Matt Carlstrom
@mattcarlstrom.bsky.social
Senior editor, audience engagement @ Quanta Magazine.
Thoughts expressed here are my own and not that of my employer.
Thoughts expressed here are my own and not that of my employer.
Hey Bluesky, here's a hardworking person acting in good faith and doing exactly what you say you want journalists to do.
In a week when everyone's talking about bad journalism, it's heartening to see others keep up the fight.
In a week when everyone's talking about bad journalism, it's heartening to see others keep up the fight.
As the @nytimes.com assistant managing editor for standards and trust, I help edit a lot of pieces. This week I worked on two important stories about the experiences of transgender Americans. They talked to us about how they are coping with policy changes by the Trump administration.
November 19, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Hey Bluesky, here's a hardworking person acting in good faith and doing exactly what you say you want journalists to do.
In a week when everyone's talking about bad journalism, it's heartening to see others keep up the fight.
In a week when everyone's talking about bad journalism, it's heartening to see others keep up the fight.
Much Ado About Nuzzi
November 17, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Much Ado About Nuzzi
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Every summer since 1983, workers at Crater Lake National Park have gathered data about the lake’s famous clarity. The biologist Scott Girdner has led much of this work. When he retires, a hiring freeze will leave his position unfilled indefinitely. www.quantamagazine.org/mixing-is-th...
November 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Every summer since 1983, workers at Crater Lake National Park have gathered data about the lake’s famous clarity. The biologist Scott Girdner has led much of this work. When he retires, a hiring freeze will leave his position unfilled indefinitely. www.quantamagazine.org/mixing-is-th...
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i'm very glad this technology is being forced onto us everywhere on all levels
November 7, 2025 at 1:32 AM
i'm very glad this technology is being forced onto us everywhere on all levels
It's not fair that social media managers sometimes have to say "can you please post that thread on Threads?" at work.
September 30, 2025 at 6:13 PM
It's not fair that social media managers sometimes have to say "can you please post that thread on Threads?" at work.
A very knotty man
The Scottish mathematician Peter Guthrie Tait loved to think about knottiness. His atlas of knots shows how hard it can be to tell knots apart. www.quantamagazine.org/a-simple-way...
September 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
A very knotty man
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Climate science is the most significant scientific collaboration in history, and its lessons are a massive human achievement. “How We Came To Know Earth,” our new series, is a guide to the modern understanding of fundamental climate science. www.quantamagazine.org/series/clima...
How We Came To Know Earth | Quanta Magazine
Climate science is the most significant scientific collaboration in history. This series from Quanta Magazine guides you through basic climate science — from quantum effects to ancient hothouses, from...
www.quantamagazine.org
September 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Climate science is the most significant scientific collaboration in history, and its lessons are a massive human achievement. “How We Came To Know Earth,” our new series, is a guide to the modern understanding of fundamental climate science. www.quantamagazine.org/series/clima...
I know things are… yeah… right now but Quanta is very close to publishing one of the coolest things we’ve ever made and I can’t wait for people to see it ✨
September 15, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I know things are… yeah… right now but Quanta is very close to publishing one of the coolest things we’ve ever made and I can’t wait for people to see it ✨
September 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I know things are… yeah… right now but Quanta is very close to publishing one of the coolest things we’ve ever made and I can’t wait for people to see it ✨
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It's Don't Argue Inside Your Head With Other People Friday. There's no better day to practice gently moving your mind away when you find yourself arguing inside your head w/someone who's not present, or who it's not safe or not fair for you to argue with. Do this as many times as you need.
September 12, 2025 at 11:49 AM
It's Don't Argue Inside Your Head With Other People Friday. There's no better day to practice gently moving your mind away when you find yourself arguing inside your head w/someone who's not present, or who it's not safe or not fair for you to argue with. Do this as many times as you need.
Max Martin is short for Maximum Martinis
August 14, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Max Martin is short for Maximum Martinis
Just opened a banana with scissors.
July 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Just opened a banana with scissors.
Gripe for Asana/Jira/Sprout and the like:
It used to be that the user just went to a website and the website did the thing.
I don't understand why we now have to go to a landing page and then click "Go to app," as if the webpage is itself an app. It's a website for a SaaS product!
It used to be that the user just went to a website and the website did the thing.
I don't understand why we now have to go to a landing page and then click "Go to app," as if the webpage is itself an app. It's a website for a SaaS product!
July 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Gripe for Asana/Jira/Sprout and the like:
It used to be that the user just went to a website and the website did the thing.
I don't understand why we now have to go to a landing page and then click "Go to app," as if the webpage is itself an app. It's a website for a SaaS product!
It used to be that the user just went to a website and the website did the thing.
I don't understand why we now have to go to a landing page and then click "Go to app," as if the webpage is itself an app. It's a website for a SaaS product!
'Twas naught but 26 fortnights ago in which we lived in the summer of the brat
June 2, 2025 at 6:39 PM
'Twas naught but 26 fortnights ago in which we lived in the summer of the brat
*Me in the second row of the Cowboy Carter Tour*
May 24, 2025 at 10:52 PM
*Me in the second row of the Cowboy Carter Tour*
Popping off tonight with some vegan crab cakes
May 22, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Popping off tonight with some vegan crab cakes
Aslan is 8 today
May 20, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Aslan is 8 today
I'm so excited for you all to hear from the excellent people on our staff.
And once again, hats off to @kristina-armitage.bsky.social for a gobsmackingly gorgeous image.
And once again, hats off to @kristina-armitage.bsky.social for a gobsmackingly gorgeous image.
Today, we’re launching something new. The Quanta Podcast is your weekly dispatch from the frontiers of science and mathematics.
In each episode, editor in chief @pateljournalist.bsky.social will talk to the writers and editors behind our stories.
In each episode, editor in chief @pateljournalist.bsky.social will talk to the writers and editors behind our stories.
May 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I'm so excited for you all to hear from the excellent people on our staff.
And once again, hats off to @kristina-armitage.bsky.social for a gobsmackingly gorgeous image.
And once again, hats off to @kristina-armitage.bsky.social for a gobsmackingly gorgeous image.
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We saw you from across the bar and, there's blood. There's blood in you, right
May 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
We saw you from across the bar and, there's blood. There's blood in you, right
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Math is a profoundly human process — one as engaged in beauty and elegance as it is in proving a theorem or finding an answer. The looming power of AI has the humans of math rethinking what it means to be a mathematician. See our latest special issue.
www.quantamagazine.org/mathematical...
www.quantamagazine.org/mathematical...
Mathematical Beauty, Truth and Proof in the Age of AI | Quanta Magazine
Mathematicians have started to prepare for a profound shift in what it means to do mathematics.
www.quantamagazine.org
May 9, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Math is a profoundly human process — one as engaged in beauty and elegance as it is in proving a theorem or finding an answer. The looming power of AI has the humans of math rethinking what it means to be a mathematician. See our latest special issue.
www.quantamagazine.org/mathematical...
www.quantamagazine.org/mathematical...
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Early exit polls suggest the new pope did particularly well with male voters aged 45-79.
May 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Early exit polls suggest the new pope did particularly well with male voters aged 45-79.
Science journalists think that we are each other's competition when in fact this is our competition:
www.instagram.com/reel/DIctbYi...
www.instagram.com/reel/DIctbYi...
May 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Science journalists think that we are each other's competition when in fact this is our competition:
www.instagram.com/reel/DIctbYi...
www.instagram.com/reel/DIctbYi...
I just hit play on this classic album and hearing that sax blast while I’m doing my little spreadsheet made both of my eyes dilate immediately
May 6, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I just hit play on this classic album and hearing that sax blast while I’m doing my little spreadsheet made both of my eyes dilate immediately
I really love AMAs and am stoked that @benbenbrubaker.bsky.social and John are doing this!
Happening now: @benbenbrubaker.bsky.social and
John Pavlus are answering your questions about artificial intelligence. Head over to the AMA ⬇️ www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comme...
John Pavlus are answering your questions about artificial intelligence. Head over to the AMA ⬇️ www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comme...
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Explore this post and more from the IAmA community
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May 6, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I really love AMAs and am stoked that @benbenbrubaker.bsky.social and John are doing this!
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This moment in a nutshell.
Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.
Most Americans use federal science information on a weekly basis, a new poll finds
Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.
www.npr.org
May 6, 2025 at 5:28 PM
This moment in a nutshell.