issue 49 will be delivered in about 2 WEEKS!!! here's issue 48 of @berkeleyscirev.bsky.social 🧪 to build some anticipation... the writers, designers, editors, and exec team have been working so hard :')

Mamdani: "Yes, aunties."

A sneak peek at the cover of next week’s issue, which celebrates Zohran Mamdani’s historic win. #NewYorkerCovers https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM

Happy November! 🍂 Reminder that applications for our 2026 cohort are due at the end of this month. Tag someone who should apply! scicommbites.org/applications...

Journalism tip: If someone says drop the story, that’s a sign to keep reporting. Back reporters who won’t flinch. Support our independent journalism ➜ propub.li/43MugoG

The latest in our Climate Memo series addresses how communicators can connect with audiences by using messages that align with universal morals. scicommbites.org/climate-memo...

The government of Jamaica has set up a portal for contributing to official relief efforts. I will update this thread if anything analogous opens up for Haiti, Cuba, or the DR supportjamaica.gov.jm

As someone who lived through Hurricane Maria, I would not wish experiencing this level of catastrophe even upon my worst enemy. My heart aches for everyone who will lose power, be isolated from their communities, and struggle to survive. Donate when and where you can.

A partir del 1 de noviembre, o sea, dentro de una semana, el gobierno de Estados Unidos dejará de entregar ayuda para alimentos, a causa del cierre en el que está sumido hace ya varias semanas www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/est...

We want MEI at work: Merit, Excellence & Intelligence 👉 But we hire thru word-of-mouth 👉👉 We fill positions internally 👉👉👉 Social events after work get you the tap on the shoulder Don’t let the anti-DEI folks fool you: MEI protects resources, power & status for select few. #science 🧪

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Anyone know if this includes NAP (PAN) assistance in U.S territories? Need to let my mom know if so.

I like the problem solving involved in crafting sentences and paragraphs. Why would I let an algorithm do that for me

Today, we’re marking our 15th birthday with a #TON15 💫 Day of Giving. 💫 www.theopennotebook.com/15thannivers....

NEW WRITING: It's aimed at students, with some specific examples for astro/physics folks, but I think other people may find it useful too. 🔭⚛️🧪 "Knowledge is worth your time because of how it shapes your mind. And the authoritarians may take many things from us, but they cannot take our minds."

Pedro Pascal was spotted at the LA No Kings protest with the best sign there.

Excellent article about #SaveOurSigns by Eric Thomas www.newsfromthestates.com/article/save...

Otro día abriendo los ojos en este país. Que diosite me de mucha paciencia porque si me da fuerza manifiesto una revolución.

Fjord wishes everyone a safe and loud #NoKings. He also wants us to stand firmly and united against: - settler colonialism - racism - classism - transphobia - fascism - authoritarianism - imperialism

Journalists are not stenographers. Use our easy action center tool to tell the Senate to reject a nominee for the Army’s top lawyer, who told Sen. Warren the government can punish reporters who publish news it doesn’t authorize.

Each Friday, I summarize what is happening to American science & higher ed. 🧪 This was Week 39: - Brown, USC, Penn & UVA decline the compact. New invites to ASU, Kansas & WashU - update on CDC & other RIFS - Judiciary runs out of funding - No Kings rallies & more buttondown.com/liminalcreat...

The US National Parks System offers a range of educational materials. Even if you can't travel to see some of them in person, you can view signage collected through the #SaveOurSigns effort:

do we put the statue of Prometheus getting his liver eaten out daily by a giant animatronic eagle on Treasure Island or Angel Island

I've received an 'exclusive' invite to try Nature's new 'research assistant', which will burn down a forest to provide a 'summary of the paper' I'm reading and I have SUCH exciting news for them, that's called an 'abstract' and the actual authors already wrote it for me, no forest-burning required.

Obsessed with casserole traditions, this was such an amazing read on food and culture through such an intimate personal lens.

Ever wonder how children first begin to understand science? In Mariella A. Mestres-Villanueva’s latest bite, we learn that for young learners, physically “doing” science plays a big role. scicommbites.org/the-role-ges...

Irregular reminder that alt text on images is a valuable accessibility tool, and also lets your images show in search results or respect mute lists. For instance, I found the below image by searching "capybara alt text".

Writing for @scicommbites.bsky.social has been an amazing way to develop my science communication practice, and I strongly encourage other early career writers to apply!

Dive headfirst into the latest research on how to communicate science effectively by writing for SciCommBites. Authors gain experience writing and peer-editing, while also contributing to a growing resource that reaches thousands. :) Win-win. See application details in the link below!

Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere. Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself. Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj

I’m a sewage system. I also have a great personality.

"Alone, I have nothing but my sense of duty" might be one of the hardest statements I've read in a court statement.

This signature?

Matthiola incana. I would not have guessed this is in the Brassicaceae family. Such showy flowers. Pictures from: mullerseeds.com/product/matt... Recent genome assembly paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

"I’m sorry that you’re living in a world on fire, and that the forces around you, especially government forces around you, are arrayed against you. But they aren’t the only voices and there are millions of people who do care about you and do love you" -- Dr. Megan Pickett, astronomer 🔭🧪🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

Today’s SCOTUS decision allowing parents to opt their children out of books with gay characters is a step backward. Kids deserve to learn about the real world – and that includes #LGBTQIA+ people. Erasing our stories doesn’t protect children; it teaches them that some lives don’t matter.

RFK Jr's handpicked panel has reversed longstanding recommendations on flu vaccines because of a long-debunked claims about the preservative thimerosal. This piece by @tarahaelle.bsky.social explains why the mercury in thimerosal isn't dangerous the way mercury in, for example, tuna is. 🧪 (1/2)

Zohran Mamdani’s win has inspired over 3400 young people to raise their hands to run for office just since Tuesday. It’s now @runforsomething.net’s biggest candidate recruitment moment since the election. A new generation of leaders is here.

is this really the world you want your children to live in, and your children’s children,

Maybe I’ll do a plant tour on here soon I’d like that

Ah, the ol' "My massively Islamophobic rant was just me misspeaking" defense

“No right is safe in the new legal regime the Court creates.” –Justice Sonia Sotomayor. One of the most chilling sentences I have ever read.

"I can hardly ask the authors of junk-science papers and greedy legal consultants and sleazy official spokespeople to stop what they’re doing. But I can ask the rest of you to stop tolerating it." - statistician Andrew Gelman, also on Team Stop Lying statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/06/24/r...

Sonia Sotomayor the boricua excellence that you are I hope you are doing well te veo

I need universities to: - refuse to roll over to absurd and unconstitutional demands from our pet despot. It doesn’t even work. - start borrowing against their embarrassingly giant endowments to replace funding that was removed for ideological reasons.

A new quilt commemorating survivors of forced sterilization in California prisons exposes a long, ongoing history of reproductive and medical violence against incarcerated and marginalized women.

No way to end Pride month tbfh. Shameful.

Ah okay so talking to members of your community and asking for mentorship is actually really good for you mental health because boy are things tough but we’ve got each other so we’ve got it !!