Chris Berdik
@cberdik.bsky.social
Freelance journalist. I write about science and education. Formerly of the Atlantic and Mother Jones. www.chrisberdik.com
Spreading the word with Make Listening Safe! Hearing is precious, and we need to protect it. #noise #clamor youtu.be/nEal61rpHzw?...
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November 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Spreading the word with Make Listening Safe! Hearing is precious, and we need to protect it. #noise #clamor youtu.be/nEal61rpHzw?...
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October 18, 2025 at 4:43 PM
No Kings-Pittsburgh, PA
In the October edition of Clamor: Jimmy Page, William S. Burroughs, and reflections on killer sound. Plus, inclusive acoustic design, birds that sound like car alarms, and a quiet bit of good news for Southwest Detroit.
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Who's afraid of a little killer sound?
Plus some acoustic odds and ends for your enjoyment
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October 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
In the October edition of Clamor: Jimmy Page, William S. Burroughs, and reflections on killer sound. Plus, inclusive acoustic design, birds that sound like car alarms, and a quiet bit of good news for Southwest Detroit.
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Thanks for including Clamor in the recommended reads for this fall, Stanford magazine! stanfordmag.org/contents/bib...
Biblio File: What to Read Now — Autumn 2025
New releases that inspire us.
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October 14, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Thanks for including Clamor in the recommended reads for this fall, Stanford magazine! stanfordmag.org/contents/bib...
airmail.news/books/2025/1... I reflect on killer noise for @airmail.news
From Homer's Sirens to Led Zeppelin
Sound as a deadly force has long captivated us. But have we overlooked its true dangers?
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October 3, 2025 at 11:23 PM
airmail.news/books/2025/1... I reflect on killer noise for @airmail.news
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love some loops, blips beats n beeps with sounds of nature
Technology has allowed electronic music artists endless possibilities for mixing and creating sounds.
From Frankfurt, Germany, to the Peruvian Amazon, musicians are creating music that raises awareness about the beauty of biodiversity and how it is nowadays threatened.
From Frankfurt, Germany, to the Peruvian Amazon, musicians are creating music that raises awareness about the beauty of biodiversity and how it is nowadays threatened.
Meet the DJs of nature, inspired by biodiversity
Nature is taking the stage. The sunset starts to fade on a cloudy summer day next to the Main River in an industrial neighborhood of Frankfurt, Germany. The main artist of the festival is an…
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September 17, 2025 at 1:37 AM
love some loops, blips beats n beeps with sounds of nature
Happy 180th birthday @sciam.bsky.social ! I’m honored to have Clamor be part of the celebration 🎉
To celebrate @sciam.bsky.social 180th birthday I spent the summer deep in the stacks, digging in our archive of over 100yrs of book reviews for the hottest takes and paired them with a 2025 title you might have an easier time finding a copy of 📚 www.scientificamerican.com/article/7-vi...
Highlights from Over 100 years of Scientific American's Book Reviews With A Modern Recommendation
A collection of seven book reviews from our archives, each paired with a recently published book we recommend
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September 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Happy 180th birthday @sciam.bsky.social ! I’m honored to have Clamor be part of the celebration 🎉
Larry Rifkin cuts through the noise with me to talk about the power of sound (both good and bad) for our health and our planet’s health on his America Trends podcast. www.americatrendspodcast.com
America Trends Podcast
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September 8, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Larry Rifkin cuts through the noise with me to talk about the power of sound (both good and bad) for our health and our planet’s health on his America Trends podcast. www.americatrendspodcast.com
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It’s hard to overstate how big a deal this is - for the economy (ours and globally), for the rule of law, and for the proper and efficient function of government.
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Trump Administration Live Updates: President Says He Is Removing Lisa Cook From Federal Reserve Board
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August 26, 2025 at 1:08 AM
It’s hard to overstate how big a deal this is - for the economy (ours and globally), for the rule of law, and for the proper and efficient function of government.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
I enjoyed digging beyond the decibels and talking about my new noise book wwnorton.com/books/clamor with Grant Reeher, host of The Campbell Conversations on @wrvo.org.
Clamor
A May 2025 Next Big Idea Club Must-Read Book <br /><br /> An eye- (and ear-) opening investigation into how our ever-noisier world affects our health, our well-being, and our planet., Clamor, How No...
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August 19, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I enjoyed digging beyond the decibels and talking about my new noise book wwnorton.com/books/clamor with Grant Reeher, host of The Campbell Conversations on @wrvo.org.
@forbes.com calls Clamor “A comprehensive and well-crafted narrative of the history of noise pollution as well as what hope we have in countering this threat.” www.forbes.com/sites/bruced...
Why Noise Pollution Is Slowly Killing Us All
Noise pollution is wreaking havoc on the world’s population as well as threatening marine life and wildlife above ground. A new book explains why.
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August 19, 2025 at 12:08 AM
@forbes.com calls Clamor “A comprehensive and well-crafted narrative of the history of noise pollution as well as what hope we have in countering this threat.” www.forbes.com/sites/bruced...
By popular demand, this month's Clamor newsletter digs into the nitty gritty of noise fights.
Keep Calm and Collect Evidence: Noise Fighting 101 open.substack.com/pub/clamorin...
Keep Calm and Collect Evidence: Noise Fighting 101 open.substack.com/pub/clamorin...
Keep Calm and Collect Evidence: Noise Fighting 101
Plus some acoustic odds and ends for your enjoyment
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August 15, 2025 at 1:13 PM
By popular demand, this month's Clamor newsletter digs into the nitty gritty of noise fights.
Keep Calm and Collect Evidence: Noise Fighting 101 open.substack.com/pub/clamorin...
Keep Calm and Collect Evidence: Noise Fighting 101 open.substack.com/pub/clamorin...
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Soundscapes reveal hidden details of complex ecosystems.
July-August - 2025 - Volume: 113 - Number: 4
Unseen animals can often still be heard. That’s part of the impetus behind the growing field of ecoacoustics, which aims to measure entire soundscapes in different habitats as a way of gauging an…
www.americanscientist.org
June 17, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Soundscapes reveal hidden details of complex ecosystems.
I’m psyched that Clamor was included among these recommended books by @greenspotlight.bsky.social
Our annual compilation of important new Books and Films:
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#books #films
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#books #films
August 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I’m psyched that Clamor was included among these recommended books by @greenspotlight.bsky.social
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“Small children from poor or middle-class families who watch ‘Sesame Street’ do better on cognitive tests and in first grade than children who do not watch it,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.
The Invention of “Sesame Street”
Renata Adler’s 1972 review of the program that revolutionized children’s television.
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July 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
“Small children from poor or middle-class families who watch ‘Sesame Street’ do better on cognitive tests and in first grade than children who do not watch it,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.
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The commissars are literally using government power to attack and suppress political speech. Whatever you think about "cancel culture," this is 100x worse. Deeply authoritarian.
Faculty who wrote to defend their president and object to a DOJ investigation of their university...are now being investigated by the DOJ.
The most banal defense of free speech and academic freedom will trigger the full wrath of the US government now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
The most banal defense of free speech and academic freedom will trigger the full wrath of the US government now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
Faculty Support of George Mason’s President Draws Federal Investigation
www.nytimes.com
July 29, 2025 at 1:19 AM
The commissars are literally using government power to attack and suppress political speech. Whatever you think about "cancel culture," this is 100x worse. Deeply authoritarian.
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Massachusetts' four regional food banks have faced millions of dollars in federal cuts to food supplies and grant programs this year. At the same time, the federal government recently implemented more stringent requirements to qualify for food stamps.
Mass. food banks brace for double hit of federal food cuts, benefit changes
Massachusetts' four regional food banks have faced millions of dollars in federal cuts to food supplies and grant programs this year. At the same time, the federal government recently implemented more...
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July 22, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Massachusetts' four regional food banks have faced millions of dollars in federal cuts to food supplies and grant programs this year. At the same time, the federal government recently implemented more stringent requirements to qualify for food stamps.
Thanks for the video recommendation @sciam.bsky.social Happy summer reading to all! www.instagram.com/scientific_a...
Scientific American on Instagram: "Scientific American reads— a lot. These are four of our recommendations from June, from slithering snakes to a river’s impact. We’ll be recommending new releases all...
1,316 likes, 9 comments - scientific_american on July 3, 2025: "Scientific American reads— a lot. These are four of our recommendations from June, from slithering snakes to a river’s impact. We’ll be ...
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July 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Thanks for the video recommendation @sciam.bsky.social Happy summer reading to all! www.instagram.com/scientific_a...
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The entire point of good reporting or good scholarship is to tell us something we didn’t already know and the idea that they could ever be replaced by AI tools that rely on scraping the internet database of what we *do* know is just ludicrous.
it really is both insanely inaccurate and also wildly offensive to assume that scientists and reporters can be readily replaced with passive sensors
This is what popped into my head immediately upon reading that, like, okay, so all those field scientists... we can just replace them with Waymos, got it, can't wait to see how a Waymo creeps through a bush for 7 weeks just to take a photograph of a bird that nobody has ever photographed before
July 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The entire point of good reporting or good scholarship is to tell us something we didn’t already know and the idea that they could ever be replaced by AI tools that rely on scraping the internet database of what we *do* know is just ludicrous.
The market is speaking, and it's saying, "shhhh!"
Buy Quiet, Sell Quiet open.substack.com/pub/clamorin...
Buy Quiet, Sell Quiet open.substack.com/pub/clamorin...
Buy Quiet, Sell Quiet
Plus some acoustic odds and ends for your enjoyment
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July 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The market is speaking, and it's saying, "shhhh!"
Buy Quiet, Sell Quiet open.substack.com/pub/clamorin...
Buy Quiet, Sell Quiet open.substack.com/pub/clamorin...
It’s all about the grift. www.propublica.org/article/kris...
Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations
A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...
www.propublica.org
July 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
It’s all about the grift. www.propublica.org/article/kris...
Yes! I'm honored to have Clamor on this list of recommended reads. Thanks @breezybrik.bsky.social and @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/4-no...
4 Books Scientific American Loved Reading In June
Here's a collection of exclusive book recommendations, from slithering snakes to a river's impact, for your summer reading lists, curated by Scientific American
www.scientificamerican.com
July 2, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Yes! I'm honored to have Clamor on this list of recommended reads. Thanks @breezybrik.bsky.social and @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/4-no...
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Yep. This is illegal and unconstitutional on its face. The budget and appropriations are laws. The President "shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed", according to the express dictate of the federal constitution. His "priorities" are literally irrelevant.
I continue to be struck by this language of “in accordance with the president’s priorities,” which treats the executive branch as an extension of the person of the president, and not a mechanism for instituting the will of Congress
July 2, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Yep. This is illegal and unconstitutional on its face. The budget and appropriations are laws. The President "shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed", according to the express dictate of the federal constitution. His "priorities" are literally irrelevant.