Dr. Katharine Dickson
@metaomicsnerd.bsky.social
Microbiome & biomethane scientist by training; climate, ag, science, & biotech policy and politics wonk by calling. Manager of methanogens. I 分かる some 日本語.
Bluesky’s first Anaerobic Fungi Guru.
Opinions my own. She/her/私 (わたし). 🇺🇸. ☸️ (Jōdo Shinshū).
Bluesky’s first Anaerobic Fungi Guru.
Opinions my own. She/her/私 (わたし). 🇺🇸. ☸️ (Jōdo Shinshū).
my career trajectory boils down to "methanogen management".
February 11, 2026 at 8:31 AM
my career trajectory boils down to "methanogen management".
Age verification? I witnessed the birth of the first grain of sand, only to teach it how to count itself, before inventing day and night. I was there when the idea of 'youth' was under construction, and dinosaurs came to me for advice on existential dread. Some call it age; I call it Tuesday.
Age verification? We still write checks.
Age verification? I end all my texts with ellipses…
February 11, 2026 at 7:32 AM
Age verification? I witnessed the birth of the first grain of sand, only to teach it how to count itself, before inventing day and night. I was there when the idea of 'youth' was under construction, and dinosaurs came to me for advice on existential dread. Some call it age; I call it Tuesday.
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This is an honor killing.
A MAGA freak in Texas murdered his own daughter in cold blood after they had an argument about Trump.
A grand jury in the Dallas area then *declined to indict him*, and he has not yet faced charges.
Seems like many Texans believe a man has the right to kill his own child for disobedience.
A grand jury in the Dallas area then *declined to indict him*, and he has not yet faced charges.
Seems like many Texans believe a man has the right to kill his own child for disobedience.
British Woman shot by dad in Texas after 'arguing about Donald Trump'
Lucy Harrison, 23, was alone in a bedroom at her father's home in Texas when she was shot dead.
www.bbc.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:34 AM
This is an honor killing.
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In the face of attacks from the federal government, Californians have been left vulnerable to dangerous pollution.
The California Clean Skies Act will give California leaders new tools to improve our state's air quality.
The California Clean Skies Act will give California leaders new tools to improve our state's air quality.
BREAKING: California Assemblymember Robert Garcia just introduced the California Clean Skies Act, a bill that will give California policymakers the tools they need to clean up the state’s air pollution.
More on the bill 👇
earthjustice.org/press/2026/c...
More on the bill 👇
earthjustice.org/press/2026/c...
California Assemblymember Garcia Introduces California Clean Skies Act, Giving California Leaders New Tools To Reduce Pollution
Bill affirms California’s authority to regulate pollution magnets
earthjustice.org
February 10, 2026 at 6:56 PM
In the face of attacks from the federal government, Californians have been left vulnerable to dangerous pollution.
The California Clean Skies Act will give California leaders new tools to improve our state's air quality.
The California Clean Skies Act will give California leaders new tools to improve our state's air quality.
The first three episodes of Life Unculturable, by Sam Miller and Julia Vinzelj, are streaming in all places you can find podcasts! Join these scientists for an entertaining romp through the world of anaerobic microbiology!
February 10, 2026 at 7:03 PM
The first three episodes of Life Unculturable, by Sam Miller and Julia Vinzelj, are streaming in all places you can find podcasts! Join these scientists for an entertaining romp through the world of anaerobic microbiology!
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NEW: ICE has a plan to lease offices across the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next
ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
www.wired.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:13 PM
NEW: ICE has a plan to lease offices across the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
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Once you notice society's base reluctance to refer to women as "geniuses" with the same frequency they do as men, no matter how talented or influential she may be, it's a thing you never really stop noticing.
February 10, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Once you notice society's base reluctance to refer to women as "geniuses" with the same frequency they do as men, no matter how talented or influential she may be, it's a thing you never really stop noticing.
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This is literally what CURRENT LAW requires. It’s in the Constitution! www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
February 10, 2026 at 3:18 AM
This is literally what CURRENT LAW requires. It’s in the Constitution! www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
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The United States is purposefully blockading Cuba from accessing fuel that powers everything from grocery stores to hospitals. People will die. Children will die. What's being done to the people of Cuba is monstrous.
The people in power were ok with it in Gaza and now they're doing it to Cuba.
The people in power were ok with it in Gaza and now they're doing it to Cuba.
February 10, 2026 at 3:59 AM
The United States is purposefully blockading Cuba from accessing fuel that powers everything from grocery stores to hospitals. People will die. Children will die. What's being done to the people of Cuba is monstrous.
The people in power were ok with it in Gaza and now they're doing it to Cuba.
The people in power were ok with it in Gaza and now they're doing it to Cuba.
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*my biggest and most exhausted sigh*
"As AI Enters the Operating Room, Reports Arise of Botched Surgeries and Misidentified Body Parts"
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
"As AI Enters the Operating Room, Reports Arise of Botched Surgeries and Misidentified Body Parts"
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
February 10, 2026 at 2:55 AM
*my biggest and most exhausted sigh*
"As AI Enters the Operating Room, Reports Arise of Botched Surgeries and Misidentified Body Parts"
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
"As AI Enters the Operating Room, Reports Arise of Botched Surgeries and Misidentified Body Parts"
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
luckily, going mask off *250 years in advance* is also tactically incredibly naive - it alienates potential coalition members, signals incompetence to their base, misses cultural optics, misjudges the likely backlash, and is generally strategically incoherent
they're just a permanent target now
they're just a permanent target now
The Heritage Foundation has released a 250-year roadmap to “save America.”
The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...
The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...
They're Coming for Our Daughters
The conservative plan to shrink girls’ futures
jessica.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:46 PM
luckily, going mask off *250 years in advance* is also tactically incredibly naive - it alienates potential coalition members, signals incompetence to their base, misses cultural optics, misjudges the likely backlash, and is generally strategically incoherent
they're just a permanent target now
they're just a permanent target now
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Next time someone asks you about energy and land use, maybe remind them that the ~35 million acres that currently grow corn for ethanol in the US could produce ~15 PWh per year of electricity from solar photovoltaics. That's ~3.5 times more than *total annual generation from all US power plants*.
February 1, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Next time someone asks you about energy and land use, maybe remind them that the ~35 million acres that currently grow corn for ethanol in the US could produce ~15 PWh per year of electricity from solar photovoltaics. That's ~3.5 times more than *total annual generation from all US power plants*.
authoritarian men are very submissive to male authority but if their authority is a progressive man and he shares power with a progressive woman that would probably short-circuit the logic chain in authoritarian men's brains
February 9, 2026 at 9:53 PM
authoritarian men are very submissive to male authority but if their authority is a progressive man and he shares power with a progressive woman that would probably short-circuit the logic chain in authoritarian men's brains
baby carrots are merely a vector for buttermilk ranch
February 9, 2026 at 8:07 PM
baby carrots are merely a vector for buttermilk ranch
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It also points out how the cultural ignorance of much of our pundit & MSM class fails. 135 million Americans watched an important & controversial cultural event & many journalists are 1)ill-equipped to explain its significance or 2) too arrogant to know that would need assistance in unpacking it.
Bad Bunny’s performance began in the plantation, featured broken electric poles, and ended by centering a hemispheric understanding of “América”—among many other things—and some Anglo journalists are like “his performance wasn’t political.”
This is why we need to be telling our stories.
This is why we need to be telling our stories.
February 9, 2026 at 5:23 PM
It also points out how the cultural ignorance of much of our pundit & MSM class fails. 135 million Americans watched an important & controversial cultural event & many journalists are 1)ill-equipped to explain its significance or 2) too arrogant to know that would need assistance in unpacking it.
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7/ Read the rest of the letters:
“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility
Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...
propub.li
February 9, 2026 at 12:42 PM
7/ Read the rest of the letters:
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Super Bowl LX Begins With Moment Of Silence For Failed Bay Area Startups
February 8, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Super Bowl LX Begins With Moment Of Silence For Failed Bay Area Startups
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It's giving appeasement.
STAC Statement Thanking President Donald Trump for Signing the Senate Amendment to H.R. 7148, the Consolidated Appropriations Act
February 8, 2026 at 3:08 AM
It's giving appeasement.
Forcing married people who changed their surname to purchase a passport with their married name is a three-figure poll tax.
The GOP’s new Voter Suppression bill, the so-called “SAVE Act,” would disenfranchise many of the 69 million women who took their husbands’ last names, as explained in my summary.
It proposes *no penalties* for erroneous voter purges but potential *prison time* for erroneous registrations. WTF?! 1/
It proposes *no penalties* for erroneous voter purges but potential *prison time* for erroneous registrations. WTF?! 1/
February 8, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Forcing married people who changed their surname to purchase a passport with their married name is a three-figure poll tax.
heatmaps: the bane AND bread and butter of the meta-omicist's existence
February 8, 2026 at 12:38 AM
heatmaps: the bane AND bread and butter of the meta-omicist's existence
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MERE HOURS after the President of the United States posted an AI video of the Obama’s as monkeys, the Science Tech Action Committee (led by @aaas.org and @researchamerica.bsky.social) posted a THANK YOU to TRUMP for SIGNING THE BUDGET.
Shot. Chaser.
sciencetechaction.org/aboutus/
Shot. Chaser.
sciencetechaction.org/aboutus/
February 7, 2026 at 1:18 AM
MERE HOURS after the President of the United States posted an AI video of the Obama’s as monkeys, the Science Tech Action Committee (led by @aaas.org and @researchamerica.bsky.social) posted a THANK YOU to TRUMP for SIGNING THE BUDGET.
Shot. Chaser.
sciencetechaction.org/aboutus/
Shot. Chaser.
sciencetechaction.org/aboutus/
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In March 2025, the FBI discusses internally Pam Bondi’s “clear and specific guidance" to redact images of "former U.S. Presidents, Secretary of State, and other celebrities."
February 7, 2026 at 6:16 PM
In March 2025, the FBI discusses internally Pam Bondi’s “clear and specific guidance" to redact images of "former U.S. Presidents, Secretary of State, and other celebrities."