Sally James
@jamesian.bsky.social
Science journalist. Yoga teacher. I'm an "indirect cost" writing for researchers at times.
More at https://seattlesciencewriter.com
More at https://seattlesciencewriter.com
I'm getting a preview of a new play, "Life on the Moon," from playwright Anna Tatelman tonight at ReAct in SODO.
Produced by Baker Theater Workshop.
Will be writing my story for @soseaemerald.bsky.social
#new #play
www.eventbrite.com/e/life-on-th...
Produced by Baker Theater Workshop.
Will be writing my story for @soseaemerald.bsky.social
#new #play
www.eventbrite.com/e/life-on-th...
November 25, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I'm getting a preview of a new play, "Life on the Moon," from playwright Anna Tatelman tonight at ReAct in SODO.
Produced by Baker Theater Workshop.
Will be writing my story for @soseaemerald.bsky.social
#new #play
www.eventbrite.com/e/life-on-th...
Produced by Baker Theater Workshop.
Will be writing my story for @soseaemerald.bsky.social
#new #play
www.eventbrite.com/e/life-on-th...
My mistake. Is there nothing of value in the urine? #microbiome #health
ha! But remember, we collect the poop, not the urine - poop is a treasure trove!
November 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
My mistake. Is there nothing of value in the urine? #microbiome #health
It is the 110th anniversary of the murder of the labor organizer Joe Hill. The Salt Lake Tribune wrote about it.
Joan Baez sang about it at Woodstock in 1969.
local.sltrib.com/charts/joehi...
Joan Baez sang about it at Woodstock in 1969.
local.sltrib.com/charts/joehi...
Who was Joe Hill?
Joe Hill. The making of a martyr. Did Utah execute an innocent man by firing squad on Nov. 19, 1915? A century later, Joe Hill inspires artists and galvanizes activists.
local.sltrib.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:10 AM
It is the 110th anniversary of the murder of the labor organizer Joe Hill. The Salt Lake Tribune wrote about it.
Joan Baez sang about it at Woodstock in 1969.
local.sltrib.com/charts/joehi...
Joan Baez sang about it at Woodstock in 1969.
local.sltrib.com/charts/joehi...
and some fact-checker, somewhere, maybe in #seattle (because we have a few who work for @nytimes.com )
Some fact-checker made sure that ... it was double-checked.
#factchecking #facts
Some fact-checker made sure that ... it was double-checked.
#factchecking #facts
Here’s an example of journalistic dedication. My husband, @danfagin.bsky.social, wrote the butterfly story. To fact-check the rice grains analogy, he asked a rice scientist (yes, there are such a thing) to weigh a dozen grains so Dan could get the average weight of a single grain.
wake up babe, new units of measurement just dropped www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/s...
November 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
and some fact-checker, somewhere, maybe in #seattle (because we have a few who work for @nytimes.com )
Some fact-checker made sure that ... it was double-checked.
#factchecking #facts
Some fact-checker made sure that ... it was double-checked.
#factchecking #facts
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Warnings rise for U.S. as severe flu strain causes outbreaks in Canada, U.K. and Japan www.nbcnews.com/health/healt... via @nbcnews.com @erikaedwards.bsky.social
Warnings rise for U.S. as severe flu strain causes outbreaks in Canada, U.K.
A flu strain that emerged over the summer is causing "unprecedented" outbreaks in Japan, as well as in Canada and the U.K. The CDC hasn't provided insights on flu in the U.S. in nearly two months.
www.nbcnews.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Warnings rise for U.S. as severe flu strain causes outbreaks in Canada, U.K. and Japan www.nbcnews.com/health/healt... via @nbcnews.com @erikaedwards.bsky.social
Mixing is a fundamental process that functions like a heartbeat for lakes. But at iconic lakes around the world, climate change is slowing or even stopping that heartbeat - causing profound impacts to these very special ecosystems. @quantamagazine.bsky.social
www.quantamagazine.org/mixing-is-th...
www.quantamagazine.org/mixing-is-th...
Mixing Is the Heartbeat of Deep Lakes. At Crater Lake, It’s Slowing Down. | Quanta Magazine
The physics of mixing water layers — an interplay of wind, climate and more — makes lakes work. When it stops, impacts can ripple across an ecosystem.
www.quantamagazine.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:42 AM
My #fridayfeeling is this instrumental gem from The Westerlies. (named after prevailing winds) Written by Aoife O'Donovan.
#music #seattle #Garfield #Roosevelt IYKYK #jazz
youtu.be/2wENQfyWnYs?...
#music #seattle #Garfield #Roosevelt IYKYK #jazz
youtu.be/2wENQfyWnYs?...
The Westerlies | "B61" by Aoife O'Donovan
YouTube video by The Westerlies
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 6:55 PM
My #fridayfeeling is this instrumental gem from The Westerlies. (named after prevailing winds) Written by Aoife O'Donovan.
#music #seattle #Garfield #Roosevelt IYKYK #jazz
youtu.be/2wENQfyWnYs?...
#music #seattle #Garfield #Roosevelt IYKYK #jazz
youtu.be/2wENQfyWnYs?...
Reposted by Sally James
🚨📢JOB ALERT📢🚨 @theexamination.org is hiring an editor to lead their food and polluting industries reporting teams. www.theexamination.org/careers/inve...
Investigative editor
We investigate corporate behavior that threatens the health of communities around the world. See our reporting on tobacco, food, polluters and more.
www.theexamination.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:19 PM
🚨📢JOB ALERT📢🚨 @theexamination.org is hiring an editor to lead their food and polluting industries reporting teams. www.theexamination.org/careers/inve...
Careful. You may get more subscribers than you were planning on. #SciWri26
I just heard from two different people at #SciWri25 that next year's meeting is ... here? Corvallis?
That is wild. I'm not sure how some details of that will work, but I do look forward to running a makeshift science writer B&B out of my apartment for my out of town friends.
That is wild. I'm not sure how some details of that will work, but I do look forward to running a makeshift science writer B&B out of my apartment for my out of town friends.
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Careful. You may get more subscribers than you were planning on. #SciWri26
Hooray for #worldscienceday
In honor of #leftcoast research, enjoy a story (I wrote) about the protein synthesis that won the Nobel prize for UW researcher David Baker and @uwproteindesign.bsky.social
#seattle
#protein #synthesis #molecular
magazine.washington.edu/feature/prot...
In honor of #leftcoast research, enjoy a story (I wrote) about the protein synthesis that won the Nobel prize for UW researcher David Baker and @uwproteindesign.bsky.social
#seattle
#protein #synthesis #molecular
magazine.washington.edu/feature/prot...
Professor David Baker’s audacious approach to creating new proteins
UW Magazine | University of Washington
magazine.washington.edu
November 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Hooray for #worldscienceday
In honor of #leftcoast research, enjoy a story (I wrote) about the protein synthesis that won the Nobel prize for UW researcher David Baker and @uwproteindesign.bsky.social
#seattle
#protein #synthesis #molecular
magazine.washington.edu/feature/prot...
In honor of #leftcoast research, enjoy a story (I wrote) about the protein synthesis that won the Nobel prize for UW researcher David Baker and @uwproteindesign.bsky.social
#seattle
#protein #synthesis #molecular
magazine.washington.edu/feature/prot...
Hey #PNW, the @sciencewriters.org meeting next NOV is in Corvallis, OR. Hosts include @oregonstate.edu
#sciwri26
Travel dream - a "private car" on Amtrak bringing all the #seattle folks south
@nswa.bsky.social
sciencewriters2025.org/next-year/
#sciwri26
Travel dream - a "private car" on Amtrak bringing all the #seattle folks south
@nswa.bsky.social
sciencewriters2025.org/next-year/
November 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Hey #PNW, the @sciencewriters.org meeting next NOV is in Corvallis, OR. Hosts include @oregonstate.edu
#sciwri26
Travel dream - a "private car" on Amtrak bringing all the #seattle folks south
@nswa.bsky.social
sciencewriters2025.org/next-year/
#sciwri26
Travel dream - a "private car" on Amtrak bringing all the #seattle folks south
@nswa.bsky.social
sciencewriters2025.org/next-year/
Reposted by Sally James
Wow. @jjmcdona.bsky.social of @factcheck.org says she doesn’t use the term #misinformation anymore bc it’s been politicized and become a trigger word. “It doesn’t mean anything anymore,” she said at #SciWri25. She now just says things are false or untrue.
November 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Wow. @jjmcdona.bsky.social of @factcheck.org says she doesn’t use the term #misinformation anymore bc it’s been politicized and become a trigger word. “It doesn’t mean anything anymore,” she said at #SciWri25. She now just says things are false or untrue.
Reposted by Sally James
look at all these beautiful people!!! is there a word that conveys both joy and extreme FOMO?
Thank you all of you who made @theopennotebook.bsky.social’s 15th birthday party at #SciWri25 so special! That was a night I’ll never forget. ❤️
November 9, 2025 at 4:42 PM
look at all these beautiful people!!! is there a word that conveys both joy and extreme FOMO?
In 1909, Dr. Cora Smith Eaton climbed Mt. Rainier with a “Votes for Women” banner.
A year later, on November 8th, women in Washington state won the right to vote – the 5th state to do so, and 10 years before the 19th amendment.
A year later, on November 8th, women in Washington state won the right to vote – the 5th state to do so, and 10 years before the 19th amendment.
November 9, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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Wordle Puzzle Created By jamesian
Choose a word for friends to guess, then share your own puzzle.
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November 8, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Scientists call for stronger action to save Indonesia’s vanishing seagrass meadows news.mongabay.com/2025/11/seag... 🧪🦑🌎
Scientists call for stronger action to save Indonesia’s vanishing seagrass meadows
SANUR, Indonesia — Indonesia’s seagrass ecosystems are crucial for climate action, biodiversity and coastal livelihoods, yet remain a largely neglected asset, marine scientists and conservation…
news.mongabay.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:45 AM
There are probably still more than 100,000 ballots out there. Wilson will have to get about 55 percent of those still-outstanding ballots (by my rough math) to make up the difference.
November 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Everything lined up for my 7-year-old friend to watch #concrete crew in #Seattle. The drama of construction kept her engaged. #transportation
November 5, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Everything lined up for my 7-year-old friend to watch #concrete crew in #Seattle. The drama of construction kept her engaged. #transportation
Thank you to Johns Hopkins for the discussion with author @jennieerinsmith.bsky.social tonight about her book on #alzheimers and the Colombian families who have been studied since the 1980s. #journalism #books
(will archive be shared?)
Book title - Valley of Forgetting.
hub.jhu.edu/events/2025/...
(will archive be shared?)
Book title - Valley of Forgetting.
hub.jhu.edu/events/2025/...
Author Talks Presents: Jennie Erin Smith
Join MA in Science Writing program alum Romila Santra as she hosts freelance science and medical reporter Jennie Erin Smith.
hub.jhu.edu
November 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Thank you to Johns Hopkins for the discussion with author @jennieerinsmith.bsky.social tonight about her book on #alzheimers and the Colombian families who have been studied since the 1980s. #journalism #books
(will archive be shared?)
Book title - Valley of Forgetting.
hub.jhu.edu/events/2025/...
(will archive be shared?)
Book title - Valley of Forgetting.
hub.jhu.edu/events/2025/...
As SNAP benefits face uncertainty during the federal shutdown, South End mutual aid groups continue to fill the gaps — providing food, warmth, and solidarity.
Explore the Emerald's updated guide to local mutual aid groups and how to get involved: soseaem.org/47zzbdJ #Seattle
Explore the Emerald's updated guide to local mutual aid groups and how to get involved: soseaem.org/47zzbdJ #Seattle
UPDATED: A South End Guide to Mutual Aid Groups in Seattle
From warm meals to harm-reduction kits, the Emerald's updated guide spotlights South End (and beyond) mutual aid groups keeping Seattle neighbors cared for — through solidarity, not charity.
southseattleemerald.org
November 4, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Reposted by Sally James
As SNAP benefits face uncertainty during the federal shutdown, South End mutual aid groups continue to fill the gaps — providing food, warmth, and solidarity.
Explore the Emerald's updated guide to local mutual aid groups and how to get involved: soseaem.org/47zzbdJ #Seattle
Explore the Emerald's updated guide to local mutual aid groups and how to get involved: soseaem.org/47zzbdJ #Seattle
UPDATED: A South End Guide to Mutual Aid Groups in Seattle
From warm meals to harm-reduction kits, the Emerald's updated guide spotlights South End (and beyond) mutual aid groups keeping Seattle neighbors cared for — through solidarity, not charity.
southseattleemerald.org
November 3, 2025 at 11:54 PM
As SNAP benefits face uncertainty during the federal shutdown, South End mutual aid groups continue to fill the gaps — providing food, warmth, and solidarity.
Explore the Emerald's updated guide to local mutual aid groups and how to get involved: soseaem.org/47zzbdJ #Seattle
Explore the Emerald's updated guide to local mutual aid groups and how to get involved: soseaem.org/47zzbdJ #Seattle
Reposted by Sally James
hey UX / web designers, there are literally billions of us with two-letter last names. let's stop doing this!
November 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
hey UX / web designers, there are literally billions of us with two-letter last names. let's stop doing this!