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Kate Petersen @k8petersen.bsky.social · 1h

NPR so eager to build a headline that leads with and excuses the bad actor that it didn’t bother with the rest, including subject-verb agreement.

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Kate Petersen @k8petersen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Six word story about these times: I typed ‘ungenerous;’ autocorrect suggested ‘ingenious.’

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Kate Petersen @k8petersen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Grateful for John’s reporting (see his🧵) and part of my heart is out there in the Salish Sea grieving with Tsuchi today.

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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

“This is not just a childhood disease,” @pauloffit.bsky.social says. 68% of PA measles cases are in adults, and several babies have been born with congenital measles. Read our story for more:

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Kate Petersen @k8petersen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Ha! ‘Studies in exasperation.’ Both grown-up screen-cap expressions are <chef’s kiss>

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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Moment of calm: Cascade Range living up to its name. Bridal Veil Falls flowing 1,328 ft from Lake Serene to the South Fork Skykomish, Washington.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

please do not post photos of barbour jackets in early october if you're not also voting for policies to address global warming

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If you are part of an academic society or a professor of any kind, public statements that you do not condone Drexel cutting off the academy of natural sciences from the public of Philadelphia is very important right now. We need your voices. Urgently.

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Kate Petersen @k8petersen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I love this counter-sloganeering:)

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Kate Petersen @k8petersen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Yes! What a cool order! Oldness that astounded and humbled me.

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Kate Petersen @k8petersen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

(found one on a beach two years ago and marveled at the fish facts I subsequently learned. And their locomotion is so cool!)

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Kate Petersen @k8petersen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Thanks for sharing and for your group’s work on this, Ladd.

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

on the other hand, the Mountain Goats, at it since 1991, still dropping bangers once a year on average and torching stages around the globe with ever-increasing intensity

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Kate Petersen @k8petersen.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

“she wanted the second line of her obituary to acknowledge her role as a shop steward for SAG-AFTRA, the union that represents NPR's editorial workers. She wanted the line to say that her proudest achievement was helping convince NPR to increase its paid parental leave.” Rest well. Thank you, Rose ❤️

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Kate Petersen @k8petersen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This breaks my heart in several directions. How accidental the timing of each of our births, and how purposefully built through layers of trust and effort herd immunity is (or was), even when it remains invisible to us (or our caregivers). Love for the families of those who’ve died from measles.

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Faith Kearns, Ph.D. @fkearns.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

A voter registration anecdote in case anyone needs a reminder to check theirs. Mine was showing invalid (AZ) due to some rural address problems - namely that I have a separate street and mailing address. For some reason the ZIP code on my PO box address was missing, then defaulted to my street…

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Kate Petersen @k8petersen.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Chicken and egg question: Did ‘I read [_____] so you don’t have to’ as a title trope precede genAI (which people now use to read [_____] so they don’t have to)? Or other way around?

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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Amazing news, thanks to decades of unrelenting advocacy by the Yurok, Karuk and Klamath Tribes. It’s heartening to see the collaborative nature of the salmon restoration effort reflected in this paper’s authorship, which includes all three Tribes, state & federal agencies, NGOs & private entities.

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Kate Petersen @k8petersen.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

this is so beautiful. thank you for sharing and congrats on the convergence! 🧱🚣‍♂️

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Kate Petersen @k8petersen.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

We grew carrots! Do we make carrot bread?

Hand holding six or seven carrots grown from seeds and recently pulled from soil before backdrop of more carrot greens

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Gwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

In case anyone is wondering about the current state of food safety in the US: an older woman flagged me down in Costco today to tell me I needed to tell my husband to put back the apple juice, because of an ongoing expanding recall

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Kate Petersen @k8petersen.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

omg ❤️ is this off-brand Costco or Costco™️ feline-ware? asking as someone who recently emerged from a warehouse(™️)

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Kate Petersen @k8petersen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

where is this? I remember beach-combing for them when I was 9 or so on the gulf coast of Florida but it's been ages and many storms ago. It would be cool to do as a field trip!

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Kate Petersen @k8petersen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

so cool. the sculptural quality in photo 2 reminds me of a trilobite fossil

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Kate Petersen @k8petersen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

oh cool!!! this is my dream. yay science community-building!

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Kate Petersen @k8petersen.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

or like, side by side w/ Jeff!:)

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Kate Petersen @k8petersen.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

🦂 adorb! can you share dimensions?

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Kate Petersen @k8petersen.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

So yes, I'm currently seeking apple horticulture book recs! but also books/recs abt how a generation that was raised with Encyclopedia Britannicas on the shelves, w/ google and wikipedia during their school days, now builds epistemic infrastructure for the next as search loses cred and verifiability

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Kate Petersen @k8petersen.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

"How many colors of apples are there in the world?" Every day, my kid asks a great question I don't have the answer to. Not just a cute question, but a legitimate one that I am (often) not equipped to answer. I say, let's find out in a book. But as a millennial, I was habituated to 'google' it.

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Kate Petersen @k8petersen.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

May we all live so that our obit photo has happy, grazing horses sprouting from our shoulders like wings. Thank you, WB.

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Kate Petersen @k8petersen.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Really helpful thread and reporting on the state by state requirements to get a vaccine via pharmacy. In past, our county public health dept. has been a good resource and offers vaccines, too. Thanks for this reporting.

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Kate Petersen @k8petersen.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

you look perfect and I hope it is a sweet day of meaning-making. 💜

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Ian James @ianjames.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Trump’s plan to exploit Venezuela’s oil reserves could pump significantly more planet-warming CO2 into the atmosphere. “Such a move would lock in decades of high emissions at precisely the moment when science demands a swift transition away from fossil fuels.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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US plan to exploit Venezuela’s oil could eat up 13% of carbon budget to keep 1.5C limit

Exclusive: ClimatePartner analysis shows how move would risk plunging Earth further into climate catastrophe

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Kate Petersen @k8petersen.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

yes, that’s really gross. and as you say, a structural training gap is there for sure.

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