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@keepitonthehdl.bsky.social
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homepage at slate.com, freelancing all over, hdocterloeb.com/contact

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Hannah @keepitonthehdl.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
How do you solve a problem like the crayfish? My latest for @theatlantic.com
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Hannah @keepitonthehdl.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Are you a retired scientist (or looking to retire and close a lab)? Or did you leave academia and close your lab? I'm working on a piece for @nature.com about end-of-lab planning and how to close your lab gracefully, and am looking for sources. Reposts are appreciated!
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Hannah @keepitonthehdl.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Do you guard your pipettes like they’re your children? Insist on a sign-out sheet? Do you have another innovative method to make sure your materials don’t go missing? I'm working on a @nature.com Carers piece on preventing lab theft and looking for sources. Contact me at my website. #journorequest
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Hannah @keepitonthehdl.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Some of the most fun I've ever had on assignment: I wrote about Avondvierdaagse, and how it brings neighborhood children and communities together for four days of walking
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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 03/06/2026
Justin Peters is just an amazing writer and the coolest guy, someone I've had the privilege of knowing as a peer for years now. sadly, he's going through a horrific health scare, and needs help covering the intense, expensive care he needs. if you have the means: www.gofundme.com/f/support-ju...
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Donate to Support Justin Peters, organized by Kate Reidy
Let's Show Up for Justin! If you know Justin Peters, you know he is one of those unforge… Kate Reidy needs your support for Support Justin Peters
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Hannah @keepitonthehdl.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Butts for bucks! My latest for @theguardian.com
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William G. Lamb 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @astrolamb.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Thinking of getting a pet as an academic? 🐈 🧪 🔭 I was interviewed by @keepitonthehdl.bsky.social for @nature.com about pet ownership as an academic. There's some great advice! A photo of WiggleWorm didn't make the final edit, so here he is for bluesky instead 😻 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
A portrait of William sitting on a couch with a laptop. WiggleWorm, his orange cat, is curled up on his lap, between him and his laptop. WiggleWorm is looking directly at the laptop screen.
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Hannah @keepitonthehdl.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Do you have any lab meeting "upgrades": traditions or recurring agenda items that help liven up the meeting, build skills, or just help members bond? I'm working on an article for Nature Careers @nature.com and want to hear from you! Contact form in bio (cc @kendallsciwrite.bsky.social)
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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 04/02/2026
Whatever you think of the Washington Post at this moment, here's a chance to support the dedicated, hard-working journalists who were just laid off. If you have the means, your donation is most welcome. If you don't, a kind thought and maybe spreading the word to others is support enough 💙
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Donate to Washington Post 2026 layoff fund, organized by Rachel Siegel
On Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, The Washington Post laid off hundreds of journalists. We ar… Rachel Siegel needs your support for Washington Post 2026 layoff fund
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Slate @slate.com · 01/02/2026
It’s an offer irresistible to many young Americans. Unfortunately, I looked into it. slate.trib.al/VBSnPqE
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It’s an Offer Irresistible to Many Young Americans. Unfortunately, I Looked Into It.
I wanted to believe. I knew I shouldn't have.
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Nature @nature.com · 20/11/2025
It might seem gross, but pee and poo are treasure troves for research go.nature.com/4oSOtBW
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Waste not: how researchers harness pee and poo for science
It might seem gross, but these materials are treasure troves for research.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 31/07/2025
‘For some this is junk, for others food’: the shops collecting plastic waste and handing back cash
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‘For some this is junk, for others food’: the shops collecting plastic waste and handing back cash
Ambitious bottle return scheme helps the Netherlands hit recycling targets and tackle littering
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Hannah @keepitonthehdl.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
I can't stop seeing the Trader Joe's bags so obviously I had to write about it for @slate.com slate.com/life/2025/06...
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It’s on Everyone’s Arm. It Costs $3.99. I Didn’t Think It Could Possibly Live Up to the Hype.
It’s $3.99, but it can be impossible to find. I went on a mission to procure one.
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Nature @nature.com · 13/06/2025
As a marine biologist, Sirachai Arunrugstichai didn't expect to spend much time behind a camera, but outside the laboratory he found a new passion in photography go.nature.com/4n03q4B
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How recording my research led to a photo-journalism career
Then COVID-19 came. There were no assignments on conservation photography for me to work on. I had never done conventional news journalism before, but I started photographing impacts of the pandemic in Thailand. And a friend whose non-governmental organization worked closely with the human-rights group Amnesty International asked me to help cover anti-government protests in Thailand in 2020.
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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Join us at 1 p.m. ET today (June 9) to get work advice -- ask @doreeshafrir.bsky.social and me anything! We'll be on Reddit for @slate.com's GOOD JOB advice column www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comme...
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From the IAmA community on Reddit: We’re Slate Magazine’s Good Job Columnists, Doree Shafrir and Laura Helmuth. Ask us anything about the joys, complications, and confusions of the modern workplace.
Explore this post and more from the IAmA community
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Nature @nature.com · 16/04/2025
Inked scientists choose scientific images to mark career accomplishments and illustrate their research passion go.nature.com/42CnT65
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Science on our sleeves: the research that inspires our tattoos
Inked scientists choose scientific images to mark career accomplishments and illustrate their research passion.
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Nature @nature.com · 03/04/2025
Researchers describe how they are using skills honed in the laboratory in their creative pursuits go.nature.com/4jkH8Ii
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From bench to bread: how science can enhance your hobbies
Researchers describe how they are using skills honed in the laboratory in their creative pursuits.
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Slate Union @slateunion.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
On Monday morning, Slate was suddenly informed that six of its employees—including three editors, two of whom were members of the union—were being laid off, just months after four other staffers were also let go. The Slate Union's official statement reads as follows:
The Slate Union logo—the Slate S featuring upward fist and surrounded by pink and white stripes—is seen above a statement: We, the Slate Union, are united in our belief that management’s decision yesterday to lay off three editorial employees—along with three of our coworkers in other departments—was misguided, foolish, and cruel. The cuts are not these employees’ failures; they are the result of the failure of this company to follow its obligations to its workers. When you can’t find a way to make the most out of smart, talented journalists, that’s a failure of management—and Slate staffers are right to believe it’s incumbent upon management to find ways to solve that problem that don’t involve job losses. Otherwise, what are we investing in journalism for? What are we asking Slate Plus members to invest in us for?

There are particular aspects of these layoffs that we in the union find particularly outrageous. Eliminating three editors with their hands on politics and business will put an unbearable strain on others in the department, at the precise moment when coverage of these two subjects is crucial to the magazine’s success. One of the laid-off editors had union-negotiated parental leave approaching—as did another union member who was laid off just months ago. Another one of the laid-off employees was about to go on a honeymoon, and yet another was about to meet the qualifications for their pension benefit. The affected worker will be paid out for their parental leave, but the timing of these departures appears to be designed to make other union members think twice before utilizing the leave they have the contractual right to take. Not to mention, that one of the laid-off editors was hired not even a year ago—after a protracted search—calls management’s strategy into question, to put it lightly.
Slate has had two consecutive years of profitability. The fact that management views employees as chits to be discarded at any hint of trouble, instead of valuable people whose work makes our shop successful and profitable, is an enormous mistake. We insist that, in the upcoming contract negotiations, Slate commits to policies that treat layoffs not as a hair-trigger response to adversity but as an absolute last resort, one that will not be undertaken without consulting with the union and the employees in question. Simply paying out extra severance to a laid-off employee should no longer be a substitute for warnings about the state of our business and, more importantly, real attempts to save our staffers’ jobs. Anything short of this will demonstrate that Slate values the jobs of its executives more than its rank-and-file workers, and that good journalism by good journalists is no longer the north star of the magazine.
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Nature @nature.com · 20/01/2025
“By moving the technology as close as possible to the biology that we want to study, we can all of a sudden see a whole new view of life" ‘Lab vans’ and other facilities can bring researchers closer to what they study go.nature.com/4gSE3OF
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Science on the go: bringing labs into the field
‘Lab vans’ and other facilities can bring researchers closer to what they study.
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Hannah @keepitonthehdl.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Are you a botanist doing funky stuff with your house plants? A microbiologist brewing at home? Have you taken lab design into your kitchen redesign? I'm working on a piece for Nature Careers about scientists taking work home with them, literally, and would love to hear from you!
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 28/11/2024
‘You have to find your own recipe’: Dutch suburb where residents must grow food on at least half of their property
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‘You have to find your own recipe’: Dutch suburb where residents must grow food on at least half of their property
In the suburb of Oosterwold, a living experiment in urban agriculture, the 5,000 inhabitants find different creative ways to fulfil the unique stipulation When Marco de Kat starts planning his meals, he doesn’t need to travel far for fresh food. Right…
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Hannah @keepitonthehdl.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Me on a take I never thought I'd have slate.com/life/2024/11...
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Can We Please Move On From the Barron Trump “Sootcase” Clip?
I can’t believe that I’m saying this, but I feel bad for the guy.
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Helen Rosner @hels.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Holy actual shit: Slate named Roberto (the soup) one of the 25 most important recipes of the last 100 years!!!????????!!! slate.com/life/2024/11...
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The 25 Most Important Recipes of the Past 100 Years
A century of American braising, baking, and imbibing in one nation-spanning list.
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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 12/11/2024
got a starter pack going for the fine folks at @slate.bsky.social, if you'd like to follow my wonderful colleagues! bsky.app/starter-pack...
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