Ethan Freedman

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Reporter: science, nature, climate. Bylines at Scientific American, Live Science, Hakai, Sierra, Slate, Fatherly, etc.

Bird Appreciator. He/Him. Chicago.
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Hi all - looking for someone to take over the (very small) task of curating the Ecology and Conservation feed. That simply means adding people who want in, after a small check of their profile to see if they're legit. I'm looking to change my approach to social media, and want to take a step back. 🌎

Do you Jack and Meg White ever think about how they changed the soundtrack of soccer matches all over the world?

Delightful stuff from @flaminghydra.com flaminghydra.com/issue-111/#c...

Who's your crawdaddy / Games overflaminghydra.com Today: A.J. Daulerio, editor, journalist and the proprietor of The Small Bow; and Jonathan M. Katz, author of Gangsters of Capitalism, and The Racket newsletter. Issue No. 111 Consider the Mexican ...

Yeah www.politico.com/news/2024/07...

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Stoked that today is my first day as a staff writer at Fierce Biotech! I'll be covering the science, policy, and business of drug development, and since I'm new to this beat please feel free to reach out with tips or to chat about the industry! [email protected] 💻📰

It is possible to be upset about the direction of the country without making up conspiracy theories! It really is! I promise!

65 degrees and sunny is such a mood boost, I’m surprised it’s not listed as a Schedule II narcotic

It’s like the writers of The Bear forgot that people like characters

🌎🧪 civileats.com/2024/06/27/o...

The Promise and Possible Pitfalls of American Kelp Farmingcivileats.com Kelp can both reduce greenhouse gas emissions and remedy their impact on the environment. With very little regulatory oversight, and funding rushing in for seaweed farming, how will this industry evol...

Look, I know that every June you see SCOTUS experts talking about how some decision or another totally upends the way laws are interpreted — nullifying the Chevron doctrine is huge, and worth understanding

More depressing than the debate, and not even close

Supreme Court Overrules Chevron Doctrine, Imperiling an Array of Federal Ruleswww.nytimes.com The foundational 1984 decision required courts to defer to agencies’ reasonable interpretations of ambiguous statutes, underpinning regulations on health care, safety and the environment.

More depressing than the debate, and not even close

Ok ok I turned it on and I truly believe that anyone except Joe Biden could have done better than Joe Biden is currently doing

I say this as a member of the media: You don’t have to watch the debate, you won’t learn anything and it won’t matter whether you saw it live or not. Have a beer, call a friend, make a pizza, for the love of god, just stare at the wall for a couple hours. You’ll be better off.

I find this effect so striking — today, with the window open and temps in the mid-70s, I feel sharp as hell. Last week? In the heat? 🫠😵‍💫🥴 www.npr.org/sections/hea...

Yes, heat can affect your brain and mood. Here's whywww.npr.org Hot summer temperatures can make you anxious and irritable and dull your thinking. Here's what researchers think is going on.

I think this image alone explains contemporary America pretty well actually

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Did you see this piece on Gallegly?

This 101-year-old scientist may have created your new favorite tomatowww.washingtonpost.com A 101-year-old plant pathologist developed the first blight-resistant tomato in 1963. The waiting list for his new variety is already in the thousands.

There’s a certain strain of thought nowadays where any person or piece of material is “complicit” in *insert injustice here* solely by ~not~ mentioning such injustice, or even not mentioning it in explicit terms describing which opinion is good and which opinion(s) is bad

Maybe I'm a crank but I'm sorry, this is insane

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New from me in @sierramagazine.bsky.social — Ash trees are extremely common in many North American cities. But as the invasive emerald ash-borer spreads, they’re dying in droves — and that could mean we all end suffering more in the heat. 🧪🌎 www.sierraclub.org/sierra/ash-t...

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I wrote a little bit about this moment of my life, as you need to do sometimes ethanfreedman.substack.com/p/from-the-s...

From The Shores of One Great Lakeethanfreedman.substack.com One-fifth of the world's freshwater comes with a personal update

Very few things feel better than 70 F and rain after five days of 90+

Coming up with a list of rock songs where the big, epic, cinematic intro fails to live up to its promise and those where it succeeds. For example: DISAPPOINTS: 1) High Hopes - Pink Floyd 2) Right Now - Van Halen 3) Renegade - Styx HELL YEAH: 1) Twilight - ELO 2) Take the Long Way Home - Supertramp

I am listening to Green Day for the first time since maybe the Bush administration, when I did not like Green Day, and I regret to tell my contrarian younger self that they’re great

The combination of culture, economics, technology and politics that enabled everyone with internet access and delusions to become an “expert” is unbelievably depressing one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5002...

🔊 Listen Now: Some TikTok influencers are maligning sunscreen. Here's what to know about the claimsone.npr.org Morning Edition on NPR One | 3:14

No good reporter will let you see their story before it’s published, especially if you’re a source in it, and yes, even if that source is a researcher who wishes to do a mere “fact check.” If the reporter offers to send to a draft, be skeptical of their skills as a reporter.

ok i have another quote tweet prompt. what's something, big or small, related to your job or hobby, that most people don't know that you would like to have them know? it can be a concept, a piece of history, some vocabulary, or something else.

Thinking of becoming a Great Lakes evangelist

Linklater seems to have come down ambivalently on the Ivory-billed situation, which is a bit disappointing

Some fascinating tidbits in this one:

Montana Has More Cows Than People. Why Are Locals Eating Beef From Brazil?www.nytimes.com Cole Mannix, of Old Salt Co-op, is trying to change local appetites and upend an industry controlled by multibillion-dollar meatpackers.

This kind of thing is why I moved to Chicago

I Finally Befriended My Idol Tavi Gevinson. Would It Fall Apart Over Taylor Swift?www.gq.com The writer Annie Hamilton yearned to get close to Tavi Gevinson. When she finally found an opening, circumstances threatened to derail the relationship before it even started.