Catalyst Books & Gifts
@catalystbooks.bsky.social
Everyone needs science; science needs everyone! Online Specific Benefit Corp bookstore celebrating & promoting DEI in STEM. https://catalystbooks.org
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Catalyst Books & Gifts Bookshop
Everyone needs science; science needs everyone! Catalyst is a Specific Benefit Corporation dedicated to celebrating and promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM.
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November 28, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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It's nice to be excited about science again. Congratulations to my old colleague, Michel Devoret!
Being quoted in this article about this amazing achievement is a major bonus 🤓
cen.acs.org/people/nobel...
#NobelPrize #Physics #Science #PhysicsNobel
Being quoted in this article about this amazing achievement is a major bonus 🤓
cen.acs.org/people/nobel...
#NobelPrize #Physics #Science #PhysicsNobel
Quantum tunneling trio win the 2025 physics Nobel
John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis get the award for demonstrating quantum mechanical effects at the macroscale
cen.acs.org
October 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
It's nice to be excited about science again. Congratulations to my old colleague, Michel Devoret!
Being quoted in this article about this amazing achievement is a major bonus 🤓
cen.acs.org/people/nobel...
#NobelPrize #Physics #Science #PhysicsNobel
Being quoted in this article about this amazing achievement is a major bonus 🤓
cen.acs.org/people/nobel...
#NobelPrize #Physics #Science #PhysicsNobel
Been neglecting Bsky for a bit (probably didn't miss anything?)
But hey, it's anti-Prime days at @bookshop.org - free shipping today & tomorrow!
So here are just a few recommendations, random examples, no particular reason...
But hey, it's anti-Prime days at @bookshop.org - free shipping today & tomorrow!
So here are just a few recommendations, random examples, no particular reason...
October 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Been neglecting Bsky for a bit (probably didn't miss anything?)
But hey, it's anti-Prime days at @bookshop.org - free shipping today & tomorrow!
So here are just a few recommendations, random examples, no particular reason...
But hey, it's anti-Prime days at @bookshop.org - free shipping today & tomorrow!
So here are just a few recommendations, random examples, no particular reason...
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It's Amazon Prime Day, which means it's yet another great day to stick it to Bezos and support indie bookstores instead!
If you wanna shop online, @bookshop.org purchases support a local indie of your choice. Plus, they're doing a sale and free shipping for Prime Day!
If you wanna shop online, @bookshop.org purchases support a local indie of your choice. Plus, they're doing a sale and free shipping for Prime Day!
July 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
It's Amazon Prime Day, which means it's yet another great day to stick it to Bezos and support indie bookstores instead!
If you wanna shop online, @bookshop.org purchases support a local indie of your choice. Plus, they're doing a sale and free shipping for Prime Day!
If you wanna shop online, @bookshop.org purchases support a local indie of your choice. Plus, they're doing a sale and free shipping for Prime Day!
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Folks who want to support independent and minority-owned journalism time to put your money where your mouth is! Throw some cash at @thexylom.com, an absolutely fantastic Asian American-run science publication that needs your help staying alive!
fundrazr.com/sustain-the-...
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Sustain The Xylom!
We grow science with words: the only Asian American-run science newsroom is independent, nonprofit, and led by Gen-Z! The Xylom needs to raise $7,500 in monthly recurring donations. Please help us go ...
fundrazr.com
July 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Folks who want to support independent and minority-owned journalism time to put your money where your mouth is! Throw some cash at @thexylom.com, an absolutely fantastic Asian American-run science publication that needs your help staying alive!
fundrazr.com/sustain-the-...
fundrazr.com/sustain-the-...
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DEFIANT is officially out today! In honor of Juneteenth, LegionM is gifting free copies to teachers and librarians to help bring the story of #RobertSmalls into classrooms and libraries.If you know an educator, send them to teachers.defiantproject.com
#Defiant #Juneteenth
#Defiant #Juneteenth
DEFIANT - Gift for Teachers, Professors & Librarians — Legion M
Calling out to all teachers and librarians! Now is your chance to request a trade paperback copy of Defiant: The Story of Robert Smalls .
teachers.defiantproject.com
June 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
DEFIANT is officially out today! In honor of Juneteenth, LegionM is gifting free copies to teachers and librarians to help bring the story of #RobertSmalls into classrooms and libraries.If you know an educator, send them to teachers.defiantproject.com
#Defiant #Juneteenth
#Defiant #Juneteenth
Excited to be at @convergencecon.bsky.social dealers room again this year! Unfortunately sold out of our Chris Kluwe books yesterday but he might be willing to sign other books… worth a try…
Hey CONvergence! Grab your Vikings jerseys, protest signs, and other items and come talk to Chris Kluwe at the signing tables in the Dealers' Room 2-3pm!
#cvg2025
#cvg2025
July 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Excited to be at @convergencecon.bsky.social dealers room again this year! Unfortunately sold out of our Chris Kluwe books yesterday but he might be willing to sign other books… worth a try…
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Wrote a whole fucking book about doing the cosmos ethically
#BookSky
www.boldtypebooks.com/titles/chand...
#BookSky
www.boldtypebooks.com/titles/chand...
The Disordered Cosmos
www.boldtypebooks.com
June 5, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Wrote a whole fucking book about doing the cosmos ethically
#BookSky
www.boldtypebooks.com/titles/chand...
#BookSky
www.boldtypebooks.com/titles/chand...
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Here’s a banger excerpt from @karenhao.bsky.social’s new book, Empire of AI, about her time profiling the company in 2019 and how it led them to ice her out for the next 3 years
www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/19/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/19/1...
Inside the story that enraged OpenAI
In 2019, Karen Hao, a senior reporter with MIT Technology Review, pitched writing a story about a then little-known company, OpenAI. This is what happened next.
www.technologyreview.com
May 19, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Here’s a banger excerpt from @karenhao.bsky.social’s new book, Empire of AI, about her time profiling the company in 2019 and how it led them to ice her out for the next 3 years
www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/19/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/19/1...
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🎉 Exciting news: Chain Reactions: A Hopeful History of Uranium is coming out in paperback this July!
If you missed it the first time around, the paperback is a great chance to pick it up (or share it with a curious friend).
📚 Pre-orders available now!
If you missed it the first time around, the paperback is a great chance to pick it up (or share it with a curious friend).
📚 Pre-orders available now!
May 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
🎉 Exciting news: Chain Reactions: A Hopeful History of Uranium is coming out in paperback this July!
If you missed it the first time around, the paperback is a great chance to pick it up (or share it with a curious friend).
📚 Pre-orders available now!
If you missed it the first time around, the paperback is a great chance to pick it up (or share it with a curious friend).
📚 Pre-orders available now!
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Trump’s new ‘gold standard’ rule will destroy American science as we know it" by Colette Delawalla (@cdelawalla.bsky.social), Victor Ambros, Carl Bergstrom, Carol Greider, Michael Mann and Brian Nosek for @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump’s new ‘gold standard’ rule will destroy American science as we know it | Colette Delawalla
The new executive order allows political appointees to undermine research they oppose, paving the way to state-controlled science
www.theguardian.com
May 29, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Trump’s new ‘gold standard’ rule will destroy American science as we know it" by Colette Delawalla (@cdelawalla.bsky.social), Victor Ambros, Carl Bergstrom, Carol Greider, Michael Mann and Brian Nosek for @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A new environmental book list -- this time for the Earth-loving kids! @therevelator.org therevelator.org/summer-2024-...
Summer Reads: 10 Environmental Books for Children to Inspire and Engage Their Curiosity • The Revelator
Whether they’re on the beach, in the woods, near a lake or on the front porch, these new books will inspire kids, teens, and families.
therevelator.org
June 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
A new environmental book list -- this time for the Earth-loving kids! @therevelator.org therevelator.org/summer-2024-...
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Nonfiction science new releases for April, 2025!
Did I miss any nonfiction science books?
Which of these books are on your TBR?
Climate seems to be April's theme.
I'm interested in HOW CAN I HELP?, ATOMIC DREAMS, & PARTICLES OF TRUTH.
#booksky #chemsky 🧪
#nonfictionbooks #nonfiction #science #🧪
Did I miss any nonfiction science books?
Which of these books are on your TBR?
Climate seems to be April's theme.
I'm interested in HOW CAN I HELP?, ATOMIC DREAMS, & PARTICLES OF TRUTH.
#booksky #chemsky 🧪
#nonfictionbooks #nonfiction #science #🧪
April 8, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Nonfiction science new releases for April, 2025!
Did I miss any nonfiction science books?
Which of these books are on your TBR?
Climate seems to be April's theme.
I'm interested in HOW CAN I HELP?, ATOMIC DREAMS, & PARTICLES OF TRUTH.
#booksky #chemsky 🧪
#nonfictionbooks #nonfiction #science #🧪
Did I miss any nonfiction science books?
Which of these books are on your TBR?
Climate seems to be April's theme.
I'm interested in HOW CAN I HELP?, ATOMIC DREAMS, & PARTICLES OF TRUTH.
#booksky #chemsky 🧪
#nonfictionbooks #nonfiction #science #🧪
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An important point getting overlooked:
When NIH cancels "diversity" grants (e.g., diversity supplements, Fs, Ks, etc), they aren't canceling the grants based on *what* the grant studies.
They're cancelling them based on *who* is doing the research. And that disallowed "who" is anyone not white.
When NIH cancels "diversity" grants (e.g., diversity supplements, Fs, Ks, etc), they aren't canceling the grants based on *what* the grant studies.
They're cancelling them based on *who* is doing the research. And that disallowed "who" is anyone not white.
April 4, 2025 at 1:24 PM
An important point getting overlooked:
When NIH cancels "diversity" grants (e.g., diversity supplements, Fs, Ks, etc), they aren't canceling the grants based on *what* the grant studies.
They're cancelling them based on *who* is doing the research. And that disallowed "who" is anyone not white.
When NIH cancels "diversity" grants (e.g., diversity supplements, Fs, Ks, etc), they aren't canceling the grants based on *what* the grant studies.
They're cancelling them based on *who* is doing the research. And that disallowed "who" is anyone not white.
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Folks, this is your *LAST CHANCE* to book a spot on our May 10th "shark scientist for a day" fundraiser trip! Opportunity is closing next week.
Please share and tag interested friends- it's an amazing adventure for you, and fundraising for us!
Tickets: fieldschool.regfox.com/shark-taggin... 🧪🦑🌎🦈
Please share and tag interested friends- it's an amazing adventure for you, and fundraising for us!
Tickets: fieldschool.regfox.com/shark-taggin... 🧪🦑🌎🦈
April 4, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Folks, this is your *LAST CHANCE* to book a spot on our May 10th "shark scientist for a day" fundraiser trip! Opportunity is closing next week.
Please share and tag interested friends- it's an amazing adventure for you, and fundraising for us!
Tickets: fieldschool.regfox.com/shark-taggin... 🧪🦑🌎🦈
Please share and tag interested friends- it's an amazing adventure for you, and fundraising for us!
Tickets: fieldschool.regfox.com/shark-taggin... 🧪🦑🌎🦈
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#EduSky friends join @scifri.bsky.social today from 2-4 pm ET for a LIVE SHOW. Since we all know how much I love the ISS, I'm looking forward to learning more about the next stage of NASA space stations. 🚀 🧪 Call in at (877) 925-9174! Learn more and listen at www.sciencefriday.com/episodes/apr...
April 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
#EduSky friends join @scifri.bsky.social today from 2-4 pm ET for a LIVE SHOW. Since we all know how much I love the ISS, I'm looking forward to learning more about the next stage of NASA space stations. 🚀 🧪 Call in at (877) 925-9174! Learn more and listen at www.sciencefriday.com/episodes/apr...
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I absolutely adore seeing my books paired with thematically appropriate traces and/or trace fossils! Thanks to @aukeflorian.nl for getting my book LIFE SCULPTED (2023, @uchicagopress.bsky.social) & for matching it with such a lovely piece of beetle-bored wood. 🧪📚🪵🪲 (Attn: @jeanb.bsky.social)
When the book you’re reading perfectly fits your office desk decor! 🤩 🪵 🪲
Highly recommended: ‘Life Sculpted’ by @ichnologist.bsky.social 📚
Highly recommended: ‘Life Sculpted’ by @ichnologist.bsky.social 📚
April 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I absolutely adore seeing my books paired with thematically appropriate traces and/or trace fossils! Thanks to @aukeflorian.nl for getting my book LIFE SCULPTED (2023, @uchicagopress.bsky.social) & for matching it with such a lovely piece of beetle-bored wood. 🧪📚🪵🪲 (Attn: @jeanb.bsky.social)
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I have so much to do but I just got this BANGER book in the mail and I had to sit down and start reading it right away
April 3, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I have so much to do but I just got this BANGER book in the mail and I had to sit down and start reading it right away
Sign up to win Free Books for Life to celebrate the 5th anniversary of @bookshop.org ! (bonus - you can designate your favorite bookshop to win a prize, too!) Enter at woobox.com/r2f4rn
April 3, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Sign up to win Free Books for Life to celebrate the 5th anniversary of @bookshop.org ! (bonus - you can designate your favorite bookshop to win a prize, too!) Enter at woobox.com/r2f4rn
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Until a couple of months ago, this sign hung in the lobby of the Space Telescope Science Institute: "STScI promotes an inclusive, equitable workplace and cultivates a diverse, engaged workforce."
It has now been removed.
It has now been removed.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Until a couple of months ago, this sign hung in the lobby of the Space Telescope Science Institute: "STScI promotes an inclusive, equitable workplace and cultivates a diverse, engaged workforce."
It has now been removed.
It has now been removed.
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“My job as a leader of the university is to speak up for the values that we claim to believe in, especially when they’re at odds with people with enormous power.” — Wesleyan University’s President Michael Roth in @newyorker.com
(proud to have him continually and publicly defending #HigherEd)
(proud to have him continually and publicly defending #HigherEd)
A University President Makes a Case Against Cowardice
The Trump Administration wants to punish schools for student activism. Michael Roth, of Wesleyan, argues that colleges don’t have to roll over.
www.newyorker.com
April 3, 2025 at 11:52 AM
“My job as a leader of the university is to speak up for the values that we claim to believe in, especially when they’re at odds with people with enormous power.” — Wesleyan University’s President Michael Roth in @newyorker.com
(proud to have him continually and publicly defending #HigherEd)
(proud to have him continually and publicly defending #HigherEd)
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Twenty-four hours into his time, Sen. Booker just passionately defended public science and universities-- which, at their best, are cornerstones of democracy and a powerful tool for collective liberation (which is why they've been so aggressively attacked).
Thank you, Senator.
Thank you, Senator.
April 1, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Twenty-four hours into his time, Sen. Booker just passionately defended public science and universities-- which, at their best, are cornerstones of democracy and a powerful tool for collective liberation (which is why they've been so aggressively attacked).
Thank you, Senator.
Thank you, Senator.
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Happy publication day to @brookmthompson.bsky.social and her children's book I Love Salmon and Lampreys! I just adore this book, and I hope it encourages kids (and adults) everywhere to speak up for environmental justice.
www.heydaybooks.com/catalog/i-lo...
www.heydaybooks.com/catalog/i-lo...
I Love Salmon and Lampreys: A Native Story of Resilience by Anastasia Khmelevska, Brook M. Thompson
For young readers, an inspiring story about a river, a successful Native-led movement for environmental justice, and the making of a scientist. Growing up For young readers, an inspiring story about a...
www.heydaybooks.com
March 5, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Happy publication day to @brookmthompson.bsky.social and her children's book I Love Salmon and Lampreys! I just adore this book, and I hope it encourages kids (and adults) everywhere to speak up for environmental justice.
www.heydaybooks.com/catalog/i-lo...
www.heydaybooks.com/catalog/i-lo...
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It's always a good day to support trans authors, but now more than ever, we want to honour as many diverse stories as we can to make the world brighter & safer. Consider picking up some of these recommendations for Trans Day of Visibility. 🏳️⚧️
www.swordsandsapphics.com/post/book-re...
www.swordsandsapphics.com/post/book-re...
Book Recommendations for Transgender Day of Visibility 2025
A list of book recommendations featuring transgender representation.
www.swordsandsapphics.com
March 25, 2025 at 12:06 PM
It's always a good day to support trans authors, but now more than ever, we want to honour as many diverse stories as we can to make the world brighter & safer. Consider picking up some of these recommendations for Trans Day of Visibility. 🏳️⚧️
www.swordsandsapphics.com/post/book-re...
www.swordsandsapphics.com/post/book-re...
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What a great moment to respeak the name Edward J. Dwight, who from 1963-64 experienced what must've felt like a similar rollback & erasure.
Space is for white men now.
You don't have to pretend any more.
You don't have to pretend any more.
Nasa drops plan to land first woman and first person of color on the moon
Promise was central plank to space agency’s Artemis program, which is scheduled to return humans to the lunar surface in 2027
www.theguardian.com
March 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM
What a great moment to respeak the name Edward J. Dwight, who from 1963-64 experienced what must've felt like a similar rollback & erasure.