Wendell Berry is gone after a long life. I dare you to read or listen to this and not be overwhelmed by something
The Peace of Wild Things
A poem by Wendell Berry.
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Fayth Tan
@fungalpals.bsky.social
Science writer open to work, recovering Caltech biology PhD. Itinerant dabbler in science history, definitely not a fungal symbiote. Writes about science and the sociocultural zeitgeist. Portfolio: authory.com/FaythTan
"...hormone therapy for perimenopausal women swung from inaccessible to inescapable." when writing about meds, I'd like more health reporters to understand that ubiquity =/= access. seeing ads everywhere is a symptom of INaccessible healthcare, not the opposite 1/3
WIRED@wired.com · 2w agoPerimenopause was largely overlooked by the health care system for decades. Now, after the removal of an FDA “black box” warning on hormone therapy, perimenopause is becoming big business.
Science journalism had a rough summer: Sci Am was sold, Research Professional News is being shut down, etc. etc. Against this backdrop, some of us are likely pondering "going independent." So I invited @alexip718.com @thexylom.com to chat about the realities of running a small indie newsroom.
"It's honestly a miracle that we're still around" — the Xylom's Alex Ip on indie newsroom realities
Also: Controversial changes to NIH peer review, 90% of biomedical papers show signs of AI use, and Harvard shuts down its writing center
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I wouldn't call myself a cartoonist, but I had the vision and just needed it to be on paper to the best of my ability.
Someone good at art should make a cartoon of a colander experiencing the joy of finally going outside with their family to do their most special job that they've been looking forward to over a lifetime of simply straining pasta.
Dr Alex Bond@thelabandfield.bsky.social · last mo.Big day for colanders, though
Are you a student scientist facing unique challenges trying to navigate the next stage of your career amid Trump's policy changes? I'm working on a story for @nytimes.com & want to hear from you -- contact info in my bio.
Happy birthday to an absolute icon!
Robert McNees@mcnees.bsky.social · 2mo agoGeologist Marie Tharp was born #OTD in 1920. She built the first accurate map of the Atlantic Ocean floor, discovering the Mid-Atlantic Ridge that provided evidence for seafloor spreading and plate tectonics. 🧪 👩🔬 Image: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
The SH fund-drive has successfully concluded. We'll continue to publish weekly SFF through 2027, and pay authors at 9c/word. Thank you! In celebration, we've unlocked our final piece, a brilliant essay on fungi, extractivism, and SFF by @fungalpals.bsky.social: strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...
Not so domesticated: Fungal anxieties about hierarchies of power and labor in SFF
Human and fungal lives alike are entangled with the world. They exist in relation to others, both human or non-human, and to the environments that they interact with. But interconnection is a fact …
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Gautam Bhatia@gautambhatia88.bsky.social · 3mo agoThe Strange Horizons annual fund-drive is now live! Support us to continue publishing free, weekly, online SFFH fiction, poetry, art, and non-fiction for our 27th year! www.backerkit.com/c/users/3516... For new supporters - welcome aboard. For the regulars - you’ll notice something different. 🧵
What does it mean to exist "like a mushroom"? Beyond excited to have an essay in @strangehorizons.bsky.social's (successfully funded 🥳) Fund Drive Issue, exploring mycelial perspectives on human society in SFF 🍄 strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...
Not so domesticated: Fungal anxieties about hierarchies of power and labor in SFF
Human and fungal lives alike are entangled with the world. They exist in relation to others, both human or non-human, and to the environments that they interact with. But interconnection is a fact …
strangehorizons.com
help a free-to-read SFF litmag meet and exceed their stretch goals! contributions past their stretch goals will go towards special regional issues that feature SFF from underrepresented parts of the world (a personal favorite, and meaningful as a writer from SEAsia!)
Strange Horizons@strangehorizons.bsky.social · 3mo agoThe Strange Horizons Annual Fund Drive to keep us publishing in 2027 is finally here! You can find the fund drive at the link ⬇️ www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s... Some changes have arrived this time around though. Read the thread to learn more.
I just learned that OMB is required to respond to every comment on the anti-peer-review rule. So that means our comments really matter, at the very least by gumming up the gears. Send your comment today.
@bowprow.bsky.social · 3mo agoPLEASE submit a public comment opposing this rule change during the comment period. Do not let this go unchallenged. Urge your friends and associates to do the same. www.npr.org/2026/06/03/n...
founder of beehiiv just defended his endorsement of Spencer Pratt for LA mayor. Pratt is an ex-reality TV villain and talks about rebuilding LA mostly by displacing unhoused people: "[There's] endless possibilities when you enforce a law and you get rid of the zombies.” 😬
When I was here on a visa, this was my nightmare scenario 😞 Alex is a talented journalist who has done some amazing reporting on cop city in Atlanta. He also runs @thexylom.com, where I got my first clip. Please consider supporting/boosting to help get him back to the US!
Alex Ip 葉清霖@alexip718.com · 4mo agoIf you're reading this, my cat and I have boarded a one-way flight out of the United States. The Trump administration wrongfully denied my work permit renewal; after months of demanding that they follow the law, we have run out of legal recourse, and I have no choice but to leave the country. (🧵)
The Pike’s Peak Humane Society has a social media manager who is very good at their job
"I have no politics or social commentary in my work" is a massive tell that there is indeed sociopolitics to unpack in someone's work
Asher Elbein@asherelbein.bsky.social · 6mo agoAh, so Andy Weir is like... *dumb* dumb gizmodo.com/andy-weir-st...
I wonder what happened between now and 2015 that might've caused disabilities in young people 🤔 oh there was a global pandemic?? that explains it. they all got anxiety from that and definitely not any other long term health effects from the known-long-term-health-effect-having virus 😌
Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 7mo agoThey are clearly trying to whip up a moral panic about disability accommodations but this article doesn't include any data on accommodations.
If you're looking for a way to be helpful and feeling overwhelmed by the scale of the attacks on basic rights, there are so many things you can advocate for at the local level that are incredibly impactful. Here's a great example!
There's this squirrel that shows up on my patio and he 1) always leaves fruit rinds/seeds behind and 2) sometimes knocks my plants over by throwing the leftovers at them...just witnessed him eat a whole persimmon and just fling the rind right into my christmas cactus 😱
Part of this week’s newsletter was inspired by the post below. Was there a way to show the distance between normal Americans and the super wealthy? 1/8 www.howtoreadthisch.art/putting-the-...
About a year ago I wrote a bunch of longform nature documentary scripts for a youtube channel and I thought my decidedly un-algo friendly interests wouldn't result in a ton of pickup but they have like >1.5M views collectively now??? damn
This really gets at what rubs me the wrong way with this description. Clearly Altman and others think "PhD level" just means "really smart" rather than what it actually means, dedicating time and effort to push the boundaries of our current body of knowledge. LLMs are antithetical to "PhD level"
Catherine Fletcher@catherinefletcher.info · last yr.Obviously a lie, since the definition of PhD-level expertise, standard across universities worldwide, is that you can produce original knowledge.
ICYMI: Did you know that Long COVID Justice and The Sick Times worked together to create a series of 30+ resource sheets about Long COVID and associated diseases (LCAC)? @longcovidjustice.org x @thesicktimes.bsky.social Check out our Long COVID Essential series: www.tiny.cc/LCE
If we regularly help the rest of the public feel some of the feelings that we feel -- which means admitting that science makes us feel things -- then that helps them understand why science matters so much to us scientists and see that they are key partners in the work that we do.
"De-extinction" is to the biodiversity crisis as geoengineering/carbon capture are to climate change. The false promise of magical techno fixes undermines the actions needed to actually address these problems - and will be exploited by bad actors to do just that.
daniel sieradski@self.agency · last yr.in case you're wondering, "what's the harm in claiming an extinct species has been brought back from the dead" when it most certainly has not, our interior secretary is already using it to justify taking animals off the endangered species list