scurfy twiglet
@scurfy-twiglet.bsky.social
They/them/theirs 🏳️🌈 - Digital product designer - Mycologist - Community science advocate 🧪
An overlooked area of opportunity for community science initiatives: open publishing of transparent, high-quality datasets and methods: theconversation.com/the-5-stages...
The 5 stages of the ‘enshittification’ of academic publishing
Academic publishing now shows the same decline that has hit social media and online marketplaces.
theconversation.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:38 PM
An overlooked area of opportunity for community science initiatives: open publishing of transparent, high-quality datasets and methods: theconversation.com/the-5-stages...
Underrated science tools startup trap:
If your users are trained to expect bad UX, good UX feels disorienting.
But if you copy existing patterns, you can't differentiate.
Designing science tools is a bigger puzzle than most founders think.
Curious how other science/tech folks navigate this.
If your users are trained to expect bad UX, good UX feels disorienting.
But if you copy existing patterns, you can't differentiate.
Designing science tools is a bigger puzzle than most founders think.
Curious how other science/tech folks navigate this.
July 8, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Underrated science tools startup trap:
If your users are trained to expect bad UX, good UX feels disorienting.
But if you copy existing patterns, you can't differentiate.
Designing science tools is a bigger puzzle than most founders think.
Curious how other science/tech folks navigate this.
If your users are trained to expect bad UX, good UX feels disorienting.
But if you copy existing patterns, you can't differentiate.
Designing science tools is a bigger puzzle than most founders think.
Curious how other science/tech folks navigate this.
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*New paper* Denialism campaigns are growing in attempts to discredit science, scientists, and the scientific process generally. Biodiversity loss denial is a new phenomenon that needs our attention.
-With @alexanderlees.bsky.social + Eliza Grames!
#CommSky 🧪🌏 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
-With @alexanderlees.bsky.social + Eliza Grames!
#CommSky 🧪🌏 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
February 16, 2025 at 10:10 AM
*New paper* Denialism campaigns are growing in attempts to discredit science, scientists, and the scientific process generally. Biodiversity loss denial is a new phenomenon that needs our attention.
-With @alexanderlees.bsky.social + Eliza Grames!
#CommSky 🧪🌏 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
-With @alexanderlees.bsky.social + Eliza Grames!
#CommSky 🧪🌏 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
It was exciting to present my new research group's methodology and preliminary findings at #SOMAcamp this year! So far we've documented one new species variant and one that's new to California! Learn more about us here: shorturl.at/hC7Or #openscience #mycology #communityscience
Cofounding an Independent Open Science Research Group and Presenting Our Initial Findings — Acorn Steed
Over the past year, I’ve embarked on a deeply rewarding journey at the intersection of my passions for open science and mycology. Together with other members of my team, I cofounded an independent res...
www.acornsteed.com
January 23, 2025 at 11:50 PM
It was exciting to present my new research group's methodology and preliminary findings at #SOMAcamp this year! So far we've documented one new species variant and one that's new to California! Learn more about us here: shorturl.at/hC7Or #openscience #mycology #communityscience