A bit of magic on our evening walk ✨

@katharinehayhoe.com

And we’ve known about the greenhouse effect since 1856 thanks to the pioneering work of Eunice Newton Foote, who demonstrated CO2 traps heat. https://www.climate.gov/news-features/features/happy-200th-birthday-eunice-foote-hidden-climate-science-pioneer

You know this, of course Katharine, but I love opportunities to celebrate women who have been largely overlooked in science and culture.

Also, how frustrating to find this page about Foote is now an “archived” version of climate.gov.

It didn’t have to be this way. #science #uspol

The History of Earth as a 24 hr clock. Humans have only just arrived.

Note: I first came across this image through UW-Madison geology. #science #history

@mlanger At 45 I relate as well. I feel right at the in-between, but I suspect the people who matter most to us do see we contain multitudes.

This caught my eye from Lean In:

“Women get put on a timeline they never asked for:

Too young → ‘You wouldn’t understand.’

Too old → ‘No one wants to hear that now.’

But here’s the truth: There’s no wrong age to be powerful, compelling, or taken seriously — there’s only a wrong lens.

To anyone who’s ever felt ‘past their moment” — this is your moment.’”

#Art by Erika Sjule

Evolution doesn’t look how it’s depicted in pop culture. We often picture the famous “March of Progress” illustration where a series of apes stand in line leading to a modern human.

But evolution is not linear. It branches and branches. Divides in some places and recombines in others. #science
Image: @keesey

Powerful. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/a-battle-with-my-blood

Halted NIH Clinical Trials List Reveals Slashed Treatments for Cancer, COVID and Minority Health https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/halted-nih-clinical-trials-list-reveals-slashed-treatments-for-cancer-covid/ #uspol #health

If it were up to me, we’d have better food distribution & more public libraries.

The government shutdown is now the longest in U.S. history. https://sheril.substack.com/p/shutdown-before-the-fall #uspol

So why does the 21st disruption of federal funding since 1976 feel... normal?

Of all the Serving Up #Science episodes, this is my favorite. https://youtu.be/FnOHwq6iSpk?si=zl5Q95te8kpl56d5

It’s also our least popular & least viewed. But for 7 mins, I got to talk about how amazing & essential soil really is. And that’s a win! 👩🏻‍🌾🪏🪴

My thoughts are with the people in Hurricane Melissa’s path.

#ClimateChange makes the ocean warmer, fueling stronger, more intense storms.

It’s not about politics. I hope we can come together to help the communities impacted by this extremely dangerous Category 5 #hurricane. #science

@OlePuddinhead not long enough

We lost sweet Kiwi tonight. He was a most spectacular bird. I am sad.

@jab01701mid that’s neat!

I don’t currently use audio, but it would be nice to have the option to listen to articles. I will look into adding that.

@jab01701mid Thanks John, but.. what is an audio herald?

@jab01701mid I like that - there’s more of a double meaning there

Can We Rebuild Trust in Congress?
https://open.substack.com/pub/sheril/p/can-we-rebuild-trust-in-congress?r=1j872&utm_medium=ios #uspol

With political violence on the rise, the question isn’t whether we can return to some imagined golden age of bipartisanship.

It’s whether we can rebuild the relationships that make democratic governance possible.

My new OpEd: https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/5545432-gingrich-congress-polarization-tactics/ #uspol