Lisa Margonelli

Marvel-themed Oreo packages that say “stuf of DOOM.”

When I was coming up the songs were about nuclear war but the Oreos were stuf of optimism. Not anymore.

EntSoc's Chrysalis Fund gives out grants to K-12 educators for insect-themed projects. Applications due June 1st.

YouTube video by Bloomberg Television Trump Tells US to Stop Using Anthropic Products

I spoke with @bloomberg.com about the designation of Anthropic as a "supply chain risk" by the Trump Administration www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCQ0...

Revenge of the beloved Beast….

…cause sometimes love don’t feel like it should?

Alas, I am not at #aaasmtg because I got Covid! Who’da thunk? But you can visit @issuesinst.bsky.social’s Kelsey Schoenberg and Monya Baker in the (great big) @arizonastateuni.bsky.social booth. Get your own copy of the glorious Buttercow issue!

Kropotkin wrote Mutual Aid in 1902– featuring social insects and pushing back against the survival of the fittest. It was a hot topic for a long time.

I think the leaders of the WaPo owe hair an apology.

But… is our attic the moon?

I am here for posts that start with “Have you ever broken down a deer?”

You should definitely subscribe. AIP’s FYI science policy is an incredible resource.

This confirms my priors.

The best kind of mad is toe-biting mad.

You got it! That’s exactly what I wanted the book to be about! Thank you.

I misread this as Limitless Pedant.

These are both really good.

I gotta let the poets know. They’ll be psyched.

Note to self: Do not search “zip ties near me.”

Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.

I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.

He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...

That hurts.

I am very much alive! Dong-Ding!

This is how you blurb

Why was science’s social contract such a useful myth? Let me count the ways… Or, as Heather Douglas says: “a shield can become a weapon.”

Funny. Yesterday I had the Oscar Meyer baloney song.

“The Ability to Produce Is Just as Important as the Ability to Innovate.” National Academy of Engineering president Tsu-Jae Liu discusses how engineers can help the United States translate new ideas into practical benefits for the nation.

“Rather than saying, as we have traditionally, that engineering is only for people who are good at math and science... It should be more like: ‘Who’s interested in helping invent new things that will solve problems for people?’”

—Tsu-Jae Liu, @nationalacademies.org issues.org/engineering-...

Termites. Termites. Termites. They work at the micro scale and they also remodel land and ecosystems.

A Nation of Innovators The story of how the federal government became an innovation evangelist in the 1960s is an account of fits, starts, and ideological ambiguity.

Amid the political upheaval of 1967, a group of bureaucratic innovators within the federal government released a manifesto. Their message: “Invention and innovation lie at the heart of the process by which America has grown and renewed itself.” Read the story: issues.org/nation-of-in...

STEM-in-Society Programs Deserve Institutional Support STEM-in-society programs have proven their utility and have never been more needed—but they are in jeopardy nationwide.

Did you know Bluesky's founder has an #STS degree? In a new article, Erin Burkett and I explain why, despite current threats to humanities and social science, "STEM-in-Society programs" like STS are more important than ever. And we guide funders and university leaders how to better support them.

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Hello, professors & teachers! Can't believe it's syllabus season already.

If you assign Meet the Neighbors—perhaps for your human-wildlife conflict, animal studies, animal intelligence, or environmental ethics course?—I'd be glad to Zoom in for a Q&A. Ping me if you're interested!