What Golden Retrievers & humans have in common:
The behavior of Golden Retrievers is controlled by the same genes that are responsible for basic emotional and psychological predisposition in humans. science.orf.at/stories/3233...
Honored to speak! And excited that journalism and science communication had a seat at the table at #overshootconference at IIASA
Scientists suspected that Europe’s largest bats snack on migrating songbirds when they can, but a stunning newly published observation proves it
A view from my walk around the office.
This is such a good and expansive article about what we're facing TODAY with wildfire. How we pitch our futures and personal finances, mental wellbeing, vegetation management, code adoption, and technological limits against the inevitable and unforgiving next spark during an extreme wind event.
Hello Bluesky! This is my first post, and I'm starting with a story I published today, about FEMA halting almost all its grant funding. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/us/politics/musk-fema-immigrations-doge-freeze-aid.html?unlocked_article_code=1.7E4.IepP.vPJ_HHn4Amqb&smid=bs-share
The residence of the French ambassador to the United States has displayed its support for Ukraine every day for the past three years.
The Way Hurricanes Kill Is Changing. Helene Shows How.
A close analysis of Helene’s fatalities shows how major storms are taking lives in unexpected ways, and how the deadly effects can last long after the skies clear (Link to the free article) www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/u...
Conjure up a problem that didn’t exist and then —Voila! —pat yourself on the back for solving the problem. Current playbook in action.
Look, Trump is trying to oversaturate us with nonstop chaos so we can’t react meaningfully to any one thing.
But Friday's global stop work order on almost all U.S. aid is dumb and murderous. You need to know about it.
1/ A short🧵on this evil.
By journalists, for journalists: Join us for the #SEJ2025 annual conference April 23-26 for news making plenaries, concurrent panels, workshops, all-day tours and more. registration is open. conference.sej.org.
Yes, this. ⬇️
During the LA wildfires, airborne lead levels surged to 100x the average, and chlorine concentrations reached 40x the norm, even miles from the flames. Toxic spikes = hidden health risks of wildfire smoke beyond danger of the fire itself. See ⤵️
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/c...
By my count, there were 37 new wildfire starts in SoCal in just the past 48hr — during PDS Red Flag Warning.
None of them became news stories b/c they were all stopped by fire crews within 1-2hrs. During the worst Jan. weather conditions in California history.
Huge, huge props to firefighters. ♥️
Journalist & author @vincebeiser.bsky.social talks about #mining, rare-earth metals that we use to power our phones and EVs we use today. Provocative ideas here, including “phyto-mining” (yes, plants). He talks w/New Yorker’s Elizabeth Kolbert. #environment podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
The @columjournreview.bsky.social has this insightful report on the disastrous LA fires, media, and our physical and informational environments. #journalism #environmentaljournalism #climatechange www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
Yes! Unstoppable. Tuten has a few decades on me, but I feel this: “I feel at this crazy time that I’m beginning again, with a wish to not repeat myself, to not repeat any formulas for fiction or painting. I write every day…I can’t wait to get down to it.” #writer
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/s...
If you need a reminder of the incredible work of @mariaressa.bsky.social and the value of #journalism and a free press—> “Democracy is fragile…This is why I say to us all: we must hold the line.” Read her book and listen to her on Talk Easy (Dec 2023). talkeasypod.com/play-it-agai...
Rewarding to hear that Yale Climate Connections has opened a #Solutions hub. Readers want to learn more & we owe them. I was a longtime regular correspondent from 2008 2016 for CC and their work continues to impress me! yaleclimateconnections.org/solutions.
Excellent analysis here, @colincarlson.bsky.social and the Health Attribution Library. I’d love to see more reporting on climate & health in the coming year. See string ⬇️
If you don’t already subscribe to Andy Borowitz’s Substack, I highly recommend it. Here, he shares an important message about freedom of the press: open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...
Season’s Greetings from Santa Fe, New Mexico. I’m wishing you and yours a lovely holiday.
California Declares an Emergency Over Bird Flu in Cattle ~ Officials have discovered the virus in 645 dairy herds, more than in any other state so far.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/h...
Still stinging from the election, President Biden is pushing for his final priorities but has absented himself from the national conversation about Donald Trump after warning repeatedly that he was a threat to American democracy. nyti.ms/49PQ2K7
She’s a mind reader like mine.
"Someone, for ideological reasons, not utilizing a lifesaving intervention like a vaccine is tragic." This is a great conversation between Tony Fauci and @tanyalewis.bsky.social 🧪 about AIDS, covid, H5N1, A+ science & dangers to public health www.scientificamerican.com/article/anth...
