Curious what we are all about? Click the link: www.cnn.com/2025/08/28/c...

AOC: You are not aware that the Trump Department of Justice is investigating the largest insurance company in America for fraud of Medicare Advantage that you have jurisdiction over?

Climate misinformation turning crisis into catastrophe– major report “The researchers found climate denialism has evolved into campaigns focused on discrediting solutions, such as the false claims that renewable energy caused the recent massive blackout in Spain.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

June is in full swing, and so is the growing season. Check out upcoming field days, helpful resources on cover crops, #soilhealth characterization, and biochar, plus learn about veteran scholarships. Get all the details in our latest newsletter mailchi.mp/5b6349af4cb7...

"jargon can increase perceptions of explanatory satisfaction for low-quality explanations. This is because jargon decreases the perception that the explanation contains explanatory gaps."

How we start a conservation story shapes what we think is possible. A new essay shows how geohistorical data, fossils, sediment, and deep records can counter shifting baselines & make stories more persuasive, emotional, and actionable. #scicomm conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The MAHA report serves as a vignette of techniques used to mislead the public by exploiting the credibility and language of science. A closer look reveals not only bias but outright fabrication.

100 hour livestream of #climate & weather researchers is going strong on YT right now: www.youtube.com/@wclivestrea... Meteorologists & #climatechange scientists want to fulfill their mission of sharing their science Despite US govt's shortsighted and 'bound to backfire' cost-cutting

Scientists saved lives. The village was evacuated a week ago. www.bbc.com/news/article...

The birding at #PCST2025 has been pretty good! Viewing the Skylark song flights from the hotel have been a highlight. Locations visited:
TECA, Dunnottar Castle at Stonehaven, Troup Head, Fraserburgh, Loch of Strathbeg, Bullers of Buchan, Ythan mouth

Thank you #PCST2025 for programming our audio experience One in Ten and thanks everyone who took the time to come and listen! We loved hearing your feedback and chatting about #letstalkaboutcough Our new evaluation report is available here www.letstalkaboutcough.net/evaluation/ #chroniccough

Are you attending #PCST2025 and presenting on #scicomm transitions? Submit to @jscicom.bsky.social 's special issue — we want to feature your work!

“A new meta-analysis of 279 studies finds that belief in conspiracy theories is linked to three core psychological motives: wanting to make sense of the world, coping with uncertainty, and connecting with others.” open.substack.com/pub/matthewf...

Yes! Scientists, let's share our work with the public. Write an LTE/op-ed/ or guest column in a LOCAL HOMETOWN PAPER, published June 16! #McClintockLetters #SciComm Share how we serve the public with fed dollars, & insights into fed funded research. Signup + more info: tinyurl.com/McClintockLetters

Read more in our press release! Takeaways include - Tradeoffs everywhere - win-wins only in some places - Combinations of practices are best - Spatial data can help target farmers - Other measures can sequester more, eg plant-rich diets - Other benefits besides carbon www.nyu.edu/about/news-p...

Well, it’s been a wildly eventful 100+ days, to say the least. Sharing a few resources that are helping me keep track of it all + a call to action. Protect the Inflation Reduction Act! ayanaelizabeth.substack.com/p/100-days-e...

Today I learned from @danfagin.bsky.social that only 4 mammalian species make up about 96% of mammalian biomass. Can you name them?

If you weren’t aware Sen Cory Booker is filibustering right now. He has been at it since 7pm EST m.youtube.com/watch?v=N5Nf...

Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them

My cat is enjoying the sunshine after a long winter in the Northeast

A team of archivists has recreated the pre-Trump CDC website as a live, easy-to-navigate website that should be indexed by Google. The team is hosting it in Europe. Cool project that is sadly necessary: www.404media.co/archivists-r...

Per Dr Atul Gawande, ex USAID: “All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.” There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.

Three of the most powerful words in journalism: help us investigate. @joshtpm.bsky.social: "Need Your Help." "If you’re contacting your senator or member of Congress about this issue, I would be so in your debt if you would send me the response you get..." talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/need-...

Worried about losing access to US federal data that may go off-line, or already is? You’re not alone—but duplication isn’t the answer. Many ongoing efforts have already archived key datasets and many more are ongoing. Check out these existing resources and, if you can, support their work. 🧵

Excellent prompt with fascinating responses. Go Science!

As an instructor this is so concerning when you read assignments in the formulaic & vague writing ChatGPT spits out & see students aren’t developing critical thinking skills as a baseline for future coursework, careers, and well, life. www.chronicle.com/podcast/coll...

Seeing Chip Carter's beautiful eulogy is reminding me of a fancy-people thing that I never learned until well into adulthood. Chip is a nickname for a guy named after his dad. Skip is a nickname for a guy named after his grandfather. Trip is a nickname for a guy named after his dad AND grandfather.

For Maths fans, 2025 is a square. 45² = 45 x 45 = 2025 Also, 9² x 5² = 2025 40² + 20² + 5² = 2025 My favourite? 1³+2³+3³+4³+5³+6³+7³+8³+9³ = 2025 #Mathematics #teaching #education

I recently helped bring the Cornell-led Farmers DataLab site together! The on-farm experiment process involves close collaboration with farmers and researchers. Over 30k farms are conducting experiments worldwide. www.farmersdatalab.org

After Trump was elected, I started to wonder what could the grassroots, cities, and states do to move the needle on climate change without federal support. It turns out, a lot (gift link)

Your home’s value could depend on more than location. Rising climate risks—like floods or wildfires—make resilience critical. Check this interactive tool to see how your city measures up: 🎁 wapo.st/3Z0IrUc

On the surge in migration of #sciencetwitter to Bluesky www.science.org/content/arti...

Prebunking, Fact-Checking, Nudging & Inoculation? We can’t fix systemic misinformation with individual "psychological interventions," says Gordon Pennycook at Cornell University. Social platforms profit from it, and asking users to fight it alone isn’t sustainable. www.science.org/content/arti...

In Nature -> Citizen scientists can be chemists — give them a chance

Tonight 11/15 at 630 pm ET City of Science: Katalin Karikó in Conversation with Katalin Karikó in Conversation with Carl Zimmer www.gc.cuny.edu/events/city-...

"Science communication can do more to embrace uncertainty." It's a needed shift, especially in an age of quick takes. Let’s help science tell the whole story, not just the headline.

Happening now & virtually A Conversation with 
Precious Okoyomon THU, OCT 24, 2024 4-7:30PM A wide-ranging conversation with the artist & scientists with topics of ecosystems, critical plant studies & the multiple paths of knowledge creation #SciArt museum.cornell.edu/event/a-conv...

I always ask my students about their other classes and I ask them about their favorite classes I hear a lot about how wonderful colleagues are! And I always share it (anonymizing the students!) with them Because it always makes them happy! AND THEY DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW THE IMPACT THEY HAVE!

A neurological study in the Netherlands discovered that viewing a work of art in person stimulates the brain ten times more than looking at a reproduction.

The results LOOK pretty replicable? That's not how any of this works and you'd think someone who runs a reproducibility project would know that damn well. Why would Nature close an article with so foolish a comment? www.nature.com/articles/d41...

As an editor, I help people say what they mean--and not say what they don’t mean. Here are some common not-quite-right words or expressions that I often see. This is not to embarrass anybody--I've made many of these mistakes myself. Please share your favorite fixes at the end of the thread. (1/n)

Devastating flooding in Asheville NC www.citizen-times.com/story/news/l... and Bagmati Province, Nepal this week. Last week saw deadly floods in Europe and Southeast Asia, especially Poland and Vietnam. The more climate changes, the worse it will get 😢 www.chronicle-tribune.com/news/wire/de...

Walk from downtown Ithaca to campus this morning

See the #ISS over Mainz on Fri Sep 27, 9:35 PM #SpotTheStation via @NASA spotthestation.nasa.gov/sightings/vi... You can set your location and get updates!

Students want flexibility in the classroom, and there are ways to accommodate them while maintaining structure. www.chronicle.com/article/cour...

On Tuesday, 36 US ports will be shut down by the largest shipping strike in living memory. This could recreate the chaotic supply chain crisis of 2021-2022. Are we ready? a 🧵 on the new economics of supply chains 1/

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #703,504!

Outstanding news - the feed of "scientists who do climate" I'm curating is now up to ... drumroll please ... 760 accounts! And I'm not even nearly done yet! If you haven't subscribed yet, please do. Just click here: bsky.app/profile/did:...

Redefinition by Misapprehended Inference, or words don’t mean what many people think they mean wapo.st/4bptwrl

Google paper claims AI can better predict floods in low-data areas www.nature.com/articles/s41...