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Quinn Emmett
@quinnemmett.bsky.social
Science for people who give a shit.
Founder: Important, Not Important.
75k+ readers, listeners, and Shit Givers.
6-time Webby nominee.

The world won't unfuck itself:
https://www.whatcanido.earth
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One last time: Every time I post it he goes up five more points.
November 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
We have never taken outside funding, but I would seriously consider it to hire as many people who were fired from Teen Vogue as I can. Inquire within.
November 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
@leximcmenamin.com Hey Lex -- I'm so fucking sorry about Teen Vogue. I'd love to talk about what you need and how we can help. I wish I could just hire the whole staff, but in the meantime, I'm very happy to publish your team's work on a freelance basis. Give me a shout.
November 4, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Normalize driving slowly through leafy college campuses windows down playing Defying Gravity at volume one million #ourwizardlies
October 1, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Internet friends: We offer a free 30 day trial for our Membership, and I want to get an automated Slack message from Stripe when someone has 2 days left, so I can reach out personally. Tried to figure it out in Zapier, but can't. Any ideas?
October 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Michele Kang let me invest in Washington Spirit challenge
August 14, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Are they selling Power Straight jerseys yet or no
August 14, 2025 at 12:44 AM
A women's sports job board from Togethxr? Oh hell yes jobs.togethxr.com/jobs jobs.togethxr.com/jobs
Togethxr Job Board
Search job openings across the Togethxr network.
jobs.togethxr.com
August 14, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Week in and week out "learn about meaningful careers", "organize for affordable housing", and "donate to disaster relief" are among the top searches on WCID and boy it feels like the tea leaves aren't difficult to read sometimes
August 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
WCID is currently down. We’re working on it.
August 12, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Been diving back into the world of Earthsea to shut out this one at night. None better.
August 11, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Helpful reminder: Gaza is not starving, the people of Gaza are *being starved*. Always use the active voice. And always say who is *doing* the starving. In this case, Israel is starving Gaza! Using US taxpayer dollars and weapons. To do the genocide. Thanks!
August 1, 2025 at 6:39 PM
You're my soda pop little soda pop stop funding genocide
July 30, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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"A New Generation of Magazines is Getting Kids to Put Down their Phones" in Fast Company featuring Kazoo magazine's Editor in Chief @erinbried.bsky.social.
www.fastcompany.com/91364687/a-n...
A new generation of magazines is getting kids to put down their phones
In a world of smartphones and screen time, parents are willing to pay for high quality magazines for kids. It's reviving a once dead industry.
www.fastcompany.com
July 21, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I, too, have general soreness
Tyler O’Neill returns from general soreness for the series finale in Cleveland:

Holliday 2B
Westburg DH
Henderson SS
Laureano LF
O’Neill RF
Urías 3B
Mayo 1B
Carlson CF
Jackson C

Morton RHP
July 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Until recently, tools for tracking fish were too big for small swimmers, limiting our ability to understand the lives of diminutive species.

New technology is changing that - a potential boost for conservation. My story for @biographic.bsky.social (with edits from @colinschultz.bsky.social!)
July 16, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I don't care which administration does it. It's fucked.

DHS Faces New Pressure Over DNA Taken From Immigrant Children www.wired.com/story/dhs-an...
DHS Faces New Pressure Over DNA Taken From Immigrant Children
The US government has added the DNA of approximately 133,000 migrant children and teens to a criminal database, which critics say could mean police treat them like suspects “indefinitely.”
www.wired.com
July 20, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Most home runs in a season, made multiple pitching starts, MLB history:

2021 Shohei Ohtani: 46
2023 Shohei Ohtani: 44
2025 Shohei Ohtani: 34
2022 Shohei Ohtani: 34
July 20, 2025 at 8:56 PM
404, nailing it as usual
The instant, gleeful doxing of people now includes the utterly benign (dancing weird at a concert; standing in public; etc). It is incredibly unsettling that people feel it is worthwhile to dig into the lives of random ass people with little to no public interest www.404media.co/the-astronom...
The Astronomer CEO's Coldplay Concert Fiasco Is Emblematic of Our Social Media Surveillance Dystopia
Facial recognition and crowdsourced social media investigations are constantly being used not just on cringe CEOs, but on random people who are simply existing in public.
www.404media.co
July 17, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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This has been the second most humid summer in DC on record (since 1945) based on the number of hours with dew points over 70 degrees or the level considered GROSS.
Why has this D.C. summer felt like living in a sauna—with storms almost daily? 🌡️⛈️

Blame a heat dome parked over the steamy Atlantic, sending tropical air our way nonstop.

We break down the relentless pattern:

www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
July 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Jacob deGrom has thrown more major league innings so far in 2025 than he did in 2022, 2023 and 2024, combined.
July 16, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The US-funded genocide continues.
July 16, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Get our Recommendations (or your own), for nursing, yelling at senators, and volunteering all over the world.

Check it out:

www.importantnotimportant.com/p/wcid-want-...
WCID: Want to be a nurse?
Get your own Recommendations!
www.importantnotimportant.com
July 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM