Sally James

@jamesian.bsky.social

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Science journalist. Yoga teacher. I'm an "indirect cost" writing for researchers at times. More at https://seattlesciencewriter.com

More than 20 small red circles on a map of north Seattle show the unhealthy readings on instruments measuring air. Smoke from forest fires is making it unhealthy to breathe in Seattle.
An orange colored moth with a few spots at the bottom of each wing, and a line of spots down the back. Known as Isabella tiger moth.
Two owls on a branch in dense forest. Sword ferns in foreground.
A woman faces the camera in a white shirt and glasses and has phone books open in front of her.
About 18 people in different colors of clothes and hats in a long canoe, with a mountain and snow in the background. This is at North Cascades National Park in Washington state.
A bar chart shows both blue and red bars representing the average temperatures in Seattle, WA from 1850 until the present. In general, one sees an increase in average temperatures. https://showyourstripes.info/c
5 people seated in chairs discuss podcast from KUOW radio about high-school scandal. Among them is Isolde Raftery, who led the investigation.
Cartoon showing drawing of stadium. Label arrows point to "celebrities" and #tech bros" showing "you" not inside due to cost By Dooley & Chatfield.
An orb created from blown glass by Dale Chihuly rests at center of photo. It has stripes of blue and is overall a yellow. Surrounding objects are red and brghter orange. From museum called Chihuly Gardens.
Photos of seven people awarded fellowships in science writing.
Black and white artwork showing people playing music and singing from the Claremont, CA based Folk Music Center, a store and community.
A red Pacific octopus on Puget Sound beach.
A black and white cartoon circle that is a simple face. Two circle eyes, and a sideways S shape for a mouth. The overall impression is the face is confused.
Four tree trunks extend high above the viewer, with new green leaves emerging. The view feels as if the viewer is surrounded by green and dappled light.
A small brown insect nest, for the Thimbleberry wasp, is shown on a branch inside a green background of leaves.
Cat in ray of sun curled inside circular brown bed. Cat shows some cream Siamese markings with darker face and ears.
City Nature Challenge post about four steps to join counting of biodiversity by nonprofit inaturalist.org
Four pussy willow catkins on stem with bright blue sky in distance.
Nobel prize winning scientist Mary Brunkow, who works in Seattle at the Institute for Systems Biology.
A gloved human hand holding a greenish liquid in a vial about to be placed inside a centrifuge for spinning at high speed to separate different densities.
A person in jeans and hat crouches next to a tulip field of mostly purple flower that stretches almost to infinity. From Skagit River area of Washington state during peak bloom.
Yellow tulips with darker orange feathers of color at edges of each petal. About 6 tulips in view.
A poster shows the Statue of Liberty in red, with black letters that say "National Day of Action. Take back our science, health and democracy!" Poster refers to Seattle event from 12-3 on March 7, 2026
The Seattle Armory open space at Seattle Center with people walking.
Young child watches through glass while scientist dissects bird.
A tank of jelly fish inside the Seattle Aquarium. The jellies visible are moving and range from juvenile to adult.
A toddler wearing rainbow-striped pants stands in front of an enormous aquarium window. Many fish are visible behind her image. Image from Seattle Aquarium.
In very blue image we see crowd of people inside Seattle Aquarium at last year's 2024 meeting of NW Science Writers.
A framed quote reads: Cleaning the house while children are growing is like shoveling the walk while it's still snowing. The glass is cracked.
A darker green slug is seen in lighter-green moss.
Two young boys in coats and red scarves throw snowballs at a black cat on the cover of the book, "A Child's Christmas in Wales" by Dylan Thomas.
Woman wearing Santa hat lies in donation chair for blood agency in Seattle. You see her right arm with equipment taking blood.
Bumper sticker on orange car reads "apathy is not an option"
Human hand holds a light bulb in this black and white illustration.
The cast of Life on the Moon, a play by Anna Tatelman in #seattle Two men and two women stare soberly out at the camera.
Famous print by MC Escher of fish and birds.
A painting of a green house with a red roof and the moon full behind it in the sky at dusk. The words "Life on the Moon" By Anna Tatelman.