Selena Ross
@selenaross.bsky.social
Journalist, new New Yorker, old Montrealer
Hi! I'm a reporter and would love to talk to you about this if you could send me a quick DM. Thanks!
August 29, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Hi! I'm a reporter and would love to talk to you about this if you could send me a quick DM. Thanks!
Hi Bob! I'm a reporter - would you mind DMing me? Thanks!
August 29, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Hi Bob! I'm a reporter - would you mind DMing me? Thanks!
It's weird reporting on anything that happens to be Canadian from outside Canada.. have to suppress the embarrassing knee-jerk "hey did you see that's Canadian!!!" conditioning
June 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
It's weird reporting on anything that happens to be Canadian from outside Canada.. have to suppress the embarrassing knee-jerk "hey did you see that's Canadian!!!" conditioning
The technology of laying rain-soaking "sponge" underneath dozens of miles of the busiest urban streets. Only place in the USA to try this on such a big scale. hellgatenyc.com/brooklyn-spo...
Brooklyn Is Becoming a Sponge
The country's most ambitious effort to deploy "sponge streets" as a flood mitigation tool is happening right here in New York City.
hellgatenyc.com
June 4, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The technology of laying rain-soaking "sponge" underneath dozens of miles of the busiest urban streets. Only place in the USA to try this on such a big scale. hellgatenyc.com/brooklyn-spo...
A piece from last year that's relevant again now, about how AI is starting to help predict when/where wildfires will break out - even where lightning is likely to strike. t.co/GnDZNGlrb0
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/15/how-ai-is-revolutionising-how-firefighters-tackle-blazes-and-saving-lives
t.co
June 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
A piece from last year that's relevant again now, about how AI is starting to help predict when/where wildfires will break out - even where lightning is likely to strike. t.co/GnDZNGlrb0
Another from the same series on why there's actually one (but only one) kind of flower you can buy in North America in the dead of winter that's been grown locally and not flown in from Central America. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/c...
How Can My Valentine’s Flowers Show the Earth Love, Too?
www.nytimes.com
June 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Another from the same series on why there's actually one (but only one) kind of flower you can buy in North America in the dead of winter that's been grown locally and not flown in from Central America. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/c...
From this week, here's an explainer on which cooking oils are the least bad for the environment. No spoilers, but one actually acts as a carbon sink and is therefore *good* for the climate: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/c...
Which Cooking Oil Should I Use?
www.nytimes.com
June 4, 2025 at 2:24 PM
From this week, here's an explainer on which cooking oils are the least bad for the environment. No spoilers, but one actually acts as a carbon sink and is therefore *good* for the climate: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/c...