Dr. Kiki
@drkiki.bsky.social
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.
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? ... ⌛️
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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Lovely, and not at all surprising. #AcademicSky 🧪 👩🔬
Nine More Higher Ed Names in the Epstein Files
Through coffees, phone calls and private flights, at least nine more academics are linked to Jeffrey Epstein in the latest disclosure of documents from the Justice Department.
www.insidehighered.com
February 4, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Lovely, and not at all surprising. #AcademicSky 🧪 👩🔬
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In the past week we've learned ICE has secured property to build human warehouses in Merrimack, NH and Williamsport, MD. Just some facts I think bear repeating.
February 4, 2026 at 4:57 PM
In the past week we've learned ICE has secured property to build human warehouses in Merrimack, NH and Williamsport, MD. Just some facts I think bear repeating.
Interesting 🧵
Did TikTok start censoring political speech? Maybe not. 🧪
Did TikTok start censoring political speech? Maybe not. 🧪
Last week the story was that TikTok censored anti-Trump/ICE/Pretti videos after the U.S. ownership change. We investigated with a large set of US TikTok data and found some interesting results, short thread...
February 4, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Interesting 🧵
Did TikTok start censoring political speech? Maybe not. 🧪
Did TikTok start censoring political speech? Maybe not. 🧪
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Do you hate how AI is being shoved at us at every turn? Do you want to feel inspired to make stuff with your own brain? Have I got something for you! My award-winning comic, BRAINS, is available in print now, a love letter to the joys of thinking and perceiving and BEING a human in the world.
Brains | Radiator Comics
Radiator Comics distributes, produces, and promotes hand-made, self-published and small-press comics that focus on self-expression and storytelling. At the core of our mission is a commitment to incre...
www.radiatorcomics.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Do you hate how AI is being shoved at us at every turn? Do you want to feel inspired to make stuff with your own brain? Have I got something for you! My award-winning comic, BRAINS, is available in print now, a love letter to the joys of thinking and perceiving and BEING a human in the world.
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journalists are workers who deserve to be paid fairly for our labor and I think that far too few consumers of media recognize or even care about this fact
February 4, 2026 at 5:20 PM
journalists are workers who deserve to be paid fairly for our labor and I think that far too few consumers of media recognize or even care about this fact
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Whatever you think of the Washington Post at this moment, here's a chance to support the dedicated, hard-working journalists who were just laid off. If you have the means, your donation is most welcome. If you don't, a kind thought and maybe spreading the word to others is support enough 💙
Donate to Washington Post 2026 layoff fund, organized by Rachel Siegel
On Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, The Washington Post laid off hundreds of journalists. We ar… Rachel Siegel needs your support for Washington Post 2026 layoff fund
www.gofundme.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Whatever you think of the Washington Post at this moment, here's a chance to support the dedicated, hard-working journalists who were just laid off. If you have the means, your donation is most welcome. If you don't, a kind thought and maybe spreading the word to others is support enough 💙
We are all responsible for what happens in our community.
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
February 4, 2026 at 6:22 PM
We are all responsible for what happens in our community.
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We have used many metaphors for interstellar visitors to our Solar System: tourists, cosmic driftwood, fossils. But whatever metaphor we use, they're relics from other stars that reveal things we cannot otherwise learn. 🧪🔭🐡
THEY CAME FROM OTHER STARS! A new all-ages comic by @makinaro.com and me about 3I/ATLAS, `Oumuamua, and Borisov: why they're exciting, and why they're both familiar and alien at the same time. www.snexplores.org/article/inte...
Interstellar objects: Visitors from other stars! [COMIC]
Only three interstellar objects have ever been spotted. Here’s what we know about them and why they’re so cool.
www.snexplores.org
February 4, 2026 at 5:28 PM
We have used many metaphors for interstellar visitors to our Solar System: tourists, cosmic driftwood, fossils. But whatever metaphor we use, they're relics from other stars that reveal things we cannot otherwise learn. 🧪🔭🐡
🧪Science of Creators & Influencers. I'm going to be devouring this journal for #scicomm research to practice applications.
We are pleased to announce the launch of 'Creator and Influencer Studies', a new peer-reviewed, #OpenAccess journal dedicated to the scholarly study of creators, influencers, and digital platforms. Submissions are now open: bit.ly/3M1o2fa. #SciEngage #STS
February 4, 2026 at 7:32 AM
🧪Science of Creators & Influencers. I'm going to be devouring this journal for #scicomm research to practice applications.
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Remember the incident where DHS claimed officers shot a guy because he attacked them with a snow shovel?
Yeah. It didn't happen. They shot him through the door of his own home. And then arrested him. And then lied about it. Again.
And they almost shot some kids in the process.
Yeah. It didn't happen. They shot him through the door of his own home. And then arrested him. And then lied about it. Again.
And they almost shot some kids in the process.
They just blindly shot through the fucking door.
"Additional photographs show damage consistent with a bullet fragment lodged in a bedroom wall down the hallway — suggesting it traveled between a mattress and a portable crib in a room where several small children sleep."
"Additional photographs show damage consistent with a bullet fragment lodged in a bedroom wall down the hallway — suggesting it traveled between a mattress and a portable crib in a room where several small children sleep."
"Photographic evidence from the shooting scene of a Venezuelan man by federal agents last month in Minneapolis supports the account of witnesses there – and appears to undercut the narrative provided by federal officials." www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
February 3, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Remember the incident where DHS claimed officers shot a guy because he attacked them with a snow shovel?
Yeah. It didn't happen. They shot him through the door of his own home. And then arrested him. And then lied about it. Again.
And they almost shot some kids in the process.
Yeah. It didn't happen. They shot him through the door of his own home. And then arrested him. And then lied about it. Again.
And they almost shot some kids in the process.
I need book recommendations! Please!
Urban fantasy with anti-hero protagonist...
Authors like @seananmcguire.bsky.social, @richardkadrey.bsky.social, @faithhunter.bsky.social, @stephenblackmoore.com...
I just finished a VERY long scifi-fantasy series (so many pages), and I need something different.
Urban fantasy with anti-hero protagonist...
Authors like @seananmcguire.bsky.social, @richardkadrey.bsky.social, @faithhunter.bsky.social, @stephenblackmoore.com...
I just finished a VERY long scifi-fantasy series (so many pages), and I need something different.
February 4, 2026 at 6:00 AM
I need book recommendations! Please!
Urban fantasy with anti-hero protagonist...
Authors like @seananmcguire.bsky.social, @richardkadrey.bsky.social, @faithhunter.bsky.social, @stephenblackmoore.com...
I just finished a VERY long scifi-fantasy series (so many pages), and I need something different.
Urban fantasy with anti-hero protagonist...
Authors like @seananmcguire.bsky.social, @richardkadrey.bsky.social, @faithhunter.bsky.social, @stephenblackmoore.com...
I just finished a VERY long scifi-fantasy series (so many pages), and I need something different.
This is gorgeous AND interesting. 🧪#sciart #scicomm
The Crinoid hat video is up on my channel!
youtu.be/ZdPTYamnqQA
youtu.be/ZdPTYamnqQA
February 3, 2026 at 5:34 AM
This is gorgeous AND interesting. 🧪#sciart #scicomm
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According to @bluefacts.app, the SciArt Feed is:
🦋 Bluesky’s #41 most popular Feed
🎨 #4 in art feeds
🧪 #4 in science feeds
The intersection of art & science: a curated Feed of great art by skilled people. And no gen AI.
🐡 Please share, pin & like today so we reach 5,000 subscribers:
🦋 Bluesky’s #41 most popular Feed
🎨 #4 in art feeds
🧪 #4 in science feeds
The intersection of art & science: a curated Feed of great art by skilled people. And no gen AI.
🐡 Please share, pin & like today so we reach 5,000 subscribers:
February 2, 2026 at 6:46 PM
According to @bluefacts.app, the SciArt Feed is:
🦋 Bluesky’s #41 most popular Feed
🎨 #4 in art feeds
🧪 #4 in science feeds
The intersection of art & science: a curated Feed of great art by skilled people. And no gen AI.
🐡 Please share, pin & like today so we reach 5,000 subscribers:
🦋 Bluesky’s #41 most popular Feed
🎨 #4 in art feeds
🧪 #4 in science feeds
The intersection of art & science: a curated Feed of great art by skilled people. And no gen AI.
🐡 Please share, pin & like today so we reach 5,000 subscribers:
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If you are a visual artist who’d like to be a contributor to the SciArt Feed, let me know! Reply, skeet, or DM.
I maintain an approved artist list to keep gen AI out. After I add you, I’ll send instructions.
Promote your work and join the community. Any art engaged with science welcome. 🐡
I maintain an approved artist list to keep gen AI out. After I add you, I’ll send instructions.
Promote your work and join the community. Any art engaged with science welcome. 🐡
According to @bluefacts.app, the SciArt Feed is:
🦋 Bluesky’s #41 most popular Feed
🎨 #4 in art feeds
🧪 #4 in science feeds
The intersection of art & science: a curated Feed of great art by skilled people. And no gen AI.
🐡 Please share, pin & like today so we reach 5,000 subscribers:
🦋 Bluesky’s #41 most popular Feed
🎨 #4 in art feeds
🧪 #4 in science feeds
The intersection of art & science: a curated Feed of great art by skilled people. And no gen AI.
🐡 Please share, pin & like today so we reach 5,000 subscribers:
February 2, 2026 at 9:59 PM
If you are a visual artist who’d like to be a contributor to the SciArt Feed, let me know! Reply, skeet, or DM.
I maintain an approved artist list to keep gen AI out. After I add you, I’ll send instructions.
Promote your work and join the community. Any art engaged with science welcome. 🐡
I maintain an approved artist list to keep gen AI out. After I add you, I’ll send instructions.
Promote your work and join the community. Any art engaged with science welcome. 🐡
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Okay! This has already inspired a bunch of DMs, so I made a page on the website. If you have 50,000+ Skymiles and would be willing to book flights to get someone home, please fill this out.
Donate Your Skymiles — Stand With Minnesota
Donate your Delta Skymiles to get people home from Texas
www.standwithminnesota.com
February 1, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Okay! This has already inspired a bunch of DMs, so I made a page on the website. If you have 50,000+ Skymiles and would be willing to book flights to get someone home, please fill this out.
What if the fragmentation of media into the niche-focused attention economy also happened to education & business... like, what if we rejected the idea of too big to fail across the board? I'd love to see mergers & acquisitions go the way of the dinosaurs.
February 2, 2026 at 9:33 PM
What if the fragmentation of media into the niche-focused attention economy also happened to education & business... like, what if we rejected the idea of too big to fail across the board? I'd love to see mergers & acquisitions go the way of the dinosaurs.
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“About 500 seniors live at Sinai Residences in Boca Raton, Florida, including many Holocaust survivors. Recently, some of them asked if they could hide the building’s Haitian staff in their apartments.” www.jta.org/2026/01/30/u...
'Reminds me of Anne Frank': Jewish seniors are offering to hide their Haitian caregivers as Trump's TPS end looms - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
The end of Temporary Protected Status has Holocaust survivors offering to hide Haitian staffers, according to the CEO of a senior-living center in Florida.
www.jta.org
February 1, 2026 at 11:04 PM
“About 500 seniors live at Sinai Residences in Boca Raton, Florida, including many Holocaust survivors. Recently, some of them asked if they could hide the building’s Haitian staff in their apartments.” www.jta.org/2026/01/30/u...
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Just as a quick note while we discuss all the new (and familiar) names in the Epstein files: be careful about saying "everyone knows" about prominent people who are predators. People new to the field, people less connected (often marginalized folks), people who are adjacent, etc. may not know.
February 2, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Just as a quick note while we discuss all the new (and familiar) names in the Epstein files: be careful about saying "everyone knows" about prominent people who are predators. People new to the field, people less connected (often marginalized folks), people who are adjacent, etc. may not know.
Ooof. Yup.
" We're talking about a system that has failed to contain superintelligence before it even exists."
" We're talking about a system that has failed to contain superintelligence before it even exists."
Amodei is clearly interested in and nervous about politics, but seems constrained in the ways he can talk and maybe even think about them. In the world he's building into, we'll be in trouble well short of "powerful Al." We're basically doomed already!
February 2, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Ooof. Yup.
" We're talking about a system that has failed to contain superintelligence before it even exists."
" We're talking about a system that has failed to contain superintelligence before it even exists."
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"The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress."
-- Frederick Douglas (1857)
-- Frederick Douglas (1857)
February 2, 2026 at 5:42 PM
"The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress."
-- Frederick Douglas (1857)
-- Frederick Douglas (1857)
Some good news.
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 2, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Some good news.
Private corporations are profiting from this horrible mistreatment of people. The cruelty is by design.
Rep. Morrison on conditions at Whipple: "She said, 'they are treating us like animals in here. The women that are in this cell with me, we slept on a cold concrete floor last night. We were begging for a blanket, & guards were cruel'... we have to resolve that every single person deserves dignity"
February 2, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Private corporations are profiting from this horrible mistreatment of people. The cruelty is by design.
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It’s National Day of the Mexican Axolotl! @ischneider.bsky.social @josanesousa.bsky.social @perezlouise.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social @lsu.bsky.social @lsuscience.bsky.social #axolotl
February 1, 2026 at 5:44 PM
It’s National Day of the Mexican Axolotl! @ischneider.bsky.social @josanesousa.bsky.social @perezlouise.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social @lsu.bsky.social @lsuscience.bsky.social #axolotl
Necroeconomics... Weiss going all in.
"Among the hires at CBS News announced by Weiss is a doctor who claims he reduced his biological age by 20 years with cold plunges; that cod liver oil treats autism; and that Alzheimer’s and dementia can be reversed with supplements he sells on his online store."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Bari Weiss’s new CBS hires include ‘germ theory denialist’ doctor
Dr Mark Hyman, who claimed he reduced his biological age by 20 years, brought on as a contributor
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Necroeconomics... Weiss going all in.