Krista Langlois
@cestmoilanglois.bsky.social
Independent journalist, features editor at bioGraphic, contributing editor at Adventure Journal, essayist, mom, "queen of delicious verbs." A watery soul in an arid land.
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We *really* need to actively differentiate Machine Learning from GenAI. GenAI is riding the Machine Learning coattails and risks destroying an incredibly useful innovation by conflating it with absolute slop that codes decently.
November 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
We *really* need to actively differentiate Machine Learning from GenAI. GenAI is riding the Machine Learning coattails and risks destroying an incredibly useful innovation by conflating it with absolute slop that codes decently.
“It felt like, this thing that I’ve spent my whole career doing, there’s just not a lot of opportunity anymore.
The thing that I love just doesn’t exist anymore.”
—my pal Emily Guerin on leaving longform audio journalism
The thing that I love just doesn’t exist anymore.”
—my pal Emily Guerin on leaving longform audio journalism
"The doors were closing in on me" 🚪
Emily Guerin on leaving audio journalism
theaudiostoryteller.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:42 AM
“It felt like, this thing that I’ve spent my whole career doing, there’s just not a lot of opportunity anymore.
The thing that I love just doesn’t exist anymore.”
—my pal Emily Guerin on leaving longform audio journalism
The thing that I love just doesn’t exist anymore.”
—my pal Emily Guerin on leaving longform audio journalism
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🦇🦍🦉 Do you root for the weird, wild, under-appreciated species of the world? The slime molds and sunflower stars; the cormorants and caddisflies?
So do we. And we need your help! A donation of any amount goes straight to supporting narrative journalism about biodiversity. Pls spread the word! 🐢🐛🌵
So do we. And we need your help! A donation of any amount goes straight to supporting narrative journalism about biodiversity. Pls spread the word! 🐢🐛🌵
Donate to bioGraphic
Support our cause by donating to bioGraphic.
give.calacademy.org
November 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
🦇🦍🦉 Do you root for the weird, wild, under-appreciated species of the world? The slime molds and sunflower stars; the cormorants and caddisflies?
So do we. And we need your help! A donation of any amount goes straight to supporting narrative journalism about biodiversity. Pls spread the word! 🐢🐛🌵
So do we. And we need your help! A donation of any amount goes straight to supporting narrative journalism about biodiversity. Pls spread the word! 🐢🐛🌵
My latest labor of editing love is this stunner by @christianelliott.me about herbicide drift, a silent ecological crisis ravaging the remaining native hardwood trees of the U.S. Midwest.
Sadly I did not get to use my preferred hed, The Fast and the Furious: Midwest Drift
Sadly I did not get to use my preferred hed, The Fast and the Furious: Midwest Drift
For @biographic.bsky.social, I reported from across rural Illinois on an environmental crisis unfolding in the Midwest: herbicides drifting off millions of acres of crop fields are slowly killing oaks and other native tree species. #longreads
The Scourge of Native Oaks is Blowing in the Wind
Scientists and conservationists in the U.S. Midwest are working to stop herbicides from industrial agriculture from drifting onto the region’s remaining hardwood trees
www.biographic.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
My latest labor of editing love is this stunner by @christianelliott.me about herbicide drift, a silent ecological crisis ravaging the remaining native hardwood trees of the U.S. Midwest.
Sadly I did not get to use my preferred hed, The Fast and the Furious: Midwest Drift
Sadly I did not get to use my preferred hed, The Fast and the Furious: Midwest Drift
Reposted by Krista Langlois
Reposted by Krista Langlois
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
Absolutely wild story here, relevant to anyone working in journalism today. AI pitches with fabricated content have taken over editors' inboxes, including my own. This graf sums it up perfectly:
November 21, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Absolutely wild story here, relevant to anyone working in journalism today. AI pitches with fabricated content have taken over editors' inboxes, including my own. This graf sums it up perfectly:
The Republic of the Marshall Islands is implementing Universal Basic Income 💪
Public Announcement: ENRA Distributions to begin November 2025 – Ministry of Finance, Banking & Postal Services
mof.gov.mh
November 20, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The Republic of the Marshall Islands is implementing Universal Basic Income 💪
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The fascinating and touching story of how humanity saved the ginkgo (in case you need your faith in humanity restored) www.themarginalian.org/2025/09/23/g...
How Humanity Saved the Ginkgo
Pressed between the pages of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland — a favorite book of my childhood, which my grandmother used to read to me and which still dwells in her immense library &#…
www.themarginalian.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:47 AM
The fascinating and touching story of how humanity saved the ginkgo (in case you need your faith in humanity restored) www.themarginalian.org/2025/09/23/g...
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the only good accent work on earth is old money transatlantic american to make fun of rich people accent
November 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
the only good accent work on earth is old money transatlantic american to make fun of rich people accent
Love reading something personal from Jesmyn Ward, one of the absolute best fiction writers of all time
Cocoon of Sound - Orion Magazine
Hip-hop was my tether to home
orionmagazine.org
November 6, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Love reading something personal from Jesmyn Ward, one of the absolute best fiction writers of all time
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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I moved away from Durango, Colorado, 10 weeks ago. In that time, at least six people in the town of 20,000 have been killed by gun violence.
Sharing this feels very vulnerable -- I'm bracing for criticism -- but I'm doing it anyway, because if it felt important enough to write about, I might as well share it.
www.hcn.org/articles/ice...
www.hcn.org/articles/ice...
ICE raids in Colorado highlight how violent the U.S. has become - High Country News
After migrating to Canada, a journalist reckons with the grief and gratitude of having left.
www.hcn.org
November 6, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I moved away from Durango, Colorado, 10 weeks ago. In that time, at least six people in the town of 20,000 have been killed by gun violence.
Sharing this feels very vulnerable -- I'm bracing for criticism -- but I'm doing it anyway, because if it felt important enough to write about, I might as well share it.
www.hcn.org/articles/ice...
www.hcn.org/articles/ice...
ICE raids in Colorado highlight how violent the U.S. has become - High Country News
After migrating to Canada, a journalist reckons with the grief and gratitude of having left.
www.hcn.org
November 6, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Sharing this feels very vulnerable -- I'm bracing for criticism -- but I'm doing it anyway, because if it felt important enough to write about, I might as well share it.
www.hcn.org/articles/ice...
www.hcn.org/articles/ice...
British Columbia things: my daughter had an actual dead salmon in her classroom that the students painted and then used like a stamp to create this awesome art work. And today they’ve having a school wide local salmon lunch 🤩
November 5, 2025 at 10:21 PM
British Columbia things: my daughter had an actual dead salmon in her classroom that the students painted and then used like a stamp to create this awesome art work. And today they’ve having a school wide local salmon lunch 🤩
Today I learned that lemur vulvas are usually closed up so tight that the females couldn't have sex if they wanted to. But on auspicious years, in July, they open like a flower for 24-72 hours 🤯 #themoreyouknow
Investigating a Treetop Baby Boom
Why a sudden spike in pregnancies in one Madagascan lemur population might actually be a bad sign for the species.
www.biographic.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Today I learned that lemur vulvas are usually closed up so tight that the females couldn't have sex if they wanted to. But on auspicious years, in July, they open like a flower for 24-72 hours 🤯 #themoreyouknow
Bluesky, you deserve EVEN more joy tonight:
November 5, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Bluesky, you deserve EVEN more joy tonight:
The real winners are all the women who will bring Rama Duwaji’s photo to their hair stylists this week
November 5, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The real winners are all the women who will bring Rama Duwaji’s photo to their hair stylists this week
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BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power
One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.
bit.ly
November 5, 2025 at 3:33 AM
BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
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A remarkable and quiet ecological movement has been slowly growing for decades in Tucson, Arizona. Instead of only focusing on restoring degraded habitat, it encourages people to reimagine and reconnect with their local landscapes—beginning by accepting them on their own imperfect terms.
Love the Habitat You're With
Locals in Tucson, Arizona are applying “reconciliation ecology” techniques to rehabilitate the region’s degraded landscapes and waterways.
www.biographic.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
A remarkable and quiet ecological movement has been slowly growing for decades in Tucson, Arizona. Instead of only focusing on restoring degraded habitat, it encourages people to reimagine and reconnect with their local landscapes—beginning by accepting them on their own imperfect terms.
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“It’s not my job to feed someone else’s kids.”
It kind of is. That’s what you do when you’re part of a social species, dude.
It kind of is. That’s what you do when you’re part of a social species, dude.
October 29, 2025 at 6:48 AM
“It’s not my job to feed someone else’s kids.”
It kind of is. That’s what you do when you’re part of a social species, dude.
It kind of is. That’s what you do when you’re part of a social species, dude.
ICE agents in Durango, CO abducted two children who were legally seeking asylum. Peaceful protestors tried to prevent the children from being separated from their parents. This is how ICE and law enforcement responded.
Video by Byrne Dobrient.
Video by Byrne Dobrient.
October 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
ICE agents in Durango, CO abducted two children who were legally seeking asylum. Peaceful protestors tried to prevent the children from being separated from their parents. This is how ICE and law enforcement responded.
Video by Byrne Dobrient.
Video by Byrne Dobrient.
Report from a friend: protesters, including teenage students, were just tear gassed by masked, armed thugs. Total terror. They broke the line of protestors and took the kids away. These are MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS
ICE abducted a mother and two young children from my town back in Colorado today, and people are taking overnight shifts outside the facility where the family is being held to try to prevent them from being deported overnight, as other community members have been. They’re encouraged to bring…
October 28, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Report from a friend: protesters, including teenage students, were just tear gassed by masked, armed thugs. Total terror. They broke the line of protestors and took the kids away. These are MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS
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