👋 I've been lurking for a while, but finally joining the Bluesky migration in earnest. So, a little introductory thread! I'm a freelance science journalist writing mainly for the news department at Science, where I cover a pretty broad spectrum of science & society stories. - ThreadSky

cathleenogrady.bsky.social • 111 days ago

👋 I've been lurking for a while, but finally joining the Bluesky migration in earnest. So, a little introductory thread!

I'm a freelance science journalist writing mainly for the news department at Science, where I cover a pretty broad spectrum of science & society stories.

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cathleenogrady.bsky.social•111 days ago

I'm interested in evidence: how we make it, how we use it, and how we treat the people involved in the process. This leads me to stories on anything from replication & misconduct to climate change & science policy to scientific community issues.

Some of my favourite stories from the past few years:

cathleenogrady.bsky.social•111 days ago

Didier Raoult found fame during the pandemic – in large part for popularizing hydroxychloroquine as a COVID-19 treatment – but critics have exposed a litany of ethical failures in his work:

https://www.science.org/content/article/failure-every-level-how-science-sleuths-exposed-massive-ethics-violations-famed-french

cathleenogrady.bsky.social•111 days ago

Long before the New Yorker piece on Lucy Letby spawned a wave of media attention, Science was raising concerns about the misuse of statistics in cases of medical serial killers:

https://www.science.org/content/article/unlucky-numbers-fighting-murder-convictions-rest-shoddy-stats

cathleenogrady.bsky.social•111 days ago

A net-zero land rush is sweeping Scotland, and both locals and wealthy “green lairds” are trying to buy in. What does climate justice look like when it comes to land use?

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2022/05/scotland-climate-change-land-use/629835/

cathleenogrady.bsky.social•111 days ago

Scientists have been harassed for years. But a Science survey shows the pandemic has made things far worse for some:

https://www.science.org/content/article/overwhelmed-hate-covid-19-scientists-face-avalanche-abuse-survey-shows

cathleenogrady.bsky.social•111 days ago

More than a decade into the rhino-poaching crisis, South Africa is still figuring out how to achieve justice for rhinos and people at the same time:

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/01/war-rhino-poaching/604801/

honourmcmillan.bsky.social•108 days ago

Welcome! Multiple large science and journalist communities here.
Use this link to search for user built starter packs of accounts by topic and interest to start your journey

https://bsky.app/profile/gregjenner.bsky.social/post/3lamanjpwfg2i

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