Whitney Bauck
@whitneybauck.bsky.social
Award-winning freelance journalist reporting @ the Guardian and more Particularly interested in solutions-focused reporting on climate, grassroots movements and fungi Environmental Research Fellow @ Green-Wood https://whitneybauck.substack.com/
Whew, the editors of @science.org are getting real.
The Assault On Science Funding Continues
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no one told me nolan’s odyssey is lowkey a parable about the loss of literacy
I think people who do not work in media have trouble grasping how genuinely terrifying it is watching organization after organization (even those ostensibly held by entities able to fund them!) continually get carved down into nothing. Lights going out all over
Asher Elbein@asherelbein.bsky.social · 2w ago"Most of the affected employees were at National Geographic, both at the cable network as well as editorial and operations." 🫠
If you're in NYC and want something nature-y to do this coming weekend, this should be fun: substack.com/home/post/p-...
NEW SLOTS OPEN: Green-Wood Fungi Dig this Sunday July 26
A few people couldn't make the rain date, which means we can offer more slots.
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Are you a kick-ass designer who can help make scientific information about climate change and climate solutions come to life? If so, we’re hiring! drawdown.org/careers/seni...
Senior Digital Designer, Climate Science
Our mission is to help the world stop climate change as quickly, safely, and equitably as possible.
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So far this year we've had: the warmest winter on record in the mountain west, a record-shattering heat wave in Europe, once in a thousand year rainfall and flooding texas and forest fire smoke blanketing the mid west and the north east. Feels like something's going on with the climate!
Great news everyone. Our Reform-led county council has solved the problem.
In the seventh month of the second year of the second term, the heat will become unbearable, the skies will turn red, and bowels will loosen across the land.
Weird to have summer turning into a second "weather is so bad friends are canceling plans on each other in favor of staying inside" season. That used to be just winter in NY.
lowkey is it safe to eat raw veg in NY right now if you wash it at home or nah
turns out the cure for male loneliness might be invasive species control
MPR News@mprnews.org · 3w agoThe Buckthorn Removal Singles Club meets every Sunday at a Minneapolis park to remove invasive plant species and create connections.
My secret dream is to one day be part of a media coop and I loved this tiny bit of insight into how one such coop came to be from @elizapbrooke.bsky.social substack.com/home/post/p-...
How 730DC became D.C.’s must-read morning newsletter
An (abbreviated) oral history.
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Good morning. Today is the LAST DAY to comment on the proposed OMB rule that will, honestly, destroy science in the US. And it will do FAR MORE THAN THAT. www.theverge.com/science/9576...
The war against ‘woke’ could end US science as we know it
‘Everyone will be affected, not just scientists. Every community in the country.’
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The worst parts of a career in journalism are bad (pay, general instability) but the best parts are so good. I get to call up the foremost expert in the world on a given subject and have them explain things to me? For my job?? I love talking to scientists who care deeply about the world!!
"For every dollar put into parks and recreation, cities reap $3 in local economic benefits every year." @grist.org grist.org/cities/urban...
Urban trees aren't just nice, scientists say — they're mandatory
Researchers are calling for cities to double down on one of the simplest yet most powerful solutions to many problems - planting more trees.
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"Exposure to particulate air pollution, known as PM 2.5, is associated with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia in older adults.... heat might make the blood-brain barrier more permeable, allowing more pollutants into the brain." Oof. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/02/c...
How Heat Affects the Brain
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Quite frankly it is hard to romanticize your writing life when its 100+ degrees. A rainy fall day? Perfect, I’ll turn on all the lamps and light a candle and play some moody jazz while I write! A blazing summer day? None of that works! Any tips for setting a good ~writing~ mood during a heat wave??
The Philippines is leading the world in new solar installations right now www.reuters.com/business/ene...
Philippines leads the world in rush to solar as power prices soar
People in the Philippines are flocking to install solar power on rooftops and escape the burden of soaring electricity prices, making it the world's biggest spender on solar panels since the war in ...
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Engaging in citizen science in New York has completely changed my relationship with the city and the land (and waterways) that make this city. If you want to experience that transformation yourself, consider joining this fungi dig: mycommunitymappingproject.substack.com/p/join-our-n...
Join our next Green-Wood dig
Come find fungi using eDNA in a historic Brooklyn cemetery with us on July 18.
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RESULT: When Maryland adopted major restrictions on ICE earlier this year (we covered here: boltsmag.org/maryland-new...), just one Democrat in the state House opposed this: Delegate Frank Conaway. Conaway has been ousted by a wide margin in tonight's Democratic primary for HD40.
also not lost on me that as democratic socialists are winning some elections, a new red scare targeting anarchists, antifascists, and their allies is digging in hard, and today handed down 30, 50, and 100 year prison sentences to activists and organizers
NEW: Former city Controller Brad Lander and Assemblymember Claire Valdez cruised to victory over mainstream Democratic opponents in a whopping victory for Mayor Zohran Mamdani in two U.S. House primaries on Tuesday night. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/23/m...
Lander and Valdez Sweep to Victory in Win for Mamdani-Backed Candidates
Two mainstream Democrats fell to candidates backed by the mayor, as the marquee congressional primary in Upper Manhattan remained too close to call.
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Is it that Mamdani’s a kingmaker or is that there’s a genuinely activated and motivated movement rising here? I think focusing on man, no matter how charismatic, might risk missing the wider picture of what a score of uncelebrated organizers have been building
Joy-Ann Reid@joyannreid.bsky.social · last mo.Mamdani is close to going 3 for 3 in his Dem congressional primary endorsements, unseating two incumbents and one incumbent's chosen successor. This is a huge moment that confirms that progressive populism is not a fluke among the Democratic base, and Mamdani is the party's legit star and kingmaker.
Now, more than ever, it is unbelievably important to support publications like bioGraphic, which does incredible work in science and nature journalism even as other publications are being bought up and gutted
bioGraphic@biographic.bsky.social · last mo.📣 BIG NEWS! 📣 We're re-launching bioGraphic as a completely independent nonprofit! As we make this transition, we're taking a publishing (and social media) break in July and August. Then we'll be back with more inspiring, paywall-free journalism about the natural world. More details below 👇
"The punishment for the [Praireland] protesters exceeds the lengthiest prison sentences given out for the attack on the Capitol on January 6."
Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin@ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · last mo.