James Gorman
@jimgorman
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Former New York Times editor, columnist, reporter for 28 years. On the road again. Freelance science dog and humor writer.
New York
Joined April 2008
Neil Young wants @Spotify to pull his music due to Joe Rogan's vaccine misinformation on platform https://t.co/J4ZDRJjSpr via @usatoday
usatoday.com
The legendary rocker accuses the music platform of "spreading fake information about vaccines," calling out popular podcast host Joe Rogan.
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“Nature is certainly doing its part to keep us humble”. Fascinating piece from @carlzimmer Omicron’s Radical Evolution
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Thirteen of Omicron’s mutations should have hurt the variant’s chances of survival. Instead, they worked together to make it thrive.
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I downloaded all the data Amazon has on me, and honestly the creepiest thing about it is that they sent me the *actual audio files* of every time I spoke* to Amazon Alexa *years ago when I was young and foolish about surveillance
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The book that I have been waiting for! Ordered it immediately. Pigeons deserve respect
Thank you @GrrlScientist for this kind and thoughtful review of A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching! https://t.co/dRX2tHyNzB
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How does Omicron spread so fast? A high viral load isn’t the answer
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THREAD is a must-read: "Having ~40% of the population infected by a single pathogen in the span of 8 weeks is remarkable and I can't think of an obvious modern precedent." #Omicron
Case counts for the US appear to have peaked at a 7-day average of 806k on Jan 14. Omicron grew from approximately 35k daily cases on Dec 14 to ~800k daily cases in ~4 weeks. 1/9
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Well that's a first: Just received an email from a colleague that referred to all the men in the thread as "Dr." and the women by their first names. Time to update my #WomaninSTEM bingo card
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St George testing the dragon for covid
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For anyone who missed this in December, as I did, pure, brief brilliance once again from Calvin Trillin: Florida Woman Bites Camel https://t.co/HEOGASP9jV via @NewYorker
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Some thoughts on the art of the newspaper lede.
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WATCH: Penguin selfie filmed on back of gentoo penguin in Argentina as it twists through schools of sardines.
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Paleontology friends - have you seen the new UCMP Understanding Evolution website? It was awesome before but it’s even more so now! @undrstnd_evo
The UC Museum of Paleontology brings you the *new* Understanding Evolution, your one-stop source for teaching and learning about evolution and the history of life. Get tools to enhance your teaching at https://t.co/cnX41qx0DE
#TeachEvolution #LearnEvolution #StemEd
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TOMORROW at 4PM ET, join us for an exciting webinar presentation featuring Rodney Stotts, a master falconer and licensed raptor specialist. RSVP here: https://t.co/9wMJNsScwQ
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An outbreak of the Delta variant linked to a pet shopworker in the shop prompted officials to test hundreds of animals there - with 11 hamsters Covid positive. #Covid19
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A pet shop outbreak in "zero Covid" Hong Kong will result in the euthanasia of 2,000 small mammals.
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"Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” - Martin Luther King Jr. 1963
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A female Red-bellied Woodpecker showing the brush of red on her tummy.
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This is absolutely #stunning! I didn't think much about #seeds until I volunteered in a lab at UofT Forestry sorting seeds. It was incredible how each species was different! The Hidden Beauty of Seeds & Fruits: The Botanical Photography of Levon Biss https://t.co/OxxnqJ1F4B
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Ancient adventures in domestication: The Kunga Was a Status Symbol Long Before the Thoroughbred
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A new study finds the first known instance of a human-engineered hybrid, bred from a donkey and a Syrian wild ass 4,500 years ago.
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