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Interesting read from @pitchscience.com.au newsletter: as a ECR and during the current climate I'm not optimistic, but I hope to see an institutional change on how we quantify people's contribution to science archive.md/ker9f

Possible TikTok ban has U.S. science communicators on edge Advocates say platform provides free education to broad audience, as well as critical revenue stream

Last year, #NewsfromScience examined what a TikTok ban would mean for U.S. science communicators.

Preprints often make news. Many people don’t know what they are The public needs context about unreviewed manuscripts, survey suggests

Great summary of recent research on public perceptions of preprints, featuring a cool new paper by @fleerackers.bsky.social et al. 📰 Goes beyond our earlier work by also using qualitative methods, revealing very interesting (and worrying) results. Insightful read! www.science.org/content/arti...

Absolutely love this article, not least because my wonderful client Lindsay Ejoh is quoted 😍

And I’m calling it now — 2025 is going to be the YEAR for #scicomm and outreach!

Walkable Neighborhoods Help Adults Socialize, Increase Community Adults who live in walkable neighborhoods are more likely to socialize and have a stronger sense of community, report researchers at the UC San Diego Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human...

When news reports about scientific papers make causal claims that are not justified by the original study, the mistake often traces to a university press release.

Here, observational data reveals an association. The press release asserts causality.

today.ucsd.edu/story/walkab...

First day back at Pitch Science for 2025 — so *ready* to make this such a brilliant year for scicomm 🥳

Such a brilliant idea!! 🤩 love seeing such healthy lab workplace cultures online!

One more work day left of my year and all of my client work has been sent off 🥳

So proud of everything I’ve achieved in 2024 + all of the incredible science communication content & science branding I’ve been able to create 🥹

Here comes the first break I’ve ever had since starting Pitch Science!

I heard this app is where all the cool people are? 😎

Excited to migrate across and to be able to continue sharing #scicomm tips, tricks, & inspiration *without* being in an ethical minefield - let’s go!

Scientists, academics, researchers: We’re excited to share that @altmetric.com is now tracking mentions of your research on Bluesky! 🧪