If you read #romance, and I do (so much for so many years), you are on board with the shift to more historically accurate and representative plots. Can’t wait to see the many new authors that move into this space.

#birds Saturday is staring contest day, Brian is the defending champion and he has never known defeat!!

putting this call out again:

are you a climate or enviro scientist whose work has been paused due to the change in admin?

is your job impacted by the IRA/BIL freeze?

do you work in decarb and have concerns about your job stability?

hit my line: jael@heatmap.news

i’m on signal too, dm for info.

I don’t know what tragedy has befallen Chicago but I was able to check Derek and Sara out on Libby from CPL at 10pm the night before Derek Craven Day. Sad for everyone else in the city who didn’t know to get there before I swooped in. I’m doing my sixth re-read, as tradition demands.

Not naming names (it’s Great Lakes Thriving Communities), but a 750-character count for grant applications is ridiculous. You used more to state the questions than we have to answer them. Give us 6 sentences or fuck off. Also pleeze fund this awesome work.

Hate to humble brag but I wrote my final project for my California Master Naturalist project on animal penises and can confirm this is completely normal in canids. Please just get a cup of tea and thank them for their performance.

🤔 Here's my idea of "heaven". ... HBU❓️