Robert "The Conjectural" Frederick

lackin compl. info. @niemanfdn (‘21) Former @AmSciMag @ScienceMagazine @STLpublicRadio. More focused at @R_E_Frederick, but not on Twitter much.

[Robert "The Conjectural" Frederick @TheConjectural]

Pleased and Honored to announce that I'm scheduled to teach two classes this fall for Harvard's Division of Continuing Education:

Reporting on #ClimateChange
and
#Podcasting.

Available anywhere with good internet, course details here: https://t.co/rsZBM9ItVK

[Robert "The Conjectural" Frederick @TheConjectural]

After teaching Harvard's first course on #ClimateChange #journalism, I have some thoughts.

Many thanks to my students for their many questions, which helped me formulate and focus those thoughts.

I put them in my latest for @NiemanReports:
https://t.co/29jmaHsT4Q

[Nieman Reports @NiemanReports]

American democracy is under threat — and newsrooms are mobilizing to cover it. Learn more during our @TwitterSpaces featuring @Marcano_Tony, @JessicaHuseman and @CelesteKatzNYC on Thursday, Sept. 15 at 1 pm ET. #DemocracyDay
https://t.co/166IIWX4cx

[Liza Gross @lizabio]

For >6 months, I've been investigating the environmental & health impacts of CA's oil industry for @insideclimate. First, I looked at regulators' claim that it's safe to grow crops with oilfield wastewater. The evidence doesn't support that conclusion. 1/5 https://t.co/Jcy6fKbAUm

[Robert "The Conjectural" Frederick @TheConjectural]

@RepMattGaetz "Shall not be infringed"?

I am heartsick. Tragic loss continues b/c fervor over "intention."

"Infringe" (break) comes from Latin.

Gun-laws that don't "break" the right to keep & bear arms don't conflict w/ 2nd Amendment.

So keep them in an armory for well-regulated reasons.

[Robert "The Conjectural" Frederick @TheConjectural]

@shannonmstirone This infrared image of Jupiter's north pole... I mean, wow!

From https://t.co/BSr5qsaqRI by Scott Bolton, principal investigator for the Juno mission. Lots more pics here that are 🤩

[Robert "The Conjectural" Frederick @TheConjectural]

We did it!

Here's @AmSciMag's *first* digital-first feature -- a collaboration of researchers and colleagues including most especially @_klburke, our digital features editor!

Note: best experienced on a larger screen; a mobile device isn't going to hack it. #ooeek

[American Scientist @AmSciMag]

Experience our inaugural digital-first feature on why wood ducks lay eggs in neighbors' nests. Is maternal skullduggery afoot?
https://t.co/VfeMLCieeY by John Eadie, Bruce Lyon, and Eli Bridge
(Photo by Bruce Lyon)

[Liza Gross @lizabio]

Fighting #wildfires takes a terrible psychological toll on those who risk their lives to keep us safe. Experts warn that wildland firefighters face a greater risk of #suicide, but resources to understand risk factors and provide support are scant https://t.co/qDbjIvjHjm

[Inside Climate News @insideclimate]

Wildland firefighters are “at their breaking point, leaving a wake of mental health issues, suicides, high divorce rates,” a retired U.S. Forest Service officer said last year. Yet resources to prevent suicide are still lacking.

https://t.co/YdKE2zrIpt

[Fenella Saunders @fenellasaunders]

@AmSciMag +others have teamed up with @sconc to host a paid summer internship program for #scicomm that is open to any scicomm-interested HBCU student or students from historically underrepresented groups. Deadline is Friday 2/25! @NABJSTUDENTS Pls. share! https://t.co/JckaZibczY

[Robert "The Conjectural" Frederick @TheConjectural]

@R_E_Frederick @JamesGeary The proved is evident, the conjectural is splendid. Astronomy has its clear side and its luminous side; on its clear side it is tinctured with algebra, on
its luminous side with poetry. —Victor Hugo, Things of the Infinite: Intellectual Autobiography, trans. L. O'Rourke (1907)

[Robert "The Conjectural" Frederick @TheConjectural]

The Right Kind of Caveats for a science story are not just "a single study showed" or "this research is not yet peer reviewed."

Get into the science! My #opinion for @NiemanReports: https://t.co/BAW3OvCC7r

Thank you @LauraColarusso and @JamesGeary for the clarifying editing.

[Robert "The Conjectural" Frederick @TheConjectural]

I smiled and laughed along with, was troubled, and felt moved to action by this podcast with astrophysicist Hakeem Oluseyi.

Conducted by Kindra Thomas, the #interview was my honor to edit and produce.

I invite everyone to listen, consider, and share.

Includes #transcript.

[American Scientist @AmSciMag]

"To all who reach for the stars and to those who teach them," is astrophysicist @HakeemOluseyi's dedication in his memoir -- A Quantum Life: My Unlikely Journey from the Streets to the Stars.

Hear the interview by Kindra Thomas on our latest #podcast:
https://t.co/6A0z5OWgMU

[Robert "The Conjectural" Frederick @TheConjectural]

Whoever you are who wrote this, I appreciate the message. #LittleThingsThatMatter #WearADamnMask #COVID19 #coronavirus

[Robert "The Conjectural" Frederick @TheConjectural]

Trying to see what/how Rachel Carson sees.

[Robert "The Conjectural" Frederick @TheConjectural]

A little détournement I made of Edward Hopper's Nighthawks....

https://t.co/N0lnKQl5eS

[Robert "The Conjectural" Frederick @TheConjectural]

So, this appears to be happening:

I'm teaching a (virtual) course -- "Reporting Science" -- at Harvard this summer.

Classes online in the evening.
#TryingNewThings
https://t.co/FEcC322m66

[Robert "The Conjectural" Frederick @TheConjectural]

@igorbobic Has anyone asked you why you went the direction that you did, that is, away from the Senate entrance?

[Ann Marie Lipinski @AMLwhere]

.@niemanfdn fellows give @thecaravanindia the Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism for “uncompromising coverage of the erosion of human rights.” Meanwhile, Modi’s government brings sedition charges against some of its employees. https://t.co/Xjlbjcdx58

[Robert "The Conjectural" Frederick @TheConjectural]

Of. Course.
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