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Shannon

@storiteller.bsky.social

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Parenting snark, social and climate justice, scicomm, and nerd stuff. She/her

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Shannon @storiteller.bsky.social · Nov 12

Are you a parent, teacher or just a person who cares for kids? Check out my environmental parenting advice book, Growing Sustainable Together, on using environmental activities to teach kids to be good world citizens: www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07Y...

Growing Sustainable Together: Practical Resources for Raising Kind, Engaged, Resilient Children: Shea, Shannon Brescher: 9781623174712: Amazon.com: Books

Buy Growing Sustainable Together: Practical Resources for Raising Kind, Engaged, Resilient Children on Amazon.com ✓ FREE SHIPPING on qualified orders

www.amazon.com

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Shannon @storiteller.bsky.social · 21h

“The struggle isn’t going anywhere. But we must be fortified in joy, in laughs, even the weary and ironic ones.” Love this from @thebaltimorebanner.com www.thebanner.com/opinion/colu...

The unbearable heaviness of being funny at the end of the world

Leslie Gray Streeter is having a hard time writing about joy because of the turmoil being caused by the federal government.

www.thebanner.com

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A.L. Goldfuss @ghoulpus.bsky.social · 5d

Not an educator, but if you personally want to get back into reading books, here's what helped me (thread)

A.L. Goldfuss @ghoulpus.bsky.social · 5d

Honestly bless any educator doing battle with modern-day attention spans

Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 5d

I think we’re really going to have to do a lot more of this. A massive deprogramming so that people can read more than ten words at a time without anxiety.

www.thetimes.com/uk/education...?

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Shannon @storiteller.bsky.social · 7d

This was definitely one of the "Oh God, that story is now burned into my brain" ones. Bradbury is the master of those. And yikes….

zoya the destroyer @sophiahelix.bsky.social · 7d

“good news, we’ve created the playroom that tells kids whatever they want to hear and makes them not care about their parents from the seminal Ray Bradbury short story, Don’t Create the Playroom That Tells Kids Whatever They Want to Hear and Makes Them Not Care About Their Parents”

Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 7d

Some parents are letting their kids talk to ChatGPT in the guise of characters. Some are using it to tell bedtime stories or create coloring books.

"My son thinks ChatGPT is the coolest train loving person in the world. The bar is set so high now I am never going to be able to compete with that.”

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LBNL Accelerator Technology & Applied Physics @atap.lbl.gov · Apr 25

Attention students: Apply for Fall 2025 U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science paid SULI and CCI internship programs by May 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM ET. Gain paid research experience and work with us on #ParticleAccelerators.

@Berkeley Lab @U.S. DOE LaserNetUS

atap.lbl.gov/news/suli-in...

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Shannon @storiteller.bsky.social · 8d

Saying that Tylenol causes autism is about as accurate as saying ice cream causes polio - and yes, people did believe that before the polio vaccine was introduced. They are both conflating correlation and causation.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 9d

This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 10d

⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.

The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.

interestingengineering.com/science/chin...

China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes

A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.

interestingengineering.com

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Shannon @storiteller.bsky.social · 9d

Being intentional in how we address people’s intersecting needs can be a source of joy, as these Black sign-language interpreters in Baltimore clearly are: www.thebanner.com/culture/blac...

ASL isn’t the same as English. Black Baltimorean ASL is a language unto itself.

American Sign Language is distinct and separate from English. In Baltimore, Black ASL has its own vernacular.

www.thebanner.com

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Shannon Rosa @shannonrosa.bsky.social · 10d

SR: It makes me furious because it takes us back 20 years to where we were after the Wakefield announcement. That's the kind of narrative we were getting then. And whether or not you can hold a job—my son, he might never hold a job—but he is still a worthy human being who deserves rights. 10/

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Shannon @storiteller.bsky.social · 12d

We need to tell a better story than the opposition, together! Absolutely agree with @dannychivers.bsky.social, whose work and my working with him as an activist has influenced so much of my own thinking: newint.org/climate/2025...

In the face of fascism, climate activists tell a better story

Climate activists are taking a direct stand against the far right, writes Danny Chivers.

newint.org

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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 12d

Blue cities should tear up the roads in front of ICE facilities and then start decades of community engagement and input sessions to rebuild them. Let's harness our core competencies.

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Shannon @storiteller.bsky.social · 12d

This is how you do mutual aid in a way that also changes systems (in terms of changing attitudes /stigma and normalizing offering products for free): www.thebanner.com/community/pu...

Period stigma meets its match in Howard County teens

Teen period clubs like the one at Mount Hebron High School have successfully expanded access to menstrual products in Howard County.

www.thebanner.com

Shannon @storiteller.bsky.social · 12d

Yarvin has always been such a crackpot. The fact that people are taking him seriously as a political thinker when his most coherent position has been a very one-sided rivalry with John Scalzi is just horrifying.

Shannon @storiteller.bsky.social · 14d

“earth that is all at once a grave
a resting place a bed of new beginnings
avalanche of splendor”
Appalachian Elegy, bell hooks
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/148751...

www.poetryfoundation.org

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Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social · 17d

We're going to be in movement for the rest of our lives, there's a world to win & so much between us and freedom. How do we make struggle sustainable? So ask yourself, what is the best use of my skills and resources. Limit yourself to that work, because you can't be everywhere.

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Shannon @storiteller.bsky.social · 17d

We keep us - and our ecosystems - safe. If bigger institutions and systems won’t do it for us, we have to find ways to heal ourselves and the spaces we live and play in - including the soil. www.latimes.com/environment/...

To clean fire-tainted soil, L.A. residents turn to nature to do it themselves

After the firestorm in January, Altadena residents are interested in exploring natural ways to rid their soil of lead and other contaminants.

www.latimes.com

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 19d

We're recruiting NYC residents who are willing to set up a meeting to speak with their City Council member by the end of January 2026 to get them on record about supporting a 0.5% allocation of the operational budget for public libraries. If interested, sign up here & we'll be in touch.

NYC PLAN Survey: Share Your City Council District, Community District, and Preferred Library Location

This form is for NYC PLAN members to share their City Council and Community Board districts. This information will help us coordinate efforts and plan how to push our elected and appointed officials t...

docs.google.com

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 19d

People often say they don't know how to start and the reality is that you just start. You can figure things out and people will help you to do so if you reach out to them.

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Shannon @storiteller.bsky.social · 21d

Everyone is affected - but some people are far more affected than others: www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

Black communities, shaken by Trump cuts, feel ‘left behind again’

The Trump administration has canceled nearly two dozen projects, according to a Post analysis, undermining efforts on pollution, sewage leaks and flooding.

www.washingtonpost.com

Shannon @storiteller.bsky.social · 21d

“There’s nothing better than doing something good with good people,” Hammer said. “It’s a reminder when things feel too overwhelming — it’s not overwhelming if you do it together.”

Shannon @storiteller.bsky.social · 21d

Environmental action has to be both meaningful and at least somewhat enjoyable for people to participate. This is a delightful example of that: www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/20...

At 85, she leads a squad of women who dive deep in ponds for litter

“Why does diving for trash in a pond make people so happy?” said Susan Baur, founder of the group Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Shannon @storiteller.bsky.social · 22d

If the Netherlands can be known for its iconic windmills, why can’t other places embrace the aesthetic of their wind turbines? What if we see them as adding to the landscape rather than detracting from it? www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

How Palm Springs learned to love its wind turbines

Despite initial opposition to wind farms, Palm Springs now embraces its wind turbines, which have become a popular tourist attraction.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Shannon @storiteller.bsky.social · 22d

I feel like the fact that so many people have so many negative experiences with Monopoly as a board game really proves the point of the original creator, Lizzie Magie, which was the negative effects of unchecked capitalism.

Shannon @storiteller.bsky.social · 22d

For some good news (because God knows we need it), ecological restoration can actually work! Bringing the wolves back is helping restore the entire ecosystem: www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...

Since wolves’ return, Yellowstone’s aspens are recovering, study finds

The researchers found a 152-fold increase in sapling and young-tree density.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 23d

The most important finding of our new study is: so far, scientists have traced back at least 30,000 excess deaths per year TODAY due to the impact of climate change on heat and other disasters, malaria and dengue, and wildfire-related air pollution - a global economic loss of up to $350B USD.

A table showing climate change-attributable deaths due to five causes (malaria, extreme weather, dengue, heat, and fire-related air pollution mortality)

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Shannon @storiteller.bsky.social · 23d

Do you care about climate change? The Endangerment Finding on climate change from the EPA is the foundation for much the agency’s ability to regulate GHGs. Comment now to keep the admin from removing the funding and slow down the gears of fossil fuels! act.350.org/sign/sept-25...

Tell the EPA: Don’t revoke the endangerment finding

Donald Trump’s EPA is trying to end its own ability to fight climate change by revoking the “endangerment finding,” the scientific basis for regulating planet-warming pollution. This reckless assault ...

act.350.org