Shannon Stirone
@shannonstirone.bsky.social
Writer in nyc. Space nerd. Mars is a Hellhole. Bylines in NYT’s, The Atlantic, Wired, Esquire, Longreads, & others. Anti fascist. Opinions are mine. Climate by day.
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Welcome new followers. Here’s a quick intro if you don’t know me. I’m a science writer and have covered everything from telescopes to space resistant bacteria to the meaning of life.
I work in climate by day which is very exciting. Here are some pieces of mine you might like to read:
I work in climate by day which is very exciting. Here are some pieces of mine you might like to read:
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The climate crisis is one of the top most severe threats to human existence, alongside nuclear war and a massive asteroid.
It blows my mind how many leaders choose to just whistle past the grave. This isn’t some event on some obscure future date—it’s already happening.
It blows my mind how many leaders choose to just whistle past the grave. This isn’t some event on some obscure future date—it’s already happening.
NEW: Councillors and sources inside the City of Vancouver say the city's mayor, Ken Sim, will put forth a budget Wednesday that will eliminate the city's celebrated climate and sustainability department.
Vancouver mayor plans to eliminate city's climate and sustainability department
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is planning to eliminate the city's sustainability and climate department under the guise of a push to prevent increases to property taxes. Canada's National Observer learned a...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:56 AM
The climate crisis is one of the top most severe threats to human existence, alongside nuclear war and a massive asteroid.
It blows my mind how many leaders choose to just whistle past the grave. This isn’t some event on some obscure future date—it’s already happening.
It blows my mind how many leaders choose to just whistle past the grave. This isn’t some event on some obscure future date—it’s already happening.
Pessoa forever and always
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Pessoa forever and always
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We have discovered the antidote to Elon Musk's tyranny—his truest nemesis.
First of Her Name, Queen of the Bookstores and Libraries, Daughter of the Literature Department and Humanities, The Breaker of Billionaires...
@joycecaroloates.bsky.social
lithub.com/elon-musk-ge...
First of Her Name, Queen of the Bookstores and Libraries, Daughter of the Literature Department and Humanities, The Breaker of Billionaires...
@joycecaroloates.bsky.social
lithub.com/elon-musk-ge...
Elon Musk gets roasted on his own platform by Joyce Carol Oates.
Like an ancient cyborg culling through the ruins of a post-apocalyptic planet (twitter, derogatory), Joyce Carol Oates recently fired her full-power death ray at aspiring trillionaire Elon Musk, wh…
lithub.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:17 PM
We have discovered the antidote to Elon Musk's tyranny—his truest nemesis.
First of Her Name, Queen of the Bookstores and Libraries, Daughter of the Literature Department and Humanities, The Breaker of Billionaires...
@joycecaroloates.bsky.social
lithub.com/elon-musk-ge...
First of Her Name, Queen of the Bookstores and Libraries, Daughter of the Literature Department and Humanities, The Breaker of Billionaires...
@joycecaroloates.bsky.social
lithub.com/elon-musk-ge...
It’s really important that people who hold high office are educated and read books and know basic things about basic things.
This is what happens when that doesn’t happen
This is what happens when that doesn’t happen
November 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
It’s really important that people who hold high office are educated and read books and know basic things about basic things.
This is what happens when that doesn’t happen
This is what happens when that doesn’t happen
Ok ladies! It’s Monday morning—time to go and do what women do best—ruin those workplaces!
You might be wondering exactly how we do this. But all you have to do is show up as yourself, and turns out, that’s enough! We call that a win. Minimal effort, maximum ruining. Go get em girls!
You might be wondering exactly how we do this. But all you have to do is show up as yourself, and turns out, that’s enough! We call that a win. Minimal effort, maximum ruining. Go get em girls!
a woman in a cowboy outfit holds a lasso
Alt: a woman in a cowboy outfit holds a lasso
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Ok ladies! It’s Monday morning—time to go and do what women do best—ruin those workplaces!
You might be wondering exactly how we do this. But all you have to do is show up as yourself, and turns out, that’s enough! We call that a win. Minimal effort, maximum ruining. Go get em girls!
You might be wondering exactly how we do this. But all you have to do is show up as yourself, and turns out, that’s enough! We call that a win. Minimal effort, maximum ruining. Go get em girls!
Such a slow news week amiright
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Such a slow news week amiright
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The arc of history is long but it bends towards a lethally hot supercontinent 250 million years from now
October 27, 2025 at 9:49 PM
The arc of history is long but it bends towards a lethally hot supercontinent 250 million years from now
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Ancient light incoming
Madrid DSS 56 receiving data from JWST at 0 b/s.
November 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Ancient light incoming
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This is quite a view as well, with twin lava fountains at Kīlauea right now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk0t... www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqmp...
November 9, 2025 at 9:53 PM
This is quite a view as well, with twin lava fountains at Kīlauea right now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk0t... www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqmp...
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abc7news.com/post/openai-... Jesus Fucking Christ.
Over 1 million people talk to ChatGPT about suicide weekly, new OpenAI data reveals
An estimated 1.2 million users reportedly talk to ChatGPT about suicide weekly, according to a newly released report from the A.I. giant. This latest revelation comes as the company races to strength...
abc7news.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:11 AM
abc7news.com/post/openai-... Jesus Fucking Christ.
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“There are many who do not know they are fascists but will find it out when the time comes.”
- Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls
- Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls
November 8, 2025 at 8:09 PM
“There are many who do not know they are fascists but will find it out when the time comes.”
- Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls
- Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls
Only real Oasis fans will get this
November 9, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Only real Oasis fans will get this
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this is helpful!!
This framing that it was Jackson doing it is not how they normally put stuff like this. They’re trying to lie to you with the truth. It was a legal maneuver designed to minimize the delay and held until as late as possible to give time for states to irreversibly process the payments.
November 8, 2025 at 3:42 AM
this is helpful!!
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“HOW ELON MUSK IS BOOSTING THE BRITISH RIGHT: For nine months, Sky News' Data and Forensics team has been investigating whether X's algorithm amplifies right-wing and extreme content. It does.” news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
How the world's richest man is boosting the British right
How the world's richest man is boosting the British right
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
“HOW ELON MUSK IS BOOSTING THE BRITISH RIGHT: For nine months, Sky News' Data and Forensics team has been investigating whether X's algorithm amplifies right-wing and extreme content. It does.” news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
This is horrific. This cannot happen.
🚨 NASA scientists warn: critical equipment at Goddard Space Flight Center could be discarded during the shutdown, jeopardizing decades of Earth & space science missions.
📢 Act now: agu.quorum.us/campaign/146...
#sciencepolicy #saveNASA
📢 Act now: agu.quorum.us/campaign/146...
#sciencepolicy #saveNASA
November 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
This is horrific. This cannot happen.
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🚨 NASA scientists warn: critical equipment at Goddard Space Flight Center could be discarded during the shutdown, jeopardizing decades of Earth & space science missions.
📢 Act now: agu.quorum.us/campaign/146...
#sciencepolicy #saveNASA
📢 Act now: agu.quorum.us/campaign/146...
#sciencepolicy #saveNASA
November 7, 2025 at 12:45 AM
🚨 NASA scientists warn: critical equipment at Goddard Space Flight Center could be discarded during the shutdown, jeopardizing decades of Earth & space science missions.
📢 Act now: agu.quorum.us/campaign/146...
#sciencepolicy #saveNASA
📢 Act now: agu.quorum.us/campaign/146...
#sciencepolicy #saveNASA
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To put this in scale, Elon Musk's salary from Tesla alone could fund the SNAP program for the entire country into 2034.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk scored a resounding victory on Thursday as shareholders approved a pay package of as much as $878 billion over the next decade, endorsing his vision of morphing the EV maker into an AI and robotics juggernaut.
Tesla shareholders approve $878 billion pay plan for Elon Musk
Tesla CEO Elon Musk scored a resounding victory on Thursday as shareholders approved a pay package of as much as $878 billion over the next decade, endorsing his vision of morphing the EV maker into an AI and robotics juggernaut.
reut.rs
November 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
To put this in scale, Elon Musk's salary from Tesla alone could fund the SNAP program for the entire country into 2034.
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The magic of American corporate governance
Musk gets his $1 trillion compensation package approved by Tesla shareholders.
Shareholders in the room chant "Elon, Elon, Elon!"
Shareholders in the room chant "Elon, Elon, Elon!"
November 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
The magic of American corporate governance
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“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages
Authors and publishers, who are suing OpenAI, secured access to internal Slack messages and emails discussing the deletion of pirated books.
futurism.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:57 AM
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
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New from me: I went deep on the way that generative AI and chatbots act as wormholes, pushing us deeper into our own minds. They threaten to compound the problems of algorithmic targeting that have festered unaddressed for years and years—what comes next may be even more alienating and isolating (🎁)
The Age of Anti-Social Media Is Here
The social-media era is over. What’s coming will be much worse.
www.theatlantic.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
New from me: I went deep on the way that generative AI and chatbots act as wormholes, pushing us deeper into our own minds. They threaten to compound the problems of algorithmic targeting that have festered unaddressed for years and years—what comes next may be even more alienating and isolating (🎁)
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It's the anniversary of John Berger's bday.
His essay Ways of Seeing, a companion for the TV series, won the Booker Prize.
The show is engaging, intelligent, and a great entry point art history/criticism.
His essay Ways of Seeing, a companion for the TV series, won the Booker Prize.
The show is engaging, intelligent, and a great entry point art history/criticism.
November 6, 2025 at 1:55 AM
It's the anniversary of John Berger's bday.
His essay Ways of Seeing, a companion for the TV series, won the Booker Prize.
The show is engaging, intelligent, and a great entry point art history/criticism.
His essay Ways of Seeing, a companion for the TV series, won the Booker Prize.
The show is engaging, intelligent, and a great entry point art history/criticism.
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It might not look like much, but that white blob in the middle of this image is comet 3I/ATLAS—the third known interstellar visitor ever—photographed from the orbit of Mars.
November 6, 2025 at 1:28 AM
It might not look like much, but that white blob in the middle of this image is comet 3I/ATLAS—the third known interstellar visitor ever—photographed from the orbit of Mars.