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Lisa Margonelli

@lisamargonelli.bsky.social
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Maine resident. Books: Underbug, Oil on the Brain. Fan of termites, mushrooms, clams, and phylogenetic trees. EIC: Issues in Science and Technology. Opinions are my own.

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Lisa Margonelli @lisamargonelli.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
That’s a good piece.
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Lisa Margonelli @lisamargonelli.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
They could have done unprocessed peanut butter and some kind of seedy rye bread to be parallel. It seems almost intentionally messed up. The craisins have 29g of added sugar. (I didn’t understand the glass of water until you explained.)
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Lisa Margonelli @lisamargonelli.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Herbie the Love Bug. I was 4. We had a Bug. I stared sobbing in the theater and had to be taken out. No, I did not think the car was “funny.” I did not want to go back in.
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Lisa Margonelli @lisamargonelli.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
That is really interesting. (Makes sense that upfs are designed to create a slippery bolus!) Surprised that Craisins qualify as non upf.
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Lisa Margonelli @lisamargonelli.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It is the whole thing!
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Lisa Margonelli @lisamargonelli.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
And, as the first Nurse in Congress and influential member (and chair) of the House Science Committee, Johnson was tremendously consequential. Here’s an interview with @issuesinst.bsky.social. issues.org/eddie-bernic...
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“The More Inclusion We Have in Science, the Better Outcomes We’ll Get.”
The congresswoman discusses the 15 minutes that determined her career, how the semiconductor chip transformed Dallas, and the future of science.
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Lisa Margonelli @lisamargonelli.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The protest connected Eddie Berenice Johnson and Marcus and began Johnson’s career. wacohistory.org/items/show/199
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Eddie Bernice Johnson
Eddie Bernice Johnson is a champion of minority and women’s rights representing Texas in the United States House of Representatives. Not only that, she fights to support the sciences and women in STEM...
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Lisa Margonelli @lisamargonelli.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
You should really ask for your money back.
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Lisa Margonelli @lisamargonelli.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
My county, in the news.
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Lisa Margonelli @lisamargonelli.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It’s a weird one. Not much flavor but interesting texture. It CAN absorb too much butter. Many people do a crab dip thing. I have not found the right recipe. Please report!
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Will Thomas @williamthomas.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
DC friends, AIP's next Trimble lecture is coming up on Wed., Sept. 23, when Princeton University's Fara Dabhoiwala presents "Black Genius: Race, Science, and the Extraordinary Portrait of Francis Williams." Learn more and register to attend today: www.aip.org/history/fara... 📷V&A Museum, London
A section of a painting depicting a black man in the dress of an 18th century gentleman with a white wig, with shelves of books and a window looking out on a Jamaican landscape and a cloudy night sky behind him.
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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Bulker Sinks Suddenly in Bay of Bengal, 22 Crew Members Missing. The cause of the sinking has not been established, but the speed of the sinking, the early development of a list, and the type of cargo are consistent with bulk liquefaction. maritime-executive.com/article/bulk...
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Bulker Sinks Suddenly in Bay of Bengal, 22 Crewmembers Missing
A search is under way for the missing crew of the bulker Ocean Winner, which capsized suddenly on Friday in the Bay of Bengal.Ocean Winner (IMO 914553...
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Lisa Margonelli @lisamargonelli.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
This is well worth reading. Thank you.
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Lisa Margonelli @lisamargonelli.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I was going to send this to you.
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Lisa Margonelli @lisamargonelli.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Miscreant, sung to the tune of Anna.
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Lisa Margonelli @lisamargonelli.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
By contrast, I had the strenuous Reny’s jingle: “Reny’s! A Maine adventure.”
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Lisa Margonelli @lisamargonelli.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Support!
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Lisa Margonelli @lisamargonelli.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
I was really, really into the Bicentennial. www.zocalopublicsquare.org/i-was-a-pret...
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I Was a Preteen Patriot | Essay
Playing Fife. Wearing a Tricorn Hat. Sewing Samplers. But the Bicentennial Was More Than Cosplay in Rural Maine
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Lisa Margonelli @lisamargonelli.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Mostly I’d say that there is a lot to be learned from scandal. And there is a lot of policy that grows out of reaction to scandals.
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Issues in Science and Technology @issuesinst.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
“Although the late 2020s may feel more like a dumpster fire than a garbage can, there are still many opportunities for policy innovation in today’s turbulent streams and whorls of scandal and reaction,” ISSUES editor-in-chief @lisamargonelli.bsky.social writes. Read: issues.org/mohole-momen...
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Mohole Moments
Mohole moments are when an investment in science goes disastrously wrong, revealing the tacit premise of science’s social contract.
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Lisa Margonelli @lisamargonelli.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
FWIW, I am not okay with this advertisement.
Bizarre AI photo with a man with ears on the front of his face on a blue background. White text says: Read With Your Ears. It is an ad for something called speechify.
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Lisa Margonelli @lisamargonelli.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
No one underbabied. Everyone very much babied!
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Lisa Margonelli @lisamargonelli.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Bad idea, that sieve.
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Lisa Margonelli @lisamargonelli.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Please join us on Wednesday!
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Issues in Science and Technology @issuesinst.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
An environmental knowledge commons could support evidence-based policymaking, but it will require long-term coordination across the many communities monitoring pollution and local conditions. Read @sdosemagen.bsky.social and Gwen Ottinger‘s essay in our Spring 2026 issue: issues.org/environmenta...
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Constructing a New Knowledge Infrastructure
A knowledge commons could support evidence-based policymaking, but it will require coordination with the communities monitoring pollution.
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Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 04/05/2026
Janelle Monáe at the Met Gala.
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Lisa Margonelli @lisamargonelli.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Right there with ya…
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Lisa Margonelli @lisamargonelli.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
This article reports some of the possible thinking behind the firing of members of the NSB and the lack of leadership at NSF. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
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Board Ouster Raises Further Concerns About NSF’s Future
The White House axed all members of the board overseeing the National Science Foundation Friday, leaving the agency with no board, director or deputy director. It finally provided a reason Monday afte...
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Lisa Margonelli @lisamargonelli.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
The Brownies did a little ceremony looking into a mirror that was surrounded by leaves. I had a locket with that figure on it.
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Lisa Margonelli @lisamargonelli.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
True. But to what end?
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Lisa Margonelli @lisamargonelli.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Old Sigur Ros is also nice for landscapes.
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Lisa Margonelli @lisamargonelli.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
I love that album!
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Issues in Science and Technology @issuesinst.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
In the latest installment of our podcast, Edward You, a former special agent in the FBI’s Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate, joins ISSUES editor-in-chief @lisamargonelli.bsky.social to discuss how You helped reframe how policymakers understand biosecurity. issues.org/edward-you-p...
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Lisa Margonelli @lisamargonelli.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
“It makes you rethink in history all those heroes,” Ms. Lopez said. “The movement — that’s the hero.”
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Nichole @tnwhiskeywoman.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Gonna hold on to this croissant metaphor for the rest of my creative life
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Lisa Margonelli @lisamargonelli.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
When I was coming up the songs were about nuclear war but the Oreos were stuf of optimism. Not anymore.
Marvel-themed Oreo packages that say “stuf of DOOM.”
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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
EntSoc's Chrysalis Fund gives out grants to K-12 educators for insect-themed projects. Applications due June 1st.
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Chrysalis Fund: Apply for Funding
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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
I spoke with @bloomberg.com about the designation of Anthropic as a "supply chain risk" by the Trump Administration www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCQ0...
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Trump Tells US to Stop Using Anthropic Products
YouTube video by Bloomberg Television
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Lisa Margonelli @lisamargonelli.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Revenge of the beloved Beast….
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Lisa Margonelli @lisamargonelli.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
…cause sometimes love don’t feel like it should?
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Lisa Margonelli @lisamargonelli.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Alas, I am not at #aaasmtg because I got Covid! Who’da thunk? But you can visit @issuesinst.bsky.social’s Kelsey Schoenberg and Monya Baker in the (great big) @arizonastateuni.bsky.social booth. Get your own copy of the glorious Buttercow issue!
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Lisa Margonelli @lisamargonelli.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Kropotkin wrote Mutual Aid in 1902– featuring social insects and pushing back against the survival of the fittest. It was a hot topic for a long time.
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Lisa Margonelli @lisamargonelli.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
I think the leaders of the WaPo owe hair an apology.
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Lisa Margonelli @lisamargonelli.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
But… is our attic the moon?
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Lisa Margonelli @lisamargonelli.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
I am here for posts that start with “Have you ever broken down a deer?”
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Lisa Margonelli @lisamargonelli.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
You should definitely subscribe. AIP’s FYI science policy is an incredible resource.
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Lisa Margonelli @lisamargonelli.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
This confirms my priors.
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Lisa Margonelli @lisamargonelli.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
The best kind of mad is toe-biting mad.
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Lisa Margonelli @lisamargonelli.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
You got it! That’s exactly what I wanted the book to be about! Thank you.
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Lisa Margonelli @lisamargonelli.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
I misread this as Limitless Pedant.
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