David G Haskell
@dghaskell.bsky.social
Writer, biologist
🌻How Flowers Made our World = new book in March 2026
Sounds Wild and Broken
13 Ways to Smell a Tree
The Songs of Trees
The Forest Unseen
🌻How Flowers Made our World = new book in March 2026
Sounds Wild and Broken
13 Ways to Smell a Tree
The Songs of Trees
The Forest Unseen
Pinned
David G Haskell
@dghaskell.bsky.social
· Aug 12
Coming in March 2026: Flowers! When flowers appeared, nothing was ever the same. They are the world’s great collaborators and creators. Writing this book transformed how I see life’s history and future. Cooperation, beauty, and illusion transform the world. Can't wait to share these stories
To be published in January 2026. @berondam.bsky.social's new book is absolutely wonderful and you should do yourself a favor and pre-order now!
Thanks @dghaskell.bsky.social re: When Trees Testify (@henryholtbooks.bsky.social)
"Absolutely essential reading for anyone interested in the convergences of human & plant lives. Full of joy, sorrow & brilliant insight, this book forever changed how I think about trees & American ecology & history."
"Absolutely essential reading for anyone interested in the convergences of human & plant lives. Full of joy, sorrow & brilliant insight, this book forever changed how I think about trees & American ecology & history."
November 13, 2025 at 10:21 PM
To be published in January 2026. @berondam.bsky.social's new book is absolutely wonderful and you should do yourself a favor and pre-order now!
Northern lights in Atlanta!!! Happening right now (Tuesday evening). Never thought I'd see them, let alone in ATL
If your skies are clear in N hemisphere, head outside!
If your skies are clear in N hemisphere, head outside!
November 12, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Northern lights in Atlanta!!! Happening right now (Tuesday evening). Never thought I'd see them, let alone in ATL
If your skies are clear in N hemisphere, head outside!
If your skies are clear in N hemisphere, head outside!
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For anyone too young to remember what it was like before ACA…
IT WAS A FUCKING NIGHTMARE.
IT WAS A FUCKING NIGHTMARE.
One of the most important provisions of the ACA was eliminating pre-existing conditions exclusions from insurance plans.
Folks need to be reminded that if the ACA goes away, so does that provision.
Folks need to be reminded that if the ACA goes away, so does that provision.
November 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
For anyone too young to remember what it was like before ACA…
IT WAS A FUCKING NIGHTMARE.
IT WAS A FUCKING NIGHTMARE.
This is one of those books that changed how I see and understand culture and history. I learned a huge amount from @juliaioffe.bsky.social's telling of these stories, and I greatly appreciated her writing voice which is both rigorous and imbued with distinctive and compelling energy.
MOTHERLAND is finally out today! And she's a finalist for the National Book Award.
Get your copy today!
bookshop.org/p/books/moth...
Get your copy today!
bookshop.org/p/books/moth...
November 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
This is one of those books that changed how I see and understand culture and history. I learned a huge amount from @juliaioffe.bsky.social's telling of these stories, and I greatly appreciated her writing voice which is both rigorous and imbued with distinctive and compelling energy.
"Beneath its humdrum requests, every email said more or less the same thing: Can you explain how reading certain things can turn a person into a socialist—and, possibly, a terrorist-sympathizing antisemite? It’s a storied gambit of the right at its most grimly predictable"
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:11 PM
"Beneath its humdrum requests, every email said more or less the same thing: Can you explain how reading certain things can turn a person into a socialist—and, possibly, a terrorist-sympathizing antisemite? It’s a storied gambit of the right at its most grimly predictable"
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Insane mast year
Water oak covering Atlanta with the cutest acorns ever
Water oak covering Atlanta with the cutest acorns ever
November 8, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Insane mast year
Water oak covering Atlanta with the cutest acorns ever
Water oak covering Atlanta with the cutest acorns ever
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Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
www.science.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Media coverage of James Watson's death rightly notes his white supremacy (and misogyny, notably his refusal to credit Dr. Rosalind Franklin with her role in the elucidation of the structure of DNA). His were not an isolated set of beliefs, though. thread...
November 7, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Media coverage of James Watson's death rightly notes his white supremacy (and misogyny, notably his refusal to credit Dr. Rosalind Franklin with her role in the elucidation of the structure of DNA). His were not an isolated set of beliefs, though. thread...
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The man who ended USAID is the world's first trillionaire
November 7, 2025 at 2:14 AM
The man who ended USAID is the world's first trillionaire
Eastern Forest playing cards are back in stock! Each card a different species, each suit a different sense. Art by Ellen Litwiller, micropoems on natural history by me. All my proceeds to enviro ed and conservation. Celebrating human play and forest biodiversity 💚
www.artofplay.com/products/eas...
www.artofplay.com/products/eas...
October 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Eastern Forest playing cards are back in stock! Each card a different species, each suit a different sense. Art by Ellen Litwiller, micropoems on natural history by me. All my proceeds to enviro ed and conservation. Celebrating human play and forest biodiversity 💚
www.artofplay.com/products/eas...
www.artofplay.com/products/eas...
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Those with sharp eyes might detect a subtle difference in NYT play last month of an event in one city, w 100,000+ attendees, versus play this morning of some 2500+ events w many millions of attendees, in all 50 states.
See if you can spot it! /s
Then you can find today's story on p A23
See if you can spot it! /s
Then you can find today's story on p A23
October 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Those with sharp eyes might detect a subtle difference in NYT play last month of an event in one city, w 100,000+ attendees, versus play this morning of some 2500+ events w many millions of attendees, in all 50 states.
See if you can spot it! /s
Then you can find today's story on p A23
See if you can spot it! /s
Then you can find today's story on p A23
Reposted by David G Haskell
Timeline cleanser 🐈
September 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Timeline cleanser 🐈
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Today I am mostly thinking about the popular inter-war literary genre 'animal stories written by fascists'. Join me.
October 14, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Today I am mostly thinking about the popular inter-war literary genre 'animal stories written by fascists'. Join me.
Reposted by David G Haskell
This had me on "ribbit."
October 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
This had me on "ribbit."
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'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize
October 10, 2025 at 9:31 AM
'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize
Lost Science: all the brilliant discoveries now no longer possible, at least under this regime. Deeply sad but vitally important coverage from @carlzimmer.com and colleagues @nytimes.com
Curiosity, wonder, and the desire to improve the world through knowledge will not be snuffed out.
Curiosity, wonder, and the desire to improve the world through knowledge will not be snuffed out.
Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
nyti.ms
October 9, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Lost Science: all the brilliant discoveries now no longer possible, at least under this regime. Deeply sad but vitally important coverage from @carlzimmer.com and colleagues @nytimes.com
Curiosity, wonder, and the desire to improve the world through knowledge will not be snuffed out.
Curiosity, wonder, and the desire to improve the world through knowledge will not be snuffed out.
Join me and Nick Dangerfield, founder of Oda oda.co Saturday morning.
Oda makes paper sculptures/speakers that bring live sound of regenerating Costa Rican forests to our ears. The project provides funding for forest stewardship.
We'll be talking about the joys and brokenness of sound in our worlds
Oda makes paper sculptures/speakers that bring live sound of regenerating Costa Rican forests to our ears. The project provides funding for forest stewardship.
We'll be talking about the joys and brokenness of sound in our worlds
September 25, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Join me and Nick Dangerfield, founder of Oda oda.co Saturday morning.
Oda makes paper sculptures/speakers that bring live sound of regenerating Costa Rican forests to our ears. The project provides funding for forest stewardship.
We'll be talking about the joys and brokenness of sound in our worlds
Oda makes paper sculptures/speakers that bring live sound of regenerating Costa Rican forests to our ears. The project provides funding for forest stewardship.
We'll be talking about the joys and brokenness of sound in our worlds
Somehow, somehow the knowledge of where to go and when to leave is encoded in the genes of the green darner dragonfly.
I found this one, a male judging from his neon blue abdomen, sitting on the concrete outside a store in a strip mall in Atlanta. He likely hatched in a pond in Quebec or NY 🧵...
I found this one, a male judging from his neon blue abdomen, sitting on the concrete outside a store in a strip mall in Atlanta. He likely hatched in a pond in Quebec or NY 🧵...
September 18, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Somehow, somehow the knowledge of where to go and when to leave is encoded in the genes of the green darner dragonfly.
I found this one, a male judging from his neon blue abdomen, sitting on the concrete outside a store in a strip mall in Atlanta. He likely hatched in a pond in Quebec or NY 🧵...
I found this one, a male judging from his neon blue abdomen, sitting on the concrete outside a store in a strip mall in Atlanta. He likely hatched in a pond in Quebec or NY 🧵...
End-of-summer fruitfulness in the SE US...muscadines.
A more complex flavor than table grapes, more tannic, with layers of cardamom and warm hay. Aroma stronger than taste. Thicker skins to give a good bite, with stout seeds.
What's the gastronomic signal of seasonal transition where you are?
A more complex flavor than table grapes, more tannic, with layers of cardamom and warm hay. Aroma stronger than taste. Thicker skins to give a good bite, with stout seeds.
What's the gastronomic signal of seasonal transition where you are?
September 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
End-of-summer fruitfulness in the SE US...muscadines.
A more complex flavor than table grapes, more tannic, with layers of cardamom and warm hay. Aroma stronger than taste. Thicker skins to give a good bite, with stout seeds.
What's the gastronomic signal of seasonal transition where you are?
A more complex flavor than table grapes, more tannic, with layers of cardamom and warm hay. Aroma stronger than taste. Thicker skins to give a good bite, with stout seeds.
What's the gastronomic signal of seasonal transition where you are?
Just 3 weeks to submit your opposition to opening roadless areas...
The USDA is giving the public just three weeks to weigh in on a key step of its attempt to scrap the Roadless Rule, which protects almost 59 million acres of forest land from road construction and timber harvesting.
The Trump Administration Is Trying to Revoke the ‘Roadless Rule.’ The Public Won’t Have Much Time to Weigh In - Inside Climate News
The rule protecting remote wilderness areas received 1.6 million public comments when it was developed. People will have just 14 business days to comment on a key part of its rescission.
insideclimatenews.org
August 30, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Just 3 weeks to submit your opposition to opening roadless areas...
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🚨Journalism job alert🚨
We're hiring an investigative reporter to join my team at @wired.com. We're looking for someone who has both traditional and non-traditional reporting skills (coding/data work/OSINT, etc). Fit the bill? Come work with me! condenast.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CondeCareers...
We're hiring an investigative reporter to join my team at @wired.com. We're looking for someone who has both traditional and non-traditional reporting skills (coding/data work/OSINT, etc). Fit the bill? Come work with me! condenast.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CondeCareers...
Senior Writer, Investigations
WIRED is where a better future is imagined. For three decades, we have been the indispensable guide to a world in constant transformation. We cover humanity’s biggest challenges, from climate change t...
condenast.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com
August 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
🚨Journalism job alert🚨
We're hiring an investigative reporter to join my team at @wired.com. We're looking for someone who has both traditional and non-traditional reporting skills (coding/data work/OSINT, etc). Fit the bill? Come work with me! condenast.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CondeCareers...
We're hiring an investigative reporter to join my team at @wired.com. We're looking for someone who has both traditional and non-traditional reporting skills (coding/data work/OSINT, etc). Fit the bill? Come work with me! condenast.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CondeCareers...
Some wonderful sounds here, along with excellent context and reflection...
I asked researchers around the world about how to listen better to the climate crisis, and turn our ears back towards the living Earth.
defector.com/how-climate-...
defector.com/how-climate-...
How Climate Change Is Transforming The Soundtrack Of The Natural World | Defector
It is easy enough to read about the climate crisis through the dozens of devastating stories that run each week, warning us of the people who will be displaced or otherwise harmed by the planet’s rapi...
defector.com
August 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Some wonderful sounds here, along with excellent context and reflection...
Coming in March 2026: Flowers! When flowers appeared, nothing was ever the same. They are the world’s great collaborators and creators. Writing this book transformed how I see life’s history and future. Cooperation, beauty, and illusion transform the world. Can't wait to share these stories
August 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Coming in March 2026: Flowers! When flowers appeared, nothing was ever the same. They are the world’s great collaborators and creators. Writing this book transformed how I see life’s history and future. Cooperation, beauty, and illusion transform the world. Can't wait to share these stories
Reposted by David G Haskell
The Guardian US is hiring a senior science investigative reporter: workforus.theguardian.com/jobs/795/
The Guardian :: Senior Science Investigative Reporter
workforus.theguardian.com
July 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The Guardian US is hiring a senior science investigative reporter: workforus.theguardian.com/jobs/795/