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Ian Rose

@ianrosewrites.bsky.social

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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

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Ian Rose @ianrosewrites.bsky.social · 16h

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...

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

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Ian Rose @ianrosewrites.bsky.social · 5h

Update: Good!

Ian Rose @ianrosewrites.bsky.social · 5h

The Phillies survive another day. If the top of the lineup is back in form, we might have a series. Let's do it again.

Ian Rose @ianrosewrites.bsky.social · 5h

I'll tell you after one more out.

Ian Rose @ianrosewrites.bsky.social · 5h

I get wanting to be home. I always want to be home. But if I buy a playoff baseball ticket, you couldn't drag me out of the stadium before my team's 27th out. I'll never understand leaving early, no matter the score.

Ian Rose @ianrosewrites.bsky.social · 6h

There they are. There are my Phils.

Ian Rose @ianrosewrites.bsky.social · 6h

a woman with long black hair and earrings is making a funny face while sitting at a table .

Alt: Whoopi Goldberg in Ghost saying "You in danger, girl"

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 11h

My latest animation of the global surface temperature anomaly, 1851 - 2025 (current through September).

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Ian Rose @ianrosewrites.bsky.social · 8h

All right Phillies. I'm ready to be hurt again. Let's go.

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Climatologist49 @climatologist49.bsky.social · 9h

The entire city of Kotzebue, Alaska, is being evacuated for potential record coastal flooding. Kotzebue is the "hub" community for northwest Alaska. @alaskawx.bsky.social

CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 12h

kotzebue, alaska declared a mandatory evacuation order

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John R. Platt @johnrplatt.bsky.social · 13h

Saving #vultures: As these ecologically important birds disappear, nature loses its “clean-up crew” and diseases like anthrax become more prevalent and dangerous. Here's what Zimbabwe is doing to save them. therevelator.org/saving-zimba...

Saving Zimbabwe’s Vultures • The Revelator

From poisonings to collisions with power lines, these birds face many threats. But as they decline, so does their ability to control the spread of deadly diseases.

therevelator.org

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 10h

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 11h

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Ian Rose @ianrosewrites.bsky.social · 10h

100%. Good, clean and on time beats unreliable and occasionally brilliant. I hope I manage to get a few sentences in that I'm really proud of, but I've come around to thinking of that as a bonus.

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 15h

Fail

Jon Passantino @passantino.bsky.social · 15h

CNN is now using the Trump preferred “Department of War” name in its official statements

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Ian Rose @ianrosewrites.bsky.social · 15h

We're losing so much all at once. This may seem small in the context of all that loss, but I still think it deserves to be remembered. I wish I could write an obituary for every single program that has been cut this year. I'm glad I got to write one.

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Mike Henry @onlyveesaz.bsky.social · 21h

One of our most underrated birds, the Turkey Vulture glides by at eye level. 🪶☀️🌵

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 19h

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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Ian Rose @ianrosewrites.bsky.social · 16h

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

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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 1d

The power of an F2.8 70-200mm in the hands of someone that knows how to use it. Pay staff photographers. Expose corruption and greed.

Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 1d

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. The strong growth usually seen due to shipments of holiday merchandise, “we are not seeing that,” said Dale Rogers ..

@cnbc.com #FreightRecession
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/07/s...

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James | that funny little trans guy on BlueSky @jimmyswings.bsky.social · 1d

This is perfect. Let's all do it!

Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 2d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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Ian Rose @ianrosewrites.bsky.social · 1d

Conversion therapy is torture. No Supreme Court ruling can change that.

Ian Rose @ianrosewrites.bsky.social · 1d

We always say that the victors write the history, and it's usually true. But one of the things that broke this country, or at least kept it from healing right, was abandoning the most basic truth of the Civil War: the losing side was bad.

Good piece at JSTOR:

daily.jstor.org/how-the-unio...

How the Union Lost the Remembrance War - JSTOR Daily

The victors of the American Civil War failed to write their story into the history books, leaving a gap for the mythologizing of the Confederacy.

daily.jstor.org

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 1d

This would be insanely stupid even if it were legal. "Come work for the federal government, where you randomly won't be paid whenever Congress is dysfunctional." What a recruiting poster.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Johnson: "It's true that in previous shutdowns, many or most furloughed employees have been paid for the time they were furloughed, but there is new legal analysis - I don't know the details, I just saw a headline - but there are some legal analysts saying that might not be appropriate or necessary"

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Ian Rose @ianrosewrites.bsky.social · 2d

That's a really good idea, and a material I happen to have in abundance!

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Mary @mjwyatt.bsky.social · 3d

Gorgeous moonrise over Mt. Hood tonight. 🏔️🌕

Moonrise over Mt. Hood. Dark green conifers, mountain top with snow and rock exposed, gray-blue sky above, topped with an illuminated full moon.

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