McKenna Sweet
@mckennasweet.bsky.social
documenting the beginning of my conservation/journalism career 🦫📰 | uw seattle alumna 🎓
sometimes science means fieldwork, and sometimes it means spending five hours pre-labeling bags so you aren’t miserable in said field
October 31, 2025 at 8:40 PM
sometimes science means fieldwork, and sometimes it means spending five hours pre-labeling bags so you aren’t miserable in said field
In case this is of use to anyone running trials or packing sack lunches, the Walmart brand brown bag packages routinely have 48 bags — not 50. Calculate accordingly!
October 31, 2025 at 8:38 PM
In case this is of use to anyone running trials or packing sack lunches, the Walmart brand brown bag packages routinely have 48 bags — not 50. Calculate accordingly!
learned that hiking pants are not the best if you want to avoid collecting hundreds of Illinois and pointed leaf tick trefoil seeds!
picking them off at least makes for a relaxing afternoon in the sun :)
picking them off at least makes for a relaxing afternoon in the sun :)
September 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
learned that hiking pants are not the best if you want to avoid collecting hundreds of Illinois and pointed leaf tick trefoil seeds!
picking them off at least makes for a relaxing afternoon in the sun :)
picking them off at least makes for a relaxing afternoon in the sun :)
Last month, I had the privilege of talking to Dr. Chetan Seshadri and @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social about why everything is TB.
I am also so grateful for @chaitnad.bsky.social, The University Bookstore, and Green's publisher, Elyse Marshall, who praised my Culver's tote bag. Yay cheese curds!
I am also so grateful for @chaitnad.bsky.social, The University Bookstore, and Green's publisher, Elyse Marshall, who praised my Culver's tote bag. Yay cheese curds!
April 9, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Last month, I had the privilege of talking to Dr. Chetan Seshadri and @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social about why everything is TB.
I am also so grateful for @chaitnad.bsky.social, The University Bookstore, and Green's publisher, Elyse Marshall, who praised my Culver's tote bag. Yay cheese curds!
I am also so grateful for @chaitnad.bsky.social, The University Bookstore, and Green's publisher, Elyse Marshall, who praised my Culver's tote bag. Yay cheese curds!
The Stand Up for Science rally in Seattle concluded at around 2:45 p.m. today. It drew over approximately 1000 people who were researchers, healthcare workers, students, and members of the public.
Article and photos to be published next week.
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Article and photos to be published next week.
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March 7, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The Stand Up for Science rally in Seattle concluded at around 2:45 p.m. today. It drew over approximately 1000 people who were researchers, healthcare workers, students, and members of the public.
Article and photos to be published next week.
Photo via @emorudphoto.bsky.social
Article and photos to be published next week.
Photo via @emorudphoto.bsky.social
Pediatric oncologist Jim Olson, who runs a lab at the Seattle Children’s Research Institute, is the eleventh speaker at the rally.
He tells the crowd that it’s important to train the next generation of scientists.
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He tells the crowd that it’s important to train the next generation of scientists.
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March 7, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Pediatric oncologist Jim Olson, who runs a lab at the Seattle Children’s Research Institute, is the eleventh speaker at the rally.
He tells the crowd that it’s important to train the next generation of scientists.
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He tells the crowd that it’s important to train the next generation of scientists.
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Washington Commissioner of Public Lands Dave Upthegrove is the tenth speaker at the rally.
“Laying off scientists doesn’t erase the challenges we face, it weakens our ability to solve them.”
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“Laying off scientists doesn’t erase the challenges we face, it weakens our ability to solve them.”
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March 7, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Washington Commissioner of Public Lands Dave Upthegrove is the tenth speaker at the rally.
“Laying off scientists doesn’t erase the challenges we face, it weakens our ability to solve them.”
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“Laying off scientists doesn’t erase the challenges we face, it weakens our ability to solve them.”
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Western Washington University professor of psychology Ira Hyman is the ninth speaker of the rally. He studies how people adopt and believe disinformation.
“I actually wanna talk about the right-wing bullshit machine.”
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“I actually wanna talk about the right-wing bullshit machine.”
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March 7, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Western Washington University professor of psychology Ira Hyman is the ninth speaker of the rally. He studies how people adopt and believe disinformation.
“I actually wanna talk about the right-wing bullshit machine.”
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“I actually wanna talk about the right-wing bullshit machine.”
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UW professor of medicine Chetan Sashadri is the eighth speaker of the rally. He tells the crowd about his past week, where multiple meetings and grant reviews affecting his research were canceled.
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March 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
UW professor of medicine Chetan Sashadri is the eighth speaker of the rally. He tells the crowd about his past week, where multiple meetings and grant reviews affecting his research were canceled.
Photo via @emorudphoto.bsky.social
Photo via @emorudphoto.bsky.social
President of the Washington State Nurses Association Justin Gill is the seventh speaker of the rally.
“Nurses do not back down … today, we push back.”
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“Nurses do not back down … today, we push back.”
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March 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM
President of the Washington State Nurses Association Justin Gill is the seventh speaker of the rally.
“Nurses do not back down … today, we push back.”
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“Nurses do not back down … today, we push back.”
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UW professor of psychology Kevin King is the sixth speaker of the rally, and talks about his work studying people with alcohol and substance addictions.
“We think you’re worthy of being understood.”
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“We think you’re worthy of being understood.”
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March 7, 2025 at 9:18 PM
UW professor of psychology Kevin King is the sixth speaker of the rally, and talks about his work studying people with alcohol and substance addictions.
“We think you’re worthy of being understood.”
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“We think you’re worthy of being understood.”
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Ella Spurlock, third-year graduate student studying inorganic chemistry at UW, is the fifth speaker of the rally.
“Science only works because we do.”
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“Science only works because we do.”
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March 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Ella Spurlock, third-year graduate student studying inorganic chemistry at UW, is the fifth speaker of the rally.
“Science only works because we do.”
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“Science only works because we do.”
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March 7, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Climate Impacts Group senior scientist Meade Krosby speaks about the effects of the federal threats on climate science.
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March 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Climate Impacts Group senior scientist Meade Krosby speaks about the effects of the federal threats on climate science.
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Gov. Bob Ferguson speaks in support of science and scientists.
“We’ll get through this working together.”
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“We’ll get through this working together.”
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March 7, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Gov. Bob Ferguson speaks in support of science and scientists.
“We’ll get through this working together.”
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“We’ll get through this working together.”
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Former UW research oceanographer Brendan Carter speaks second at the rally. He was terminated from his federal oceanography position last week.
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March 7, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Former UW research oceanographer Brendan Carter speaks second at the rally. He was terminated from his federal oceanography position last week.
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Abraham Flaxman, UW global health associate professor, is the first guest speaker of the rally.
“We are going to win this together, or not at all.”
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“We are going to win this together, or not at all.”
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March 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Abraham Flaxman, UW global health associate professor, is the first guest speaker of the rally.
“We are going to win this together, or not at all.”
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“We are going to win this together, or not at all.”
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Joanne Fann, who graduated from UW in ‘92 with a master’s in speech pathology, holds a sign supporting the science that saved her life after repeated cancer diagnoses.
“If it weren’t for research and funding from NIH, I wouldn’t be here.”
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“If it weren’t for research and funding from NIH, I wouldn’t be here.”
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March 7, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Joanne Fann, who graduated from UW in ‘92 with a master’s in speech pathology, holds a sign supporting the science that saved her life after repeated cancer diagnoses.
“If it weren’t for research and funding from NIH, I wouldn’t be here.”
Photo via @emorudphoto.bsky.social
“If it weren’t for research and funding from NIH, I wouldn’t be here.”
Photo via @emorudphoto.bsky.social
Crowd has grown to approximately 400 people.
March 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Crowd has grown to approximately 400 people.
Over 100 people have gathered for the Stand Up for Science rally outside of the Mural Amphitheater at the Seattle Center. The rally is scheduled to begin at 12 p.m..
Updates on the event will be provided on this thread.
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Updates on the event will be provided on this thread.
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March 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Over 100 people have gathered for the Stand Up for Science rally outside of the Mural Amphitheater at the Seattle Center. The rally is scheduled to begin at 12 p.m..
Updates on the event will be provided on this thread.
Photo via @emorudphoto.bsky.social
Updates on the event will be provided on this thread.
Photo via @emorudphoto.bsky.social