Ian Rose
@ianrosewrites.bsky.social
Science & nature writer living on Kalapuya lands (Corvallis, OR). Vulturnalist. Recent bylines in Scientific American, Sierra, Smithsonian and more.
Undiagnosed, but everyone's pretty sure.
Go Birds.
https://ianrosewrites.com/bibliography
Undiagnosed, but everyone's pretty sure.
Go Birds.
https://ianrosewrites.com/bibliography
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Ian Rose
@ianrosewrites.bsky.social
· Oct 8
The End of an Era for Arctic Research
The loss of the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States leaves an uncertain future for science in the Far North
www.sierraclub.org
ARCUS was important. It jumpstarted careers in science. It amplified voices that have too long been left out of research. It did all that and more for very little money, and now it's gone, arguably when we need it most.
My latest for Sierra:
#science #arctic
www.sierraclub.org/sierra/end-e...
My latest for Sierra:
#science #arctic
www.sierraclub.org/sierra/end-e...
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Time for my usual morning routine, pouring myself a cup of coffee and checking the stock price of the company "Nvidia" to find out if the entire economy has crashed
November 25, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Time for my usual morning routine, pouring myself a cup of coffee and checking the stock price of the company "Nvidia" to find out if the entire economy has crashed
This year, I worked with some of the best editors in science and nature writing. Everything I wrote was better because of them.
@lkbotts.bsky.social for Sierra
@joespring.bsky.social for Smithsonian
@saraivry.bsky.social for JSTOR
Chuck Thompson for @columbiainsight.bsky.social
@lkbotts.bsky.social for Sierra
@joespring.bsky.social for Smithsonian
@saraivry.bsky.social for JSTOR
Chuck Thompson for @columbiainsight.bsky.social
By the way, it's National Editor Appreciation Day.
Nobody ever reads a great article and thinks, "Dang, that was some tight editing." But editing is a big part of how it got to be great.
So writers, if you've ever worked with a good editor, shout 'em out.
Nobody ever reads a great article and thinks, "Dang, that was some tight editing." But editing is a big part of how it got to be great.
So writers, if you've ever worked with a good editor, shout 'em out.
November 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
This year, I worked with some of the best editors in science and nature writing. Everything I wrote was better because of them.
@lkbotts.bsky.social for Sierra
@joespring.bsky.social for Smithsonian
@saraivry.bsky.social for JSTOR
Chuck Thompson for @columbiainsight.bsky.social
@lkbotts.bsky.social for Sierra
@joespring.bsky.social for Smithsonian
@saraivry.bsky.social for JSTOR
Chuck Thompson for @columbiainsight.bsky.social
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In rural America, public radio saves lives
In rural America, public radio saves lives
In remote Alaska, public radio station KYUK is crucial during natural disasters. Without federal funding, how will it survive?
www.motherjones.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
In rural America, public radio saves lives
This is the rescue helicopter that ICE tried to move and replace with their prison camp. It would be hard to imagine a plan that more completely unites Newport or any coast community against them.
The U.S. Coast Guard must immediately return a rescue helicopter to the city of Newport as a court case challenging the aircraft’s removal gets underway, a federal judge has ruled.
US Coast Guard must return rescue helicopter to Newport, judge rules
The temporary order comes just three days after a lawsuit challenging the removal. The U.S. Coast Guard has stationed a rescue helicopter in Newport since 1987, not long after three fishermen died when their boat capsized roughly 20 miles off the central coast.
www.opb.org
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 AM
This is the rescue helicopter that ICE tried to move and replace with their prison camp. It would be hard to imagine a plan that more completely unites Newport or any coast community against them.
As an Eagles fan, yes, this is definitely the best thing to come out of this game. I hope the internet makes the most of this meme and that it is someday all I remember about this night.
Best thing to come out of this Eagles/Cowboys game are these images of Jake Elliott on the sidelines
November 24, 2025 at 12:51 AM
As an Eagles fan, yes, this is definitely the best thing to come out of this game. I hope the internet makes the most of this meme and that it is someday all I remember about this night.
Oof. I would have traded either of the last two wins for this loss. If we had to lose, I'd rather it be to a classy NFC North team than this nonsense. Absolute disintegration. Go Birds.
November 24, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Oof. I would have traded either of the last two wins for this loss. If we had to lose, I'd rather it be to a classy NFC North team than this nonsense. Absolute disintegration. Go Birds.
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If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
November 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
I'm in the very early stages of learning my PNW wild mushrooms. Yesterday at Fort Hoskins Park near Philomath was the best mushroom hunting day I've had yet, with Russula, Hypholoma, Ramaria, and so much more beyond my skills. So. Many. Shrooms.
#Oregon #mushrooms
#Oregon #mushrooms
November 23, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I'm in the very early stages of learning my PNW wild mushrooms. Yesterday at Fort Hoskins Park near Philomath was the best mushroom hunting day I've had yet, with Russula, Hypholoma, Ramaria, and so much more beyond my skills. So. Many. Shrooms.
#Oregon #mushrooms
#Oregon #mushrooms
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Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
The exit economy is here. Black Women are paying the highest price | Fortune
This isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. And it's not a recovery, it's a redistribution of opportunity.
fortune.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
Go to sleep. Now. Do not read further. Turn off your phone. Throw it in the bay. Abandon modernity. Whatever it takes, Do. Not. Look.
i googled that thing that people said not to google and i do not know what i was expecting but sometimes you actually really should listen to your internet friends
November 22, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Go to sleep. Now. Do not read further. Turn off your phone. Throw it in the bay. Abandon modernity. Whatever it takes, Do. Not. Look.
The first episode of the new Ken Burns American Revolution documentary gives a quick passing mention to the Pine Tree Riots. If you're curious about how New England white pines figured into the run up to the war, I wrote about it last year over at JSTOR Daily:
daily.jstor.org/tree-of-peac...
daily.jstor.org/tree-of-peac...
Tree of Peace, Spark of War - JSTOR Daily
The white pines of New England may have done more than any leaf of tea to kick off the American Revolution.
daily.jstor.org
November 22, 2025 at 5:11 AM
The first episode of the new Ken Burns American Revolution documentary gives a quick passing mention to the Pine Tree Riots. If you're curious about how New England white pines figured into the run up to the war, I wrote about it last year over at JSTOR Daily:
daily.jstor.org/tree-of-peac...
daily.jstor.org/tree-of-peac...
In my almost non-existent free time, now that it's cold and dark outside, I've been learning to edit Wikipedia on the subjects I know best. Mostly I'm fleshing out the pages on extinct vulture species, but I expect I'll branch out from there.
It's super addictive. Is this my video game now?
It's super addictive. Is this my video game now?
November 22, 2025 at 2:15 AM
In my almost non-existent free time, now that it's cold and dark outside, I've been learning to edit Wikipedia on the subjects I know best. Mostly I'm fleshing out the pages on extinct vulture species, but I expect I'll branch out from there.
It's super addictive. Is this my video game now?
It's super addictive. Is this my video game now?
Vultures are such impressive flyers. Meet Marich, the griffon vulture who went on a 15,000 km tour of southern and central Asia, only to return to Dholpor, India. All of this after rehab from an injury.
Rest up, Marich. Thanks for all the data.
#birds #vultures
zeenews.india.com/india/15000-...
Rest up, Marich. Thanks for all the data.
#birds #vultures
zeenews.india.com/india/15000-...
15,000 Km Flight: Meet ‘Marich’, The Vulture Who Travelled Across 4 Countries And Returned To India
The European Griffon vulture ‘Marich’ took flight from Halali Dam in Vidisha has returned to India after an epic migration, covering Pakistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan before being spott...
zeenews.india.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Vultures are such impressive flyers. Meet Marich, the griffon vulture who went on a 15,000 km tour of southern and central Asia, only to return to Dholpor, India. All of this after rehab from an injury.
Rest up, Marich. Thanks for all the data.
#birds #vultures
zeenews.india.com/india/15000-...
Rest up, Marich. Thanks for all the data.
#birds #vultures
zeenews.india.com/india/15000-...
Enjoying your local Oregon wild mushrooms this fall?
15 people were taken by ICE in Lane County this Wednesday, including 5 at the BLM Springfield office, legally applying for permits to pick mushrooms and salal berries.
#oregon #pnw
www.klcc.org/politics-gov...
15 people were taken by ICE in Lane County this Wednesday, including 5 at the BLM Springfield office, legally applying for permits to pick mushrooms and salal berries.
#oregon #pnw
www.klcc.org/politics-gov...
Lane County advocates report at least 15 new ICE detentions
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers detained at least 15 people in Lane County on Wednesday, according to local advocates.
www.klcc.org
November 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Enjoying your local Oregon wild mushrooms this fall?
15 people were taken by ICE in Lane County this Wednesday, including 5 at the BLM Springfield office, legally applying for permits to pick mushrooms and salal berries.
#oregon #pnw
www.klcc.org/politics-gov...
15 people were taken by ICE in Lane County this Wednesday, including 5 at the BLM Springfield office, legally applying for permits to pick mushrooms and salal berries.
#oregon #pnw
www.klcc.org/politics-gov...
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A group of 37 House Democrats is calling on the Trump administration to release the transcript of a call between Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman and President Donald Trump in 2019 following the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. https://to.pbs.org/4idxure
WATCH LIVE: Rep. Vindman holds news conference on Trump's 2019 call with MBS after Khashoggi murder
Rep. Eugene Vindman, a Virginia Democrat, was a legal adviser to the National Security Council at the time of the phone call and said he reviewed a transcript of the call.
www.pbs.org
November 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
A group of 37 House Democrats is calling on the Trump administration to release the transcript of a call between Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman and President Donald Trump in 2019 following the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. https://to.pbs.org/4idxure
Remember, we're supposed to hate offshore wind because it ruins the view.
We finally have details on the Trump administration's plans to open the Pacific Coast to oil drilling: www.latimes.com/environment/... via @hayleysmith.bsky.social
Trump administration plans to open Pacific Coast to oil drilling for first time in more than 4 decades
The plan would mark the first new oil and gas leases in federal waters of the Pacific Ocean in more than four decades.
www.latimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Remember, we're supposed to hate offshore wind because it ruins the view.
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1) There is no legal basis on which such an executive order against state-level "AI" regulation could possibly be enforced. No state or institution should comply w/ this in advance. Many will, obviously, because every EO this man puts out is a set of marching orders for his cronies; but none should.
NEW: Trump Takes Aim at State AI Laws in Draft Executive Order
All the deets + more w/ @mzeff.bsky.social (it's his first WIRED byline yay!!!!)
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
All the deets + more w/ @mzeff.bsky.social (it's his first WIRED byline yay!!!!)
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
Trump Takes Aim at State AI Laws in Draft Executive Order
The draft order, obtained by WIRED, instructs the US Justice Department to sue states that pass laws regulating AI.
www.wired.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
1) There is no legal basis on which such an executive order against state-level "AI" regulation could possibly be enforced. No state or institution should comply w/ this in advance. Many will, obviously, because every EO this man puts out is a set of marching orders for his cronies; but none should.
I just saw the King Vulture included on a clickbait listicle of the world's ugliest animals. I know it's not the worst thing that someone said today, but it is maybe the most straightforwardly wrong.
I'm not linking to it. I'll just put this here and judge anyone who believes it. #birds #vultures
I'm not linking to it. I'll just put this here and judge anyone who believes it. #birds #vultures
November 19, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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Block this account.
November 19, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Block this account.
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This is a fascinating thread on how AI can reinforce delusions.
My tldr: It used to be hard for wingnuts to find support and validation for their unhinged conspiracy theories. Now AI gives them both instantly and that’s not great, Bob.
My tldr: It used to be hard for wingnuts to find support and validation for their unhinged conspiracy theories. Now AI gives them both instantly and that’s not great, Bob.
Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
November 19, 2025 at 9:39 PM
This is a fascinating thread on how AI can reinforce delusions.
My tldr: It used to be hard for wingnuts to find support and validation for their unhinged conspiracy theories. Now AI gives them both instantly and that’s not great, Bob.
My tldr: It used to be hard for wingnuts to find support and validation for their unhinged conspiracy theories. Now AI gives them both instantly and that’s not great, Bob.
It would be hard to think of a worse choice for BLM director than Steve Pearce. If his oil industry ties and voting record weren't enough to disqualify him, his history of siding with violent extremists should be.
My latest for @sierramagazine.bsky.social :
www.sierraclub.org/sierra/conse...
My latest for @sierramagazine.bsky.social :
www.sierraclub.org/sierra/conse...
Conservation Leaders Unite to Oppose Steve Pearce BLM Nomination
The Trump pick to lead the land management agency has ties to anti-government extremists
www.sierraclub.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
It would be hard to think of a worse choice for BLM director than Steve Pearce. If his oil industry ties and voting record weren't enough to disqualify him, his history of siding with violent extremists should be.
My latest for @sierramagazine.bsky.social :
www.sierraclub.org/sierra/conse...
My latest for @sierramagazine.bsky.social :
www.sierraclub.org/sierra/conse...
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Back in the day we could only achieve this by putting an incorrect tape into Teddy Ruxpiin, truly we have made great advances
November 19, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Back in the day we could only achieve this by putting an incorrect tape into Teddy Ruxpiin, truly we have made great advances
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I’m so old I remember when the Constitution had an emoluments clause.
“They buy apartments from me. They spend $40 million, $50 million. Am I supposed to dislike them? I like them very much.”
Trump meets business partner In the Oval Office
From “bad situation” to “things happen”: How Saudi money changed Trump’s tune on Khashoggi's murder.
www.motherjones.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I’m so old I remember when the Constitution had an emoluments clause.
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Let me tell you about the other Epstein files the Trump administration is STILL HIDING — records that aren’t affected by the bill Congress passed today.
November 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Let me tell you about the other Epstein files the Trump administration is STILL HIDING — records that aren’t affected by the bill Congress passed today.