Jill U. Adams
@juadams.bsky.social
Science journalist covering health, biomedical research & more.
Past president of @ScienceWriters
I post my art & photos on Insta, write mini book reviews on facebook, and have gone silent on Twitter.
She/her, upstate New York.
Past president of @ScienceWriters
I post my art & photos on Insta, write mini book reviews on facebook, and have gone silent on Twitter.
She/her, upstate New York.
Big ugh.
I spent all day arguing with people from Squamish that oil and gas companies aren't your friends, and are not good for communities.
unbelievable that it even needs to be said, given the evidence
unbelievable that it even needs to be said, given the evidence
A northern B.C. community faces a massive revenue shortfall after an oil company went bust without paying nearly $9 million in outstanding property taxes, interest and penalties.
Ben Parfitt reports. #bcpoli
Ben Parfitt reports. #bcpoli
November 19, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Big ugh.
This. So much!
I am so tired of the overused, cliched phrase, “students worked hard this year.” They may or may not have (when you’re talking to a group), and it’s not the most important thing.
I am so tired of the overused, cliched phrase, “students worked hard this year.” They may or may not have (when you’re talking to a group), and it’s not the most important thing.
And if I have to hear the phrase "do his work" in relation to schooling for 6yos I'm going to lose my damn mind.
See, learning isn't a problem my son has. It's the construction of school-as-work that he can't tolerate. The message for 1st graders is: school is work, and work sucks, get used to it!
See, learning isn't a problem my son has. It's the construction of school-as-work that he can't tolerate. The message for 1st graders is: school is work, and work sucks, get used to it!
November 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
This. So much!
I am so tired of the overused, cliched phrase, “students worked hard this year.” They may or may not have (when you’re talking to a group), and it’s not the most important thing.
I am so tired of the overused, cliched phrase, “students worked hard this year.” They may or may not have (when you’re talking to a group), and it’s not the most important thing.
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I think it's also useful paired with this Tech Review article about how being rich is mostly luck
If you’re so smart, why aren’t you rich? Turns out it’s just chance.
The most successful people are not the most talented, just the luckiest, a new computer model of wealth creation confirms. Taking that into account can maximize return on many kinds of investment.
www.technologyreview.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I think it's also useful paired with this Tech Review article about how being rich is mostly luck
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Aren’t we so happy the dreaded Woke Times ended!
New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
November 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Aren’t we so happy the dreaded Woke Times ended!
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NEW: The White House intervened in a DHS investigation.
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
November 18, 2025 at 11:41 AM
NEW: The White House intervened in a DHS investigation.
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
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It's hard to describe how disorienting it is to see this many students absent. My only mental reference point is the weeks leading up to school getting canceled due to COVID-19, when students were starting to stay home due to illness or out of precaution. CBP/ICE is a plague.
November 18, 2025 at 12:41 PM
It's hard to describe how disorienting it is to see this many students absent. My only mental reference point is the weeks leading up to school getting canceled due to COVID-19, when students were starting to stay home due to illness or out of precaution. CBP/ICE is a plague.
There is a war on Christmas! Right here, folks.
"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM
There is a war on Christmas! Right here, folks.
This is unacceptable. A move that makes it harder to folo the legal path to become a US citizen.
www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley...
www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley...
USCIS halts upstate naturalization ceremonies, leaving hundreds waiting
Clerks in seven counties say federal agency under Department of Homeland Security did not explain the sudden cancellations, which have left hundreds of lawful permanent residents in limbo.
www.timesunion.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:17 PM
This is unacceptable. A move that makes it harder to folo the legal path to become a US citizen.
www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley...
www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley...
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It's the culmination of a series of cool calculations:
1 × 1 = 1
11 × 11 = 121
111 × 111 = 12321
1111 × 1111 = 1234321
11111 × 11111 = 123454321
111111 × 111111 = 12345654321
1111111 × 1111111 = 1234567654321
11111111 × 11111111 = 123456787654321
2/2
1 × 1 = 1
11 × 11 = 121
111 × 111 = 12321
1111 × 1111 = 1234321
11111 × 11111 = 123454321
111111 × 111111 = 12345654321
1111111 × 1111111 = 1234567654321
11111111 × 11111111 = 123456787654321
2/2
November 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM
It's the culmination of a series of cool calculations:
1 × 1 = 1
11 × 11 = 121
111 × 111 = 12321
1111 × 1111 = 1234321
11111 × 11111 = 123454321
111111 × 111111 = 12345654321
1111111 × 1111111 = 1234567654321
11111111 × 11111111 = 123456787654321
2/2
1 × 1 = 1
11 × 11 = 121
111 × 111 = 12321
1111 × 1111 = 1234321
11111 × 11111 = 123454321
111111 × 111111 = 12345654321
1111111 × 1111111 = 1234567654321
11111111 × 11111111 = 123456787654321
2/2
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NEW: I wrote about British churches installing heat pumps, in some cases in 1,000-year-old buildings! Decarbonisation may not be easy, but many view it as an act of faith.
This is a special feature to mark The Reengineer’s first anniversary! Spread the word! 🥳
www.thereengineer.pro/p/let-there-...
This is a special feature to mark The Reengineer’s first anniversary! Spread the word! 🥳
www.thereengineer.pro/p/let-there-...
Let there be warmth! The British churches putting their faith in heat pumps
Ancient buildings and old bones aren’t getting in the way of decarbonisation
www.thereengineer.pro
November 13, 2025 at 12:06 PM
NEW: I wrote about British churches installing heat pumps, in some cases in 1,000-year-old buildings! Decarbonisation may not be easy, but many view it as an act of faith.
This is a special feature to mark The Reengineer’s first anniversary! Spread the word! 🥳
www.thereengineer.pro/p/let-there-...
This is a special feature to mark The Reengineer’s first anniversary! Spread the word! 🥳
www.thereengineer.pro/p/let-there-...
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Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
this feels profound, even as it makes a lot of sense.
The Penny Dies at 232 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/b...
The Penny Dies at 232 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/b...
The Penny Dies at 232
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:12 AM
this feels profound, even as it makes a lot of sense.
The Penny Dies at 232 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/b...
The Penny Dies at 232 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/b...
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A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
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Absolute queen shit
November 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Absolute queen shit
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Are you at #SciWri25?? Join us for this in 1.5 hours!
Going to #SciWri25?? Come to the panel I'm on!
We'll be talking about lessons for science journalists from radio, standup, Shakespeare & fiction. I've heard the presentations from the rest of the panelists, and it's gonna be 🔥
1:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 9!
We'll be talking about lessons for science journalists from radio, standup, Shakespeare & fiction. I've heard the presentations from the rest of the panelists, and it's gonna be 🔥
1:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 9!
November 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Are you at #SciWri25?? Join us for this in 1.5 hours!
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
I love this phrasing: “distinctive work”
Recently met someone who was very surprised to hear I didn’t use ChatGPT or any LLM.
I said my job depended on doing distinctive work. That was my selling point. If I started to sound like ChatGPT and turn out what it did, then how on earth could I justify doing it? What would that make me?
I said my job depended on doing distinctive work. That was my selling point. If I started to sound like ChatGPT and turn out what it did, then how on earth could I justify doing it? What would that make me?
November 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I love this phrasing: “distinctive work”
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There it is.
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 31, 2025 at 1:30 PM
There it is.
"But don’t tell me that excusing that tattoo is good politics. It is the exact same politics that the right is selling, in a different outfit."
The whole column is 🔥 from @tressiemcphd.bsky.social
>NYT gift article www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
The whole column is 🔥 from @tressiemcphd.bsky.social
>NYT gift article www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
Opinion | A Nazi Tattoo Exposes Democrats’ Greatest Weakness
www.nytimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:11 PM
"But don’t tell me that excusing that tattoo is good politics. It is the exact same politics that the right is selling, in a different outfit."
The whole column is 🔥 from @tressiemcphd.bsky.social
>NYT gift article www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
The whole column is 🔥 from @tressiemcphd.bsky.social
>NYT gift article www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
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Woof.
Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms country
Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms country
Three specimens discovered in what was previously one of the only places in the world without the insects
Mosquitoes have been found in Iceland for the first time as global heating makes the country more hospitable for insects.
The country was until this month one of the only places in the world that did not have a mosquito population. The other is Antarctica. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Woof.
👀
my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports
CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.
www.consumerreports.org
October 14, 2025 at 6:59 PM
👀
Agree. Gah.
The widespread media decision to frame international affairs as "will Donnie get the prize he wants?" is pathetic.
He's not the protagonist of human events. And to the extent he's a significant character in world affairs, whether or not he gets a prize is one of the least important things about it.
He's not the protagonist of human events. And to the extent he's a significant character in world affairs, whether or not he gets a prize is one of the least important things about it.
October 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Agree. Gah.
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This is disastrous.
Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).
The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.
The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.
SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled
The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency
@heatmap.news
The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency
@heatmap.news
October 10, 2025 at 12:28 PM
This is disastrous.
Humble beginning: Nobel laureate's education started at a community college.
www.timesunion.com/education/ar...
www.timesunion.com/education/ar...
HVCC and UAlbany grad Omar Yaghi wins Nobel Prize in chemistry
Omar Yaghi, a scientist who started his college education at Hudson Valley Community College and earned his Bachelor of Science at the University at Albany, has won the Nobel Prize in chemistry.
www.timesunion.com
October 9, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Humble beginning: Nobel laureate's education started at a community college.
www.timesunion.com/education/ar...
www.timesunion.com/education/ar...
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Six of the nine Nobel Prize winners this year work in the U.S.
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org
The official website of the Nobel Prize - NobelPrize.org
The Nobel Prize rewards science, humanism and peace efforts. This is one of the central concepts in the will of Alfred Nobel, and it also permeates the outreach activities that have been developed for...
www.nobelprize.org
October 8, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Six of the nine Nobel Prize winners this year work in the U.S.
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org