Krista Langlois
@cestmoilanglois.bsky.social
Independent journalist, features editor at bioGraphic, contributing editor at Adventure Journal, essayist, mom, "queen of delicious verbs." A watery soul in an arid land.
Me, to 7-year-old: “we’re gonna try to go somewhere fun for New Years!”
7-year-old: “it better not be camping or hiking. I’ve had my fill of that.”
7-year-old: “it better not be camping or hiking. I’ve had my fill of that.”
December 29, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Me, to 7-year-old: “we’re gonna try to go somewhere fun for New Years!”
7-year-old: “it better not be camping or hiking. I’ve had my fill of that.”
7-year-old: “it better not be camping or hiking. I’ve had my fill of that.”
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Since you’re on Bluesky you probably didn’t need another reason to resent the gun lobby, but just in case you were on the fence… it’s killing the loons! (Though we anglers deserve most of the blame tbh.)
Great/frustrating @cestmoilanglois.bsky.social feature. 👇
www.biographic.com/why-are-loon...
Great/frustrating @cestmoilanglois.bsky.social feature. 👇
www.biographic.com/why-are-loon...
Why Are Loons Still Dying from Lead Poisoning?
In the United States, efforts to save a beloved species face pushback from a surprising foe: gun rights advocates.
www.biographic.com
December 28, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Since you’re on Bluesky you probably didn’t need another reason to resent the gun lobby, but just in case you were on the fence… it’s killing the loons! (Though we anglers deserve most of the blame tbh.)
Great/frustrating @cestmoilanglois.bsky.social feature. 👇
www.biographic.com/why-are-loon...
Great/frustrating @cestmoilanglois.bsky.social feature. 👇
www.biographic.com/why-are-loon...
Reposted by Krista Langlois
In an era when many species are declining because of multi-pronged, seemingly intractable problems, the solution to protecting common loons is relatively straightforward. So why are these beloved birds still dying?
Why Are Loons Still Dying from Lead Poisoning?
In the United States, efforts to save a beloved species face pushback from a surprising foe: gun rights advocates.
www.biographic.com
December 23, 2025 at 9:25 PM
In an era when many species are declining because of multi-pronged, seemingly intractable problems, the solution to protecting common loons is relatively straightforward. So why are these beloved birds still dying?
Who drops a feature two days before Christmas? I do. And I hope you'll read it! It's about a bird I love dearly, and how its survival has somehow gotten tangled up with American gun culture. Oh, and it's got some Mary Oliver in it.
www.biographic.com/why-are-loon...
www.biographic.com/why-are-loon...
Why Are Loons Still Dying from Lead Poisoning?
In the United States, efforts to save a beloved species face pushback from a surprising foe: gun rights advocates.
www.biographic.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Who drops a feature two days before Christmas? I do. And I hope you'll read it! It's about a bird I love dearly, and how its survival has somehow gotten tangled up with American gun culture. Oh, and it's got some Mary Oliver in it.
www.biographic.com/why-are-loon...
www.biographic.com/why-are-loon...
After 12 landlocked years, I’m living near the ocean again, and I’m so happy about it that I swam first thing in the morning on the shortest day of the year. May you also find joy in the darkness. May you find the medicine your soul has been yearning for.
December 23, 2025 at 5:15 AM
After 12 landlocked years, I’m living near the ocean again, and I’m so happy about it that I swam first thing in the morning on the shortest day of the year. May you also find joy in the darkness. May you find the medicine your soul has been yearning for.
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In case you missed it Canada changed their citizenship laws recently.
If you have Canadian ancestry you may be eligible for citizenship by descent.
I need to look into it some more but this is amazing.
immigration.ca/claiming-can...
If you have Canadian ancestry you may be eligible for citizenship by descent.
I need to look into it some more but this is amazing.
immigration.ca/claiming-can...
Claiming Canadian Citizenship by Descent Under Canada’s New Citizenship Act Bill C-3 - Canada Immigration and Visa Information. Canadian Immigration Services and Free Online Evaluation.
Learn how Canada’s new Bill C-3 restores citizenship by descent, removes the first-generation limit, and allows multigenerational claims for those born abroad.
immigration.ca
December 23, 2025 at 3:28 AM
In case you missed it Canada changed their citizenship laws recently.
If you have Canadian ancestry you may be eligible for citizenship by descent.
I need to look into it some more but this is amazing.
immigration.ca/claiming-can...
If you have Canadian ancestry you may be eligible for citizenship by descent.
I need to look into it some more but this is amazing.
immigration.ca/claiming-can...
A Colorado Christmas Parable: a former monastery with senior water rights where monks practiced silence and humility was just bought for $120 million to be turned into a private residence for a tech dude
Mountain home near Aspen, built for monks who labored in silence, sold to Palantir CEO for $120M
The $120 million sale of the 3,700-acre St. Benedict’s Monastery in Old Snowmass was one of the largest residential sales in state history
coloradosun.com
December 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
A Colorado Christmas Parable: a former monastery with senior water rights where monks practiced silence and humility was just bought for $120 million to be turned into a private residence for a tech dude
Reposted by Krista Langlois
NCAR is quite literally our global mothership.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
www.usatoday.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
NCAR is quite literally our global mothership.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
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We are SO CLOSE to reaching our $75,000 fundraising goal!
If you support independent, nonprofit journalism about biodiversity and conservation, your donation could help us get to the finish line! 🫶
give.calacademy.org/campaign/746...
If you support independent, nonprofit journalism about biodiversity and conservation, your donation could help us get to the finish line! 🫶
give.calacademy.org/campaign/746...
December 9, 2025 at 7:34 PM
We are SO CLOSE to reaching our $75,000 fundraising goal!
If you support independent, nonprofit journalism about biodiversity and conservation, your donation could help us get to the finish line! 🫶
give.calacademy.org/campaign/746...
If you support independent, nonprofit journalism about biodiversity and conservation, your donation could help us get to the finish line! 🫶
give.calacademy.org/campaign/746...
Gutting news for anyone (coughmecough) who moved away from the Southwest in part for climate reasons and is now feeling nostalgic for it
Is the Drought in the Southwest Permanent?
Is the Drought in the Southwest Permanent? Reservoirs along the Colorado River dwindle by the day exposing sunken boats and barren soils.
nautil.us
December 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Gutting news for anyone (coughmecough) who moved away from the Southwest in part for climate reasons and is now feeling nostalgic for it
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November 2025 snowfall departure from normal.
December 7, 2025 at 11:57 PM
November 2025 snowfall departure from normal.
I find so much new music when you all share your Spotify wrapped. I will not share mine because my six-year-old hijacks my Spotify but thank you for sharing yours!
December 5, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I find so much new music when you all share your Spotify wrapped. I will not share mine because my six-year-old hijacks my Spotify but thank you for sharing yours!
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Coming back from vacation to some good news!
The first baby whale of the 2025-2026 North American right whale calving season was spotted Nov 28 near South Carolina.
Mom is Champagne (ID #3904) and its her 2nd documented calf. What joyful news for a species with 384 whales remaining.
The first baby whale of the 2025-2026 North American right whale calving season was spotted Nov 28 near South Carolina.
Mom is Champagne (ID #3904) and its her 2nd documented calf. What joyful news for a species with 384 whales remaining.
December 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Coming back from vacation to some good news!
The first baby whale of the 2025-2026 North American right whale calving season was spotted Nov 28 near South Carolina.
Mom is Champagne (ID #3904) and its her 2nd documented calf. What joyful news for a species with 384 whales remaining.
The first baby whale of the 2025-2026 North American right whale calving season was spotted Nov 28 near South Carolina.
Mom is Champagne (ID #3904) and its her 2nd documented calf. What joyful news for a species with 384 whales remaining.
Reposted by Krista Langlois
We *really* need to actively differentiate Machine Learning from GenAI. GenAI is riding the Machine Learning coattails and risks destroying an incredibly useful innovation by conflating it with absolute slop that codes decently.
November 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
We *really* need to actively differentiate Machine Learning from GenAI. GenAI is riding the Machine Learning coattails and risks destroying an incredibly useful innovation by conflating it with absolute slop that codes decently.
“It felt like, this thing that I’ve spent my whole career doing, there’s just not a lot of opportunity anymore.
The thing that I love just doesn’t exist anymore.”
—my pal Emily Guerin on leaving longform audio journalism
The thing that I love just doesn’t exist anymore.”
—my pal Emily Guerin on leaving longform audio journalism
"The doors were closing in on me" 🚪
Emily Guerin on leaving audio journalism
theaudiostoryteller.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:42 AM
“It felt like, this thing that I’ve spent my whole career doing, there’s just not a lot of opportunity anymore.
The thing that I love just doesn’t exist anymore.”
—my pal Emily Guerin on leaving longform audio journalism
The thing that I love just doesn’t exist anymore.”
—my pal Emily Guerin on leaving longform audio journalism
Reposted by Krista Langlois
🦇🦍🦉 Do you root for the weird, wild, under-appreciated species of the world? The slime molds and sunflower stars; the cormorants and caddisflies?
So do we. And we need your help! A donation of any amount goes straight to supporting narrative journalism about biodiversity. Pls spread the word! 🐢🐛🌵
So do we. And we need your help! A donation of any amount goes straight to supporting narrative journalism about biodiversity. Pls spread the word! 🐢🐛🌵
Donate to bioGraphic
Support our cause by donating to bioGraphic.
give.calacademy.org
November 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
🦇🦍🦉 Do you root for the weird, wild, under-appreciated species of the world? The slime molds and sunflower stars; the cormorants and caddisflies?
So do we. And we need your help! A donation of any amount goes straight to supporting narrative journalism about biodiversity. Pls spread the word! 🐢🐛🌵
So do we. And we need your help! A donation of any amount goes straight to supporting narrative journalism about biodiversity. Pls spread the word! 🐢🐛🌵
My latest labor of editing love is this stunner by @christianelliott.me about herbicide drift, a silent ecological crisis ravaging the remaining native hardwood trees of the U.S. Midwest.
Sadly I did not get to use my preferred hed, The Fast and the Furious: Midwest Drift
Sadly I did not get to use my preferred hed, The Fast and the Furious: Midwest Drift
For @biographic.bsky.social, I reported from across rural Illinois on an environmental crisis unfolding in the Midwest: herbicides drifting off millions of acres of crop fields are slowly killing oaks and other native tree species. #longreads
The Scourge of Native Oaks is Blowing in the Wind
Scientists and conservationists in the U.S. Midwest are working to stop herbicides from industrial agriculture from drifting onto the region’s remaining hardwood trees
www.biographic.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
My latest labor of editing love is this stunner by @christianelliott.me about herbicide drift, a silent ecological crisis ravaging the remaining native hardwood trees of the U.S. Midwest.
Sadly I did not get to use my preferred hed, The Fast and the Furious: Midwest Drift
Sadly I did not get to use my preferred hed, The Fast and the Furious: Midwest Drift
Reposted by Krista Langlois
Reposted by Krista Langlois
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
Absolutely wild story here, relevant to anyone working in journalism today. AI pitches with fabricated content have taken over editors' inboxes, including my own. This graf sums it up perfectly:
November 21, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Absolutely wild story here, relevant to anyone working in journalism today. AI pitches with fabricated content have taken over editors' inboxes, including my own. This graf sums it up perfectly:
The Republic of the Marshall Islands is implementing Universal Basic Income 💪
Public Announcement: ENRA Distributions to begin November 2025 – Ministry of Finance, Banking & Postal Services
mof.gov.mh
November 20, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The Republic of the Marshall Islands is implementing Universal Basic Income 💪
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The fascinating and touching story of how humanity saved the ginkgo (in case you need your faith in humanity restored) www.themarginalian.org/2025/09/23/g...
How Humanity Saved the Ginkgo
Pressed between the pages of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland — a favorite book of my childhood, which my grandmother used to read to me and which still dwells in her immense library &#…
www.themarginalian.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:47 AM
The fascinating and touching story of how humanity saved the ginkgo (in case you need your faith in humanity restored) www.themarginalian.org/2025/09/23/g...
Reposted by Krista Langlois
the only good accent work on earth is old money transatlantic american to make fun of rich people accent
November 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
the only good accent work on earth is old money transatlantic american to make fun of rich people accent
Love reading something personal from Jesmyn Ward, one of the absolute best fiction writers of all time
Cocoon of Sound - Orion Magazine
Hip-hop was my tether to home
orionmagazine.org
November 6, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Love reading something personal from Jesmyn Ward, one of the absolute best fiction writers of all time
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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