@kat_long

Science ed. @mental_floss, also in @nytimes, @NatGeo, @washingtonpost. Writing a bio of polar pioneer William Scoresby, Jr. 19th C #Arctic enthusiast

 Washington, D.C.
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OH MY GOD!!!
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🍿 nytimes.com/2023/05/18/clima…
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Do you like stories of Arctic adventure? And did you also go to @Yale? Then join me at my talk about North Pole explorer George Borup, class of 1907, tonight at 7 at the @YaleClubNYC!
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#Science writers in the DC area! I'll be fielding pitches at @DCSWA's Professional Development Day pitch slam this Saturday! If you have a weird story idea, you know where to find me
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A hellbender but give it an 80s department store studio portrait.
A graphic shows two hellbender amphibians posing for a portrait. A colorful laser show is in the background.

ALT A graphic shows two hellbender amphibians posing for a portrait. A colorful laser show is in the background.

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I hope in 15 years there's a think piece on The #Terror being "sincerely beloved by a certain type of guy (gender neutral)"
Gabriella Paiella@GMPaiella8 Mar 2023
I wrote about why guys are obsessed with Master and Commander, 20 years later. Thanks to @AlexYablon, @willmenaker, @davidgross_man, @rachelmillman, @nandorvila, former Fox chairman Tom Rothman, and the legend Peter Weir for their thoughts. gq.com/story/master-and-comm…

Why Are So Many Guys Obsessed With 'Master and Commander'?

20 years after its release, the mildly successful historical nautical drama has become an inescapable hit with a certain type of movie fan.

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"Life is indeed not only present, but multitudinous. Bacteria, archaea, fungi, algae, viruses. All making their way in the otherworldly environment of polar sea ice, swimming in brine pockets, gobbling up carbon, feeding the food web in the depths below." nautil.us/the-secret-life-of…

The Secret Life of the North Pole - Nautilus

A universe of microbes is melting with Arctic ice—with consequences for us all.

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Got my ticket to tonight's @DCSWA holiday party where I may not know anybody, having moved (back) to D.C. quite recently!!! Time to put on my extrovert hat 🤠 💪
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Journalists: Always get the donkey's name
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1950s pulp fiction writer Marijane Meaker (who passed away last month) published books under numerous pseudonyms, partially because she hated her first name but also because of this absolutely brilliant marketing scheme
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William #Scoresby on the moon seen through Lord Rosse's telescope: "It appeared like a Globe of Molten Silver ... Edifices of the size of York Minster might be easily perceived if they had existed ... the general appearance, however, was like one vast ruin of nature."
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Found a partial description of William #Scoresby Jr's bequest to the Whitby Lit & Phil ... "Arctic relics" including walrus head, narwhal tusks, whale bones, polar bear teeth and ... two platypuses?!
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We broke the world record in ancient DNA today! 2-million-year-old DNA from plants and animals were retrieved from geological deposits and show that North Greenland was once home to an open boreal/arctic community incl. mastodon. nature.com/articles/s41586-0… natureasia.com/en/research/h…
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I read this piece this morning and I’m still mystified why “wooden object found on beach” merited a whole story in the NYT
The New York Times
@nytimes5 Dec 2022
An unknown object protruding through the sand at Daytona Beach Shores in Florida was recently discovered by beachgoers, local officials said. The object appears to be made of wood and metal and to be about 80 feet long. nyti.ms/3unW5l9
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❤️❤️❤️ washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/…

Chesapeake Bay could become national recreation area

The Chesapeake Bay would join a list of America's preeminent natural resources under a draft bill pushed by members of Congress.

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My kind of database
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Why did no one urge—nay, IMPLORE—me to watch "The Lighthouse" before last weekend?! These salty seadogs are my people!
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Straight into my veins
British Library Publishing@BL_Publishing8 Nov 2022
From lurid Arctic narratives of life amongst polar bears to tales of ghostly visitations within the wind-blown wilds of the southern continent, this new collection uncovers a wealth of neglected material from this niche of literature obsessed with the limits of human experience.
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Love this story on the synthesis of technology and chance that sparked @neworder's "Blue Monday"—by @kenpartridge mentalfloss.com/posts/new-or…

Unraveling the Many Mysteries of New Order's "Blue Monday"

Equal parts happy accident and technological triumph, “Blue Monday” is a supremely weird and brilliant song that continues to transfix listeners 40 years later.

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Tim Dee@TimDee48 Nov 2022
Woolen hats worn by Dutch whalers, 1700-1800, preserved in their graves in Spitsbergen:
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Just found a letter at @ExploreWellcome by #Arctic explorer Charles Francis Hall, who died mysteriously #OTD in 1871, describing plans for his North Pole march. Written on Polaris stationery, dated 10/11/71 with a postscript: "Tell Hannah and little Punny to be good always"
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