iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Katerina Drakoulaki @kdrakoulaki.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Interesting read from @pitchscience.com.au newsletter: as a ECR and during the current climate I'm not optimistic, but I hope to see an institutional change on how we quantify people's contribution to science archive.md/ker9f

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Tobias Wingen @wingentobias.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Great summary of recent research on public perceptions of preprints, featuring a cool new paper by @fleerackers.bsky.social et al. 📰 Goes beyond our earlier work by also using qualitative methods, revealing very interesting (and worrying) results. Insightful read! www.science.org/content/arti...

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Preprints often make news. Many people don’t know what they are

The public needs context about unreviewed manuscripts, survey suggests

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Pitch Science @pitchscience.com.au · 06/01/2025

Absolutely love this article, not least because my wonderful client Lindsay Ejoh is quoted 😍 And I’m calling it now — 2025 is going to be the YEAR for #scicomm and outreach!

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 22/12/2024

When news reports about scientific papers make causal claims that are not justified by the original study, the mistake often traces to a university press release. Here, observational data reveals an association. The press release asserts causality. today.ucsd.edu/story/walkab...

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Walkable Neighborhoods Help Adults Socialize, Increase Community

Adults who live in walkable neighborhoods are more likely to socialize and have a stronger sense of community, report researchers at the UC San Diego Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human...

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Pitch Science @pitchscience.com.au · 06/01/2025

First day back at Pitch Science for 2025 — so *ready* to make this such a brilliant year for scicomm 🥳

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Pitch Science @pitchscience.com.au · 16/12/2024

Such a brilliant idea!! 🤩 love seeing such healthy lab workplace cultures online!

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Pitch Science @pitchscience.com.au · 12/12/2024

One more work day left of my year and all of my client work has been sent off 🥳 So proud of everything I’ve achieved in 2024 + all of the incredible science communication content & science branding I’ve been able to create 🥹 Here comes the first break I’ve ever had since starting Pitch Science!

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Pitch Science @pitchscience.com.au · 04/12/2024

I heard this app is where all the cool people are? 😎 Excited to migrate across and to be able to continue sharing #scicomm tips, tricks, & inspiration *without* being in an ethical minefield - let’s go!

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Bluesky @bsky.app · 03/12/2024

Scientists, academics, researchers: We’re excited to share that @altmetric.com is now tracking mentions of your research on Bluesky! 🧪

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