Been through Swannanoa several times. This whole situation is just so tragic and we for sure don't know the full losses. But we do know our climate will continue to produce more extreme events.
There's a lot of dialogue about Bluesky being a progressive echo chamber or whatever. But to me, a reporter who's neither racist nor insane, it's currently the best Twitter replacement because Twitter serves me nonstop racist and insane stuff and Threads won't do breaking news. Truly that simple.
Waking up in the eye of tropical storm this morning. Grateful to have power but aware that neighbors to the east weren't so lucky.
"even if data are quantitative and numerical, the ways in which they are analysed and, to a greater extent, the inferences made from this analysis, will vary depending on who the researcher is." I LOVE this paper, which talks about reflexivity in quant, not qual, research tinyurl.com/3r3s39ty
"This study thus provides an example of how the Black health community has proven an active agent in countering the structural forces driving racial disparities." academic.oup.com/jhmas/advanc...
Abstract. The paradox of excess mortality among White Americans during the 1918 influenza pandemic has long puzzled historians and scientists. Recent schol
"The means of escape from the failures of theory is to change the question from knowing to doing[....], to engage in a dialogical effort to build the world we collectively wish to inhabit" Still (after 15 years) navigating my relationship to theory as well. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
If you work in climate adaptation this issue of scale and variance should be rattling around in your brain at all times.
It is meet-the-team Friday! This week, we introduce you to one of our founders, @sarahksshannon.bsky.social@firstpublics.bsky.social she supervises and co-edits all of our work.
Interesting reporting from @nytimes.comwww.nytimes.com/2024/09/10/b...
Federal regulators are trying to block Kroger’s merger with Albertsons. In a Portland suburb, residents already know what deteriorating access to fresh food looks like.