Dayna Bateman
@daynabateman.bsky.social
incurably curious // recovering tech worker, emerging writer // 2026 PEN/Jean Stein Grant for Literary Oral History // 2025 ALR Essay Prize // https://campsite.bio/daynabateman // Storyknife, Tin House, Granta Memoir Alum
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Congratulations to all of our 2026 grant winners! Recognizing oral history, young adult literature, migration narratives, and translation, these works-in-progress illuminate important stories and are sure to carry a lasting literary impact. Learn more here: pen.org/announcing-t...
A huge congratulations to my fellow grant and award winners, and deep deep gratitude to @penamerica.bsky.social 💛🙏
We Emit a Visible Light That Vanishes When We Die, Surprising Study Finds www.sciencealert.com/we-emit-a-vi...
We Emit a Visible Light That Vanishes When We Die, Surprising Study Says
Life truly is radiant, according to an experiment conducted by researchers from the University of Calgary and the National Research Council of Canada.
www.sciencealert.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:19 PM
We Emit a Visible Light That Vanishes When We Die, Surprising Study Finds www.sciencealert.com/we-emit-a-vi...
“If there were any remaining doubt whether advisers within the Trump administration are actively pushing to end the independence of the Federal Reserve, there should now be none.” —Senator Thom Tillis, Republican of North Carolina and member of the Banking Committee
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...
Federal Prosecutors Open Investigation Into Fed Chair Powell
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 11:51 AM
“If there were any remaining doubt whether advisers within the Trump administration are actively pushing to end the independence of the Federal Reserve, there should now be none.” —Senator Thom Tillis, Republican of North Carolina and member of the Banking Committee
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...
“Enough is enough. No more pressure. No more insinuations. No more fantasies of annexation,” he said this week, calling Trump’s comments “entirely unacceptable”. —Jens-Frederik Nielsen, Prime Minister of Greenland
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Jens-Frederik Nielsen, the Greenlandic leader under pressure
The Arctic island’s 34-year-old prime minister is at the centre of one of the world’s most meaningful geopolitical struggles
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January 10, 2026 at 12:28 PM
“Enough is enough. No more pressure. No more insinuations. No more fantasies of annexation,” he said this week, calling Trump’s comments “entirely unacceptable”. —Jens-Frederik Nielsen, Prime Minister of Greenland
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#giftlink
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In case you were wondering (I was) ⏺️ apastyle.apa.org/blog/music-a...
apastyle.apa.org
January 9, 2026 at 10:57 PM
In case you were wondering (I was) ⏺️ apastyle.apa.org/blog/music-a...
Yes: This is worrying
Ensuring that lawful voters can cast their ballots and have them counted should be a bipartisan goal. It is not. For now, it falls to Democrats and the pro-democracy community to step forward — even as the USPS has taken a step back. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/how-...
How new USPS rules put the right to vote at risk
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Yes: This is worrying
“Greenland is not for sale,” Jacob Isbosethsen, head of representation of Greenland to the U.S. and Canada, said. “I think our Prime Minister and our Foreign Minister have made it very, very clear. Our country belongs to the Greenlandic people.”
thehill.com/homenews/568...
thehill.com/homenews/568...
thehill.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:48 PM
“Greenland is not for sale,” Jacob Isbosethsen, head of representation of Greenland to the U.S. and Canada, said. “I think our Prime Minister and our Foreign Minister have made it very, very clear. Our country belongs to the Greenlandic people.”
thehill.com/homenews/568...
thehill.com/homenews/568...
Making promises. Keeping vows.
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open.substack.com/pub/suttonho...
On diving in
and writing those vows
open.substack.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Making promises. Keeping vows.
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open.substack.com/pub/suttonho...
«There is not much, if anything, Secretary Kennedy has done well in 2025. ...
To understand the magnitude of the damage Secretary Kennedy has done, one must first appreciate what we once had: global leadership.»
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/pres...
To understand the magnitude of the damage Secretary Kennedy has done, one must first appreciate what we once had: global leadership.»
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/pres...
Opinion | I Was Wrong About RFK Jr.
In early 2025, I was overly optimistic he might get a thing or two right for public health
www.medpagetoday.com
December 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
«There is not much, if anything, Secretary Kennedy has done well in 2025. ...
To understand the magnitude of the damage Secretary Kennedy has done, one must first appreciate what we once had: global leadership.»
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/pres...
To understand the magnitude of the damage Secretary Kennedy has done, one must first appreciate what we once had: global leadership.»
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/pres...
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Jackson Hole Airport pulled out all the stops to obtain a DarkSky certification, ... but the biggest difference the average traveler will notice is how many more stars are visible in the skies above and around the airport. »
The Only Airport Inside A National Park Is Now The World's First DarkSky Certified - Islands
Jackson Hole Airport, located inside Grand Teton National Park, became DarkSky certified for its work to protect wildlife and night views.
www.islands.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Jackson Hole Airport pulled out all the stops to obtain a DarkSky certification, ... but the biggest difference the average traveler will notice is how many more stars are visible in the skies above and around the airport. »
Just improvised chilaquiles for the first time ever and it did not suck
December 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Just improvised chilaquiles for the first time ever and it did not suck
A huge congratulations to my fellow grant and award winners, and deep deep gratitude to @penamerica.bsky.social 💛🙏
Congratulations to all of our 2026 grant winners! Recognizing oral history, young adult literature, migration narratives, and translation, these works-in-progress illuminate important stories and are sure to carry a lasting literary impact. Learn more here: pen.org/announcing-t...
December 2, 2025 at 11:19 PM
A huge congratulations to my fellow grant and award winners, and deep deep gratitude to @penamerica.bsky.social 💛🙏
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PEN America mourns the death of Tom Stoppard, one of the world's most influential playwrights and a tenacious defender of free expression.
Along with multiple Tony Awards and an Oscar, Stoppard was also the 2020 winner of the PEN/Mike Nichols Writing for Performance Award.
pen.org/press-releas...
Along with multiple Tony Awards and an Oscar, Stoppard was also the 2020 winner of the PEN/Mike Nichols Writing for Performance Award.
pen.org/press-releas...
PEN America Mourns Death of Playwright Tom Stoppard, a Tenacious Defender of Free Expression
PEN America statement on Tom Stoppard death: “From his early plays like Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead that shocked audiences, to his most recent and most autobiographical play Leopoldstadt— in...
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November 29, 2025 at 7:12 PM
PEN America mourns the death of Tom Stoppard, one of the world's most influential playwrights and a tenacious defender of free expression.
Along with multiple Tony Awards and an Oscar, Stoppard was also the 2020 winner of the PEN/Mike Nichols Writing for Performance Award.
pen.org/press-releas...
Along with multiple Tony Awards and an Oscar, Stoppard was also the 2020 winner of the PEN/Mike Nichols Writing for Performance Award.
pen.org/press-releas...
“They used custom Hasselblad cameras, functional in extreme temperatures, with extra-large buttons you could push even through a moonsuit glove.
November 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
“They used custom Hasselblad cameras, functional in extreme temperatures, with extra-large buttons you could push even through a moonsuit glove.
“The discovery, published this week in Scientific Reports, is the first instance of an animal being described based on remains found in fossilized vomit.”
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Fossil vomit contains new species of pterosaur from Brazil
Filter-feeding flying reptile was likely devoured by a dinosaur during the early Cretaceous
www.science.org
November 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
“The discovery, published this week in Scientific Reports, is the first instance of an animal being described based on remains found in fossilized vomit.”
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
“Until we have real data, people making policy haven't got a clue what to rely on. They grasp at straws. This is one of the most outlandish straws that one could grasp at.” www.thehandbasket.co/p/wh-inflati...
WH claims 'inflation tamed,' per DoorDash stats. Company says that's not in its report.
It comes the same week we learned the WH would likely not release key economic reports for October.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
“Until we have real data, people making policy haven't got a clue what to rely on. They grasp at straws. This is one of the most outlandish straws that one could grasp at.” www.thehandbasket.co/p/wh-inflati...
I kinda love that a 45 single (VG+) of my dad's 1965 release is selling for sixty-freaking-dollars on the Discogs used vinyl marketplace 💛
www.discogs.com/sell/item/27...
www.discogs.com/sell/item/27...
November 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I kinda love that a 45 single (VG+) of my dad's 1965 release is selling for sixty-freaking-dollars on the Discogs used vinyl marketplace 💛
www.discogs.com/sell/item/27...
www.discogs.com/sell/item/27...
Children are the largest recipients of SNAP benefits. Also: Seniors, the disabled and the folks who care for them. Because that's what civilized countries do: Support their citizens when they need support and ensure they can live with dignity
www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
November 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Children are the largest recipients of SNAP benefits. Also: Seniors, the disabled and the folks who care for them. Because that's what civilized countries do: Support their citizens when they need support and ensure they can live with dignity
www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
Voters don't only save democracy, they live longer too according to research from Finland » jech.bmj.com/content/earl...
Voting is a stronger determinant of mortality than education: a full-electorate survival analysis with 21-year follow-up
Background Although voting is recognised as a social determinant of health, the association between electoral participation and subsequent mortality at an individual level has not been established.
O...
jech.bmj.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Voters don't only save democracy, they live longer too according to research from Finland » jech.bmj.com/content/earl...
“Now, do you believe in rock and roll? Can music save your mortal soul?”
Visited the crash site. Paid our respects.
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Visited the crash site. Paid our respects.
www.instagram.com/p/DPX57bXjXj...
October 5, 2025 at 1:42 PM
“Now, do you believe in rock and roll? Can music save your mortal soul?”
Visited the crash site. Paid our respects.
www.instagram.com/p/DPX57bXjXj...
Visited the crash site. Paid our respects.
www.instagram.com/p/DPX57bXjXj...
The honeyguides, he writes, “no longer call because the humans no longer listen.” Dunn’s plea is that we pay attention; listen hard enough to hear when the nonhuman world offers us a chance for kinship.
#giftlink »
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/b...
#giftlink »
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/b...
Birds Who Help Humans, and Other Tales of Inter-Species Cooperation
www.nytimes.com
October 5, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The honeyguides, he writes, “no longer call because the humans no longer listen.” Dunn’s plea is that we pay attention; listen hard enough to hear when the nonhuman world offers us a chance for kinship.
#giftlink »
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/b...
#giftlink »
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/b...
“An analysis published in 2020 by the Transport Research Laboratory, a British organisation, found that touchscreens impaired a driver’s reaction time more than driving over the legal alcohol limit.”
Are touchscreens in cars dangerous?
#paywall
www.economist.com/science-and-...
From The Economist
Are touchscreens in cars dangerous?
#paywall
www.economist.com/science-and-...
From The Economist
Are touchscreens in cars dangerous?
Probably—and safety organisations are beginning to take note
www.economist.com
September 20, 2025 at 9:17 PM
“An analysis published in 2020 by the Transport Research Laboratory, a British organisation, found that touchscreens impaired a driver’s reaction time more than driving over the legal alcohol limit.”
Are touchscreens in cars dangerous?
#paywall
www.economist.com/science-and-...
From The Economist
Are touchscreens in cars dangerous?
#paywall
www.economist.com/science-and-...
From The Economist
Indigenous people are stewards of 80% of the Earth’s biodiversity. » www.miamiherald.com/detour/artic...
The continued displacement of the Maasai shows how tourism harms more than it helps, Part I
A country’s tourism may be thought of as a universal good, but writer Bani Amor shows how tourism can negatively affect native populations.
www.miamiherald.com
September 6, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Indigenous people are stewards of 80% of the Earth’s biodiversity. » www.miamiherald.com/detour/artic...
“The multibillion-dollar global tourism industry says that if you can afford to travel to a place, you have a right to all that is there. Our project does not support this logic.” www.fodors.com/world/north-...
How Native Hawaiians Are Decolonizing Tourism
Fodor's provides expert travel content worth exploring so you can dream up your next trip. The world is a weird and wonderful place—we want to show you around.
www.fodors.com
September 6, 2025 at 12:18 PM
“The multibillion-dollar global tourism industry says that if you can afford to travel to a place, you have a right to all that is there. Our project does not support this logic.” www.fodors.com/world/north-...
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Excited to be part of @vocebooks.bsky.social autumn season! On Thursday 20th November, 7pm, I'll be in conversation with writer Morag Rose @thelrm.bsky.social , talking about her forthcoming book, The Feminist Art of Walking, published by @plutopress.bsky.social. www.plutobooks.com/978074535100...
July 27, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Excited to be part of @vocebooks.bsky.social autumn season! On Thursday 20th November, 7pm, I'll be in conversation with writer Morag Rose @thelrm.bsky.social , talking about her forthcoming book, The Feminist Art of Walking, published by @plutopress.bsky.social. www.plutobooks.com/978074535100...
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Thrilled to have my NF piece published this week. The idea for it began in a workshop with Randon Billings Noble.
www.cordella.org#/offering
www.cordella.org#/offering
Cordella Press
A biannual online publication with an annual print edition, featuring the work of women-identified and nonbinary creatives.
www.cordella.org
March 15, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Thrilled to have my NF piece published this week. The idea for it began in a workshop with Randon Billings Noble.
www.cordella.org#/offering
www.cordella.org#/offering