Things we don't need to be both-sidesing, be "objective," or be "just asking questions!" about: The age of the Earth Evolution Climate change Vaccines Abortion Gender-affirming care for trans people Teaching actual history in history class

The research is clear and all the relevant medical organizations agree: Gender-affirming care is evidence-based & medically necessary & leads to much better outcomes for trans kids than refusing them care scientificamerican.com/article/what-t… Heather Boerner on Scientific American

Here's some unsolicited advice for The New York Times in case they listen and hire trans folks covering trans issues, coming from the first openly trans staff writer at BuzzFeed News and the first openly trans person in an executive position at Condé Nast:

What has a century of development & climate change done to California birds? “The Central Valley had less change, in general — there were winners and losers,” said Steve Beissinger UC Berkeley. “Whereas in L.A., we saw mostly losers.”

snowmen in tilden, but they get progressively uglier as you go - a thread

This could have been a very simple figure but the authors seemed to have decided to pumafy it 110%

One thing I keep reflecting on, especially in context of recent events (CA's winter storm onslaught & dramatic increasingly dramatic hydroclimate whiplash), is how high societal need is for scientist-communicators & others who offer critical context as events unfold in real-time.

We already knew that oil and gas wells are more likely to be in Black, Latinx, and low-income neighborhoods. In this new study, we learned that these disparities were worst for Black people living in neighborhoods with the most intensive oil production 1/n doi.org/10.1029/2022GH…

Check out our new paper just published in Ecosphere! 🔥🦌🦨🦝 📸 doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4… We use camera traps to examine how an assemblage of mammal species responded to one of California's largest wildfires. We found strong evidence of resistance to megafire across species!

A powerful current sweeps bear 230 down river and right by an unfazed King Otis.

More than 3 years in, with tens of millions of people still suffering, this is the comprehensive list of validated treatments for #LongCovid, as established through rigorous, randomized clinical trials

I wrote about the current rise in COVID numbers & the new EG.5 (aka “Eris”) variant for KQED News, with how you can help keep yourself & your communities safer right now👇 (Glad to see the highlighted line appears to be particularly resonating with folks. You’re not weird!)

The air in the Bay Area got really gross today. I live in a wealthy Berkeley neighborhood. Many folks have sensors and air cleaners. Some are enjoying air 10x cleaner than others. We know how to make clean indoor air accessible & affordable. Let's make it so for all.

I wrote about Michael Eisen’s ousting from eLife for defending Palestinian life, and what kind of science can happen under occupation defector.com/who-is-allowed…

ranking the Minnesota state flag submissions based on how menacing their loons are: The ladyslippers-as-spots lure you into a false sense of security, but that glinting red eye can’t be hidden 🐟🐟🐟⚪️⚪️ 3/5 terrified walleyes

I get pitched (and read) the same, tired social vulnerability study about a dozen times a week. At what point do we decide we no longer need to "prove" that Black and Brown peoples have worse health and safety outcomes. These studies are now, themselves, a form of violence. 1/3

More than half of global COVID deaths mid-Dec to mid-Jan were in the U.S. "There’s a hell of a lot more that we can do to keep people safe and save them from losing a loved one." scientificamerican.com/article/rampan… Meghan Bartels w/ WHO pandemic director Maria Van Kerkhove on Scientific American

I wrote about NPR 's decision to frame disabled people's ongoing exclusion from all public spaces as an annoyance to be navigated by individuals, rather than a massive civil rights violation to be challenged by the collective. thegauntlet.news/p/disabled-peo…

It Happened To Me: I Thought I Was Too Cool To Care About The Eclipse Last Week But In Doing So I Denied A Fundamental Truth About Myself (Loving Being A Part Of Things) And Now It's Today And I Don't Have Glasses