Erin Frances Fisher

Anxious Owner Pets Dog Down To Hairless Stump

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Lead author Auke-Florian Hiemstra holds the oldest known caddisfly casing containing microplastic, dating to 1971. Photo: Liselotte Rambonnet.

A caddisfly casing with pieces of blue microplastic, dating 1986. Photo: Auke-Florian Hiemstra

NEW PAPER, JUST OUT! 👀

Insects from the '70s and '80s were already collecting microplastic, decades before the term microplastic even existed. 🤯

A thread on the surprising history of this pollutant and the incredible insect larvae that helped us uncover it. 🐛

Let's dive in! 🧵👇 1/x

A bumpy green vegetable, with the top cut off. The holes inside look like eyes and a mouth, on one side it looks like shock and fear. The other looks like happiness or joy

life: the horror and the joy

It’s terrible out in the world but we’re learning a new thing over here

Editors are in ✍️ 🐾

Since we seem to be going into further-contraction-of-$$ season—I've seen really good tips & recipes to save $ on food today & the one that I will add is: when you pack your lunch, when you meal plan, when you grocery shop: include a little treat. Plan ahead for needing a little treat.

*it’s all too much but here is a Penny dog / editors are in

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New mug / happy holiday dogs

RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers This award has a storied track record of discovering Canada’s brightest writers at the outset of their careers. Writers' Trust of Canada annually awards three $10,000 prizes to outstanding emerging wr...

Writer without a book or book contract? Canadian? have a story ready? deadline is Dec 16th www.writerstrust.com/awards/rbc-b...

No leaving the desk allowed

Down by the river before work

My fellow writers, you should read this. READ THIS PLEASE. These are all such amazing points and when I start talking in a review about how much I like a writer's prose it's because they avoid the pitfalls presented here. Never really thought about it being "TV brain' but it makes sense. #writersky

Image of a TV news graphic with various "Christmas m" towns listed included North Pole, NY, Bethlehem, PA and Donner Lake, CA Which is named with the Donner Party and not Santa's reindeer...

I uh...I don't think Donner Lake, CA is named after the reindeer...

cheers same 🥲

Editor is in, after a morning roll in fish and poop on a stone at the river

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