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Pioneer Works @pioneerwork.bsky.social · 7h

Amidst what he calls “Gowanus Footballs” (bloated, decomposing rats) and “Coney Island whitefish” (used condoms), Gary Francis and @gowanusdredgers.bsky.social track the Gowanus Canal daily—hoping to revive its famously rotten waters. @amypedulla.bsky.social pioneerworks.org/broadcast/go...

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Pioneer Works @pioneerwork.bsky.social · 7h

“What can be thrown away can be reborn.” Along the city’s most polluted waterway, the citizen scientists of the @gowanusdredgers.bsky.social are turning daily measurements into a blueprint for revival. For PW Broadcast, @amypedulla.bsky.social reports. pioneerworks.org/broadcast/go...

Guardians of Gowanus | Broadcast

Along the city’s most polluted waterway, a band of citizen scientists is turning daily measurements into a blueprint for revival.

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Pioneer Works @pioneerwork.bsky.social · 7d

This weekend at Second Sundays, Alissa Bennett will talk to the iconic Chris Kraus (@chriskraus.bsky.social) about her new novel, The Four Spent the Day Together—a book that began as a series of stories published on Pioneer Works Broadcast. @scribnerbooks.bsky.social pioneerworks.org/programs/sec...

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Pioneer Works @pioneerwork.bsky.social · 7d

How are poems made? This Sunday, at our monthly open house, @parisreview.bsky.social poetry editor Srikanth Reddy will talk process with Matt Broaddus (@mattbroaddus.bsky.social), Jana Prikryl, and Broadcast contributor Mónica de la Torre. pioneerworks.org/programs/sec...

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Pioneer Works @pioneerwork.bsky.social · 7d

“Some said Coyote would reappear as a cooler version of Jesus.” Broadcast is proud to share a piece from Julian Brave NoiseCat's latest book from @aaknopf.bsky.social, which we’ll be launching on Tuesday, 10/13 with @greenlightbklyn.bsky.social. pioneerworks.org/broadcast/we...

The Cooler Jesus | Broadcast

Julian Brave NoiseCat on the myth and mischief of Coyote—and the foolish river pirate who signaled his return.

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Pioneer Works @pioneerwork.bsky.social · 8d

"These were the days that never existed for most of Europe in 1582." Since then, we've switched to the Gregorian calendar, but it's not perfect either. Read more from Joe Patterson's Big Apple Sky Calendar on Broadcast. pioneerworks.org/broadcast/bi...

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Pioneer Works @pioneerwork.bsky.social · 10d

"Full Moon. This is called the Harvest Moon, as it’s the full Moon nearest the autumn equinox." 🌕 Read more insights on the skies above from intrepid astronomer Joe Patterson, now on PW Broadcast. pioneerworks.org/broadcast/bi...

Big Apple Sky Calendar: October, November, December 2025 | Broadcast

Dramatic highlights from the skies above Earth by intrepid astronomer Joe Patterson.

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Pioneer Works @pioneerwork.bsky.social · 20d

“You were stung then, and you’re stung again now. It got you in its tentacles.” In new fiction from @madeleinewatts.bsky.social, jellyfish summon heat waves and prophecy. pioneerworks.org/broadcast/te...

Tentacle Memory | Broadcast

When heat waves summon jellyfish and prophecy.

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Pioneer Works @pioneerwork.bsky.social · 20d

How was it possible to slip so quickly from paradise into a sweltering, hellscape of no exit? In Greece, where ancient history meets tourist fantasy, @laurenmarkham.bsky.social finds a harbinger for our warming world. pioneerworks.org/broadcast/ed...

Edge of Paradise | Broadcast

In Greece, where ancient history meets tourist fantasy, the climate crisis is accelerating faster than almost anywhere else in the global north.

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Pioneer Works @pioneerwork.bsky.social · 21d

Our existence is predicated on a delicate balance of hot bodies. For PW Broadcast, @jannalevinastro.bsky.social writes on the quantum equation that describes the radiation of your flesh, the Sun, and the universe itself. pioneerworks.org/broadcast/pi...

Picture This: Hot Bodies | Broadcast

To be alive is to radiate according to a universal law.

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Pioneer Works @pioneerwork.bsky.social · 21d

“We were both frustrated about how climate art mostly just grieved. We wanted to locate agency and not just give in to sorrow.” @lav.io, @tega.bsky.social, and @shannonmattern.bsky.social talk pirate solutions to climate change. pioneerworks.org/broadcast/cl...

Climate Hacks | Broadcast

Tega Brain and Sam Lavigne’s pirate solutions to climate change.

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Meera Subramanian @meerasub.bsky.social · 21d

Another achingly beautiful piece on mothering against the "apocalypse," from @emilyraboteau.bsky.social. Among The Ruins via Broadcast of @pioneerwork.bsky.social. #climateweeknyc #heat #climatecrisis #Rome #NYC #trees pioneerworks.org/broadcast/am...

Among The Ruins | Broadcast

Heat won't show up in family photos, but its quiet violence is felt beyond the frame.

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Pioneer Works @pioneerwork.bsky.social · 22d

“The warmth of the sun was a joy for most of human history, but thanks to human foolishness, this source of life has become the curse of our age.” Bill McKibben (@billmckibben.bsky.social) on shade’s fragile mercy. pioneerworks.org/broadcast/pr...

Pioneer Works @pioneerwork.bsky.social · 22d

“Air-conditioning is not just a technology of personal comfort; it is also a technology of forgetting.” Jeff Goodell (@jeffgoodell.bsky.social) on the fraught luxury of cold air. pioneerworks.org/broadcast/je...

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Pioneer Works @pioneerwork.bsky.social · 22d

Heat won’t show up in family photos, but its quiet violence is felt beyond the frame. Emily Raboteau (@emilyraboteau.bsky.social) on raising kids and growing trees in the mouth of a lion. pioneerworks.org/broadcast/am...

Among The Ruins | Broadcast

Heat won't show up in family photos, but its quiet violence is felt beyond the frame.

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Pioneer Works @pioneerwork.bsky.social · 22d

Lucy Sante (@luxante.bsky.social) shares an ode to the season that scorches: “It was all those cars, all those drugs, all that red meat, all that money it sucked up and vaporized. Summer only remembers luxury and rage.” pioneerworks.org/broadcast/su...

Lucy Sante: A Thousand Julys | Broadcast

Summer only remembers luxury and rage.

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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 24d

I had the pleasure of speaking with @tega.bsky.social + @lav.io about their new exhibition — which engages with surveillance, data infrastructures, and climate — at @pioneerwork.bsky.social!

Climate Hacks | Broadcast

Tega Brain and Sam Lavigne’s pirate solutions to climate change.

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Longreads @longreads.com · 23d

"How quickly a state of careless ease becomes one of mortal peril. Enter the future."

@laurenmarkham.bsky.social for @pioneerwork.bsky.social: pioneerworks.org/broadcast/ed...

Edge of Paradise | Broadcast

In Greece, where ancient history meets tourist fantasy, the climate crisis is accelerating faster than almost anywhere else in the global north.

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Pioneer Works @pioneerwork.bsky.social · 24d

Broadcast presents HEAT WEEK—a series of dispatches from a world on fire. Ft @luxante.bsky.social, @billmckibben.bsky.social, @emilyraboteau.bsky.social, @jannalevinastro.bsky.social, @laurenmarkham.bsky.social, @philipcball.bsky.social. @wellcometrust.bsky.social
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Pioneer Works @pioneerwork.bsky.social · 27d

“Huge testicles, a long upright tail, and extensive territory: these are the foundations of wren triumph.” Now on Broadcast, an intimate look into the polygynous lives of wren, from Adam Nicolson’s BIRD SCHOOL (@fsgbooks.bsky.social). pioneerworks.org/broadcast/wr...

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Pioneer Works @pioneerwork.bsky.social · 27d

“The answer to death is sex.” Adam Nicolson on the lustful lives of wrens—an exclusive excerpt from BIRD SCHOOL, out now from @fsgbooks.bsky.social. pioneerworks.org/broadcast/wr...

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Sam Lavigne @lav.io · 28d

Come see "How To Get To Zero", my new collaborative exhibit with @tega.bsky.social at @pioneerwork.bsky.social. It's up until Dec 13th.

The show includes 10 pieces, covering the last decade of our solo and collective practices.

Gallery room featuring "Offset" video, a stylized earth in the background and in the foreground a scale with sugar being poured on one side of the scale and a measuring tape on the other side.

Gallery room featuring "Offset" video, a tree in the background and in the foreground a scale with an ipad on one side of the scale and a miniature globe on the other side.

A gallery shot featuring two fences draped with fabric.

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Pioneer Works @pioneerwork.bsky.social · Sep 16

RIP Hermeto Pascoal, who in 2023 warned Joshua Minsoo Kim against what he called real death: “When people graduate, they sometimes think they know stuff. That’s what dying is. When you think you know, that’s when you’ve really died.” pioneerworks.org/broadcast/he...

Pioneer Works @pioneerwork.bsky.social · Sep 16

Farewell to Hermeto Pascoal—the Brazilian master who found music everywhere. On the day after his 2023 set at Pioneer Works, he said to Joshua Minsoo Kim that death didn’t scare him: “People think about it as an end, but for me it’s just part of the journey.” pioneerworks.org/broadcast/he...

The Eternal Life of Hermeto Pascoal | Broadcast

The late Brazilian master found music everywhere.

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National Academy of Sciences @nasonline.org · Aug 31

Einstein once said science & art coalesce at high levels of mastery. #NASmember S. James Gates, Jr. has found that fusion in “adinkras,” geometric diagrams that illuminate supersymmetry & help visualize hidden truths of nature. Read more in @pioneerwork.bsky.social:

Picture This: Adinkras | Broadcast

Sylvester James Gates on reality's hidden matrix.

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