Happy pub day to @biologycarly.bsky.social! I reviewed her latest book, The Salmon Cannon and the Levitating Frog, for @sciencenews.bsky.social's June issue. I love "silly" science! www.sciencenews.org/article/some...

The WORK WE DO is important & we should have a say about WHERE WE DO IT! We're asking for the choice to work remotely full-time no matter our location, to think and write in the environment that best supports our focus & productivity! We proved this works, with flying colors, during the pandemic.

If a workplace made some employees return to the office to "build culture" and that decision then fueled the rise of a union, maybe some rethinking is in order🤔 @society4science.bsky.social, your workers know what a thriving workplace looks like. Please trust us! #FAIRCONTRACTNOW!

With just over a day left until the @voxmediaunion.bsky.social contract expires, our members are preparing to do what it takes to reach a fair contract. The clock is ticking, @vox.com. ⏰ June 12 at 11:59pm ET

In the exactly 1 year I’ve worked at @sciencenews.bsky.social, I’ve edited hundreds of stories, moved our team over to a new story management system, helped interns who’ve come and go, and YET the contract negotiations that started before my first job interview are dragging on. That’s a choice!

I'm glad people are still finding my @sciam.bsky.social article from five years ago helpful. Another example of how science saves lives. Stay safe out there, everyone!

Now, more than ever, the work that my colleagues and I do at @sciencenews.bsky.social matters. But as the days go by without a fair contract, we wonder if @society4science.bsky.social values us and our work. Do you value good science journalism? Then support the workers of Science News Media Group.

I've been working at @sciencenews.bsky.social for a little over 1.5 years now, and the contract negotiation between the @sn-media-guild.bsky.social and @society4science.bsky.social has been dragging on for most of that time! FAIR CONTRACT NOW ✊#unionstrong

It’s been 500 days since we unionized. Overall, we are not satisfied with the amount of progress made during negotiations. We do not have a sense of when we will have a contract. But we’re not going anywhere ✊. #union #workersrights

Hello, new followers 👋 I'm a science journalist based in DC, now temporarily at @sciencenews.bsky.social. I specialize in neuro, health & biomedicine, but I cover everything from measles to narwhals. (Both stories came out today!) Thanks for joining me, & many more stories TK! Some highlights 🧵

Last week, @astrolisa.bsky.social headed to the local-to-her meeting of the AAAS to report on how scientists are reacting to recent federal funding cuts — just one of the many awesome things about having a distributed workforce. www.sciencenews.org/article/defu...

I went to AAAS this weekend and talked to lots of scientists about how they're feeling In These Times www.sciencenews.org/article/defu...

Oh damn, the tensions are high in the USA vs. Canada hockey game

Do you support workers' right to unionize? Do you think workers deserve a fair contract? Then please give Science News Media Guild (@sn-media-guild.bsky.social) a follow! We post fun memes like the one below 👇

It’s been 421 days since the workers of Science News Media Group unionized. But we still don’t have a contract 😩 We hope 2025 is the year that we finally get a fair contract!

Hello world! The workers of Science News Media Group unionized 393 days ago, and we’re still fighting for a fair contract. Follow us for updates!

New achievement unlocked 🔓 Moderated a panel discussion between NASA and Korean scientists at the Korean Embassy today! Big thank you to the embassy and NASA for the opportunity

It's true, please donate to the Open Notebook, science journalism has been getting its ass kicked lately. Also, the site has fantastic resources for journalists on any beat, not just for science writers.

I was just catcalled while checking the mailbox. I only stepped outside for five seconds. Why does this happen? I’m so mad.

Hello! If you’re able, consider donating to @theopennotebook.bsky.social! It’s truly one of the last remaining beacons of this hellish industry called journalism. www.theopennotebook.com/donate/

Don’t cross the WaPo picket line tomorrow.

😭😭😭 Noooooooo

Busboys and Poets Anacostia will offer free Thanksgiving lunch tomorrow. I love Busboys and Poets 💚

I waited many months to rent the I’m Glad My Mom Died audiobook from a library, only to find out that I queued for a German version 😂😭

Omg I forgot that I took fencing lessons 7 years ago. Thanks, Facebook, I guess?

Hot off the press! Read about the latest retraction of a superconductor paper—Ranga Dias’ third retraction—in @sciencenews.bsky.social 🧪 Written by Emily Conover, with help from James Riordon. www.sciencenews.org/article/room...

User-made lists are a thing now on Bluesky! I made a big one of the science writers I've found here. Will continue to add as I find more.

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OMG SCHOLASTIC STRIKE

It’s only the second day of November, and Starbucks is already pulling out its holiday-themed cups!

I wrote about challenges neurodivergent people face in STEM and the strengths that they bring 🧠🧪 It’s the very last story I penned as an editor at Optics & Photonics News, and I’m glad to see the product! www.optica-opn.org/home/career/...

One of the best pieces of science writing that I've read this year. For @sciencenews.bsky.social, Laura Sanders wrote about an experimental treatment for severe depression-implanting electrodes that send electricity to brains 🧠🧪 www.sciencenews.org/article/brai...

the bookcase in the middle was labeled horror. see anything unusual? when I discovered this anomaly, it absolutely cracked me up 😆

Meh. I almost tapped out halfway through the first episode, but decided to give it another chance. Watched the 2nd episode & liked it better, but something is just off with the cast. I'm not interested in any of the characters, except David a little bit. IDK whether or not I'll keep watching.

I watched 30 seconds of it and had to bail. Very weird choice to keep the full laugh track vibe in 2023.

Are there any Frasier fans out here? What are people’s vibes on the new Frasier? Yay or nay?

Ok about a million years too late, but I’m finally watching the White Lotus

A fictional character you’d give an invite code to

Ok, I need to rant. Why are books in America released as hardcovers first? Why not paperback first? Hardcovers are more expensive and heavier to carry around, preventing me from buying new releases.

Also, went to a new-to-me bubble tea shop and ordered “fresh taro with skim milk,” and what came out wasn’t what I expected?! Is fresh taro different from regular taro? Why is my drink not purple?

Went out for a walk, got hit in the chest by a piece of rock-hard bread that a sparrow dropped 😑

Got to see @roxanegay.bsky.social in person 💗

If you're new to Bluesky and looking for other queer people in STEM, I've set up a feed for that. You can post to it using #LGBTQSTEM #QueerInSTEM, #TransInSTEM, #LGBTSTEM, #PrideInSTEM, #BiInSci, or #IntersexInSTEM

Facebook reminded me of this tweet from 11 years ago posted by that year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner. This has to be the cutest way someone announced their Nobel winning.

If you ever want to get lost in a fascinating archive of consumer aesthetic categories you forgot how clearly you remembered, or find some granular era-specific textural inspiration, the Consumer Aesthetics Research Institute is an incredible rabbit hole: cari.institute/aesthetics

Wait, did you all see this Editor’s Note in Wired about its "How Google Alters Search Queries to Get at Your Wallet" story that went viral a bit ago? I saved it to read it later, and the story has been removed. www.wired.com/story/google...

Walgreens pharmacy workers across the country plan to walk out tomorrow over management decisions that have left them struggling with angry customers. They're not even asking for more pay, they just want more help and training. 📰