Matt Soniak

I write about science, wildlife & history for @mental_floss, @audubonsociety, @atlasobscura, @Slate & others.

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For @audubonsociety I look at the 20-year-old mystery of avian keratin disorder, which warps & deforms birds beaks https://t.co/qK4KHF7UxV

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@abgutman Out of the game for a while, but I always had a big Scrivener file for every month with a folder for each piece that contained working draft, notes, interviews, to-do list, source list etc.

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@Thesockpolice Wtf

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@fuzzytypewriter Real jazzed to get home and fire up Tails of Iron!

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@abgutman I ate enough shoe leather beef as a kid to tell you not just anyone can cook a piece of meat. And if you want to talk about ethical and sustainable fish eating, I think you know a guy...

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@abgutman This looks excellent and I’m into your topping choices.

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@caitlinest Especially when you can just eyeball it like a normal human, Brian from Ohio.

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@elenagooray I’ve never thought about long hots on a breakfast sandwich before. You just changed my life.

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@mollyeichel He got so big!

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@fuzzytypewriter You should see me butterfly a fish.

[Cat Costa-Jones @catjonessoda]

Hell yeah I like EDM

[VICE @VICE]

in awe at the size of this lad. absolute unit https://t.co/xd3mPV633m

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@dhm @errrica I will die on this hill as many times as I have to.

[The Philadelphia Inquirer @PhillyInquirer]

Why Pennsylvania's private forests getting split up is a problem https://t.co/u4PEAuvhrG

[Drew Lazor @drewlazor]

I spent some time in anthracite coal country to learn how to make boilo, the homemade miner's potion that lubricates the holidays in this part of Pennsylvania. For @punch_drink: https://t.co/CIP3Wlaa4H

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@fuzzytypewriter Omg yes. What a wonderful little scene.

[Andrew Bohrer @AndrewBohrer]

Let’s talk whisk(e)y emojis

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@drewlazor @errrica I'm the pro-Joe side in this! Made some yesterday, and @errrica was horrified.

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@drewlazor @errrica Manwich, but I am intrigued by this other thing.

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@jessecornell @errrica You are history's greatest monster.