Liz Witham
@lizwitham.bsky.social
Documentary filmmaker, podcast producer, science communicator, whale nerd, lover of nature, music, family, tea and my cat. Follow my production company @filmtruth here on bluesky!
http://www.film-truth.com
http://www.film-truth.com
Obsessed with filming birds bathing. Don’t forget to water the birds! #birds #bath #birding #robin #marthasvineyard
July 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Obsessed with filming birds bathing. Don’t forget to water the birds! #birds #bath #birding #robin #marthasvineyard
Do you procrastinate? open.substack.com/pub/lizwitha... #neuroscience #selfhelp #brain #procrastination
Why We Procrastinate
What the Science of the Brain Can Teach Us About Getting Things Done
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June 28, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Do you procrastinate? open.substack.com/pub/lizwitha... #neuroscience #selfhelp #brain #procrastination
I am increasingly concerned with how tech is creating public perception, so I wrote about it in my most recent substack. open.substack.com/pub/lizwitha...
#tech #neuroscience #brain #ai #freewill #socialmedia #technology
#tech #neuroscience #brain #ai #freewill #socialmedia #technology
Hijaked: How Technology is Rewiring Our Brains
Tech, AI and the Erosion of Free Will
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May 19, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I am increasingly concerned with how tech is creating public perception, so I wrote about it in my most recent substack. open.substack.com/pub/lizwitha...
#tech #neuroscience #brain #ai #freewill #socialmedia #technology
#tech #neuroscience #brain #ai #freewill #socialmedia #technology
My latest substack: How a child prodigy, a famous naturalist, and Freud’s niece brought the ancient magic of the rabbit to the modern era. #spring #rabbits #art #easter lizwitham.substack.com/p/the-art-of...
The Art of Spring: Everything is Coming up Rabbits
How a child prodigy, a famous naturalist, and Freud’s niece brought the ancient magic of the rabbit to the modern era
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April 17, 2025 at 1:31 AM
My latest substack: How a child prodigy, a famous naturalist, and Freud’s niece brought the ancient magic of the rabbit to the modern era. #spring #rabbits #art #easter lizwitham.substack.com/p/the-art-of...
My latest Substack on how a roadside flower led me to discover the history of marshmallows.
#foraging #food #culture #marthasvineyard #aquinnah #marshmallow #history #wildflowers open.substack.com/pub/lizwitha...
#foraging #food #culture #marthasvineyard #aquinnah #marshmallow #history #wildflowers open.substack.com/pub/lizwitha...
Foraging the Mind
How a medicinal sacred flower became a marshmallow
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March 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
My latest Substack on how a roadside flower led me to discover the history of marshmallows.
#foraging #food #culture #marthasvineyard #aquinnah #marshmallow #history #wildflowers open.substack.com/pub/lizwitha...
#foraging #food #culture #marthasvineyard #aquinnah #marshmallow #history #wildflowers open.substack.com/pub/lizwitha...
Yooooooo BlueSky what is good?
February 14, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Yooooooo BlueSky what is good?
Any tips for thriving with in a world gone mad?
February 7, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Any tips for thriving with in a world gone mad?
Reposted by Liz Witham
We're relaunching the Press Freedom Defense Fund to assist newsrooms and reporters facing serious legal threats.
The Intercept Relaunches Press Freedom Defense Fund
PFDF will provide assistance to reporters facing serious legal threats, plus a program to help news organizations implement risk reduction strategies.
interc.pt
February 4, 2025 at 5:43 PM
We're relaunching the Press Freedom Defense Fund to assist newsrooms and reporters facing serious legal threats.
February 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Reposted by Liz Witham
Here is a list of the 2,600 programs under funding freezes as they are reviewed by the Trump Administration:
(Gift link)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
(Gift link)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Which Federal Programs Are Under Scrutiny? The Budget Office Named 2,600 of Them. (Gift Article)
The Trump administration ordered temporary freezes in funding for programs spanning virtually every part of the government. Here’s the full list.
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Here is a list of the 2,600 programs under funding freezes as they are reviewed by the Trump Administration:
(Gift link)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
(Gift link)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Reposted by Liz Witham
Apologies, Gustavo Petro, I wasn't familiar with your game.
January 27, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Apologies, Gustavo Petro, I wasn't familiar with your game.
January 26, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Reposted by Liz Witham
Bilingualism is associated with a bigger brain. Similar to other cognitively demanding skills, it leads to dynamic subcortical structural adaptations which can be nonlinear, in line with expansion-renormalisation models of experience-dependent neuroplasticity. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Dynamic effects of bilingualism on brain structure map onto general principles of experience-based neuroplasticity - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Dynamic effects of bilingualism on brain structure map onto general principles of experience-based neuroplasticity
www.nature.com
January 24, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Bilingualism is associated with a bigger brain. Similar to other cognitively demanding skills, it leads to dynamic subcortical structural adaptations which can be nonlinear, in line with expansion-renormalisation models of experience-dependent neuroplasticity. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Meta is using everything you post to instagram and facebook to train its AI, and if you are a US citizen, you cannot opt out of this.
January 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Meta is using everything you post to instagram and facebook to train its AI, and if you are a US citizen, you cannot opt out of this.
I would come on here more often but it feels like I’m shouting into the void with zero engagement. #socialmedia #bluesky #engagement #help
January 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I would come on here more often but it feels like I’m shouting into the void with zero engagement. #socialmedia #bluesky #engagement #help
Are you on Red Note? #tiktokrefugee #rednote #tiktokban #tech #socialmedia open.substack.com/pub/lizwitha...
The Mass TikTok Exodus to Little Red Book
The TikTok ban is connecting the people of America with the people of China in a totally new and unexpected way
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January 14, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Are you on Red Note? #tiktokrefugee #rednote #tiktokban #tech #socialmedia open.substack.com/pub/lizwitha...
I’m doing a series on taking back control of your digital life on Substack. Here’s the latest installment #vpn #tiktokban #socialmedia open.substack.com/pub/lizwitha...
What is a VPN and Why is Everyone Talking About Getting One?
Have more control over what content you can access online while enhancing security over your devices
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January 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I’m doing a series on taking back control of your digital life on Substack. Here’s the latest installment #vpn #tiktokban #socialmedia open.substack.com/pub/lizwitha...
Make mental space for the best case scenario to happen
January 12, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Make mental space for the best case scenario to happen
January 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
POV you are hooking a rug and engaging in a staring contest with a deer
January 7, 2025 at 9:42 PM
POV you are hooking a rug and engaging in a staring contest with a deer
I don’t make the rules #holidaze #christmas #couchrotting #newyears (sound by @wizardofha on TikTok)
December 27, 2024 at 4:38 PM
I don’t make the rules #holidaze #christmas #couchrotting #newyears (sound by @wizardofha on TikTok)
2024 in 20 seconds
December 16, 2024 at 12:34 AM
2024 in 20 seconds
I really need to watch the season finale of 2024 in 4K
For the love of all things holy, can someone with good camera gear film this drone situation and tag us?
December 14, 2024 at 3:16 PM
I really need to watch the season finale of 2024 in 4K