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Carl Zimmer

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Bluesky @carlzimmer.com
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Followers
53.6K
Account age
3 yrs
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Known for

The @nytimes.com Lost Science series continues. USG killed funding for Jessica Cantlon's study of cognitive skills, saying it was turning from basic to applied science. "There won’t be more discoveries, and we’ll just stop at what we already know," Cantlon says. Gift link: nyti.ms/4hbDmCS65 views The @nytimes.com Lost Science series continues. USG killed funding for Jessica Cantlon's study of cognitive skills, saying it was turning from basic to applied science. "There won’t be more discoveries, and we’ll just stop at what we already know," Cantlon says. Gift link: nyti.ms/4hbDmCS

📊 Post engagement

80
Avg engagement / post
0.1%
Engagement vs followers
May 2023
On Bluesky since

🔥 Top post: Tim Harford writes about me in the Financial Times. He claims I · 163 likes + reposts

📊 Activity & format

Posting cadence
6.4 / week
Posts several times a week.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 11 text · 1 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
31×
Follows 1.7K back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.

Recent posts

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🔥 Top post Tim Harford writes about me in the Financial Times. He claims I think it’s hopeless for scientists to try to explain their work to the public. That’s false. I suspect link rot and Harford’s faulty memory are to blame. I’ll explain my actual view below. 🧪 1/10 giftarticle.ft.… ★ 163
Can a cancer become a new species of parasite? Here's my story on the discovery of a transmissible cancer lurking in Vermont catfish. Gift link: nyti.ms/4whfi6v ★ 55 Did Thoreau encounter contagious cancer? A new study finds transmissible tumors in catfish--and raises questions about whether they could arise in humans someday. Gift link: nyti.ms/4whfi6v ★ 151 The Trump administration sought the phone records of several New York Times journalists and their relatives — including one reporter’s mother. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/b... ★ 43 Beach Reads for Infection Preventionists blog.eoscu.com/blog/beach-r... ★ 21 Cyclospora Linked to Taylor Farms Lettuce Sent to Taco Bell. Gift link: nyti.ms/4vGiNCl ★ 78 Kalshi Will Offer Sports-Style Betting on Drug Trial Results www.bloomberg.com/news/article... ★ 69 Biologists pinpoint how common virus triggers multiple sclerosis www.nature.com/articles/d41... ★ 153 A new trial is launching to test a drug for Bundibugyo virus: an antiviral that might stop its spread. www.cidrap.umn.edu/ebola/gilead... ★ 32 "Under the rule, destroying an endangered species’ nest or habitat would no longer be considered illegal." nyti.ms/4hch5F3 ★ 76 World’s first Phase I Bundibugyo virus vaccine trial has launched www.ovg.ox.ac.uk/news/world20... ★ 58 The @nytimes.com Lost Science series continues. USG killed funding for Jessica Cantlon's study of cognitive skills, saying it was turning from basic to applied science. "There won’t be more discoveries, and we’ll just stop at what we alrea… ★ 65

🦋 Handle & authenticity

✅ Domain-verified
@carlzimmer.com
The handle is the domain carlzimmer.com. On Bluesky a domain handle proves the owner controls that website — so this is verifiably the real carlzimmer.com account, not an impersonator.
On Bluesky since
May 2023
An early adopter from the invite-only beta (before the Feb 2024 public launch) — an original, established account.

💡 Facts

🗓️Joined Bluesky in 2023 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 80 views per post.
📤Posts about 6.4× per week.
🏅Earned the 10K Followers for passing 10K followers.

🕵️ Fake follower check

Estimated
58/100
Fair Credibility score
81%
Real Real audience
Low Fake-follower risk
High Data confidence
  • Est. 81% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
  • Low engagement (~0.1% of followers engage each post) — a sign of an inflated or inactive audience.
  • Organic base — far more followers than accounts it follows.
  • Verified account.
  • Established account (3+ years old).

Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.

About

NYT columnist. Signal: carlzimmer.51 Newsletter: https://buttondown.com/carlzimmer/ Web: http://carlzimmer.com [This account includes a tweet archive]

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