administration to stop their dismantling of @noaa.gov (thanks to @ucsusa.bsky.social for spearheading this!):

Doing more research into AI-training than is healthy for a project so I did the Data Annotations "application." Was asked to write a 5-7 sentence story about an octopus working with Sam Bankman-Fried at FTX on November 8, 2022. Aaaaannnd...I never heard back lol. Can't imagine why.

I've written three books (nonfiction, novel, and story collection). While I have been lucky enough to have received some recognition here or there, I have never, not once, ever been in the same zip code as a Minnesota Book Award nomination. It is my white whale.

Hey, @ashleyshelby.com! We can’t wait to welcome you to the Cambridge Campus of Anoka-Ramsey Community College this Tuesday. All are welcome—free and open to the public!