Jessica Peters

Emily Dickinson’s Herbarium: A Beautiful Digital Edition of the Poet’s Pressed Plants & Flowers Is Now Online So many writers have been gardeners and have written about gardens that it might be easier to make a list of those who didn’t. But even in this crowded company, Emily Dickinson stands out.

Emily Dickinson’s Herbarium: A Beautiful Digital Edition of the Poet’s Pressed Plants & Flowers Is Now Online

Native languages need radio, which is at risk of being lost - High Country News As public media is threatened after cuts from Trump administration, Indigenous radio also face threats to how they preserve and grow language.

As public media is threatened after cuts from Trump administration, Indigenous radio also face threats to how they preserve and grow language.

not just a potential loss....decommissioning is officially going to happen very soon. This is a devastating hit to US science in the region and for science throughout the entire Antarctic. 🧪🌎

Canceled federal solar project could have reduced Idaho energy costs Called Solar For All, it allocated $56 million in grant money for solar panel construction to bring down energy prices for low-income Idahoans.

Called Solar For All, the program set aside $56 million in federal money for Idaho to build solar panel farms & give rooftop panels to low-income residences. The plan aimed to reduce energy prices by a minimum of 20% for 15,000 Idahoans from tribal, rural and economically disadvantaged backgrounds.

DNA from the deep reveals a hidden ocean “superhighway” Deep beneath the ocean's surface, a groundbreaking DNA study reveals that the deep sea is far more globally connected than once thought. By analyzing thousands of brittle stars preserved in museum col...

DNA from the deep reveals a hidden ocean “superhighway”

www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

This surprisingly relaxing footage is from SIX MILES under the ocean – and it’s the deepest ecosystem yet discovered

A minor scicomm gripe from the old days: We stopped calling tsunamis "tidal waves" in the early oughts, because, obviously they aren't tide driven.

But Tidal Wave is a much better description of what they actually look like, huge surges like a supercharged high tide, not big cresting waves.

The Men Trump Deported to a Salvadoran Prison On March 15, President Donald Trump’s administration sent more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been t...

NEW: On March 15, President Donald Trump’s administration sent more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador.

Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been taken away.

These are their stories.

Idaho housing nonprofit encounters overwhelm, federal funding cuts Rent prices continue to rise across the state.

Jesse Tree is an Idaho nonprofit offering legal and rental assistance to people experiencing housing insecurity. The amount of people seeking aid has doubled since the pandemic lockdowns in 2020.

The #1 way to explain America working properly is by saying “comedians can make fun of he President on TV.” A good way to explain fascism is “the President forces companies to fire those comedians as a condition of allowing them to conduct business.”

Once extinct in the wild, Przewalski’s horses are roaming free again on Kazakhstan’s steppe — their native habitat — for the first time in over 200 years.

🐴 This #WorldHorseDay, learn more about the historic return of the world’s last truly wild horse: www.decadeonrestoration.org/przewalskis-...

Pregnancy is a minefield when you're disabled Few OB-GYNs get disability training—and their disabled patients are far likelier to die.

Although people with disabilities become pregnant at similar rates as those without disabilities, they are often not offered the same reproductive care support. This newly released Mother Jones article highlights the significant gaps in reproductive care for disabled people: zurl.co/dU3G5

Persecuted for being LGBTQ+ in Trump country, they now have a chance to start over someplace new Keshet and the Hebrew Free Loan Society are fighting persecution by offering loans to those who need to flee,

Jewish orgs Keshet and the Hebrew Free Loan Association are giving out interest-free loans to LGBTQ+ folks who need to re-locate but can’t afford it. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE JEWISH.

“The idea that people were having to pick up and flee their homes was something that resonated Jewishly.”

BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.

Scientists Are Just Beginning to Understand How Life Makes Clouds, and Their Discoveries May Drastically Improve Climate Science Plants, plankton and sea spray all release elements that help the atmospheric blankets form

Clouds play an important role regulating the climate. To incorporate clouds into climate models scientists are learning more about the *biology* of clouds: studies of plants, plankton & organics flung up by sea spray.

Major thanks @joespring.bsky.social for edits on this

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Your periodic reminder that the average US diet requires about 2 acres of agricultural land (cropland + pasture) per person per year. So for a family of 4, that would be about 8 acres.

Food production requires a lot of land.

BTW if you eat more meat than average, that number will be higher.

Here’s Your Cheat Sheet for Vaccine Recommendations Backed by Science These graphics will guide you through science-based vaccine guidelines for children and adults

Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪

Dave Reilly: Boise Is ‘Clean’ And ‘There Aren’t Any Black People’ On Friday, white nationalists Dave Reilly and Rebecca Crockett hosted their podcast, The Backlash, from Boise’s Heterosexual Awesomeness Festival — a sparsely-attended anti-LGBTQ event …

On Friday, white nationalists Dave Reilly and Rebecca Crockett did their podcast live from Heterosexual Awesomeness Festival. Dave Reilly praised the city of Boise for being "clean" and because "There aren't any Black people."
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As an Iranian American, it feels like I need to help explain something:

A friend recently expressed confusion as to why those in the Iranian diaspora (liked myself), who hate the regime, would be opposed to the attacks on Iran.

I’ll try to explain my thoughts/feelings.

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Why am I so unimpressed by these strikes? Israel and the US have failed to target significant elements of Iran's nuclear materials and production infrastructure. RISING LION and MIDNIGHT HAMMER are tactically brilliant, but may turn out to be strategic failures. 🧵 1/17

Hetero Awesome Fest - Guerrilla Performance - Boise, Idaho - Boy

🚨 A QUEER PERSON HAS SNUCK ONTO THE STAGE AT HETERO PRIDE THIS IS NOT A DRILL 🚨

What are some good orgs for trans youth that could use some donations on this awful day? Reply below.

“Why Are We Funding This?” Long-standing myths about “silly science” have contributed to the reckless slashing of government-supported research.

My latest for American Scientist Magazine helps give scientists the tools to fight back against politicized charges that our research is silly or pointless- tools that will work whether you’re asked “why are we funding this” from your asshole uncle at Thanksgiving or an asshole US Senator.
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What We Do Fundamentally, we help make social and environmental change work more effective. We do this through helping people practice artistic activism.

I went looking for organizations at the intersection of art and social justice. Here's a few I found

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"We train and advise organizations, grant-makers, and individuals to excel in activism and advocacy through creativity and culture."
c4aa.org/what-we-do/

I mean, Boise (the location of this protest) is really purple to blue, but still proud to see the turnout. 🤩

News Sites Are Getting Crushed by Google’s New AI Tools Chatbots are replacing Google’s traditional search, devastating traffic for some publishers.

So... traffic to online journalism sites is tanking because search engine users are no longer clicking on links and instead just relying on AI-generated "answers" at the top of Google searches. But those "answers" are often flat-out wrong.

www.wsj.com/tech/ai/goog...

This is incredible

Let's Go See Some SciArt Summer Shows Inspired by Beetles, Fungi, Space and AI

Anyway, here are some cool #sciart shows to see in the US this summer. If you know of others, pass them along and I will share

Republicans want to ban pets from domestic violence shelters The budget proposal is the Trump administration's latest attack on services supporting abuse survivors.

SCOOP @motherjones.com: Republicans want to ban pets from domestic violence shelters through a proposal in the budget

Advocates say the program is small but critical: “Survivors won’t leave, they can’t leave [abusers], if they’re going to leave their pets behind"
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Statement from Tristan Kern de Gonzales Husband of Jonathan Joss My husband Jonathan Joss and I were involved in a shooting while checking the mail at the site of our former home. That home was burned down after over two years of threats from people in the area who repeatedly told us they would set it on fire. We reported these threats to law enforcement multiple times and nothing was done. Throughout that time we were harassed regularly by individuals who made it clear they did not accept our relationship. Much of the harassment was openly homophobic. When we returned to the site to check our mail we discovered the skull of one of our dogs and its harness placed in clear view. This caused both of us severe emotional distress. We began yelling and crying in response to the pain of what we saw. While we were doing this a man approached us. He started yelling violent homophobic slurs at us. He then raised a gun from his lap and fired. Jonathan and I had no weapons. We were not threatening anyone. We were grieving. We were standing side by side. When the man fired Jonathan pushed me out of the way. He saved my life. Jonathan is my husband. He gave me more love in our time together than most people ever get. We were newlyweds. We picked Valentines Day. We were in the process of looking for a trailer and planning our future. He was murdered by someone who could not stand the sight of two men loving each other. I was with him when he passed. I told him how much he was loved. To everyone who supported him, his fans, his friends, know that he valued you deeply. He saw you as family. My focus now is on protecting Jonathan’s legacy and honoring the life we built together. If your concern is how someone coped with trauma or how loudly they speak when recounting injustice and being ignored by authorities then you never truly cared about my husband. Jonathan saved my life. I will carry that forward. I will protect what he built. Tristan Kern de Gonzales

Jonathan Joss--voice actor of John Redcorn from King of the Hill, and Ken Hotate from Parks and Rec--was killed in a homophobic hate crime today.

I'm so angry.