It occurs to me that, since the demise of Twitter and the half-hearted move to Mastodon, most of my communication on social media is only with people I know. My brain is currently actively calculating if this is a good or a bad thing.
I do miss old Science Twitter, however. Is that still a thing here or elsewhere in another form? Is everyone partying without me? Leads welcomed. #Science#SciComm
Wed/Thursday next week March 6/7: Scibeh 2024 virtual workshop on the boundaries of expertise.
the workshop involves talks, panels, Zoom-based group discussions, forum discussions before, during and after, and concrete outputs that participants determine and develop
I am looking for #academia and #nonfiction#authors and #scicomm people who want to do some AMA-style events on Lemmy. The few I ran on Reddit were fun, and it makes an excellent opportunity for public outreach as people feel comfortable in an informal space, ECRs especially. These are great if you have a paper you want to rizz too. It's a good outreach thing; I always think 1:1 talking to people is the most successful and impactful. @phdstudents@academicchatter
When scientists make erroneous pronouncements outside their area of expertise that's misinformation. When they make predictions that prove wrong that can be hugely consequential. How do we stop ourselves from doing this and how do we recognise epistemic trespass in others? What actually constitutes 'expertise', particularly in novel, interdisciplinary contexts ?
Join the scibeh.org 2024 online workshop to help us all work this out
After 20+ yrs of misusing journal impact factors for evaluating scientific quality and potential, there is not only a huge dilution of the literature by paper mills, but also bribery of editors to get those papers “accepted”.
What does AI have to do with bratwurst and how do you interview a blob? A look behind the scenes of my podcast and why I interview the more-than-human world. But how the hell and why do you interview a bat and a cactus? https://www.cronenburg.net/scicomm/@writers
It breaks my heart thinking about all the #students who were ready to start their new #MSc or #phd in foreign countries and now they have to give up because they cannot travel from many more countries other than #Israel and #Palestine
NWS continues to flout ADA and Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act...after the breaches have been repeatedly brought to their attention
Don't tell me ableism in STEM is no big deal. What the hell use is your #SciComm if you refuse to communicate important data (weather alerts, warnings, disasters) accessibly? Eugenics, is what it ends up being. #DisabledAndSTEM
While on the subject, AAPD has a call out for testimonials to the US Dept of Justice as to how digital inaccessibility affects you. Comments need to be received by Oct 2: https://aapd.quorum.us/campaign/51385/