"This election might as well have been designed in a lab to test whether the national climate movement can rally attention and support around a key state race."

Obviously, these charts can't be equal (it's important to cover big events) -- but I know so many underemployed science journalists, so it's not as if there aren't reporters who could make these charts more aligned

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

Jason contributed a story to print for every issue I edited at Atmos, and he was always an absolute JOY to edit—his ideas are creative, he files clean and timely copy, he's responsive to edits and fact-checking notes, and he's just all around a pleasure to work with. Hire + commission him!!!!

Everybody makes money out of academic authors except the authors...News.

Wiley is the latest academic publisher to reach a multi-million deal to allow access to its content to AI developers, with no opt out, let alone payment, for the authors who created that content.

“Last year was our biggest year ever for the citizen science surveys,” said Dr Aileen Baird. “People’s interest in fungi is definitely growing, and we wouldn’t have found these new locations without them.”

Community science 4ever: www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."

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We love when fungi help !

"You literally are really bad at being alive,” Stewart jokingly told the ungainly saguaro before him. “But the fungi are helping."

Love to see fungi highlighted in climate stories! This one by @wyattmyskow.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/2206202...

Jane Goodall in 2024: “Let us pray for the end of conflict, especially the genocide of the people of Gaza. And for those risking their lives to help the wounded and feed the hungry and care for the animals suffering as a result of human violence, cruelty and war.” www.salon.com/2025/10/01/j...

What a legacy. She loved the creatures she worked with so much that the rest of us learned to love them too

god protect train operators who give little pep talks and greetings when they get on the loudspeaker. I love you all so much for real

Read more about the awards and browse the full list of finalists and winners here. Thanks again, @sciencewriters.org! www.nasw.org/article/anno...

Tickled to be named a finalist for @sciencewriters.org's 2025 Science Reporting award.

The piece being honored is one I reported for @theguardian.com about bats, the threats they face, and the crucial role they play in our food system: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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

BREAKING: Just hours before the fiscal year ended, a federal judge in R.I. has ordered the Trump administration to preserve $233 million in FEMA funds it attempted to abruptly steer away from 8 blue states.

Without that order, the states would've lost the money at midnight.

Thank you!

Mushrooms are ephemeral and delicate, often decaying too fast to become part of the fossil record — but 14 exceptionally well-preserved were just uncovered (dating to 113M years ago!): academic.oup.com/botlinnean/a...

South Texas game cam catches a raccoon riding a javelina (Dicotyles tajacu).

The deer feeder corn attracts a lot of other species, but maybe we should worry about them all teaming up against us?

(📷: Jeff Davis, TAMU-Kingsville alumni forum)

the supply chain expert I spoke to pointed out how secondhand market for these items is also going to skyrocket

If you've got (some of) the money, honey, they've got (the rest of) the money.

If you're in LA & own a home, worth checking if this could fit your budget & save you money later, as well as slowing the conditions that brought on the fires in your city.

As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read.

They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.