New podcast with Jack Thomas about seeing patterns and finding the science in art. creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
Seeing Patterns with Jack Thomas by Making Problems to Solve
This week I talk to artist, educator, and learning designer Jack Thomas about seeing patterns, making art, and the scientific side of art and printmaking, and doing and getting lost in the process. Al...
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November 26, 2025 at 11:27 PM
New podcast with Jack Thomas about seeing patterns and finding the science in art. creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
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![Comic. Confusion matrix showing renditions of different combinations, colored yellow, tan, or gray. [Air: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light Y, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks G] [Lead: gamma rays G, neutrons T, alpha particles G, light G, Sound Y, heat Y, swords G, toxic dust T, radio G, sharks G] [Water: gamma rays T, neutrons G, alpha particles G, light T, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio G, sharks Y] [Vacuum: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles Y, light Y, sound G, heat T, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks G] [Oven mitts: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light G, sound T, heat G, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks Y] [Armor: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light G, sound Y, heat Y, swords G, toxic dust Y, radio G, sharks T] [Biohazard suit: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light G, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust G, radio Y, sharks Y] [Faraday cage: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles Y, light Y, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio G, sharks Y] [Shark cage: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles Y, light Y, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks G]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreib7rzofmrqb5cvnyccnb7ftj6qroxtp55i4dqqnbp2ozun6gaxbkm@jpeg)
October 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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![Comic. PERSON 1 with white hat: How tall are you? PERSON 2: 5ft 24cm [caption] When switching to metric, make the process easier by doing it in steps.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreifptvo6h6kdpf75j3i443ospzumiii7a3pblah2urjrawmyymh3ga@jpeg)
November 6, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Sharing a nature book from my bookshelf every day. No explanations, no reviews.
#Books #Nature #Naturewriting #naturebooks #conservation #naturebookchallenge #booksky
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Sharing a nature book from my bookshelf every day. No explanations, no reviews.
#Books #Nature #Naturewriting #naturebooks #conservation #naturebookchallenge #booksky
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I really like Hank Green, but he is spreading AI grifter lies and it's really disappointing.
SciShow Is Lying to You about AI. Here are the receipts.
YouTube video by Internet of Bugs
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November 25, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I really like Hank Green, but he is spreading AI grifter lies and it's really disappointing.
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I just think it would be neat if turkeys used the same technique to draw us
November 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I just think it would be neat if turkeys used the same technique to draw us
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Every year around Thanksgiving, I see tons of grad students post heartbreaking messages on social media about how their loved ones don’t understand or support their decision to study what seems like something pointless or silly.
Perhaps my American Scientist essay can help!
🧪🌎🦑 #SciComm
Perhaps my American Scientist essay can help!
🧪🌎🦑 #SciComm
“Why Are We Funding This?”
Long-standing myths about “silly science” have contributed to the reckless slashing of government-supported research.
www.americanscientist.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Every year around Thanksgiving, I see tons of grad students post heartbreaking messages on social media about how their loved ones don’t understand or support their decision to study what seems like something pointless or silly.
Perhaps my American Scientist essay can help!
🧪🌎🦑 #SciComm
Perhaps my American Scientist essay can help!
🧪🌎🦑 #SciComm
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I put this up for sale early cause I came back to like a zillion notifications and I have no job right now, buy my comic! It's made by a human who loves making comics out of spite, this is the second in my unofficial spite series. The first was a comic about learning to write HTML to spite one guy.
If you would like to read the rest of this 40-page comic, BRAINS, you can snag it from itch for $10, I just put it up in my shop. It will also be available in print at MICE (micexpo.org) in December, where each one will have a hand-drawn custom illustration at the back of the book on the last page.
BRAINS by Alexandra Gallant-Lee
A love letter to the brain and a giant middle finger to AI
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November 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I put this up for sale early cause I came back to like a zillion notifications and I have no job right now, buy my comic! It's made by a human who loves making comics out of spite, this is the second in my unofficial spite series. The first was a comic about learning to write HTML to spite one guy.
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Big news: I’m writing a book!!
I’ll be writing & illustrating a beginner’s guide to appreciating wildlife in cities/suburbs, & how all of us can make our neighborhoods better for those animals.
Thank you to my book agent @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social & the folks at Storey for believing in this book!
I’ll be writing & illustrating a beginner’s guide to appreciating wildlife in cities/suburbs, & how all of us can make our neighborhoods better for those animals.
Thank you to my book agent @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social & the folks at Storey for believing in this book!
November 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Big news: I’m writing a book!!
I’ll be writing & illustrating a beginner’s guide to appreciating wildlife in cities/suburbs, & how all of us can make our neighborhoods better for those animals.
Thank you to my book agent @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social & the folks at Storey for believing in this book!
I’ll be writing & illustrating a beginner’s guide to appreciating wildlife in cities/suburbs, & how all of us can make our neighborhoods better for those animals.
Thank you to my book agent @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social & the folks at Storey for believing in this book!
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This starts at Noon! Join us for the seminar "Weaving Science into Philly Neighborhoods" with @sarahmackattack.bsky.social and/or the Science Zine Making Workshop at 1:30!
See you soon!
See you soon!
We are excited to host Philly's own doyenne of community science communication, Dr. Sarah McAnulty!
Friday, Nov 21, 1:30-3PM
Hands-On Science Zine Making Workshop
Registration for the workshop is limited by room size. Sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/e/hands-on-s...
@sarahmackattack.bsky.social
Friday, Nov 21, 1:30-3PM
Hands-On Science Zine Making Workshop
Registration for the workshop is limited by room size. Sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/e/hands-on-s...
@sarahmackattack.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
This starts at Noon! Join us for the seminar "Weaving Science into Philly Neighborhoods" with @sarahmackattack.bsky.social and/or the Science Zine Making Workshop at 1:30!
See you soon!
See you soon!
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BTW if you are a conference organizer and want to see this kind of thing at your conference (and have funding to support the artists!!!) feel free to reach out to me.
Especially if your conference is in driving distance of Philadelphia, but even if it's not, I'm down to collaborate!
Especially if your conference is in driving distance of Philadelphia, but even if it's not, I'm down to collaborate!
ARTISTS!
I need your help!
In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.
Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
I need your help!
In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.
Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
November 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
BTW if you are a conference organizer and want to see this kind of thing at your conference (and have funding to support the artists!!!) feel free to reach out to me.
Especially if your conference is in driving distance of Philadelphia, but even if it's not, I'm down to collaborate!
Especially if your conference is in driving distance of Philadelphia, but even if it's not, I'm down to collaborate!
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I’m also looking for 10-15 volunteers to host seed distribution stations across the city. This involves hanging posters with clips on the bottom (that I’ll give you) & keeping the poster stocked with packets of seeds as people take them.
Volunteer to be a host here docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Volunteer to be a host here docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Seed Distribution Poster Hoster Application
We are looking for volunteers to maintain posters that will distribute native plant seeds for free to people living within Philadelphia. You can learn more about this project here!
Maintaining a pos...
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November 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I’m also looking for 10-15 volunteers to host seed distribution stations across the city. This involves hanging posters with clips on the bottom (that I’ll give you) & keeping the poster stocked with packets of seeds as people take them.
Volunteer to be a host here docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Volunteer to be a host here docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
A reminder that the median book deal for a debut author in the UK is £7000, paid over 12-18 months. (from 2022 Society of Authors report). Some of your favourite writers are struggling. societyofauthors.org/2022/12/06/a....
A profession struggling to sustain itself - The Society of Authors
ALCS report on author incomes shows 60% drop in median incomes since 2006
societyofauthors.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
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Join Xerces and help our audience learn about invertebrates!
Job Title: Communications Specialist, Graphic Design & Content Marketing
🌎Location: Remote (USA)
💲Compensation: $32.34/hr; approx. $67,267/yr
📅Application deadline: Dec 7
Learn more and apply at xerces.org/jobs
Job Title: Communications Specialist, Graphic Design & Content Marketing
🌎Location: Remote (USA)
💲Compensation: $32.34/hr; approx. $67,267/yr
📅Application deadline: Dec 7
Learn more and apply at xerces.org/jobs
November 24, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Join Xerces and help our audience learn about invertebrates!
Job Title: Communications Specialist, Graphic Design & Content Marketing
🌎Location: Remote (USA)
💲Compensation: $32.34/hr; approx. $67,267/yr
📅Application deadline: Dec 7
Learn more and apply at xerces.org/jobs
Job Title: Communications Specialist, Graphic Design & Content Marketing
🌎Location: Remote (USA)
💲Compensation: $32.34/hr; approx. $67,267/yr
📅Application deadline: Dec 7
Learn more and apply at xerces.org/jobs
Sharing a nature book from my bookshelf every day. No explanations, no reviews.
#Books #Nature #Naturewriting #naturebooks #conservation #naturebookchallenge #booksky
November 22, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Sharing a nature book from my bookshelf every day. No explanations, no reviews.
#Books #Nature #Naturewriting #naturebooks #conservation #naturebookchallenge #booksky
Sharing a nature book from my bookshelf every day. No explanations, no reviews.
#Books #Nature #Naturewriting #naturebooks #conservation #naturebookchallenge #booksky
November 20, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Sharing a nature book from my bookshelf every day. No explanations, no reviews.
#Books #Nature #Naturewriting #naturebooks #conservation #naturebookchallenge #booksky
Sharing a nature book from my bookshelf every day. No explanations, no reviews.
#Books #Nature #Naturewriting #naturebooks #conservation #naturebookchallenge #booksky
November 20, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Sharing a nature book from my bookshelf every day. No explanations, no reviews.
#Books #Nature #Naturewriting #naturebooks #conservation #naturebookchallenge #booksky
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This is the greatest news! Celebrating for nature, for the fish, and most of all for the Klamath tribes, whose way of life and relationship with their land has been restored after more than 100 years.
CDFW: 'Salmon Everywhere' One Year After Klamath River Dam Removal
The naysayers said for many years that it couldn't be done — that salmon wouldn’t return to their original habitat in the Upper Klamath Basin once the four Pacific Corp dams on the Klamath River were ...
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November 20, 2025 at 1:29 AM
This is the greatest news! Celebrating for nature, for the fish, and most of all for the Klamath tribes, whose way of life and relationship with their land has been restored after more than 100 years.
Sharing a nature book from my bookshelf every day. No explanations, no reviews.
#Books #Nature #Naturewriting #naturebooks #conservation #naturebookchallenge #booksky
November 18, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Sharing a nature book from my bookshelf every day. No explanations, no reviews.
#Books #Nature #Naturewriting #naturebooks #conservation #naturebookchallenge #booksky
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Nothing is yours. It is to use. It is to share. If you will not share it, you cannot use it.
November 18, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Nothing is yours. It is to use. It is to share. If you will not share it, you cannot use it.
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in the early 2000s Rebecca took the time to chat over IRC with a teenaged and gender-confused Me on the practicalities of transition - in a time where being out as trans online was something that could get you socially ostracized. I owe her a lot for that and only hope I can pay it forward.
My trailblazing game industry bad-ass friend Rebecca Heineman has passed away.
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Rebecca Heineman - Wikipedia
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November 17, 2025 at 10:29 PM
in the early 2000s Rebecca took the time to chat over IRC with a teenaged and gender-confused Me on the practicalities of transition - in a time where being out as trans online was something that could get you socially ostracized. I owe her a lot for that and only hope I can pay it forward.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Sharing a nature book from my bookshelf every day. No explanations, no reviews.
#Books #Nature #Naturewriting #naturebooks #conservation #naturebookchallenge #booksky
November 16, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Sharing a nature book from my bookshelf every day. No explanations, no reviews.
#Books #Nature #Naturewriting #naturebooks #conservation #naturebookchallenge #booksky
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Libraries purchase books. When you see a book at the library, it isn’t “free”
the library bought it.
which in turn means that the community bought it.
In other words, library books are not lost sales for authors and publishers; they’re positive sales. Active sales. Those are bought.
the library bought it.
which in turn means that the community bought it.
In other words, library books are not lost sales for authors and publishers; they’re positive sales. Active sales. Those are bought.
November 15, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Libraries purchase books. When you see a book at the library, it isn’t “free”
the library bought it.
which in turn means that the community bought it.
In other words, library books are not lost sales for authors and publishers; they’re positive sales. Active sales. Those are bought.
the library bought it.
which in turn means that the community bought it.
In other words, library books are not lost sales for authors and publishers; they’re positive sales. Active sales. Those are bought.
If you are into making stuff you'll enjoy this conversation with Kathy Ceceri author of Paper Inventions and over a dozen other STEAM books. creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
Kathy Ceceri - Paper Inventions and STEAM Education by Making Problems to Solve
My guest this week is Kathy Ceceri, a maker, writer, and educator who focuses on history, science, technology, and art. We talked about her latest book published by Make:Community Paper Inventions Sec...
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November 15, 2025 at 11:37 PM
If you are into making stuff you'll enjoy this conversation with Kathy Ceceri author of Paper Inventions and over a dozen other STEAM books. creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...