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Kat Eschner

@keschner.bsky.social

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I am a journalist. Bylines throughout, helped create Big [If True] for @tvotoday.bsky.social, presently on sabbatical. Any pronouns. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ kateschner.com

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Kat Eschner @keschner.bsky.social · Apr 22

Gonna end my career in some kind of Canticle for Leibowitz-like situation wearing a cassock and recopying load-bearing posts I swear.

Kat Eschner @keschner.bsky.social · 20d

I recently backed into biphasic sleep and it was… unnerving. But I think I could really get used to it.

Kat Eschner @keschner.bsky.social · 20d

pure speculation on my part. I just think it’s an interest idea

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Kat Eschner @keschner.bsky.social · 20d

what if the biggest negative consequence of the Industrial Revolution was somehow how it terraformed our sleep www.bbc.com/future/artic...

The forgotten medieval habit of 'two sleeps'

For millennia, people slept in two shifts – once in the evening, and once in the morning. But why? And how did the habit disappear?

www.bbc.com

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Kat Eschner @keschner.bsky.social · 21d

@perreaux.bsky.social can you dm me your email?

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genna @genna.bsky.social · 21d

It was a tough decision, but I'm standing in solidarity with my OPSEU colleagues (including IT staff, library techs, and registrar office staff), and cancelling my classes (not "pivoting online") during this strike.

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Kat Eschner @keschner.bsky.social · 22d

really interesting examination of some of Carney’s claims

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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 23d

What happened after Canadian journalist @rachelgilmore.bsky.social posted about the potential repercussions of Kirk’s murder: doxxing and violent threats thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...

The Dangerous Targeting of a Canadian Journalist | The Tyee

After the murder of Charlie Kirk, conservatives piled on Rachel Gilmore for expressing a well-founded fear. Then came violent threats.

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Kat Eschner @keschner.bsky.social · 28d

the author of Azerbaijan Technology is the only one I’ve seen do AI slop right

Kat Eschner @keschner.bsky.social · 28d

added a few more pictures to my photography instagram: www.instagram.com/half_frame_k...

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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · Aug 21

“What’s being undercut isn’t just NASA’s technical ability to carry out missions, although that would be bad enough. It is America’s—and the world’s—capacity to wonder, to believe, to know.“
www.wired.com/story/the-de...

The Destruction of NASA Would Be a Blow to Our Collective Imagination

As NASA grapples with major proposed budget cuts and losing some of its most brilliant minds, America’s willingness to look outward is also at risk.

www.wired.com

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Kat Eschner @keschner.bsky.social · Sep 5

I myself am a dad without a bat, brad

Kat Eschner @keschner.bsky.social · Sep 4

Registration opens today for #SciWri25 in Chicago! I couldn't be prouder to be working on behalf of this organization as its treasurer in ~these times~ and I sincerely hope you consider attending. The conference is well worth your time: sciencewriters2025.org

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Kat Eschner @keschner.bsky.social · Sep 1

Happy Labour Day to my fellow unionists!

Kat Eschner @keschner.bsky.social · Aug 30

Do you think the narrator of Arrested Development stands up as, like, the Gen X version of this?

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Kat Eschner @keschner.bsky.social · Aug 30

I’m intrigued at least

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Sam Biddle @sambiddle.com · Aug 28

It remains staggering to me that, in the absence of meaningful penalties for the people at fault, this has simply become a part of ordinary modern life.

Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · Aug 28

NEW: Credit reporting giant TransUnion has confirmed a data breach involving more than 4.4 million customers' personal information. TransUnion claims "no credit information was accessed" in the late-July breach, which it said involves its U.S. consumer support operations.

TransUnion says hackers stole 4.4 million customers' personal information | TechCrunch

The credit reporting giant confirmed unauthorized access to a third-party application storing the personal information of its customers.

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Abby Sewell @sewella.bsky.social · Aug 25

Four journalists were killed by an Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital today, including Mariam Dagga, a freelancer with the @apnews.com. She has a 12-year-old son, who was evacuated from Gaza earlier in the war.

She was a true hero, like all of our Palestinian colleagues in Gaza.
tinyurl.com/3cn5c9vb

Multiple journalists killed by Israeli strikes on Gaza hospital

A hospital strike in southern Gaza has killed at least eight people, including four journalists. The attack happened on Monday.

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Christina(Tina) Hendriks @renissance1.bsky.social · Aug 21

Greystar.

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Emma McIntosh @emmamci.bsky.social · Aug 18

Our reporting on Ontario Place is ongoing. Our inboxes are open for tips, mine is [email protected]

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Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) @cajournalists.bsky.social · Aug 15

CAJ condemns targeted killing of journalists in Gaza.

Read full statement on CAJ website:
https://caj.ca/caj-condemns-targeted-killing-of-journalists-in-gaza

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Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom.bsky.social · Aug 15

We ask the international community to hold Israel to account. We are currently investigating other smear campaigns targeting journalists in Gaza following the murder of Anas Al Sharif and five other journalists. Journalists are non-combatants and targeting them is a war crime.

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Kat Eschner @keschner.bsky.social · Aug 13

I try not to be a doomer but the wildfire/heat double whammy across the country this year really makes me feel hopeless.

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Kat Eschner @keschner.bsky.social · Aug 11

Need support getting there? Apply for a Travel Grant! sciencewriters2025.org/grants/

Kat Eschner @keschner.bsky.social · Aug 12

I have done it! I will probably do it again. But it’s worth recognizing the limitations of your own lens.