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Emily Dickinson’s Herbarium: A Beautiful Digital Edition of the Poet’s Pressed Plants & Flowers Is Now Online
Emily Dickinson’s Herbarium: A Beautiful Digital Edition of the Poet’s Pressed Plants & Flowers Is Now Online
So many writers have been gardeners and have written about gardens that it might be easier to make a list of those who didn’t. But even in this crowded company, Emily Dickinson stands out.
www.openculture.com
August 24, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Emily Dickinson’s Herbarium: A Beautiful Digital Edition of the Poet’s Pressed Plants & Flowers Is Now Online
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As public media is threatened after cuts from Trump administration, Indigenous radio also face threats to how they preserve and grow language.
Native languages need radio, which is at risk of being lost - High Country News
As public media is threatened after cuts from Trump administration, Indigenous radio also face threats to how they preserve and grow language.
buff.ly
August 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
As public media is threatened after cuts from Trump administration, Indigenous radio also face threats to how they preserve and grow language.
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not just a potential loss....decommissioning is officially going to happen very soon. This is a devastating hit to US science in the region and for science throughout the entire Antarctic. 🧪🌎
An excellent article in the NYTimes about the impending demise of the last U.S. Antarctic research vessel, the N.B. Palmer, featuring US and overseas colleagues (including @polarrobs.bsky.social). Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/c...
Trump’s Cuts May Spell the End for America’s Only Antarctic Research Ship
www.nytimes.com
August 22, 2025 at 5:39 PM
not just a potential loss....decommissioning is officially going to happen very soon. This is a devastating hit to US science in the region and for science throughout the entire Antarctic. 🧪🌎
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Called Solar For All, the program set aside $56 million in federal money for Idaho to build solar panel farms & give rooftop panels to low-income residences. The plan aimed to reduce energy prices by a minimum of 20% for 15,000 Idahoans from tribal, rural and economically disadvantaged backgrounds.
Canceled federal solar project could have reduced Idaho energy costs
Called Solar For All, it allocated $56 million in grant money for solar panel construction to bring down energy prices for low-income Idahoans.
www.boisestatepublicradio.org
August 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Called Solar For All, the program set aside $56 million in federal money for Idaho to build solar panel farms & give rooftop panels to low-income residences. The plan aimed to reduce energy prices by a minimum of 20% for 15,000 Idahoans from tribal, rural and economically disadvantaged backgrounds.
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This surprisingly relaxing footage is from SIX MILES under the ocean – and it’s the deepest ecosystem yet discovered
July 31, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This surprisingly relaxing footage is from SIX MILES under the ocean – and it’s the deepest ecosystem yet discovered
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A minor scicomm gripe from the old days: We stopped calling tsunamis "tidal waves" in the early oughts, because, obviously they aren't tide driven.
But Tidal Wave is a much better description of what they actually look like, huge surges like a supercharged high tide, not big cresting waves.
But Tidal Wave is a much better description of what they actually look like, huge surges like a supercharged high tide, not big cresting waves.
Video 👇 of the #tsunami at Severo-Kurilsk on Paramushir island.
Mw8.8 #Kamchatka megathrust #earthquake. ⚒️
youtu.be/Q729VHNuedU?...
Mw8.8 #Kamchatka megathrust #earthquake. ⚒️
youtu.be/Q729VHNuedU?...
Tsunami Hits Severo-Kurilsk, Kamchatka, Russia
YouTube video by 2025 Kamchatka Earthquake & Tsunami Archive
youtu.be
July 30, 2025 at 2:29 PM
A minor scicomm gripe from the old days: We stopped calling tsunamis "tidal waves" in the early oughts, because, obviously they aren't tide driven.
But Tidal Wave is a much better description of what they actually look like, huge surges like a supercharged high tide, not big cresting waves.
But Tidal Wave is a much better description of what they actually look like, huge surges like a supercharged high tide, not big cresting waves.
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NEW: On March 15, President Donald Trump’s administration sent more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador.
Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been taken away.
These are their stories.
Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been taken away.
These are their stories.
The Men Trump Deported to a Salvadoran Prison
On March 15, President Donald Trump’s administration sent more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been t...
www.propublica.org
July 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
NEW: On March 15, President Donald Trump’s administration sent more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador.
Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been taken away.
These are their stories.
Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been taken away.
These are their stories.
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Jesse Tree is an Idaho nonprofit offering legal and rental assistance to people experiencing housing insecurity. The amount of people seeking aid has doubled since the pandemic lockdowns in 2020.
Idaho housing nonprofit encounters overwhelm, federal funding cuts
Rent prices continue to rise across the state.
www.boisestatepublicradio.org
July 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Jesse Tree is an Idaho nonprofit offering legal and rental assistance to people experiencing housing insecurity. The amount of people seeking aid has doubled since the pandemic lockdowns in 2020.
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The #1 way to explain America working properly is by saying “comedians can make fun of he President on TV.” A good way to explain fascism is “the President forces companies to fire those comedians as a condition of allowing them to conduct business.”
July 18, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The #1 way to explain America working properly is by saying “comedians can make fun of he President on TV.” A good way to explain fascism is “the President forces companies to fire those comedians as a condition of allowing them to conduct business.”
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Once extinct in the wild, Przewalski’s horses are roaming free again on Kazakhstan’s steppe — their native habitat — for the first time in over 200 years.
🐴 This #WorldHorseDay, learn more about the historic return of the world’s last truly wild horse: www.decadeonrestoration.org/przewalskis-...
🐴 This #WorldHorseDay, learn more about the historic return of the world’s last truly wild horse: www.decadeonrestoration.org/przewalskis-...
July 11, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Once extinct in the wild, Przewalski’s horses are roaming free again on Kazakhstan’s steppe — their native habitat — for the first time in over 200 years.
🐴 This #WorldHorseDay, learn more about the historic return of the world’s last truly wild horse: www.decadeonrestoration.org/przewalskis-...
🐴 This #WorldHorseDay, learn more about the historic return of the world’s last truly wild horse: www.decadeonrestoration.org/przewalskis-...
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Although people with disabilities become pregnant at similar rates as those without disabilities, they are often not offered the same reproductive care support. This newly released Mother Jones article highlights the significant gaps in reproductive care for disabled people: zurl.co/dU3G5
Pregnancy is a minefield when you're disabled
Few OB-GYNs get disability training—and their disabled patients are far likelier to die.
zurl.co
July 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Although people with disabilities become pregnant at similar rates as those without disabilities, they are often not offered the same reproductive care support. This newly released Mother Jones article highlights the significant gaps in reproductive care for disabled people: zurl.co/dU3G5
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Jewish orgs Keshet and the Hebrew Free Loan Association are giving out interest-free loans to LGBTQ+ folks who need to re-locate but can’t afford it. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE JEWISH.
“The idea that people were having to pick up and flee their homes was something that resonated Jewishly.”
“The idea that people were having to pick up and flee their homes was something that resonated Jewishly.”
Persecuted for being LGBTQ+ in Trump country, they now have a chance to start over someplace new
Keshet and the Hebrew Free Loan Society are fighting persecution by offering loans to those who need to flee,
forward.com
July 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Jewish orgs Keshet and the Hebrew Free Loan Association are giving out interest-free loans to LGBTQ+ folks who need to re-locate but can’t afford it. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE JEWISH.
“The idea that people were having to pick up and flee their homes was something that resonated Jewishly.”
“The idea that people were having to pick up and flee their homes was something that resonated Jewishly.”
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BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
July 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
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Clouds play an important role regulating the climate. To incorporate clouds into climate models scientists are learning more about the *biology* of clouds: studies of plants, plankton & organics flung up by sea spray.
Major thanks @joespring.bsky.social for edits on this
tinyurl.com/388ncr38
Major thanks @joespring.bsky.social for edits on this
tinyurl.com/388ncr38
Scientists Are Just Beginning to Understand How Life Makes Clouds, and Their Discoveries May Drastically Improve Climate Science
Plants, plankton and sea spray all release elements that help the atmospheric blankets form
www.smithsonianmag.com
June 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Clouds play an important role regulating the climate. To incorporate clouds into climate models scientists are learning more about the *biology* of clouds: studies of plants, plankton & organics flung up by sea spray.
Major thanks @joespring.bsky.social for edits on this
tinyurl.com/388ncr38
Major thanks @joespring.bsky.social for edits on this
tinyurl.com/388ncr38
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Your periodic reminder that the average US diet requires about 2 acres of agricultural land (cropland + pasture) per person per year. So for a family of 4, that would be about 8 acres.
Food production requires a lot of land.
BTW if you eat more meat than average, that number will be higher.
Food production requires a lot of land.
BTW if you eat more meat than average, that number will be higher.
taking a break from milking my anemic micro-cow to thresh the 126 individual stalks of wheat that make up the entirety of this year’s harvest
June 30, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Your periodic reminder that the average US diet requires about 2 acres of agricultural land (cropland + pasture) per person per year. So for a family of 4, that would be about 8 acres.
Food production requires a lot of land.
BTW if you eat more meat than average, that number will be higher.
Food production requires a lot of land.
BTW if you eat more meat than average, that number will be higher.
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Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪
Here’s Your Cheat Sheet for Vaccine Recommendations Backed by Science
These graphics will guide you through science-based vaccine guidelines for children and adults
www.scientificamerican.com
June 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪
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As an Iranian American, it feels like I need to help explain something:
A friend recently expressed confusion as to why those in the Iranian diaspora (liked myself), who hate the regime, would be opposed to the attacks on Iran.
I’ll try to explain my thoughts/feelings.
🧵
A friend recently expressed confusion as to why those in the Iranian diaspora (liked myself), who hate the regime, would be opposed to the attacks on Iran.
I’ll try to explain my thoughts/feelings.
🧵
June 22, 2025 at 2:43 PM
As an Iranian American, it feels like I need to help explain something:
A friend recently expressed confusion as to why those in the Iranian diaspora (liked myself), who hate the regime, would be opposed to the attacks on Iran.
I’ll try to explain my thoughts/feelings.
🧵
A friend recently expressed confusion as to why those in the Iranian diaspora (liked myself), who hate the regime, would be opposed to the attacks on Iran.
I’ll try to explain my thoughts/feelings.
🧵
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Why am I so unimpressed by these strikes? Israel and the US have failed to target significant elements of Iran's nuclear materials and production infrastructure. RISING LION and MIDNIGHT HAMMER are tactically brilliant, but may turn out to be strategic failures. 🧵 1/17
June 23, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Why am I so unimpressed by these strikes? Israel and the US have failed to target significant elements of Iran's nuclear materials and production infrastructure. RISING LION and MIDNIGHT HAMMER are tactically brilliant, but may turn out to be strategic failures. 🧵 1/17
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Hetero Awesome Fest - Guerrilla Performance - Boise, Idaho - Boy
🚨 A QUEER PERSON HAS SNUCK ONTO THE STAGE AT HETERO PRIDE THIS IS NOT A DRILL 🚨
🚨 A QUEER PERSON HAS SNUCK ONTO THE STAGE AT HETERO PRIDE THIS IS NOT A DRILL 🚨
June 21, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Hetero Awesome Fest - Guerrilla Performance - Boise, Idaho - Boy
🚨 A QUEER PERSON HAS SNUCK ONTO THE STAGE AT HETERO PRIDE THIS IS NOT A DRILL 🚨
🚨 A QUEER PERSON HAS SNUCK ONTO THE STAGE AT HETERO PRIDE THIS IS NOT A DRILL 🚨
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What are some good orgs for trans youth that could use some donations on this awful day? Reply below.
June 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
What are some good orgs for trans youth that could use some donations on this awful day? Reply below.
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My latest for American Scientist Magazine helps give scientists the tools to fight back against politicized charges that our research is silly or pointless- tools that will work whether you’re asked “why are we funding this” from your asshole uncle at Thanksgiving or an asshole US Senator.
🧪🌎
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“Why Are We Funding This?”
Long-standing myths about “silly science” have contributed to the reckless slashing of government-supported research.
www.americanscientist.org
June 17, 2025 at 9:47 PM
My latest for American Scientist Magazine helps give scientists the tools to fight back against politicized charges that our research is silly or pointless- tools that will work whether you’re asked “why are we funding this” from your asshole uncle at Thanksgiving or an asshole US Senator.
🧪🌎
🧪🌎
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I went looking for organizations at the intersection of art and social justice. Here's a few I found
(Thread 💡)
"We train and advise organizations, grant-makers, and individuals to excel in activism and advocacy through creativity and culture."
c4aa.org/what-we-do/
(Thread 💡)
"We train and advise organizations, grant-makers, and individuals to excel in activism and advocacy through creativity and culture."
c4aa.org/what-we-do/
What We Do
Fundamentally, we help make social and environmental change work more effective. We do this through helping people practice artistic activism.
c4aa.org
June 18, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I went looking for organizations at the intersection of art and social justice. Here's a few I found
(Thread 💡)
"We train and advise organizations, grant-makers, and individuals to excel in activism and advocacy through creativity and culture."
c4aa.org/what-we-do/
(Thread 💡)
"We train and advise organizations, grant-makers, and individuals to excel in activism and advocacy through creativity and culture."
c4aa.org/what-we-do/
I mean, Boise (the location of this protest) is really purple to blue, but still proud to see the turnout. 🤩
June 15, 2025 at 3:27 AM
I mean, Boise (the location of this protest) is really purple to blue, but still proud to see the turnout. 🤩