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leahshaffer.bsky.social
Science writer, mostly puttering about the garden. she/her
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Here we go

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Climbing gym is always humbling

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#LFK activate. Lawrence Fucking Kansas, I know you got lots of people up for a short jaunt to Topeka on March 7. Let the Aggieville people in on it too. #KSTATE #AgScience.

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E-Bikes will outlive Tesla, E-Bikes will win. They're just so much fun and convenient. And affordable!

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If I was in university leadership, I would be rioting at this point. If I was in leadership, I would be shit talking Elon Musk loudly to every rich donor and legislator and media I could find.

submitted 5 hours ago • 2 comments

Write an editorial to your hometown news site. @cantlonlab.bsky.social has some instructions as well. @statesnewsroom.com also serves many of these communities, and if all else fails, print it out and post to the Daylight Donuts bulletin board so the gossipy old men in town read it. 🧪

submitted 6 hours ago • 1 comment

All this and March 7 🧪 #StandUpForScience @standupforscience.bsky.social

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Mmmm math

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Time to get to know how we know about sodium channels, a very helpful tool to control pain. Hint: It was a massive, diverse, collective endeavor supported by federal investment in research institutions. And scorpions and spiders whose venoms do all sorts of weird shit to those channels. 🧪

submitted 8 hours ago • 5 comments

Science communicators are an especially clear-headed group. We don't surrender our well embedded values of supporting diversity, equity and inclusion to fools.

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Vibes o clock www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsiM...

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WIRED health & biotech writer here. If you're a USDA employee working on the government's response to the H5N1 bird flu outbreak and would like to speak securely about what's happening at the agency, please reach out to me on Signal at emullin.06. I can honor requests for anonymity.

submitted 1 day ago • 18 comments

Editor Commentary: Who does this to other people? To doctors, nurses, farmers, teachers, professors, scientists, veterans, working families, people with disabilities, children with special needs, poor people? What twisted, unnatural men.

submitted 1 day ago • 69 comments

No upside to the coward's road. Better start sinking in.

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Happy to see @laurahelmuth.bsky.social back at her stomping grounds. Laura is perfect for the workplace advice column, she is one of the most well-respected editors in science writing. And a really good manager.

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Scientific research and apprenticeship remains on hold until we pry the fund from their sticky fingers. 🧪

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Simple ad campaign suggestion: "Why is Ken Paxton obsessed with your daughters' genitals? Why does Ken Paxton want to look down your daughters' pants? Would you like coaches to have state-mandated access to your daughters' private parts?"

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments

The humans are dead www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1Bd...

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Some men want to watch the world burn, that remains a fact. But it is our responsibility to make them regret that choice.

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Fight for survival now but hold those grudges, for that day of reckoning will come as well.

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Pearl Milling recall, aka former Aunt Gemima brand. Check your pantry! 🚨

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You guys, I got an amazing story brewing about a sensor that can detect airborne flu particles on farms. It's close to publishing and I hope to share the first week of March. (scurries over leaf litter). Ants and science go marching on.

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Please share widely

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📣 Attention terminated CDC employees! "I was a fed" on Instagram shares stories of affected federal employees. We want to amplify CDC voices too (anonymously)! Our platform reaches ~100K. 📣 Send your story to our tip line. Let's help people understand the impact. #SeeCDC #fedstrong

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He is a wrecking ball but just a quick reminder, a wrecking ball can be pushed right back in the direction it came.

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After the rural economy cratered, a 98 yr old Willie Nelson pulled together a Farm Aid so huge, it sparked a populist revolution across the Midwest. And it helped that someone spiked the supervillain's ketamine supply.

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