To determine that shark bites have not actually increased vs. past years, my colleague here used a top-secret expert shark science technique called "counting" 🧪🦑🦈 www.wusf.org/environment/...

Have shark attacks increased in Florida? Expert says no

A shark attack off Key West and one off Key Biscayne are the latest to have been reported in the state this summer. But while reports might suggest that they are on the rise, experts say that the numb...

#placesiknit#juryduty#pdx

Monday morning view from the county courthouse, jury duty.

I’m thrilled by the energy and mobilization this week, but the rhetoric around motherhood has been surprisingly painful. My stepmother life has been filled with love and joy—it’s been precarious, and, at times, fraught too. And it is no one else’s business. Let’s do this!

Nodding onion, beach daisy, and birch-leaved spirea in my wildlife garden. 💚

Heading into a cool weekend eager to dig in the dirt and work on turning our 1/4-acre lot into a wildlife habitat. www.nytimes.com/2024/05/23/w...

Why Gardening Is So Good for You

Digging holes can be a workout and mood booster all rolled into one.

Thanks for covering this issue!

Pulitzer Prize Board acknowledges the "extraordinary real-time reporting" of student journalists covering campus protests. www.pulitzer.org/news/stateme...

This was a nice article to see at the top of my feed, having been awake since 5 am, floundering between inferno and icy temps. I've not had a decent night's sleep in 10 years. I am so ready to be done with #perimenopausewww.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/...

Senators, Halle Berry to unveil $275 million bill to boost menopause care

Many physicians say they receive little training about menopause, which all women experience around mid-life.

PSU sent out an alert for “Police Action” on the Park Blocks, where our library is occupied. Student journalists on the PSU Vanguard’s Instagram feed are in front of library reporting that there are, at the moment, no police there. www.instagram.com/psuvanguard/