Climate science is the most significant scientific collaboration in history, and its lessons are a massive human achievement. “How We Came To Know Earth,” our new series, is a guide to the modern understanding of fundamental climate science.

I'm thrilled and humbled to announce that I will be succeeding the visionary @7homaslin as Editor in Chief of @QuantaMagazine. I can't wait to begin working with the remarkable staff there!

Atlas Obscura @atlasobscura is hiring Editorial Fellows! (12-month, paid, benefits, fully remote) Come work with us! https://t.co/pRRzQHikou https://t.co/eiKrvy1rgp @WritersofColor @NABJ @NAHJ @najournalists @sajahq @aaja @DisabledWriters @TransJA @nlgja

So lucky to spend some time with @columbiajourn students this evening! Great questions from the future of journalism. And so rad to hear from the wildly talented @theevanarysays and @TulikaBose_ !

The result of years of work by a dedicated group of amazing people, the Gastro Obscura book is finally ready! I couldn't be prouder of the hard work that went into this. You can get some amazing mathematically efficient cookie cutters if you pre-order! https://t.co/1kxwYNVYio

Lift as you climb.

Atlas Obscura @atlasobscura is hiring Editorial Fellows, remote-first. Come work with us! https://t.co/o6dPxl4DNP @WritersofColor @NABJ @NAHJ @najournalists @sajahq @aaja @DisabledWriters @TransJA @nlgja

#JournalismIsNotACrime: I #StandWithAndrea, one of my former students and a dedicated reporter, on trial 3/8 for doing her job covering protests in Des Moines after the killing of George Floyd. Learn about Andrea and show your support for #pressfreedom: https://t.co/LIg3kqDuRM

Atlas Obscura @atlasobscura is hiring an experienced, senior, remote-first editor-writer. Come work with us. https://t.co/UPJ3ZfllCT @WritersofColor @NABJ @NAHJ @najournalists @sajahq @aaja @DisabledWriters @TransJA @nlgja

this week's @NewYorker cover by @KadirNelson is punctuated with clusters of periwinkle. i wrote about the relationship between this flowering plant and Black burials in a 2018 piece for @atlasobscura.

A while back I reported my last story for @atlasobscura, about the ways climate change is tweaking this world into a new one, and the uncanny, in-between time we’re living through. It’s out now, and I hope you will read it.

Pleased to announce that I've been appointed Editorial Director at @atlasobscura. Can't wait to help lead this exciting, innovative company into the future!

#watsonadventures

Atlas Obscura @atlasobscura is hiring again, this time for an Associate Editor! Come work with us, very exciting things are happening! https://t.co/et0PsCchj8 @WritersofColor @NABJ @NAHJ @najournalists @sajahq @aaja @disabledwriters

Are you a student in biology or journalism with a passion for conservation storytelling? Apply for our fellowship, if chosen we’ll take you to the rainforest! @atlasobscura https://t.co/MDoVPfKJ7h

It's #InternationalLegoClassicismDay! So, to celebrate, here's the story of the first Ugaritic text to be discovered, via the medium of Lego. #ILCD2019 #Lego

WHOMP

Couldn't put it better myself!

(THREAD THAT WILL LAST ALL DAY) a few months ago @atlasobscura asked me to write about the Great Molasses Flood on the occasion of its centennial. i'm famously from Boston, and so is the flood -- a perfect match. so i said yes