Joanna Thompson
@jojofoshosho.bsky.social
Science writer, insect enthusiast, part-time pro runner and coach. (she/her)
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https://joannathompson.work/
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A little something to brighten your day.
Let's Check In With People Who Threatened To Leave Zohran Mamdani's NYC | Defector
When Zohran Mamdani upset Andrew Cuomo to win the New York City Democratic mayoral primary in June, it led to a lot of histrionics. The usual fear tactics against a young Muslim democratic socialist h...
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November 7, 2025 at 11:28 AM
A little something to brighten your day.
New York! Don’t forget to vote!
October 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
New York! Don’t forget to vote!
Double schism!
Mar Awa III, patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, also born in Chicago, gave Pope Leo a Cubs jersey.
October 28, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Double schism!
Reposted by Joanna Thompson
Many food banks also accept & distribute cat and dog food.
Many rescues & shelters also have food pantries.
(This is also important, because many people will cut back on quality & volume of food they eat. In order to keep their pets safe at home.) ❤️
Many rescues & shelters also have food pantries.
(This is also important, because many people will cut back on quality & volume of food they eat. In order to keep their pets safe at home.) ❤️
October 27, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Many food banks also accept & distribute cat and dog food.
Many rescues & shelters also have food pantries.
(This is also important, because many people will cut back on quality & volume of food they eat. In order to keep their pets safe at home.) ❤️
Many rescues & shelters also have food pantries.
(This is also important, because many people will cut back on quality & volume of food they eat. In order to keep their pets safe at home.) ❤️
New evidence suggests sharks - and possibly other animals - scale like simple geometric shapes. But why? 🧪🌏 My latest for Quanta: www.quantamagazine.org/shark-data-s...
Shark Data Suggests Animals Scale Like Geometric Objects | Quanta Magazine
Despite their wide variety of sizes, niches and shapes, sharks scale geometrically, pointing to possible fundamental constraints on evolution.
www.quantamagazine.org
October 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
New evidence suggests sharks - and possibly other animals - scale like simple geometric shapes. But why? 🧪🌏 My latest for Quanta: www.quantamagazine.org/shark-data-s...
On a serious note, consider donating to your local food bank this week.
October 27, 2025 at 12:29 PM
On a serious note, consider donating to your local food bank this week.
My partner, very seriously: the K-pop demon hunters have blood on their hands.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
My partner, very seriously: the K-pop demon hunters have blood on their hands.
Reposted by Joanna Thompson
Here in Seattle, furloughed NOAA employees were out in the pouring rain cleaning up beaches yesterday, part of a national week of service organized by federal workers who can't do their jobs due to the shutdown.
Story by @heyjohnryan.bsky.social at KUOW, our federally defunded public radio station.
Story by @heyjohnryan.bsky.social at KUOW, our federally defunded public radio station.
Furloughed feds pick up Seattle beach trash to keep serving the public
Furloughed federal employees were out in the rain picking up cigarette butts, bottle caps, and other trash at Seattle’s Golden Gardens Park on Friday.
www.kuow.org
October 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Here in Seattle, furloughed NOAA employees were out in the pouring rain cleaning up beaches yesterday, part of a national week of service organized by federal workers who can't do their jobs due to the shutdown.
Story by @heyjohnryan.bsky.social at KUOW, our federally defunded public radio station.
Story by @heyjohnryan.bsky.social at KUOW, our federally defunded public radio station.
If you’re writing ‘SCOOP’ and then linking to a published news article, I just need you to understand this is not, in fact, a scoop
October 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
If you’re writing ‘SCOOP’ and then linking to a published news article, I just need you to understand this is not, in fact, a scoop
Reposted by Joanna Thompson
Can we just appreciate how stunning young Ursula K Le Guin was
October 22, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Can we just appreciate how stunning young Ursula K Le Guin was
Reposted by Joanna Thompson
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October 20, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Trying to quantify intelligence is an inherently eugenicist exercise.
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 20, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Trying to quantify intelligence is an inherently eugenicist exercise.
Reposted by Joanna Thompson
Sliwa on transportation: “I like to avoid yellow cabs. As you know I was shot in the back of a yellow cab in 1992 by the Gambinos.”
You can’t beat at NYC mayoral debate.
You can’t beat at NYC mayoral debate.
October 17, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Sliwa on transportation: “I like to avoid yellow cabs. As you know I was shot in the back of a yellow cab in 1992 by the Gambinos.”
You can’t beat at NYC mayoral debate.
You can’t beat at NYC mayoral debate.
I am once again begging you, if you see good journalism being done PLEASE share it!
October 15, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I am once again begging you, if you see good journalism being done PLEASE share it!
Reposted by Joanna Thompson
after the 10th radioactive shrimp recall in 7 weeks, i decided to do some digging
little did i know it would lead me to an underreported industrial accident that may have released an airborne plume of radioactive debris over swaths of indonesia
www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...
little did i know it would lead me to an underreported industrial accident that may have released an airborne plume of radioactive debris over swaths of indonesia
www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...
What Is Really Going on With All This Radioactive Shrimp? - Consumer Reports
Here’s the latest on how shrimp and spices got contaminated with cesium-137, how the FDA has responded, and why consumers should not panic.
www.consumerreports.org
October 9, 2025 at 7:05 PM
after the 10th radioactive shrimp recall in 7 weeks, i decided to do some digging
little did i know it would lead me to an underreported industrial accident that may have released an airborne plume of radioactive debris over swaths of indonesia
www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...
little did i know it would lead me to an underreported industrial accident that may have released an airborne plume of radioactive debris over swaths of indonesia
www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...
Getting Killed is the best Radiohead album of the decade
October 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Getting Killed is the best Radiohead album of the decade
Hey read this @sequencermag.bsky.social piece (and the essay it links to) for some really good insight re: the supposed Tylenol and autism link.
Newsletter Sept. 25, 2025: Tylenol misogyny
“To the woman he said, 'I will make your pains in childbearing very severe; with painful labor you will give birth to children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.'” - Gen...
www.sequencermag.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Hey read this @sequencermag.bsky.social piece (and the essay it links to) for some really good insight re: the supposed Tylenol and autism link.
New Rainbow Kitten Surprise album makes me want to drive around the blue ridge mountains just as the leaves are starting to turn.
October 2, 2025 at 5:34 PM
New Rainbow Kitten Surprise album makes me want to drive around the blue ridge mountains just as the leaves are starting to turn.
Hey this is a great read.
Alexander Grothendieck was a titan in his field, making deep connections that fuelled a revolution in mathematics, before giving it all up and disappearing. Jacob Aron explores what his work meant
The most important mathematician you’ve (probably) never heard of
Alexander Grothendieck was a titan in his field, making deep connections that fuelled a revolution in mathematics, before giving it all up and disappearing. Jacob Aron explores what his work meant
www.newscientist.com
September 30, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Hey this is a great read.
The insurance industry is broken, especially in wildfire-prone states like California that have been hit hard by climate change. Could a community-based risk reduction model be the solution? Proud to have gotten to co-write this story for @kneedeeptimes.bsky.social with @megduff.com 🌎🧪
Insurance Innovations Reward Communities Reducing Climate Risk
Fires and floods are scaring insurance companies away from disaster zones, but communities are doing their part to improve outcomes.
www.kneedeeptimes.org
September 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The insurance industry is broken, especially in wildfire-prone states like California that have been hit hard by climate change. Could a community-based risk reduction model be the solution? Proud to have gotten to co-write this story for @kneedeeptimes.bsky.social with @megduff.com 🌎🧪
What if the rapture did happen, but it was like 6 people and no one noticed?
September 23, 2025 at 10:16 AM
What if the rapture did happen, but it was like 6 people and no one noticed?
Holy shit this new Wednesday album!
September 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Holy shit this new Wednesday album!
This is an important point - things weren’t healthier or magically safer in the past, and we’ve known raw milk carries risks for a long time.
When people say "We used to drink raw milk from our own cow and it was fine,"
That's... usually not the case!
In families w their own cow, the mom usually boiled it before using.
We just forgot bc that's a boring chore that mom did. And who pays attention to that?
youtu.be/vKDPast9WFk
That's... usually not the case!
In families w their own cow, the mom usually boiled it before using.
We just forgot bc that's a boring chore that mom did. And who pays attention to that?
youtu.be/vKDPast9WFk
"Everyone Drank Raw Milk!" No They Didn't
YouTube video by Farm to Taber
youtu.be
September 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
This is an important point - things weren’t healthier or magically safer in the past, and we’ve known raw milk carries risks for a long time.
I’ve never been the biggest Korn fan, but I have to say watching Jonathan Davis bop around onstage in a bedazzled kilt was extremely endearing.
August 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I’ve never been the biggest Korn fan, but I have to say watching Jonathan Davis bop around onstage in a bedazzled kilt was extremely endearing.
Reposted by Joanna Thompson
