Tierney O’Dea
@todea.bsky.social
Science writer, ok cartographer, escaped the newsroom and moved to the mountains.
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Tierney O’Dea
@todea.bsky.social
· May 15
Seen today-- two burrowing owls who are not to be fucked with. 🪶
Burrowing Owls are my favorite.
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Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
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One of my favorite past times on Threads is replying to The Heritage Foundation’s posts, informing people what the organization is, how it started, and what interests it represents.
November 19, 2025 at 1:59 AM
One of my favorite past times on Threads is replying to The Heritage Foundation’s posts, informing people what the organization is, how it started, and what interests it represents.
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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Archaeologist here. For 99.5% of human history (ca 300-400,000 years), we were peaceful (no war). There was conflict and smaller scale violence, but countless studies on the 119 known modern hunter gatherer groups show cooperation, negotiation, and peace instead of conflict. Please read books.
Revenge/physical combat was how people settled things for literally millions of years, it's normal human behavior, we're wolves not sheep, the government project trying to social engineer us and domesticate us into sheep has been unsuccessful
November 17, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Archaeologist here. For 99.5% of human history (ca 300-400,000 years), we were peaceful (no war). There was conflict and smaller scale violence, but countless studies on the 119 known modern hunter gatherer groups show cooperation, negotiation, and peace instead of conflict. Please read books.
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Never forget that just a week ago, Ross Douthat and the NYTimes were asking if women ruined the workplace.
November 17, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Never forget that just a week ago, Ross Douthat and the NYTimes were asking if women ruined the workplace.
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I feel like the pope being an American cinephile is God finally rewarding Scorsese for a lifetime of devotion
November 17, 2025 at 4:35 AM
I feel like the pope being an American cinephile is God finally rewarding Scorsese for a lifetime of devotion
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If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.
November 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.
When the republicans asked, “well what if democrats are in the files?” we always replied, “yeah throw those guys into the sun too”
I’m so happy everyone hates Larry Summers finally.
I’m so happy everyone hates Larry Summers finally.
November 16, 2025 at 1:39 AM
When the republicans asked, “well what if democrats are in the files?” we always replied, “yeah throw those guys into the sun too”
I’m so happy everyone hates Larry Summers finally.
I’m so happy everyone hates Larry Summers finally.
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I’m so happy I won’t be forced by some news outlet to listen to Larry Summers’ opinion about anything ever again.
November 16, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I’m so happy I won’t be forced by some news outlet to listen to Larry Summers’ opinion about anything ever again.
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For coming from a party that loves to crow about supporting small business, Trump’s cuts to the ACA are the biggest attack on small business people imaginable
November 10, 2025 at 3:31 AM
For coming from a party that loves to crow about supporting small business, Trump’s cuts to the ACA are the biggest attack on small business people imaginable
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We cannot go back to pre-ACA. We cannot go back to per-existing conditions and carve outs. We cannot go back to people having to use the ER as their primary providere b/c they cannot afford to see a PCP. I was there. I was managing benefits during all of that. People suffered, deferred care, died. I
Dems, do not let GOP dampen the momentum from the elections by conning you into voting for this plan to re-open the gov.
They aren't going to vote on ACA in the future, they will destroy it and federally ban abortion.
Don't be complicit.
#resist #fedgov #shutdown #gop #dems #aca
They aren't going to vote on ACA in the future, they will destroy it and federally ban abortion.
Don't be complicit.
#resist #fedgov #shutdown #gop #dems #aca
Senate Republicans embrace Trump’s call – from his Florida golf course – to replace Obamacare
Amid a historic government shutdown, some senators on Capitol Hill are working this weekend on an unpopular bill
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 AM
We cannot go back to pre-ACA. We cannot go back to per-existing conditions and carve outs. We cannot go back to people having to use the ER as their primary providere b/c they cannot afford to see a PCP. I was there. I was managing benefits during all of that. People suffered, deferred care, died. I
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Have you heard about this?
"As the govt shutdown drags on, buildings at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (HQ for the Webb telescope among other missions) are being emptied without notice. Highly specialized equipment is at risk of being thrown away like trash."
h/t @climatebrad.hillheat.com
"As the govt shutdown drags on, buildings at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (HQ for the Webb telescope among other missions) are being emptied without notice. Highly specialized equipment is at risk of being thrown away like trash."
h/t @climatebrad.hillheat.com
NASA may be quietly gutting an iconic campus with what it calls strategic closures, workers fear | CNN
Buildings at Goddard’s Maryland campus are being emptied and padlocked, sources say. NASA leadership has pushed back against the concerns.
www.cnn.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Have you heard about this?
"As the govt shutdown drags on, buildings at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (HQ for the Webb telescope among other missions) are being emptied without notice. Highly specialized equipment is at risk of being thrown away like trash."
h/t @climatebrad.hillheat.com
"As the govt shutdown drags on, buildings at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (HQ for the Webb telescope among other missions) are being emptied without notice. Highly specialized equipment is at risk of being thrown away like trash."
h/t @climatebrad.hillheat.com
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While there are many things wrong with the world in 2025, one of the things that’s totally right is the incredible democratization of science--how curiosity, affordable technology, and perseverance can now bring the universe within reach.
The non-NASA images here are my son's! ☺️
The non-NASA images here are my son's! ☺️
which one is your favorite? Keep in mind NASA does WAYY more science with these images and data. NASA is absolutely valuable and goes so beyond anything citizen scientists can do! B-ROLL CRED/ Ellion ...
TikTok video by sadrastro
www.tiktok.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:22 PM
While there are many things wrong with the world in 2025, one of the things that’s totally right is the incredible democratization of science--how curiosity, affordable technology, and perseverance can now bring the universe within reach.
The non-NASA images here are my son's! ☺️
The non-NASA images here are my son's! ☺️
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This is the correct explanation of what happened tonight👇
KBJ threaded the needle thanks to CA1’s unfinished business.
-if she denied the admin stay, the full SCOTUS woulda stepped in to override her.
-if she immediately referred the case to the full Court, they coulda dragged feet.
-instead she boxed them in to act quickly once she does refer the case.
-if she denied the admin stay, the full SCOTUS woulda stepped in to override her.
-if she immediately referred the case to the full Court, they coulda dragged feet.
-instead she boxed them in to act quickly once she does refer the case.
November 8, 2025 at 3:35 AM
This is the correct explanation of what happened tonight👇
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“Clearly Rosy had to go or be put in her place. The former was obviously preferable because, given her belligerent moods, it would be very difficult to maintain a dominant position that would allow him to think unhindered about DNA.”
Watson on Crick, in his own words.
Watson on Crick, in his own words.
time.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:58 PM
“Clearly Rosy had to go or be put in her place. The former was obviously preferable because, given her belligerent moods, it would be very difficult to maintain a dominant position that would allow him to think unhindered about DNA.”
Watson on Crick, in his own words.
Watson on Crick, in his own words.
Yup, don’t help the NYT get away with rage bait as a business plan
You don’t have to read the Ross Douthat thing, you can just see the stupid headline and be like, oh, that’s not for me. I can watch a rerun of The League instead.
November 6, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Yup, don’t help the NYT get away with rage bait as a business plan
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finance guys on twitter are like "can't believe zohran hired lina khan. she wants to make it illegal to bundle memecoin futures into junk stocks and sell them to public worker pension plans. the public won't stand for it."
November 6, 2025 at 3:25 PM
finance guys on twitter are like "can't believe zohran hired lina khan. she wants to make it illegal to bundle memecoin futures into junk stocks and sell them to public worker pension plans. the public won't stand for it."
Hey NYC, former native born on 34th street. You have to has his back. All sorts of systemic forces will be coming for him to gum up the works. Stay engaged, do what you can, and don’t believe whatever nonsense the Post is going to start churning out.
November 5, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Hey NYC, former native born on 34th street. You have to has his back. All sorts of systemic forces will be coming for him to gum up the works. Stay engaged, do what you can, and don’t believe whatever nonsense the Post is going to start churning out.
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Trump: "Hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us."
November 5, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Trump: "Hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us."
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I'm really sorry to have subjected all of you to all this NYC posting but it's really been the most breathtakingly ugly race, particularly given that Mamdani has the affect and manner of a Sesame Street character
I don't know what will happen in NYC tonight, but I do know that regardless of outcome, any number of public figures, celebrities, politicians and institutions that oppose Mamdani have done so with a level of rhetorical ugliness, racism, and dishonesty that should neither be forgotten nor forgiven.
November 4, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I'm really sorry to have subjected all of you to all this NYC posting but it's really been the most breathtakingly ugly race, particularly given that Mamdani has the affect and manner of a Sesame Street character
I honestly still can’t believe Dick Cheney is dead. I thought he would live forever.
November 5, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I honestly still can’t believe Dick Cheney is dead. I thought he would live forever.
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DHS says our new piece is "dishonest, slanted, and fundamentally inaccurate" but won't say why. Here's the story where we show with evidence that DHS spliced together clips spanning years and multiple locations to create its own reality. Gift link wapo.st/4nuDGwf
October 30, 2025 at 3:26 AM
DHS says our new piece is "dishonest, slanted, and fundamentally inaccurate" but won't say why. Here's the story where we show with evidence that DHS spliced together clips spanning years and multiple locations to create its own reality. Gift link wapo.st/4nuDGwf