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@nancyaverett.bsky.social
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I write about science for journalism outlets and institutions and teach science journalism at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign stories at na-narratives.com. Words in SciAm, Environmental Health Perspectives, The Nation, Sierra and more.

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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 16h
Why does he look like a racist marionette
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Carolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · 11h
Bruh, you literally JUST SAID "no fatties" and "no weirdos"
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nancyaverett.bsky.social @nancyaverett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Every writer dreams of their New Yorker moment. This was mine: an assignment that sent me to Paris to profile a brilliant French neuroscientist—who turned out to be a social-justice warrior, too. Thanks to @psyche.co and my lovely editor @pamelaweintraub.bsky.social #neuroscience #education #science
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.
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Rebecca Leber @rebleber.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
a great new feature from @emdashsanders.bsky.social on the independent Colorado ranchers who want Big Oil to own up for climate damages, rather than leave the burden to local governments. pointsourcenews.org/the-colorado...
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The Colorado ranchers taking on Big Oil
As the Supreme Court considers a climate lawsuit against oil companies, ranchers say their livelihoods are caught in the fray.
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Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
In order to thrive in the Black MAGA grift you don’t have to be particularly talented. Any mediocre person can do it. You just have to have a shamelessly high capacity for embarrassment as you perform for the most openly anti-Black President in modern American history. Tim Scott has that.
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Gary Legum @glegum.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
God I love these guys so much. "Well Tom, how popular is football anyway? More popular than a senile, racist cantaloupe? I think we all know what the American people want to watch."
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League of Women Voters of Ohio @lwvohio.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
How to check if your voter registration was purged in Ohio Ohio residents who have not voted in an election for 6 or more years may lose their registration by Michael Neenan www.wfmj.com/news/how-to-...
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How to check if your voter registration was purged in Ohio
Each year, thousands of voter registrations in Ohio are removed by the Ohio Secretary of State’s office for reasons such as inactivity, change of address, or if the voter has
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nancyaverett.bsky.social @nancyaverett.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Please let this happen
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nancyaverett.bsky.social @nancyaverett.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
226 data centers. BILLIONS in sweetheart tax deals. Ohioans stuck paying thousands more for electricity. Sherrod Brown nails it: John Husted led the damn charge. Big corporations got the sweetheart deal. Ohio families got the bill. THAT is who Husted works for. Not you.
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Nicholas D Carter @nicholasdcarter.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Counter doom by: 1. Communicating the threat accurately, 2. prebunk against emotionally manipulative narratives, & 3. pair the problem with credible solutions & agency. Full study & coverage below: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I don’t think Hong’s loss says much about the left being unelectable, per se. It’s that she’s a stereotype of a humorless, strident, condescending Twitter scold. Leftists like El-Sayed, Mamdani, and AOC do just fine because they talk like normal people and have a sense of humor.
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Martyn Warren (he/him) @martynwarren.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
TAX FOSSIL FUEL COMPANIES TO PAY FOR CLIMATE CHANGE SOLUTIONS.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/08/2026
New in PN: Trump uses reporters as human shield, gets feted as guest of honor "The episode highlights the grossly dysfunctional relationship between POTUS & the media, which puts up with ever-escalating abuses as the price of access, & routinely normalizes Trump’s erratic & even criminal behavior."
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Trump uses reporters as human shield, gets feted as guest of honor
Steepest of learning curves.
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Grateful to folks in Akron out knocking doors. Ohioans are fed up with the corruption they see coming out of Washington and are joining me in this fight to stop it.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
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Jordan Wood @jordanwood.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Susan Collins will vote no on Trump’s own criminal defense lawyer for Attorney General. They let her vote no. They always had the 50th vote. Shame on her. Vote her out.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 07/08/2026
Lake Mead, the all-important Colorado River reservoir that supplies water to some 20 million people in the Southwest and West, just hit its lowest level in history during an extreme drought that scientists say is worsened by climate change.
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Lake Mead, the nation’s biggest reservoir, hits lowest level on record
The milestone is yet another sign of the escalating water crisis on the Colorado River, which scientists say is worsened by climate change.
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Lynn @lynnf.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
@chrismurphyct.bsky.social I want a bill passed that requires that East Wing be restored and Trump to pay for the restoration!
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
The moment Collins announced she was a no on Blanche, you KNEW they had the votes.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Order now—supplies won’t last long
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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
“Do people enjoy the hospital food when they are hospitalized for exploding diarrhea because you dismantled surveillance programs?”
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Tax Private Jets @taxprivatejets.org · 16/07/2026
New data: Private jet carbon emissions in Dallas and Atlanta 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 *𝗱𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗱* during the World Cup semifinals. 3,560 takeoffs and landings. 11.78 kilotons of *excess* carbon, above the 5-year average for those cities. Tax private jets. 🟥🛩️ taxprivatejets.org
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I’ve been warning about this since the first Trump term. And here we are.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/07/2026
this, for me, is the defining Lindsey Graham statement
If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed.......and we will deserve it.
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Ragnarok Lobster @eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
The enduring image I'll have of Lindsey Graham is the angry, hysterical, snarling Graham at the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearings threatening vengeance upon every Democrat in Congress if Kavanaugh wasn't approved to sit on the US Supreme Court. That dude was already dead.
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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
lindsey graham won't hear you mocking him now that he's dead but neither will the Iranian schoolchildren who's murders he advocated for with practically his last breath.
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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Michael Fanone's take on Lindsey Graham is one of the most powerful I've read:
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Science magazine has named the seemingly unstoppable growth of renewable energy worldwide as the 2025 'Breakthrough of the Year'. A fantastic article if you like so many have been unaware of the speed and scale and the transformation of so many lives by the #SolarHockeyStickOfHope scim.ag/493Tpgx
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Science’s 2025 Breakthrough of the Year: The unstoppable rise of renewable energy
Clean energy infrastructure is being deployed with unmatched scale and speed—and China is leading the way
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Revenge = Comedy + Time
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Bravo to these judges, who are traveling around the country to educate the public about the importance of the rule of law!
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leftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
If you owe a woman $5 million for sexual assault, you also owe the country your resignation.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 30/06/2026
If you have not yet, please join us in taking action against the latest OMB proposal, here: fight2win.standupforscience.net
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Stand up for Science
Stand up for Science
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Josh Cowen @joshcowenmi.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
NEW: Over the past half year, I’ve been sitting down with political leaders to talk about—among other things—renewing public education. Heading into the 250th bday week of American democracy, here’s what 20+ leaders have told me so far about one key pillar: open.substack.com/pub/joshcowe...
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Talking With Policy Leaders About Education
From governors to members of Congress: a recap on 20+ conversations here with policy leaders across the country, weighing in on their priorities for kids, families, and schools.
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Alaina Wood @thegarbagequeen.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Your fears about climate change are completely valid, but don't let them convince you things are hopeless. That mentality benefits the big polluters which is why they spread it online. Remember that we have all the solutions, and they are actively getting implemented because of our activism.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/06/2026
We all know who the better hang is
Trump TS post featuring young photos of him and Obama with Obama smoking a cig
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/06/2026
GOP Gov. Mike DeWine: "It is not in the United States' interest, certainly not in Ohio's interest, to have people who are working every single day, who are supporting a family, buying houses, and really are contributing, and yank them out."
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Rep. Dr. Jasmine Clark @jasmineclarkforga.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
When I head to Washington, I will be the first woman in Congress with a science PhD. That matters. At a time when science is under attack, Congress needs more leaders who understand the value of evidence-based decision-making.
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
What makes my heart heavy is that 13 servicemembers and a school full of girls died for no reason except to attempt to boost a sad old man’s ego
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digby @digby56.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
That is what he meant but it's even dumber than just saying "I love the inflation." "Hit me again because it feels so good when it stops..."
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Kelcie Moseley-Morris @kelciemmorris.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
I think I'd like to ask Maine Family Planning and other clinics if the Dobbs decision affected the state of Maine
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
It will never cease to amaze me that you can beat yourself up for weeks trying to write something, grinding out crap, and then suddenly, one day, it's just... there. Like you're typing as fast as you can just to keep up with the words flowing. (I will also likely never trust that this will happen.)
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
BREAKING: Trump’s FBI in an act of “straight-up intimidation” raids a pro-democracy, voting organization in Ohio, with 100+ agents menacing staff & volunteers on the streets & at their schools. With Trump's DNI nominee, loyalist Jay Clayton, expect more voter intimidation. youtu.be/wQajlQlxboA?...
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Trump’s FBI Ohio Raid REVEALS SHOCKING Truth About NEW DNI Pick!!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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Marie 🇨🇦 @pawbaby2.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Kash Patel’s FBI raided a VOTING RIGHTS GROUP in Ohio. Went to volunteers’ homes. Demanded devices. No fraud. There never was. This is authoritarian voter suppression. Say it clearly. #Ohio #VotingRights #USDemocracy #Pinks apple.news/AwChDArL_TX2...
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Keystone Kash’s Agents Raid Voting Group in Swing State — The Daily Beast
The raid comes after agents investigated election officials in Wisconsin and seized ballots in Georgia and Arizona.
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Rep. Shontel Brown @repshontelbrown.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
I am alarmed and outraged by reports that Trump and Kash Patel’s FBI has raided the Ohio Organizing Collective in Cleveland. This appears to be a blatant effort to suppress and deny the vote of people in Northeast Ohio. These raids must end immediately.
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
My statement on reported FBI raid of Ohio Voting Rights Organization:
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nancyaverett.bsky.social @nancyaverett.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Polis is an idiot
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Imagine if a woman president crashed the economy and started a war with no end in sight, and her biggest, seemingly ONLY concern was building a ballroom and redecorating the White House.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 31/05/2026
Let’s be clear about Delaney Hall. A private, for-profit detention center run by GEO Group. Their business model is making money off human beings. Their incentive isn’t dignity. It isn’t fairness. It isn’t even deportation. Their incentive is keeping beds full and keeping the money flowing.
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