Sally James

@jamesian

Science journalist. Yoga teacher. I'm an "indirect cost" writing for researchers at times. More at

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Sally James@jamesian· 27d

Be sure to take photos for #mothweek. See this special link at @inaturalist.bsky.social for the details. www.inaturalist.org/pages/mothweek #bugsky #diversity

An orange colored moth with a few spots at the bottom of each wing, and a line of spots down the back. Known as Isabella tiger moth.

Sally James@jamesian· Jul 15

Juvenile barred #owls in #seattle's Ravenna Park. #nature

Two owls on a branch in dense forest. Sword ferns in foreground.

Sally James@jamesian· Jul 12

"In 1975, about half of 20-somethings said they read the newspaper every day. Today less than 10 percent do," writes @rosehorowitch.bsky.social in "The End of Reading." Link below. As #journalist, it pains me. Photo below - reporter myself using phone books to find people's home addresses.

A woman faces the camera in a white shirt and glasses and has phone books open in front of her.

Sally James@jamesian· Jul 6

If you have the chance, I recommend the @northcascades.bsky.social nonprofit Environmental Learning Center. You can learn a lot, do some canoe time with many others. #nature #retreat

About 18 people in different colors of clothes and hats in a long canoe, with a mountain and snow in the background. This is at North Cascades National Park in Washington state.

Sally James@jamesian· Jun 22

Another method of showing the same increase in temps. #climate

A bar chart shows both blue and red bars representing the average temperatures in Seattle, WA from 1850 until the present. In general, one sees an increase in average temperatures. https://showyourstripes.info/c

Sally James@jamesian· Jun 20

Thank you @kuow.org for the wonderful panel at Seattle Central Library. The podcast, Adults in the Room, was brilliant investigation of #sexual #abuse by teachers. Panel shared the "how we did it" behind journalism.

5 people seated in chairs discuss podcast from KUOW radio about high-school scandal. Among them is Isolde Raftery, who led the investigation.

Sally James@jamesian· Jun 16

Whew. Took a #tidepool break in #Seattle and hit nudibranch jackpot.

Sally James@jamesian· Jun 15

Get your name spelled out in images from NASA satellite images of earth rivers, mountains, etc. My Ls are great, not sure about A. #science #art science.nasa.gov/specials/you...

Sally James@jamesian· Jun 13

As an advocate for #Science and facts, I beg to differ with headline. But...there is a conspiracy to wipe away science, like NIH, CDC. But not centered on those people. Beware of grocery store science. #fedcuts

Sally James@jamesian· Jun 10

Sub Seattle Stadium (Lumen Field) and cartoon is accurate. #worldcup #economy #seattle @mchldooley.bsky.social #leftcoast

Cartoon showing drawing of stadium. Label arrows point to "celebrities" and #tech bros" showing "you" not inside due to cost
By Dooley & Chatfield.

Sally James@jamesian· May 29

Thank you to @pomonacollege.bsky.social for #social event at chihulygg (insta) Able to narrow down my "gift" list to this orb. Met 2 #scientist people from classes of 79 and 78. (He married his TA...) Talked botany and #datascience

An orb created from blown glass by Dale Chihuly rests at center of photo. It has stripes of blue and is overall a yellow. Surrounding objects are red and brghter orange. From museum called Chihuly Gardens.

Sally James@jamesian· May 28

Hooray to Nalisha Estrellas (on Insta) for her mural inside Pacific Place. #downtown #seattle

Sally James@jamesian· May 28

Congrats to the Taylor-Blakeslee fellows.. winners of $ for #graduate school in #science writing. We need you more than ever. Emely Bonilla, Cameron Glymph, Sruthi Gurudev, Jenna Lang, Jesse Steinmetz, Aspen Stuart-Cunningham + Kelsey Woody. @sciencewriting.bsky.social casw.org/news/seven-j...

Photos of seven people awarded fellowships in science writing.

Sally James@jamesian· May 26

Went to grocery, where checker + bagger talking about Edison and Bow, 2 small towns with history of counterculture dating from 1960s. Including the art gallery named i.e. (on insta @i.e.gallery ) Image by Margaret Davidson, titled "Deep Time I" #rabbithole #art #washington www.ieedison.com

Sally James@jamesian· May 21

10 bands I've seen live John Fahey John Prine The Rolling Stones Emmy Lou Harris Ry Cooder Los Lobos The Cheiftains Taj Mahal Buddy Miller Rhiannon Giddens #10bands #claremont #folk

Black and white artwork showing people playing music and singing from the Claremont, CA based Folk Music Center, a store and community.

Sally James@jamesian· May 19

#nudibranchs

Sally James@jamesian· May 18

My 1st #octopus. At Edmonds pier. #tidepool #lowtide many #nudibranchs also.

A red Pacific octopus on Puget Sound beach.

Sally James@jamesian· May 17

Thanks to @michellem.bsky.social @lynnepeeps.bsky.social @robertakwok.bsky.social @madelinevo.bsky.social @neurochemequeen.bsky.social Taryn Black, Karen Levy + 🧪David Mills for #science talk about #social media. We didn't solve any of the frustrations, but we hung them up + looked.

A black and white cartoon circle that is a simple face. Two circle eyes, and a sideways S shape for a mouth. The overall impression is the face is confused.

Sally James@jamesian· May 15

Classy @toppotdoughnuts.bsky.social in Wedgwood. 🧪🧪🧪

Sally James@jamesian· May 1

At a graveside service, I heard this advice. The way to mourn respectfully, the rabbi said, is to greet each day with "utter amazement" at the life we hold briefly. #funeral #memorial #spring #nature #friday

Four tree trunks extend high above the viewer, with new green leaves emerging. The view feels as if the viewer is surrounded by green and dappled light.

Sally James@jamesian· Apr 27

Thanks to the #CityNatureChallenge I now have seen a Thimbleberry Gall Wasp nest, in a thimble berry plant at Carkeek in #seattle. #entomology #wasp

A small brown insect nest, for the Thimbleberry wasp, is shown on a branch inside a green background of leaves.

Sally James@jamesian· Apr 25

#Caturday

Cat in ray of sun curled inside circular brown bed. Cat shows some cream Siamese markings with darker face and ears.

Sally James@jamesian· Apr 22

Reminder - Friday begins the CITY nature challenge, counting biodiversity around the world. #earthday #science #inaturalist 🧪

City Nature Challenge post about four steps to join counting of biodiversity by nonprofit inaturalist.org

Sally James@jamesian· Apr 19

Game = poem. Solving words ladder contemplation. Seed, power of creation, Dense, containing future Sensed, pulling from edges Endless, unspooling generations Idleness, what we need to see Thanks to The New Yorker games dept. for this 4-18 list of words. #shuffalo #bloomscrolling

Four pussy willow catkins on stem with bright blue sky in distance.

Sally James@jamesian· Apr 16

Picture of drawing of cat.

Sally James@jamesian· Apr 16

Thank you to Mary Brunkow of Institute for Systems Biology in #seattle for speaking about her #Nobel prize journey. My PhD student friend gasped at slide of page 343 in the lab notes. (Because, they had to wait 342 pages for success. ) #education #science #process #SciEd #women

Nobel prize winning scientist Mary Brunkow, who works in Seattle at the Institute for Systems Biology.

Sally James@jamesian· Apr 9

How many layers of nerd? #seattle theater event in April. Random built in. 5 science plays created from scratch in ... less than a week. Research as catalyst, but theater as method. No recording. You have to come see. theatreoffjackson.org/event/centri...

A gloved human hand holding a greenish liquid in a vial about to be placed inside a centrifuge for spinning at high speed to separate different densities.

Sally James@jamesian· Apr 8

There needs to be a neuroscience of scale that explains when we see something - tulip X 1 million. #bloomscrolling #skagit #tulips

A person in jeans and hat crouches next to a tulip field of mostly purple flower that stretches almost to infinity. From Skagit River area of Washington state during peak bloom.

Sally James@jamesian· Apr 8

For #bloomscrolling

Yellow tulips with darker orange feathers of color at edges of each petal. About 6 tulips in view.

Sally James@jamesian· Mar 30

Any @nswa.bsky.social folks here to see @drsuzannesimard.bsky.social with our VP Lynda Mapes? #science #ecology #forests