I love listening to the #CancerInOurCommunity podcast from @moffittnews.bsky.social COE but for these two episodes I had to wait until I was ready. I am glad I listened and thankful that there is a podcast that tells these powerful stories and illustrate the role of family members as care givers

But wait, there’s more

The remarks weren’t “about Charlie Kirk,” they were about how this administration is using Kirk’s death as an excuse to shut down critics … and they responded by proving him completely correct.

This is so depressing. "it is easy to see that given an orderly society and a functioning economy, democratic politics may become a low priority. The answer to the question “will ‘the people’ tolerate authoritarian rule?” is yes, absolutely."

now is the time for every media personality to stand up and speak out, because what this shows is that nothing will save you they’re coming for all of you, unless you’re a true believer your days are numbered and your bosses are eager to comply do something you can be proud of on your way out

Conference organizers: If you want people who work outside of academia (or financially secure company), to give a talk at your conference bc you value their expertise, it's unreasonable to make them pay for registration. Artists/Nonprofit folks do not have the funding to pay you to share expertise.

The police told Trey Reed's family that he'd been found dead in his dorm room. They found out from the media that he'd actually been found hanging from a tree in the middle of campus. www.mississippifreepress.org/trey-reeds-f...

I too tend to apply my nerdy capabilities to my hobbies, including running. So I love this little bit on converting miles to km while you're in the middle of a race. Although depending on how much I'm suffering, the even most basic arithmetic can be a challenge 😂 Nice work @joshuabull.bsky.social

I very much enjoyed thinking about how to present this introductory guide, as well as speaking with IMO folks yesterday about #SciComm. And I may have included one or more melodramatic messages to impress upon people the need for more and better communication 🫣

An excellent and very comprehensive resource for grad students-to-be!

I didn't realize this was a genre, but how interesting...

taste of science is excited to present our next online event with the most excellent @ahnaskop.bsky.social. Join us on September 4th at 7pm eastern to find out more about how one cell divides into three: www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6Ov... #tasteOfSci #SciComm

And in the process we get to announce the launch of our newly formed Atlanta chapter! 🍑🚀 Learn more about our Emory and Georgia Tech based team, and sign up to their mailing list to stay up to date with their upcoming in-person events. tasteofscience.org/atlanta

I will never get over the irony of seeing what ends up behind a paywall. #SciComm

hahahaha omfg AI sucks so much

Ask me what I did yesterday and I'd struggle to tell you. Put on this song after years since I last heard it and I can sing every word without even knowing what I'm saying. Muscle memory is wild! Also I have no fucking clue why I don't listen to Fiona Apple more often www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9Wn...

what Americans seem to want is to be able to buy whatever product they want without government interference but also an ironclad guarantee that all store-sold products are safe, and we just need to recognize that these are contradictory ideas and we're gonna have to make people mad about the former

Those of us in STEM must vocally affirm that the humanities are our allies, and no department is expendable. Arguing we can survive by cutting whole disciplines isn’t just inhumane, it’s nonsensical. The humanities tell us why we’re here in the first place, and what to do about it! This isn’t hard!

If you have a "recently" (in the last 2 years) published paper with a preprint available, I’d love to hear from you! All neuroscience topics are welcome. 🙏🏼 Thank you!

It definitely feels important to include the fact that Norway specifically is uniquely and disproportionately responsible for the nordic heatwave here, because we profit wildly from supplying the cause of the substance causing these deaths, injuries and environmental catastrophes

Learning languages other than my own, including at the university level, changed my life. It has enriched my scholarship and my scholarly career. It has allowed me to be a world traveler in a different kind of way than if I had no knowledge or understanding or context.

"Our society views women’s time as infinite like sand whereas we guard men’s time as if it’s finite like diamonds. Nowhere is this more obvious than the workplace.” @everodsky.bsky.social qz.com/women-workpl...

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Do you know the difference between misinformation and disinformation? Find out. 👇🏿

A lovely little 🧵on how science often takes a winding path and the way that can present for #WomenInSTEM 🧪 Congratulations Noemi on getting here Noemi!

Starmer appears to support deporting people accused of crimes before the full process of justice has been followed to its conclusion.

Of course everyone wants lower speed limits on their own roads, while finding it a major inconvenience elsewhere. 20mph limits FTW

Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you: Our funding depends on usage. So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.

My favorite response to this ridiculous story. We are in the stupidest timeline. bsky.app/profile/hern...

"“I ain’t ever bought no prostitutes. I ain’t never raped nobody. I ain’t never paid anybody off. None of that stuff,” said G, a resident from one of the photographed tents. “He’s much more of a criminal than I am”" streetsensemedia.org/article/home...

1. "'Trusting the experts is not a feature of either a science or democracy," Kennedy said." It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy. I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.

Challenge: post your last photo taken in DC to show what a hell-hole it is:

oh wow, these are beautiful, and absolutely. The Chhalia one? 👨🏻‍🍳💋

This year we wrapped up S2 of Biology in Numbers for @smbmathbiology.bsky.social. I've loved hearing scientists talk passionately about #MathBio. Digging into the data to learn about the podcast’s reach, it seems so do many others. So here is the podcast by the numbers, starting with an intro. 1/2

Rather than administer the MMR vaccine, which has been proven safe and effective over decades, let's take a flyer on some new treatments that may not work, may have unforeseen side effects, and are likely to be far more expensive.

"Edwards said he understands why many of his patients are skeptical of the MMR vaccine, which he said lacked adequate safety data." but also: "Edwards, who had never treated a measles patient until this year, said he advised patients to take vitamin A supplements such as cod liver oil." 🤦

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"Other readers might fall back on shoulder-shrugging, disbelief, denialism or even fear. Many will assume that, however horrific things get, they won’t affect “me.” A perusal of the Project 2025 tracker might change some of those minds. It certainly should."

Screaming in Biology

That quote winded me. And sure, we can argue about it: of course culture can exist without modern journalism. But I think focusing on a narrow read utterly misses the point. Ending local news deals a catastrophic blow to local identity, self-determination & civic capacity. And it is on purpose.

This interview is so clear & quietly devastating. Public media as we understand it is over. This is not about the end of NPR & PBS. They might be able to find ways to continue to make programs. Instead of content, this is about the capacity to broadcast at all - antennae, transmitters, licenses. 🧵

Is it just me or do most headlines feel like they're created by a random word generator these days?

“Medicine has a long history of doctors doubting patients, experienced not only by people from minoritised groups, but those with conditions that are poorly understood or difficult to treat” www.bmj.com/content/390/...

🧪 #CancerResearch #COVID #Flu #SciSky

Part of Northern California (from the CA/OR border to Cape Mendicino) is now under a Tsunami Warning. The rest of California remains under a Tsunami Advisory. www.tsunami.gov

On March 15, President Donald Trump’s administration sent more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants to a prison in El Salvador. Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been taken away. Now, their stories will begin to be told. Starting here 👇

This lying monster. NIH created and funded therapies his own daughter with cystic fibrosis benefits from.

RFK Jr. has now officially stated that he will dismantle the United States Preventive ServicesTask Force (USPSTF). This is an independent body of expert scientists who volunteer their time to review data and provide guidance to Americans on important things like cancer screenings.