Annnnnd now I care about Kessler Syndrome thanks to @jaimealyse nytimes.com/2023/11/05/mag…

I remember being in my early 20s, stuck in a midtown office, hungrily hitting refresh on Jezebel for the latest Tracie or Anna or Jia crushing on their big, thoughtful brains and dreaming of being a writer. What a huge, huge loss.

A few years back, magic happened in Maine when two dams on the Penobscot were removed and *millions* of sea-run fish returned. I wrote about the effort and joy for Reasons to be Cheerful w/love and edits from the great Becca Worby: reasonstobecheerful.world/dam-removal-pr…

Kea has long been one of the writers whose work I will drop everything to read, but this is the first time I've had the pleasure of working with her on a story. Come with us to Maine!!

"What we really want is more than a definition of life. We want to know what life, fundamentally, *is.*" another banger from @jaimealyse:

The coalition built between the climate and labor movements in Maine is so inspiring to me and is also making headway in launching the nation's first floating offshore wind farm. I wrote about both for Sierra Magazine: sierraclub.org/sierra/hope-fl…

I wrote about my *very* complicated feelings about being an only child and having one myself for the brand-spanking-new Jenny Mag: jennymag.com/2024/01/14/sec…

For Seattle Met, I wrote about Cascadia 9.0, a video game being developed to help players learn how to survive in the aftermath of The Big One. This video game, quite literally, could save your life: seattlemet.com/news-and-city-…

This video game is teaching Seattle and the Pacific Northwest basic emergency preparedness one terrifying level at a time. hubs.ly/Q02k1ND60

My latest!

I wrote about Maine's lesser known ground fish fleet and how their catches are helping support the food insecure in the state. My latest for Reasons to be Cheerful w/edits from the great Becca Worby reasonstobecheerful.world/fishermen-feed…

New Kea Krause just dropped! 🎣

Welcome back to #StatsSunday — your statistical fix, pulled from this week’s stories.⁠ Read this stat’s story here: reasonstobecheerful.world/fishermen-feed…

ICYMI - my latest for Reasons to be Cheerful!