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Dr. Jenny Morber
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PNW freelance sci journo, PhD nanosci and materials engineering. World traveler, field reporter. Newly focused on probing solutions to our biggest problems, but still interested in whale anuses and poo. I love the weird things. she/her
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Dr. Jenny Morber @jrmorber.bsky.social · Mar 31
Hello to all my new followers!

I am a former nanomaterials researcher turned science and solutions journalist living and working in the US.

I care about: free press, evidence-based science, accurate info, climate and environment, human rights, democracy, healthcare, poop, death, weird science
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ketanjoshi.co
Wow I am blown away by this new data on Australia's climate views

Highest levels of outright science denial since 2009. Highest level of 'gov't is doing too much' (!!!)

And more people afraid of 'self aware AI' than climate.

What a nightmare set of results

pca.st/episode/6577...
Guardian Essential report: Climate doom and Al anxiety 26 November 2025 ☑ 26m Just over half of voters say that climate change is happening and is caused by human activity, according to the latest Guardian Essential poll. The same number of voters had the same response more than 15 years ago, so Essential Media's executive director, Peter Lewis, and political reporter Josh Butler unpack the difference between the science and politics of climate action in Australia. They also explore why self-aware Al - rather than the climate crisis - ranked as our greatest existential threat, and how the overwhelming support for gambling reform exposes the gap between Albanese's current commitments and the public mood for change
November 26, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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This is just 2020-2021
November 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
jrmorber.bsky.social
Went looking for COVID19 death statistics recently:

18.2 million people worldwide, 1.13 million in the US
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

We still have no day of remembrance or mourning.
Estimating excess mortality due to the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic analysis of COVID-19-related mortality, 2020–21
The full impact of the pandemic has been much greater than what is indicated by reported deaths due to COVID-19 alone. Strengthening death registration systems around the world, long understood to be ...
www.thelancet.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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charles.littlegreenfootballs.com
i’m not crying you’re crying

xkcd: Fifteen Years

Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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A whole universe in 10 square centimeters
A close up image of a tree covered in multiple species of moss, lichen, and fungi, like a fairy wonderland.
November 24, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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natlash.bsky.social
1/ Today, ProPublica is running a piece I've been working on for a bit. It's about what happened with a devastating wave of bird flu earlier this year, as egg prices hit record highs.

And it's a story that illuminates the ways the U.S. is failing to control what could become the next pandemic. 🧵
November 18, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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hankgreen.bsky.social
Hmmm…what USAID wasn’t bad for America…what if getting rid of it only hurt us and everyone else?

What if the richest man in the world being responsible for ending aid to the poorest people in the world will go down as one of the most bizarre and disgusting acts of the 21st century?
November 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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gavinyamey.bsky.social
One of the very many reasons why I have not a single ounce (not one) of respect for RFK Jr’s MAHA cult is that they are not just dismantling vaccination & issuing harmful dietary advice (eat more saturated fat!)—they’re also sickening us through spewing dangerous chemicals poisoning the environment
November 22, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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tabathasouthey.bsky.social
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
A screenshot of a Facebook post where a person named Andy ask the Well now “What the hell is transgender?” The Royal Canadian Air Force account response with “That’s a pretty big question asked in a pretty small way, Andy. ‘Transgender’ putting describes someone whose gender – who they know themselves to be – doesn’t match the sex they were assigned at birth. It’s not new, and it’s certainly not a fad. People have lived this experience for as long as people have existed; we’re just finally talking about it openly. You don’t have to fully understand it right away, most learning takes time, but we can always start from a place of respect. That’s how decent folks handle things they’re still getting used to.”
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
jrmorber.bsky.social
If you care about aging research, watch the research in mitochondria

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Mitochondrial dysfunction as the “mother” of all hallmarks of aging
The idea of mitochondria being linked to biological aging goes back to the 1950s, when Denham Harman proposed his free radical theory of aging which eventually became the “Mitochondrial Free Radica...
www.tandfonline.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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unbreaking.org
We have a new timeline up today on our Medical Research Funding page, documenting the onslaught of political, legal, and bureaucratic attacks on medical research since January:

unbreaking.org/issues/medic...
Medical Research Funding: Timeline — Unbreaking
How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.
unbreaking.org
November 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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lizneeley.bsky.social
For 41 weeks now, I’ve been sitting down every Friday night to chronicle the damage this administration is doing to science & higher ed.

We must stay focused. We’re in this for the long haul. We are finding ways not just to block them, but build something better.

buttondown.com/liminalcreat...
Week 41
October 25-31 - a seasonal shift
buttondown.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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cityatlas.bsky.social
A French mathematician who didn't take a banking job, or manage an Ivy League university producing mathematician bankers (see: Larry Summers), Laszlo seems to be confronting the harsh reality...
www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
The already significant economic and geopolitical consequences will be considerable, even unbearable, for our societies: disruption of value chains, rising energy costs, strain on resources and population movements, loss of competitiveness for the most dependent countries, and increased poverty and vulnerability. While the inertia of the Earth system may render the damage irreparable on a human timescale, there is still time to act to halt global warming and adapt to a degraded climate, provided that every stakeholder assumes their responsibilities without delay.
November 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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ence.bsky.social
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.

We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.

washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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altcdc.altgov.info
Another low hum in the background is antimicrobial-resistant pathogens. Most of CDC’s funding goes to state and local health programs, which are crucial for keeping these bugs from spreading. Undermining that system is one thing that keeps this poster up at night.
November 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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altcdc.altgov.info
@cidrap.bsky.social is really solid/awesome! also find helpful info from @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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adamjst.bsky.social
After more than two months with no updates, ICE has finally released new detention statistics.

ICE reports a total of 65,135 detainees as of Nov. 16, 2025.

www.ice.gov/detain/deten...
Detention Management
www.ice.gov
November 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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newseye.bsky.social
NEW: Brutal to watch Zelensky address his nation just now. On the brink of being abandoned by the US.

"Right now is one of the most difficult moments in our history. At this moment, Ukraine may face a very hard choice: either the loss of dignity, or the risk of losing a key partner."
Zelensky in black fatigues looking to the camera during his address
November 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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What they said not only isn't controversial, it's right there in the oath of enlistment.
Screenshot of the Army oath of enlistment, which makes it clear that only orders that comply regulations and the UCMJ are to be followed. OATH OF ENLISTMENT do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God.
November 20, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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Morning walk

Cascades rock trail, Elwa Valley, Olympic National Park
November 20, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
to keep functioning, a society must discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities

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annabower.bsky.social Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 5d
This is nuts.

Yesterday in the Comey hearing, prosecutors *repeatedly* confirmed that the full grand jury never saw or voted on the two-count indictment.

Now they’re claiming the grand jury *did* vote on it.
The government respectfully submits this supplemental filing to correct the record regarding statements during the hearing held on November 19, 2025, before U.S. District Court Judge Michael S. Nachmanoff, suggesting an issue with the grand jury voting process on the indictment returned in Case No. 1:25-CR-272-MSN. The official transcript of the September 25, 2025, proceedings before Magistrate Judge Vaala conclusively refutes that claim and establishes that the grand jury voted on - and true-billed - the two-count indictment. I. The Court and the Foreperson Confirmed the Vote on the Two-Count Indictment The transcript contains the following direct exchange between the Court and the grand jury foreperson: THE COURT: Sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt you. 10 So you voted on the one that has the two counts? 11 THE FOREPERSON: Yes. See Transcript, Dkt No, 10, attached as Exhibit "A" at 4. This sworn testimony alone establishes that the grand jury voted on the two-count
November 20, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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From March 2025

wagingnonviolence.org/2025/03/resi...
Resistance is alive and well in the United States
Protests of Trump may not look like the mass marches in 2017, but they're far more numerous and frequent — and also becoming more strategic.
wagingnonviolence.org
November 20, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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elizabethjacobs.bsky.social
A horrifying graphic from Pew showing the fruits of the right wing war on public health.

Only 48% of Republicans believe that vaccines prevent serious illness, while 80% of Democrats do.

This is not a difference of opinion in science. This is the result of a ruthless disinformation campaign.
Graphic showing that only 48% of Republicans believe that vaccines are safe and effective, while 80% of Democrats do; that only 35% of republicans think vaccines are tested for safety, while 74% of Democrats do; and that only 32% of Republicans think the childhood vaccine schedule is safe, while 71% of democrats do.
November 20, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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heyjohnryan.bsky.social
The plan allows drilling off AK, CA, and the Gulf of Mexico. Pacific Northwest waters would not be opened to drilling.
www.boem.gov/oil-gas-ener...
November 20, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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I remember the oldentimes when scientists I talked to were like, "I do science. I don't pay attention to politics." Yeah.
November 20, 2025 at 9:18 PM