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Writer/Editor. Usually worrying. Often baking cookies.

Joined December 2013
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“We do not think ourselves into new ways of living, we live ourselves into new ways of thinking” - Richard Rohr
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What makes rivers change their paths over time? New research from Evan Greenberg and Vamsi Ganti @ucsbgeog reveals that sediment flux might play a bigger role than we thought. Comments from Alessandro Ielpi @fos_ubco. Words by @emfurd eos.org/articles/sands-role-…
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What does tropical soil sound like? Researchers buried microphones underground to find out. Research by @ecoacou_ollie @Fabricera_8 & colleagues, comments from @abr_eco, story by @emfurd. Listen now! eos.org/articles/does-soil-s…
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Being in space for long periods can cause congested sinuses. As a result, the @Space_Station kitchen is usually stocked with hot sauce & wasabi. FYI from one of @emfurd's favorite stories of 2023, courtesy @NYTMag. This & more with our year-end list! brnw.ch/21wFEBY
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti:
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"Can you explain this gap on your resume?" I felt thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.
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a meme that came to me in a dream
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Haven’t stopped laughing at this Letterboxd list for a hot minute.
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Absolutely no one: Shel Silverstein on the back of a children’s book:
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*sisyphus on the phone with his parents* yeah i’m actually making a ton of progress with the boulder…no there’s not really like promotions…no yeah I can definitely ask
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“Although we’ve yet to get a full-on cinematic masterpiece made from Don DeLillo’s novels,” writes @zach_vasquez, “the ones we do have have a way of haunting the viewer, despite (or perhaps because of) their flaws.” crookedmarquee.com/a-specter…
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"It is harder to finish a piece if you start writing it, stop, and then start again. You have to keep up your momentum. The same is true about falling down 47 flights of stairs." mcsweeneys.net/articles/five…
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I’m sorry, I simply cannot be cynical about a technology that can accomplish this.
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why does every public radio story start with five seconds of a reporter stepping on leaves or struggling to get on the zoom call
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Comrades, see you all in the NYT Cooking comment section 🫡
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