Blythe Terrell
@blytheterrell.bsky.social
Science journalist & audio + science journalism instructor
Joyfully editing the podcast Science Vs
Fan of bad shark movies, horror & long or short walks in the woods
She/her
Joyfully editing the podcast Science Vs
Fan of bad shark movies, horror & long or short walks in the woods
She/her
Oooh this is great. Decided last year that I was officially in my bog era
Let’s make 2026 the year of the bog. The world’s most unique and interesting plants, clean water, cooler climate. Bogs deserve our thanks, care, and deep respect. Please join me and love a bog today.
January 6, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Oooh this is great. Decided last year that I was officially in my bog era
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January 5, 2026 at 9:31 PM
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People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.
January 3, 2026 at 2:01 PM
People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.
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wild to see every news outlet use the term "capture" to describe what happened. we're not at war with venezuela! this is *objectively* an illegal kidnapping of a sovereign country's leader
January 3, 2026 at 2:25 PM
wild to see every news outlet use the term "capture" to describe what happened. we're not at war with venezuela! this is *objectively* an illegal kidnapping of a sovereign country's leader
Oh yeah, I love this fact. Also, growing up in St. Louis it was a garden variety diss to call someone a Hoosier — kinda akin to redneck or just someone low class, who can say why
nobody knows where the term came from and it’s a state’s entire identity!
what in the actual fuck is a Hoosier
January 1, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Oh yeah, I love this fact. Also, growing up in St. Louis it was a garden variety diss to call someone a Hoosier — kinda akin to redneck or just someone low class, who can say why
Helllooooo Bluesky, pls send me your book recs! Genre-wise, I’m generally not a fantasy guy but want to hear about anything that’s lit your reading fire lately
December 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Helllooooo Bluesky, pls send me your book recs! Genre-wise, I’m generally not a fantasy guy but want to hear about anything that’s lit your reading fire lately
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You want me to look back on 2025? The thing that doomed Orpheus? The thing that turned Lot’s wife to salt?
December 29, 2025 at 10:18 PM
You want me to look back on 2025? The thing that doomed Orpheus? The thing that turned Lot’s wife to salt?
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The seal is all of us during this liminal week.
December 30, 2025 at 2:57 AM
The seal is all of us during this liminal week.
The next time you’re in Kansas City, you simply must check out The Rabbit Hole. Super delightful spot where kids (and adults) can play inside scenes from children’s books
December 23, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The next time you’re in Kansas City, you simply must check out The Rabbit Hole. Super delightful spot where kids (and adults) can play inside scenes from children’s books
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Today, we're tackling a big question: Will AI make us stupid?
There are claims that LLMs like ChatGPT will torpedo our critical-thinking skills — and there's a ton of hand-wringing over the effect they could have on students. So ... what does the research say?? 👇🧪
open.spotify.com/episode/3rID...
There are claims that LLMs like ChatGPT will torpedo our critical-thinking skills — and there's a ton of hand-wringing over the effect they could have on students. So ... what does the research say?? 👇🧪
open.spotify.com/episode/3rID...
Is AI Making Us Stupid?
open.spotify.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Today, we're tackling a big question: Will AI make us stupid?
There are claims that LLMs like ChatGPT will torpedo our critical-thinking skills — and there's a ton of hand-wringing over the effect they could have on students. So ... what does the research say?? 👇🧪
open.spotify.com/episode/3rID...
There are claims that LLMs like ChatGPT will torpedo our critical-thinking skills — and there's a ton of hand-wringing over the effect they could have on students. So ... what does the research say?? 👇🧪
open.spotify.com/episode/3rID...
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18 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- Big breakthrough for sexually-active/high-risk trans ppl: study of longest-acting injectable PrEP (lenacapavir) finds NO interaction with GAMT. Trans adults have long avoided PrEP for fear it impacts their hormone therapy with just 20% using it.
Groundbreaking HIV-prevention med won't harm trans people's hormone therapy - LGBTQ Nation
Lenacapavir, approved in June, is a twice-yearly injectable.
www.lgbtqnation.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:20 AM
18 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- Big breakthrough for sexually-active/high-risk trans ppl: study of longest-acting injectable PrEP (lenacapavir) finds NO interaction with GAMT. Trans adults have long avoided PrEP for fear it impacts their hormone therapy with just 20% using it.
I've had a bee in my bonnet about this topic for MONTHS.
I've wondered if concerns about generative AI & our brains are a bit of Luddite pearl-clutching (fwiw sometimes I am a Luddite pearl-clutcher 😬) or if there's really reason to worry.
@merylhorn.bsky.social to the rescue! Great listen 👇
I've wondered if concerns about generative AI & our brains are a bit of Luddite pearl-clutching (fwiw sometimes I am a Luddite pearl-clutcher 😬) or if there's really reason to worry.
@merylhorn.bsky.social to the rescue! Great listen 👇
Today, we're tackling a big question: Will AI make us stupid?
There are claims that LLMs like ChatGPT will torpedo our critical-thinking skills — and there's a ton of hand-wringing over the effect they could have on students. So ... what does the research say?? 👇🧪
open.spotify.com/episode/3rID...
There are claims that LLMs like ChatGPT will torpedo our critical-thinking skills — and there's a ton of hand-wringing over the effect they could have on students. So ... what does the research say?? 👇🧪
open.spotify.com/episode/3rID...
Is AI Making Us Stupid?
open.spotify.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I've had a bee in my bonnet about this topic for MONTHS.
I've wondered if concerns about generative AI & our brains are a bit of Luddite pearl-clutching (fwiw sometimes I am a Luddite pearl-clutcher 😬) or if there's really reason to worry.
@merylhorn.bsky.social to the rescue! Great listen 👇
I've wondered if concerns about generative AI & our brains are a bit of Luddite pearl-clutching (fwiw sometimes I am a Luddite pearl-clutcher 😬) or if there's really reason to worry.
@merylhorn.bsky.social to the rescue! Great listen 👇
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insanely good thing to say when you enter a room
December 13, 2025 at 9:04 AM
insanely good thing to say when you enter a room
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So, El Fasher looks like one of the worst single event atrocities to happen this century so far, but the evidence has come in such a trickle it seems to only now be getting verified
At least 60,000 murdered in Sudanese city, which resembles ‘a slaughterhouse’
Satellite evidence shows extent of paramilitary massacre in El Fasher
www.irishtimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:50 AM
So, El Fasher looks like one of the worst single event atrocities to happen this century so far, but the evidence has come in such a trickle it seems to only now be getting verified
People claim that bluesky isn't fun but at least one of you responded "nice" so there's hope
Thanks for making us No. 69 on the U.S. podcast charts on Spotify!
December 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
People claim that bluesky isn't fun but at least one of you responded "nice" so there's hope
Super fun ep featuring a scientist from my alma mater 💛🖤 & some surprising science around how to get what we want 🧪
New episode today! ✨ Manifesting✨
Some say that by focusing on what you want, you'll make it happen. But the science says different. Listen now👇
Some say that by focusing on what you want, you'll make it happen. But the science says different. Listen now👇
Manifesting: How Powerful Are Our Thoughts?
open.spotify.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Super fun ep featuring a scientist from my alma mater 💛🖤 & some surprising science around how to get what we want 🧪
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Health providers are rejecting ACIP's guidance on hepatitis B vaccine and follow the AAP instead. Does that put them in legal jeopardy?
“If there are multiple standards in the profession, it is not malpractice as long as you followed one of the accepted approaches,” said @doritreiss.bsky.social
“If there are multiple standards in the profession, it is not malpractice as long as you followed one of the accepted approaches,” said @doritreiss.bsky.social
Pediatricians reject CDC advisers’ guidance, plan to continue vaccinating all newborns against hepatitis B www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va... @lizszabo.bsky.social @cidrap.bsky.social
Pediatricians reject CDC advisers’ guidance, plan to continue vaccinating all newborns against hepatitis B
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Health providers are rejecting ACIP's guidance on hepatitis B vaccine and follow the AAP instead. Does that put them in legal jeopardy?
“If there are multiple standards in the profession, it is not malpractice as long as you followed one of the accepted approaches,” said @doritreiss.bsky.social
“If there are multiple standards in the profession, it is not malpractice as long as you followed one of the accepted approaches,” said @doritreiss.bsky.social
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Sometimes people are like "aren't you worried about the kids and their nonsensical new brainrot memes"
But like, the thing is, I can still spot a member of my internet generation by how they respond to "badger badger badger badger"
Playing with language and rhythm is fun, it'll be fine!
But like, the thing is, I can still spot a member of my internet generation by how they respond to "badger badger badger badger"
Playing with language and rhythm is fun, it'll be fine!
One of the things we've enjoyed the most about the six-seven phenomenon is the way it comes with a gesture, which we've also seen represented in emoji form as:
🫴 six-seven 🫳
🫴 six-seven 🫳
“6-7” belongs in the dictionary, actually
In defense of @dictionarycom.bsky.social's Word of the Year
Website: linguisticdiscovery.com/posts/67/
Substack: linguisticdiscovery.substack.com/p/67
In defense of @dictionarycom.bsky.social's Word of the Year
Website: linguisticdiscovery.com/posts/67/
Substack: linguisticdiscovery.substack.com/p/67
December 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Sometimes people are like "aren't you worried about the kids and their nonsensical new brainrot memes"
But like, the thing is, I can still spot a member of my internet generation by how they respond to "badger badger badger badger"
Playing with language and rhythm is fun, it'll be fine!
But like, the thing is, I can still spot a member of my internet generation by how they respond to "badger badger badger badger"
Playing with language and rhythm is fun, it'll be fine!
💁♀️💁♀️💁♀️
Thanks for making us No. 69 on the U.S. podcast charts on Spotify!
December 10, 2025 at 1:58 PM
💁♀️💁♀️💁♀️
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Over at @coyotemedia.org my colleagues and I are trying to build a new, worker-owned outlet in the Bay Area. We've already broken stories and had impact. To continue that work we need more members, plain and simple. And now you can get a discount!
🎁 Use COYOTE2026 for 15% off an annual membership.
🎁 Use COYOTE2026 for 15% off an annual membership.
COYOTE
Independent journalism with a bite!
www.coyotemedia.org
December 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Over at @coyotemedia.org my colleagues and I are trying to build a new, worker-owned outlet in the Bay Area. We've already broken stories and had impact. To continue that work we need more members, plain and simple. And now you can get a discount!
🎁 Use COYOTE2026 for 15% off an annual membership.
🎁 Use COYOTE2026 for 15% off an annual membership.
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Meissner: "I am hopeful the pediatricians will continue to administer the birth dose w/in the 1st 24 hrs after delivery and before discharge from hospital. I think to follow any other course is not in the interest of the infant, as we've repeatedly said. There is no evidence of harm." #acip
December 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Meissner: "I am hopeful the pediatricians will continue to administer the birth dose w/in the 1st 24 hrs after delivery and before discharge from hospital. I think to follow any other course is not in the interest of the infant, as we've repeatedly said. There is no evidence of harm." #acip
This is not in line with the best science we have if we want to protect babies from hep B 🧪
ACIP has voted 8-3 to change the infant vaccination schedule for hepatitis B. Meissner, Hibbeln, Pollack voted no. Here's the language.
December 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
This is not in line with the best science we have if we want to protect babies from hep B 🧪
People don't get sucked in by information for funsies, or because they're not smart 🧪
Confusion around vaccines rarely comes from a lack of caring. It comes from the sheer volume of conflicting claims people encounter every day. And when misinformation spreads faster than evidence, straightforward explanations become essential. Here, we address common vaccine myths.
9 Vaccine Myths That Won’t Go Away
A Sunday morning round-robin guide to common misconceptions
open.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
People don't get sucked in by information for funsies, or because they're not smart 🧪
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I'll be live posting from the #ACIP meeting today. #Follow me for all the play-by-play. They will vote today on whether to recommend restricting the birth dose of hepatitis B vaccines, which have reduced infections by 99%. Most likely, they will vote to limit this vaccine.
December 5, 2025 at 1:25 PM