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Facts Machine @factsmachinepod.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Ahhh one of our favorite episodes ever!!

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Anna Klompen, PhD @gelatinoussting.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Given it is #ToxinTuesday and I am seeing many alerts about recent jellyfish blooms, I just want say: Do NOT pee on a jellyfish sting. Please. Do not. Thanks to @factsmachinepod.bsky.social for helping me share this message several years ago! 🪼🧪🪼

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Facts Machine @factsmachinepod.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

What a loser!!!! 🦈🦈🦈🦈

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Gettin' Fishy With It Podcast @gettinfishypod.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Great job on @factsmachinepod.bsky.social last night, @joshbarbershop.bsky.social! Was @nerdrvt.bsky.social yelling at her screen over trivia you should have known? Yes. 😂 You call yourself a fish expert?!? 😤

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Facts Machine @factsmachinepod.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Which ones should he have known??

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Arnav Raha @arnavraha.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

@factsmachinepod.bsky.social is doing a bird event next Thursday if any other bird-friends in nyc are interested! Ft. @lesscommonloons.bsky.social, Andrea Trigueros, & @sweatervestsci.bsky.social : caveat.nyc/events/facts...

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Tom Lum @tomlumperson.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

This thursday I’ll be joining some hilarious folks for a festive science show! There must be Holmium in the air because Ho Ho Ho! 🎄🎅(Aerosolizing holmium is dangerous and will not be happening at the show) caveat.nyc/events/facts...

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Facts Machine: Science, Comedy & Trivia!

A science comedy show + trivia showdown by and for people who are curious about everything – but especially the things that make them laugh!

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Facts Machine @factsmachinepod.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Join us THURSDAY (12/18) for “THE MYRRH THE MERRIER” – science that’s worth its weight in cold, comedy that’s snow laughing matter, and trivia in which the winter takes all! w/ @tomlumperson.bsky.social @garimaraheja.bsky.social & Lina Zikas! 🎟 ⬇️ (in person OR stream!) caveat.nyc/events/facts...

Facts Machine, the myrrh the merrier, join us for science comedy & trivia at our science holiday party, Thursday, December 18th at 7pm!

Background is a field of white stars with the green and red “Christmas tree nebula. Foreground images are of Tom Lum, Garima Raheja, and Lina Zikas.

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Text: Tom Lum (he/him), a science communicator and comedian who isn’t here to play reindeer games

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Text: Garima Raheja, PhD, she/her, an urban pollution expert who wants to clear the air

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Text: Lina Zikas, she/her, a writer, producer, and engineer whose comedy musicals are scientifically sound.

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Facts Machine @factsmachinepod.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

THURSDAY (11/20) 7pm: Join us for “NEANDER-TALES” - a science comedy show and science trivia showdown inspired by HUMAN EVOLUTION! In person in NYC or stream from wherever you are! @caveatnyc.bsky.social @goastromo.bsky.social

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“NEANDER-TALES” science comedy and trivia inspired by HUMAN EVOLUTION
Thursday, November 20th 7pm

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Emily Costa, PhD @emcosta.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Incredibly excited to share Stories of Ethics, Engagement, and Dialogue in Science (SEEDS), a new ComSciCon initiative to showcase basic scientists who engage with publics on the ethics of their research! 🌱 For more about the project and how to get involved: forms.gle/cEwywaL9xcsF... #scicomm

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Facts Machine @factsmachinepod.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

📖 💫 Moiya McTier, PhD (@goastromo.bsky.social) is a folklorist and astrophysicist who demanded we take her to our leader? (should they be so lucky!) 🪐 👽 Join us on Thursday for a show that's sure to be out of this world! 🚀 🤓

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Facts Machine @factsmachinepod.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

🧠 Meet our guests! ✨ 🔬 Kate Bredbenner, PhD (@simplebiologist on TikTok and elsewhere) is a biologist who *swears* that she really is a "puny hooman" 🔭 Mark Popinchalk, PhD (@markpopinchalk.bsky.social) is an astrophysicist who once referred to a distant star as "home" (an accident, surely...)

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Facts Machine @factsmachinepod.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

THIS THURSDAY at 7pm, join us @caveatnyc.bsky.social for 👽✨CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE NERD KIND🛸🖖—a science comedy show and science trivia showdown "loosely inspired" by ALIENS AND EXOPLANETS! 🎟️🎟️ Nab those tickets today to see us in-person or by livestream: www.caveat.nyc/events/facts...

A graphic titled "meet our guests" with little photos and names of our lovely, smiling guest hosts for this show. It shows Kate Bredbenner, PhD (pronouns she/her), a white women with curly auburn shoulder length hair; Mark Popinchalk, PhD (pronouns he/him), a white man with dirty blonde short hair and mustache/goatee; and gamemaster Moiya McTier, PhD (pronouns she/her), a black woman with voluminous curly hair, glasses, and absolutely fabulous star earrings.

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Facts Machine @factsmachinepod.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Thanks for coming out to the show! Was lovely to meet you! 😁

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