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Meghan Bartels@meghanbartels.bsky.social |
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News reporter at Scientific American (posts are my fault). Book person, cat person, etc. she/her meghanbartels.github.io/portfolio/
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Becky Hammer
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Donations to support people seeking abortion care are down since Dobbs and national orgs are reducing support. Please consider making Samuel Alito mad by donating to your local abortion fund today
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Andrea Thompson
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Beryl has just been incredible--and terrifying--to watch. Thanks to @bmcnoldy.bsky.social for speaking with me for this piece
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Laura Helmuth
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"The ISS is perhaps the most complex construction project ever executed. ... Safely destroying the space station arguably will be even harder than assembling it." www.scientificamerican.com/article/spac... by @meghanbartels.bsky.social on Scientific American
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Ketan Joshi
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Fundamentally refusing to consider the 'what if we just didn't expand and grow uncontrollably' option pushes people into the wildest areas imaginable
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Meghan Bartels
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Good morning, policy wonks and SCOTUS nerds waiting for today's decisions to drop! Will Chevron deference be among them? Let's find out! www.scientificamerican.com/article/supr...
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Meghan Bartels
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Looks very soothing.
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Laura Helmuth
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It's gross out. This weekend would be a good time to stay in & enjoy magazines & podcasts & interesting news & oh look we're having a 40% off sale.... www.scientificamerican.com/getsciam/?ut...
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Courtney Milan
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I was just thinking about this because we live in a world where nobody has to have HIV in the future and we can regrow teeth and have tons of renewable energy and could really transform into a post-scarcity society, but "maybe we can take care of people" is still the most left of left positions.
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Laura Helmuth
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Fun fun this is fun: Mathematicians shared their favorite equations -- the ones they think are most beautiful -- and then took photos of them on their chalkboards, notebooks, or drawn in the sand. Just lovely 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/thes...
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Sam Brunson
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PSA: If your carbon monoxide alarm goes off, get yourself and your pets outside and call 911. Ours just went off and we had to Google what to do (which we did quickly). We took the cats on the back porch, I called 911. Firefighters were here in a matter of minutes. 1/
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Gfrancie (Benevolent Siren)
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The thing about a union is you don't have to love it. You don't have to love the people IN your union. Sometimes, people in the union annoy you. But you are committed TO the union, and the goals. It's community. You respect your community.
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pee wee herman-palladino
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ME: is the carbon footprint of driving my kids to go camping morally permissible if experiencing nature leads them to act more sustainably throughout their lives GOOGLE: we're draining freshwater lakes to tell people to drink bleach
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Meghan Bartels
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PSA: It is now spotted-lanternfly-nymph-squashing season in NYC! Please act accordingly!
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Meghan Bartels
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That’s a really interesting point!
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Meghan Bartels
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If I inform my insurance that in fact I had retina services at an ophthalmologist and not at an OB/GYN do we think they’ll cover more of the cost? 🤔
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Meghan Bartels
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BEARY IMPORTANT SCIENCE 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...
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Melissa Sevigny
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Exploring the U of Michigan Biological Station at Douglas Lake this week, and got a boat ride/aquatic plant lesson this afternoon. This is bladderwort - it traps and eats bugs! It's a keystone predator in lakes! Isn't that WILD?!🧪🌎
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Meghan Bartels
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It's the question of our time: if not friend, why friend-shaped? The answer you need: 🧪 www.tiktok.com/@scientifica...
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Meghan Bartels
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I can confirm I am more than 5 pounds.
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Meghan Bartels
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For optimal benefit, please also feed your adult me 17 treats daily.
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Meghan Bartels
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The deep-dive investigation of Charlotte the allegedly pregnant stingray you never knew you wanted: 🧪 www.theassemblync.com/environment/...
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Laura Helmuth
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The massive sunspot cluster that caused solar flares & auroras earlier in May just rotated back toward the Earth and it's still going strong 🧪🔠www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-... by @meghanbartels.bsky.social on Scientific American
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Meghan Bartels
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There's more to a hurricane than its category--stay safe out there, y'all! 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/hurr...
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Daniel Dockery
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I love knowing so many writers who either don't have jobs right now or are severely underpaid and then seeing this
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Dawn Xiana Moon
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Fun fact: There are 2781 billionaires in the world. This year they're worth $2 trillion more than they were last year - over $14 trillion total, according to Forbes. According to the UN World Food Programme, we could end world hunger with just $40 billion/year.
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Meghan Bartels
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Listen I knew going in the Ptolemies were truly horrifying and I love me some drama but I just read about Cleopatra Selene and I need to lie down for like a month now.
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Meghan Bartels
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Don’t be afraid to say you don’t know the answer to something. And if they’re missing asking about something you want to talk about or think is important or fun or whatever, bring it up yourself!
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Meghan Bartels
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I’m a firm believer that never is a good time to power wash anything, but come on, 9am on the beautiful Saturday of a long weekend??
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Meghan Bartels
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Omg perfection!!!
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Jen Christiansen
@christiansenjen.bsky.social
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If the recent eclipse and current solar storms + auroras have you wondering about the sun, here’s a great recent story by @rboyle31.bsky.social that’ll get you up to speed. www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
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Meghan Bartels
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Wow another computer update that makes my life more annoying, how shocking!
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Meghan Bartels
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Someone on the bad place says it’s Longfellow!
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Meghan Bartels
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Anyone know who this bust is of?
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Meghan Bartels
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Today's status:
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Meghan Bartels
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Wanna get mad let's get mad 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/abor...
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Meghan Bartels
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How worried should we be about bird flu in cattle? Only a little, for now (but there's lots of room for it to get worse): 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/u-s-...
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Laura Helmuth
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Happy cicada silly season! Here's advice from a chef, a veterinarian and a couple of anthropologists about whether they're safe for people or pets & how to eat them 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/cica... by @meghanbartels.bsky.social on Scientific American
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Molly Knight
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wHy DoN’t WoMeN cOmE fOrWaRd? 🤡🤡🤡
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Meghan Bartels
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Cicadas have been SPOTTED. We are GO for cicadas. Here's how they tell time. 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
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Meghan Bartels
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Adorable ferret triplets inspire cryogenic tissue freezing campaign: 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
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Meghan Bartels
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I know it sucks but plants and your immune system are all just doing their best: 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...
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Meghan Bartels
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The planet has 33,000 species of these goobers and I just think that's nice. www.google.com/search?sca_u...
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Amanda Heidt
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🧪Hello science friends! Looking to speak with scientists who are caregivers, particularly if you are caring for a spouse or relative. It's for an upcoming piece in Nature. Please spread the word and RT!
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Meghan Bartels
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Sorry to disappoint!
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Meghan Bartels
@meghanbartels.bsky.social
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If you saw some little red dots during the eclipse and wondered "what the heck?" I gotchu: www.scientificamerican.com/article/red-... 🧪 ðŸ”
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Meghan Bartels
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Watch the eclipse from Texas with my SciAm friends! youtu.be/CXVHSp2ZA78 🧪 They'll have totality in about 40 minutes.
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Meghan Bartels
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My building is switching to laundry machines that require their special app to scan a QR code, so once again, fuck COVID! We could have left QR codes in 2014 where they belonged!
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Erin Biba
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NY/NJ you have a chance to participate in one if the most fun earthquake activities- the USGS Did You Feel It? You can participate in doing SCIENCE 🧪 by helping the USGS better understand how the earthquake impacted the area. Fill out the Did You Feel It here: earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
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Laura Helmuth
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For science journalists, the combo of earthquake plus eclipse plus double cicada brood is like our super bowl, presidential election and oscars all in one week 🧪 by @andreatweather.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/eart...
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Meghan Bartels
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Good morning, New York! 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/eart...
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