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Joe Rojas-Burke
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I'm a #ScienceWriter based in Arizona (most of the time) and in Brooklyn. Sharing stuff about science, journalism, politics, beloved plants and animals, #RockClimbing, #Bicycling, #Gardening...
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Happy Friday, kids!
A gas mask in the shape of mickey mouse's face is displayed on a child-sized mannequin.
November 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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knockout blooms today in the Arizona desert
daisy-like yellow blooms of brittlebush cholla cactus with many branches covered in spines and one orange flower creosote bush with tiny gold blossoms rooted in a rocky niche globemallow seedling with two orange flowers about to open
November 21, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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Daichi Fujii has observed ~60 moon impacts since 2011. Last week he recorded two back-to-back strikes. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/s...
November 5, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Fave so far #phoenix #nokings
October 18, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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No Kings Phoenix
October 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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I did not realize I was releasing a high-velocity turtle torpedo.
October 3, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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“When the law is used as a tool to crush civil liberties, it does not extinguish dissent, it strengthens it”

Nice AP report on the latest mural by Banksy:
www.latimes.com/world-nation...
A mural by Banksy shows a protester lying on the ground holding a blood-splattered placard while a judge in wig and gown beats him with a gavel. Banksy's Instagram post of the work was captioned “Royal Courts Of Justice. London.”
September 8, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Lucas Dillard was raised by a single mother in rural Appalachia, made it into a Ph.D. program in molecular biophysics at Johns Hopkins, and won a prestigious NIH fellowship for promising doctoral students. Trump’s executive order banning federally funded DEI programs killed the fellowship.
Lucas Dillard, a young man with a beard sits at a microscope.
July 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Billie Reneker, a PhD student in developmental biology, grew up in rural Georgia. Neither of her parents went to college: Her father is a construction worker; her mother drives a school bus. Funding revoked, she expects to abandon her plans to find a postdoctoral position.
Reneker, a young woman, is pictured in a lab coat seated at a microscope.
July 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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"I cannot stress enough how deeply upsetting and demoralizing these cuts are to a community of people who only ever wanted to solve problems and be of use.”
Guardian's Nina Lakhani explains consequences of gutting the NSF
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
#sciencejobs #stem #globalcompetitiveness
A table showing the top 20 organizations by total canceled NSF grant budgets: Harvard University $148.1m Arizona State University $36.8m University of Colorado at Boulder $27.6m University of California-Berkeley $22.8m University of Texas at El Paso $21.3m University of Texas at Austin $20.6m University of California-Irvine $17.6m University of Michigan $17.4m Auburn University $16.4m University of Maryland Baltimore County $15.7m Michigan State University $15.6m University of Washington $15.5m SRI International $14.6m University of Wisconsin-Madison $14.0m Clark Atlanta University $14.0m Northeastern University $13.7m University of Pittsburgh $13.5m University of Virginia $11.5m Columbia University $11.4m Howard University $11.3m
July 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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In March, the Trump administration denounced the SDGs, which the U.N. created in 2015 during President Barack Obama’s administration with the aim of reaching them by 2030. The second Trump administration has also pulled out of other international sustainability initiatives, including the Paris Agreement on climate change, and moved to cut billions in funding for scientific research and social programs—including many focused on reducing social inequities, addressing climate change and advancing diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
June 18, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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took a walk in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and, as always, spirits revived

#nyc
A bue jay sings from a hidden perch within a leafy hedge. A chipmunk pauses excavation work in a patch of grass to scan the perimeter for danger. A profusion of deep pink roses stand proud above healthy foliage.
June 12, 2025 at 9:36 PM