Jackie Flynn Mogensen
@jackiefmogensen
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Reporter covering science and health for @MotherJones. Sometimes I write about poop. Send tips and fun facts to [email protected]. (she/her)
New York, USA
Joined November 2011
I am spreading the word! Opossums are heroes and deserve our love. They: -are the only marsupial native to the US -eat ticks, dead animals, snakes -are resistant to snake venom and effectively immune to rabies -are devoted mothers -have adorable babies
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RT @MotherJones: Craig McLean, who had been at the NOAA for nearly 40 years, spoke out about Sharpiegate, a move that led to serious profes…
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While the Trump administration could try and reverse the Endangerment Finding, doing so, @MichaelGerrard said, would be a “fool’s errand.” “The amount of scientific evidence available when the Endangerment Finding was first made was overwhelming. It’s now overwhelming-squared."
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RT @MotherJones: As wildfires continue to rage across Los Angeles, @jackiefmogensen reports on the Santa Ana winds, how climate change come…
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I spoke with a woman who had the extraordinary misfortune of living through Katrina AND Helene. As the media moves on, and winter sets in, she's worried that the world will forget about her devastated community in NC. Read her story, in her own words:
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Ok, let's give this experiment a try. I'm now also on Bluesky:
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There's a lot to unpack here but... researchers operate monkey colonies like the one these animals came from all over the US! I visited an NIH-funded center while reporting on the (ongoing) national monkey shortage, which you can read about here:
43 monkeys that were being used for vaccine development escaped from a lab in Yemassee, South Carolina on Wednesday and are currently on the loose. This video, taken near the facility on Wednesday afternoon, appears to show shadowy figures moving through the woods. CBS News could not confirm that the figures are the missing monkeys. People are advised not to try and capture, feed, or handle the monkeys. According to the CDC, some monkeys can carry B virus which can be deadly to people; “Even if a monkey doesn’t appear to be ill, it can still be infected. [The monkeys] are wild animals, even if they have been raised around people. Like any wild animals, they may bite, spit, or scratch when frightened. For these reasons, people should not attempt to capture, feed, or handle the escaped monkeys.”
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Finishing strong! Everyone read @schilukuri1's latest:
My latest and last piece 🥲 (as a fellow) for mother jones
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How did Washington—the state that gave us REI, modern backpacks, and the “greenest governor” in America—come to consider a measure to preserve gas appliances? Here's how Washington got pulled into the energy culture wars:
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@MotherJones All of these stories were group efforts, with a ton of a support from Mother Jones’ editors, fact-checkers, and art and video teams, but special shoutout to my editor @moatman who oversaw each of them and who I’d be nothing without!
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