Neil Losin
@neillosin.bsky.social
Biologist, Filmmaker, and Photographer. Co-Founder of Day's Edge Productions. Director / Showrunner / Writer of HUMAN FOOTPRINT on PBS. Ph.D. Biology 2012 (UCLA Dept. of EEB).
Cute and terribly important. May all of your arguments henceforth be shaped like Kirby.
i made a helpful reference
October 27, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Cute and terribly important. May all of your arguments henceforth be shaped like Kirby.
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October 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)
October 9, 2025 at 4:42 AM
David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)
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His work happened, was immensely valuable, and he is daily missed.
Steve Silberman is so pissed about this Tylenol bullshit that he's screaming from the afterlife he didn't even believe in.
Increased rates of autism are due to testing, a broadened definition, and greater awareness. It's not vaccines. It's not Tylenol.
It's like his work never happened.
Increased rates of autism are due to testing, a broadened definition, and greater awareness. It's not vaccines. It's not Tylenol.
It's like his work never happened.
September 23, 2025 at 1:43 AM
His work happened, was immensely valuable, and he is daily missed.
Backyard Magnolia Warbler! #officewindowbirding #birdsky
September 12, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Backyard Magnolia Warbler! #officewindowbirding #birdsky
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I appreciate this commentary on AI slop, but I think it's missing something.
I saw THIS EXACT image slopped around, and I asked someone who shared it if she knew it was fake. She didn't, but recognized it IMMEDIATELY when it was pointed out.
And didn't care.
theconversation.com/what-is-ai-s...
I saw THIS EXACT image slopped around, and I asked someone who shared it if she knew it was fake. She didn't, but recognized it IMMEDIATELY when it was pointed out.
And didn't care.
theconversation.com/what-is-ai-s...
What is AI slop? A technologist explains this new and largely unwelcome form of online content
AI slop refers to low- to mid-quality content created with AI tools, often with little regard for accuracy or quality.
theconversation.com
September 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I appreciate this commentary on AI slop, but I think it's missing something.
I saw THIS EXACT image slopped around, and I asked someone who shared it if she knew it was fake. She didn't, but recognized it IMMEDIATELY when it was pointed out.
And didn't care.
theconversation.com/what-is-ai-s...
I saw THIS EXACT image slopped around, and I asked someone who shared it if she knew it was fake. She didn't, but recognized it IMMEDIATELY when it was pointed out.
And didn't care.
theconversation.com/what-is-ai-s...
This is my hometown PBS / NPR affiliate. TL;DR: The PSU Board of Trustees voted to **end public media** in central PA on (supposedly) fiscal grounds, the very same day they voted to approve an INCREASE of PSU Pres. Bendapudi's annual compensation by... $1 million.
www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
September 12, 2025 at 12:48 PM
This is my hometown PBS / NPR affiliate. TL;DR: The PSU Board of Trustees voted to **end public media** in central PA on (supposedly) fiscal grounds, the very same day they voted to approve an INCREASE of PSU Pres. Bendapudi's annual compensation by... $1 million.
www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
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shortened this (grim, awful) headline for you
![BREAKING: Florida will work to eliminate all child [vaccine mandates crossed out] in the state, officials say](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:quzcwmqdsnbosevdgj3bmtq2/bafkreiaynrjwka4m34rmbxiixwh2oqbpqltgvsv6q4zm6kl3dkavjkgvey@jpeg)
September 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
shortened this (grim, awful) headline for you
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A nice reminder that even the most fundamental 'rules' of biology are basically just strong suggestions
A common type of ant in Europe breaks a fundamental rule in biology: its queens can produce male offspring that are a whole different species
go.nature.com/4mOb5T9
go.nature.com/4mOb5T9
‘Almost unimaginable’: these ants are different species but share a mother
Ant queens of one species clone ants of another to create hybrid workers that do their bidding.
go.nature.com
September 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
A nice reminder that even the most fundamental 'rules' of biology are basically just strong suggestions
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As long as I live, I’ll never understand how “it should be easier for multi-billion dollar corporations to poison the water my family drinks and the air we breathe” became a politically popular position with half of my country.
New, from me: The EPA is breaking.
*About 1 in 4 employees out
*Core research unit closed down
*Employees suspended and fired for writing letter for dissent
*Trump judicial appointees OK'd cancelling of $20 billion climate change program
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/your-gover...
*About 1 in 4 employees out
*Core research unit closed down
*Employees suspended and fired for writing letter for dissent
*Trump judicial appointees OK'd cancelling of $20 billion climate change program
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/your-gover...
Your government is breaking: EPA edition
Scientists purged, imaginary gold bars for the rubes
donmoynihan.substack.com
September 3, 2025 at 1:34 PM
As long as I live, I’ll never understand how “it should be easier for multi-billion dollar corporations to poison the water my family drinks and the air we breathe” became a politically popular position with half of my country.
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Beautiful documentary covering research from all over the US on bee declines and conservation. Our work on the combined effects of pesticides and extreme weather on bumble bees is featured at ~45:45. Incredibly cool filmmaking by @neillosin.bsky.social and team! 🐝🥵📹🧪
Check out the latest episode of Human Footprint (The Honey Trap) for some insight into my recent research and the things happening in @jamescrall.bsky.social's lab!🐝 Honored to be a part of this, it was so fun! Many thanks to the crew at Day's Edge @neillosin.bsky.social
www.pbs.org/video/the-ho...
www.pbs.org/video/the-ho...
Human Footprint | The Honey Trap | Season 2 | Episode 4
Shane investigates the future of bees, from honey bees to wild native species, in a changing
world.
www.pbs.org
July 17, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Beautiful documentary covering research from all over the US on bee declines and conservation. Our work on the combined effects of pesticides and extreme weather on bumble bees is featured at ~45:45. Incredibly cool filmmaking by @neillosin.bsky.social and team! 🐝🥵📹🧪
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Check out the latest episode of Human Footprint (The Honey Trap) for some insight into my recent research and the things happening in @jamescrall.bsky.social's lab!🐝 Honored to be a part of this, it was so fun! Many thanks to the crew at Day's Edge @neillosin.bsky.social
www.pbs.org/video/the-ho...
www.pbs.org/video/the-ho...
Human Footprint | The Honey Trap | Season 2 | Episode 4
Shane investigates the future of bees, from honey bees to wild native species, in a changing
world.
www.pbs.org
July 17, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Check out the latest episode of Human Footprint (The Honey Trap) for some insight into my recent research and the things happening in @jamescrall.bsky.social's lab!🐝 Honored to be a part of this, it was so fun! Many thanks to the crew at Day's Edge @neillosin.bsky.social
www.pbs.org/video/the-ho...
www.pbs.org/video/the-ho...
Our latest #HumanFootprintPBS digital episode just launched on YouTube. Check out "Why This Factory Makes 40 Million Mosquitoes Per Week" feat. @vectorgen.bsky.social and @worldmosquitoprogram.org ... Amazing science!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI3H...
#scicomm
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI3H...
#scicomm
Why This Factory Makes 40 Million Mosquitoes Per Week
YouTube video by PBS Terra
www.youtube.com
July 16, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Our latest #HumanFootprintPBS digital episode just launched on YouTube. Check out "Why This Factory Makes 40 Million Mosquitoes Per Week" feat. @vectorgen.bsky.social and @worldmosquitoprogram.org ... Amazing science!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI3H...
#scicomm
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI3H...
#scicomm
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I’m optimistic that Neil Shubin, who has been in the trenches against creationism, understands that science can’t shy away when other people politicize it. After the McNutt years, it’ll take a sec for NAS to get back into shape to stand firm for science against these attacks.
It is not a political statement to note the fact that science enhances our well being, expands our knowledge of the world, and drives economic growth 🧪
July 15, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I’m optimistic that Neil Shubin, who has been in the trenches against creationism, understands that science can’t shy away when other people politicize it. After the McNutt years, it’ll take a sec for NAS to get back into shape to stand firm for science against these attacks.
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Just saw a video go by that I would have been very interested in if it had been an article instead of a 33 minute video. Write an article!!
July 14, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Just saw a video go by that I would have been very interested in if it had been an article instead of a 33 minute video. Write an article!!
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Are you from one of these states? Then we need your help to save American science!
The Senate Appropriations Committee will be marking up the President's Budget Request for science on Wednesday. People have been saying the proposed cuts "decimated" US science, but that's wrong: they are apocalyptic
The Senate Appropriations Committee will be marking up the President's Budget Request for science on Wednesday. People have been saying the proposed cuts "decimated" US science, but that's wrong: they are apocalyptic
July 7, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Are you from one of these states? Then we need your help to save American science!
The Senate Appropriations Committee will be marking up the President's Budget Request for science on Wednesday. People have been saying the proposed cuts "decimated" US science, but that's wrong: they are apocalyptic
The Senate Appropriations Committee will be marking up the President's Budget Request for science on Wednesday. People have been saying the proposed cuts "decimated" US science, but that's wrong: they are apocalyptic
Last night, Episode 2 of our Emmy-nominated @pbs.org science series HUMAN FOOTPRINT ("The Enemy of My Enemy") premiered in the U.S. This episode is a deep dive into #biocontrol, from ducks to drones to toads to microbes.
If you missed it, check it out here:
www.pbs.org/video/the-en...
#scicomm
If you missed it, check it out here:
www.pbs.org/video/the-en...
#scicomm
Human Footprint | The Enemy of My Enemy | Season 2 | Episode 2
We enlist allies from nature to fight in our battles. But is the enemy of an enemy always a friend?
www.pbs.org
July 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Last night, Episode 2 of our Emmy-nominated @pbs.org science series HUMAN FOOTPRINT ("The Enemy of My Enemy") premiered in the U.S. This episode is a deep dive into #biocontrol, from ducks to drones to toads to microbes.
If you missed it, check it out here:
www.pbs.org/video/the-en...
#scicomm
If you missed it, check it out here:
www.pbs.org/video/the-en...
#scicomm
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far be it from me to tell scientists how to do their jobs but i feel like there might be value in surveying the <365 hot dogs per year demographic
July 3, 2025 at 3:59 AM
far be it from me to tell scientists how to do their jobs but i feel like there might be value in surveying the <365 hot dogs per year demographic
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Hanging with two of the cool stars of tonight’s episode of @pbs.org Human Footprint with colleague @vectorgen.bsky.social on left and co-Director @neillosin.bsky.social on right. Airing at 9pm EST tonight. #Wolbachia just made the big TV screen.
July 3, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Hanging with two of the cool stars of tonight’s episode of @pbs.org Human Footprint with colleague @vectorgen.bsky.social on left and co-Director @neillosin.bsky.social on right. Airing at 9pm EST tonight. #Wolbachia just made the big TV screen.
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We cannot scicomm our way out of this, part …I-don’t-know-I’m-tired-of-counting
NASA just won an Emmy for our live broadcast of the total solar eclipse last year. We produced a documentary film about the James Webb Space Telescope that's out in theaters and on Netflix. We have podcasts, we write feature stories. People wear the agency logo on t-shirts. We're still getting cut.
You hear this a lot on the left but it isn't true. USAID did not "fail to tell its story to Americans," the right targeted the agency with lies and misinformation.
Ultimately this narrative turns conservative attacks into even more calls for the left to reform.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/o...
Ultimately this narrative turns conservative attacks into even more calls for the left to reform.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/o...
July 1, 2025 at 1:18 AM
We cannot scicomm our way out of this, part …I-don’t-know-I’m-tired-of-counting
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NASA just won an Emmy for our live broadcast of the total solar eclipse last year. We produced a documentary film about the James Webb Space Telescope that's out in theaters and on Netflix. We have podcasts, we write feature stories. People wear the agency logo on t-shirts. We're still getting cut.
You hear this a lot on the left but it isn't true. USAID did not "fail to tell its story to Americans," the right targeted the agency with lies and misinformation.
Ultimately this narrative turns conservative attacks into even more calls for the left to reform.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/o...
Ultimately this narrative turns conservative attacks into even more calls for the left to reform.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/o...
June 30, 2025 at 5:25 PM
NASA just won an Emmy for our live broadcast of the total solar eclipse last year. We produced a documentary film about the James Webb Space Telescope that's out in theaters and on Netflix. We have podcasts, we write feature stories. People wear the agency logo on t-shirts. We're still getting cut.
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not the main issue here but i'd really appreciate it if democratic politicians spoke out in support of big-city life and culture with the same energy and reverence that all politicians have for small towns
los angeles is "real america" and so are all the other big cities the president hates
los angeles is "real america" and so are all the other big cities the president hates
June 8, 2025 at 10:48 PM
not the main issue here but i'd really appreciate it if democratic politicians spoke out in support of big-city life and culture with the same energy and reverence that all politicians have for small towns
los angeles is "real america" and so are all the other big cities the president hates
los angeles is "real america" and so are all the other big cities the president hates
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At a time when public media's funding is at risk, this study finds that Americans across the political spectrum continue to trust @pbs.org for many reasons – chief among them being that PBS is funded by viewers like you.
Hear from the authors of the study in this article from @niemanlab.org
Hear from the authors of the study in this article from @niemanlab.org
Americans trust PBS <em>because</em> it’s publicly funded, not in spite of it
"President Trump says he is 'restoring trust in government funded institutions.' Our findings demonstrate that such trust already exists, in spades, towards PBS."
bit.ly
June 5, 2025 at 9:18 PM
At a time when public media's funding is at risk, this study finds that Americans across the political spectrum continue to trust @pbs.org for many reasons – chief among them being that PBS is funded by viewers like you.
Hear from the authors of the study in this article from @niemanlab.org
Hear from the authors of the study in this article from @niemanlab.org
Like it or not folks, this is what peak #scicomm looks like.
WE DID IT, FOLKS
A song for the entomologists of the USDA m.youtube.com/watch?v=yYSI...
A song for the entomologists of the USDA m.youtube.com/watch?v=yYSI...
June 2, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Like it or not folks, this is what peak #scicomm looks like.