Michael Sims

@Michael_Sims_writer
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Nonfiction author, anthologist, journalist. I seem to live for reading, writing, and being outdoors. Parenting at grandparent age. Author of nonfiction books including an NYT Notable Book, Library Journal Best Science Book, a companion book to a National Geographic Channel series, a W. Post & Boston Globe & others Best Book of the Year, an Edgar & Gold Dagger finalist, & several others. Liberal, feminist, anti-racist, agnostic. Agent https://www.dystel.com/jessica-papin.

Did you know parts of my book have been censored in China?

The CCP doesn't want people know the truth of a famine that killed 15-55 MILLION people.

So when I wrote to a school board about book bans, I tried to tell what happens when people rewrite history. https://teamtrash.substack.com/p/banning-books-and-rewriting-the-world

Banning books and rewriting the world

when you feel like an octopus in a pot

Team Trash: Where People and Wildlife Meet

In the wild, baboons do NOT recognize themselves in a mirror.

This could mean that baboons, and primates...are not actually self-aware (according to the mirror test), unless they've been trained by people https://www.sciencenews.org/article/wild-baboons-mirror-recognize-test

Wild baboons don’t recognize themselves in a mirror

In a lab test, chimps and orangutans can recognize their own reflection. But in the wild, baboons seemingly can’t do the same.

Science News
@beebrookshire That’s always been a question about Darwin’s experiences with Jenny the orangutan at the London Zoological Gardens.
@beebrookshire wow. This is fabulous. Such sensitive, responsive genes and bodies we all have.
@beebrookshire All this serms like further confirmation everyday that Trump and his publicly corrupt parade have been hired to kill as many Americans as possible. And this reminds me what a great writer @laurahelmuth is.

"We’re about to be deluged with the most brazen and dangerous lies of our lifetimes."

Laura Helmuth has been flying free from SciAm for < 1 week and publishes a BANGER showing how RFK Jr. got where he is and why he's VERY dangerous. https://slate.com/_pages/cm3qctm2m0000lpkye5w6cw4v.html

I Know Personally Exactly What Kind of Bully RFK Jr Is. Now America Will Too.

Things could get really bad.

Slate
@LeeDugatkin What a quartet of advance applause. Wonderful writers recognizing wonderful writing. I’m very eager to read this one. The advance glimpses are wonderful. And it’s also beautiful.