Dan Fagin
@danfagin.bsky.social
Professing science journalism, directing NYU's SHERP. 62-time loser, 1-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction. Probably off chasing 🦋 somewhere.
Big day in the NY Times for NYU SHERP. Congratulations William Herkewitz (SHERP 31) and @alexaroblesgil.bsky.social (SHERP 42)! www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/o... www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/s...
July 1, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Big day in the NY Times for NYU SHERP. Congratulations William Herkewitz (SHERP 31) and @alexaroblesgil.bsky.social (SHERP 42)! www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/o... www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/s...
Meet your next Postmaster General.
November 14, 2024 at 6:28 PM
Meet your next Postmaster General.
Feels good, doesn’t it?
May 30, 2024 at 10:00 PM
Feels good, doesn’t it?
Our guests will be the wonderful @nadiadrake.bsky.social and Sarah Scoles, with @annarothschild.bsky.social moderating. See you tonight!
November 30, 2023 at 2:20 PM
Our guests will be the wonderful @nadiadrake.bsky.social and Sarah Scoles, with @annarothschild.bsky.social moderating. See you tonight!
As a cultural and scientific phenomenon, UFOs (or UAPs, as NASA prefers) are having a moment, so let's talk about it. Very excited about this event tonight at 6:30 (6:00 refreshments) at NYU Journalism. Join us in person or online at journalism.nyu.edu/kc. You do need to pre-register for in-person.
November 30, 2023 at 2:17 PM
As a cultural and scientific phenomenon, UFOs (or UAPs, as NASA prefers) are having a moment, so let's talk about it. Very excited about this event tonight at 6:30 (6:00 refreshments) at NYU Journalism. Join us in person or online at journalism.nyu.edu/kc. You do need to pre-register for in-person.
BREAKING: An early look at Ramaswamy's Northern Border Wall.
November 9, 2023 at 3:16 AM
BREAKING: An early look at Ramaswamy's Northern Border Wall.
Interesting that Fox is not holding back.
November 8, 2023 at 2:19 PM
Interesting that Fox is not holding back.
Today was my first as a grandfather: All of the fun and none of the work!
October 27, 2023 at 1:34 AM
Today was my first as a grandfather: All of the fun and none of the work!
Teaching my undergrads the concept of Deep Time via... toilet paper! If entire timeline of Earth history could be represented on a standard 330-piece roll of TP, the most recent century, during which we humans have utterly transformed the planet, works out to less than 1/10,000,000th of a square.
October 11, 2023 at 11:46 PM
Teaching my undergrads the concept of Deep Time via... toilet paper! If entire timeline of Earth history could be represented on a standard 330-piece roll of TP, the most recent century, during which we humans have utterly transformed the planet, works out to less than 1/10,000,000th of a square.
If you get rid of the public audience metrics, no one can see how disastrously your product is failing.
October 6, 2023 at 12:58 PM
If you get rid of the public audience metrics, no one can see how disastrously your product is failing.
My last book is training AI without my consent, which is not only irritating but gives me even less confidence in AI-generated writing than I had before.
September 25, 2023 at 10:28 PM
My last book is training AI without my consent, which is not only irritating but gives me even less confidence in AI-generated writing than I had before.
Please join us in person or online next Thursday at 6:30 p.m. ET at NYU Journalism for a conversation on Heat, Smoke, and Climate Justice with bestselling author Jeff Goodell and wildfire health expert Joseph Wilkins! Register for the in-person event or watch the livestream at journalism.nyu.edu/kc
September 22, 2023 at 10:00 PM
Please join us in person or online next Thursday at 6:30 p.m. ET at NYU Journalism for a conversation on Heat, Smoke, and Climate Justice with bestselling author Jeff Goodell and wildfire health expert Joseph Wilkins! Register for the in-person event or watch the livestream at journalism.nyu.edu/kc
Things must really be getting grim at the other place.
September 5, 2023 at 11:30 AM
Things must really be getting grim at the other place.
“Justice is indiscriminately due to all, without regard to numbers, wealth, or rank.” -- John Jay, the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1794.
August 24, 2023 at 11:46 PM
“Justice is indiscriminately due to all, without regard to numbers, wealth, or rank.” -- John Jay, the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1794.
Our new summer place is almost ready. @alisonfrankel.bsky.social
July 29, 2023 at 3:34 PM
Our new summer place is almost ready. @alisonfrankel.bsky.social
Two for your consideration:
July 27, 2023 at 10:27 PM
Two for your consideration:
Pretty late for our first monarch of the summer but glad to see her anyway.
July 24, 2023 at 8:55 PM
Pretty late for our first monarch of the summer but glad to see her anyway.
One of the most beautiful words in this unlovely language of ours, and it’s not in #nytspellingbee. Surely this is a crime against humanity. #hivemind
July 15, 2023 at 7:13 PM
One of the most beautiful words in this unlovely language of ours, and it’s not in #nytspellingbee. Surely this is a crime against humanity. #hivemind
Americans AND Jews, which is really all you need to know about this group.
July 12, 2023 at 5:35 PM
Americans AND Jews, which is really all you need to know about this group.
Happy 4th from Sea Cliff!
July 5, 2023 at 1:12 PM
Happy 4th from Sea Cliff!