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Virginia Schutte @vgwschutte.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Looking for life sciences 🧪 faculty/staff/trainers who want science communication to be more valued w/in academia We built an NSF-funded coaching program to help you w/ #SciComm in job & award apps, promotion materials, curriculum proposals, etc. We want to help you get more respect, credit, & pay

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Jon Corsiglia (he/him/el) | Eco-Economy Insider @ecoeconomyinsider.com · 30/05/2026

That experience taught me something I’ve never stopped thinking about: The science is rarely the obstacle. The communication is. Most people, given honest information presented clearly, will make reasonable choices. The problem is they almost never get that. 4/10

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

A literacy crisis means people are struggling to UNDERSTAND what they are reading, not that people can't necessarily read.

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Tracy Ensor @sciencetracy.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Mr. Frederick, high school. His favorite red wind suit earned him the nickname Big Red Fred. Made me fall in love with experiential learning.

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Dr Ian C Elliott @ianelliott.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

I am completely shocked by this tragic news. I really can't believe it. Raúl Pacheco-Vega was an outstanding scholar who did so much to promote good scholarship. Utterly devastating news.

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AnnMarie Thomas @ampt.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

This week we launched 3 new OK Go Sandbox video lesson plans to accompany the band’s song “A Stone Only Rolls Downhill” : okgosandbox.org/a-stone-only...

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A Stone Only Rolls Downhill

OK Go created the "A Stone Only Rolls Downhill" video by creating 64 individual videos that could be played concurrently on mobile phones, to create one unified final piece. The...

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👻 David Weiskopf believes in spooks 👻 @dave.bzky.team · 17/05/2026

Data centers: could be a bubble; could more than double the amount of electricity generation in the US; could be in between. Different scenarios have different implications. Policymakers need a framework that anticipates the full range pf outcomes. That's what this is.

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Tracy Ensor @sciencetracy.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Talked about current events with community members in my rural county today. With climbing fuel and food costs and no end in sight, a lot of farmers, blue collar workers, and former military are pretty upset.

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Barry Butler Photography @barrybutler9.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

On this day in 2019, I witnessed one of the coolest things ever. A lenticular cloud lit-up by a setting sun over the Perito Morena Glacier in Argentina.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

An important thing to note when discussing this topic is that NASA has a MANDATE to do outreach and education and messaging about its science. It’s a core principle for them. And as such that outreach is FUNDED. What we need is for more agencies to be rewritten to add mandates like this!

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Tracy Ensor @sciencetracy.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

So I live in a Midwest red state and went to see an illusionist this week. Volunteers were brought onstage to face fears that could be inside the small onstage box. Illusionist asks the first volunteer to name one fear. Her answer? 🧵

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

This reality check by Rebecca Solnit grabs you right from the killer first sentence. Do yourself a favor & give it a read.

The United States is being murdered, and it’s an inside job. Every department, every branch, every bureau and function of the federal government is being fatally corrupted or altogether dismantled or disabled. All this is common knowledge, but because it dribbles out in news stories about this specific incident or department, the reports never adequately describe an administration sabotaging the functioning of the federal government and also trashing the global economy, international alliances and relationships, and the national and global environment in ways that will have downstream consequences for decades and perhaps, especially when it comes to climate, centuries.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 03/04/2026

"Put simply, 'child care or war' is a false choice. The U.S. has the money to pay for child care, even if we are also funding a costly, unpopular and arguably unconstitutional war. That money is just stuck in the wrong hands." My latest for @ms.now : www.ms.now/opinion/trum...

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Trump says the U.S. cannot afford child care in wartime. History says otherwise.

The U.S. government did “take care of day care” once – and used the defense budget to pay the bill.

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Ilana Horn @ilanahorn.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Notes from the aftermath of the cataclysmic collapse in my research life due to the DOGE bros: ◾ Our department is in receivership due to "financial distress" -- an invented form of receivership by our uni leadership This requires a ton of extra (unpaid) work to save ourselves

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Tracy Ensor @sciencetracy.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Nebraska!!! 🎉 What. A. Finish.

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Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 19/03/2026

As an energy nerd in the heartland, I guess you a) inevitably get sucked into land-use debates that pit ag against renewables, and b) eventually learn how little crop yield actually goes to feeding humans, how much land/corn just makes ethanol for cars, and how much more effective solar -> EVs is.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

NSF Update through March 13, 2026 1/2

A line graph of the number of NSF awards in fiscal 2026 compared to fiscal years 2021-2025. The fiscal year 2026 is well below the other curves and increasing only very slowly.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 05/03/2026

It’s tiring that we are increasingly stuck organizing our intellectual lives around arguing for the value of having an intellectual life

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 27/02/2026

In my utopian vision of the future, instead of offloading all the pointless, annoying work tasks (like reports that none one will read and needlessly opaque forms) to robots, we restructure work and society so that the pointless tasks don't happen at all.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

RECIRCULATED, NOT HOARDED is a winning message!

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Isako Di Tomassi @isakoditomassi.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

"Scientists are not alone in working toward increasing trust in science, we have teachers, librarians, and many others with us." Really important to remember this! @laurahelmuth.bsky.social and others sharing thoughts on public trust in science at #AAASmtg

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 12/02/2026

what does it mean to retrain your brain put of individualism and scarcity thinking? what actions can you start taking to help and connect with people?

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Steven Nelson @snelsonus.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

If Bad Bunny can cover the history of Puerto Rico, colonialism, transatlantic slavery, hemispheric consciousness, as well as contemporary life and politics in under 14 minutes, you can do your 15- or 20-minute conference presentation with time to spare.

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Nebraska Examiner @nebraskaexaminer.com · 06/02/2026

START YOUR MORNING: With what advocates see as an escalation of immigration enforcement in Nebraska. Federal officials detained a DACA recipient who has lived in the U.S. since he was a kindergartner and denied him a bond hearing. From Cindy Gonzalez: buff.ly/iwaqbir

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DACA recipient detained, denied bond hearing by ICE; ACLU Nebraska files suit • Nebraska Examiner

A Nebraska DACA recipient is detained and denied bond hearing by ICE and ACLU Nebraska responds with a federal lawsuit.

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Michael Burchert @michaelburchert.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

The Dragons of Inaction 👉🏼

Limited cognition

Ancient brain Ignorance

Environmental numbness

Uncertainty

Judgmental discounting

Optimism bias

Perceived behavioral control/self-efficacy

Ideologies

Worldviews

Suprahuman powers

Technosalvation

System justification

Comparisons with others

Social comparison Social norms and networks Perceived inequity

Sunk costs

Financial investments Behavioral momentum Conflicting values, goals, and aspirations

Discredence

Perceived risks

Mistrust Perceived program inadequacy

Denial

Reactance

Functional

Physical

Financial

Social

Psychological

Temporal

Tokenism

Limited behavior

Rebound effect

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Sophie Gilbert @sophielgilbert.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

If solar is the “strangest crop,” should it be covered by right-to-farm laws? A 2021 review of policy in all 50 states shows that it is potentially covered but not with strong enough language to give agricultural land owners or solar developers certainty. closup.umich.edu/sites/closup...

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Dr. Liz Norell @liznorell.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

I cried. So moving. 🥹🥰

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

The optimist vs pessimist divide in #climate debates isn’t usually about the data. It’s about how the same graphs are read, what people emphasise, what they discount, and how they interpret pace and stakes. Here’s what I mean 🧵👇

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John Breen @breen.tech · 29/01/2026

Something that sticks with me from this training: if you’re forming a group/organization, it’s important to spend time together outside of “the work”. Share meals together, grab coffee, etc. You’re going to go through some shit together. This work is hard. Strong bonds help you navigate tough times

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Tracy Ensor @sciencetracy.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

If you too need just a moment away from bearing witness to the horrors of current events, may I suggest this 🧵

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C. Thi Nguyen @add-hawk.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Last term I tried an experiment: I walked into my Tech and Design Ethics class, admitted that I had *no idea* what to do about ChatGPT - so I would let them figure it out. As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class. Here's what happened:

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2timesgrumpy_owl @2timesgrumpyowl.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

This is such valuable advice and put plainly. Please take a moment. TY @tressiemcphd.bsky.social

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Hey cuties. You need a valentine set right now, I can tell. It's only $20. You get 20 of them, 4 designs, & each one has a little fact inside. I need a little more cashflow into Skype a Scientist to do the amount of shit I want to do this year. These valentines are a good start! SquidFacts.net

A valentine that says You Make My Jaw Drop, then the inside that says "With their mouths closed, pelical eels are long and skinny. When they open their mouths to grab food, they can balloon out to engulf animals much larger than they are" then the back has a little snailfish that says "Take action to help animals in the deep sea by slowing down climate change ang vocally opposing deep sea mining

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The Vote Yes on Amendment 87 Podcast @getmoresmarter.com · 20/01/2026

Important perspective from Greenland.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.

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Tracy Ensor @sciencetracy.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

THIS. I live in rural America - find some new sources my dudes. Rural =\= hegemony.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

New, from me: A year in, did DOGE deliver on its promises? Not the promises it made to us (cut spending, modernize government, improve services). It worsened state capacity. But it was part of a successful broligarchy exercise in state capture. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/a-year-on-...

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A Year On: The DOGE Disaster

A Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly of your government

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Jon Becker @jonbecker.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

This is awesome (unless you root for the Gophers, I guess)

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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

This beautifully written piece by my pal @adambonica.bsky.social is worth your time today. A bit of light amid the darkness. open.substack.com/pub/data4dem...

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The Wall Looks Permanent Until It Falls

On the optimism of preparation in a time of democratic decay.

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 11/01/2026

i try to always have one concrete thing in my head that i can point people to do. ideally two or three, but at least one. where can someone: -give money or other resources -put their body -learn something necessary/get trained

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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

My favorite part of the story of Robert Smalls is how he returned to Beaufort after the war and bought the house where he’d been enslaved, which had been seized from his enslaver by the Union for unpaid taxes

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Kevin C Klatt, PhD, RD @kcklatt.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Nutrition colleagues who are teaching and feel like they just lost a bunch of material (DGAs, MyPlate) - this is a great opportunity to teach critical thinking, spot what's changed and critically evaluate the why.

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Please share - @pewresearch.org wants to hire a data archivist who will be an advocate for data users, helping to ensure that our datasets are easy to discover and reuse by researchers, journalists, and the public. pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CenterExtern...

Pew Research Center is seeking a Data Archivist to support our commitment to open science and data transparency. This newly created role will play a key part in enhancing the accessibility, usability, and reproducibility of our research data while continuing to protect the privacy and identity of our survey participants.

As Data Archivist, you will lead efforts to create and implement best practices for preparing, documenting, and disseminating datasets. These best practices should maximize FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) principles while minimizing disclosure risk. You will work across teams to ensure our data is well-organized and thoroughly documented.

You will serve as an internal advocate for data users, helping to ensure that our datasets are not only accurate and comprehensive but also easy to discover and reuse by researchers, journalists, and the public.

This is a full-time, Pew Research Center position. The position is funded by an external grant and limited to a two-year term.

Primary Responsibilities

Develop optimization procedures to improve discoverability of our datasets on internal and external platforms

Develop and maintain standards to improve accessibility of our microdata and tab plans by changing/adding formats and/or adding documentation

Identify metadata documentation best practices and a process to implement those best practices at the Center

Work with Legal to evaluate most appropriate license to publicly share the Center's survey data, including Creative Common options

Identify and correct processing inefficiencies in our data publication process

Sit on the internal Disclosure Risk Taskforce

Document analytical decisions and code to support transparency and replicability, including the development of a RACI chart for publishing code to recreate derived variables that are used in reports but are not included in the microdata

Manage/create merged time series datasets for select Center datasets

Identify a process for internally archiving data and projects that are no longer in active use

Identify and implement a process to assign Digital Object Identifiers (DOI) to microdata

Prepare and upload public-facing datasets and restricted-use datasets for external sharing.

Train staff on FAIR principles and best practices in data archiving.

Education/Training/Experience

Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in library sciences, organizational management, or a related field.

5-7 years of experience with data archiving, database management, or survey research. This may include graduate training at the MA/PhD level or equivalent experience in an applied setting.

At least 3-5 years of experience applying FAIR and open science principles.

Background in social science research or data curation.

Experience in data management, archiving, or research support.

Familiarity with FAIR principles, Creative Common licensing, data privacy principles, and exposure risk.

Proficiency in metadata standards and documentation tools.

Experience managing research projects, including working collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team.

Experience with statistical software (e.g., R, Python, Stata) and reproducible research workflows.

Knowledge, Skill and Workplace Requirements

Strong organizational and communication skills.

Detail oriented with exacting standards to maintain accuracy and impartiality in all work products.

Ability to work independently to carry out special projects from start to finish.

Ability to balance numerous tasks simultaneously.

Ability to work collaboratively and collegially with other team members, as well as with staff from other Pew Research Center teams.

Ability to balance competing priorities and identify optimal solutions

FLSA Status: Exempt

Compensation: Starting salary is commensurate with experience within the range of $100,000 - $120,000.

Hybrid Work Schedule: Pew Research Center staff are required to be present in the Center’s Washington, D.C., office three core days weekly (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday). Staff may work virtually from remote locations on other days in a typical work week.

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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

I am WHEEZING. PLEASE watch all the way to the end

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Tracy Ensor @sciencetracy.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Accepting AI’s inevitability “forces us into a position where we are adapting our professional practices to the latest tool rather than letting our pedagogical goals determine which technologies, and which uses of them, belong in our classrooms”. Thought-provoking piece with a lil Luddite history

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Tracy Ensor @sciencetracy.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Made the famous Bluesky cake with a couple substitutions (almonds/vanilla for walnuts/almond extract). It was fantastic!

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Andrea Kaston Tange @aktange.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

I have my students write three-sentence summaries of articles and then read them aloud in class, to see how different summaries are depending on the things that most interest you. We map overlaps and differences to help them understand why trusting a supposed summary machine short-circuits thinking.

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