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• Post #4378004

  I finally went to see #TheOdyssey & was surprised how much I enjoyed it. I majored in Classics & my expectations were low given I still haven't forgiven Hollywood for Troy. Did it follow the poem perfectly? No. Did it capture every nuance & theme? Of course not. But what Nolan's film did magnificently manage to do is include so many events & ideas in Homer's epic in a single film, which is no small feat. The themes feel v timely in 2026 w/o being preachy. I highly...

• Post #4333691

  Yes! Credit to a “Yannick R.” I do not know them but I spotted this on social media it appeals to the part of me that works in agriculture & the global #food system. #science

• Post #4142033

  This is my final week at Michigan State University where I worked at the intersection of science, storytelling, policy, and public service. Somehow, no one said “no” to my wild ideas and that freedom allowed me to grow in ways I never expected, both as a scholar and as a person. I will always be grateful. Happily, I am not going too far and will remain part of the Spartan community as an adjunct faculty member. And as for what’s next… I’m excited to share more very soon!

• Post #4051626

  High expectations for my next read… #books

• Post #3994578

  I’ve been wearing this shirt for so many years & suddenly this summer, it’s sparking a lot of interesting conversations. #books

• Post #3705071

  About 250M years ago, 90% of species on Earth died during the Permian extinction. All of that loss created a lot of vacant niches to fill.
 Not long after, the first mammals, our ancestors, appeared. 
Life on this pale blue dot will be resilient - whether we’re part of it or not.

• Post #3625231

  I visited the pitch drop experiment at The University of Queensland today. Started in 1927, it’s the world’s longest-running lab experiment. Pitch is a highly viscous liquid that appears solid & shatters at room temperature, but continues to “drop” every decade or so. https://smp.uq.edu.au/pitch-drop-experiment

• Post #3546325

  I don’t usually follow celebrity news, but Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce are doing things right. This week (leading up to their wedding) they have donated $26 million to food banks & community centers, hospitals for children, animal rescues & shelters & educational programs.

• Post #3463660

  * munch * munch * munch *

• Post #3427285

  A koala ball 🐨

• Post #3386827

  9yo just made a new friend at the science museum in Brisbane. Because we’re from the U.S., his friend is convinced we surely know Taylor Swift & Donald Trump personally. 😆

• Post #3317409

  While our neighbors are camping, we are watching their parakeet and now these two are in love. #birds

• Post #3236254

  My retro mug is modern again.

• Post #2484507

  “This study shows that…. nostalgia evoked by Studio Ghibli films significantly foster a sense of exploration and calm in life, as well as a feeling of mastery and skill, and purpose and meaning, hence ultimately contributing positively to one’s overall happiness in life. https://games.jmir.org/2025/1/e76522 #art

• Post #2476832

  Folks who know I love reading tend to tell me how many #books they read last year. But that’s not what I’m particularly interested in. I want to know what you learned through those stories. How they shaped your perspective. What they taught you about our world. Perhaps what you discovered about yourself. ✨ To me, that’s what’s most beautiful about a good book. 📚

• Post #2126333

  A delightful OpEd by Neil deGrasse Tyson “Give Us the Aliens” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/opinion/alien-files-trump-release.html?unlocked_article_code=1.glA.HhW5.12PGZdqsNCrA&smid=nytcore-ios-share #space #science

• Post #2017238

  “I think we [journalists] got lazy as a field, and we let Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey, and, god help us, Elon Musk and their staff decide all these major journalistic questions.” I couldn’t agree more with journalist @adamdavidson in this thoughtful and reflective Q&A about joining #Mastodon https://themarkup.org/newsletter/hello-world/mastodons-moment #TwitterMigration

• Post #2009953

  This week, the world’s human #population is expected to reach 8B. About 109B people have lived and died. Each grain of sand represents 10M. Spectacular #data visualization of human life on Earth by Max Roser #science #SharedPlanet

• Post #1992140

  Can you name a living scientist? 76% of U.S. cannot. 🤔 #science

• Post #1943616

  In recent years, we became too comfortable letting #Twitter define journalism & media. Algorithms often dictated the narratives we collectively paid attention to. Absurd trends were covered by news outlets & ballooned into major stories while we missed so much real substance. And the quick takes of uninformed politicians & bad actors were forced upon anyone participating in the network. It was bad for democracy. The #Mastodon model makes me hopeful we can do better. #tw...

• Post #1910265

  “I've always tried to present a positive view of the world in my work. It's so much easier to be negative & cynical & predict doom for the world than it is to try & figure out how to make things better. We have an obligation to do the latter." - Jim Henson

• Post #1903350

  A good list of questions we might ask ourselves before commenting on social media by whimsical #artist @elisegravel (Printable at http://elisegravel.com/en/blog/questions-to-ask-yourself-before-commenting-on-social-media/ #art)

• Post #1889954

  Today marks 3 months on #Mastodon. The most delightful aspect for me is our high community engagement. On #Twitter I suspect my posts got buried. A journalist reached out last Fall to ask why I was shadow banned & I had to search what that meant. This place isn’t set up as a race for RTs & likes & posts aren’t typically composed to spark outrage. It feels like an ongoing conversation & I’m even getting to know some interesting new folks. At least, that’s been m...

• Post #1885265

  Are we alone? The great folks at Skeptoid have a kickstarter for their next feature film and the trailer looks great! 💫🔭 They had me at Carl Sagan: http://kck.st/4cFGFzO #space

• Post #1877657

  Were this the start of a movie, it probably wouldn’t end well. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/29/science/roundworm-nematodes-siberia-permafrost.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare #science #news

• Post #1825773

  I absolutely adore the whimsical #art of 3D sidewalk chalk artist David Zinn. https://zinnart.com Zinn creates delightful “works of ephemeral pareidolic anamorphosis” inspired by weeds, sewer covers, traffic cones & nearly everything he encounters around his Ann Arbor community.

• Post #1800440

  About 109 billion people have lived & died. Each grain of sand represents 10 million.
 This stunning data visualization of human life by Max Roser was published in 2022. Today there would be 805 green grains representing 8.05 billion people living on Earth. #science #art

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• Post #1778779

  The Trump administration has terminated more than 100 advisory committees to #science agencies and reduced the transparency and independence of those that remain. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01301-5

• Post #1742294

  Mary Anning was born in 1799 in Great Britain. Her family lived in poverty, selling fossils to make ends meet. Scientists of Anning’s day could not believe that a poor young woman could posses her knowledge & talent. She has been described as 'the greatest fossilist the world ever knew' yet many people are still unaware of her incredible contributions. The majority of Anning’s discoveries ended up in museums & collections without credit. https://ucmp.berkeley.e...