Paola Rosa-Aquino
@prosaaquino.bsky.social
Boricua about town | Freelance science reporter | she/her/ella | Tips: prosaaquino@gmail.com
Must-read dispatch from @yessfun.com's reporting trip to Palestine:
Surviving Occupation in a Climate-Changed West Bank | Atmos
Climate change is causing strange rainfall patterns in Palestine. That compounds the devastation of Israel’s weaponization of water.
atmos.earth
May 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Must-read dispatch from @yessfun.com's reporting trip to Palestine:
“Planetary nationalism can include an embrace of swift anthropogenic environmental change.”
The New Planetary Nationalism | NOEMA
The realization of human embeddedness in Earth’s natural systems does not inevitably create a cosmopolitan politics oriented toward universal well-being.
www.noemamag.com
May 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
“Planetary nationalism can include an embrace of swift anthropogenic environmental change.”
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you ever get your flight times mixed up? like think it’s at 7 am and it’s at 1 am? then they charge you $400 to get on a new flight?it’s my first time 🥲
support a journalist who’s been crying at the airport for her mistake by donating to helping recover the money I lost
venmo.com/u/Yessenia-F...
support a journalist who’s been crying at the airport for her mistake by donating to helping recover the money I lost
venmo.com/u/Yessenia-F...
Venmo | Yessenia Funes
Venmo is a digital wallet that lets you make and share payments with friends. You can easily split the bill, cab fare, or much more. Download the iOS or Android app or sign up on Venmo.com today.
venmo.com
April 10, 2025 at 11:20 PM
you ever get your flight times mixed up? like think it’s at 7 am and it’s at 1 am? then they charge you $400 to get on a new flight?it’s my first time 🥲
support a journalist who’s been crying at the airport for her mistake by donating to helping recover the money I lost
venmo.com/u/Yessenia-F...
support a journalist who’s been crying at the airport for her mistake by donating to helping recover the money I lost
venmo.com/u/Yessenia-F...
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5 science, health and environmental journalism organizations, @sciencewriting.bsky.social @sciencewriters.org @sejorg.bsky.social @healthjournalism.org @uprootproject.bsky.social, called today for immediate restoration of public data and information on federal websites: casw.org/news/journal...
Journalism organizations call for restoration of public data - CASW
casw.org
February 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM
5 science, health and environmental journalism organizations, @sciencewriting.bsky.social @sciencewriters.org @sejorg.bsky.social @healthjournalism.org @uprootproject.bsky.social, called today for immediate restoration of public data and information on federal websites: casw.org/news/journal...
An important new resource!
In his first 10 days, Trump issued multiple executive orders that seek to change government policy around gender.
We have:
- What to know
- Coverage best practices
- Questions to ask
- Key terms and background
- Journalistic resources
- Reading to catch up
We have:
- What to know
- Coverage best practices
- Questions to ask
- Key terms and background
- Journalistic resources
- Reading to catch up
Covering executive orders that target trans Americans
In his first 10 days, Trump issued multiple executive orders that seek to change government policy around gender. Resources, questions, and ideas to help reporters unravel the flood.
www.transjournalists.org
February 7, 2025 at 5:34 PM
An important new resource!
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Blaming media outlets for this moment is valid. I also know so many journalists of color who tried to bring things up, point things out, report with integrity, and change how communities of color are reported; only to be repeatedly discouraged, dismissed and reprimanded by white editors and managers
February 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Blaming media outlets for this moment is valid. I also know so many journalists of color who tried to bring things up, point things out, report with integrity, and change how communities of color are reported; only to be repeatedly discouraged, dismissed and reprimanded by white editors and managers
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Thousands of datasets have disappeared from data.gov. Determining what's gone, why it's gone, and whether it moved elsewhere will to take time. Things are definitely being purged but archivists working hard to determine exactly what has happened to a given dataset
www.404media.co/archivists-w...
www.404media.co/archivists-w...
Archivists Work to Identify and Save the Thousands of Datasets Disappearing From Data.gov
More than 2,000 datasets have disappeared from data.gov since Trump was inaugurated. But analyzing exactly what happened and where it went is going to take some time.
www.404media.co
January 30, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Thousands of datasets have disappeared from data.gov. Determining what's gone, why it's gone, and whether it moved elsewhere will to take time. Things are definitely being purged but archivists working hard to determine exactly what has happened to a given dataset
www.404media.co/archivists-w...
www.404media.co/archivists-w...
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Exigimos que se detenga este manejo negligente y que se implementen de inmediato planes que incluyan reforestación proporcional, consultas comunitarias y monitoreo público.
No podemos permitir que el modelo energético actual profundice el daño ambiental y social en nuestras comunidades.
No podemos permitir que el modelo energético actual profundice el daño ambiental y social en nuestras comunidades.
LUMA Energy: despeje de vegetación en líneas eléctricas no incluye siembra para mitigar la tala de árboles
Si bien el consorcio lo había planteado como parte del proyecto, al avanzar la operación en su primera fase en San Juan, indicó que dicha mitigación no es un requisito
www.elnuevodia.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Exigimos que se detenga este manejo negligente y que se implementen de inmediato planes que incluyan reforestación proporcional, consultas comunitarias y monitoreo público.
No podemos permitir que el modelo energético actual profundice el daño ambiental y social en nuestras comunidades.
No podemos permitir que el modelo energético actual profundice el daño ambiental y social en nuestras comunidades.
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Astronomer Annie Jump Cannon was born #OTD in 1863. She was a pioneer of stellar classification and co-creator of the Harvard Classification Scheme.
Over her lifetime she *manually* classified around 350,000 stars. (1/n) 🧪 🔭 👩🔬 ⚛️
Image: Harvard University, Radcliffe Archives
Over her lifetime she *manually* classified around 350,000 stars. (1/n) 🧪 🔭 👩🔬 ⚛️
Image: Harvard University, Radcliffe Archives
December 11, 2024 at 3:39 PM
Astronomer Annie Jump Cannon was born #OTD in 1863. She was a pioneer of stellar classification and co-creator of the Harvard Classification Scheme.
Over her lifetime she *manually* classified around 350,000 stars. (1/n) 🧪 🔭 👩🔬 ⚛️
Image: Harvard University, Radcliffe Archives
Over her lifetime she *manually* classified around 350,000 stars. (1/n) 🧪 🔭 👩🔬 ⚛️
Image: Harvard University, Radcliffe Archives
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THREAD. (tldr: Please tell @highcountrynews.bsky.social publisher Greg Hanscom (greghanscom at hcn.org) that including temporary employees in HCN’s new union will help BIPOC journalists) (1)
December 2, 2024 at 8:37 PM
THREAD. (tldr: Please tell @highcountrynews.bsky.social publisher Greg Hanscom (greghanscom at hcn.org) that including temporary employees in HCN’s new union will help BIPOC journalists) (1)
wake up babe new JWST image of the sombrero galaxy just dropped science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
Hats Off to NASA’s Webb: Sombrero Galaxy Dazzles in New Image - NASA Science
In a new image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, a galaxy named for its resemblance to a broad-brimmed Mexican hat appears more like an archery target. In Webb’s mid-infrared view of the Sombrer...
science.nasa.gov
November 25, 2024 at 6:36 PM
wake up babe new JWST image of the sombrero galaxy just dropped science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
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Dear Editors — If you’re considering publishing an article about issues related to transgender people, then perhaps you should consider assigning that article to a transgender journalist. Don’t have any transgender journalists in your newsroom?
@transjournalists.org has several valuable resources:
@transjournalists.org has several valuable resources:
Trans Journalists Association
Promoting more accurate, nuanced coverage of trans issues and communities in the media. Supporting gender-expansive journalists in their careers.
www.transjournalists.org
November 21, 2024 at 2:58 AM
Dear Editors — If you’re considering publishing an article about issues related to transgender people, then perhaps you should consider assigning that article to a transgender journalist. Don’t have any transgender journalists in your newsroom?
@transjournalists.org has several valuable resources:
@transjournalists.org has several valuable resources:
Corillo! I made a new starter pack of some of my favorite reporters and other accounts that bring critical perspectives to climate and environmental journalism.
go.bsky.app/TX5sFaj
go.bsky.app/TX5sFaj
The Uproot Project
Join the conversation
go.bsky.app
November 18, 2024 at 6:40 PM
Corillo! I made a new starter pack of some of my favorite reporters and other accounts that bring critical perspectives to climate and environmental journalism.
go.bsky.app/TX5sFaj
go.bsky.app/TX5sFaj
Our “you up” message to intelligent life elsewhere in the cosmos has about 345 years to go to reach our would-be cosmic neighbors. My latest for National Geographic: www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...
What you didn't know about the first time we tried to contact aliens
In 1974, astronomers sent a call out into the cosmos from a massive telescope in Puerto Rico. The anniversary of the message brings reflections on a new missive to the stars and grief for a lost obser...
www.nationalgeographic.com
November 15, 2024 at 2:58 PM
Our “you up” message to intelligent life elsewhere in the cosmos has about 345 years to go to reach our would-be cosmic neighbors. My latest for National Geographic: www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...