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Jo Wolfe, PhD @jopabinia.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Emotional support crab (emoji) 🦀

A yellow round cartoon, with eyestalks and claws because it is a stylized crab. It is holding a pink heart and smiling

Virginia Schutte @vgwschutte.bsky.social · 7h

The systematic attacks on science and scicomm, where I've built my career, has turned me from an optimist into a pessimist. I hate that. So. Yes. Work for gratitude and joy. Accept some version of hope that is "I'm not giving up". And know there's nothing wrong with you if it's difficult sometimes

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Virginia Schutte @vgwschutte.bsky.social · 9h

ICYMI: "Using generative AI inherently exposes you to the risk of career-ending accusations of plagiarism." An #AcademicSky and 🧪 friend hadn't read this piece/heard this argument yet and was very interested. So now you get it too

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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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Virginia Schutte @vgwschutte.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This piece is a strategist's nightmare. Premise: the "lowly poster" is often poorly designed and in a vast hall that's difficult to navigate But the solution to that is not to put posters online! I'd change the conference: different hall configurations, online companion info, less posters, etc.

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Today's winning Biology All email--in fact this is a contender for best this year

Hi all,

We received a package with no name to GSB 2144 with 80 sheep brains in it. If you are expecting this package, please reach out and we can coordinate the pickup!

Best wishes,
Jenna

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Virginia Schutte @vgwschutte.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I love this, actually. I hate that it's necessary and I hate the time it must have taken, but this solution empowers and seems way better than doing nothing "I sent all my editors ... a number to call, so they can verify that it is me. I also offered my “tells” ... that make clear my work is mine."

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Virginia Schutte @vgwschutte.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I was on the support team for Syl as he did this walk! You can imagine me hovering nearby with an umbrella or taking notes during some of these, and behind the camera for others

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Virginia Schutte @vgwschutte.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Just got a haircut and the stylist asked A LOT of stuff on MAHA themes. Does beef tallow on your face really reverse aging?? Etc. I responded with no science at all and we really connected. When people talk about trust in science, I think about the patience we need and the results we'll never see

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Virginia Schutte @vgwschutte.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Just deleted 413 tabs on my phone I am a menace, but mostly to myself

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Virginia Schutte @vgwschutte.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

YOU might be squeaking and perching and making hay ✨I✨ am meep-screaming into the mountain air, counseling with the setting sun, and resting in a cave lined with toxic flowers I am small and round and ready to crush enemies this fall

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Virginia Schutte @vgwschutte.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This is my husband 😍🧪 He has swayed back and forth like that when he's "standing still" ever since we wore the babies on our chests

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Virginia Schutte @vgwschutte.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It's the twirly villain mustache for me

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Girl dinner

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Tim Price @timprice.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

You joined "grand vizier chat (secret)" You: dark rumors from aboard You: abroad* fuck Sssnakecharmer: mf said aboard WhispersintheChapel: ahoy matey lol PonderMyOrb changed the group name to "rumors from aboard"

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Faith Kearns, Ph.D. @fkearns.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I have been having a lot of conversations in the past couple weeks that make it super clear how broken things are. Huge salaries for scicomm researchers, poverty wages for practitioners. Definitely a need for a serious reset.

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Faith Kearns, Ph.D. @fkearns.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I have made a viable career in scicomm on my own, but it has been and certainly is now, precarious. I will say again that there is no real way forward without a serious investment in human scicomm labor, and infrastructure. It is truly depressing out here for practitioners.

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Virginia Schutte @vgwschutte.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

There's a typo in the on-screen text in this trailer and it's all I can think about How did that happen? Will they fix it? Who tells them- how does the studio hear about it? Will they try and correct it? Do most people not notice? Truly feeling in uncharted territory here

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Virginia Schutte @vgwschutte.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A friend told me they think scicomm is only viable as a career path if you have a financial safety net: a partner with a steady and good salary, money coming in from some other source, etc. It made me mad and sad to hear but I'm in the midst of thinking about new income streams soooooooooo

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Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Many things to think about in here. I'm sure @chriscmooney.bsky.social and Lewenstein could have used another 10,000 words to unpack it all. Some thoughts: 1. The most popular science voices HAVE ALWAYS BEEN communicators. Not journalists. theconversation.com/is-science-j...

theconversation.com

Is science journalism dying? Comparing a ‘science crash’ 40 years ago to today

While science journalism layoffs pile up and publications shutter, more science communication than ever is available via other online venues.

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Virginia Schutte @vgwschutte.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

All these were on for me. Now off, thanks to this post!

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Relly Annett-Baker @rellyab.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I once consulted for some High-Minded Intellectuals at a climate non-profit who were incensed that people donated more to a donkey sanctuary, so I opened each website. Sanctuary had a donkey in a hat named Puddle, and non-profit had a press release titled ‘Crop Eradication Likely Within A Century’

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Virginia Schutte @vgwschutte.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

HOLD YOUR HORSES THIS IS A REAL PIN bsky.app/profile/samg...

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Goooood morning! The 2026 Snail Facts Calendars are OUT! We've got 24 days of scratchable snail fact goodness, designed by Philly artist Kelly Nichols! Advent calendars are cute as hell, a delightful tradition, and keep @skypeascientist.bsky.social funded! Get one at SquidFacts.net Pls repost ❤️

An 11x14 inch poster featuring snails, slugs, nudibranchs, and other snails! There are 24 yellow-green snail shells that you can scratch off. There's a leaf sheep and sea bunny and sea angel and fire snail and banana slug and mystery snail and ramshorn snail and candy cane snail

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Virginia Schutte @vgwschutte.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

QRP your bird art 🐓 Also all chicken haha (Hi I am a marine biologist 🦑) #Art #SciArt

A 4-panel graphic with the title "Know your chickens". Top left is "land chicken". It's a drawing of a chicken and says underneath "most abundant bird on Earth". Top right is "chicken of the sea". It's a drawing of a tuna and says underneath "not actually a chicken". Bottom left is "formal chicken". It's a drawing of a penguin and says underneath "this is a penguin". Bottom right is "headless chicken monster". It's a drawing of a red body that's the shape of a chicken you just bought from the roaster but where its head would have been is a purple flower-looking thing. It has short, cape-like ruffles coming off of what feel like its shoulders and where the legs would have been are purple, ribbed wing-looking things like would run down the back of the neck on a swamp monster. Underneath it says "a deep-sea sea cucumber (related to sea urchins)".

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Reposting this would be very helpful. We're having a tough month at Skype a Scientist between much of my energy being devoted to Academy of Natural Sciences stuff. I need help!!

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Virginia Schutte @vgwschutte.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This is how I think of AI, if someone forced me to pay for them to push me into this machine

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Virginia Schutte @vgwschutte.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Top 3 website design tips for 🧪 / #SciComm from a free advice session I did: - Weebly sites in your email signature get flagged as spam by universities - Ask the internet which builder is right to meet your goals - Design every page at 3 levels: title phrase, summary, details

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Tyler @electriceden92.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

As there is a new cat, so is there a new mouse. The cycle is unbroken

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Virginia Schutte @vgwschutte.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Met with a 🧪 who lives in Sweden, who said of #SciComm: "Americans are always MARKETING their science- they're always selling it with a sales pitch. We don't do that here- I just get to talk about the science with an assumed respect" and 🥲 🫠, even

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Virginia Schutte @vgwschutte.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

#SciComm has for years been very funded by the same agencies that fund science- a product of shared priorities NIH, NASA, and NSF have requirements across directorates that science engagement be a part of receiving a science grant $ shrinking/disappearing for science = for outreach too

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Virginia Schutte @vgwschutte.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I make dessert. And if I make too much, I have to give it to other people, and then we're all happier. It's the best

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Virginia Schutte @vgwschutte.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I'd like ♬ (づ ◔ ◡ ◔)づ To have ヘ(^_^ヘ) A word 〜⁠(⁠꒪⁠꒳⁠꒪⁠)⁠〜 🎵 With these ♪┏(・o･)┛♪ Consultants (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ︵ ┻━┻

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

I think it's good to keep getting mad about evil and unjust things, if only to remind yourself and everyone else that these things are in fact evil and unjust. I don't think it's naive. Nor is it wise and sophisticated to adopt a "You fool, nothing matters and nothing good can ever happen" posture

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Virginia Schutte @vgwschutte.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

My talk is at 4:30 ET today! "What to do when your audience is trying to escape: community-building with a cozy web social media strategy" I'll share thoughts on crafting an inclusive, community-focused #SciComm strategy using digital tools, including data from past work and time for questions

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Finding Nemo: Today's the Daaay!

Alt: The sea star shout-singing from Finding Nemo: "Today's the Daaay!"

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Virginia Schutte @vgwschutte.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

EWWWww 1. This is a product advertisement disguised as a Nature article 2. I can't tell who profits from ppl using Paper2Agent 3. Paper2Agent acts as a plugin/funnel- everything ends up in Claude, ChatGPT, etc. 4. End goal IS NOT interactive papers, it's for interactive papers to talk to each other

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Virginia Schutte @vgwschutte.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Choosing dogs in a pool instead of The Discourse 🏆

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Virginia Schutte @vgwschutte.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This and @5calls.org are absolutely the best tools that I use to contact Congress. If you don't know Citizens' Impeachment: - Their email list doesn't email too much or feel spammy - Typical cadence: heads up/news, followed 24 h later by a "here's exactly what to do" So easy! Highly recommend!

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Justyna Bandola-Gill @justynabandola.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Check out this interesting thread engaging with our recent paper on the language of research impact!

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Virginia Schutte @vgwschutte.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I get to do something in-person today! I do so much online that I'm extra super excited about seeing people with my eyeballs So happy to talk about #SciArt at the opening of an exhibition at my local university

Screenshot of an Instagram post showing a picture of an art gallery. The caption says: "Diane Burko's Extraction, A Dialogue of Extremes is now showing through October 17 at the Rowan University Museum of Contemporary Art's 301 High Street gallery. Learn more at go.rowan.edu/RUMOCA"

Screenshots of the panelists: artist Diane Burko is on the left surrounded by blue and green paint in a studio, science communicator me is in the upper right smiling to camera at the surface of the ocean with a sea star on my snorkel mask, and scientist Lauren Kipp is in the lower right on a ship surrounded by water analysis equipment

A flyer for the event, which says: "Wednesday, September 16. Intersections of Art and Science: Communication and Collaboration. 4:00 - 5:00 PM, reception to follow. This panel brings together creatives and scientists to discuss their research and work and how it’s translated to the public through interdisciplinary communication and collaboration."

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