Ben Young Landis
@younglandis.bsky.social
Designing lasting impact for science, environment, and society | Past Portfolio @cr8xt.bsky.social | Fish Art @betterknowafish.bsky.social | Opinions here are my own—esp of leaf blowers | He/Him/他🧋🖖🏼🧡
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When I got this assignment, I was shocked to learn that suicide was one of the leading causes of death among new mothers. But there's hope, with the approval of the first pill for postpartum depression. @sciam.bsky.social
Postpartum Depression Gets a New, Fast-Acting Fix in a Pill
Deep emotional distress after birth kills many mothers. A new kind of drug offers better, faster treatment
www.scientificamerican.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:02 PM
When I got this assignment, I was shocked to learn that suicide was one of the leading causes of death among new mothers. But there's hope, with the approval of the first pill for postpartum depression. @sciam.bsky.social
Environment / sustainability friends, if you're not reading Tim's #FutureProof newsletter, you're missing out. Great short #SciComm #SciPol bites to stay updated on trends in energy and environment, if you're in the game or reporting on it. 🧪
Hello Bluesky people! If you're new here, I cover all things climate tech for @techcrunch.com, from fusion power to heat pumps, carbon removal to carbon-negative concrete.
My current work: techcrunch.com/author/tim-d...
My (on hiatus but soon to be revived) newsletter: www.futureproofreviews.com
My current work: techcrunch.com/author/tim-d...
My (on hiatus but soon to be revived) newsletter: www.futureproofreviews.com
Future Proof – Lower your carbon footprint, not your standards
Future Proof helps you lower your carbon footprint by reviewing products and recommending only the best, most eco-friendly ones available.
www.futureproofreviews.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Environment / sustainability friends, if you're not reading Tim's #FutureProof newsletter, you're missing out. Great short #SciComm #SciPol bites to stay updated on trends in energy and environment, if you're in the game or reporting on it. 🧪
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"Is Lai's Op-Ed in the Washington Post Intended to Placate the US or Bait the KMT?" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
Is Lai’s Op-Ed in the Washington Post Intended to Placate the US or Bait the KMT? | New Bloom Magazine
An op-ed in the Washington Post by Lai Ching-te published yesterday emphasized plans to increase the military budget to 40 billion USD, which would be 3.3% of the GDP next year and 5%
newbloommag.net
November 27, 2025 at 5:04 AM
"Is Lai's Op-Ed in the Washington Post Intended to Placate the US or Bait the KMT?" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
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In the middle was the flapper aesthetic which centered on very thin women - thank god we're not bringing that back.
spanish flu was 1918........ the great wall street crash was 1929........... very cool stuff, history, very cool and not stressful
This seems like an important story.
November 27, 2025 at 7:04 AM
In the middle was the flapper aesthetic which centered on very thin women - thank god we're not bringing that back.
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When she was promoting her book "Pangolina" at Prague Zoo, Goodall even met with Šiška last May and greeted the little spruce cone as "a symbol of hope." It was her first face-to-face encounter with a #pangolin.
In memoriam — Jane Goodall and Run Hou Tang: wordsfromtaiwan.medium.com/taiwan-natur...
In memoriam — Jane Goodall and Run Hou Tang: wordsfromtaiwan.medium.com/taiwan-natur...
November 12, 2025 at 1:06 PM
When she was promoting her book "Pangolina" at Prague Zoo, Goodall even met with Šiška last May and greeted the little spruce cone as "a symbol of hope." It was her first face-to-face encounter with a #pangolin.
In memoriam — Jane Goodall and Run Hou Tang: wordsfromtaiwan.medium.com/taiwan-natur...
In memoriam — Jane Goodall and Run Hou Tang: wordsfromtaiwan.medium.com/taiwan-natur...
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When European explorers arrived in Asia and Africa, they came across many wondrous creatures like the #pangolin. They believed the armored mammal resembling "a large animated spruce cone" was a formidable living tank that developed an impregnable shell "hard enough to turn a musket-ball" by old age.
November 15, 2025 at 8:06 AM
When European explorers arrived in Asia and Africa, they came across many wondrous creatures like the #pangolin. They believed the armored mammal resembling "a large animated spruce cone" was a formidable living tank that developed an impregnable shell "hard enough to turn a musket-ball" by old age.
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Big shoes to fill!
🚨 journo job! 🚨
Replace me! - after 13 years at the Guardian and six years on the incredible China team, including five in Taiwan, I’m leaving at the end of this year. I’ll get sentimental about it later but for now: Here’s the job ad. I recommend it!
workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
Replace me! - after 13 years at the Guardian and six years on the incredible China team, including five in Taiwan, I’m leaving at the end of this year. I’ll get sentimental about it later but for now: Here’s the job ad. I recommend it!
workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
China Correspondent
Join our team at the Guardian and be a part of a diverse and inclusive global organisation that delivers award-winning, investigative journalism, and holds power to account. Our team of journalists, c...
workwithus.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Big shoes to fill!
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Eight more news organizations have filed a new lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI, seeking $10B in damages for violating copyright law by stealing their content to build and operate AI tools. The lawsuit joins a similar one filed by other news organizations that include the Sun Sentinel.
8 more newspapers sue OpenAI, Microsoft, alleging stolen content used in AI apps
Eight newspapers owned or managed by MediaNews Group filed a civil lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, accusing the tech giants of violating copyright law.
www.sun-sentinel.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Eight more news organizations have filed a new lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI, seeking $10B in damages for violating copyright law by stealing their content to build and operate AI tools. The lawsuit joins a similar one filed by other news organizations that include the Sun Sentinel.
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Taking place at DAYBREAK on Thursday! Join us for a happy hour focused on sustainability
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November 24, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Taking place at DAYBREAK on Thursday! Join us for a happy hour focused on sustainability
www.facebook.com/events/15201...
www.facebook.com/events/15201...
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November 25, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Check it out! The latest New Bloom Substack! On our recent articles, upcoming events and more!
November 26, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Check it out! The latest New Bloom Substack! On our recent articles, upcoming events and more!
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🚨NEW: Iran will move its capital due to an ecological catastrophe. Experts warn the move won’t help the nearly 10 million people living in Tehran, who will continue to face the impacts of corruption and climate change.
“We saw this coming,” one source told me.
My story @sciam.bsky.social 🧪
“We saw this coming,” one source told me.
My story @sciam.bsky.social 🧪
Iran's Capital Is Moving. The Reason is an Ecological Catastrophe
The move is partly driven by climate change, but experts say decades of human error and action are also to blame
www.scientificamerican.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM
🚨NEW: Iran will move its capital due to an ecological catastrophe. Experts warn the move won’t help the nearly 10 million people living in Tehran, who will continue to face the impacts of corruption and climate change.
“We saw this coming,” one source told me.
My story @sciam.bsky.social 🧪
“We saw this coming,” one source told me.
My story @sciam.bsky.social 🧪
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I swore an oath to the Constitution in 1986. I've upheld it through 25 years of service and every day since I retired.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
November 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I swore an oath to the Constitution in 1986. I've upheld it through 25 years of service and every day since I retired.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
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On a delightful walk today with my charming company we came across a gurgling spring-fed pond with some chonky koi, swimming idyllically. Cyprinus sp. 錦鯉 for #SundayFishSketch 🐡🦑🧪
November 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
On a delightful walk today with my charming company we came across a gurgling spring-fed pond with some chonky koi, swimming idyllically. Cyprinus sp. 錦鯉 for #SundayFishSketch 🐡🦑🧪
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BTW if you are a conference organizer and want to see this kind of thing at your conference (and have funding to support the artists!!!) feel free to reach out to me.
Especially if your conference is in driving distance of Philadelphia, but even if it's not, I'm down to collaborate!
Especially if your conference is in driving distance of Philadelphia, but even if it's not, I'm down to collaborate!
ARTISTS!
I need your help!
In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.
Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
I need your help!
In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.
Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
November 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
BTW if you are a conference organizer and want to see this kind of thing at your conference (and have funding to support the artists!!!) feel free to reach out to me.
Especially if your conference is in driving distance of Philadelphia, but even if it's not, I'm down to collaborate!
Especially if your conference is in driving distance of Philadelphia, but even if it's not, I'm down to collaborate!
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It's Friday, and apparently bluesky is ready for this fun revelation:
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
November 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
It's Friday, and apparently bluesky is ready for this fun revelation:
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
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"Why Would Taiwan's Foreign Minister Frame Palestine as Akin To an Enemy State?" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
Why Would Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Frame Palestine as Akin To an Enemy State? | New Bloom Magazine
An on-the-record press briefing by Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung last week proved a bizarre exercise in diplomatic ineptness and tacit endorsement of a genocide…
newbloommag.net
November 21, 2025 at 9:51 AM
"Why Would Taiwan's Foreign Minister Frame Palestine as Akin To an Enemy State?" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
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Tomorrow! Join us for our panel on efforts to connect Taiwan to the world through graphic novels, comics, and children's books in translation, with @michellekuo.bsky.social, @shuwanggong.bsky.social, Elizabeth Hsinyin Lee, and @brianhioe.bsky.social as speakers!
www.facebook.com/events/29449...
www.facebook.com/events/29449...
November 21, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Tomorrow! Join us for our panel on efforts to connect Taiwan to the world through graphic novels, comics, and children's books in translation, with @michellekuo.bsky.social, @shuwanggong.bsky.social, Elizabeth Hsinyin Lee, and @brianhioe.bsky.social as speakers!
www.facebook.com/events/29449...
www.facebook.com/events/29449...
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Another #AIchatbot to boycott — #Qwen by #Alibaba destroys the environment while parroting false #CCP narratives about #Taiwan, an independent country that has never been ruled even for a day by Communist China.
November 18, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Another #AIchatbot to boycott — #Qwen by #Alibaba destroys the environment while parroting false #CCP narratives about #Taiwan, an independent country that has never been ruled even for a day by Communist China.
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Upcoming events worth a trip to Pingtung County: The 2025 World #Indigenous Traditional Games 世界原住民族傳統運動會(12/10–12/12) at the Laiyi Senior High in Laiyi Township and the Kacalisiyan Art & Music Festival on the Slope 斜坡上的藝術節 (11/29–11/30) at the Linhousilin Forest Park in Chaozhou.
November 18, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Upcoming events worth a trip to Pingtung County: The 2025 World #Indigenous Traditional Games 世界原住民族傳統運動會(12/10–12/12) at the Laiyi Senior High in Laiyi Township and the Kacalisiyan Art & Music Festival on the Slope 斜坡上的藝術節 (11/29–11/30) at the Linhousilin Forest Park in Chaozhou.
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FORMOSAT-8 is Taiwan's first domestically developed optical remote sensing satellite constellation that can capture ground details down to 1 meters from 561 km altitude.
The #constellation will support disaster response, environmental monitoring, and global cooperation.
youtu.be/veU3aDNp5pA
The #constellation will support disaster response, environmental monitoring, and global cooperation.
youtu.be/veU3aDNp5pA
Watching over Taiwan, observing the world｜FORMOSAT-8 High-Resolution Optical Remote Sensing Sat
YouTube video by 國家太空中心 TASA
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 3:44 AM
FORMOSAT-8 is Taiwan's first domestically developed optical remote sensing satellite constellation that can capture ground details down to 1 meters from 561 km altitude.
The #constellation will support disaster response, environmental monitoring, and global cooperation.
youtu.be/veU3aDNp5pA
The #constellation will support disaster response, environmental monitoring, and global cooperation.
youtu.be/veU3aDNp5pA
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Taiwan hosts the 2025 World #Indigenous Traditional Games next month! First Nation athletes will compete alongside Indigenous Formosans in 10 events:
• Archery
• Music/Dance
• Log Sawing
• Wrestling
• Net Casting
• Canoe Racing
• Road Running
• Weight Carrying Relay
• Freediving Sprint
• Tug of War
• Archery
• Music/Dance
• Log Sawing
• Wrestling
• Net Casting
• Canoe Racing
• Road Running
• Weight Carrying Relay
• Freediving Sprint
• Tug of War
November 18, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Taiwan hosts the 2025 World #Indigenous Traditional Games next month! First Nation athletes will compete alongside Indigenous Formosans in 10 events:
• Archery
• Music/Dance
• Log Sawing
• Wrestling
• Net Casting
• Canoe Racing
• Road Running
• Weight Carrying Relay
• Freediving Sprint
• Tug of War
• Archery
• Music/Dance
• Log Sawing
• Wrestling
• Net Casting
• Canoe Racing
• Road Running
• Weight Carrying Relay
• Freediving Sprint
• Tug of War
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Join the next meeting of the Short Story Club!
A bilingual short story discussion group. This time we will be reading The Eyes in the Sky by Syaman Rapongan translated by Kyle Shernuk (Chapter 1)
link to the text and more on the event's page: www.facebook.com/share/1CyBUk...
A bilingual short story discussion group. This time we will be reading The Eyes in the Sky by Syaman Rapongan translated by Kyle Shernuk (Chapter 1)
link to the text and more on the event's page: www.facebook.com/share/1CyBUk...
November 11, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Join the next meeting of the Short Story Club!
A bilingual short story discussion group. This time we will be reading The Eyes in the Sky by Syaman Rapongan translated by Kyle Shernuk (Chapter 1)
link to the text and more on the event's page: www.facebook.com/share/1CyBUk...
A bilingual short story discussion group. This time we will be reading The Eyes in the Sky by Syaman Rapongan translated by Kyle Shernuk (Chapter 1)
link to the text and more on the event's page: www.facebook.com/share/1CyBUk...
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The latest New Bloom Substack is out! Check out updates on recent developments, including recent unionbusting against migrant workers at a company in New Taipei, and attempts by President Lai Ching-te to appeal to Israel. And check out our latest events!
newbloom.substack.com/p/from-taipe...
newbloom.substack.com/p/from-taipe...
November 12, 2025 at 6:39 AM
The latest New Bloom Substack is out! Check out updates on recent developments, including recent unionbusting against migrant workers at a company in New Taipei, and attempts by President Lai Ching-te to appeal to Israel. And check out our latest events!
newbloom.substack.com/p/from-taipe...
newbloom.substack.com/p/from-taipe...