#Making Science Public

[transsexualjoanofarc]

john cazale as agamemnon in agamemnon (1977 broadway production & rehearsals) photographed by friedman-abeles

#me.txt #john cazale #people #photography #theater tag #mythology tag #house of atreus #aeschylus #couldnt find the name of the specific photographer SAD but thank you for yr service #learned about this tonight & will never be normal again #the last photo... unreal. im obsessed with him #shoutout to the new york public library digital archive kissing you sloppy with tongue this is making me consider library science as a majo #again. shoutout to archivists & librarians too for preserving these things for people

[millenianthemums]

Serious question. how rich would i have to be to establish a huge, well-furnished, elaborate children’s museum / library / play area / public park and also GUARANTEE that it would never ever cost parents money to let their kids play there.

#it’ll probably never be possible #but i’m picturing something like the City Museum in St Louis #except there’s also dinosaur exhibits and fun science stuff #and also a huge library that’s not beholden to government book bans #and it’s surrounded by a public park #AND it’s free #it just makes me so sad how few fun things there are now for kids to do that don’t cost money #and aren’t being targeted by politicians like libraries are #text post

[prettyboysdontlookatexplosions]

this article about a lawyer and apparently known and respected amateur ecologist tracking down the habitat and proving the continued existence of a particular fish species was very enjoyable (i love any stories where a hobbyist gets to make a genuine contribution to the field) and also taught me about the existence of iEcology, in which researchers do shit like track migration patterns of marine species based on sightings in social media posts, which is soooooooo neat

#my secondary freelance gig involves writing practice SAT verbal content for a test prep company #which is a much better job than it was 8 years ago bc now i can do it in my PJs and make three times as much :) #under those conditions it turns out it's actually not so bad! :) #also the SAT is changing probably partly to become easier to develop tests for it #which is honestly not great for the SAT. but is nice for me #anyway. it involves a lot of scouring the internet for Cool Finds i can make questions about #because the content of the SAT is shifting from like #serious articles written for publications intended for educated laypeople #to 'neato finds' #again. kind of a grim commentary on the state of american education. but nice for me. #but i decided it would be nice to have a record of like #some of the nicer stuff this brings me into contact with #that i never in a million years would have come across on my own bc i don't read science content unless i'm getting paid #work finds

[zeussim]

Because of a depressive episode I've had for the past <6 months, I didn't write my bachelor project because I simply couldn't. Every day was just me staying alive. I've barely done anything but stay alive, trying to feed myself while having no energy or desire to do so. Less than a month ago, however, my brother contacted me and helped me write my supervisor, and now I've written the contract and am working on it in the 5th block (I have my semesters divided in half called blocks). The deadline is 11th of August. And it's going really well so far. My supervisor is the sweetest person and has helped me a lot with all the bureaucracy stuff and such! Only now do I realise how bad I've been feeling for these past months, and how I don't need to feel that way. Everything will work out.

#these posts always make me realise smth more about myself #this is why it's important to put feelings into text so i can come to new realisations about myself #btw im writing about communication of biodiversity in popular science #even tho im on a biology bachelor bc a) bachelor is only 15 ects b) i feel its important for scientists to learn how to communicate #their findings to the general public and this will make me better at communicating when i become a scientist #scientists within humaniora are waaay better at communicating to the public than natural scientists and I think thats a shamr #bc it leads to a lot of misunderstandings and simplifications of the issues we face #so i am analysing how popular science communictates compared to the SCIENTIFIC definition of biodiversity #also to understand how the communication of scientists lack #so i can become a scientist who communicates her findings instead of a journalist misunderstanding and framing it a particular way #nonsims #tw depression

[mystacoceti]

the confusion anglophone cognitive researchers of the first world create when they describe literacy of Latin script writing systems as general human literacy leaves a really obvious gap for whole language advocates to say "wHaT aBoUt ChInEsE??", only I don't think there's anything about written mandarin that would actually fundamentally contradict much of the research?

the claim by many researchers is that it's too hard to remember by brute force the 60000 odd words that a literate person needs to know for english — which is what the phonetic decoding is for, to ease the burden on memory with an extremely robust mnemonic tool. the only difference between hanzi and latin script would be the number of characters you have to memorize, ~3000 versus 26 (for english). and where children learning to read English will learn a handful of sight words by rote memory, the mandarin students would learn those characters as the sight words they often are. the modular aspect of both written and spoken chinese is probably what makes it doable yet hard, as opposed to nigh impossible. I assume it's only that first step of 3000 that's the real bitch, but after that it's all combining characters, like in english

#I saw the most incredible email yesterday in an australian newspaper #a whole language advocate wanted to bombard a minister with psychological manipulation to stop her from investigating the efficacy of+ #+whole language instruction #and at one point he mentioned chinese as an obvious example of how ALL THE RESEARCH UP TO THIS POINT IS FAKE ACTUALLY #but that's clearly not the case. there would only seem to be a fundamental gap if you'd misunderstood the research #anyway. any of you ever think about how difficult it is to get science to make an impact on public perception? #lord knows I'm going to be thinking about it for the rest of my days

[mephiles-the-jester]

its 12am for me and i have many thoughts about this au where i just traumatise two older sibling sonic characters (and make metal a transgirl dating amy)

#tails and sonics thing takes place before metal is released #so like pretty early on though sonic does have some fame in the public eye #kinda does go down the drain when eggman dies and sonic never audibly says it was tails so he just kinda hides out #such an event would make it really easy for another robotnik to take control without a hero going around to stop her #i feel like maria in this universe would do research on other universes and find the usual one where she dies and shadow lives #where she finds out that eggman living and sonic being around made shadow be released from the cryofreezer the day before maria did #because she put herself in the day after she put shadow in there for 50 years both and she didnt realise that was the max #idk anything about that science but i have the suspicion that 50 years in there might not be healthy #especially since shadow is the one who got shot in this universe and never got to heal it fully before sleeping #i gotta sleep probably im a tired little guy rn

[somemobianpunk]

WHO is the bat and the black and red one PLEASE I’ve seen them hanging around Sonic like three times now and the forums have NOTHING. all I’ve got to go off is that they’re always spotted with an E-series badnik but that’s IT.

The first time I saw them they were fighting Sonic so I figured they were some of his enemies but the other two times they seemed to be working together? I’m so CONFUSED, esp since no one else seems to know who they are either???

- ☀️

Yeahhhh, there’s almost no information about these guys- to the point where some spotters call them “Team Dark”. I have theories, so I’m going to lay out the information we have (including some personal experience!) so we can draw the connections.

First off, we have Rouge the Bat- at least, I assume. Photos of her in the field look quite similar to the proprietor of Club Rouge.

Next we have the E-series badnik. It is… very unclear what their deal is. Most sightings involve them creating mass chaos, although mainly in the process of destroying other robots made by Dr. Robotnik. There is one photo of them being friendly (?) with Rouge and the other member of Team Dark, which leads a lot of people to believe that they are an ally of Sonic, if a chaotic one.

And finally, we have this person:

Other than the fact that they are yet another doppelgänger of Sonic- this time created by the Black Arms during their invasion- we know almost nothing about them. They participated intermittently in the Black Arms invasion, but must have switched sides, since after the incident they have been spotted interacting with Sonic- mostly racing, occasionally aiding him, sometimes clashing with him. Despite this inconsistency, Sonic seems to trust them.

-Izzy

#izzy speaks #this took so long to write bc I had a crisis writing my boy omega #enough ppl leave him out of team dark I couldn’t make that joke #anyways yes rouge is the only one with any semblance of a public identity #shadow ‘science experiment escaped government prisoner war criminal amnesiac alien spy’ the hedgehog doesn’t really have any info public #and omega is too busy blowing shit up #while rouge has a day job

[monsterhugger]

(Source: UW Medicine Newsroom)

”actually artificial sweeteners aren’t even better for you than regular sugar so maybe we should be avoiding sweet foods entirely” maybe we should all kill ourselves

#I should not have to read this shit in a publication by an accredited university #dietary science is so fucking broken man #idk maybe we should have better healthcare? #maybe we should be researching healthier artificial sweeteners or better treatments for things like diabetes and heart disease? #no we should stop eating food that makes us happy. that’ll fix it #istg I always come back to this when it comes to diet/weight loss culture #but like. when you’re living to 150 but you’re constantly exhausted from hours of exercise and you deny yourself good food constantly #are you happy? are you living a more fulfilling life #than someone who spends their free time doing things that make them happy and eats food that tastes good and drops dead at 70? #does feeling superior really mean that much more to you? #suicide cw

[mirainawen]

in one of our modules a few weeks back, we learned about some common obstacles to active listening and it brought up an interesting statistic about why it is so easy for our minds to wander when people talk to us

the average person can understand approximately 300 words a minute, but the average person speaks approximately 100 words a minute. we listen faster than we talk.

#this is part of why people who meander their point or repeat themselves may cause their audience to struggle to listen mindfully even more #this is why succinctness and brevity are lauded when it comes to public speaking- the concept of less is a whole lot more? #brain science be out here actively sabotaging us all #this is why i cannot listen to audio books?! and i also 1.5x to 2x the speed on presentation vids and such #especially the more exhausted i am the less i can stand 'slowing' the listening down. it's like asking my brain to work harder. #which feels like a contradiction but science man. i don't make the rules. #i be speeding through these vids cause my brain can't do it for longer #mir posting

[bees-with-swords]

There's a special circle of hell for parents who try to "train" their kids out of stimming

#back to working with The Public #also shout out to the teacher who only disciplined the black kid for “acting out” #when he was doing the same thing as 3 other kids and was way more enthusiastic about the science than any of them #I was killing her with my mind #I knew his name and none of the other kids names just from how often she said his name scoldingly #literally the worst part of my job is the grown adults #especially the ones who think it's funny to break the rules for the sole purpose of scaring their kids : ) #sir. your child is anxious. you're purposefully making it worse #with the implied threat that youll laugh or think theyre stupid if they break down #this is not a bonding experience #this is teaching them you don't think their feelings are important

[jenfoundabug]

Hey everyone, I plan on resuming regular posts once I figure out Glaze and Nightshade to avoid AI theft. I’ve been seeing a concerning amount of fake wildlife images, and I don’t want to contribute in any way to this since it fuels the spread of misinformation and pseudoscience. Tumblr has made it very clear that they have no problem selling data to train AI models.

I’ll be creating a website for this and my other artwork at some point, but that’s still a long way off. I also like the community here.

(iNaturalist is an exception when it comes to AI because this is actually helping science and there are tools to improve data quality. The creators care about scientific integrity and it is funded by reputable organizations like the California Academy of Sciences. Another example of “good” use of AI is Merlin.)

#fuck ai art #sorry for the colorful language but this is deeply concerning #it erodes public trust in science #it makes things difficult for ppl who want to learn #basically ruins the internet as an information source #also it’s theft #I don’t care if it’s in your terms and conditions #no one thought this would happen so fast #misinformation #pseudoscience #as a scientist I can’t in good conscience contribute to this #wildlife photography #nature photography #bugblr #no one asked for this #except greedy corporations #capitalism #enshittification #glaze #nightshade

[bombusbombus]

Like, this IS a perfectly acceptable outfit. It is period appropriate. It works.

He could be,, more fruity., Why’d they make him masculine and understated. HOW did they miss the chance to make him a ridiculous dandy.

He could look like THIS:

or THIS:

OR he could pull something EXTREME like THIS:

#gotham by gaslight #AND THEN FOR THE REST OF THE COMIC HE WEARS IDENTICAL BLACK JACKETS #I humbly bequeath you with reference images and the promise of a future work #I'm sorry I'm not a fashion expert I know he's probably trying to go undercover #but you HAVE to FUCK UP his lapels. Just DESTROY them #Just the most EXAGGERATED shit #Yes I know the second one is a drag king (Vesta Tilley) but LOOK #I'm TIRED of Bruce Wayne being tasteful. Let him free. I want to see him strutting around with a stupid big cravat. #I just prefer it when his public face is slutty and tasteless #not because I like him that way #just because I like it when he makes other people suffer #where's the picture of the men with the giant ties I need it for science #bruce wayne #I am goign to redraw this scene but fruity #my drawing tablet is NOT CURRENTLY FUNCTIONAL but I AM MAKING A PROMISE #my thoughts

[rebelmeg]

are you still doing the WIP ask game? Because I want to know about King Tony and his Concubine Cuddle Puddle, because that is an awesome title and also Tony deserves all the cuddles. By way of payment, I will also post this challenge with my own WIP list. :D

OKAY BUT I'M ACTUALLY REAL EXCITED ABOUT THAT ONE! So I'm gonna spill all the deets.

It started with a tumblr post I saw about a king that hires a soldier to be his fake concubine and be his secret strategy guy. And it all just spiraled from there, especially when I saw a followup addition with Bucky being the concubine and teasing a concerned Steve about it.

Well, if Tony's the king, and Bucky's a concubine, but I don't actually ship them romantically, then CLEARLY Tony needs a whole HAREM of concubines. And since Pepperony is my flagship, all of a sudden we had a SECRET RELATIONSHIP.

So we have a wounded soldier Bucky, who joins King Tony's infamous harem that is chock-full of brilliant people, and nobody understands WHY all these amazing people left their previous lives to be the king's toy. And it's because they are his super secret council, brought on board specifically for their skill set, and with very clear instructions that their job is to help Tony rule the kingdom in the best way, with no personal gain influencing them behind the scenes.

Now that Tony has a huge harem full of beautiful people, none of which he sleeps with because he's in a secret relationship with his apparently lowly personal assistant Pepper, what DOES he do with them? Other than the business of running a kingdom, that is. Well, clearly there will have to be a lot of snuggling because Tony is very tactile, and I have always loved the idea of an Avengers cuddle pile, so here we are!

A secret and super skilled council that is disguised as a slutty harem, which nobody looks twice at, can definitely be used to get Tony out of stuff he doesn't wanna do, and with bonus cuddle puddles. And since my fics are always very thin on plot, we've just got a whole bunch of character-driven scenes about Bucky adjusting to this weirdness while his bestie Steve is worried about his life choices. There's this whole family of remarkable and scantily clad people that have King Tony's back and live their best lives doing what they love in between posing as Tony's current favorite toy.

And then I got obsessed with what they'd wear, and found all kinds of fun body jewelry, and gave everyone a color scheme, and then wings came into it. So we've got half-dressed, jewelry-wearing winged concubines hanging out in a luxurious area of the palace, secretly helping Tony run a kingdom, and everyone loves it. That's it, that's the fic.

Now enjoy a smattering of inspirational pictures!

Obviously for our one-armed Bucky! He's also gonna have a lot of leg jewelry because Thighs.

Nat likes to wear this when she needs to be a really excellent distraction, which works exactly as well as she intends.

Thor will absolutely wear a bejeweled loincloth and little else.

Bruce needs his hands and arms free for sciencey things, so he sticks with jewelry that is out of his way.

Clint's got THEM ARMS to show off.

Darcy is also there and knows EXACTLY which of her assets to show off.

I'm still assigning specific wings to specific people, but I know exactly what colors and patterns they all have! Tony is going to have HUGE red wings, something similar to a macaw, with the gold in there.

#i seriously have SO MANY PICTURES saved for inspiration #so many wings #so much jewelry #so many outfits #this think is 17k words and at least 5k of that is just background and what everyone looks like and what they're wearing #king tony #concubine avengers #everyone has wings #thor has a lot of piercings #there's a swimming-pool sized jacuzzi #and a secret science lab that literally disappears into the wall #it's also a weird mix of sorta sci-fi but also sorta medieval? #i dunno #obadiah stane is suspicious but can't prove anything #partly because the harem will make him uncomfortable on purpose by putting on very convincing displays of public indecency to get him to go #tony loves it #and tony loves them #and they love tony #it's just an excuse for excellent visual aesthetics and lots of sweet interactions #someday i will finish it! #mcu #fanfic #avengers

[welcometomybraincomics]

Fumi: This is my husband

Heimdallr, who isn't even aware they started dating despite being together for 2 decades, sharing a house and several kids: Huh?

#fumi and heimdallr #Hahaha #The situation that would surround Fumi and Heimdallr starting a relationship is so funny to me #Bc Fumi's out here having a full romantic drama #Meanwhile Heim has science firing on all cylinders #and he's actively trying to reverse engineer How to Person through psychology papers #XDXDXD #Later in their relationship everytime Fumi makes a new emotional leap forward and declares something new in public #Heimdallr has to pull him aside bc #“I really don't mind but you need to tell me so I can be emotionally prepared” #oc

[hylianengineer]

I just got back from Walgreens but I have to go again tomorrow because they couldn't fill one of my meds until then. And I just couldn't wait on the first one.

I am already feeling the effects of being off my birth control for only a day (I want to cry about EVERYTHING) and that wasn't even the urgent one! I can probably get it tomorrow but likely not til the evening so I get almost another full day of this hormonal madness first.

Wanna know the worst part of this? My current state of hormonal turmoil is actually a fucking picnic compared to how bad it can get. I am praying I don't encounter that worse variety before I can get back on my meds tomorrow.

Shoutout to the Walgreens cashier who was very nice to me as I bought myself bribery candy corn. They asked if I found everything okay and I just kinda had to be like. Well. No. But it's not your fault and you can't fix it. And they were like it's okay the week is almost over, it will get better. Go eat your candy corn.

#currently curled up in bed with my Emotional Support Jackets #(my starfleet sciences hoodie and my patch jacket) (i cuddle the patch jacket more than i wear it. it's so personal its weird in public.) #hylian rambles #vent post #meds tw #having a fucking day yall #and tomorrow is fieldwork day. UGH. i get to look at bugs and fish but also i will cry if anything else frustrating happens. #and I'm praying we don't have to kill any fish. we do have to kill bugs in this class. #it makes me sad but that's community ecology for you. and the knowledge will help save other wildlife. #I'm pretty sure the vertebrates get to live though.

[izupie]

Waahhh I'm not looking forward to work today ;;

I already know its gonna be such a difficult shift. We're closed tomorrow for Easter Sunday and it makes people panic that they won't be able to get their coffee tomorrow, so they aaaaalllll come in today instead.

I need to take a deep breath and be ready for the chaos

There's 4 of us on shift today so at least there's enough of us to try to keep on top of everything (unlike usual lmao)

I just need to make sure I've got something nice planned for dinner later and maybe a good movie to watch or something to keep me going 🙏

#deep breaths and get prepared aaa #its all the food we do too - someone is basically cooking toasties all day lmao #and clearing and cleaning tables and keeping up with the washing #its harder than people realise to coordinate a coffee shop from behind the scenes #customers who ask me when Im going to 'get a real job' - a comment Ive legit had - Im like Dude you wouldnt last a day behind this counter #its not brain surgery or rocket science no but that doesnt make it easy and it doesnt detract from the skills you need to do a Good job #namely interacting with the public all day and staying polite #anyone in customer service jobs you have my full respect because its harder than anyone thinks and you get no recognition for it ☆ #anyway! ive gone on long enough let me get off that soapbox and actually go get ready #izupie rants in the tags again #pie's personal stuff