BREAKING: The University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University has reneged on their commitment to host the @sciencewriters.org annual conference and withdrew their entire financial support.

The National Association of Science Writers is now looking for a new venue, sponsors, and partners.

The recent #LAfires have caused a resurgence in concern, however, with Sestak and her colleagues receiving 42 requests for home assessments since January, compared with zero in the same period last year. 📷: @khickok.bsky.social

Read all about it at KneeDeep Times: https://buff.ly/3EW8m8Z
🧵 3/4

hello hello! kind of forgot I had a bluesky account there for a min 😅 Here is a fun article I wrote recently for popular mechanics (apologies for the paywall 🙁)
www.popularmechanics.com/science/a605...

The UCSC Science Communication Program is now on BlueSky!

We're the world's leading science journalism training program. Our students work to bridge the gap between scientists and the public to create a better future for us all!

Click here to learn more 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbjg...

Me: Definitely highlight your social media prowess on your resume, that's a HUGE sell right now.

Gen-Z students: I loathe social media and absolutely do not want that job.

🙃

Colleagues, are you currently recruiting for your paid science writing internships coming this summer/fall? Consider tabling at our 2024 NASW Virtual Internship Fair! Details for recruiters and students here:

NASA already sent human remains to the moon, then realized their mistake in not consulting Indigenous communities. And now two commercial companies tried to do the same (their spaceship is failing, so they won't make it), and NASA didn't speak up. What kind of message does this send?

Super cool and potentially life-saving AI technology for those of us who enjoy being in the ocean (but have no idea what a rip current looks like 🙈😬) 🌊🧪

bit.ly/3RkvPEz

Here's something you can print out and fight with your family about this Thanksgiving:

The Ultimate State Bird Bracket

I’m really excited to be working on a series of profiles of women in science for Wired, and the first one is up.

Beauty science is underrated, and I so appreciate Michelle Wong for her beauty science breakdowns. Scicomm on social media is hard and she does it SO WELL: www.wired.com/story/women-...

"Don't engage, just block," to trolls, sea lions, bigots and anyone else whose purpose on the site appears to be to make others as unhappy as they are. Also, you don't have to wait for these folks to be unpleasant to you directly; when you see them treat others terribly, that's when to cut them out.

Everyone I've emailed today has responded SO FAST and so POLITELY. This is amazing, but...what is going on?!?!?!

Thank you/Shout out to @katetravis.bsky.social, @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social, @smjyoti.bsky.social, @neeldhan.bsky.social, and @deborahb.bsky.social for putting together this super informative webinar and taking amazing notes 💕🙏
Such a wonderful resource for #sciencejournalists!

Wouldn’t it be amazing if a computer could just answer all of the biggest questions in the universe?
No no, not like ChatGPT – I'm talking about simulating the ENTIRE FREAKIN' UNIVERSE.
Yeah, we'll prob never be able to do that, but scientists are talking about it...👀
bit.ly/47q9FWQ