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Shannon Stirone

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Writer in nyc. Space nerd. Mars is a Hellhole. Bylines in NYT’s, The Atlantic, Wired, Esquire, Longreads, & others. Anti fascist. Opinions are mine. Climate by day. signal: shannonstirone.78 https://natureofthings.substack.com/ shannonstirone.com

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Shannon Stirone @shannonstirone.bsky.social · Nov 22

Welcome new followers. Here’s a quick intro if you don’t know me. I’m a science writer and have covered everything from telescopes to space resistant bacteria to the meaning of life.

I work in climate by day which is very exciting. Here are some pieces of mine you might like to read:

https://followers.here’s

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Shannon Stirone @shannonstirone.bsky.social · 19h

Exactly!!

Shannon Stirone @shannonstirone.bsky.social · 23h

That’s a good editor

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Shannon Stirone @shannonstirone.bsky.social · 23h

Writers—don’t delete your em dashes. Be you. Don’t surrender. Keep your beats in your text the way you want them.

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Shannon Stirone @shannonstirone.bsky.social · 23h

Here’s the thing I wish everyone could hold in their minds about writers—we love em dashes. We use em dashes. We are humans and not AI. We will not be deleting our em dashes just because AI uses them too. We were here first. You can pry my em dashes from my cold dead hands. F*ck AI.

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 2d

This conversation on how media adds to obstruction on climate action by @amywestervelt.bsky.social with @aronczyk.bsky.social and @maxboykoff.bsky.social is really good

S14, Ep4 | The Media As a Tool of Climate Obstruction

Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.

drilled.media

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 3d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Shannon Stirone @shannonstirone.bsky.social · 4d

The upper west side is unmatched

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Geoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 4d

Well gang, it's happened: OpenAI has built a platform filled exclusively with fake, AI content.

I've been playing with it for a few days, and I think it's safe to say we're basically kissing reality goodbye.

Here's the story: www.npr.org/2025/10/03/n...

And some thoughts 🧵

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Shannon Stirone @shannonstirone.bsky.social · 5d

Mmhmm

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ACLU @aclu.org · 5d

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

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Alanna Smith @alannawrites.bsky.social · 7d

The language of non-consent around AI is really telling. "It's too late to be scared." "It's here whether we want it or not." "You'll have to learn to work with it." "You can't fight the inevitable."

All just variations of "you're not allowed to say no." Creepy technology made by creepy people.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 7d

‘It’s too late to be scared’: readers on the controversial rise of AI ‘actors’

The birth of AI ‘actor’ Tilly Norwood has caused a backlash in Hollywood and has sparked conversation from Guardian readers

www.theguardian.com

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Shannon Stirone @shannonstirone.bsky.social · 6d

I’ll buy you one too! We will toast to her ❤️

Shannon Stirone @shannonstirone.bsky.social · 6d

Such a huge loss 😭

Shannon Stirone @shannonstirone.bsky.social · 6d

The world just lost a legend www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

Jane Goodall, Trailblazing Primatologist and Environmental Activist, Dead at 91

Jane Goodall, the trailblazing primatologist best known for her work studying the behavior of chimpanzees, has died at the age of 91.

www.rollingstone.com

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Shannon Stirone @shannonstirone.bsky.social · 7d

The food bills are absurd.

Shannon Stirone @shannonstirone.bsky.social · 7d

A mood open.spotify.com/track/4H9muK...

Bring It on Down - Remastered

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Shannon Stirone @shannonstirone.bsky.social · 9d

I need to rewatch the whole thing it’s so funny

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Shannon Stirone @shannonstirone.bsky.social · 9d

😐

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Silvio Marcacci @silviomarcacci.bsky.social · 10d

Waiting in line for bagels w/5 year-old son. Cybertruck pulls up, Elon-bro gets out and into line.

Son says loudly “dada look, a cybertruck!” Elon bro gets excited, waits for compliment.

“Dada that truck is SO UGLY”

Elon bro looks absolutely gut shot in front of entire line.

Parenting win.

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Hannah Waters @hanner.bsky.social · 12d

Hii! Last week Quanta published a project I've been working on all year — a special issue about climate science, or what research into climate change is revealing about how our planet works www.quantamagazine.org/how-we-came-...

How We Came To Know Earth | Quanta Magazine

Climate science is the most significant scientific collaboration in history. This series from Quanta Magazine guides you through basic climate science — from quantum effects to ancient hothouses, from...

www.quantamagazine.org

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Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 13d

Your health care bill is about to explode.

The notices will start arriving next month.

A $7,000 bill could jump to $24,000.

Democrats are fighting to stop this. Republicans are fighting to guarantee your costs go up.

We need to fix this. Now.

Graphic: Enrollees making above 400% of poverty will lose all financial assistance without the ACA’s enhanced premium tax credits

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Shannon Stirone @shannonstirone.bsky.social · 12d

I’d still take that over *gestures at everything*

Shannon Stirone @shannonstirone.bsky.social · 12d

Remember how chill things were in 2009

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Shannon Stirone @shannonstirone.bsky.social · 12d

Same

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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 13d

NEW

WIRED led the way in reporting on Elon Musk's efforts to dismantle the US government. My colleagues and I spoke to 100s of employees at dozens of agencies to understand what happened.

This is the definitive story of DOGE as told by those who experienced it

www.wired.com/story/oral-h...

The Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal Workers

WIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of agencies to learn what happened as the Department of Government Efficiency tore through their offices.

www.wired.com

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