Dani Leviss, M.A.

Associate Editor #SuperSTEM magazine @Scholastic * Freelance Fact Checker * NYU SHERP * she/her * Ask me abt First Day Covers * Opinions are my own.

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

Sorry for tweeting so much, but Twitter throttles out-bound links, so I'm trying this again.

SoCal animal shelters are overwhelmed with people dropping off injured animals they can't take with them as they flee. Many are in need of volunteers, money, and foster homes 🧵

[Sesame Street @sesamestreet]

When you support @SesameWorkshop, you help ensure that a new generation of children can grow up knowing there's a place where they are welcomed, celebrated, and loved. Donate today: https://t.co/Z8RQPKmBa7 💛💚

[Sophie Nieto-Muñoz @snietomunoz]

the real issue of the day: who do we need to talk to to get better “i voted” stickers in new jersey

[Tim 😷 @itstimredd]

Hold up you’re telling me that by the 3rd time I get COVID, there’s a 1 in 2.5 chance I develop life-changing chronic illness ⁉️⁉️

Uhhh CDC wtf?? Y’all were on TV every night in 2021, where you at with this?! Did you fuck up?? (1/2)

[Sam Balto @CoachBalto]

People like riding bikes. They don’t like being vulnerable. That’s why people don’t ride bikes. Remove whatever is making people feel vulnerable & more people will ride bikes.

[tern @1goodtern]

I'm trying to catch Covid as few times as possible, and I'm trying to spread Covid as few times as possible.

That's what everyone should be trying to do.

[Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran]

The link for ordering 4 free COVID tests is now LIVE.

Do it NOW!

Order here: https://t.co/X0kFupdAxe

[Noah Verrier @NoahVerrier]

My oil painting in the NYT

[Rachel Tobac @RachelTobac]

LinkedIn is now using everyone's content to train their AI tool -- they just auto opted everyone in.
I recommend opting out now (AND that orgs put an end to auto opt-in, it's not cool)
Opt out steps: Settings and Privacy > Data Privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement (OFF)

[Mike Steele 📖 DEBUT MG NOVEL NOW AVAILABLE! @msteelewrites]

Today was the first day the school library was open for checkout, and I had 10 fifth graders at my door at 8 am looking like they were ready to play Supermarket Sweep.

[Esther Honig @estherhonig]

Hi Twitter. My team at @StoryCorps is looking for a production intern. This is a paid position ($16 hr), is fully remote and offers real hands-on production work. Pitch stories, cut tape, record interviews. The sky's the limit.

DM me with any Qs. #journalism

[Lindsey Simmons @Lynz_Simmons]

I’ve written about this before, but I guess I’ll say it again. As an Army wife I absolutely hate, hate, hate the measuring of one person’s service to their country against another’s.

Most people in the military aren’t the Navy SEALs. Military service can look so very different depending on your MOS. But every person’s service is deserving of respect. Every person’s service matters.

Where a person was deployed—South Korea, Kuwait, Northern Africa, Germany, Iraq, Japan, Afghanistan, Italy, Syria, Vietnam, the UK—it in no way diminishes a veteran’s service.

When a family is left behind, at home, we don’t miss our loved one less because of their deployment location. We want our service member home and safe all the same.

And speaking of being home—safety isn’t guaranteed on post, either. Helicopters crash in training ops on American soil with too much frequency. Many of the jobs our military perform aren’t “safe.” That’s what makes the service so extraordinary. It’s a sacrifice 365 days of the year.

Let me tell you something—a man who could have retired with his 20 years but instead re-ups a week after 9/11–that man is a patriot. Full stop.

And let me tell you something else. I don’t care if a soldier was deployed to the most comfortable post where he participated in his $2.99 Tuesday deals at the Subway for lunch and then hit up TGI Fridays for dinner—that person deserves respect too.

One of my passions is helping veterans the way I’d want someone to help my husband, his friends, the other families in our unit. And I am tired of seeing honorable veterans go homeless or without medical care or mental health support because they don’t think they deserve it. Because they didn’t do the “hard jobs” or weren’t in the “dangerous places.”

And when we engage in this bullshit about whose service is more worthy of respect we send a message to the thousands of veterans without national platforms that if they don’t measure up to some nonsense, Hollywood metric, that they are undeserving. And that’s a dangerous and toxic message to spread when veteran death by suicide is far higher than it was 20 years ago.

Every person’s service matters.

[Noah Lyles, OLY @LylesNoah]

I have Asthma, allergies, dyslexia, ADD, anxiety, and Depression.
But I will tell you that what you have does not define what you can become.
Why Not You!

[James Jones @jamesjonesesq]

Yall please RT any and all posts you see of Frederick Richard. Even though Frederick scored the highest score for team USA, major news outlets are trying to erase him by saying that some other gymnast who only did one event led the team to win a medal.

[Colin Schultz | @colinschultz.bsky.social @_ColinS_]

I think we might actually be able to do it

[tern @1goodtern]

It's strange how masks work when it's billionaires' chauffeurs, and rock stars' personal assistants, and the doctors treating olympic athletes, and hollywood movie sets, but they don't work for a cancer ward.

[Val Demings @valdemings]

Honored to be nominated by President Biden - a man who believes in honor, decency, and hard work - to serve on the US Postal Service Board of Governors. These are values that I know our postal workers share.

[Hakai Magazine @hakaimagazine]

We haven’t lost hope for new sources of funding to keep some version of the mag alive. Please send ideas to [email protected].

[Dani Leviss, M.A. @danileviss]

This hurts in the heart real bad! Hakai was my first successful pitch out of grad school. Such a wonderful experience working with editor @ShannaDBaker! And h/t to @_ColinS_ who passed my pitch to her :)

No one does coastal journalism like @hakaimagazine does coastal journalism.

[Hakai Magazine @hakaimagazine]

The bad news is out: Hakai Magazine is shutting down at the end of 2024. We’re incredibly sad, but our team is proud of the great work we’ve done these past 10 years. We have 5 more months of beautiful and unique coastal stories to come. More info here: https://t.co/iwp4DXTTEt