Reposted by Dr. Catherine Scottfranz @franzanth.bsky.social · 2hMoth 5/12 - Ashinaga #Art #SciArt 25415
Reposted by Dr. Catherine ScottRobin Hayward 🌳 🏳️⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 26/09/2026This is one of those things I'm going to keep reposting until you're sick of it. It's not just because I want to make sure everyone sees it. I want everyone to see it multiple times. I want it in your long-term memories so that it's something you use and share and don't forget when you scroll away 04821
Reposted by Dr. Catherine ScottCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 26/09/2026Does my Speak-n-Spell feel pain when I type O-U-C-H? The jury is out. Philosophers and neuroscientists say that's fucking stupid, but I called a guy from the Center for Pretending that Household Electronics Are Sentient and he said there's no way to know for sure. 5843131182
Reposted by Dr. Catherine ScottSK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is an excellent resource for anyone who supervises trans+ folks doing fieldwork but, also, many of these recommendations are applicable well beyond fieldwork, for anyone leading, supervising, mentoring, employing, or otherwise collaborating with trans+ colleagues I highly recommend it: 14722
Reposted by Dr. Catherine Scottfranz @franzanth.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Beetle 4/11 - Anthaxia #Art #SciArt 318548
Reposted by Dr. Catherine ScottImani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026I just honestly can't get over that Save Women Sports, an anti-trans group could only find five trans athletes competing K through 12. Five. The NCAA president testified a year and a half ago or so that there were less than 10 college level trans athletes. What the fuck are we doing, people 16886362298
Reposted by Dr. Catherine ScottOlivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 28/04/2026Oh and "there's good AI" they shout, assuming we never considered that, but also with their clear goal of using AI in a deflated sense (that only helps companies)... Yes, there's good computational models. So what? bsky.app/profile/oliv... 15710
Dr. Catherine Scott @cataranea.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Lovely day picking blueberries on the East Coast Trail. Diego was a very enthusiastic participant but did little to improve efficiency. 1355
Reposted by Dr. Catherine ScottBlayne Haggart @bhaggart.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Three final things: Carney isn’t returning to a hardball strategy from 2018. He’s returning to the Trudeau strategy that Carney rejected in 2025 in favour of appeasement and the pursuit of a negotiated comprehensive trade and security agreement. From Sept 2025.cbc.caCarney government quietly dropped more U.S. counter-tariffs than advertised | CBC NewsThe federal government has quietly removed more counter-tariffs on American goods than initially advertised, according to an order-in-council published online. 2176
Reposted by Dr. Catherine ScottBlayne Haggart @bhaggart.bsky.social · 12/09/2026It took Mark Carney almost two years and billions of dollars in concessions to recognize what was *immediately* obvious in Nov 2024: that Trump won’t keep his word. Going forward, Carney needs to explain this profound miscalculation, and if his strategy has changed to reflect reality. 1296
Reposted by Dr. Catherine ScottIsabel @isabelott.bsky.social · 11/09/2026“The issues [we face] now are similar to issues that other scientific and creative professions are facing, and indicate issues that all of humanity might face: how to make sure that, as AI changes the way work is done, we do not lose sight of what that work was meant to achieve in the first place.” 1113
Reposted by Dr. Catherine ScottRyan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 08/09/2026OpenAI set $22M on fire just to steal $1M from a human who did the actual work, and that’s the business plan our economy is betting everything on? Lol. 181632486
Reposted by Dr. Catherine ScottMicah @rincewind.run · 07/09/2026there’s a lot more nuance to it but as a basic principle you could do a lot worse than unions good, billionaires bad happy Labor Day, everyone 447485
Dr. Catherine Scott @cataranea.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Omg look what the Canadian mint made 🕷️🕸️ www.mint.ca/en/shop/coin...mint.caNature’s Delight: The Spider – 1 oz. Fine Silver Coin | The Royal Canadian MintA web of wonder: Nature’s geometry, glistening in the sunlight. 3438
Reposted by Dr. Catherine ScottSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Attention Philadelphia! We're hosting a rally to demand that Drexel University maintain The Academy of Natural Sciences Museum open to the public. Join us on Tuesday morning at 10am in front of the academy. Please spread the word, we need all hands on deck! RSVP here: luma.com/1qwnrqz2 171410892
Reposted by Dr. Catherine ScottIron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Doesn't look very "inevitable" to me 2537143
Dr. Catherine Scott @cataranea.bsky.social · 03/09/2026The problem with being a good (I hope) reviewer who responds promptly to requests and provides on-time or not-ridiculously late reviews is that you just keep getting more and more requests. I wonder what proportion of active researchers are carrying the bulk of the reviewing burden? 4202
Reposted by Dr. Catherine ScottJess Taylor @loadofolbobbins.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Another hot of the presses bug for your enjoyment...this time a super fancy Golden Tortoise Beetle for the last day of #InverteFest Stats: Drawing time total 21hr 15 min #SciArt #BugSky #Insects #ArtSky #Illustration #Procreate 522649
Reposted by Dr. Catherine ScottGet To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 31/08/2026A wee purple damselfly to wrap up #InverteFest. They come in a range of beautiful colors and it always surprises me to see these jewel tones. Also, here’s a free art book filled with incredible invertebrates! #BugSky 🌿 726049
Reposted by Dr. Catherine ScottSocial Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 31/08/2026The "Lake America" hissy fit "highlights the cost of Canada not having its own Google Maps equivalent or mapping APIs, Levy said, leaving a huge portion of online activity powered and collected by American companies." #datasovereignty #digitalsovereignty www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caLake America replaces Lake Ontario on multiple Canadian websites after Google Maps update | CBC NewsSome Canadian websites, including for the federal government, displayed maps with Lake Ontario renamed as Lake America on Sunday, a day after Google Maps announced the change to align with an executiv... 44819
Reposted by Dr. Catherine ScottStephen Kinsella @stephenstroud.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Yet more copytheft. Why would we tolerate an “industry” based on wholesale lawbreaking? 12513
Reposted by Dr. Catherine ScottJane Rosenzweig @janerosenzweig.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Also: a lot of decisions have been made about AI in ed by people who had not tried LLMs, did not understand how they work, were not in the classroom, did not really understand how students were likely to use them, and were driven by FOMO rather than by data/knowlege/understanding/learning. 621458
Reposted by Dr. Catherine ScottJohn Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 30/08/2026"we should rename Mar-a-Lago something funny, make Google display that" My brother in Christ, the Ontario legislature can declare Google's workers in Ontario to be unionized and assign their collective labour rights to whichever union will be most militant, think bigger 544479861
Dr. Catherine Scott @cataranea.bsky.social · 30/08/2026“What are you hoping to achieve with tools sold as “AI” that cannot be done with traditional [methods] that already exist? Is that outcome so valuable that it outweighs the ethical problems of using these tools?” There is no ethical use of “ai” 02410
Reposted by Dr. Catherine ScottEmily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 28/08/2026And sure, any individual query and/or brag about an individual query is just a small part of that. But why contribute at all? And more to the point, why say so and then scold everyone else for pointing out how shameful it is? >> 425122
Reposted by Dr. Catherine ScottEmily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 28/08/2026helping the tech barons further centralize wealth and power, benefitting from the atrociously exploitative labor practices that "cleaned up" system output, etc. >> 125521
Reposted by Dr. Catherine ScottEmily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Just to name a few, every time you use (let along brag about using) a synthetic media extruding machine, you are helping to build the case for the next hyperscale data center, helping to normalize the data collection (theft & surveillance) they are built on, >> 138966
Reposted by Dr. Catherine Scottfranz @franzanth.bsky.social · 29/08/2026We present: The Art of #InverteFest - August 2026 Edition A digital art book showcasing the work of 100 artists, in celebration of overlooked invertebrate fauna. Thank you to the artists who contributed to our book! Download & submit to the next edition: invertefest.com/#artbook #Art #SciArt 15230117
Reposted by Dr. Catherine ScottChris @cperez.bsky.social · 27/08/2026"Principal investigators need cheap grad and postdoc labor to boost their own research profiles. Treating them like workers by allowing them to unionize disrupts the feudal lord-serf relationship that exists in most labs." There I fixed it for you 5395114
Dr. Catherine Scott @cataranea.bsky.social · 27/08/2026WTAF. “If our schools are not teaching our youth how to write a book report using artificial intelligence, we are doing them a disservice,” Assemblyman Clyde Vanel (D-Queens Village), one of Albany’s most prominent boosters of AI, told the Chronicle in a recent interview 1103
Reposted by Dr. Catherine ScottRichard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I’m worried that governments and businesses are “pivoting” from mitigation to adaptation/resilience and then calling that their “climate” or “sustainability” plan. We need to urgently reduce emissions AND make our systems more robust to withstand inevitable amounts of warming. 49430
Reposted by Dr. Catherine ScottProf Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 26/08/20266. Climate change shouldn’t be treated as an abstract environmental issue anymore. It’s also about health, homes, food, energy bills, insurance, infrastructure and whether the places we live remain comfortable and safe. 1769
Reposted by Dr. Catherine ScottProf Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 26/08/20265. There’s something deeply strange about living through increasingly obvious climate disruption while politicians become less willing to talk about why it is happening and what we can do about it. The crisis is becoming harder to ignore, but apparently easier to avoid discussing. 210118
Reposted by Dr. Catherine ScottDr. Cara Berg Powers @clbergpowers.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Things you could do this week to honor the impact Dolly has had: *Donate to the Imagination Library or a local kids reading initiative *Read with a kid you care about *Support and protect LGBTQIA kids *Support a Black owned business *Schedule your vaccine appointments *Show up authentically as you 11440732
Reposted by Dr. Catherine ScottSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 25/08/2026We need YOU to spread the word about @skypeascientist.bsky.social - our *free* program that matches scientists w/classrooms & more! When educators sign up, they can tell us who told them about us. We'll hold a monthly drawing for $150 of science supplies* from the referrers! SkypeAScientist.com 5147124
Reposted by Dr. Catherine Scott🌈Dr. Frizzle @swilua.bsky.social · 25/08/2026we should all buy someone a book in Dolly’s honor today 123239
Reposted by Dr. Catherine ScottSEIU Local 925 @seiu925.bsky.social · 25/08/2026We’re not in the habit of recognizing celebrity deaths here at 925. That said, Dolly Parton is a national treasure and some folks here joke that Dolly is our Locals patron saint. After all her song “9 to 5” is our anthem. Today we remember all the love and kindness Dolly brought the world. 113171545
Reposted by Dr. Catherine ScottJill Weinberger @jillybobww.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I saw her say that, as a child, she saw some women w/ big hair & long nails & makeup & thought they were so glamorous. Her mom said, "Those women are trash," & Dolly thought, "Well, I guess I want to be trash when I grow up." She chose her style b/c it was her idea of beautiful, not for anyone else. 316533
Reposted by Dr. Catherine ScottJess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 25/08/2026donated a bunch to recovery efforts after Hurricane Helene too:edition.cnn.comDolly Parton pitches in toward Hurricane Helene relief efforts | CNNDolly Parton is doing her best to lend support to flood- and storm-ravaged areas in the aftermath of Helene. 1808
Reposted by Dr. Catherine ScottJess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 25/08/2026straight up cut a check for a million dollars to help fund the Moderna Covid vaccine: 210012
Reposted by Dr. Catherine ScottJess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 25/08/2026has been supporting high school band programs across TN for years: 1789
Reposted by Dr. Catherine ScottJess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 25/08/2026vocal supporter of LGBTQ rights for literally longer than i've been alive: 111914
Reposted by Dr. Catherine ScottJess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 25/08/2026and the Imagination Library doesn't just help kids- it supports the people who make those books too! 111617
Reposted by Dr. Catherine ScottJess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 25/08/2026cool things Dolly Parton did that you may not have known: a thread. supported families after the Gatlinburg fires: 124095
Reposted by Dr. Catherine ScottAmadi Lovelace @amaditalks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Remember that if you got the Moderna Covid vaccine, you have Dolly Parton to thank, she gave the largest individual contribution toward their research to make it possible. 46149564077
Reposted by Dr. Catherine ScottWilliam Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026[Exit Queen.] 2063895111005
Reposted by Dr. Catherine ScottClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 25/08/2026with alt text. this is so beautiful 💕 101956714
Reposted by Dr. Catherine Scottfranz @franzanth.bsky.social · 24/08/2026#InverteFest begins at midnight your local time. Post your invertebrate art, join the community art book, go find critters in the wild, celebrate with us using the hashtag! 5349135
Dr. Catherine Scott @cataranea.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Cool #postdoc opportunity to study sexual behaviour in widow #spiders! 🕷️🕷️🕷️ @arachnology.bsky.social @britishspiders.bsky.social @entsocamerica.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social @canentomologist.bsky.social 13420
Reposted by Dr. Catherine ScottAdrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Children of Glam. 81724