Celia Llopis-Jepsen
@celialj.bsky.social
Host of the NPR Network podcast Up From Dust, about ecology & environment in the Midwest & Great Plains. Based at KCUR in Kansas City. https://t.co/lgdus2FRqA
New episode of Up From Dust! An adventure on the Kansas River with people who love it and are making it a better place: www.kcur.org/2025-07-02/k...
July 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
New episode of Up From Dust! An adventure on the Kansas River with people who love it and are making it a better place: www.kcur.org/2025-07-02/k...
New episode of Up From Dust!
Soil health is all the rage. It's also big $$$. But what if the products you're buying aren't worth the dough?
Come learn about a kind of microbe everyone wants in their soil -- and the billion-dollar industry that sells it. www.kcur.org/2025-04-01/t...
Soil health is all the rage. It's also big $$$. But what if the products you're buying aren't worth the dough?
Come learn about a kind of microbe everyone wants in their soil -- and the billion-dollar industry that sells it. www.kcur.org/2025-04-01/t...
April 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
New episode of Up From Dust!
Soil health is all the rage. It's also big $$$. But what if the products you're buying aren't worth the dough?
Come learn about a kind of microbe everyone wants in their soil -- and the billion-dollar industry that sells it. www.kcur.org/2025-04-01/t...
Soil health is all the rage. It's also big $$$. But what if the products you're buying aren't worth the dough?
Come learn about a kind of microbe everyone wants in their soil -- and the billion-dollar industry that sells it. www.kcur.org/2025-04-01/t...
A proposal to resolve decades-long wrangling over water in the area of Quivira National Wildlife Refuge is slated for release this spring: www.kcur.org/news/2025-02...
February 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
A proposal to resolve decades-long wrangling over water in the area of Quivira National Wildlife Refuge is slated for release this spring: www.kcur.org/news/2025-02...
"There was a time in American politics where two politicians or two neighbors could disagree, but still believe that the other person was fundamentally good." theconversation.com/a-nation-exh...
December 20, 2024 at 1:21 PM
"There was a time in American politics where two politicians or two neighbors could disagree, but still believe that the other person was fundamentally good." theconversation.com/a-nation-exh...
Would really love government agencies to stop saying "humanely depopulate." How about something plainer like "kill"?
The phrase "humanely depopulate" sounds like something a weirdly polite Dalek would say.
Or else a super creepy phrase out of "1984."
The phrase "humanely depopulate" sounds like something a weirdly polite Dalek would say.
Or else a super creepy phrase out of "1984."
December 18, 2024 at 6:45 PM
Would really love government agencies to stop saying "humanely depopulate." How about something plainer like "kill"?
The phrase "humanely depopulate" sounds like something a weirdly polite Dalek would say.
Or else a super creepy phrase out of "1984."
The phrase "humanely depopulate" sounds like something a weirdly polite Dalek would say.
Or else a super creepy phrase out of "1984."
Blerg. It feels like everything contains PFAS.
At least U of Colorado & Colorado State are doing good research on how to dismantle these chemicals. theconversation.com/we-developed...
At least U of Colorado & Colorado State are doing good research on how to dismantle these chemicals. theconversation.com/we-developed...
December 18, 2024 at 1:41 PM
Blerg. It feels like everything contains PFAS.
At least U of Colorado & Colorado State are doing good research on how to dismantle these chemicals. theconversation.com/we-developed...
At least U of Colorado & Colorado State are doing good research on how to dismantle these chemicals. theconversation.com/we-developed...
For example, the US Dept of Energy offers this definition when discussing the goal of achieving a 100% clean energy power sector by 2035. Yet, people could argue a lot about this definition --
December 17, 2024 at 8:04 PM
For example, the US Dept of Energy offers this definition when discussing the goal of achieving a 100% clean energy power sector by 2035. Yet, people could argue a lot about this definition --
100% wrong, Google AI.
This book isn't about:
- a journalist
- or solving a case
- or a female gourmet chef
- or a serial killer
Also, it's not based on a true story. How many people are being fed wrong #AI summaries daily, about topics where the stakes are much higher than picking my next read?
This book isn't about:
- a journalist
- or solving a case
- or a female gourmet chef
- or a serial killer
Also, it's not based on a true story. How many people are being fed wrong #AI summaries daily, about topics where the stakes are much higher than picking my next read?
December 17, 2024 at 2:30 PM
100% wrong, Google AI.
This book isn't about:
- a journalist
- or solving a case
- or a female gourmet chef
- or a serial killer
Also, it's not based on a true story. How many people are being fed wrong #AI summaries daily, about topics where the stakes are much higher than picking my next read?
This book isn't about:
- a journalist
- or solving a case
- or a female gourmet chef
- or a serial killer
Also, it's not based on a true story. How many people are being fed wrong #AI summaries daily, about topics where the stakes are much higher than picking my next read?
Choose 20 books that have stayed w you or influenced you. A book per day, in no particular order. No explanations, just covers.
3/20
3/20
December 2, 2024 at 11:09 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed w you or influenced you. A book per day, in no particular order. No explanations, just covers.
3/20
3/20
Choose 20 books that have stayed w you or influenced you. A book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
2/20
2/20
November 27, 2024 at 2:34 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed w you or influenced you. A book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
2/20
2/20
"A major sticking point in these negotiations has been a measure to limit the production of new plastic." | Plastic waste is everywhere. Countries have one more chance to agree on a solution www.npr.org/2024/11/25/n...
November 26, 2024 at 2:16 PM
"A major sticking point in these negotiations has been a measure to limit the production of new plastic." | Plastic waste is everywhere. Countries have one more chance to agree on a solution www.npr.org/2024/11/25/n...