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Dr. Kiki

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Longtime podcaster, science communicator, ex-birdbrain researcher, curious person trying to be kind & spread joy. This Week in Science podcast (TWIS.org) Founder Associationofsciencecommunicators.org Signal: If you know me, find me there. Let's talk.

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Dr. Kiki @drkiki.bsky.social · Jul 13

Can I help scientists communicate their science better. Yes!

Can I help science communicators level up their impacts? Yes!

Should you hire me for consultations & trainings? Yes!

Wait... you haven't yet? Should you email me today? ... ⌛️

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Dr. Kiki @drkiki.bsky.social · 5h

Immigration powers science 🧪

Jenna Ahart @jennaahart.bsky.social · 1d

Who said the science part of Nobel week is over!? In my new analysis for Nature, over 30% of science laureates from this century have immigrated, and two thirds came to the US.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

More than 30% of this century’s science Nobel prizewinners immigrated: see their journeys

The most common destination for eventual Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry and medicine since 2000 is the United States, Nature has found.

www.nature.com

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HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 6h

AFGE, the largest union representing federal employees, calls the RIFs during the government shutdown "illegal" and points out that this has never happened before during a shutdown

AFGE President Everett Kelley Condemns Trump Administration Illegal Mass firings
Largest federal employee union demands Congress end the government shutdown immediately

WASHINGTON – Today, the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the largest union representing more than 800,000 federal and D.C. government employees condemned the Trump administration’s decision to illegally fire thousands of federal employees during the government shutdown.

AFGE National President Everett Kelley issued the following statement:

“It is disgraceful that the Trump administration has used the government shutdown as an excuse to illegally fire thousands of workers who provide critical services to communities across the country.

“These workers show up every day to serve the American people, and for the past nine months have been met with nothing but cruelty and viciousness from President Trump. Every single American citizen should be outraged.

“Federal workers are tired of being used as pawns for the political and personal gains of the elected and un-elected leaders. It’s time for Congress to do their jobs and negotiate an end to this shutdown immediately.

“In AFGE’s 93 years of existence under several presidential administrations – including during Trump’s first term – no president has ever decided to fire thousands of furloughed workers during a government shutdown.

“AFGE is currently challenging President Trump’s illegal, unprecedented, abuse of power and we will not stop fighting until every reduction-in-force notice is rescinded.”

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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 7h

A few minutes ago in the House:

- Speaker Mike Johnson officially cancels votes next week, extending the House recess through a fourth week

- House Republicans block Democrats from passing a bill to pay the troops during the shutdown, ensuring they will miss paychecks next week

House Press Gallery: During today's pro forma session, the Clerk read a message from the Speaker designating Tuesday, October 14 through Sunday, October 19 as a district work period.

Punchbowl's Briana Reilly: House gaveled in and out of its pro forma just now w/o recognizing Rep Elfreth, who was seeking to UC a mil pay bill from Rep Sykes.

Elfreth told reporters after that House Dems stand “ready and willing to take” up standalone legislation to pay troops.

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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 12h

Good morning! 🪶

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 10h

Must-read piece in @theguardian.com (h/t @dpcarrington.bsky.social). In #ScienceUnderSiege, we describe how petrostates Saudi Arabia & Russia leveraged Musk's buyout of twitter so they could weaponize it for climate denial propaganda & attacks on renewables.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Money talks: the deep ties between Twitter and Saudi Arabia

The long read: Saudi Arabia’s investment in Twitter increased its influence in Silicon Valley while being used at home to shut down critics of the regime

www.theguardian.com

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 6h

Farm bankruptcies are back in the news, so it's time to pull this chart out again.

Hey look they kept rising during Trump's first term. Then they went way down under Biden.

Now they're up again? So weird. Thanks Farm Bureau for the graphic

Screenshot from Farm Bureau article on farm bankruptcies. It shows farm bankruptcies climbing steadily 2014-2020, falling by half in 2021, & continuing to fall through 2023.

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Dr. Kiki @drkiki.bsky.social · 16h

And, laughing at what the bullies think is spicy...

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 20h

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 20h

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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Dr. Kiki @drkiki.bsky.social · 17h

This is negligence.

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Dr. Kiki @drkiki.bsky.social · 17h

Portland is hopping!

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 20h

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Dr. Kiki @drkiki.bsky.social · 17h

In case anyone is wondering...

isportlandburning.com

Is Portland Burning?

No. See real-time Portland cameras, PulsePoint incidents, and sourced fact checks.

isportlandburning.com

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Dr. Kiki @drkiki.bsky.social · 23h

Ohhhhhh! I miss Strep!

Dr. Kiki @drkiki.bsky.social · 23h

Yeah. Uhm. What?

Is this coming from someone buying into the Larry Ellison "we need mass surveillance to stop all crime" logical morass?

Dr. Kiki @drkiki.bsky.social · 1d

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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 1d

It can be difficult
to keep up
with the terminology
used by young people,
so please know:
when you hear young people
say that they and their friends
have caught “the throat virus,”
they are just describing
the same virus
that their elders
also refuse to admit is Covid.

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Dr. Kiki @drkiki.bsky.social · 1d

It's time for the live stream of @twiscience.bsky.social - This Week in Science (TWIS)!

Join us on YouTube, Facebook, or Twitch!

Here's the YT link: www.youtube.com/live/257p-Yg...

#scicomm 🧪

This Week in Science (TWIS) - Episode 1033

YouTube video by This Week in Science (TWIS)

www.youtube.com

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 2d

ME/CFS is a devastating condition that has long been denied, dismissed, psychologised and underdiagnosed. Research is at last starting to catch up with it, with glimmers of hope for those who have been left untreated for so long.
There's a huge BUT coming ...🧵
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Scientists develop first ‘accurate blood test’ to detect chronic fatigue syndrome

Research could offer hope for ME patients – but some experts urge caution and say more studies needed

www.theguardian.com

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 2d

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio insisted “no one has died” as a result of U.S. foreign aid cuts. In Myanmar, the grieving father of a 2-year-old boy who died after their food rations were cut calls such claims a lie.

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Dr. Kiki @drkiki.bsky.social · 2d

Everything is a turtle shell game.

Dr. Kiki @drkiki.bsky.social · 2d

Lol. Fine, fine. Resilient (except for the cat allergies) Society.

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borderless @borderless.bsky.social · 4d

Hear ye hear ye a message of hope and inspiration from our courageous leader in exile, Link. May all his loyal followers take heart!

I appreciate all the people showing love and support to me. I’m so grateful honestly. It means a lot. The ban isn’t that big of a deal for me. I think it was wrong and the explanation was bullshit. But that’s ok and I accept. Social media comes and goes. I’m grateful for all the connections I was able to make and all the people I get to be connected with off Bluesky. More importantly, the world needs more people to give a fuck. More people to give a fuck about Palestinians, more people to give a fuck about disabled folks, more people to give a fuck about our queer and trans siblings, more people to give a fuck about Black liberation. The world, and Bluesky, is full of bootlickers who will do anything to avoid doing anything to upset the status quo. These people are cowards groveling to those in power in hopes of protection. I just hope people continue to show love and care and kindness. Mutual aid is so important. Give when you can, boost when you can. We only survive this together.

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 3d

Thou shalt put all these war criminals on trial at the Hague.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 3d

Attempts to deploy federalized National Guardsmen to Oregon, California, & Illinois, also, signs that Trump, or at least someone around him, is starting to think seriously about the Insurrection Act. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Portland And Beyond

This afternoon, Donald Trump was asked about invoking the Insurrection Act: “I’d do it if it was necessary.

open.substack.com

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Dr. Kiki @drkiki.bsky.social · 3d

Lol.

Dr. Kiki @drkiki.bsky.social · 3d

So much thanks to @theguardian.com for the lie-checking here. It's ridiculous that I'm seeing reality brought into view from across the pond.

"... the Oregon Republican Party’s X account replied: “We’re not reporters, just bad memers.”

Liars. They are liars.

Robert Mackey @robertmackey.bsky.social · 3d

The Oregon Republican Party tried to help Donald Trump make the case for military intervention in Portland with an image of a fiery protest — but since Portland is calm, they had to fabricate one by merging old photos of police in Ecuador and protesters in Brazil www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America

A federal judge had blocked Trump’s request to deploy California national guard to Portland

www.theguardian.com

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Dr. Kiki @drkiki.bsky.social · 3d

24 hours! What do you think #SciComm pros should be discussing, learning, sharing? Get your proposals into the mix! 🧪

Dr. Kiki @drkiki.bsky.social · 6d

4 more days to propose sessions for the annual SCIENCE TALK conference! Taking place in war-torn Portland, OR next Spring (March '26), Science Communicators convene to build the future of the craft for a more resilient Society. #wayfinding
www.associationofsciencecommunicators.org/conferences/...

Announcing SCIENCE TALK '26 call for proposals:
WAYFINDING: Charting a Decade of Dialog
SCIENCE TALK '26
10th Anniversary
Submit your ideas for SCIENCE Talk '26!
Submissions for talks, panels, and workshops will be accepted until 11:59 PM Pacific Time, October 7, 2025.

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