@marynmck.bsky.social
Journalist. Contributing Ed, Scientific American. Senior Fellow, Emory Univ Center for the Study of Human Health. Books: BIG CHICKEN, SUPERBUG, BEATING BACK THE DEVIL. Stories: https://authory.com/marynmckenna. Location: points on the 44th parallel.
@marynmck.bsky.socialIn the Netherlands, the NL app counts down to when your train is due wherever you are. If it is late, the number turns red and starts counting up. And the app starts apologizing to you.
@marynmck.bsky.socialLololol ack
@marynmck.bsky.socialUmm?
@gilmored85.bsky.socialReposted by @marynmck.bsky.socialThe last couple days involved not just the NYT saying they "didnt know what he was implying," but also ppl on this site filling up your mentions insisting that Trump wasnt saying exactly what he was saying and he here is not just saying it again but making it even more explicit.
@clancyny.bsky.socialReposted by @marynmck.bsky.socialGift link! ‘Honey Please’: Kimberly Guilfoyle Pushed Donor to Wire $100,000 to Her Amex Account By Dana Mattioli, Drew Hinshaw, Rebecca Ballhaus and Joe Parkinson "Text messages with a MAGA ally show her seeking funds and offering access to admin officials ahead of her confirmation as ambassador."
@kaseygifford.bsky.socialReposted by @marynmck.bsky.socialTo put this in perspective chestnut trees used to be dominant species in the United States. Billions of trees were killed by fungal blight and now fully grown America chestnuts are functionally extinct. There is no getting them back. Ever. All for a data center.
@marynmck.bsky.socialWhat.
@marynmck.bsky.socialHey! Did you miss the chance to sign up to listen to me interview Leidy Klotz of UVa tonight? About his great new book IN A GOOD PLACE, about how building and urban design affect our mental health and emotions?
I gotchu: Watch us live at 6pm US ET on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EbI...
@marynmck.bsky.socialIt’s a good gig because the paint elves are union so they get double after dark.
@nycjayjay.bsky.socialReposted by @marynmck.bsky.socialThis is a community note for the ages.
@marynmck.bsky.socialThe lines get up and move after midnight.
@marynmck.bsky.social🫢🫣😬😶
@marynmck.bsky.social"Haha fuck no" is the correct response here, but I sympathize if you really want the gig.
@marynmck.bsky.socialNot too late to sign up!
RSVP at the link to catch me interviewing UVa behavioral scientist and engineering prof Leidy Klotz on Weds (that's tomorrow!) at 6pm US ET about his excellent new book IN A GOOD PLACE: HOW THE SPACES WHERE WE LIVE, WORK AND PLAY CAN HELP US THRIVE.
@marynmck.bsky.socialIn the way far newspaper past, on a breaking story where multiple reporters were writing multiple pieces for publication the same day, you might share notes, or a recording of a press conference. But not an interview reinterpreted by a different writer for a new story on a different day, GTFOH.
@marynmck.bsky.socialAs a journalist and a prof teaching journalism: What @nbedera.bsky.social describes (sharing interview recordings with other journalists who write fresh pieces without ever speaking to the interviewee) is absolutely NOT industry standard, and a big paper doing it doesn't suddenly make it so.
@marynmck.bsky.socialGOP speedrunning the whole "how could we ever have known our politician was an accused pedophile" process by identifying them before the election and... backing them anyway?
@marynmck.bsky.socialYears ago I was obsessing about what to wear on book tour, and in a small boutique found a long linen coat dress with interesting details to go over dark jeans and heels. It was elegant, sleek armor. It was a Bryn Walker. I felt understood.
So I am horrified: ktla.com/news/califor...
@marynmck.bsky.socialTheir sports were extremely lame when I was there but that was a generation of athletes and a lot of compound interest ago.
