Jenny Cox

I love Dinosaur National Monument. The wall of dinosaur fossils is incredible!

What are your favorite science-related vacations? Here are some of mine.
(Every vacation can be a science vacation if you interpret "science" broadly, which we should, and look at it right.) www.lastwordonnothing.com/2025/10/20/s...

FEMA Acting Administrator Richardson describes a conversation with a cable news producer that sounds very real and not at all made up:

In the course of an answer to a question about state budgets for disaster response and recovery, FEMA Acting Director Richardson said he just learned from his girlfriend (who has “huge red hair”) that Texas is bigger than Spain. He consulted a map to be sure.

You have to be a special kind of stupid to put a tariff on islands solely occupied by penguins

This is beyond inhumane.

It’s insane that we have to do this.

‘One of the darkest days’: NIH purges agency leadership amid mass layoffs In shock move, four institute directors at the US biomedical agency are removed from their posts.

"Frankly unconscionable"

"NIH will cease to function"

@maxkozlov.bsky.social covers Trump's purge of leadership at the National Institutes of Health, the world's leading biomedical research agency

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www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Sen. Booker’s speech was a substantive and moral account of this moment. He did not read the phone book. He did not babble.
For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity.

What will you do?

You get to write the coolest articles.

‘We’re hurting.’ Trans scientists call for recognition and support from research community “Rigorous science demands” it, authors write in landmark commentary

In a landmark commentary last year, 24 scientists from around the globe—all of whom either identify as trans or have trans family members—called for recognition and support from the research community. #TransDayOfVisibility scim.ag/4l8LK5O

Well, there goes our typically safe food and any food recalls that may be needed.

Our veterans deserve better care and services, not over stressed and declining services. 🤬

Looking forward to reading this.

When the Earth Was Green: Plants, Animals, and Evolution's Greatest Romance Plants, Animals, and Evolution's Greatest Romance

I’m thrilled When the Earth Was Green is out!

I’m grateful to @stmartinspress.bsky.social for taking another one from me, and to @cassidygraham.bsky.social for helping me weed the manuscript. @mullanelit.bsky.social got it sold, and of course I couldn’t have done it without @dinopupper.bsky.social.

There Seems to Be One Principle Governing RFK Jr.’s View of Health Despite the name, he’s no Kennedy.

It's the "again" that makes MAHA, like MAGA, so sickening. My mini-profile of RFK Jr. is part of Slate's new cast of characters in the Trump circle. I understand not wanting to read about these creeps & grifters & demagogues, but this series is clever & we can't not know slate.com/technology/2...

Americans’ Views of 2024 Election News About three-quarters of U.S. adults say they’ve seen inaccurate election news at least somewhat often, and many say it’s hard to tell what’s true.

Found this very interesting Pew Research report on where we get our political news and whether we can tell if it is accurate. It’s from October 2024.
www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2...

Fire Risk To Homes Where Cities And Wildlands Meet About a third of US homes are in a wildland-urban interface, a kind of high-risk area where development meets open land.

The threat of fire is growing, particularly in areas where development meets open land. About a third of U.S. homes are in these high-risk areas.

Dr. Kimiko Barrett and Dr. Alexandra Syphard join us to discuss the science of urban fires.

NASW "PIO Committee" Member Survey Dec. 2024 New co-chairs Lauren Quinn and Gary Werner want to hear from you! Please share your thoughts below. You can also reach us anytime at pio@nasw.org.

Are you a science writer at a university, federal agency or other institution? The @sciencewriters.org PIO Committee wants to hear from you by Jan. 22! Take this survey to share what kind of programming you may be interested in in 2025, and share how you'd like to get involved. 🧪

Me, too

How to help your audience understand the unprecedented LA fires Journalists need to help audiences understand how new and different the LA fires are, and what that means going forward.

My tip sheet on helping people understand the unprecedented #LAfires, including underreported topics journalists can dig into:
healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/01...

Warning of stowaway snakes and tree-frogs hiding in pot plants Frogs, lizards, snakes and insect pests are being transported across the world on ornamental plants.

Frogs, lizards, snakes, spiders & other insect pests are being transported across the world on cut flowers and potted plants, with the potential to harm nature, according to scientists. 🧪🐸🦎🐍🕷️🦋

Link to original study posted below.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

NC Gov. Josh Stein issues executive order on abortion, reproductive rights Protecting women's rights, particularly around reproductive freedoms, was a key focus of Stein's 2024 campaign for governor. He positioned himself in stark contrast with the Republican-led state legis...

Thank you Governor Stein for caring about the wellbeing of women and girls.

www.wral.com/story/nc-gov...

The Golden Age of Antibiotics

Credit: #OurWorldInData #salonium

Just do your best not to shop at Walmart. It abuses its workers and pulls money out of the community and kills locally owned businesses.

The Smallpox Outbreak That Almost Stole Christmas: Sussex County, 1919 YouTube video by Epi Ren

We put together something for the season, to remind you of the power of vaccination. Full story on our blog (link in the bio). Enjoy...
youtube.com/shorts/L7EXz...

using their "christianity" as a reason to hate people just shows how very NOT christian they are. They're hiding behind false religious beliefs to try to hide their bigotry and hate--two very unchristian qualities.

Climate Diplomacy’s $300 Billion Failure Climate negotiations at COP29 ended in a deal that mostly showed how far the world is from facing climate change’s real dangers.

I wrote about the elephant in the room at COP: National debt. Developing countries are drowning in debts owed to states, private bondholders, and banks. Disasters provoke more debt. New climate finance often comes as debt, too. It's a dangerous spiral. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...

So once again he gets away with a criminal act.

Screenshot of Jennifer Huber smiling as she accepts the award on Zoom.

ANNOUNCEMENT: The National Association of Science Writers awards its 2024 NASW Diane McGurgan Service Award for member volunteerism to Jennifer Huber. Congratulations Jennifer—and thank you for everything you do for NASW! www.nasw.org/article... 💚🧪📝