Yawning cat in a box stuffed with packing material
Queen of the night flower blooming
Lots of blooming going on tonight
25.09.2025 03:10 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@refriedectoderm.bsky.social
Molecular biologist at Northwestern, science writer in training, Texan living in the Midwest. 2025 AAAS Mass Media Fellow at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel He/him
Yawning cat in a box stuffed with packing material
Queen of the night flower blooming
Lots of blooming going on tonight
25.09.2025 03:10 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Actually reading/learning from the news is arguably the second most valuable thing you get from paying for news
21.09.2025 19:30 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Shouting from the rooftops: Paying for news isn't a subscription service.
Subscriptions are worthless if you don't use them. On the other hand, you can contribute to news orgs, read zero articles per year and still reap the benefits of living with a well-funded press.
Incredible
10.09.2025 16:51 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0To wrap up my time at the Journal Sentinel, I got to cover some of my favorite research I've seen.
Combining western science with Indigenous knowledge shows how cultural burns and environmental stewardship supported red pine forests around the Great Lakes.
www.jsonline.com/story/news/2...
Best live performance goes to Lizzie No at Judson & Moore (didn't make it to the Hideout show in this video)
youtu.be/6801zEvNZaU?...
And thanks to 100.7 FM in Cheboygan, MI for introducing me to this one
youtu.be/2t7ECnE43QE?...
Four CD cases. Clockwise from top left: The Window by Ratboys, Yoshimi... by Flaming Lips, Not God by Finom, Van Lear Rose by Loretta Lynn
Did a lot of driving in a car without Bluetooth this summer, need to give a special shout-out to these CDs
28.08.2025 03:14 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Four journalists were killed by an Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital today, including Mariam Dagga, a freelancer with the @apnews.com. She has a 12-year-old son, who was evacuated from Gaza earlier in the war.
She was a true hero, like all of our Palestinian colleagues in Gaza.
tinyurl.com/3cn5c9vb
Adding to my 2030 bingo card: "DeAndre Jordan's 2015 free agency decision is relitigated during a primary debate (any party)"
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09.08.2025 02:09 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Picture of stream behind fence with sign warning about electric fish barrier
And I've got a ton of unpublished threads of stories leftover from this. AMA about electric fish barriers!
07.08.2025 22:19 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Had a great time wading through streams, fishing for lampreys to report for this story!
Learn about more layers of protection against invasive sea lampreys scientists are studying
www.jsonline.com/story/news/2...
Will be paying attention to this going forward
07.08.2025 22:14 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Crumbling cobblestone and streetcar rails in the median of a street undergoing construction
My idea of fun - finally got to get out there and see the exposed streetcar rails on Clark
02.08.2025 00:06 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Selfie taken while standing in a river wearing waders, a life vest and a baseball cap with a notebook in my chest pocket
Gone fishin' (for lamprey larvae)
01.08.2025 01:11 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Box of 10 tea bags called "Pure Happiness" with a very imprecise sketched Pegasus on the box
I allow myself one impulse buy per grocery shop, today it was this Greek tea. Hoping it lives up to what it says on the box.
29.07.2025 01:24 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Humans are still better than AI at cribbage! For now, at least. One of my favorites to write (so far)
www.jsonline.com/story/news/2...
Crowd with bikes gathered in a street with the sun out
Finish line woo-hoo
26.07.2025 23:53 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Will probably have this on repeat for the rest of the #RW24
youtu.be/4yZYnAj165I?...
Things in my stomach:
- Bacon
- Pancake
- Popsicle
- Pizza
- Swedish fish
- Hot dogs
- Coffee
- Mimosa
- Water
- Black bean and corn taco
Picture of Milwaukee skyline with river a little bit visible
Slept too long, oops. Back at it.
26.07.2025 16:32 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Empty stage at Beerline Plaza
Will be back at it in the morning
26.07.2025 07:45 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 020 mile ride badge in Garmin app
Hour 4
26.07.2025 04:09 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Banner that says "home stretch" over a street with a band playing
+3.5 hrs #RW24
26.07.2025 03:29 β π 2 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0If anyone knows the band playing on Humboldt/Wright, tell them they rock
26.07.2025 01:26 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Punk band playing in the street with a kid chalking in front
1 hr in, already have a new appreciation for Milwaukee's DIY scene
26.07.2025 01:06 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0More cyclists
25.07.2025 23:31 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0A few dozen bikers gathering on a residential street with a Start/Finish line and tent set up
Hour -0.5 of the Riverwest 24 #RW24
25.07.2025 23:23 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Screenshot of Washington Post homepage. Lead headline is: "Mass starvation stalks Gaza as deaths from hunger rise." Lead image is of a woman in Gaza holding an almost impossibly emaciated child
Harrowing lead story and image on the Washington Post homepage right now. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
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