Ian Rose
@ianrosewrites.bsky.social
Science & nature writer living on Kalapuya lands (Corvallis, OR). Vulturnalist. Recent bylines in Scientific American, Sierra, Smithsonian and more.
Undiagnosed, but everyone's pretty sure.
Go Birds.
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Undiagnosed, but everyone's pretty sure.
Go Birds.
https://ianrosewrites.com/bibliography
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Ian Rose
@ianrosewrites.bsky.social
· Oct 8
The End of an Era for Arctic Research
The loss of the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States leaves an uncertain future for science in the Far North
www.sierraclub.org
ARCUS was important. It jumpstarted careers in science. It amplified voices that have too long been left out of research. It did all that and more for very little money, and now it's gone, arguably when we need it most.
My latest for Sierra:
#science #arctic
www.sierraclub.org/sierra/end-e...
My latest for Sierra:
#science #arctic
www.sierraclub.org/sierra/end-e...
Murmuration.
Let’s all go around the table and say one word we’re thankful for.
November 27, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Murmuration.
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this should go without saying but if you were one of the lucky few we did get out of Afghanistan during the withdrawal and we got you out because you'd been working with us, deportation back is likely a death sentence.
November 27, 2025 at 1:54 AM
this should go without saying but if you were one of the lucky few we did get out of Afghanistan during the withdrawal and we got you out because you'd been working with us, deportation back is likely a death sentence.
If y'all want a crowd and a day of cooking tomorrow, I hope you get that. Me, I'm roasting a chicken and a few easy sides for two, and that means I can sleep as late as I want.
November 27, 2025 at 4:23 AM
If y'all want a crowd and a day of cooking tomorrow, I hope you get that. Me, I'm roasting a chicken and a few easy sides for two, and that means I can sleep as late as I want.
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I've been treating ChatGPT like intravenous drugs—not even once—and it hasn't steered me wrong yet.
I'm an "A.i." abolitionist.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
November 27, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I've been treating ChatGPT like intravenous drugs—not even once—and it hasn't steered me wrong yet.
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A reminder
November 26, 2025 at 8:19 PM
A reminder
Work work eat work work, read, edit a Wikipedia page about a beetle genus that maybe four people will look up in the next decade, work work sleep.
November 26, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Work work eat work work, read, edit a Wikipedia page about a beetle genus that maybe four people will look up in the next decade, work work sleep.
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If you like a writer's work, tell them! Email, LinkedIn message, DM, even in person at an event. It can make a huge difference in their lives, especially right now with declining freelance budgets, layoffs, stagnant salaries, the threat of AI, and dwindling book advances.
November 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
If you like a writer's work, tell them! Email, LinkedIn message, DM, even in person at an event. It can make a huge difference in their lives, especially right now with declining freelance budgets, layoffs, stagnant salaries, the threat of AI, and dwindling book advances.
A reminder for anyone who needs it this and any holiday: You get to choose who your family is, and you don't owe anyone your misery.
November 26, 2025 at 3:46 PM
A reminder for anyone who needs it this and any holiday: You get to choose who your family is, and you don't owe anyone your misery.
I don't care what any of you internet strangers say. Apple pie is good. Pecan pie is good. Mostly any pie is good. I don't personally care for pumpkin pie that much - I'd rather put pumpkin in a curry or stew - but it's still good, because it's pie. The very act of being pie is a good in the world.
November 25, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I don't care what any of you internet strangers say. Apple pie is good. Pecan pie is good. Mostly any pie is good. I don't personally care for pumpkin pie that much - I'd rather put pumpkin in a curry or stew - but it's still good, because it's pie. The very act of being pie is a good in the world.
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Time for my usual morning routine, pouring myself a cup of coffee and checking the stock price of the company "Nvidia" to find out if the entire economy has crashed
November 25, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Time for my usual morning routine, pouring myself a cup of coffee and checking the stock price of the company "Nvidia" to find out if the entire economy has crashed
This year, I worked with some of the best editors in science and nature writing. Everything I wrote was better because of them.
@lkbotts.bsky.social for Sierra
@joespring.bsky.social for Smithsonian
@saraivry.bsky.social for JSTOR
Chuck Thompson for @columbiainsight.bsky.social
@lkbotts.bsky.social for Sierra
@joespring.bsky.social for Smithsonian
@saraivry.bsky.social for JSTOR
Chuck Thompson for @columbiainsight.bsky.social
By the way, it's National Editor Appreciation Day.
Nobody ever reads a great article and thinks, "Dang, that was some tight editing." But editing is a big part of how it got to be great.
So writers, if you've ever worked with a good editor, shout 'em out.
Nobody ever reads a great article and thinks, "Dang, that was some tight editing." But editing is a big part of how it got to be great.
So writers, if you've ever worked with a good editor, shout 'em out.
November 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
This year, I worked with some of the best editors in science and nature writing. Everything I wrote was better because of them.
@lkbotts.bsky.social for Sierra
@joespring.bsky.social for Smithsonian
@saraivry.bsky.social for JSTOR
Chuck Thompson for @columbiainsight.bsky.social
@lkbotts.bsky.social for Sierra
@joespring.bsky.social for Smithsonian
@saraivry.bsky.social for JSTOR
Chuck Thompson for @columbiainsight.bsky.social
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In rural America, public radio saves lives
In rural America, public radio saves lives
In remote Alaska, public radio station KYUK is crucial during natural disasters. Without federal funding, how will it survive?
www.motherjones.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
In rural America, public radio saves lives
This is the rescue helicopter that ICE tried to move and replace with their prison camp. It would be hard to imagine a plan that more completely unites Newport or any coast community against them.
The U.S. Coast Guard must immediately return a rescue helicopter to the city of Newport as a court case challenging the aircraft’s removal gets underway, a federal judge has ruled.
US Coast Guard must return rescue helicopter to Newport, judge rules
The temporary order comes just three days after a lawsuit challenging the removal. The U.S. Coast Guard has stationed a rescue helicopter in Newport since 1987, not long after three fishermen died when their boat capsized roughly 20 miles off the central coast.
www.opb.org
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 AM
This is the rescue helicopter that ICE tried to move and replace with their prison camp. It would be hard to imagine a plan that more completely unites Newport or any coast community against them.
As an Eagles fan, yes, this is definitely the best thing to come out of this game. I hope the internet makes the most of this meme and that it is someday all I remember about this night.
Best thing to come out of this Eagles/Cowboys game are these images of Jake Elliott on the sidelines
November 24, 2025 at 12:51 AM
As an Eagles fan, yes, this is definitely the best thing to come out of this game. I hope the internet makes the most of this meme and that it is someday all I remember about this night.
Oof. I would have traded either of the last two wins for this loss. If we had to lose, I'd rather it be to a classy NFC North team than this nonsense. Absolute disintegration. Go Birds.
November 24, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Oof. I would have traded either of the last two wins for this loss. If we had to lose, I'd rather it be to a classy NFC North team than this nonsense. Absolute disintegration. Go Birds.
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If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
November 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
I'm in the very early stages of learning my PNW wild mushrooms. Yesterday at Fort Hoskins Park near Philomath was the best mushroom hunting day I've had yet, with Russula, Hypholoma, Ramaria, and so much more beyond my skills. So. Many. Shrooms.
#Oregon #mushrooms
#Oregon #mushrooms
November 23, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I'm in the very early stages of learning my PNW wild mushrooms. Yesterday at Fort Hoskins Park near Philomath was the best mushroom hunting day I've had yet, with Russula, Hypholoma, Ramaria, and so much more beyond my skills. So. Many. Shrooms.
#Oregon #mushrooms
#Oregon #mushrooms
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Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
The exit economy is here. Black Women are paying the highest price | Fortune
This isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. And it's not a recovery, it's a redistribution of opportunity.
fortune.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
Go to sleep. Now. Do not read further. Turn off your phone. Throw it in the bay. Abandon modernity. Whatever it takes, Do. Not. Look.
i googled that thing that people said not to google and i do not know what i was expecting but sometimes you actually really should listen to your internet friends
November 22, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Go to sleep. Now. Do not read further. Turn off your phone. Throw it in the bay. Abandon modernity. Whatever it takes, Do. Not. Look.
The first episode of the new Ken Burns American Revolution documentary gives a quick passing mention to the Pine Tree Riots. If you're curious about how New England white pines figured into the run up to the war, I wrote about it last year over at JSTOR Daily:
daily.jstor.org/tree-of-peac...
daily.jstor.org/tree-of-peac...
Tree of Peace, Spark of War - JSTOR Daily
The white pines of New England may have done more than any leaf of tea to kick off the American Revolution.
daily.jstor.org
November 22, 2025 at 5:11 AM
The first episode of the new Ken Burns American Revolution documentary gives a quick passing mention to the Pine Tree Riots. If you're curious about how New England white pines figured into the run up to the war, I wrote about it last year over at JSTOR Daily:
daily.jstor.org/tree-of-peac...
daily.jstor.org/tree-of-peac...
In my almost non-existent free time, now that it's cold and dark outside, I've been learning to edit Wikipedia on the subjects I know best. Mostly I'm fleshing out the pages on extinct vulture species, but I expect I'll branch out from there.
It's super addictive. Is this my video game now?
It's super addictive. Is this my video game now?
November 22, 2025 at 2:15 AM
In my almost non-existent free time, now that it's cold and dark outside, I've been learning to edit Wikipedia on the subjects I know best. Mostly I'm fleshing out the pages on extinct vulture species, but I expect I'll branch out from there.
It's super addictive. Is this my video game now?
It's super addictive. Is this my video game now?
Vultures are such impressive flyers. Meet Marich, the griffon vulture who went on a 15,000 km tour of southern and central Asia, only to return to Dholpor, India. All of this after rehab from an injury.
Rest up, Marich. Thanks for all the data.
#birds #vultures
zeenews.india.com/india/15000-...
Rest up, Marich. Thanks for all the data.
#birds #vultures
zeenews.india.com/india/15000-...
15,000 Km Flight: Meet ‘Marich’, The Vulture Who Travelled Across 4 Countries And Returned To India
The European Griffon vulture ‘Marich’ took flight from Halali Dam in Vidisha has returned to India after an epic migration, covering Pakistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan before being spott...
zeenews.india.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Vultures are such impressive flyers. Meet Marich, the griffon vulture who went on a 15,000 km tour of southern and central Asia, only to return to Dholpor, India. All of this after rehab from an injury.
Rest up, Marich. Thanks for all the data.
#birds #vultures
zeenews.india.com/india/15000-...
Rest up, Marich. Thanks for all the data.
#birds #vultures
zeenews.india.com/india/15000-...
Enjoying your local Oregon wild mushrooms this fall?
15 people were taken by ICE in Lane County this Wednesday, including 5 at the BLM Springfield office, legally applying for permits to pick mushrooms and salal berries.
#oregon #pnw
www.klcc.org/politics-gov...
15 people were taken by ICE in Lane County this Wednesday, including 5 at the BLM Springfield office, legally applying for permits to pick mushrooms and salal berries.
#oregon #pnw
www.klcc.org/politics-gov...
Lane County advocates report at least 15 new ICE detentions
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers detained at least 15 people in Lane County on Wednesday, according to local advocates.
www.klcc.org
November 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Enjoying your local Oregon wild mushrooms this fall?
15 people were taken by ICE in Lane County this Wednesday, including 5 at the BLM Springfield office, legally applying for permits to pick mushrooms and salal berries.
#oregon #pnw
www.klcc.org/politics-gov...
15 people were taken by ICE in Lane County this Wednesday, including 5 at the BLM Springfield office, legally applying for permits to pick mushrooms and salal berries.
#oregon #pnw
www.klcc.org/politics-gov...
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A group of 37 House Democrats is calling on the Trump administration to release the transcript of a call between Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman and President Donald Trump in 2019 following the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. https://to.pbs.org/4idxure
WATCH LIVE: Rep. Vindman holds news conference on Trump's 2019 call with MBS after Khashoggi murder
Rep. Eugene Vindman, a Virginia Democrat, was a legal adviser to the National Security Council at the time of the phone call and said he reviewed a transcript of the call.
www.pbs.org
November 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
A group of 37 House Democrats is calling on the Trump administration to release the transcript of a call between Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman and President Donald Trump in 2019 following the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. https://to.pbs.org/4idxure