tomorrow i'm hosting bird trivia in cambridge. the peeps and i worked very hard on the questions, playlist, etc. come thru www.eventbrite.com/e/birdy-game...

tonight! great (and free) sciwrite pairing at tufts!

This book is delightful! Funny and practical life lessons for adults & kids, from the point of view of sea creatures.

sidebody has been nominated by the New England Music Awards for Best Pop Act. thank you so much to whoever nominated us, we are really honored. if you're so inclined, you can vote for us here: nemusicawards.com/vote/ you can vote once per day through 10/10. pop on 🤘🤘🤘🤘

looking for a delicious, affordable way to fight artist displacement in Somerville? It's your lucky day! Central St. Studios and Gracie's have collaborated on a very special ice cream flavor, ART SCHOOL DROPOUT. Available THIS WEEKEND ONLY for $25/pint, right here: givebutter.com/c/57Central/...

Seeing ice cream cones during their spawning runs really takes your breath away. They’ll only do this once in their entire lives.

If you have an extra $10 a month to spare, here's a list of worker-owned cooperative news sites you might want to support: • 404 Media • Defector • The Flytrap • Flaming Hydra • The Appeal • Aftermath • Racket • Hell Gate • The 51st • The Colorado Sun • Range Media • Discourse Blog • Pop Heist

I'm teaching a Workshop4Gaza in November about writing alongside the non-human! We're raising funds for The Sameer Project. Come! We'll be reading from Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, and more. www.workshops4gaza.com/calendar/wri...

wrote about some weird ants (which is saying something for ants) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/s...

need to have a word with the autotranscriber autosummary. it sees me too clearly

my new book wherein ocean creatures give you life advice is on preorder sale for members at barnes + noble today www.barnesandnoble.com/w/leaving-th...

Lilia and I are artists in residence at Mount Auburn this year! there's a virtual panel tonight where we and the other artists will share some of our work, including an exclusive sneak peek of our close-up toad footage mountauburn.org/event/meet-o...

So great to see our work on blue dasher dragonflies highlighted in the New York Times. Excellent piece by @cjgiaimo.bsky.social! www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/s...

Australia Admits All Those Animals Made Up theonion.com/austral...

we're running a sweet online auction for our studio preservation campaign. click around and find something beautiful for a good cause: givebutter.com/c/57Central/...

my haters will be my waiters at the table of success

come hang out tonight at the CAMBRIDGE MOTH BALL. i will be speaking about at least 3 unusual moths. there is also a costume contest and of course mothing. starts at 8! tickets are free: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-2025-c...

It was great talking to @cjgiaimo.bsky.social for @wired.com about how animals use medicine on a sketchy phone connection on a moving rain in Germany :-). Bears, caterpillars, ants, and many other animals are health experts, as described in my @princetonupress.bsky.social book #doctorsbynature. 🧪

last month @harmancipants.bsky.social asked me to go out and gather the latest and freshest animal wellness tips. is this the year we all get into leaf swallowing and iceberg exfoliation? www.wired.com/story/animal...

Did you know that animals also practice "wellness"? Let @cjgiaimo.bsky.social be your guide through iceberg exfoliation, and more www.wired.com/story/animal...

this scared me so bad for a second but all is well

my studio is having an online fundraiser, auctioning off donations from members of the community. and i had a dream that my cats conferred and decided to donate one plate of wet food

cambridge/somerville/environs - hop over to @harvardbookstore.bsky.social tonight where we'll be traveling very deep into the past with @laurapoppick.bsky.social and her new book, STRATA: STORIES FROM DEEP TIME! www.harvard.com/event/laura-...

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

LAST DAY to donate your art, talents, experiences, etc. to the Central St. Studios online fundraising auction! the goal is to showcase a lot of great local work, while helping preserve our studio building as arts space in perpetuity. art donation form here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

my studio is running an online auction later this summer. anyone can donate items! all money goes to help us facilitate a sale to the Arts and Business Council, which will allow it to be an arts space forever! donation form is here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... any questions just let me know

who else has rainbow snot for pride

This is about as much as the three largest cancelled NIH grants - $36m for the development of new HIV prevention methods; $52m for oral antiviral drugs for pandemic-prone RNA viruses; and $56m for antiviral drugs against coronaviruses, flaviviruses, and henipaviruses: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

hi, cis folks! it's pride. you with us? cool. who’s from MA? evidently, @warren.senate.gov doesn’t know the GOP is trying to strip trans healthcare from people of all ages on medicaid or ACA plans. that's >20% of us! who can call & let her know? rep info here reps.fyi tap the thread for scripts

our fridge broke, so we had to get a new fridge. and the delivery and installation guys were working hard on a hot day, carrying the old one out and the new one in. and i wanted to offer them a cold drink. but i literally couldn't

LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social

recently read "The Birth of Loud" by Ian S. Port, about the invention of the electric guitar, and made a playlist of every song mentioned in the book, in the order mentioned: open.spotify.com/playlist/4dm...

looking for a scientist or other expert who can talk to me about cetacean health + culture today or tomorrow! especially interested in learning about the Northern Resident orcas' habit of beach rubbing. it's for a story — lmk if you know anyone!

attempting to learn about the giant walleye statue in Garrison, Minnesota... continually redirected to information about the giant walleye statue in Garrison, North Dakota

The way nobody can drive well anymore because of GPS — not just atrophied turn-by-turn navigation, but the way ppl no longer know the layouts of their town or the names of roads or what to do when the map doesn’t match the terrain — that’s what genAI is doing to communication skills and literacy

My new favorite band sidebody has an actual working hotline, which is something every band should have.

if you're going to boston calling, COME SEE my band sidebody play the orange stage on saturday. we've crafted a show i can 100% guarantee will lift your spirits, break open the clouds, instantly reduce drink prices, & bring every single boston kreme donut within a 1 mile radius to uncanny life

every sheryl crow song i hear tonight is going to give me a 4% power boost

check out the latest on Somerville's rising stars, sidebody note the important bit: the band's 4th member (writer Cara Giaimo) joined the band because they needed a guitarist for an outdoor basketball court gig booked by Somerville DIY music legends Kids Like You and Me it's DIY everywhere, folks

Last day to send comments for this. Please do it. www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

new sidebody song out today it's called FINGERPRINTS sidebody.bandcamp.com/track/finger...

People are already dying from starvation

seconded. this hotline is one reason Rümeysa’s case got such quick attention and is worth keeping handy

i want to return to the brief moment when i thought there were creatures called "truth bats," and that they persisted

if you know a lot of stuff i think it is your moral duty to be kind and excited when people learn stuff for the first time. the world is full of stuff we don't know about, don't be mean

i loved covering Ambika's book! if you like animal science go buy it now! mitpress.mit.edu/978026204963... also very down to do more book coverage 👀📖🕵️ it was fun

You know, with Am*z*n and B&N trying to run sales over Independent Bookstore Day, this seems like a pretty good week to crow about the cool stuff we do here. We're proud of this stuff, so we should tell you about it. So here's a thread...

the barnes & noble preorder sale going on right now is a good time to pick up my new book, i hear. today's the last day! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/leaving-th...

A "danger to the community," incarcerated without bail a thousand miles from home, for coauthoring a student newspaper op-ed that the administration disagrees with. A student newspaper op-ed.