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Hi! I’m Liz Neeley and I’m glad you’re here. Each Friday evening, I write a summary of the week’s events in science and higher education. I pull together roughly three bulleted paragraphs about what has happened, hazard a guess about what to expect next, and offer at least one useful thing to do. My goal is to help us keep current—but avoid feeling flooded—by staying focused. Meeting the Moment builds on my work at Liminal. Liminal is a science communication collective focused on sensemaking in a noisy and complicated world. I built it as an antidote to that horrible feeling of being alone and adrift amidst high volumes of low-value advice about what to do. What you can expect from me here is connections, curation, and strategic clarity grounded in twenty years of work in science communication. In other words, I hope, a small volume of high-value content. Meeting the Moment has also contributed to the bigger project I’ve recently co-founded. Unbreaking is an ambitious new effort to document and explain the institutional destruction we’re witnessing across all of American life. This newsletter is and will remain a completely free resource. You can support our work with a monthly subscription, if you are moved to do so. We have no walls to put our backs against except each other. Thank you for reading and thinking along with me!
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Year 2, Week 38
https://buttondown.com/liminalcreations/archive/year-2-week-38/
Published: September 19, 2026 03:48
Hello friends,I’m back from our trip to Brazil! We were there to visit the world’s largest freshwater wetlands, a region called the Pantanal. If you’re keen on gorgeous photos and extraordinary descriptions of nature, keep an eye out for Ed’s upcoming…
To be continued!
https://buttondown.com/liminalcreations/archive/to-be-continued/
Published: August 21, 2026 23:11
Hello friends, I am heading off for an intense few weeks of travel. It’s always hard to step away, but the work feels especially urgent right now as we head into the new school year and then the midterms. I am reminding myself to take advantage of this…
Year 2, Week 33
https://buttondown.com/liminalcreations/archive/year-2-week-33/
Published: August 15, 2026 05:22
Hello friends, It rained overnight—the first we’ve had since May. This was hardly a thunderstorm, in fact it was more of a thorough misting than a proper drench. And yet my little corner of the world looked, smelled, and felt totally different during our…
Year 2, Week 32
https://buttondown.com/liminalcreations/archive/year-2-week-32/
Published: August 8, 2026 02:36
Hello friends, Earlier this week, I participated in a workshop focused on one-on-one organizing meetings.1 I loved the chance to explore the specific dynamics of why we take these meetings, what to listen for, and how to decide if we’ve achieved our…
Year 2, Week 31
https://buttondown.com/liminalcreations/archive/year-2-week-31/
Published: August 1, 2026 04:48
Hello friends, I’m back after trading my office for a world of salt and sun and stories, creating the thing we call Storymakers. This is where my theory and practice collide. I learn about blueschist, biogeochemistry, and more, in a place where I can no…
Year 2, Week 28
https://buttondown.com/liminalcreations/archive/year-2-week-28/
Published: July 11, 2026 03:45
Hello friends, Earlier today I submitted my public comment on the proposed OMB rule change. I ended up keeping it short and focused on the international collaboration and conference travel restrictions. This felt strange because those are just two of the…
Year 2, Week 27
https://buttondown.com/liminalcreations/archive/year-2-week-27/
Published: July 4, 2026 02:11
Hello friends, This country is celebrating 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence: our semiquincentennial.1 Today is a federal holiday. I used to be so proud about not taking time off, but I stopped that nonsense when I realized…
Year 2, Week 26
https://buttondown.com/liminalcreations/archive/year-2-week-26/
Published: June 27, 2026 05:55
Hello friends,Earlier this week, a friend of mine sent an open letter to more than fifty collaborators and colleagues. He reminded us not just that our work inspires him, but that how we choose to approach the work is itself something precious. Most…
Year 2, Week 25
https://buttondown.com/liminalcreations/archive/year-2-week-25/
Published: June 20, 2026 03:40
Hello friends, Today is Juneteenth, and I’m thinking about how long emancipation took, and all the long, painful years of struggle since. As Deborah Archer writes, “General Granger rode into Galveston with a message that was two and a half years late. Two…
Year 2, Week 24
https://buttondown.com/liminalcreations/archive/year-2-week-24/
Published: June 13, 2026 04:50
Hello friends, I started my day with some much-needed co-working time to draft my own public comment on the administration’s latest proposal for radically altering how the US government manages grants and loans. There are more than 15,000 comments already…