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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 23/04/2026

Thank you to our fantastic panellists, @drclairemurray.com , @akellyucc.bsky.social , @irishspacegal.bsky.social , @jessamynfairfield.bsky.social , and the wonderful moderator, @drjohnodonoghue.bsky.social , for last night's dynamic discussion about community engagement in science.

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Jessamyn Fairfield @jessamynfairfield.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Looking forward to speaking about art/science collaborations at this!

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Jessamyn Fairfield @jessamynfairfield.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Talking science news on @newstalkfm.bsky.social shortly with new research on what happens to red blood cells during trail ultramarathons. Obviously I will use this as a pretense to talk about the trail ultras I used to do (longest was 62km, so nothing too extreme). I miss it!

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Claire Murray @drclairemurray.com · 16/02/2026

We have a cool new paper out in @jscicom.bsky.social 🧪, where we combined climate change and comedy! @jessamynfairfield.bsky.social and Katy Schütte created an improv show that toured rural Irish communities. I evaluated the shows, and the results are in this new paper. 1/ doi.org/10.22323/157...

An illustration by the artist Ruth Graham, where the proportions of different elements are connected to their frequency as a response to the question: What have you appreciated about the outdoors recently?'. There is a very large bird in the foreground, along with some small flowers and insects. There are also some trees and roughly 20% of the image is water. The sun is also very large, and it has a smiley face. There is a medium size mountain in the middle left that has 'Things we appreciate in nature' written on it.

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Dr. Sandra Duffy Golden @sandraduffy.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

I mean this, academics. If you don't feel capable of embedding a trans perspective into your class for time or expertise reasons, ask me and I will come talk to them for you. I will even try to relate it to paleogeology (or history, English, drama...), god help me.

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Jessamyn Fairfield @jessamynfairfield.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Going on @newstalkfm.bsky.social shortly to speak about glacial retreat and what it means for mountain communities around the world. Listen in to #Futureproof here: www.goloudplayer.com/radio/newstalk

Photo of a glacial lake in Switzerland with year markers showing the retreat of the glacier.

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Jessamyn Fairfield @jessamynfairfield.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

We've just had our wonderful first shows of 2025 for We Built This City on Rock and Coal up in Mayo and Donegal, and learned that the project is shortlisted for the #FallingWallsEngage award! Read about brilliant science engagement from around the world here: falling-walls.com/engage/short...

A group of improvisers and scientists posing in front of a banner reading 'We Built This City on Rock and Coal'.

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Jessamyn Fairfield @jessamynfairfield.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

So amazed by the @eusea.bsky.social community, and grateful for the opportunity to facilitate a workshop on improvised theatre for engagement with societal challenges based on our project 'We Built This City on Rock and Coal'. What a wonderful group of people bringing together science and arts!

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Jessamyn Fairfield @jessamynfairfield.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

I was on the radio recently talking about Trump's war on science, a horrific attempt to dismantle the apparatus of science itself. www.newstalk.com/podcasts/fut...

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Building a super particle collider | Newstalk

Guests:Dr Jessamyn Fairfield from the University of GalwayMedic and Immunologist Dr Lara Dungan...

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Jessamyn Fairfield @jessamynfairfield.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Improv is amazing, and I'm really pleased to be bringing this workshop to @eusea.bsky.social exploring how we used improvised theatre to talk about the climate crisis in our show We Built This City on Rock and Coal!

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Jessamyn Fairfield @jessamynfairfield.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Hard to know what to do in such "interesting times". We don't have control over a lot, but we can help others, so I'm heading back to Antarctica as faculty for Homeward Bound working with women and non-binary people on leadership for the greater good. A more just world is possible, if we make it!

Photo of Antarctic snow and sea, with a poorly lit smiling woman in sunglasses in front

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Gritty continues to be a real one

Gritty holding a pride flag with the message "love is luv"

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Morgan Tingley @mwtingley.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

The insanity of being a fire ecologist in the epicenter of a major fire event, bags packed and ready to evacuate, watching active fire from my window, while taking media requests and explaining to the public, for the 100,000th time how climate change is largely responsible for this

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Elizabeth Boyle @thecelticist.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Universities aren't supposed to make money.

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John Butler @jslbutler.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Have you ever wondered why should researchers do public engagement events have a read of @jessamynfairfield.bsky.social paper If gaining communication skills, creative expression, and competence are not enough. If done right like Bright Club it can be really good fun.

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Birds Are Dinosaurs @birdsaredinosaurs.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

At its heart, Star Trek is a utopian fantasy about a society so advanced that they are capable of holding productive meetings that last no longer than three minutes

A TNG scene. We're in the Enterprise conference room, where Picard is holding a meeting with Data, Troi, and Dr Crusher. Barclay is also there, for unknown reasons. Maybe he wandered into the meeting and just sat down, and everyone was too polite to mention it. That happened to me once. I was visiting an office location I didn't normally go to and I wasn't quite sure which conference room I was supposed to be in. I walked into one and sat down and it took me five minutes to realize I was in the wrong meeting. From the perspective of the people in that room, halfway through that meeting, a stranger walked in, sat next to the boss, took notes for five minutes, then walked out without saying a word.

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bobby @bobbylewis.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

president tries to seize power in south korea? significant resistance. president tries to seize power in brazil? president is arrested and banned from running again. president tries to seize power in america? the courts grant him total immunity and the voters reelect him with an allied congress

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Jessamyn Fairfield @jessamynfairfield.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Voting in #ge2024 was my first general election since I got Irish citizenship, and I have to say it was a way better experience than absentee voting in the last US election. PR-STV is great for voting your actual values, and no one is engaging in voter suppression? What a place!

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Julia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

...while most US anti-trans activism is steeped religious right framings, Mace's rhetoric lately (on gametes & her critics supposedly "silencing" her as a woman) sounds like she's been binging UK "gender critical" blogposts. those talking points debunked here: juliaserano.medium.com/a-gender-cri...

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A “Gender Critical” and “TERF” Primer

for readers trying to make sense of “feminists versus transgender activists” debates

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Jessamyn Fairfield @jessamynfairfield.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Hello new followers! I am a scientist/artist focused on performing arts and public engagement. I also get mad about social justice and immigration (in a good way). And I train researchers to be better communicators, collaborators, and leaders.

Me, singing about science with a ukulele (the comedian's guitar) at TEDxTUM.

Dancers (I am one of them) in a piece about neuroscience, holding up a net with audience memories attached to it.

Improvisers (including me) in a show about climate change and climate anxiety called 'We Built This City on Rock and Coal'.

Researchers learning outside on grass, at the Mawazo Institute.

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Shaun O’Boyle @shaunoboyle.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Sharing this great starter pack of PoC in SciComm. Already lots of great science communicators on it to follow (get in touch with @hanasciart.bsky.social to be added). go.bsky.app/MaDPSzx

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Úna-Minh's ✨ Open to Work ✨ @unaminh.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

It's so important to vote in #Ireland #GE24. There are quite prominent racists going for TD seats in Ireland this time around and we need to make sure they don't get a seat. These are dangerous people who spread nothing but anti-immigration sentiment and stir extreme hate. Use your vote.

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Jessamyn Fairfield @jessamynfairfield.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

Visiting rural communities to talk about climate action, I was unprepared for how many people brought up trains and buses as areas for improvement! But it makes sense, and you can see what learnings came through from all the Creative Climate Action projects here: www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

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A call to climate action

What needs to happen to save ourselves, our species and planet? Eight climate-conscious individuals offer their take

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Claire Murray @drclairemurray.com · 07/11/2024

You! Yes you! Want to do awesome science 🧪? Get yourself some of the best and most enthusiastic collaborators through citizen science! Check out my world view for @natureportfolio.bsky.social on chemistry ⚗️ citizen science. (I'm v.proud of the pun at the end!). www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Citizen scientists can be chemists — give them a chance

When research on an intriguing material called for hundreds of samples, secondary-school students, teachers and technicians stepped up.

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Jessamyn Fairfield @jessamynfairfield.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

Yesss Irish Bluesky assemble! I've been in Ireland for 13 years now working in science/arts at various unis, but am originally from New Mexico - weeks like this you can see why I stayed. Here is a gratuitous picture of me from when I got my dual citizenship:

A smiling blonde lady with an Irish tricolour pin on her green coat.

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alonsonichols.bsky.social @alonsonichols.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

Take the time to read Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottam today. Her take resonate’s deeply. (Gift Link) www.nytimes.com/2024/11/06/o...

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Opinion | What We Can Learn From How Kamala Harris Lost

Her loss is a sign that the age of identity politics is not over.

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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

I wish I could say “I can’t fucking believe this” but I can fucking believe this.

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Jessamyn Fairfield @jessamynfairfield.bsky.social · 01/11/2024

How does participating in comedic public engagement events, like Bright Club Ireland, affect researchers who perform? I really wanted an answer to this question, because my gut feeling was that there's something extra that happens when you remix research into comedy.

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Jessamyn Fairfield @jessamynfairfield.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

I joined BlueSky about a year ago because I simply could not stay on the other site while caring for a tiny baby - there's nothing like doomscrolling at 3am looking at the future of humanity to make you question things. But I'm so excited to see more of my network showing up here! Yay! Welcome!

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Jessamyn Fairfield @jessamynfairfield.bsky.social · 16/10/2024

Last run of improv shows about climate change for the year as part of #BioeconomyIrelandWeek - really proud of these shows and hoping we get to do more next year.

List of We Built This City on Rock and Coal shows for Bioeconomy Ireland Week, in Sligo, Inisheer, and Clare Island.

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Jessamyn Fairfield @jessamynfairfield.bsky.social · 08/10/2024

And the Nobel Prize for Physics goes to... computer science.

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Jessamyn Fairfield @jessamynfairfield.bsky.social · 06/10/2024

Any improvisers on here? I feel like I knew more back on the bad place but would love to connect with more #improv people here, especially anyone doing sciencey or theatrical improv.

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Jessamyn Fairfield @jessamynfairfield.bsky.social · 03/10/2024

Just chatting to a student about solid state physics and realised that as an undergrad, it was the only of my physics and math classes with a female professor. I double majored in physics and applied math, and every single other class was taught by a man. I really hope things are different now.

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Jessamyn Fairfield @jessamynfairfield.bsky.social · 30/09/2024

The people at Consilience are fantastic to work with! They really show what peer review should be like.

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Jessamyn Fairfield @jessamynfairfield.bsky.social · 30/09/2024

If you are interested in science/art projects, the Arctic, and sailing on a tall ship then you should check out The Arctic Circle Residency which is currently open for applications. I went in 2017 and it was lifechanging! More info: thearcticcircle.org/apply/

A sailing ship in the Arctic, observed by a person sitting at a rocky shore.

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Jessamyn Fairfield @jessamynfairfield.bsky.social · 27/08/2024

This is a really lovely piece of work at the intersection of art, science, and inclusion! Well done Shaun & collaborators!

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Dr. Catherine Kehl @tylik.bsky.social · 14/07/2024

When I condemn political violence I am also condemning a Trump candidacy.

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Jessamyn Fairfield @jessamynfairfield.bsky.social · 30/05/2024

Launching a new project today using improv to explore climate change, sustainability, and community in rural areas! I've been so excited for this to kick off and it's a perfect thing to come back from maternity leave for! www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

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‘Hopepunk’ roadshow aims to open up new conversations around climate emergency

Project blends science, comedy and improvisation to encourage discussion about positive change

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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 13/05/2024

“The student left is the most reliably correct constituency in America. Over the past 60 years, it has passed every great moral test American foreign policy has forced upon the public, including the Vietnam war, the question of relations with apartheid South Africa, and the Iraq war.”

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 07/05/2024

You suffering and damaging yourself in the name of a cause is not going to advance the cause. All it will do is harm you to the point where you can no longer effectively advocate for the cause. Activism involves taking care of yourself, too, so you can continue to be effective for years to come.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 30/04/2024

How did no one tell me that “iambic pentameter” was named after an Ancient Greek female stand-up comedian who told dirty jokes? (From Edith Hall’s “Introducing the Ancient Greeks”).

guishable laughter. In an archaic hymn to Demeter attributed to Homer, the goddess of arable farming is inconsolable because her daughter Persephone has been kidnapped by Hades and dragged down to the underworld. Demeter boycotts Olympus and goes to Eleusis, but nothing can ease her pain. Then her hostess, the queen of the surrounding territory, has a brainstorm. She enlists the help of the only female stand-up comic in ancient mythology, whose name was lambe after the rude iambic jokes she recited. Demeter finally bursts into laughter. Iambe the comedian gave her name to the poetic meter that the Greeks always used for poems of insult and satirical abuse; it probably had its origins in prehistoric festivals, in ritual obscenity and jesting. But the Greeks

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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 25/04/2024

love to listen to Supreme Court oral arguments about fun hypotheticals like “if you have a womb is it possible you aren’t a person” and “should we have a king”

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Jo VanEvery @jovanevery.bsky.social · 06/04/2024

This is infuriating and comes about because equity is defined as equal representation on committees rather than representation proportional to the population. The result is pushing women into service roles.

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Jessamyn Fairfield @jessamynfairfield.bsky.social · 06/04/2024

What's really fun is when you're in a heavily male department and the stats are justified by "gender equity". When I spoke up about 75% of female academics chairing committees in our department, but only 15% of male academics, I was told it had to be that way to meet uni benchmarks for gender.

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Jessamyn Fairfield @jessamynfairfield.bsky.social · 01/04/2024

Reading this book last night, my toddler pointed at the girl on the right and said, "she is looking at her phone". Makes sense that the two emotions are happy and looking at your phone 😅

Picture of a kid smiling, labeled "happy", and a kid looking down, labeled "sad", from a baby book.

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Jessamyn Fairfield @jessamynfairfield.bsky.social · 18/03/2024

Every time I see a headline about "AI" now I mentally replace it with "autocomplete": Autocomplete will be 'teaching' thousands of kids this fall Autocomplete is bad at following copyright law, researchers say Autocomplete doesn't have all the answers - especially this election season

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