Kate Petersen
@k8petersen.bsky.social
Writer. Science and climate communicator. Former Stegner fellow at Stanford. Daughter of Gallahop. Opinions are my own.
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The CDC’s mission was to protect and improve lives. When it starts echoing arguments used by anti-vaccine groups, something has gone terribly wrong. We must demand clarity, transparency, and a return to evidence-based messaging — for the health of the entire nation.
November 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The CDC’s mission was to protect and improve lives. When it starts echoing arguments used by anti-vaccine groups, something has gone terribly wrong. We must demand clarity, transparency, and a return to evidence-based messaging — for the health of the entire nation.
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It’s too early yet to know what to make of tonight’s news that Türkiye will physically host #COP31, with Australia as President & some partnership with the Pacific. But at least for my community, this is a really tough blow at a critical time & it will reduce our participation.
November 20, 2025 at 3:24 AM
It’s too early yet to know what to make of tonight’s news that Türkiye will physically host #COP31, with Australia as President & some partnership with the Pacific. But at least for my community, this is a really tough blow at a critical time & it will reduce our participation.
in a moment when too much of the remaining opinion column space in the states seems to have been set aside for farcical, garbled thinking, so grateful for @elienyc.bsky.social, for his moral clarity, and for the way he wields the form.
November 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
in a moment when too much of the remaining opinion column space in the states seems to have been set aside for farcical, garbled thinking, so grateful for @elienyc.bsky.social, for his moral clarity, and for the way he wields the form.
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sigh. Passive construction assigns Rep. Grijalva the delay. who caused the delay?
BREAKING: Arizona Democrat Adelita Grijalva is sworn into office, ending weeks of delay as the House reconvenes for a vote on funding deal.
Adelita Grijalva sworn in as the House's newest member, paving the way for an Epstein files vote
After weeks of delay, Democrat Adelita Grijalva of Arizona is a member of the U.S. House. Grijalva was sworn into office Wednesday, more than seven weeks after she won a special election in Arizona to fill the House seat last held by her late father.
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November 12, 2025 at 9:22 PM
sigh. Passive construction assigns Rep. Grijalva the delay. who caused the delay?
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So this happened an hour ago. I don’t think I’ve seen red this deep in a long time. You could see it quite clearly with the naked eye. #aurora
November 12, 2025 at 2:07 AM
So this happened an hour ago. I don’t think I’ve seen red this deep in a long time. You could see it quite clearly with the naked eye. #aurora
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Currently at KL2R in Two Rivers, Alaska. The funny thing is I am slightly red-green color blind. I usually don’t see the red. I only have a “sense” of it, like the shades and tones in a B&W photo. When I stepped out and looked south I actually SAW the red. I knew it was intense. 6:15 PM. Temp -5F.
November 12, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Currently at KL2R in Two Rivers, Alaska. The funny thing is I am slightly red-green color blind. I usually don’t see the red. I only have a “sense” of it, like the shades and tones in a B&W photo. When I stepped out and looked south I actually SAW the red. I knew it was intense. 6:15 PM. Temp -5F.
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Why am I doing this? Well, climate talk has dropped like a rock since January. And fewer invites mean less support for my small but mighty Talking Climate team.
But silence isn’t an option: so I'm stepping it UP!
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But silence isn’t an option: so I'm stepping it UP!
If you believe climate conversations matter too, please subscribe and share 💚💬🌎
November 12, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Why am I doing this? Well, climate talk has dropped like a rock since January. And fewer invites mean less support for my small but mighty Talking Climate team.
But silence isn’t an option: so I'm stepping it UP!
If you believe climate conversations matter too, please subscribe and share 💚💬🌎
But silence isn’t an option: so I'm stepping it UP!
If you believe climate conversations matter too, please subscribe and share 💚💬🌎
One of the most meaningful musical experiences I’ve had was learning and singing Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem with a festival choir when I was in grad school in Minnesota.(The children’s choir always smushes me.)
Here is a performance online youtu.be/625WOYzdvFw?... #RemembranceDay #VeteransDay
Here is a performance online youtu.be/625WOYzdvFw?... #RemembranceDay #VeteransDay
Benjamin Britten's War Requiem | Full Concert in HD
YouTube video by Southbank Centre
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November 11, 2025 at 6:04 PM
One of the most meaningful musical experiences I’ve had was learning and singing Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem with a festival choir when I was in grad school in Minnesota.(The children’s choir always smushes me.)
Here is a performance online youtu.be/625WOYzdvFw?... #RemembranceDay #VeteransDay
Here is a performance online youtu.be/625WOYzdvFw?... #RemembranceDay #VeteransDay
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NEW: Councillors and sources inside the City of Vancouver say the city's mayor, Ken Sim, will put forth a budget Wednesday that will eliminate the city's celebrated climate and sustainability department.
Vancouver mayor plans to eliminate city's climate and sustainability department
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is planning to eliminate the city's sustainability and climate department under the guise of a push to prevent increases to property taxes. Canada's National Observer learned a...
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November 11, 2025 at 1:47 AM
NEW: Councillors and sources inside the City of Vancouver say the city's mayor, Ken Sim, will put forth a budget Wednesday that will eliminate the city's celebrated climate and sustainability department.
Could we pass a designated senator rule and just replace this caucus with top of the Dodgers-Jays batting order for the foreseeable?
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Could we pass a designated senator rule and just replace this caucus with top of the Dodgers-Jays batting order for the foreseeable?
Another harmful, gutting Friday eve. No legal scholar, so salt, but my yeoman’s take: this moment is nth exhibit of the maxim that there is no such thing as appeasing autocracy. It is an appetite fed only by boundaries dissolved and people debased, which is why near-total immunity did not sate it.
November 8, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Another harmful, gutting Friday eve. No legal scholar, so salt, but my yeoman’s take: this moment is nth exhibit of the maxim that there is no such thing as appeasing autocracy. It is an appetite fed only by boundaries dissolved and people debased, which is why near-total immunity did not sate it.
In this moment of hope and breathing in, also thinking of Melissa Hortman tonight, and how she and John Hoffman should still be here to witness these democratic lights.
November 5, 2025 at 6:18 AM
In this moment of hope and breathing in, also thinking of Melissa Hortman tonight, and how she and John Hoffman should still be here to witness these democratic lights.
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Molly will be visiting the lands of the Lenape, Klamath, Shoshone Bannock, Diné, and Native Hawaiian in the coming days! Pumped for the respective communities Molly visits, and everyone who gets to learn more about them.
Watch them on the PBS KIDS app now or see when they air nationally near you.
Watch them on the PBS KIDS app now or see when they air nationally near you.
November 4, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Molly will be visiting the lands of the Lenape, Klamath, Shoshone Bannock, Diné, and Native Hawaiian in the coming days! Pumped for the respective communities Molly visits, and everyone who gets to learn more about them.
Watch them on the PBS KIDS app now or see when they air nationally near you.
Watch them on the PBS KIDS app now or see when they air nationally near you.
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I feel like boomers think about how good they had it and take credit for it. And they made a point of hoarding that good. But as a millennial, it’s been pretty horrific to have a glimpse of how much better a lot things used to be as well as an acute awareness of the decline.
October 31, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I feel like boomers think about how good they had it and take credit for it. And they made a point of hoarding that good. But as a millennial, it’s been pretty horrific to have a glimpse of how much better a lot things used to be as well as an acute awareness of the decline.
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For 61 years the #BBCWorldService has been broadcasting the latest in science via its weekly Science in Action programme. That dies in the next half hour, with this final edition, reflecting on the fall in trust in expertise driven by malign interests over recent years.
October 30, 2025 at 8:20 PM
For 61 years the #BBCWorldService has been broadcasting the latest in science via its weekly Science in Action programme. That dies in the next half hour, with this final edition, reflecting on the fall in trust in expertise driven by malign interests over recent years.
Jamaica, thinking of you.
BREAKING: Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 storm, the strongest direct hit to the island in 174 years.
Live updates: Hurricane Melissa hits Jamaica as its strongest storm since records began
Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica Tuesday afternoon as a Category 5 storm. Forecasters expect it to unleash catastrophic flooding, landslides and widespread damage.
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October 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Jamaica, thinking of you.
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Sigh...my quick update
www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
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Hurricane Melissa Is Category 5 With 175 MPH Winds — What’s Next?
Hurricane Melissa is a dangerous Category 5 hurricane with winds of 175 mph. What to expect as the storm approaches Jamaica.
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October 27, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Sigh...my quick update
www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
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relatedly, just updated my profile image to a hand-painted plein-air done by an artist on Vancouver Island in the summer of 2016. I was a background character to my dad's portrait and my hair isn't really this color, but I like the whimiscal puff of steam coming from my head. seems prescient!
October 21, 2025 at 2:57 AM
relatedly, just updated my profile image to a hand-painted plein-air done by an artist on Vancouver Island in the summer of 2016. I was a background character to my dad's portrait and my hair isn't really this color, but I like the whimiscal puff of steam coming from my head. seems prescient!
out-onioning @theonion.com, I see.
from a discourse perspective, would be cool if there were suddenly a proliferation of jaded armchair architects on here saying 'we told you months ago this would happen' and sharing annotated mockups of WH floorplans like receipts.
from a discourse perspective, would be cool if there were suddenly a proliferation of jaded armchair architects on here saying 'we told you months ago this would happen' and sharing annotated mockups of WH floorplans like receipts.
October 20, 2025 at 10:11 PM
out-onioning @theonion.com, I see.
from a discourse perspective, would be cool if there were suddenly a proliferation of jaded armchair architects on here saying 'we told you months ago this would happen' and sharing annotated mockups of WH floorplans like receipts.
from a discourse perspective, would be cool if there were suddenly a proliferation of jaded armchair architects on here saying 'we told you months ago this would happen' and sharing annotated mockups of WH floorplans like receipts.
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And if there aren’t any community meetings, it would be a GREAT opportunity to meet like-minded individuals you can organize a meeting with. Doesn’t have to be big.
Many movements of yore started in someone’s living room
Many movements of yore started in someone’s living room
October 18, 2025 at 9:20 PM
And if there aren’t any community meetings, it would be a GREAT opportunity to meet like-minded individuals you can organize a meeting with. Doesn’t have to be big.
Many movements of yore started in someone’s living room
Many movements of yore started in someone’s living room
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my main takeaways from listening to the Supreme Court oral argument today are
-the writing is on the wall for the Voting Rights Act
-the Republican justices are now throwing racist spaghetti at that wall; they'll pass of whatever sticks as the opinion's rationale
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/calla...
-the writing is on the wall for the Voting Rights Act
-the Republican justices are now throwing racist spaghetti at that wall; they'll pass of whatever sticks as the opinion's rationale
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/calla...
The Conservative Justices Have So Many Ideas For How to Kill the Voting Rights Act
The Republican justices already know where they’re going. They just have to figure out which route they’re going to take to get there.
ballsandstrikes.org
October 15, 2025 at 10:31 PM
my main takeaways from listening to the Supreme Court oral argument today are
-the writing is on the wall for the Voting Rights Act
-the Republican justices are now throwing racist spaghetti at that wall; they'll pass of whatever sticks as the opinion's rationale
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/calla...
-the writing is on the wall for the Voting Rights Act
-the Republican justices are now throwing racist spaghetti at that wall; they'll pass of whatever sticks as the opinion's rationale
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/calla...