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Sadie Witkowski, PhD

@sadiewit.bsky.social
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Constantly ranting about fandom (mostly Supernatural) & science (mostly 🧠) Scientist, storyteller, scuba diver, podcaster

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Mystic photography🩷💜💙 SPN Columbus @mysticphotos.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
So I did a thing with @sadiewit.bsky.social. #spnfamily
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AAAS Mass Media Fellowship @aaasmassmedia.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Are you ready to try something new and work in #SciComm? Apply now to be a part of the 2027 cohort of @aaas.org #MassMediaFellows! Spend the summer using your STEMM background as a journalist writing the news. English and Spanish language placements available. bit.ly/3KugH6D
The 2027 AAAS Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellowship Application opens on October 1 and closes January 4, 2027.
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Sadie Witkowski, PhD @sadiewit.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Last one, I swear 😅
Jason Manns, Sadie, and Jensen Ackles checking out an off camera Gritty plushie (with sunglasses lowered)
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Sadie Witkowski, PhD @sadiewit.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Aren’t we looking strong? 💪
Misha Collins, Sadie, and Jared Padalecki flexing for the camera
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Sadie Witkowski, PhD @sadiewit.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Had the best time at #spnorl not just with con friends but also finally meeting my online personal trainer in the flesh! It was quite the adventure, introducing him to the world of supernatural conventions 😂
Photo of Chris, Misha Collins, Dulce, Jensen Ackles, and Sadie smiling at the camera with arms around shouldersPhoto of Chris, Misha Collins, Dulce, Jensen Ackles, and Sadie smiling at the camera with arms around shoulders - full body pic
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Sadie Witkowski, PhD @sadiewit.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
If you noticed this episode was a week late… no you didn’t! 😂 But I am thrilled that I got my husband on tape for all his hot takes post-DragonCon podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
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S4, Episode 5: Post DragonCon Report with Daniel
Podcast Episode · In Defense of Fandom · September 16 · 39m
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Sadie Witkowski, PhD @sadiewit.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Carry the Two is back! This season, we’re exploring mathematics & AI: how LLMs can impede and/or assist decision making pca.st/podcast/c5c2...
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Carry the Two
Carry the Two pulls back the curtain to reveal the mathematical and statistical gears that turn the world. We’re the show for people who enjoy discovering hidden elements that impact our lives in the ...
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 15/09/2026
For the first time in more than two centuries, wild Przewalski’s horses have been born in Kazakhstan. The arrival of two male foals at the Altyn Dala State Nature Reserve proves success for ongoing reintroduction efforts to re-establish this endangered ecosystem engineer. Story by Shanna Hanbury.
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Two wild Przewalski’s horse foals born in Kazakhstan after 200 years
Two Przewalski’s horse foals were born in a reintroduction center in the grasslands of central Kazakhstan in late August. They are reportedly the first wild horses born on Kazakh soil in more than…
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Sadie Witkowski, PhD @sadiewit.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I loooooove live events like conventions but back to back weekends might have been a mistake… 😅🫠😪
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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
sorry, but torturing the omelas kid is just a smart move, polling-wise. i personally wish there wasn't a kid in the omelas hole--of course i do!--but let's not get distracted by purity tests, here.
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 02/09/2026
"Bottom 60% of households" is a wild phrase
CBS NEWS
The findings? For the bottom 60% of U.S. households, a
"minimal quality of life" is out of reach, according to the group, a research organization focused on improving lower earners' economic well-being.
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Sadie Witkowski, PhD @sadiewit.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
So excited to be a part of @dconscitrack.bsky.social! Come check out our cool panels!
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Sadie Witkowski, PhD @sadiewit.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Flexin’ on ma bois 😂 *explaining pose to J&M* J: what, you been working out? Me: yeah bro! Weight lifting and I got into roller derby! 🛼
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 28/08/2026
"For more than a year, the National Park Service has been quietly working to fulfill an unprecedented directive from Trump officials: Parcel off a corner of Yosemite National Park to give to a private developer." www.notus.org/agencies/tru...
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Trump’s Quietly Working to Give Part of Yosemite to a Private Developer
The National Park Service is under pressure to make an unprecedented deal that cedes a quarter-mile strip of the park.
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Aja Romano @bookshop.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
So yeah @fansplaining.bsky.social got our obligatory New York Times treatment: fansplaining.com/lessons-from...
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Lessons From a Heated Media Rivalry
How we learned that the New York Times has a Fansplaining account.
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Jack Cousteau ⚓️ @angrywaterman.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
there are few more tragic examples of human intervention against the elegant balance of nature…
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Sadie Witkowski, PhD @sadiewit.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
If you missed my #SDCC panel this year, don’t worry! We recorded the whole thing so you can hear who won on: The Boys vs Supernatural! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
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S4, Episode 2: SDCC Panel - Supernatural vs The Boys
Podcast Episode · In Defense of Fandom · July 29 · 49m
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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The report “calls for the government to invest in young researchers, without noting that the administration fired scores of young scientists and terminated hundreds of grants to early career researchers.”
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Sadie Witkowski, PhD @sadiewit.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Coffee shop in the airport is out of ice so I got a massive cold brew with nothing to water it down. I’M VIBRATING. Anyways, let the #SDCC shenanigans begin!
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Sadie Witkowski, PhD @sadiewit.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Welcome back to the land of 9-5. At least we can (sometimes) afford our hobbies this way? Lol
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Sadie Witkowski, PhD @sadiewit.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I've been so busy prepping for SDCC that I forgot to mention - new season of In Defense of Fandom has launched! In this first episode, I interview the @dragoncon.org science track organizers about the labor and love that goes into each year's programming. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
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Sadie Witkowski, PhD @sadiewit.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Location and time are still under wraps, but just know there's a #SDCC panel this year that you wont want to miss featuring some of your favorite podcasters & writers! #SDCC26
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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 07/07/2026
New: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years — despite his warning voters that “it is illegal to misrepresent your residence on election records.”
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Ken Paxton’s voter registration may violate Texas election law - The Texas Tribune
The Texas attorney general appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years — despite his warning voters that “it is illegal to misrepresent yo...
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Sadie Witkowski, PhD @sadiewit.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
lol, so glad you’re enjoying the collaboration! We had some really great needle drop call outs
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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Today on the pod, everyday viral infections may be quietly reshaping the body’s network of molecules that support cells and tissues in ways that can raise cancer risk over time
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Your last cold might do more than you think
Everyday viral infections may be quietly reshaping the body’s network of molecules that support cells and tissues in ways that can raise cancer risk over time
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Sadie Witkowski, PhD @sadiewit.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
It is the least brash American cheer I’ve ever heard. Like, aren’t our egos bigger than that?
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Asher HELLbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Texas is about to authorize the spreading of potentially radiactive, PFAS-filled oilfield wastewater on Texas farmland, ranchland and riverland — and you'll have no way to know if it ended up on the food you’re eating or the dust blowing through your kid’s school. Here's how to tell them not to.
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Keep Toxic Waste Off Texas Farmland – Future Heist
Comment by June 16. The government of Texas is about to authorize the spreading of treated oilfield wastewater on Texas farmland, ranchland, and near rivers. On
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Sadie Witkowski, PhD @sadiewit.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
I saw this opening night and I haven’t been able to stop talking about it!
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Reo Eveleth @reveleth.com · 22/05/2026
Love this convo between @emmaruthless.bsky.social and @bootsriley.bsky.social about I Love Boosters, and also about combating nihilism, putting a strike on screen, and why a whole theater cheered for the phrase “dialectical materialism.” www.coyotemedia.org/boots-riley-...
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Boots Riley Is Here to Recruit You
First, he’d like you to go see ‘I Love Boosters’ in theaters May 22. Then please consider joining the revolution.
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Sadie Witkowski, PhD @sadiewit.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
My husband and I lift weights a lot and definitely up our protein intake from RDA, but we make up for it with full fat Greek yogurt and legumes and other whole foods. The protein pop tarts kinda give me the ick.
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Sadie Witkowski, PhD @sadiewit.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
*knocks aggressively on wood* The fact that I haven’t gotten sick this year when everyone around me seems to be catching something either means: A) I am old & boring & don’t go out B) I have been rocking my workouts & staying healthy enough to not catch anything I know which answer I prefer 😅
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Sadie Witkowski, PhD @sadiewit.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
I haven’t seen the new episode of #theboys yet, but finished my workout with my prediction for the episode (skullcrushers)
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Fansplaining @fansplaining.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
WE HAVE A LAUNCH DATE FOR (NEW) FANSPLAINING! And it is very soon: next Wednesday, April 29th. 🎉🎉🎉 We (@elizabethminkel.bsky.social, @lincodega.com, and @bookshop.bsky.social) are so excited to share everything we've been working on these past few months!!
An image of our black fan logo with a banner unfurling from it, reading "Fansplaining / By, For, and About Fandom!"
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Sadie Witkowski, PhD @sadiewit.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
I’m ok with this Sadie being more famous than me
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Sadie Witkowski, PhD @sadiewit.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
The podcast is called Articles of Interest (specifically the season called Gear). You should listen to the whole thing, but this is a good amuse bouche to get you hooked:
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Libbing Out With the Field Jacket
The Democratic Creation of the M43
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Sadie Witkowski, PhD @sadiewit.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Please tell me you’ve listened to the podcast on the history of olive green canvas jackets?! Like, it’s 💯 up your alley & perfect research for fic writing
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Sadie Witkowski, PhD @sadiewit.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Hey fans of The Boys, check out this little video I made with the #geekscape podcast network! youtube.com/watch?v=mDHS...
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Everything You Need To Know Before The Boys Final Season
YouTube video by GeekscapeTV
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Sadie Witkowski, PhD @sadiewit.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Oh I think you’re absolutely right there
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Sadie Witkowski, PhD @sadiewit.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Intrinsic value that can’t be taken away, except for by time/aging
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MwahahahahahadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
I have this theory that movies do this on purpose to force scientists to come out and identify themselves, just like in that scene in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit"
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 27/03/2026
I know there's a lot going on But what the US is doing to Cuba is unconscionable
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Sadie Witkowski, PhD @sadiewit.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Utterly so. It makes me mad every spring
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Sadie Witkowski, PhD @sadiewit.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
*whispers* it’s called capitalism. We could all have free file auto completed for us but intuit (turbo tax) lobbied hard against it.
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Sadie Witkowski, PhD @sadiewit.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Soooooo excited to fly out of Chicago for a work trip tomorrow… 🖕🧊
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ICE officers set to deploy to airports as delays mount, border czar Homan confirms
Border czar Tom Homan says ICE agents will help the Transportation Security Administration "move those lines" while also enforcing immigration law.
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
For people who are concerned about having their devices seized at US airports starting Monday when ICE "assists" the TSA, EFF has this guide: www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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A Journalist Security Checklist: Preparing Devices for Travel Through a US Border
We wrote this checklist to help journalists prepare for transit through a U.S. port of entry while preserving the confidentiality of your most sensitive information, such as unpublished reporting mate...
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Sadie Witkowski, PhD @sadiewit.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Fight Song for #TheAnteSocial posse Silly Goobers keep fighting!
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Sadie Witkowski, PhD @sadiewit.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
In a post apocalyptic world, I think we all know the best currency is something you can save or use. And without plumbing, bidets can no longer save you. Introducing our ideal currency for #theAnteSocial, à la Silly Goobers possee
Photo of toliet paper
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Sadie Witkowski, PhD @sadiewit.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Meet the mascot of the Silly Goobers of the apocalypse! #theantesocial 😉
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Anthony Edwards @edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
I've interviewed more than a dozen hydrologists and climatologists across the West the past 10 days. A sense of panic is starting to set in. Wildfires and water shortages will start mounting this summer. Adverse impacts are expected from not only this heat wave, but the historically warm winter.
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