Meghan Bartels

A Crash Course in the 3 Controversial Housing Ballot Proposals Do they represent YIMBY "Abundance" magic or an anti-democratic "power grab"?

Finally hit the button on the @hellgatenyc.com subscription I’ve been meaning to get since they launched in order to access this super helpful piece on the affordable housing ballot proposals: hellgatenyc.com/nyc-housing-... Thank you!

But it’s such a cute lil sky puppy!

Oh thank you so much, that’s so lovely to hear!

Bat vs. Robin—Scientists Capture Real-Life Audio of Midair Hunt Scientists suspected that Europe’s largest bats snack on migrating songbirds when they can, but a stunning newly published observation proves it

Happy Halloween! Please celebrate with this extremely cool bat that I just loved writing about: 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/this...

Thanks, Heidi!

I'm a health journalist for @statnews.com interested in speaking with people who have used telehealth companies for weight loss. If you have an experience you'd be open to sharing, please reach out! katie.palmer@statnews.com or Signal at palmer.01

Say the word and I'm there with you!!!

omg what a doofy lil guy i love it!!

The Race to Study an Interstellar Comet from Deep Space Astronomers are hustling to use interplanetary spacecraft to study the interstellar comet dubbed 3I/ATLAS while the sun is hiding it from Earth

You can't talk me out of thinking there's something just very cool about an image of an interstellar comet taken by a spacecraft orbiting Mars: 🧪 🔭 www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...

do ittttttttttt

“9/ongoing list of Halloween crabs” whomst could resist??

Updated Evidence for Covid-19, RSV, and Influenza Vaccines for 2025–2026 | NEJM Changes in the vaccine advisory process in the United States have disrupted immunization guidance, which reinforces the need for independent evidence review to inform decisions regarding immunizati...

Three major respiratory viruses COVID-19, RSV & flu still drive hospitalizations yearly. A new review of 511 studies shows current vaccines work. COVID-19 mRNA shots targeting XBB.1.5 cut hospitalizations by ~46–50%; newer KP.2-adapted vaccines reached 68% effectiveness.
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.

UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.

Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.

This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

You should be able to eat even if you are not working.

Access to food is a human right.
Access to clean water is a human right.
Access to adequate shelter is a human right.
Access to healthcare is a human right.

Oh my goodness how gorgeous!!!

Is It Time to Classify Hurricanes as Category 6? Hurricane Melissa’s powerful winds and drenching rains devastated Jamaica. But is its wrath a sign that we need a new designation for monster storms?

Hurricane Melissa and the knotty problem of hurricane categories: 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/does...

Peak bleps!!!

Cats Are Perfect. An Evolutionary Biologist Explains Why Cats have attained evolutionary perfection

It's National Cat Day, which is as good a day as any to remind you that cats! are! perfect! Evolution says so! 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/cats...

The Science of How Hurricane Melissa Became So Extreme A nearly perfect alignment of factors has enabled Hurricane Melissa to become one of the most intense Atlantic storms ever recorded

The science behind how Hurricane Melissa got so incredibly, devastatingly strong: “This is taking advantage of every possible condition it can right now.” 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...

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Opinion | Josh Hawley: No American Should Go to Bed Hungry

"The character of a nation is revealed not in quarterly profits or C.E.O. pay, but in how it treats the small and forgotten — the last, the least, the lost." Josh Hawley is right: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/o...

I am interested in starting to hear from care workers on SNAP about your concerns. I'm @motherjones.com's disability reporter. Please be in touch. My email is jmetraux@motherjones.com and my Signal is juliametraux.49. Reposts are appreciated.

Oh damn Karen, I'm so sorry!!

Why Hurricane Melissa Could Be the Worst Storm to Ever Hit Jamaica Category 5 Hurricane Melissa’s exceptional strength and slow pace could make it more destructive than Hurricane Gilbert, which hit Jamaica in 1988

Hurricane Melissa may be the worst storm on record to ever hit Jamaica--its storm surge and rainfall will be particularly damaging. 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...

11.1% of SNAP recipients are kids under age 5, 27.7% kids 5-17, 41.6% adults 18-59, 19.5% adults aged 60 & older https://www.ers.usda.gov/media/1124/snapparticipantage.xlsx

Did you know?

About 4.5 million SNAP recipients are babies and toddlers under age 5.

About 11.1 million SNAP recipients are kids aged 5 to 17 years, who need food for healthy growth, learning, & development.

The federal government has the capacity to continue funding SNAP during a shutdown.

Thank you!

History Smelled. Here’s How We’re Sniffing It Out How can reconstructing long-lost smells of ancient artifacts help us connect with the past?

"The past often gets presented to us as odorless. But that overlooks the huge roll smell likely played in many historical realities..." 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...

Tylenol doesn’t cause autism.

Vaccines don’t cause autism.

Starvation and malnutrition are far bigger threats to the health of children than any of the distractions Trump and RFK Jr want to point you towards.

You want to protect kids? Demand they fund SNAP.

Don’t let people starve.

Food insecurity is ALWAYS a political choice. Famine is ALWAYS manmade. People go hungry because of other people’s decisions. We have more than enough food for everyone, and enormous amounts of it are wasted—literally thrown in the garbage—on purpose.

I wish they said explicitly that there's $5 billion in emergency reserves they're refusing to use instead they're happy to let people - mostly children, the disabled, and elderly, starve.