Jisoo Kim (she/her)

KARE 11 Investigates: Postal worker died after police mistook stroke for drug impairment Kingsley Bimpong was jailed instead of hospitalized; video shows guards ignored his suffering for hours.

A lawsuit alleges a Black postal worker died after officers ignored clear signs he was suffering from a massive stroke, believing his medical emergency was drugs

The suit says guards left him helpless on a jail cell floor in his own urine for hours

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

A map of Gaza shows how Israeli forces will withdraw under the first phase of the ceasefire plan while remaining in control of nearly 60% of the besieged Strip aje.io/kekalb

I live for a windswept power walk across a college campus to/from public transit.

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

New from 404 Media: the Discord hack is every users' worst nightmare. Yesterday the hackers started posting Discord users' selfies, identity documents, email addresses, phone numbers, more. I watched in real time. This is risk of tech storing ID for age verification
www.404media.co/the-discord-...

Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows

The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.

Thank you for your email. There is a temporary shutdown of the U.S. government due to a lapse in appropriations. I will respond to your message as soon as possible after the temporary shutdown ends. Please visit ED.gov for the latest information on the Department's operational status. Thank you.

Thank you for contacting me. On September 19, 2025, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5371, a clean continuing resolution. Unfortunately, Democrat Senators are blocking passage of H.R. 5371 in the Senate which has led to a lapse in appropriations. Due to the lapse in appropriations I am currently in furlough status. I will respond to emails once government functions resume.

NEW—US Department of Education sent out standard Out of Office language to employees on Wednesday in light of shutdown. Later yesterday, workers tell me they found someone had updated their auto-responses without consent to a new one blaming Democrats.

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Confessions of a Black Looksmaxxer Critics say looksmaxxing—the trend of men boosting their physical attractiveness—often uses eugenic beauty standards. Some Black influencers are struggling to fit in, while others are fighting back.

looksmaxxing has proven to be more than a passing social media trend. but as the movement has grown, it has only gotten more racist. some black influencers are struggling to fit in, while others are fighting back

my latest dispatch for @wired.com www.wired.com/story/confes...

Why is this horrible for Universities?

Just about everyone who isn't a citizen or green card holder already who's hired for a tenure track faculty position is hired through an H1B and then, after 3-5 years, applies for a green card.

This is literally "No more foreign professors can be hired"

Keep going

Even the "admiration" for what he built is fake. If you had access to MILLIONS of dollars from ur dad + other rich white men at 18, most of you could have built an organization that targeted oppressed people too. I find all of it incredible. And they bleat on and on about MERIT, lol.

Super weird that the guy who was Practicing Politics The Right Way somehow magically seems to have a following so racist against Black people that him getting shot by a white person in the whitest state in USA results in 7 Black universities receiving terror threats.

What's this got to do with us?!

Disasters destroyed their homes. Then the real estate ‘vultures’ swooped in. "We buy homes" companies are procuring disaster-damaged properties for cheap. Survivors say they're taking advantage of tragedy.

Disasters destroyed their homes. Then the real estate ‘vultures’ swooped in.
“We buy homes” companies are procuring disaster-damaged properties for cheap. Survivors say they're taking advantage of tragedy.

grist.org/housing/disa...

#Homes #Housing #RealEstate #Climate #Disaster

A Hidden Problem at the Food Bank Eating disorders are most often associated with well-off young women. But among an unexpected population in San Antonio, a Trinity University researcher found an unmet need.

Eating disorders are most often associated with well-off young women.

But among an unexpected population in San Antonio, a Trinity University researcher found an unmet need. https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/eating-disorders-san-antonio-food-bank/

First @converse-er.org fall webinar coming up!

These scientists found Alzheimer's in their genes. Here's what they did next Three scientists learned they carry genes that dramatically increase their risk for Alzheimer's disease. Now they're working to keep their brains healthy.

Three scientists learned they carry genes that dramatically increase their risk for Alzheimer's disease. Now they're working to keep their brains healthy.

Craters of the Moon rafted cones

Lava lake in Eruptive Unit A at Craters of the Moon

Amazing sights at the Eastern Snake River Plain with @victorproject.bsky.social! Here for a week of field-based computational volcanology 🖥️ 🌋

You may have a balmain bag, and I may have a free backpack my boyfriend didn’t want anymore, but we are both going through TSA pre check today

Screenshot of PERSONA AV Popup with text that says: Getting started We need some information to help us confirm your identity. By clicking one of the buttons below, you confirm that you consent to Reddit's service provider, Persona to collect and process your information to verify your age in accordance with its Privacy Policy. Depending on the method of verification, that processing could include Persona processing your biometric information and storing it for up to 7 days. Reddit will receive and store your birthday and verification status in your account but does not retain any other data relating to the verification SUBMIT PHOTO ID ESTIMATE AGE FROM SELFIE

Age verification is here, and now UK Redditors can’t access their favorite LGBTQ+, political, or public health communities without destroying their anonymity. Help us fight to avoid this future. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

I’ve reached the point of the afternoon where I’m dancing in my chair and thinking about the multiverse. Maybe it’s time to clock out

Shaping the history of quantum physics to make women visible - Nature Reviews Physics A substantial number of female physicists in the first half of the 20th century contributed to quantum physics. For the history of physics to properly recognize their work, new approaches are needed.

«La historia no es el pasado, sino cómo lo contamos.»

— Andrea Reichenberger, "Shaping the history of quantum physics to make women visible"

www.nature.com/articles/s42...

Far-Right ‘Appeal to Heaven’ Flag Seen at Jan. 6 Riot Flown Above Government Agency in DC The "Appeal To Heaven" flag, a popular symbol for Christian nationalists that was waved by January 6 rioters, was raised over the Small Business Administration headquarters last week.

SCOOP: The "Appeal To Heaven" flag, a popular symbol for Christian nationalists that was waved by January 6 rioters, was raised over the Small Business Administration headquarters last week.

How NYT Magazine Threw Away Journalistic Ethics on Suicide The New York Times violated almost all of the published guidelines by personalizing, detailing, dramatizing, justifying and sentimentalizing a suicide.

There are ethical standards that guide media outlets in reporting on suicide, in order to minimize the risk of glamorizing or idealizing it. The @nytimes.com violated almost all of these guidelines.

fair.org/home/how-nyt...

Measuring the volatile content of magma with FTIR spectroscopy Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 05 June 2025; doi:10.1038/s43017-025-00690-xJisoo Kim explains how Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy can be used to explore the magmatic history of a volcano.

New online! Measuring the volatile content of magma with FTIR spectroscopy

Korean corn chips? 😊

These Trailblazing Black Paramedics Are the Reason You Don't Have to Ride a Hearse or a Police Van to the Hospital — Smithsonian Magazine In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Freedom House Ambulance Service set the standard for emergency medical care, laying the groundwork for the services available today

These Trailblazing Black Paramedics Are the Reason You Don't Have to Ride a Hearse or a Police Van to the Hospital - Smithsonian Magazine

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Frame grab by @kennarubin.bsky.social from the unfortunately titled, but still fascinating, Woods Hole Oceanographic video "Underwater volcano explodes in the Pacific!", showing a small flash of orange glowing lava oozing from the sea bed approximately 10 m in front of the Alvin submersible on 29 April 2025. Original video source: https://youtu.be/FYZm6N0xIyI?si=snMubVEgabTMczOU. Original video courtesy of Andrew Wozniak, University of Delaware, © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Funded by the National Science Foundation.

Collage of shipboard images from R/V Atlantis of lava samples of the 29 April 2025 East Pacific Rise eruption that were acquired by the ingenuity and quick thinking of ship and shore based scientists! SOURCE: Collage itself by @kennarubin.bsky.social. Cropped Base images courtesy of Woods Hole Oceanographic scientist Dan Fornari, who orchestrated the sampling from shore, and courtesy of the at sea expedition Chief Scientists

🧪🌊🌋⚒️ What do you do when a 2.5-km-deep Pacific Ocean volcano erupts (3rd time in 33 yrs) with the Alvin sub in the water? You pull Alvin fast, coat a weight in Crisco, toss it overboard with a wireline acoustic locator beacon, & pull up fresh lava chips the "old fashioned" way. Specimens on the way😍

Meta bans largest Muslim news page in India The platform is facilitating government requests to censor social media influencers and journalists in the region for 'anti-national content' following the terror attack in Kashmir.

It's crazy how much independent life does not incentivize reporting. I spent 2 days working on a piece about Meta censoring the biggest Muslim news acct in India, digging into Meta's relationship w/ India's far right BJP party & I lost paid subscribers. Meaning I lost hundreds of $ doing this story

Contact me or @meganlrogers.bsky.social for the spreadsheet 🤓