Dr. Jenny Morber
@jrmorber.bsky.social
PNW freelance sci journo, PhD nanosci and materials engineering. World traveler, field reporter. Newly focused on probing solutions to our biggest problems, but still interested in whale anuses and poo. I love the weird things. she/her
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Dr. Jenny Morber
@jrmorber.bsky.social
· Mar 31
Hello to all my new followers!
I am a former nanomaterials researcher turned science and solutions journalist living and working in the US.
I care about: free press, evidence-based science, accurate info, climate and environment, human rights, democracy, healthcare, poop, death, weird science
I am a former nanomaterials researcher turned science and solutions journalist living and working in the US.
I care about: free press, evidence-based science, accurate info, climate and environment, human rights, democracy, healthcare, poop, death, weird science
Maastricht, The Netherlands, after dark on Thanksgiving Day in the US
November 27, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Maastricht, The Netherlands, after dark on Thanksgiving Day in the US
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I wish it didn’t feel so unusual and inspiring to see a leader treating everyone like they matter and saying that we have a responsibility to help each other
Combatting poverty and hunger in this city will take every single one of us. Myself included.
November 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I wish it didn’t feel so unusual and inspiring to see a leader treating everyone like they matter and saying that we have a responsibility to help each other
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Re-routing of ships around the Cape of Good Hope led to a natural experiment.
By "comparing NO₂ [unaffected by the sulfur-reducing regulations], with cloud droplet number, which is sensitive to sulfur, [they] found a 67% reduction in ships' cloud-altering abilities" after the new IMO regulations.
By "comparing NO₂ [unaffected by the sulfur-reducing regulations], with cloud droplet number, which is sensitive to sulfur, [they] found a 67% reduction in ships' cloud-altering abilities" after the new IMO regulations.
When trade routes shift, so do clouds: Researchers uncover ripple effects of new global shipping regulations
When militia attacks disrupted shipping lanes in the Red Sea, few imagined the ripple effects would reach the clouds over the South Atlantic. But for Florida State University atmospheric scientist Mic...
phys.org
November 22, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Re-routing of ships around the Cape of Good Hope led to a natural experiment.
By "comparing NO₂ [unaffected by the sulfur-reducing regulations], with cloud droplet number, which is sensitive to sulfur, [they] found a 67% reduction in ships' cloud-altering abilities" after the new IMO regulations.
By "comparing NO₂ [unaffected by the sulfur-reducing regulations], with cloud droplet number, which is sensitive to sulfur, [they] found a 67% reduction in ships' cloud-altering abilities" after the new IMO regulations.
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this image was generated with google's latest nana banana pro tool. we have no idea how bad it is about to get.
November 27, 2025 at 6:59 AM
this image was generated with google's latest nana banana pro tool. we have no idea how bad it is about to get.
Reposted by Dr. Jenny Morber
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Wow I am blown away by this new data on Australia's climate views
Highest levels of outright science denial since 2009. Highest level of 'gov't is doing too much' (!!!)
And more people afraid of 'self aware AI' than climate.
What a nightmare set of results
pca.st/episode/6577...
Highest levels of outright science denial since 2009. Highest level of 'gov't is doing too much' (!!!)
And more people afraid of 'self aware AI' than climate.
What a nightmare set of results
pca.st/episode/6577...
November 26, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Wow I am blown away by this new data on Australia's climate views
Highest levels of outright science denial since 2009. Highest level of 'gov't is doing too much' (!!!)
And more people afraid of 'self aware AI' than climate.
What a nightmare set of results
pca.st/episode/6577...
Highest levels of outright science denial since 2009. Highest level of 'gov't is doing too much' (!!!)
And more people afraid of 'self aware AI' than climate.
What a nightmare set of results
pca.st/episode/6577...
This is just 2020-2021
Went looking for COVID19 death statistics recently:
18.2 million people worldwide, 1.13 million in the US
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
We still have no day of remembrance or mourning.
18.2 million people worldwide, 1.13 million in the US
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
We still have no day of remembrance or mourning.
Estimating excess mortality due to the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic analysis of COVID-19-related mortality, 2020–21
The full impact of the pandemic has been much greater than what is indicated by reported
deaths due to COVID-19 alone. Strengthening death registration systems around the
world, long understood to be ...
www.thelancet.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
This is just 2020-2021
Went looking for COVID19 death statistics recently:
18.2 million people worldwide, 1.13 million in the US
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
We still have no day of remembrance or mourning.
18.2 million people worldwide, 1.13 million in the US
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
We still have no day of remembrance or mourning.
Estimating excess mortality due to the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic analysis of COVID-19-related mortality, 2020–21
The full impact of the pandemic has been much greater than what is indicated by reported
deaths due to COVID-19 alone. Strengthening death registration systems around the
world, long understood to be ...
www.thelancet.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Went looking for COVID19 death statistics recently:
18.2 million people worldwide, 1.13 million in the US
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
We still have no day of remembrance or mourning.
18.2 million people worldwide, 1.13 million in the US
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
We still have no day of remembrance or mourning.
Reposted by Dr. Jenny Morber
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
A whole universe in 10 square centimeters
November 24, 2025 at 6:54 PM
A whole universe in 10 square centimeters
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1/ Today, ProPublica is running a piece I've been working on for a bit. It's about what happened with a devastating wave of bird flu earlier this year, as egg prices hit record highs.
And it's a story that illuminates the ways the U.S. is failing to control what could become the next pandemic. 🧵
And it's a story that illuminates the ways the U.S. is failing to control what could become the next pandemic. 🧵
November 18, 2025 at 9:11 PM
1/ Today, ProPublica is running a piece I've been working on for a bit. It's about what happened with a devastating wave of bird flu earlier this year, as egg prices hit record highs.
And it's a story that illuminates the ways the U.S. is failing to control what could become the next pandemic. 🧵
And it's a story that illuminates the ways the U.S. is failing to control what could become the next pandemic. 🧵
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Hmmm…what USAID wasn’t bad for America…what if getting rid of it only hurt us and everyone else?
What if the richest man in the world being responsible for ending aid to the poorest people in the world will go down as one of the most bizarre and disgusting acts of the 21st century?
What if the richest man in the world being responsible for ending aid to the poorest people in the world will go down as one of the most bizarre and disgusting acts of the 21st century?
November 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Hmmm…what USAID wasn’t bad for America…what if getting rid of it only hurt us and everyone else?
What if the richest man in the world being responsible for ending aid to the poorest people in the world will go down as one of the most bizarre and disgusting acts of the 21st century?
What if the richest man in the world being responsible for ending aid to the poorest people in the world will go down as one of the most bizarre and disgusting acts of the 21st century?
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One of the very many reasons why I have not a single ounce (not one) of respect for RFK Jr’s MAHA cult is that they are not just dismantling vaccination & issuing harmful dietary advice (eat more saturated fat!)—they’re also sickening us through spewing dangerous chemicals poisoning the environment
November 22, 2025 at 11:36 AM
One of the very many reasons why I have not a single ounce (not one) of respect for RFK Jr’s MAHA cult is that they are not just dismantling vaccination & issuing harmful dietary advice (eat more saturated fat!)—they’re also sickening us through spewing dangerous chemicals poisoning the environment
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Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
If you care about aging research, watch the research in mitochondria
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Mitochondrial dysfunction as the “mother” of all hallmarks of aging
The idea of mitochondria being linked to biological aging goes back to the 1950s, when Denham Harman proposed his free radical theory of aging which eventually became the “Mitochondrial Free Radica...
www.tandfonline.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
If you care about aging research, watch the research in mitochondria
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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We have a new timeline up today on our Medical Research Funding page, documenting the onslaught of political, legal, and bureaucratic attacks on medical research since January:
unbreaking.org/issues/medic...
unbreaking.org/issues/medic...
Medical Research Funding: Timeline — Unbreaking
How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.
unbreaking.org
November 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
We have a new timeline up today on our Medical Research Funding page, documenting the onslaught of political, legal, and bureaucratic attacks on medical research since January:
unbreaking.org/issues/medic...
unbreaking.org/issues/medic...
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For 41 weeks now, I’ve been sitting down every Friday night to chronicle the damage this administration is doing to science & higher ed.
We must stay focused. We’re in this for the long haul. We are finding ways not just to block them, but build something better.
buttondown.com/liminalcreat...
We must stay focused. We’re in this for the long haul. We are finding ways not just to block them, but build something better.
buttondown.com/liminalcreat...
Week 41
October 25-31 - a seasonal shift
buttondown.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:26 PM
For 41 weeks now, I’ve been sitting down every Friday night to chronicle the damage this administration is doing to science & higher ed.
We must stay focused. We’re in this for the long haul. We are finding ways not just to block them, but build something better.
buttondown.com/liminalcreat...
We must stay focused. We’re in this for the long haul. We are finding ways not just to block them, but build something better.
buttondown.com/liminalcreat...
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A French mathematician who didn't take a banking job, or manage an Ivy League university producing mathematician bankers (see: Larry Summers), Laszlo seems to be confronting the harsh reality...
www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
November 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM
A French mathematician who didn't take a banking job, or manage an Ivy League university producing mathematician bankers (see: Larry Summers), Laszlo seems to be confronting the harsh reality...
www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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Another low hum in the background is antimicrobial-resistant pathogens. Most of CDC’s funding goes to state and local health programs, which are crucial for keeping these bugs from spreading. Undermining that system is one thing that keeps this poster up at night.
November 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Another low hum in the background is antimicrobial-resistant pathogens. Most of CDC’s funding goes to state and local health programs, which are crucial for keeping these bugs from spreading. Undermining that system is one thing that keeps this poster up at night.
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@cidrap.bsky.social is really solid/awesome! also find helpful info from @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
@cidrap.bsky.social is really solid/awesome! also find helpful info from @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social
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After more than two months with no updates, ICE has finally released new detention statistics.
ICE reports a total of 65,135 detainees as of Nov. 16, 2025.
www.ice.gov/detain/deten...
ICE reports a total of 65,135 detainees as of Nov. 16, 2025.
www.ice.gov/detain/deten...
Detention Management
www.ice.gov
November 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM
After more than two months with no updates, ICE has finally released new detention statistics.
ICE reports a total of 65,135 detainees as of Nov. 16, 2025.
www.ice.gov/detain/deten...
ICE reports a total of 65,135 detainees as of Nov. 16, 2025.
www.ice.gov/detain/deten...
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NEW: Brutal to watch Zelensky address his nation just now. On the brink of being abandoned by the US.
"Right now is one of the most difficult moments in our history. At this moment, Ukraine may face a very hard choice: either the loss of dignity, or the risk of losing a key partner."
"Right now is one of the most difficult moments in our history. At this moment, Ukraine may face a very hard choice: either the loss of dignity, or the risk of losing a key partner."
November 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
NEW: Brutal to watch Zelensky address his nation just now. On the brink of being abandoned by the US.
"Right now is one of the most difficult moments in our history. At this moment, Ukraine may face a very hard choice: either the loss of dignity, or the risk of losing a key partner."
"Right now is one of the most difficult moments in our history. At this moment, Ukraine may face a very hard choice: either the loss of dignity, or the risk of losing a key partner."
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What they said not only isn't controversial, it's right there in the oath of enlistment.
November 20, 2025 at 11:56 PM
What they said not only isn't controversial, it's right there in the oath of enlistment.