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Sally James

@jamesian.bsky.social
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Science journalist. Yoga teacher. Believer in #science #facts. More at seattlesciencewriter.com

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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 19h
For celebration, of #WorldOctopusDay.. my offering of a creature observed in #Edmonds #PugetSound Identified by @inaturalist.bsky.social as "red" or octopus rubescens. #cephalopod
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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Did it today! At Seattle drugstore, where 25 people were in line when the opened their doors. #vaccine #flu #seattle #respiratory #IDsky
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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Thanks Katterman's for #flushot #vaccine #respiratory 25 people in line at 9 for these. #seattle
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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Linda Buck, Linda Buck. @fredhutch.org Her discovery related to mysteries of olfaction. In her own words, here. www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medic...
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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2004
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2004 was awarded jointly to Richard Axel and Linda B. Buck "for their discoveries of odorant receptors and the organization of the olfactory system"
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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Protect #science and #science #journalism. Join + support nonprofit orgs like @sciencewriters.org and our regional @nswa.bsky.social (Answer the latest "survey" from NW science folks, asking what you want in 2027) #community If you loved #SciWri26... help make it happen again.
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Global model ensembles are in strong agreement that a prolonged &anomalous nearly West-wide autumn heatwave will develop this week & persist for 10+ days. While some daytime records may be set, this event will be more notable for its persistence & breadth. [Thread]
Map showing predicted temperature anomalies in early October from the ECMWF ensemble across the western U.S. Nearly the entire region is painted red and pink, indicating widespread very warm anomalies.
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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
See you in Arizona! #SciWri26 and 27.
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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Made the same friend. #SciWri26
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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A colony of #dungeness #crab #larvae at the Hatfield Marine Science Center, part of #SciWri26 from @sciencewriters.org and @osubeaversnews.bsky.social
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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
He thanked you by name in his speech, and since interviewing you for @theopennotebook.bsky.social it was especially resonant to hear this. #editing #editor @sciencewriters.org @sciencewriting.bsky.social #SciWri26
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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
So many winners took time in speech to say how hard it is in this career. #SciWri26
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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Suggested captions? Lucky 13. Unlucky 13. We've got our eyes on you. #SciWri26
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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Already loved Castor (downtown restaurant) with roasted cauliflower and chile. Thanks for sharing your spot with us! #SciWri26
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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Looking up at #SciWri26 (guess the hotel lobby) But there is no prize. See you all later, after #book workshop from @cragcrest.bsky.social (and others) and see some of @nswa.bsky.social peeps at 8 p.m. tonight, after reception.
About 13 pendulum chandeliers hang in a hotel lobby, but they register almost as eyes looking down. Chandeliers are oval globes with yellowish color.
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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Yikes. I got interviewed for a fake freelance job. They impersonated real employees of a real publisher. Eeeek.
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The cuts in staff across federal health agencies are staggering. Great analysis from @ourpublicservice.bsky.social. 1 in 5 people gone from NIH. More than 1 in 4 gone from CDC. Nearly 7 in 10 gone from AHRQ. ourpublicservice.org/resource/the...
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The Cost of Cutting American Science: How Federal Cuts Diminish Public Health Capacity
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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I am also a print reader .. slowly.. of @nytimes.com
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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The collapse of #journalism (about #science)? @chriscmooney.bsky.social and Bruce Lewenstein try to measure it. #SciWri26 theconversation.com/is-science-j...
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Is science journalism dying? Comparing a ‘science crash’ 40 years ago to today
While science journalism layoffs pile up and publications shutter, more science communication than ever is available via other online venues.
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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Attn @deborahb.bsky.social Your book os getting some plaudits.
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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Come say hello in Corvallis at #Sciwri26 the burning man for #science writers. But...we don't light anything and more librarian culture than rock and roll. @nswa.bsky.social @sciencewriters.org
A red badge shows face of Sally James, going to conference for National Association of Science Writers in Sept 2026
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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Come to Corvallis, Oregon, to hear expert panels and schmooze and tour laboratories, and schmooze. Pitch editors and schmooze. @nswa.bsky.social #SciWri26 #journalism #science #facts
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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
What sort of #scandal #fatigue are we suffering. Do we get numb to #catastrophe. #nih
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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Komorebi. #light #forest #sunday #nature
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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
So good @thisisindexed.com Her caption: I would prefer not to do what pays possibly well while what does real good goes undone.
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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Who knew I would find #seattle music nerd reference in review of novel "The Disappearers?" A character turns away from Reggae to grunge and says “Sad Seattle white boys,” he deposes, “are teaching me how to live.” Hello @dwightgarner.bsky.social #grunge www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/b...
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This Masterpiece Is the Novel of the Decade, if Not the Century
Marlon James’s story of gay experience and murderous homophobia in Jamaica is a maximalist’s banquet — and the Booker Prize winner’s finest book yet.
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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
From #minnesotastatefair
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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Giving a talk at your place next week. Not exactly about this. See email. or DM.
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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Dear Universe, My friend's kid (grown up and Dad to teens) is staying with me to see @noahkahanmusic.bsky.social Feels like some sort of #circular #music
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Stephanie King @stephstephking.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
My son forgot his keys on his second day of high school so he was locked out of the house, and he solved this problem by... getting Frankenstein from the Little Free Library down the street and then hanging out in our lobby reading it until someone came home
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Attention Ecologists! We are going to need *a lot* of ecologists. The First Lego League Teams need to speak with a scientist about their projects every year. Every year it's a different type of scientist. Last year was archaeologists. This year, ecologists! Sign up: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
A fish is a teacher, wearing a button-up shirt with a collar. He says "Volunteer to speak with classrooms in front of a chalkboard that says "Skype a scientist needs YOU!". A snail on his desk says Help! And a shrimp says "Lego league is coming!" and a nervous seahorse says "this year's theme is ecosystems"
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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Your body crossed some threshhold. More than 1 enviro trigger? Combined with some vulnerability? Take notes. Bodies can also radically shift with aging.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I proudly endorse this message from my grandparents ❤️
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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Agreed. Their high-school selves took notes, looked skeptical at authority, general good journalism.
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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Two small people were in my care today. This was top of mind for me. #climate #smoke #pollution #future
More than 20 small red circles on a map of north Seattle show the unhealthy readings on instruments measuring air. Smoke from forest fires is making it unhealthy to breathe in Seattle.
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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
My husband and myself are raising money for 2 charities - LA food bank and @oceana.bsky.social by being in a contest called "America's Favorite Couple." Vote for us at this link americasfavcouple.org/2026/sally-a...
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Vote for Sally And Richard as America's Favorite Couple!
One couple will share their love story in a Variety Magazine advertorial, take home $20,000, and enjoy a triple date with Jeff & Emilie Goldblum, plus Charlie Day & Mary Elizabeth Ellis.
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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Registration opens 8-4 for the @sciencewriters.org conference in Corvallis, OR in Sept. Insiders know - all the best field trips are FULL within hours. So read program - use your keyboard trigger fingers. #research #comms #sciwri26 @oregonstate.edu 🧪🌳🦠🐟
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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Manzanita, Oregon has a hierarchy of needs. #counseling #food #yoga #beach
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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Not surprised. #research #science #medicine apnews.com/article/cali...
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White House admits it used keywords to kill billions worth of California research grants
Federal agencies that terminated more than a thousand research grants at the University of California last year admitted that they used keywords related to diversity, gender, vaccine hesitancy and COV...
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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
They are supporting (not sure what verb is accurate) the America's Favorite Couple contest from Mary Steenburgen and Ted Danson, to raise money for two charities.
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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Have any of you been "frozen?" It is my 1st time since... 2009. #facebook #bots #security #oops
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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Be sure to take photos for #mothweek. See this special link at @inaturalist.bsky.social for the details. www.inaturalist.org/pages/mothweek #bugsky #diversity
An orange colored moth with a few spots at the bottom of each wing, and a line of spots down the back. Known as Isabella tiger moth.
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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Kids in camps are being rushed around. Swimming cancelled. No soccer. #camp #kids #emergency
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Eric Holthaus @ericholthaus.com · 16/07/2026
If only a dedicated group of scientists had warned us about the record heat, torrential flooding, continental scale wildfires, and apocalyptic orange skies
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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Juvenile barred #owls in #seattle's Ravenna Park. #nature
Two owls on a branch in dense forest. Sword ferns in foreground.
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 12/07/2026
Here’s the research showing the importance of attribution to garner public support for climate policy: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Extreme weather event attribution predicts climate policy support across the world - Nature Climate Change
Literature produced inconsistent findings regarding the links between extreme weather events and climate policy support across regions, populations and events. This global study offers a holistic asse...
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 12/07/2026
Scan your local news today. How many stories are about something climate change is making worse...without saying so? I counted 8 of those in my feed today, vs just 1 that named climate change directly. Why does this matter? Research shows that making this connection changes how people see it.
Nine screenshots of my google news page today, each describing issues that are directly impacted by climate change, from more dangerous wildfire to changing flood policies.
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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
More : "Maryanne Wolf, a cognitive neuroscientist at UCLA, argues that people are losing the ability to think deeply about writing. That doesn’t mean they are forgetting how to decode individual words. Rather, they are losing the higher-order abilities of comprehension and synthesis. "
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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Link to "The End of Reading." www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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The End of Reading Is Here
Optimists once believed that universal literacy was inevitable. Now it seems that the age of reading might be a short anomaly in human history.
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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
"In 1975, about half of 20-somethings said they read the newspaper every day. Today less than 10 percent do," writes @rosehorowitch.bsky.social in "The End of Reading." Link below. As #journalist, it pains me. Photo below - reporter myself using phone books to find people's home addresses.
 A woman faces the camera in a white shirt and glasses and has phone books open in front of her.
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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Registration opens 8-4 for the @sciencewriters.org conference in Corvallis, OR in Sept. Insiders know - all the best field trips are FULL within hours. So read program - use your keyboard trigger fingers. #research #comms #sciwri26 @oregonstate.edu 🧪🌳🦠🐟
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