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Angelika Jacobs
@angelikajacobs.bsky.social
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Former scientist gone science journalist gone science writer/editor for the University of Basel. Constant nerd. 🤓
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angelikajacobs.bsky.social
I had the fantastic opportunity to interview @firefoxx66.bsky.social for our @unibas.ch magazine UNI NOVA. Her voice should be heard, not only in Switzerland but especially in the US: www.unibas.ch/en/News-Even...
Joint research efforts to fight the next epidemic.
Emma Hodcroft is investigating how our coexistence with viruses changes both us and the pathogens. In terms of diseases such as bird flu and Ebola, she is concerned about the USA and the slashing of s...
www.unibas.ch
May 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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kriegundfreitag.bsky.social
Hier eine erste Analyse der Situation.
Eine simple Strichmännchen-Zeichnung: Links steht eine Figur mit beiden Händen an den Kopf gefasst, die laut “Aaaaaaaah!!!” schreit. Ein Zickzack-Blitz symbolisiert den Schrei. Rechts stehen zwei andere Strichmännchen. Das eine sagt zum anderen: “Er spricht aus, was viele denken.” Die Zeichnung ist mit “@kriegundfreitag” signiert.
February 28, 2025 at 7:18 PM
angelikajacobs.bsky.social
„So bad even introverts are here!” - Protest gegen die Sparmassnahmen beim SRF, denen u.a. das Wissenschaftsmagazin zum Opfer fallen soll. Weil Hörer:innen angeblich kürzere Wortbeiträge wollen. Und das in Zeiten, in denen Podcasts boomen und Einordnung wichtiger ist denn je.
Protestbanner und Transparente an einer Kundgebung mit Aufschriften wie „Qualität statt Häppchen“
February 22, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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firefoxx66.bsky.social
Die Situation für die Wissenschaft in den USA unter Trump ist sehr besorgniserregend. Vielen Dank an Irène Dietschi @SRF für die Berichterstattung über dieses wichtige Thema!
(Beginn 18:50) (Deutsch)

www.srf.ch/audio/wissen...
Das Ende des Wissenschaftsmagazins
Das SRF-Wissenschaftsmagazin soll auf Ende Jahr eingestellt werden. Wir fragen nach: Warum dieser Entscheid? Und wie sind die Reaktionen aus der Wissenschaft? Zudem: Wie uns künstliche Intelligenz umg...
www.srf.ch
February 8, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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firefoxx66.bsky.social
Wissenschaftler:innen der ETH und der Universitäten Bern, Zürich, St. Gallen und Basel haben eine Petition gegen die geplanten Sparmassnahmen beim Wissenschaftsjournalismus von SRF.

Hier unterschreiben!⬇️

openpetition.eu/!sciencejour...
Fakten statt Falschinformationen: Für einen starken Wissenschaftsjournalismus! - Online-Petition
Offener Brief aus der Wissenschaft an SRF Sehr geehrte Direktion der SRG, sehr geehrte Geschäftsleitung von SRF, sehr geehrte Medien- und Wissenschaftspolitiker:innen Mit grosser Besorgnis haben wir z...
openpetition.eu
February 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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steffischnydrig.bsky.social
www.persoenlich.com/medien/weite...
SKWJ: Weiterer offener Brief gegen SRF-Abbau
Der Schweizer Klub für Wissenschaftsjournalismus (SKWJ) warnt vor den Folgen der anhaltenden Medienkrise für den Wissenschaftsjournalismus. Anlass ist die angekündigte Einstellung des Wissenschaftsmag...
www.persoenlich.com
February 12, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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topquark11.bsky.social
act.campax.org/petitions/ho...
Hörerinnen und -hörer wollen das «Wissenschaftsmagazin»!
Das «Wissenschaftsmagazin» erklärt, ordnet ein und kommentiert. Wissenschaft und Forschung gestalten und verändern die Gesellschaft tiefgreifend. Das «Wissenschaftsmagazin» sendet dazu wöchentlich Be...
act.campax.org
February 11, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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bluelle.bsky.social
February 6, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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firefoxx66.bsky.social
Huge thanks to my sister for helping put these together.
Image with text that reads: It's happening now: I know it's totally overwhelming but here are just a handful of things happening in US Science & public health RIGHT NOW. I need you to know, so you can realise how you are being defrauded from a healthy, disease free future, with thriving science. I need you to know, so you can tell others.
February 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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firefoxx66.bsky.social
Image with text that reads: It's happening now: - All US health meetings around the world remain cancelled indefinitely. This includes critical ones on ‘bird flu,’ flu vaccines, and seasonal flu - and things like the recent Ebola case in Uganda, and other global health crises. Disease respects no borders. To combat disease we must benefit from and contribute to international information and dialogue. (Source: Reuters)
February 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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firefoxx66.bsky.social
Image with text that reads: It's happening now: The NIH (National Institute of Health) has issued guidance to terminate all contracts or grants that include 'gender ideology'. This includes using the word 'gender' according to the memo issued. That means potentially all studies that say 'gender: M/F' instead of 'sex: M/F' on a survey or intake form could be cancelled. It could also impact studies specifically designed to better understand treatments and drugs on diverse populations - including women (traditionally excluded from medical trials!), people of different sexuality, different races, different gender presentations, and people with disabilities. Potentially years of research and studies lost. (Source: Science.org)
February 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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firefoxx66.bsky.social
Image with text that reads: It's happening now: - The NSF (National Science Foundation) has frozen payments on all grants. PhD student and Post-doc salary requests were denied this Tuesday. No news on when they will get paid. This applies to ALL NSF grants (which are hugely prestigious) - work on evolution, geology (earthquakes), cancer, novel chemicals, and more. If funds stay frozen, animals will have to be euthanized, and billions of dollars of experiments will be lost. This impacts all kinds of work, in the name of stopping programs that may list DEI principles. (Source: NPR)
February 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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firefoxx66.bsky.social
Image with text that reads: It's happening now: All of the American Public Health Labs (APHL) Global Health team has been furloughed. This is everyone outside of the US, including deployed staff and locally employed staff. These are people working on infectious diseases (and more) all over the world. Designing tests. Improving diagnostics. Improving lab procedures. This is a huge team, doing critical work.
February 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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firefoxx66.bsky.social
Image with text that reads: It's happening now: Critical disease-related publications like MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) are frozen, with no release this week. This report is a lifeblood of health events in the USA. it has been published weekly without pause since 1960. It is essential for keeping all US (and global) researchers updated on outbreaks and investigations. This week alone there were reportedly to be 3 publications on the bird flu. The publication is also a likely venue for further information about the ongoing Tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas. (Source: Reuters)
February 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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davidho.bsky.social
The most iconic figure in the environmental sciences is the Keeling Curve, the CO₂ record from Mauna Loa, Hawaii.

@noaa.gov had a wonderful site where you could visualize and download these data, and now it's just gone. These data belong to us and we should not let this happen!
A line graph showing atmospheric CO2 levels at Mauna Loa Observatory from 1955 to 2025. The y-axis represents CO2 mole fraction in parts per million (ppm), ranging from 320 to 420 ppm, while the x-axis is years.
February 5, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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unibas.ch
Consumers in Switzerland are prepared to spend much more money on cow’s milk products if they have been produced in an animal-friendly way. This factor is even more important to them than climate sustainability, as shown by a new study by the University of Basel.

👉 www.unibas.ch/en/News-Even...
A bar chart in the shape of milk cartons displaying the cost of a liter of milk in Swiss francs based on different attributes. Prices are: low emissions, bad for animal welfare (1.6 CHF), Swiss standard price (1.8 CHF), low emissions (2.0 CHF), organic (2.0 CHF), and free-range cows (2.5 CHF).
January 29, 2025 at 8:06 AM
angelikajacobs.bsky.social
“the management I was dealing with didn’t understand the difference between having an opinion and having an informed, factually sourced opinion.”

At the NYT. 😳
contrariannews.org The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · Jan 28
“I haven’t felt a moment’s regret over the new direction and recovering my freedom.”

Nobel Prize winner and celebrated economist Paul Krugman reflects on his departure from The New York Times after a 25-year tenure.
Departing the New York Times
I left to stay true to my byline
contrarian.substack.com
January 28, 2025 at 8:58 PM
angelikajacobs.bsky.social
Highly recommended - for both, journalists and scientists. 👇
January 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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theopennotebook.bsky.social
This story from @elaberwarren.bsky.social includes the not-so-secret recipe for getting compelling quotes from your sources. 🧪
The Art of Crafting Effective Interview Questions - The Open Notebook
An interview can seem like a catch-22. How do you choose the right questions to ask when you don’t yet know what the person has to tell you? How many questions should you prepare? How narrow or broad ...
www.theopennotebook.com
January 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
angelikajacobs.bsky.social
An die App-Entwickler*innen da draußen: Ich wünsche mir eine News-App, die alle Bilder von Trump mit Quokka-Bildern ersetzt. Tierkinder wären auch ok. Ich zahle in Form von Kuchen. Viel Kuchen.
January 20, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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sabinegysi.bsky.social
Ist es eine Aufgabe von Wissenschaftsjournalist*innen, #Desinformation aufzudecken? Welche Rolle kann die Ironie im Wissenschaftsjournalismus spielen? Diese und weitere Fragen stelle ich @fischblog.bsky.social in Ep. 38 von #SciComm Palaver.

🎧 Hört rein! (auch bei Apple Podcasts, Spotify & Co)
SciComm Palaver, Episode 38: Lars Fischer | SciComm Palaver
In dieser Episode geht es darum, wie Wissenschaftsjournalist*innen auf Fragen aus der Gesellschaft eingehen können; wir fragen, ob es wirklich zu den Aufgaben des Wissenschaftsjournalismus gehört, Des...
scicomm-palaver.simplecast.com
January 14, 2025 at 10:18 AM
angelikajacobs.bsky.social
Let's get this party started. 👇
unibas.ch University of Basel @unibas.ch · Nov 15
Connect with our researchers on Bluesky!
January 14, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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unibas.ch
“Hello ChatGPT, can you help me?”

Interactions between humans and chatbots have become part of our daily lives. But do we trust them? And what factors influence our trust?

@fannylalot.bsky.social ‬
@socpsychbasel.bsky.social
Conversing with chatbots: what influences trust?
Whether on your bank’s website or your telephone provider’s help line, interactions between humans and chatbots have become part of our daily lives. But do we trust them? And what factors influence ou...
www.unibas.ch
January 9, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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biozentrum.unibas.ch
The Horizon Magazine @horizonmagazine.bsky.social features Michael Hall's research: Curiosity and a simple compound in soil bacteria help unlock a potential way to slow down ageing. 👉 projects.research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/en/horizon-m...
Curiosity and a simple compound in soil bacteria help unlock a potential way to slow down ageing
Sometimes a seemingly minor discovery in science can snowball into something huge. So it was with Professor Michael Hall’s investigations into a compound called rapamycin, originally discovered in a h...
projects.research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu
December 17, 2024 at 3:35 PM
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fischblog.bsky.social
Hier noch mein heutiger Spektrum-Kommentar zu "Krankheit X" im Kongo. Aus meiner Sicht ist die mögliche #Pandemie gar nicht das größte Problem dabei.
Pandemien: »Krankheit X« ist schon jetzt ein Versagen der Menschheit
Die unbekannte Krankheit, die im Kongo grassiert, ist ein zivilisatorisches Versagen, kommentiert Lars Fischer
www.spektrum.de
December 10, 2024 at 7:21 PM