Torrey Wenger

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ecologist, teacher, multipurpose nerd

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For the reading challenge's book about climate change, I went with Tobias S Buckell's Mitigated Futures. It's a short story collection. Yes, some stories involve climate change but there's also space ships & aliens & future humans - a good mix! Crowd funded, so it might be hard to find. 💙📚

I kinda like my one hour social media time limit...

Summer challenge (book by a Nigerian author): Ikenga by Nnedi Okoragor. This is a middle grade book about a kid who receives an Ikenga (the figurine) & so gets super powers. The rhythm of the language & the word choices *feel* like I'm in Nigeria. I'm taking it to school for my bookshelf. 💙📚

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Not a summer reading challenge book, but a great used find! Translation State by Ann Leckie is set in the Raadch universe & features some previous characters in supporting roles. Fascinating look at the Presgr Translators! I heart it! Reading the previous books helps but isn't required.

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I get the instinct to mock “ChatGPT-5 will be PhD smart” w self-deprecating jokes abt how ppl w PhDs aren’t actually smart. But given the total contempt that AI Grifters hold for all forms of expertise, think the proper response is “fuck you, your parlor trick will have nothing like our expertise.”

Y'all should check out weightedwildlife.com. I got the raven & raccoon thru the Kickstarter. The raven, cute as it is, doesn't work for me - but the otter is perfect. & my sister loves her anxiety-easing trash panda. Be aware it's just a 2-person operation.

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For my book with "summer" in the title, I went with Foxglove Summer by Ben Aaronovitch. I really like all the Rivers of London books. I gloss over a lot of the police jargon, tho, & the architectural details, etc. There's graphic novels too.

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So southern Michigan has had 3 or 4 days with tornadoes over the past month. I'm not happy that Tornado Alley is shifting towards me. But will anyone here make a connection to climate change? Time will tell.

I just read The Island of Doctor Moreau by HG Wells for the library's summer challenge. It was published in 1896 (!) but is very readable. (With minimal editing to help with this!) Everybody knows the story & the movies have generally been meh - but the book itself is worth reading. 💙📚

The ninebark in my yard, plus some visitors. Writing the alt text makes me realize how much being a teacher has changed my life - How have I not been outside to see all the pollinators? 😞 So now I got a personal growth goal for this summer. Thanks to Rebekah for the ninebark!

I had Lyme last summer - My main symptom was a debilitating headache. Just for that, I am glad for a vaccine, even one still in trials. (I think I'm also more tired now, all the time, but that's hard to parse out from being teacher tired.)

Lyme vaccine phase 2 clinical trials results — safe and effective; now, on to phase 3 (which is still recruiting). skepticalraptor.com/skepticalrap... via @skepticalraptor.bsky.social

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My 1st book of summer break is part of a library challenge: Read a romantasy. So here's a heist story where some people (but not most people, & it's secret) have one specific magical ability. The Frame-up by Gwenda Bond is light & fluffy, a fun little romance. Plus, a dog! 💙📚

Of course I got a book for my birthday. This is Lakes of Souls, all of Ann Leckie's short works - & now I have to read The Raven Tower. Yes, there's some Radch stories but there's also fantastic standalones. 💙📚

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One thing I miss about Twitter, which benefited me tremendously, is it was a place for early career scientists to celebrate good news (a publication, a grant, an award) and get their name out there. Early career scientists of Bluesky, share some good professional news! I’ll re-post! 🧪🌎🦑

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Hi lovely people! Would you mind boosting my Salish Sea marine science art? My contract job is going on an unexpected hiatus until sometime in July so I'd really appreciate the support. Here's some of the prints on the site: shop.noncompliantcyborg.com 🐙🦑🪼🌿🧪 #nudibranch #BSNM

Just finished Everything Belongs to the Future by Laurie Penny. Very good - Highly recommend! Set in the near future, you can buy pills to extend your youthful life by decades or centuries ... if you can afford the prescription. Hence, fun new societal problems! 💙📚

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You can enter to win a copy of the next novel I have (co-written with @daveklecha.bsky.social ), the upcoming "Runes of Engagement" here:

Win a copy of THE RUNES OF ENGAGEMENT, the new novel by New York Times bestselling author @tobiasbuckell.bsky.social & @daveklecha.bsky.social "Fun, action-packed, occasionally gritty, and full of jokes" @jimchines.bsky.social app.thestorygraph.co... @thestorygraph.com #thestorygraph #giveaway@tobiasbuckell.bsky.social & @daveklecha.bsky.social "Fun, action-packed, occasionally gritty, and full of jokes" @jimchines.bsky.social app.thestorygraph.co... @thestorygraph.com #thestorygraph #giveaway

For my current grad class, I had to do a "text blessing" - a video where I talked up 6 books. So here's the books. I teach high school (mostly biology) & the theme is "People like us do science". I am adding an ESL endorsement, to teach science better. 💙📚 🧪 #EduSky

My classes talked with 2 scientists last semester & we have 2 more this semester. Totally worth the time - plus, it's free! #EduSky

I need to come up with a creative way to motivate teachers to sign up for @skypeascientist.bsky.social before school lets out. We need ~500 more to sign up to hit our targets. Also, obligatory "Tell your teacher friends to get matched with a scientist". We all have ADHD and need reminders.

This is one of the accounts I missed from the other place! 🥰

It's time to reveal the answer to this week's #KnockKnockWhosBear! This picture from Wapusk National Park in Manitoba, Canada is of a... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... #BlackBear!

Heck, our school resource officer had all the teachers go thru this training at the start of the year.

They do though. They _all_ know how to barricade themselves because school shooter drills were what the cops recommended instead of literally any kind of law enforcement that might prevent school shootings.

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Join us on Friday, May 3rd at 12PM ET for our next #BINSeminarSeries with Dr. Jasmine Hope, a postdoc at Emory School of Medicine. Check out the flyers to see more details about the talk and Dr. Hope See you there. Register now: blackinneuro47.wildapricot.org/event-5696944 🩺 🧪 🧠🟦 #BlackInSTEM #BIN

I lent a student The Bird King by G Willow Wilson & he's already asked to borrow it again next year. 💙📚

This one made me sputter.

Darn! Forgot to tag 💙📚

My weekend started with The Practice, the Horizon, & the Chain by Sofia Samatar. This is a space ship story, setting-wise, but it's mostly a human struggle story. It could have been just grim but hope runs thru it. (Also, gotta love the Oxford comma!)

We started the evolution unit today & my advanced biology students said I should post this. Please note: I'm an old so I don't know Pokemon & my drawing skills are pretty basic. #EduSky #SciArt

I used the last hours of spring break to finish this book. It was pretty good - real military vs fantastical beasts, with jokes about books, movies, & video games thrown in. I'm not quite the target audience but I bet my brother is. The Runes of Engagement by Dave Klecha & Tobias S Buckell 💙📚