Sibani Ram
@bunnygal11.bsky.social
So thankful to have written for @sciencenews.bsky.social on @lydiakang.bsky.social’s and Nate Pedersen’s newest collaboration, Pseudoscience. Go read their conversational, entertaining symbiosis of science and history if you haven’t already.
www.sciencenews.org/article/pseu...
www.sciencenews.org/article/pseu...
‘Pseudoscience’ digs into the allure and dangers of believing fake science
In their new book, Lydia Kang and Nate Pedersen survey flat Earth theory, fake moon landings and other scientific myths and why people believe them.
www.sciencenews.org
April 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
So thankful to have written for @sciencenews.bsky.social on @lydiakang.bsky.social’s and Nate Pedersen’s newest collaboration, Pseudoscience. Go read their conversational, entertaining symbiosis of science and history if you haven’t already.
www.sciencenews.org/article/pseu...
www.sciencenews.org/article/pseu...
Join us! Join us!
@girlswritenow.bsky.social is hands-down one of the most personally impactful orgs EVER! On March 4, they’ll be co-hosting a career chat featuring @sayantani.bsky.social, @lydiakang.bsky.social and Dr. IW Gregorio in partnership with Iowa JPEC and @columbiauniversity.bsky.social.
@girlswritenow.bsky.social is hands-down one of the most personally impactful orgs EVER! On March 4, they’ll be co-hosting a career chat featuring @sayantani.bsky.social, @lydiakang.bsky.social and Dr. IW Gregorio in partnership with Iowa JPEC and @columbiauniversity.bsky.social.
February 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Join us! Join us!
@girlswritenow.bsky.social is hands-down one of the most personally impactful orgs EVER! On March 4, they’ll be co-hosting a career chat featuring @sayantani.bsky.social, @lydiakang.bsky.social and Dr. IW Gregorio in partnership with Iowa JPEC and @columbiauniversity.bsky.social.
@girlswritenow.bsky.social is hands-down one of the most personally impactful orgs EVER! On March 4, they’ll be co-hosting a career chat featuring @sayantani.bsky.social, @lydiakang.bsky.social and Dr. IW Gregorio in partnership with Iowa JPEC and @columbiauniversity.bsky.social.
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Last night at the #CamdenConference, Nobel-prize winner #MariaRessa said the way to defeat dictatorships is through courage, truthful journalism, and most important, community. It seems Bluesky is now the place for us to find each other. X and Facebook have been lost to the "Broligarchy".
February 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Last night at the #CamdenConference, Nobel-prize winner #MariaRessa said the way to defeat dictatorships is through courage, truthful journalism, and most important, community. It seems Bluesky is now the place for us to find each other. X and Facebook have been lost to the "Broligarchy".
I wrote about intimate partner violence detection and AI for @fastcompany.com. Thank you @irenetrampoline.bsky.social, Annie Lewis O’Connor and Dr. Suzanne Freitag for your insightful interviews. Special thank you to Max Ufberg for believing in the idea:
www.fastcompany.com/91280559/aut...
www.fastcompany.com/91280559/aut...
This AI tool could help curb domestic violence
The Automated Intimate Partner Violence Risk Support System analyzes clinical and radiologic data to identify intimate partner violence cases long before traditional methods.
www.fastcompany.com
February 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I wrote about intimate partner violence detection and AI for @fastcompany.com. Thank you @irenetrampoline.bsky.social, Annie Lewis O’Connor and Dr. Suzanne Freitag for your insightful interviews. Special thank you to Max Ufberg for believing in the idea:
www.fastcompany.com/91280559/aut...
www.fastcompany.com/91280559/aut...
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Hi. Our book is out today!
Woohoo!
(Hi five to my favorite childhood cryptid, Chessie!)
#booksky
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/lydia...
Woohoo!
(Hi five to my favorite childhood cryptid, Chessie!)
#booksky
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/lydia...
Pseudoscience
From the authors of Quackery, a visual and narrative history of popular ideas, phenomena, and widely held beliefs disproven by science. From the easily dis...
www.hachettebookgroup.com
February 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Hi. Our book is out today!
Woohoo!
(Hi five to my favorite childhood cryptid, Chessie!)
#booksky
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/lydia...
Woohoo!
(Hi five to my favorite childhood cryptid, Chessie!)
#booksky
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/lydia...
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Hello! We were on @npr.org Weekend Edition with Ayesha Rascoe talking about our book!
The authors of a new book explain pseudoscientific conspiracies, and why we love them
www.npr.org/2025/02/16/n...
The authors of a new book explain pseudoscientific conspiracies, and why we love them
www.npr.org/2025/02/16/n...
The authors of a new book explain pseudoscientific conspiracies, and why we love them
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Lydia Kang and Nate Pedersen, authors of "Pseudoscience," about why people want to believe in things like Bigfoot, palm reading, and spontaneous human combustion.
www.npr.org
February 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Hello! We were on @npr.org Weekend Edition with Ayesha Rascoe talking about our book!
The authors of a new book explain pseudoscientific conspiracies, and why we love them
www.npr.org/2025/02/16/n...
The authors of a new book explain pseudoscientific conspiracies, and why we love them
www.npr.org/2025/02/16/n...
Grateful and excited to be back writing again. Thank you @livescience.com, Nicoletta and @chayab77.bsky.social.
www.livescience.com/health/genet...
www.livescience.com/health/genet...
Massive study of 3 million people reveals genetic 'hotspots' linked to bipolar disorder
A new study has greatly expanded the number of gene variants thought to be tied to bipolar disorder.
www.livescience.com
February 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Grateful and excited to be back writing again. Thank you @livescience.com, Nicoletta and @chayab77.bsky.social.
www.livescience.com/health/genet...
www.livescience.com/health/genet...
December 31, 2024 at 3:48 AM
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My most recent book—ALMOST SURELY DEAD—came out earlier this year published by Mindy’s Book Studio. Here’s a fabulous roundup of books she’s published recently!
www.brit.co/mindy-kaling...
www.brit.co/mindy-kaling...
Mindy Kaling's Book Club Is The Reading List I Didn't Know I Needed
Pray for my bookshelf.
www.brit.co
December 12, 2024 at 5:06 PM
My most recent book—ALMOST SURELY DEAD—came out earlier this year published by Mindy’s Book Studio. Here’s a fabulous roundup of books she’s published recently!
www.brit.co/mindy-kaling...
www.brit.co/mindy-kaling...
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excited about this!! Please join us if you can.
Brookline Booksmith is an A+ indie bookstore -- so good!
Brookline Booksmith is an A+ indie bookstore -- so good!
December 11, 2024 at 6:27 PM
excited about this!! Please join us if you can.
Brookline Booksmith is an A+ indie bookstore -- so good!
Brookline Booksmith is an A+ indie bookstore -- so good!
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NJ law will make it harder to ban books www.nj.com/politics/202...
N.J. just struck a blow against banning books
It's called the "Freedom to Read Act."
www.nj.com
December 9, 2024 at 8:42 PM
NJ law will make it harder to ban books www.nj.com/politics/202...
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excited about this! Coming in Feb...
brooklinebooksmith.com/event/2025-0...
brooklinebooksmith.com/event/2025-0...
Chaya Bhuvaneswar, Jason Ockert, and Jeff Parker: Proper Imposters
brooklinebooksmith.com
December 9, 2024 at 5:40 PM
excited about this! Coming in Feb...
brooklinebooksmith.com/event/2025-0...
brooklinebooksmith.com/event/2025-0...
More from Madras ❤️🇮🇳
November 30, 2024 at 12:22 PM
More from Madras ❤️🇮🇳
மனதில் மெட்ராஸ்!!! So grateful to be back for the first time in 8 years. ❤️🇮🇳❤️🇮🇳
November 29, 2024 at 4:41 AM
மனதில் மெட்ராஸ்!!! So grateful to be back for the first time in 8 years. ❤️🇮🇳❤️🇮🇳
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A delightful visual dive to start ur weekend!
The discovery of a 3-million-year-old set of bones 50 years ago gave us a way to imagine a shared human ancestor. Lucy became a fossil celebrity and raised an important question: Where did we come from?
www.washingtonpost.com/science/inte...
The discovery of a 3-million-year-old set of bones 50 years ago gave us a way to imagine a shared human ancestor. Lucy became a fossil celebrity and raised an important question: Where did we come from?
www.washingtonpost.com/science/inte...
Meet Lucy, the celebrity of fossils, who changed our view of evolution
A collection of 3-million-year-old bones unearthed 50 years ago in Ethiopia changed our understanding of human origins.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 23, 2024 at 1:51 PM
A delightful visual dive to start ur weekend!
The discovery of a 3-million-year-old set of bones 50 years ago gave us a way to imagine a shared human ancestor. Lucy became a fossil celebrity and raised an important question: Where did we come from?
www.washingtonpost.com/science/inte...
The discovery of a 3-million-year-old set of bones 50 years ago gave us a way to imagine a shared human ancestor. Lucy became a fossil celebrity and raised an important question: Where did we come from?
www.washingtonpost.com/science/inte...
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The more someone explains the technicalities to us, the less we rely on our emotional reactions to a piece of art. I don’t want explanations. I want to feel it.
November 21, 2024 at 11:06 PM
The more someone explains the technicalities to us, the less we rely on our emotional reactions to a piece of art. I don’t want explanations. I want to feel it.
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Something fascinating I just learned: Bluesky’s CEO and COO are both young women. You go, girls! www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/t...
How Bluesky, Alternative to X and Facebook, Is Handling Growth
The fledgling social media site has been flooded with new users since the election. It hasn’t all been easy.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2024 at 10:29 PM
Something fascinating I just learned: Bluesky’s CEO and COO are both young women. You go, girls! www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/t...
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I am a doctor and writer and my debut book was WHITE DANCING ELEPHANTS, a book of stories I wrote during the last T---p administration. Ready to take a stand then and ready now.
www.npr.org/2018/10/13/6...
www.npr.org/2018/10/13/6...
November 16, 2024 at 8:15 PM
I am a doctor and writer and my debut book was WHITE DANCING ELEPHANTS, a book of stories I wrote during the last T---p administration. Ready to take a stand then and ready now.
www.npr.org/2018/10/13/6...
www.npr.org/2018/10/13/6...
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If you’re up for some cozy reading, The November Girl is on sale today! It’s inspired by the vicious storms of Lake Superior called “witches” and song “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”.
(Pictures from my visit showing a moody lighthouse and shipwreck marker in the bay.)
(Pictures from my visit showing a moody lighthouse and shipwreck marker in the bay.)
November 16, 2024 at 4:17 PM
If you’re up for some cozy reading, The November Girl is on sale today! It’s inspired by the vicious storms of Lake Superior called “witches” and song “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”.
(Pictures from my visit showing a moody lighthouse and shipwreck marker in the bay.)
(Pictures from my visit showing a moody lighthouse and shipwreck marker in the bay.)