Nobody is talking about the $$$ pushing companies away from their OG markets and into (AI) tech: Niantic made Pokemon Go Sold THEN it announced its AI division Allbirds made shoes Sold THEN it announced its AI ... thing The pattern is acquisition, then pivot. I would read so many words about this

From me to you while wearing a dress

This is the third writer friend of mine who has said this year that they write on some kind of device that has only one-way communication with the internet

Students were most interested in 2 pieces of advice at a #SciComm career panel I did yesterday. I think this advice applies to folks in any 🧪 field Almost every single job I’ve gotten has been bc someone knows me. But what does it really mean to network in a way that leads to opportunities? 🧵

Nerding out: I cannot imagine a more perfect image to get a certain type of person to feel the impact of this headline. Its cartoon eyes are squinched exactly the way I would expect, it is poofy, it looks like it wants a hug Hats off to whoever suggested this image/headline combo for the article

We will fight and win, and they cannot stop us from doing good in the meantime. I just said that in a #SciComm career panel and I find that I mean it very much. I was talking about science careers in this economy, but I believe it more generally. And in case you needed to hear it, now you have.

I checked out this cool bug (it made me happy)

This is the only thing I can find on Bluesky about this virtual #SciComm summit, but look at the heavy hitters in this lineup! Run by Eco Well: founded by Jen Novakovich, scicomm'er/cosmetic scientist, also co-founded BeautySciComm. EW/BSC run boot camps, competitions, cohorts- links in next post

What is your favorite book trope that you would never want to happen to you in real life? I loooove a drawn-out relationship twist in a book. But in real life I would plot and then carry out your demise by the time we were on like day 3 of drawn-out. Get it together or get out.

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There is no camper that is not covered in grey or tan swooshes Camper = gray or tan swooshes Once you know this, you will see the swooshes everywhere when you drive

I was so angry when I read this article about #SciComm careers. I wrote a bunch of thoughts down to figure out why. And it boils down to the reason the article exists 🧵 billhinchen.substack.com/p/the-shiny-...

I was so angry when I read this article about #SciComm careers. I wrote a bunch of thoughts down to figure out why. And it boils down to the reason the article exists 🧵 billhinchen.substack.com/p/the-shiny-...

Alt text: BABY STINKING QUAILS AHHHHH. About the size of ping pong balls. The mom is stretched tall with her mouth open, possibly screaming. The babies have little fluffs where their head commas will be later in life I am OBSESSED with quail head doots. Always RTing quails 🫡

My therapist complimented anyone who is "strategically dissociating" these days in order to cope Hats off to you, Brandy

Called using @5calls.org scripts. I've never used their site- so easy! Entered my location and got customized scripts with a click to call button. When I finished each call, I clicked a button to auto advance to the next phone number and customized script Now I stick my head in the sunshine ☀️

"No," the swordmaster said. "One does not refuse the king," the herald said. "I do. I will not train his soldiers or officers, I will not tell my students to join his army, I will not support his unjust war." "You will regret this!" "No," the swordmaster said.

Y'all there is a woman and a black man circling the moon and NASA's mission control+ science teams are so diverse and people are nerding out about science and exploration this is all a gigantic middle finger to the stupid and hate and grotesque ghouls running our country

The Garden of Earthly Delights (detail), by Hieronymus Bosch, 1480-1505, 📸 by @alexbrandon

Oh my gd, the Artemis II crew doing a parody of a bad 1980s sitcom intro from in space. Source: www.instagram.com/p/DWwuHPfCZ8Z/

More context on this #Artemis II image: * This is the night side, lit by moonlight. You can see city lights in Spain & Portugal, & a sliver of day at lower right * The Sun is entirely behind Earth, which makes it a kind of solar eclipse, but w/ Earth doing the eclipsing instead of the Moon: ☀️🌍🚀🌕

Amazing to realize that every single one of us, save four, are in this photo.

I love how derpy the egg looks in this lineup. So heavy. So unstable. So un-colorful. Then I imagine the water ppl from Twitter ( #BirdsVsFish #BirdsVsFishes) being in cahoots to come up with this beautiful, passive aggressive post: "Let us expose birds for the dopes they are, muahaha!"

Audio on to hear the full range of humanity - people excited, mystified, disinterested, and then the payoff of the pilot at the end.

Several more additions, thanks to LinkedIn! 🧵 The Scientific Illustrators Network is "dedicated to creating sci-art community between individuals at different stages of their journey." Mostly North American but has members around the globe. www.linkedin.com/groups/13009...

You can't fool me, that's a man in some kind of suit

I forgot how uplifting it is *for me* when I show up for someone else (which sounds really selfish, but stick w me bc I think this is important!) 🧵 Last week I had the privilege of being a mentor for VanguardSTEM's science communication & policy guerrilla mentoring event ⬇️ bsky.app/profile/vgws...

Seven years ago, I did the greatest April Fools Prank I've ever done. This is what greeted my wife when she groggily opened the fridge that morning:

Parents: it is SO worth pushing your kids to watch the livestream! Like a championship sports game, bc everyone is rooting together for all that ⬇️ to go right NASA's YT is my fave way to watch (& I will watch CNN10's kid-friendly recap tomorrow) Coverage already on, launch window 6:24 - 8:24 pm ET

One of the reasons this is a bad #scicomm situation is that since the first moon walk, “going to the moon” has taken on a specific meaning in American culture: physically being on the moon. Using this language to mean two different things is literally confusing for people bsky.app/profile/chan...

not ‘shopped. not cropped. not stock. straight from the phone of stormwater inspector Lindsay Schiel snapped yesterday at a basin in Hudson.

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The visual below translates microscale vibrations into visible wobbles. The movement is unfortunately not to scale, but it's neat as heck They did this study in part to understand geology, and in part to help people be interested in rock formations we care about Mission achieved!

A viral dog rescue from 2016 is now immortalized with a statue in Kazakhstan. When a dog fell into the Sayran reservoir, bystanders formed a human chain to pull him to safety. The statue is a reminder of the value of unity, solidarity and collective action. 14/10 for all

Just updated the #SciComm community directory on my website: www.virginiaschutte.com/scicomm-comm... I added the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators (@gnsiart.bsky.social) & the Early Career Science Writer Network (www.linkedin.com/groups/12971...) LMK if there's a group you think I should add!

Not just political meetings- I've had meetings scraped where I'm offering free SciComm advice 🧪 and #AcademicSky: you can see if they've stolen your stuff by going to the WebinarTV and searching for your name To stop it from happening: require registrations and then check who registers

Just a reminder that this account just makes things up and presents them as news. It's lib fan fiction. Nothing from the Halfway Post is real. They pretend it's satire, but what is this even satirizing? What's the commentary? What's the joke?

Me too. Though I guess I wasn't angry One time on a Great Barrier Reef dive there was a massive grouper (my length, and surely heavier than me) that was just hanging around the group. It swam up from behind me and I accidentally kneed it in the side. It didn't seem to mind. It was soft : )

This graphic makes me think of cough medicine

Colleagues just found this thread helpful so here ya go, 🧪! W 2 updates: 1. Find out-of-the-box poster examples here: sites.google.com/view/posterg... 2. I'm increasingly modeling my posters after billboards and magazine layouts. Search for, e.g., "wildlife poster template" to find inspiration

In grad school, Husband and I went through a phase where we wrote origin story limericks about the machines in our labs. All I remember now is one of the finicky ones missed its family in Kamchatka Stumbled across ⬇️, thinking about how anthropomorphism makes scientists like science more too

Good morning this made me happy (sound on)

If you published, for example, a single essay about science in all of 2025, then you can use this survey as a place to log your answer to, for example: "What kinds of support or resources would be most helpful from funders?" In other words: this survey asks questions people have strong opinions on

This sounds flippant, but I've watched leadership who vocally support diversity say no to a diverse candidate list I've prepared, choosing old buddies instead If you're NOT doing that and genuinely don't know how to diversify: literally start Googling. Many lists and societies exist to help you!

Attention Science Communicators! We are conducting a survey on the landscape of science communication & need your help gathering experiences. Please send this to #SciComm ppl you know. We want to get as thorough a sense of the state of the field as we can. umiami.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

This exists! Brick library Rent a build Brick drop Loop brick I have no clue whether these groups are any good, I just know that Instagram thinks I'm VERY interested in seeing ads for them

Just incredible shoebill awareness-raising from this Hong Kong teens' magazine

I've moved away from "work-life balance" bc of what this article talks about: "balance" sets up work time and personal time as if they are mutually exclusive- as if investing in one prohibits you from investing in the other Self-reflect. Find the work-life "harmony"/"integration" that works for you

let's all take a moment to consider the Thief Weevil and his outrageous pantaloons