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@efriend.bsky.social
Award-winning independent journalist and audio producer specializing in stories at the intersections of science, history, and nature. Based in NC.
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· Nov 27
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Here's a tool you can use to post & find freelance work.
Editors: tag your calls for pitches with 📎💰 OR
#FreelanceGig and it will be automatically pulled into this feed.
Freelancers: like or pin the feed for easy access.
Please share w/ others!
The final form of all AI chatbots is just a Dr. Bronner's label.
This was a really interesting detail: left to their own devices, AI chatbots will start inventing "spiralism" all by themselves. Something in their training seems to make them susceptible to this strain of mysticism.
November 12, 2025 at 12:28 AM
The final form of all AI chatbots is just a Dr. Bronner's label.
Oh I like this game
Northern Lights *might* be visible Tuesday night as far south as North Carolina
A pair of coronal mass ejections heading toward Earth could produce aurora farther south, but there are some question marks too.
www.wral.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Oh I like this game
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the listener-member model that public radio has turned to after decades of government underfunding conflicts with its goal to reflect and serve all Americans. spoke with @lauragarbes.bsky.social about her book LISTENERS LIKE WHO? www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/fund...
Funding cuts may make public radio more reliant on old, rich, white donors
After years of interviews, research, and writing, Laura Garbes submitted the final draft of her book on public radio in December 2024. By the time Listeners Like Who? Exclusion and Resistance in the P...
www.niemanlab.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:15 PM
the listener-member model that public radio has turned to after decades of government underfunding conflicts with its goal to reflect and serve all Americans. spoke with @lauragarbes.bsky.social about her book LISTENERS LIKE WHO? www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/fund...
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Gerhard Weinberg was 10 years old when he fled Nazi Germany in 1938 as part of the Kindertransport. He recalls life in Hanover as a young Jewish boy in the lead up to #Kristallnacht.
on.soundcloud.com/FO4PUU1NMTKP...
Produced in 2016 for Audio Under the Stars.
on.soundcloud.com/FO4PUU1NMTKP...
Produced in 2016 for Audio Under the Stars.
We Tend To Forget
Gerhard Weinberg was 10 years old when he fled Nazi Germany in 1938 as part of the Kindertransport. Here, he recalls life in Hanover as a young Jewish boy in the lead-up to Kristallnacht. Produced in
soundcloud.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Gerhard Weinberg was 10 years old when he fled Nazi Germany in 1938 as part of the Kindertransport. He recalls life in Hanover as a young Jewish boy in the lead up to #Kristallnacht.
on.soundcloud.com/FO4PUU1NMTKP...
Produced in 2016 for Audio Under the Stars.
on.soundcloud.com/FO4PUU1NMTKP...
Produced in 2016 for Audio Under the Stars.
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Gerhard Weinberg was 10 years old when he fled Nazi Germany in 1938 as part of the Kindertransport. He recalls life in Hanover as a young Jewish boy in the lead up to #Kristallnacht.
on.soundcloud.com/FO4PUU1NMTKP...
Produced in 2016 for Audio Under the Stars.
on.soundcloud.com/FO4PUU1NMTKP...
Produced in 2016 for Audio Under the Stars.
We Tend To Forget
Gerhard Weinberg was 10 years old when he fled Nazi Germany in 1938 as part of the Kindertransport. Here, he recalls life in Hanover as a young Jewish boy in the lead-up to Kristallnacht. Produced in
soundcloud.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Gerhard Weinberg was 10 years old when he fled Nazi Germany in 1938 as part of the Kindertransport. He recalls life in Hanover as a young Jewish boy in the lead up to #Kristallnacht.
on.soundcloud.com/FO4PUU1NMTKP...
Produced in 2016 for Audio Under the Stars.
on.soundcloud.com/FO4PUU1NMTKP...
Produced in 2016 for Audio Under the Stars.
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now. what to do with an extra 16 hours of darkness
November 3, 2025 at 12:42 AM
now. what to do with an extra 16 hours of darkness
Nobody warned me plumcots look like a crime scene when you slice them open.
November 1, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Nobody warned me plumcots look like a crime scene when you slice them open.
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Deep River Data wants to drill natural gas well near Sanford to power a data center. All company officials work in crypto, its main adviser used to work for Pat McCrory & is advocating for pro-crypto laws at legislature. But they say this won't be a cryptomine insideclimatenews.org/news/0111202...
A Company Eyes What Would Be North Carolina’s First Commercial Natural Gas Well - Inside Climate News
Deep River Data, with ties to cryptocurrency, says it would use the extracted gas to power a data center for “AI workloads,” not crypto mines.
insideclimatenews.org
November 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Deep River Data wants to drill natural gas well near Sanford to power a data center. All company officials work in crypto, its main adviser used to work for Pat McCrory & is advocating for pro-crypto laws at legislature. But they say this won't be a cryptomine insideclimatenews.org/news/0111202...
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For Halloween, a short audio story on what haunts us (starts at 11:30):
www.bbc.com/audio/play/m...
www.bbc.com/audio/play/m...
BBC Audio | Short Cuts | Series 37 | In Dreams
Josie Long presents short documentaries that emerge from the dreams of others.
www.bbc.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:22 PM
For Halloween, a short audio story on what haunts us (starts at 11:30):
www.bbc.com/audio/play/m...
www.bbc.com/audio/play/m...
You ever show up to a zoom meeting and find two bots but no people? Creepy.
October 31, 2025 at 3:36 PM
You ever show up to a zoom meeting and find two bots but no people? Creepy.
For Halloween, a short audio story on what haunts us (starts at 11:30):
www.bbc.com/audio/play/m...
www.bbc.com/audio/play/m...
BBC Audio | Short Cuts | Series 37 | In Dreams
Josie Long presents short documentaries that emerge from the dreams of others.
www.bbc.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:22 PM
For Halloween, a short audio story on what haunts us (starts at 11:30):
www.bbc.com/audio/play/m...
www.bbc.com/audio/play/m...
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"Patriarchy demands women walk a narrow path from home to marriage, from maidenhood to motherhood, and to deviate invites tragedy."
@efriend.bsky.social on the "vanishing hitchhiker" legend and 👻 stories across generations: longreads.com/2024/10/29/l...
@efriend.bsky.social on the "vanishing hitchhiker" legend and 👻 stories across generations: longreads.com/2024/10/29/l...
The Lessons of Lore - Longreads
Ghost stories reveal our collective anxieties amid times of change.
longreads.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
"Patriarchy demands women walk a narrow path from home to marriage, from maidenhood to motherhood, and to deviate invites tragedy."
@efriend.bsky.social on the "vanishing hitchhiker" legend and 👻 stories across generations: longreads.com/2024/10/29/l...
@efriend.bsky.social on the "vanishing hitchhiker" legend and 👻 stories across generations: longreads.com/2024/10/29/l...
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I really think we should do a whole series about facts like this:
Have you noticed that poison ivy seems worse and itchier?
It's not your imagination. It's Climate Change.
grist.org/climate/clim...
Have you noticed that poison ivy seems worse and itchier?
It's not your imagination. It's Climate Change.
grist.org/climate/clim...
October 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I really think we should do a whole series about facts like this:
Have you noticed that poison ivy seems worse and itchier?
It's not your imagination. It's Climate Change.
grist.org/climate/clim...
Have you noticed that poison ivy seems worse and itchier?
It's not your imagination. It's Climate Change.
grist.org/climate/clim...
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"In a system where your income depends on performing as yourself regularly, at scale and on schedule, the temptation to shape yourself to what’s rewarded is impossible to resist"
I did not enjoy writing this; it can't even serve as an ad for my newsletter, which I've suspended due to an overbilling situation that has me almost regretting leaving Substack. But, you know, it's evidence for the piece I just didn't get to include.
talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/patro...
talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/patro...
Patron-Supported Journalism Can’t Be the Future of News
Writing about the failure of patron-supported journalism is itself a kind of...
talkingpointsmemo.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:18 PM
"In a system where your income depends on performing as yourself regularly, at scale and on schedule, the temptation to shape yourself to what’s rewarded is impossible to resist"
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Pterostylis barbata - Bird Orchid
One of Western Australia's more unusual looking orchids. The orchid's labellum is triggered by visiting pollinators trapping them inside the orchid's hood and forcing them to escape past the orchid's pollinia
#orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist
One of Western Australia's more unusual looking orchids. The orchid's labellum is triggered by visiting pollinators trapping them inside the orchid's hood and forcing them to escape past the orchid's pollinia
#orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist
October 25, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Pterostylis barbata - Bird Orchid
One of Western Australia's more unusual looking orchids. The orchid's labellum is triggered by visiting pollinators trapping them inside the orchid's hood and forcing them to escape past the orchid's pollinia
#orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist
One of Western Australia's more unusual looking orchids. The orchid's labellum is triggered by visiting pollinators trapping them inside the orchid's hood and forcing them to escape past the orchid's pollinia
#orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist
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A decline in remote work flexibility over the last year is widening the gender pay gap and dragging down the labor force participation rate of college-educated mothers.
Employers who can offer at least hybrid work arrangements can attract some great talent.
Employers who can offer at least hybrid work arrangements can attract some great talent.
Women’s Pay Is Falling Behind. Is the Return to the Office to Blame?
Women have made big workforce gains, but their pay growth isn’t keeping pace with men’s.
www.wsj.com
October 25, 2025 at 10:22 AM
A decline in remote work flexibility over the last year is widening the gender pay gap and dragging down the labor force participation rate of college-educated mothers.
Employers who can offer at least hybrid work arrangements can attract some great talent.
Employers who can offer at least hybrid work arrangements can attract some great talent.
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"Mosquitoes have been found in Iceland for the first time as global heating makes the country more hospitable for insects. The country was until this month one of the only places in the world that did not have a mosquito population. The other is Antarctica."
Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms country
Three specimens discovered in what was previously one of the only places in the world without the insects
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:17 AM
"Mosquitoes have been found in Iceland for the first time as global heating makes the country more hospitable for insects. The country was until this month one of the only places in the world that did not have a mosquito population. The other is Antarctica."
Bow ties. Useless.
a second day of the same discourse? no. no thank you.
instead I need you to name your least favorite pasta shape
instead I need you to name your least favorite pasta shape
October 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Bow ties. Useless.
Eh, none of these look worth dying for
Shadows from the Walls of Death (1874) gathers real swaths of poisonous arsenic wallpaper sourced from stores across Michigan. Originally printed in a run of 100 copies, only 6 remain due to recipients fearfully destroying their copies: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/kedzie-shadows
October 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Eh, none of these look worth dying for