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Dr. Kiki

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Longtime podcaster, science communicator, ex-birdbrain researcher, curious person trying to be kind & spread joy. This Week in Science podcast (TWIS.org) Founder Associationofsciencecommunicators.org Signal: If you know me, find me there. Let's talk.

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Dr. Kiki @drkiki.bsky.social · Jul 13

Can I help scientists communicate their science better. Yes!

Can I help science communicators level up their impacts? Yes!

Should you hire me for consultations & trainings? Yes!

Wait... you haven't yet? Should you email me today? ... ⌛️

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Dr. Kiki @drkiki.bsky.social · 16h

Something soothing for the soul...

Andrew Middleton @mapcenter.com · 3d

Important alert for people who like working while a light white noise is playing in the background, there is a family of whales singing next to the Moss Landing Marine Lab hydrophone right now and you should listen! radio.garden/visit/moss-l...

Listen to live Moss Landing CA radio on Radio Garden

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Dr. Kiki @drkiki.bsky.social · 16h

Thank you 😊

Dr. Kiki @drkiki.bsky.social · 16h

YES

Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 1d

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Dr. Kiki @drkiki.bsky.social · 1d

Every time they post about Biden's FBI, Biden's this or that in 2020 or even January 6th, 2021... ask very clearly:

"Who was President then?"

Fight the narrative.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 1d

“The Biden FBI”

Who was President on January 6?

Donald J. Trump * © @reaDonaldTrump • 1m
THE BIDEN FBI PLACED 274 AGENTS INTO THE CROWD ON JANUARY 6. If this is so, which it is, a lot of very good people will be owed big apologies. What a SCAM - DO SOMETHING!!! President DJT

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 2d

I love this image.

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Dr. Kiki @drkiki.bsky.social · 2d

Oh, I love that so much.

Dr. Kiki @drkiki.bsky.social · 2d

👏👏👏

Dr. Kiki @drkiki.bsky.social · 2d

Drop something skeletal.

Skeleton waves hi under a Fishtank window.

Dr. Kiki @drkiki.bsky.social · 2d

Share. Share. Share. 🧪

Matthew Facciani @matthewfacciani.bsky.social · 3d

“A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination”
www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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Dr. Kiki @drkiki.bsky.social · 2d

The strategy involves continuous "beachheads" that years later become grounds for "reasonable" retribution. We are living with the fruits of seeds planted years ago. Disrupt the seeds.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

The campaign against “antifa” is about establishing a beachhead for further attacks on speech and assembly rights. We see that today in the effort to preemptively label No Kings protesters as “terrorists.”

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Dr. Kiki @drkiki.bsky.social · 2d

Immigration powers science 🧪

Jenna Ahart @jennaahart.bsky.social · 3d

Who said the science part of Nobel week is over!? In my new analysis for Nature, over 30% of science laureates from this century have immigrated, and two thirds came to the US.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

More than 30% of this century’s science Nobel prizewinners immigrated: see their journeys

The most common destination for eventual Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry and medicine since 2000 is the United States, Nature has found.

www.nature.com

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HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 2d

AFGE, the largest union representing federal employees, calls the RIFs during the government shutdown "illegal" and points out that this has never happened before during a shutdown

AFGE President Everett Kelley Condemns Trump Administration Illegal Mass firings
Largest federal employee union demands Congress end the government shutdown immediately

WASHINGTON – Today, the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the largest union representing more than 800,000 federal and D.C. government employees condemned the Trump administration’s decision to illegally fire thousands of federal employees during the government shutdown.

AFGE National President Everett Kelley issued the following statement:

“It is disgraceful that the Trump administration has used the government shutdown as an excuse to illegally fire thousands of workers who provide critical services to communities across the country.

“These workers show up every day to serve the American people, and for the past nine months have been met with nothing but cruelty and viciousness from President Trump. Every single American citizen should be outraged.

“Federal workers are tired of being used as pawns for the political and personal gains of the elected and un-elected leaders. It’s time for Congress to do their jobs and negotiate an end to this shutdown immediately.

“In AFGE’s 93 years of existence under several presidential administrations – including during Trump’s first term – no president has ever decided to fire thousands of furloughed workers during a government shutdown.

“AFGE is currently challenging President Trump’s illegal, unprecedented, abuse of power and we will not stop fighting until every reduction-in-force notice is rescinded.”

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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 2d

A few minutes ago in the House:

- Speaker Mike Johnson officially cancels votes next week, extending the House recess through a fourth week

- House Republicans block Democrats from passing a bill to pay the troops during the shutdown, ensuring they will miss paychecks next week

House Press Gallery: During today's pro forma session, the Clerk read a message from the Speaker designating Tuesday, October 14 through Sunday, October 19 as a district work period.

Punchbowl's Briana Reilly: House gaveled in and out of its pro forma just now w/o recognizing Rep Elfreth, who was seeking to UC a mil pay bill from Rep Sykes.

Elfreth told reporters after that House Dems stand “ready and willing to take” up standalone legislation to pay troops.

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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 2d

Good morning! 🪶

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 2d

Must-read piece in @theguardian.com (h/t @dpcarrington.bsky.social). In #ScienceUnderSiege, we describe how petrostates Saudi Arabia & Russia leveraged Musk's buyout of twitter so they could weaponize it for climate denial propaganda & attacks on renewables.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Money talks: the deep ties between Twitter and Saudi Arabia

The long read: Saudi Arabia’s investment in Twitter increased its influence in Silicon Valley while being used at home to shut down critics of the regime

www.theguardian.com

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 2d

Farm bankruptcies are back in the news, so it's time to pull this chart out again.

Hey look they kept rising during Trump's first term. Then they went way down under Biden.

Now they're up again? So weird. Thanks Farm Bureau for the graphic

Screenshot from Farm Bureau article on farm bankruptcies. It shows farm bankruptcies climbing steadily 2014-2020, falling by half in 2021, & continuing to fall through 2023.

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Dr. Kiki @drkiki.bsky.social · 3d

And, laughing at what the bullies think is spicy...

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 3d

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 3d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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Dr. Kiki @drkiki.bsky.social · 3d

This is negligence.

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Dr. Kiki @drkiki.bsky.social · 3d

Portland is hopping!

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 3d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Dr. Kiki @drkiki.bsky.social · 3d

In case anyone is wondering...

isportlandburning.com

Is Portland Burning?

No. See real-time Portland cameras, PulsePoint incidents, and sourced fact checks.

isportlandburning.com

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Dr. Kiki @drkiki.bsky.social · 3d

Ohhhhhh! I miss Strep!

Dr. Kiki @drkiki.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah. Uhm. What?

Is this coming from someone buying into the Larry Ellison "we need mass surveillance to stop all crime" logical morass?

Dr. Kiki @drkiki.bsky.social · 3d

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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 3d

It can be difficult
to keep up
with the terminology
used by young people,
so please know:
when you hear young people
say that they and their friends
have caught “the throat virus,”
they are just describing
the same virus
that their elders
also refuse to admit is Covid.

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Dr. Kiki @drkiki.bsky.social · 4d

It's time for the live stream of @twiscience.bsky.social - This Week in Science (TWIS)!

Join us on YouTube, Facebook, or Twitch!

Here's the YT link: www.youtube.com/live/257p-Yg...

#scicomm 🧪

This Week in Science (TWIS) - Episode 1033

YouTube video by This Week in Science (TWIS)

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