John Higgins
jhigginswriter.bsky.social
John Higgins
@jhigginswriter.bsky.social
Science writer, Fred Hutch News, covering the Basic Sciences and Human Biology research divisions of Fred Hutch Cancer Center @fredhutch.bsky.social. Frmr @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social, Akron Beacon Journal, soljourno.bsky.social, @ksjatmit.bsky.social.
Moment of bliss from the Pando aspen grove near Fish Lake, Utah, The detour from I-70 was soooo worth it.
August 20, 2025 at 3:48 PM
This is the site of an American concentration camp. The National Park Service has done a terrific job here, sharing the stories of survivors of WW2 incarceration. Extremely relevant for our troubled times.
August 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM
He led the Hands Off and No Kings protests in his hometown of Edmonds, WA, with fiery patriotic speeches tempered with his usual charm and grace in defense of democracy.
June 27, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Edmonds' own Rick Steves fires up the crowd, introduced by a Navy vet of Iraq war who said the only channel she got growing up in Appalachia was PBS. Watching Rick Steves inspired her to enlist and see the world.
June 14, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Best sign in Edmonds WA today: support king salmon, not president kings
June 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Nice morning at Pier 62, Standing up for Science!
May 18, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Fred Hutch News is in Yale building, which has limited power during outage, so I posted up here for day, looking out on lovely Towne Courtyard.
April 15, 2025 at 10:22 PM
And here he is in Edmonds, WA today walking the walk #handsoff
April 6, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Rick Steves hurried home from Istanbul to stand up for democracy (and PBS) in Edmonds, WA.
April 5, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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