cara giaimo
@cjgiaimo
writer about animals, plants & (sometimes) people / author of Atlas Obscura: Wild Life / guitar in sidebody band / check out my newsletter:
i love when a press release headline sounds like it was written by an aggrieved fish
enjoying this Market Basket-themed food waste prevention zine by Charlie Welsh, Somerville's Ward 7 climate ambassador. i should make more bread crumbs s3.amazonaws.com/somervillema...
you can really count on New York Times commenters. huge biological breakthrough just announced and they've already spotted the flaw
different views of the reflecting pool algae… Annie Talley’s beautiful Desmodesmus suncatcher (left), and one of Euan Reavie’s 400x microscope photos. I interviewed Talley and Reavie about what it’s like for algae to finally get some attention: slate.com/technology/2...
check out this ragtag bunch of kids who successfully preserved their arts studio building www.thesomervilletimes.com/archives/148...
love this photo by Alex Kent of a couple of mallards enjoying the algae-blessed reflecting pool www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/c...
new newsletter is out, with news you can use: - ideal rotted log size -more thoughts on belugas + the mirror test - a warbler guide I doctored to include the Real Housewives of Rhode Island read it here: antsandplanimals.substack.com/p/whats-new-...
my hater should come forward and face me rather than hiding behind these dinky stars
looking for a delicious, affordable way to fight artist displacement in Somerville? It's your lucky day! Central St. Studios and Gracie's have collaborated on a very special ice cream flavor, ART SCHOOL DROPOUT. Available THIS WEEKEND ONLY for $25/pint, right here: givebutter.com/c/57Central/...
need to have a word with the autotranscriber autosummary. it sees me too clearly
cambridge/somerville/environs - hop over to @harvardbookstore.bsky.social tonight where we'll be traveling very deep into the past with @laurapoppick.bsky.social and her new book, STRATA: STORIES FROM DEEP TIME! www.harvard.com/event/laura-...
i want to return to the brief moment when i thought there were creatures called "truth bats," and that they persisted
the barnes & noble preorder sale going on right now is a good time to pick up my new book, i hear. today's the last day! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/leaving-th...
amazing personal accomplishment today - the Supreme blimp i bought in 2017 is finally, FINALLY in the boston globe. (there's also some good info about the community coming together to save our studio building) www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/25/a...
i've been looking forward to this event for a while — i'm talking about Atlas Obscura: Wild Life at my very own public library! tomorrow at 6PM at the Somerville Library central branch auditorium. i would love to see you there! somervillepubliclibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/car...