Miriam Krause
@mirk47.bsky.social
science, books, geekery (she/her)
owner of @catalystbooks.bsky.social, day job with @sustainablenano.bsky.social
47 is about Pomona College and I refuse to abandon it
🌩️👀 zqGgatlznrqu
owner of @catalystbooks.bsky.social, day job with @sustainablenano.bsky.social
47 is about Pomona College and I refuse to abandon it
🌩️👀 zqGgatlznrqu
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warning: contains me
Ah the scientific method and its 7 steps to being told you're wrong 🤔💭But being wrong is still important to the process!
We're celebrating WORLD SCIENCE DAY and the blunders of progress with FAILURE TO LAUNCH on sale for 30% off! Get ready to make a mess!
store.ironcircus.com/products/fai... 🧪
We're celebrating WORLD SCIENCE DAY and the blunders of progress with FAILURE TO LAUNCH on sale for 30% off! Get ready to make a mess!
store.ironcircus.com/products/fai... 🧪
November 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
warning: contains me
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attn: all the freelance writers
(My brain is currently stuck on esoteric food history, but maybe YOU have something more appropriate for Slate)
(My brain is currently stuck on esoteric food history, but maybe YOU have something more appropriate for Slate)
Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
November 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
attn: all the freelance writers
(My brain is currently stuck on esoteric food history, but maybe YOU have something more appropriate for Slate)
(My brain is currently stuck on esoteric food history, but maybe YOU have something more appropriate for Slate)
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I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
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agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
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if you are food insecure for both the humans and pets in your household there is a tool called Pet Help Finder that can help locate pet food banks nearby and other free or reduced price assistance and supplies for pets.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
November 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
if you are food insecure for both the humans and pets in your household there is a tool called Pet Help Finder that can help locate pet food banks nearby and other free or reduced price assistance and supplies for pets.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
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TENTATIVE AGREEMENT REACHED!!
when we fight, students win!! ✊💙
when we fight, students win!! ✊💙
November 9, 2025 at 4:55 AM
TENTATIVE AGREEMENT REACHED!!
when we fight, students win!! ✊💙
when we fight, students win!! ✊💙
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the pet food bank near me has been having to close early from running out of food, so if this is your lane this is another way to help
With SNAP benefits going out late, nonprofits are begging for pet food donations to prevent desperate owners from surrendering their dogs and cats to animal shelters.
Families on SNAP worry about not just feeding themselves but also their pets
With SNAP benefits going out late, nonprofits are begging for pet food donations to prevent desperate owners from surrendering their dogs and cats to animal shelters.
bit.ly
November 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
the pet food bank near me has been having to close early from running out of food, so if this is your lane this is another way to help
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
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Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶
November 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶
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Anyone local have extra YA books? They seem to go fastest at the @supplydepotmpls.bsky.social, and reading is harm reduction
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Anyone local have extra YA books? They seem to go fastest at the @supplydepotmpls.bsky.social, and reading is harm reduction
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We have a new timeline up today on our Medical Research Funding page, documenting the onslaught of political, legal, and bureaucratic attacks on medical research since January:
unbreaking.org/issues/medic...
unbreaking.org/issues/medic...
Medical Research Funding: Timeline — Unbreaking
How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.
unbreaking.org
November 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
We have a new timeline up today on our Medical Research Funding page, documenting the onslaught of political, legal, and bureaucratic attacks on medical research since January:
unbreaking.org/issues/medic...
unbreaking.org/issues/medic...
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Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
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Maybe I'll do a little Mira Nair film festival in my house this week to celebrate her son's big win.
Mississippi Masala is on Criterion Channel & HBO Max.
Vanity Fair is on STARZ.
The Namesake is on Hulu.
Queen of Katwe is on Disney+.
Monsoon Wedding & Salaam Bombay! aren't streaming?!?. Boo.
Mississippi Masala is on Criterion Channel & HBO Max.
Vanity Fair is on STARZ.
The Namesake is on Hulu.
Queen of Katwe is on Disney+.
Monsoon Wedding & Salaam Bombay! aren't streaming?!?. Boo.
November 5, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Maybe I'll do a little Mira Nair film festival in my house this week to celebrate her son's big win.
Mississippi Masala is on Criterion Channel & HBO Max.
Vanity Fair is on STARZ.
The Namesake is on Hulu.
Queen of Katwe is on Disney+.
Monsoon Wedding & Salaam Bombay! aren't streaming?!?. Boo.
Mississippi Masala is on Criterion Channel & HBO Max.
Vanity Fair is on STARZ.
The Namesake is on Hulu.
Queen of Katwe is on Disney+.
Monsoon Wedding & Salaam Bombay! aren't streaming?!?. Boo.
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Info for Hennepin County residents about recycling campaign lawn signs:
November 7, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Info for Hennepin County residents about recycling campaign lawn signs:
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“The Committee’s unfounded accusations, dependence on clearly compromised sources, and selective presentation of ‘evidence’ represent an unprecedented abuse of congressional power—designed not to find the truth, but to silence leadership that refuses to yield to political pressure.”
— GMU-AAUP
— GMU-AAUP
Congress Accuses GMU President of Lying About DEI Efforts
The GOP-led House Judiciary Committee accused George Mason University's president of lying about DEI practices and likely violating civil rights laws. He has denied the claims.
www.insidehighered.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:48 PM
“The Committee’s unfounded accusations, dependence on clearly compromised sources, and selective presentation of ‘evidence’ represent an unprecedented abuse of congressional power—designed not to find the truth, but to silence leadership that refuses to yield to political pressure.”
— GMU-AAUP
— GMU-AAUP
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hi! tomorrow is my birthday.
i’ve written a children’s book about how land is indigenous land and a young readers book about the history of boarding schools.
now i’m writing a YA indigenous solarpunk novel about 100 years after #landback
for my birthday, i’m asking for help doing that.
i’ve written a children’s book about how land is indigenous land and a young readers book about the history of boarding schools.
now i’m writing a YA indigenous solarpunk novel about 100 years after #landback
for my birthday, i’m asking for help doing that.
November 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
hi! tomorrow is my birthday.
i’ve written a children’s book about how land is indigenous land and a young readers book about the history of boarding schools.
now i’m writing a YA indigenous solarpunk novel about 100 years after #landback
for my birthday, i’m asking for help doing that.
i’ve written a children’s book about how land is indigenous land and a young readers book about the history of boarding schools.
now i’m writing a YA indigenous solarpunk novel about 100 years after #landback
for my birthday, i’m asking for help doing that.
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An eyewitness account of conditions in Broadview detention center. It is exactly as bad as you think: the place is a degrading, dehumanizing, violent facility designed to force migrants to agree to deportation just to make their mistreatment stop.
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
An eyewitness account of conditions in Broadview detention center. It is exactly as bad as you think: the place is a degrading, dehumanizing, violent facility designed to force migrants to agree to deportation just to make their mistreatment stop.
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
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I'm going to be one of the speakers at an online writers' conference/workshop in January. If you're a writer interested in working on your craft while finding community, check it out:
wholeheartedwriters.weebly.com
wholeheartedwriters.weebly.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:32 AM
I'm going to be one of the speakers at an online writers' conference/workshop in January. If you're a writer interested in working on your craft while finding community, check it out:
wholeheartedwriters.weebly.com
wholeheartedwriters.weebly.com
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This year is the 40th anniversary of Back To The Future! Nov 5-12, we are offering adult full weekend CONvergence 2026 passes at the discount rate of $85 in order to celebrate the dates that Marty McFly was in 1955. Use code BTTF40 when you register!
👉 cvgcon.org/register
#CVG2026
👉 cvgcon.org/register
#CVG2026
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
This year is the 40th anniversary of Back To The Future! Nov 5-12, we are offering adult full weekend CONvergence 2026 passes at the discount rate of $85 in order to celebrate the dates that Marty McFly was in 1955. Use code BTTF40 when you register!
👉 cvgcon.org/register
#CVG2026
👉 cvgcon.org/register
#CVG2026
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Go Fund Me for the teacher who was kidnapped in front of children in her classroom today: www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...
Donate to Help support our teacher illegally detained by ICE, organized by Erin Horetski
Our beloved teacher, who was not just an educator but a central part … Erin Horetski needs your support for Help support our teacher illegally detained by ICE
www.gofundme.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Go Fund Me for the teacher who was kidnapped in front of children in her classroom today: www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...
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aaaand that's a wrap
no wait
no wait
BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent
Sean Dunn faced single misdemeanor offense after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.
www.nbcnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
aaaand that's a wrap
no wait
no wait
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I know some folks were asking for something like this (@meshm.bsky.social iirc) So I made a quick dot density map of the first choice Minneapolis mayoral results. This allows you to see two things that choropleth maps can't show... umn.maps.arcgis.com/apps/mapview...
November 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I know some folks were asking for something like this (@meshm.bsky.social iirc) So I made a quick dot density map of the first choice Minneapolis mayoral results. This allows you to see two things that choropleth maps can't show... umn.maps.arcgis.com/apps/mapview...
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This is how you incinerate a field of science. 🔭🧪
NASA is sinking its flagship science center during the government shutdown — and may be breaking the law in the process, critics say
"There is just a general acknowledgement that a lot of what is happening is illegal…"
www.space.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:39 AM
This is how you incinerate a field of science. 🔭🧪
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The Trump regime is East Winging the Goddard Space Flight Center, home to the 10,000 scientists and engineers in NASA science and engineering directorates.
BREAKING: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center is illegally closing 13 campus buildings (including ~100 laboratories).
Report coming from GESTA, the Goddard employee union
Report coming from GESTA, the Goddard employee union
November 4, 2025 at 10:44 PM
The Trump regime is East Winging the Goddard Space Flight Center, home to the 10,000 scientists and engineers in NASA science and engineering directorates.