Kat Nagel
@katnagel.bsky.social
Recovering research chemist, techwriter/editor/website tweaker easing toward retirement. Cat herder. Reader of mysteries, science fiction, history, backs of cereal boxes and soup cans. Choral singing and purr therapy keep me sane.
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The entire AmeriCorps agency has been placed on administrative leave
April 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The entire AmeriCorps agency has been placed on administrative leave
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NEW: The Trump administration cited “performance” failures to justify its mass firing of IRS workers.
But this claim was “false,” a senior agency attorney warned officials, because the administration had not conducted any such performance assessment.
By @andykroll.bsky.social
But this claim was “false,” a senior agency attorney warned officials, because the administration had not conducted any such performance assessment.
By @andykroll.bsky.social
Emails Reveal Top IRS Lawyer Warned Trump Firings Were a “Fraud” on the Courts
The Trump administration cited “performance” failures to justify its mass firing of IRS workers. But this claim was “false,” a senior agency attorney warned officials, because the administration had…
propub.li
March 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
NEW: The Trump administration cited “performance” failures to justify its mass firing of IRS workers.
But this claim was “false,” a senior agency attorney warned officials, because the administration had not conducted any such performance assessment.
By @andykroll.bsky.social
But this claim was “false,” a senior agency attorney warned officials, because the administration had not conducted any such performance assessment.
By @andykroll.bsky.social
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🚨 With federal funding dwindling, we’ve created a starter pack of funding bodies offering #grants for #research🔬
📣 Repost & 💙 to connect #researchers with #funding 💵 💶 💷
#ResearchFunding #NIH #ERC #AcademicSky #MedSky #AcademicChatter #ECRChat #NewPI #academia #science #StandWithScience #eloquenti
📣 Repost & 💙 to connect #researchers with #funding 💵 💶 💷
#ResearchFunding #NIH #ERC #AcademicSky #MedSky #AcademicChatter #ECRChat #NewPI #academia #science #StandWithScience #eloquenti
March 19, 2025 at 11:39 AM
🚨 With federal funding dwindling, we’ve created a starter pack of funding bodies offering #grants for #research🔬
📣 Repost & 💙 to connect #researchers with #funding 💵 💶 💷
#ResearchFunding #NIH #ERC #AcademicSky #MedSky #AcademicChatter #ECRChat #NewPI #academia #science #StandWithScience #eloquenti
📣 Repost & 💙 to connect #researchers with #funding 💵 💶 💷
#ResearchFunding #NIH #ERC #AcademicSky #MedSky #AcademicChatter #ECRChat #NewPI #academia #science #StandWithScience #eloquenti
Please help protect NPR and PBS! sign.moveon.org/petitions/do...
Don't cut NPR and PBS funding!
Millions of Americans rely on public media for their news and educational programming. In many rural areas in our country, public broadcasting is their main avenue for receiving news, emer...
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January 31, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Timely, considering the weather recently. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/b...
How to Pack a ‘Go Bag’ for Extreme Weather
If the trend continues, extreme weather will occur more frequently. Here’s how experts suggest you prepare.
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December 13, 2024 at 11:04 AM
Timely, considering the weather recently. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/b...
Almost ready to bring the Little Furries home. Just one kitten-sized gap between the foundation and the wall studs in the basement to block. Haven’t had a critter who could jump that high since Max and Cavendish were this age, and that was 13 years ago!
(gray kitten on left, black kitten on right)
(gray kitten on left, black kitten on right)
December 7, 2024 at 11:20 PM
Almost ready to bring the Little Furries home. Just one kitten-sized gap between the foundation and the wall studs in the basement to block. Haven’t had a critter who could jump that high since Max and Cavendish were this age, and that was 13 years ago!
(gray kitten on left, black kitten on right)
(gray kitten on left, black kitten on right)
My latest browse through X and FB churned up a lot of Trump voters with preexisting conditions who are now realizing that they voted to take their own healthcare away. And there’s a whole bunch of construction companies whose managers are now realizing that they voted to deport their own workers.
November 27, 2024 at 8:40 PM
My latest browse through X and FB churned up a lot of Trump voters with preexisting conditions who are now realizing that they voted to take their own healthcare away. And there’s a whole bunch of construction companies whose managers are now realizing that they voted to deport their own workers.
Yes!
*sits bolt upright in bed* the opposite of pancakes is pot pies
November 12, 2024 at 12:55 PM
Yes!
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I will die on this hill:
Every level 1-3 emergency room in the country should have a pharmacist and social worker staffed 24/7. I’ve been in ERs that don’t, and the differences are crystal clear.
Every level 1-3 emergency room in the country should have a pharmacist and social worker staffed 24/7. I’ve been in ERs that don’t, and the differences are crystal clear.
November 11, 2024 at 11:17 PM
I will die on this hill:
Every level 1-3 emergency room in the country should have a pharmacist and social worker staffed 24/7. I’ve been in ERs that don’t, and the differences are crystal clear.
Every level 1-3 emergency room in the country should have a pharmacist and social worker staffed 24/7. I’ve been in ERs that don’t, and the differences are crystal clear.
I’ve been spending time lately browsing through tinybuddha.com . It seems to have less toxic positivity than most meme-producing sites, and occasionally comes up with something that resonates, like this.
January 11, 2024 at 11:24 PM
I’ve been spending time lately browsing through tinybuddha.com . It seems to have less toxic positivity than most meme-producing sites, and occasionally comes up with something that resonates, like this.
The last 2-3 years have been increasingly hard for many of us, especially those of us who design things, make things, write things, edit things.
We’re Fixers. Our whole careers have been dedicated to Making Things Work Better.
We’re Fixers. Our whole careers have been dedicated to Making Things Work Better.
December 27, 2023 at 9:02 PM
The last 2-3 years have been increasingly hard for many of us, especially those of us who design things, make things, write things, edit things.
We’re Fixers. Our whole careers have been dedicated to Making Things Work Better.
We’re Fixers. Our whole careers have been dedicated to Making Things Work Better.
“Prior to the arrival of Europeans, the Indigenous Coast Salish peoples of the Pacific Northwest had traditionally maintained a breed of long-haired dog for the purpose of harvesting their hair, or wool, for textile fibers.” theconversation.com/mutton-an-in...
Mutton, an Indigenous woolly dog, died in 1859 − new analysis confirms precolonial lineage of this...
Dogs have lived with Indigenous Americans since before they came to the continent together 10,000 years ago. A new analysis reveals the lineage of one 1800s ‘woolly dog’ from the Pacific Northwest...
theconversation.com
December 15, 2023 at 1:50 AM
“Prior to the arrival of Europeans, the Indigenous Coast Salish peoples of the Pacific Northwest had traditionally maintained a breed of long-haired dog for the purpose of harvesting their hair, or wool, for textile fibers.” theconversation.com/mutton-an-in...
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Hi bluesky community! Are you interested in research, management and conservation of wildlife? Watch this space for publications, call for papers, publishing news or just some really cool cover pictures from this @nordicoikos.bsky.social journal!
November 10, 2023 at 8:18 AM
Hi bluesky community! Are you interested in research, management and conservation of wildlife? Watch this space for publications, call for papers, publishing news or just some really cool cover pictures from this @nordicoikos.bsky.social journal!
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Amazing to see What You Need to be Warm on the New York Times bestseller list! Please buy copies from your local bookseller. (Every copy makes money for refugees and not the author.)
November 9, 2023 at 11:48 PM
Amazing to see What You Need to be Warm on the New York Times bestseller list! Please buy copies from your local bookseller. (Every copy makes money for refugees and not the author.)
I’ve loved green bananas for years. Turns out, it may be good for me, not just an odd habit. flip.it/tqpOv_
flip.it
October 13, 2023 at 10:53 PM
I’ve loved green bananas for years. Turns out, it may be good for me, not just an odd habit. flip.it/tqpOv_
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I know a lot of science writers have been worried because, well, with the collapse of Twitter, how do editors and jobs find us?
@theopennotebook.bsky.social has come to the RESCUE and has made a science writer DATABASE! www.theopennotebook.com/writers/
Love this so much! Join! Hire from it! 🧪
@theopennotebook.bsky.social has come to the RESCUE and has made a science writer DATABASE! www.theopennotebook.com/writers/
Love this so much! Join! Hire from it! 🧪
October 5, 2023 at 3:09 PM
I know a lot of science writers have been worried because, well, with the collapse of Twitter, how do editors and jobs find us?
@theopennotebook.bsky.social has come to the RESCUE and has made a science writer DATABASE! www.theopennotebook.com/writers/
Love this so much! Join! Hire from it! 🧪
@theopennotebook.bsky.social has come to the RESCUE and has made a science writer DATABASE! www.theopennotebook.com/writers/
Love this so much! Join! Hire from it! 🧪
@katnagel.bsky.social
Tips for managing chronic back pain while flying
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Tips for managing chronic back pain while flying
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August 27, 2023 at 8:50 PM
@katnagel.bsky.social
Tips for managing chronic back pain while flying
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Tips for managing chronic back pain while flying
www.wellandgood.com/back-essenti...
@katnagel.bsky.social
As I’m recovering from the first set of spinal nerve ablations, it does look like I’ll be able to start PT and get myself in good enough shape to go on the London theater tour again in March. So, I’m keeping my eye out for products/exercises/tips for surviving the long flight.
As I’m recovering from the first set of spinal nerve ablations, it does look like I’ll be able to start PT and get myself in good enough shape to go on the London theater tour again in March. So, I’m keeping my eye out for products/exercises/tips for surviving the long flight.
August 27, 2023 at 8:49 PM
@katnagel.bsky.social
As I’m recovering from the first set of spinal nerve ablations, it does look like I’ll be able to start PT and get myself in good enough shape to go on the London theater tour again in March. So, I’m keeping my eye out for products/exercises/tips for surviving the long flight.
As I’m recovering from the first set of spinal nerve ablations, it does look like I’ll be able to start PT and get myself in good enough shape to go on the London theater tour again in March. So, I’m keeping my eye out for products/exercises/tips for surviving the long flight.
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We're in a surge so here's your reminder that while it's best to be infected 0 times, if you've been infected before, just do your best to avoid being infected again. You should always be trying to avoid your next infection. The damage adds up. Your body will thank you later.
August 27, 2023 at 6:43 PM
We're in a surge so here's your reminder that while it's best to be infected 0 times, if you've been infected before, just do your best to avoid being infected again. You should always be trying to avoid your next infection. The damage adds up. Your body will thank you later.
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@neilhimself.neilgaiman.com My friend is the new librarian at a low income area school. Will you share this so she can get her nonfiction section updated? Their encyclopedia set was from the 70s when she started this summer.
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www.donorschoose.org/project/viki...
August 26, 2023 at 10:19 PM
@neilhimself.neilgaiman.com My friend is the new librarian at a low income area school. Will you share this so she can get her nonfiction section updated? Their encyclopedia set was from the 70s when she started this summer.
www.donorschoose.org/project/viki...
www.donorschoose.org/project/viki...