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Inside ICE’s Only Contract with a Blue State - Bolts As part of a 287(g) contract between state officials and ICE, Massachusetts continues to release prisoners into deportation—even as state lawmakers look to ban other forms of ICE collaboration.

"The MA Department of Correction... formally partners with ICE to transfer people who have finished their sentences: Since 2007 the state prison system... regularly sends people exiting Massachusetts prisons directly into ICE custody" @burness.bsky.social/@boltsmag.org

boltsmag.org/massachusett...

Chimpanzees Are Really Into Crystals

wrote about something very important www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/s...

Chimpanzees Are Really Into Crystals

I shared a few thoughts with the excellent @cjgiaimo.bsky.social for her New York Times piece on chimps and crystals.

Captive chimpanzees were keen on these glittery objects; only time will tell tell if (as the study authors suggest for hominins) they can alter the evolution of perception 🧪🔮

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Mark Up | Granta For an online series, Mark Up, we invited writers to tell us their thoughts on...

really enjoying this series granta.com/mark-up/

any primatologists hanging out around here who might want to provide comment on an embargoed paper that i'm writing up today? let me know! #primatology #primates

this starts in about 1 hour! come to bird school

I can't get over this number: in 2007, there were 360,000 newspaper jobs. Now, there are 80,000. "My local paper sucked!" Sure. What sucks even more? The void. "I get all my news from the Guardian!" No, the Guardian doesn't report on your town council, your school board, local cops.

Bird School: A Beginner in the Wood - The Boston Birding Festival SUNDAY MARCH 1, 3:00 PM ET A conversation with writer Adam Nicolson live from Sussex via Zoom and local science writer Cara Giaimo

Hey birdbrains (complimentary),

Next Sunday at 3 PM, I’ll be speaking on Zoom with Adam Nicolson about his book “Bird School: A Beginner in the Wood.”
It's a lyrical and unusual book that really wraps you up in birds. join us, signup link here: www.bostonbirdingfestival.org/posts/bird-s...

i've been freelancing for about seven years and have never been able to solve this problem. if anyone else has figured it out please let me know.

freelancing means that at any given time, media and tech companies collectively owe me between $10,000 and $20,000 in overdue payments. this often means i'm sweating to pay my own bills/taxes. at the moment one of these companies is publicly bragging about how much money they have

what a godawful day for journalism, following a great many other godawful days for journalism

my hater should come forward and face me rather than hiding behind these dinky stars

it was worth a shot! loved your paper

i tried you guys

Endangered Toad Wins Legal Victory Against Highway Construction in Ecuador - Inside Climate News The court invoked Ecuador’s rights of nature laws in halting a highway project to protect the Jambato harlequin toad, requiring the government to prove construction won’t drive the species to extincti...

An Ecuadorian court has blocked construction of a highway after ruling it poses an imminent and irreversible threat to the rights of a critically endangered toad, a decision that underscores the country’s unique constitutional protections for nature.

insideclimatenews.org/news/0701202...

Environmental reporting is under pressure — just as biodiversity loss and climate impacts accelerate.

Mongabay’s Y. Eva Tan Conservation Reporting Fellowship supports early-career journalists from tropical countries with paid mentorship & publishing support.

Apply Dec. 15–Feb. 1: buff.ly/oARaICG.

(zoolander voice) "what is this? a gamergate for ants?"

Gamergate (ant) - Wikipedia

once every few years i remember there are ants called... gamergates en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamerga...

tomorrow i'm hosting bird trivia in cambridge. the peeps and i worked very hard on the questions, playlist, etc. come thru www.eventbrite.com/e/birdy-game...

tonight! great (and free) sciwrite pairing at tufts!

This book is delightful! Funny and practical life lessons for adults & kids, from the point of view of sea creatures.

thank you, Laura!

2025 New England Music Awards Ballot - New England Music Awards Vote below for the 2025 New England Music Awards! Do not submit more than one ballot submission per person, per day or your submission will be excluded from the results.

sidebody has been nominated by the New England Music Awards for Best Pop Act. thank you so much to whoever nominated us, we are really honored.

if you're so inclined, you can vote for us here: nemusicawards.com/vote/ you can vote once per day through 10/10. pop on 🤘🤘🤘🤘

looking for a delicious, affordable way to fight artist displacement in Somerville?

It's your lucky day! Central St. Studios and Gracie's have collaborated on a very special ice cream flavor, ART SCHOOL DROPOUT.

Available THIS WEEKEND ONLY for $25/pint, right here: givebutter.com/c/57Central/...

Seeing ice cream cones during their spawning runs really takes your breath away. They’ll only do this once in their entire lives.

If you have an extra $10 a month to spare, here's a list of worker-owned cooperative news sites you might want to support:

• 404 Media
• Defector
• The Flytrap
• Flaming Hydra
• The Appeal
• Aftermath
• Racket
• Hell Gate
• The 51st
• The Colorado Sun
• Range Media
• Discourse Blog
• Pop Heist

Writing Alongside the Nonhuman — Workshops 4 Gaza Step 1: Donate to Sameer Project here (sugg. donation $40) Step 2: Register for “Writing Alongside the Nonhuman” here It is one thing to write about animals, plants, and other non-human...

I'm teaching a Workshop4Gaza in November about writing alongside the non-human! We're raising funds for The Sameer Project. Come! We'll be reading from Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, and more.
www.workshops4gaza.com/calendar/wri...

These Ants Found a Loophole for a Fundamental Rule of Life

wrote about some weird ants (which is saying something for ants) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/s...

but i guess they won't have to worry about it for too long