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If you are a scientist (including graduate students) or professional science communicator who is at least 18 years old and are using Bluesky for any kind of professional purposes, please consider taking our survey. Link: umiami.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Please help share. 🧪🌎 #SciComm

submitted 60 days ago • 26 comments

Jeffries: In our nation's history, 25% of our nation's debt was accumulated during the four years of the former president, 25%. How dare you lecture America about fiscal responsibility ever.

submitted 71 days ago • 1060 comments

Please reshare this post and help Sarah collect as many wild and wacky chemistry traditions as they can!

submitted 73 days ago • 0 comments

Buckle up folks. Best time to get the newest Covid shot was probably two weeks ago but the next best time is now.

submitted 75 days ago • 29 comments

It’s true that medieval people were very ignorant compared to us today. For instance, they would panic over mysterious apparitions in the sky, or believe that a strongman leader was blessed by God.

submitted 75 days ago • 13 comments

No women will lead a House committee for the first time in two decades after House Republicans revealed their list of committee leaders for the 119th Congress. No people of color were selected, either.

submitted 76 days ago • 448 comments

You really don't need to be religious to get this feeling of civic involvement. Whenever someone tells me they're lonely, I tell them to volunteer. Help the homeless. Build queer community. Work with seniors. Do something to help people around you. Throw a party! Make friends. No church required.

submitted 75 days ago • 48 comments

I edited this. Pete, the absolute madman out here with a sensor to measure air pollution and write a post about it, has been doing such cool stuff for us @ggwash.bsky.social this year.

submitted 77 days ago • 1 comment

Our Washington Spirit are on BlueSky now! ⚫🟡⚽ (about time, right?)

submitted 77 days ago • 0 comments

Please enjoy this shot of Elvis getting a polio shot backstage at the Ed Sullivan show as part of a pro-vaccination campaign in 1956, posted here today for no reason whatsoever

submitted 77 days ago • 107 comments

this is me continuing to "tell everyone" about the @51st.news

submitted 79 days ago • 1 comment

An excellent and informative thread 🧵

submitted 79 days ago • 34 comments

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submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

Wowwww

submitted 106 days ago • 198 comments

Are you ready to try something new and work in #SciComm? Apply by Jan 1, 2025 to be a part of #MMF50th and join an alumni cohort of over 850 as you spend the summer using your STEM background as a journalist writing the news! aaas.org/mmf

submitted 106 days ago • 1 comment

Arlington Va: Free bike lights and reflective gear available this week. www.arlnow.com/2024/10/28/f...

submitted 123 days ago • 0 comments

Over the years, I've heard lots of folks say that they don't really know what to write for alt-text accessibility. So ... as promised - here are some handy #Accessibility guides! I've written these from the perspective of #SciComm material, but they can be generalised to any field. 🔭🧪🎢 1/3

submitted 124 days ago • 17 comments

This list is really helpful for finding a lot of the science writers I followed back in the day on Twitter! Thanks for putting this together!

submitted 157 days ago • 2 comments

Happy 5/4 everyone. m.youtube.com/watch?v=vmDD...

submitted 300 days ago • 0 comments

So, you want to publish a book. Start here.

submitted 371 days ago • 0 comments

There are many people who can't afford to take days off work even when they are ill. The CDC should be recommending that employers give workers paid sick leave, not making it easier for bosses to exploit workers by saying it's fine to work when you are sick.

submitted 380 days ago • 27 comments

The Midwest is experiencing a ‘lost winter.’ Historically low ice cover on Great Lakes, much below average snow -- all thanks to persistent warmth most of the season. Gift link: wapo.st/3uJ7jo5

submitted 380 days ago • 1 comment

Yes, this brings the CDC guidelines for COVID into line with guidelines for RSV and influenza. It's not just that is COVID more severe. The guidelines for RSV and influenza are not right either. We need universal paid sick leave, not permission to return to work while still contagious.

submitted 381 days ago • 43 comments

I'm interviewed by @theopennotebook.bsky.social about how science explainers can inform and empower local audiences! 🧪 Here's that "Cop City" piece I did for @thexylom.com that I mentioned in the interview, published almost exactly a year ago to this day: www.thexylom.com/post/fact-ch...

submitted 381 days ago • 0 comments

I'm an editor, so a lot of what I do is help people find the right words. One problem even the best writers struggle with is ableist language. We're so pickled in ableism that it can be hard to spot. Here are some examples & solutions, and please share your own 🧵 a thread

submitted 381 days ago • 10 comments

It’s a great day to have lunch outside.

submitted 385 days ago • 0 comments

This is the central concept in effective #SciComm & it's remarkable how entrenched the counter-take is in science: we just gotta get 'em the facts. I work on this pretty much every day, and committed beliefs are as true for scientists. We're all susceptible.

submitted 392 days ago • 0 comments

Okay, the Norwegians are gonna bring it to Eurovision this year. I'm watching their finals now, and all the acts I've seen so far could be contenders: tv.nrk.no/serie/melodi...

submitted 391 days ago • 0 comments

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submitted 393 days ago • 0 comments

PSA; Mayticks has Murderbot pins back in stock: www.etsy.com/listing/1427... Worldbuilders still has Sanctuary Moon t-shirts and books: worldbuildersmarket.com/search?q=mar... These are the only two licensed sellers for Murderbot merchandise.

submitted 437 days ago • 1 comment

Wanted: Your junk for archiving purposes. Everyone has a box or two of old electronics, and the trick is intercepting the stuff before it gets thrown out. Have you got any computer-related stuff from the 60s-80s you're looking to part with? Let us know! (and please RT!) :)

submitted 442 days ago • 3 comments