Emma Scales
@emmascales.bsky.social
PhD candidate at 🌽LL studying molecular bases of fungal symbiosis with bacteria 🍄🦠🧫🤓
Science communication & science advocacy 💚🌱
Co-founder #McClintockLetters initiative
Co-Pres @cornellasap.bsky.social
Founding member @snapcoalition.bsky.social
Science communication & science advocacy 💚🌱
Co-founder #McClintockLetters initiative
Co-Pres @cornellasap.bsky.social
Founding member @snapcoalition.bsky.social
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@researchamerica.bsky.social is honoring the McClintock Letters Initiative a "Meeting the Moment" award: www.researchamerica.org/advocacy-awa...
We are so grateful to all of the participants of the #McClintockLetters! @snapcoalition.bsky.social and @cornellasap.bsky.social really crushed it!
We are so grateful to all of the participants of the #McClintockLetters! @snapcoalition.bsky.social and @cornellasap.bsky.social really crushed it!
The McClintock Letters - Research!America
The MEETING THE MOMENT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AWARD recognizes an individual or organization that has been a “clear voice,” playing a key role in communicating important public health information to the […...
www.researchamerica.org
February 5, 2026 at 2:50 PM
@researchamerica.bsky.social is honoring the McClintock Letters Initiative a "Meeting the Moment" award: www.researchamerica.org/advocacy-awa...
We are so grateful to all of the participants of the #McClintockLetters! @snapcoalition.bsky.social and @cornellasap.bsky.social really crushed it!
We are so grateful to all of the participants of the #McClintockLetters! @snapcoalition.bsky.social and @cornellasap.bsky.social really crushed it!
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Of course also huge thanks to @emmascales.bsky.social @alexlando.bsky.social @hannaherf.bsky.social @erinmorrow.bsky.social @mjarnett.bsky.social @jpflores.rbind.io @bdavisbio.bsky.social @rosemalb.bsky.social @sneharao.bsky.social @ksxue.bsky.social @ashyeneng.bsky.social & all others who helped!
@researchamerica.bsky.social is honoring the McClintock Letters Initiative a "Meeting the Moment" award: www.researchamerica.org/advocacy-awa...
We are so grateful to all of the participants of the #McClintockLetters! @snapcoalition.bsky.social and @cornellasap.bsky.social really crushed it!
We are so grateful to all of the participants of the #McClintockLetters! @snapcoalition.bsky.social and @cornellasap.bsky.social really crushed it!
The McClintock Letters - Research!America
The MEETING THE MOMENT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AWARD recognizes an individual or organization that has been a “clear voice,” playing a key role in communicating important public health information to the […...
www.researchamerica.org
February 5, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Of course also huge thanks to @emmascales.bsky.social @alexlando.bsky.social @hannaherf.bsky.social @erinmorrow.bsky.social @mjarnett.bsky.social @jpflores.rbind.io @bdavisbio.bsky.social @rosemalb.bsky.social @sneharao.bsky.social @ksxue.bsky.social @ashyeneng.bsky.social & all others who helped!
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January 30th is World #NTD day, the perfect time to bring together my research on #schistosomaisis and interest in #sciencepolicy. Read “The Intersection of Policy and Schistosomiasis on Neglected Tropical Disease Day“ by Emily Selland on Medium: medium.com/science-poli...
The Intersection of Policy and Schistosomiasis on Neglected Tropical Disease Day
On this World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day, we invite you to learn more about science policy in the context of Neglected Tropical…
medium.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:35 PM
January 30th is World #NTD day, the perfect time to bring together my research on #schistosomaisis and interest in #sciencepolicy. Read “The Intersection of Policy and Schistosomiasis on Neglected Tropical Disease Day“ by Emily Selland on Medium: medium.com/science-poli...
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medium.com/science-poli...
New #SciencePolicy in a SNAP is out today! Jan 30 is World #NTDDay, read “The Intersection of Policy and #Schistosomiasis on Neglected Tropical Disease Day“ by Becca Blyn and @eselland.bsky.social
#SNAPblog #GlobalHealth #TropicalDisease #SciPol
New #SciencePolicy in a SNAP is out today! Jan 30 is World #NTDDay, read “The Intersection of Policy and #Schistosomiasis on Neglected Tropical Disease Day“ by Becca Blyn and @eselland.bsky.social
#SNAPblog #GlobalHealth #TropicalDisease #SciPol
The Intersection of Policy and Schistosomiasis on Neglected Tropical Disease Day
On this World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day, we invite you to learn more about science policy in the context of Neglected Tropical…
medium.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:33 PM
medium.com/science-poli...
New #SciencePolicy in a SNAP is out today! Jan 30 is World #NTDDay, read “The Intersection of Policy and #Schistosomiasis on Neglected Tropical Disease Day“ by Becca Blyn and @eselland.bsky.social
#SNAPblog #GlobalHealth #TropicalDisease #SciPol
New #SciencePolicy in a SNAP is out today! Jan 30 is World #NTDDay, read “The Intersection of Policy and #Schistosomiasis on Neglected Tropical Disease Day“ by Becca Blyn and @eselland.bsky.social
#SNAPblog #GlobalHealth #TropicalDisease #SciPol
Teehehehe stay tuned….
Hello, everyone! SNAP is proud to announce that we've started a blog! Check out our first post on Medium (medium.com/@snapscipolo...) or our website (snapcoalition.org/2026/01/19/s...), and stay tuned for more!
@eselland.bsky.social @kassstem.bsky.social @jolybdenum.bsky.social and Cael Dant
@eselland.bsky.social @kassstem.bsky.social @jolybdenum.bsky.social and Cael Dant
Science is the pursuit of knowledge. - Scientist Network for Advancing Policy
SNAP Coalition Website
snapcoalition.org
January 23, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Teehehehe stay tuned….
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Y’all aren’t ready for all the cool topics we have coming up! If you don’t follow @snapcoalition.bsky.social already, go do it now!
Great job, Emily (@eselland.bsky.social) for the summary of what SNAP has been and is up to!
Great job, Emily (@eselland.bsky.social) for the summary of what SNAP has been and is up to!
Hello, everyone! SNAP is proud to announce that we've started a blog! Check out our first post on Medium (medium.com/@snapscipolo...) or our website (snapcoalition.org/2026/01/19/s...), and stay tuned for more!
@eselland.bsky.social @kassstem.bsky.social @jolybdenum.bsky.social and Cael Dant
@eselland.bsky.social @kassstem.bsky.social @jolybdenum.bsky.social and Cael Dant
Science is the pursuit of knowledge. - Scientist Network for Advancing Policy
SNAP Coalition Website
snapcoalition.org
January 22, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Y’all aren’t ready for all the cool topics we have coming up! If you don’t follow @snapcoalition.bsky.social already, go do it now!
Great job, Emily (@eselland.bsky.social) for the summary of what SNAP has been and is up to!
Great job, Emily (@eselland.bsky.social) for the summary of what SNAP has been and is up to!
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I'll be speaking on this panel with @mjarnett.bsky.social @jpflores.rbind.io @erinmorrow.bsky.social and Alex Rich at #AAAS2026!
Come hear from @snapcoalition.bsky.social members giving early career researcher perspectives on the future of #SciPol, #SciComm, and developing the #SciWorkForce.
Come hear from @snapcoalition.bsky.social members giving early career researcher perspectives on the future of #SciPol, #SciComm, and developing the #SciWorkForce.
Who's ready for #AAAS2026?
Come see SNAPpers at a plenary panel session on Friday, Feb. 13 at 1 p.m.!
Come see SNAPpers at a plenary panel session on Friday, Feb. 13 at 1 p.m.!
January 22, 2026 at 5:36 PM
I'll be speaking on this panel with @mjarnett.bsky.social @jpflores.rbind.io @erinmorrow.bsky.social and Alex Rich at #AAAS2026!
Come hear from @snapcoalition.bsky.social members giving early career researcher perspectives on the future of #SciPol, #SciComm, and developing the #SciWorkForce.
Come hear from @snapcoalition.bsky.social members giving early career researcher perspectives on the future of #SciPol, #SciComm, and developing the #SciWorkForce.
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The Trump admin "has been forced to acknowledge its unlawful actions and release gov. documents related to this case, which will allow the public to see for itself how the DOE and EPA worked in concert to solicit a report with predetermined conclusions aimed at overturning the Endangerment Finding."
Newly Disclosed Records Show Trump Administration’s Unlawful Actions Related to Secretly Formed “Climate Working Group”
Newly disclosed records obtained by UCS and EDF about the Trump administration’s “Climate Working Group” reveal brazenly unlawful actions behind the creation of a report that underlies the administrat...
www.ucs.org
January 22, 2026 at 9:07 PM
The Trump admin "has been forced to acknowledge its unlawful actions and release gov. documents related to this case, which will allow the public to see for itself how the DOE and EPA worked in concert to solicit a report with predetermined conclusions aimed at overturning the Endangerment Finding."
Where is the accountability?? What are we going to do about this? Protesting is not enough.
ICE kidnap 17-year-old U.S. citizen working at Target then dump him bleeding and crying miles away in a Walmart parking lot… 🤬
January 13, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Where is the accountability?? What are we going to do about this? Protesting is not enough.
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Know who profits from ICE's cruelty. https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/ice-businesses-boycott-campaign/
Want to Stop ICE? Go After Its Corporate Collaborators.
ICE can’t function without help from the private sector. So we should force the private sector to stop helping.
www.thenation.com
January 11, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Know who profits from ICE's cruelty. https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/ice-businesses-boycott-campaign/
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Tired: Everything evolves to be a crab.
Wired: Everything evolves to eat ants.
Wired: Everything evolves to eat ants.
Mammals have evolved into ant eaters 12 times since the dinosaur age, study finds
Mammals have developed some unusual eating habits over the past 100 million years, but a new study has uncovered the surprising lengths to which some have gone to satisfy one of the more peculiar—a ta...
phys.org
January 7, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Tired: Everything evolves to be a crab.
Wired: Everything evolves to eat ants.
Wired: Everything evolves to eat ants.
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I just stumbled upon featherbase, a database of feather pictures from a bunch of bird species.🪶
So pretty!
www.featherbase.info/zh/home
So pretty!
www.featherbase.info/zh/home
January 6, 2026 at 9:57 PM
I just stumbled upon featherbase, a database of feather pictures from a bunch of bird species.🪶
So pretty!
www.featherbase.info/zh/home
So pretty!
www.featherbase.info/zh/home
Thanks, 2025 - I fought an existential crisis by way over-committing myself and honestly would highly recommend it. Made some cool art, led students through the forest in search of mushrooms, did cool science and got to speak about it, and led a national scicomm initiative that opened so many doors
January 7, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Thanks, 2025 - I fought an existential crisis by way over-committing myself and honestly would highly recommend it. Made some cool art, led students through the forest in search of mushrooms, did cool science and got to speak about it, and led a national scicomm initiative that opened so many doors
2025 was like, really cool but also like, really bad
January 7, 2026 at 4:05 PM
2025 was like, really cool but also like, really bad
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Once again, Spotify refuses to release the .csv of supplemental data behind Spotify Wrapped, thus fueling the reproducibility crisis.
December 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Once again, Spotify refuses to release the .csv of supplemental data behind Spotify Wrapped, thus fueling the reproducibility crisis.
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Scientists if you’re like “man I wish more people knew about X” then I humbly suggest hiring an artist to make a thing that communicates X and then put it into the world because it’s so fun, extremely “hell yeah” inducing, you gotta try it.
December 3, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Scientists if you’re like “man I wish more people knew about X” then I humbly suggest hiring an artist to make a thing that communicates X and then put it into the world because it’s so fun, extremely “hell yeah” inducing, you gotta try it.
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As someone who purchased three copies of this book for friends, I will say this: it’s a wonderful book and you should buy one for yourself and one for someone else. Mindy is a super talented storyteller! Supporting hardworking writers & artists is not only important but it also makes you feel good!
Do you like zombies + science? I wrote a book about that! It's perfect for anyone who's ever wondered what it takes to mind-control a cockroach, reprogram a spider's web-spinning, or make a cricket jump into water to drown 🧪
And it's 40% off at @hopkinspress.bsky.social, now through 12/7 (HHOL25)!
And it's 40% off at @hopkinspress.bsky.social, now through 12/7 (HHOL25)!
November 26, 2025 at 11:16 PM
As someone who purchased three copies of this book for friends, I will say this: it’s a wonderful book and you should buy one for yourself and one for someone else. Mindy is a super talented storyteller! Supporting hardworking writers & artists is not only important but it also makes you feel good!
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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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gosh imagine if there was one extremely simple choice that Google could make that would make their own search tool more accurate AND return revenue to writers of all kinds
Like just one tiny tweak to make everyone's life better
Like just one tiny tweak to make everyone's life better
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
gosh imagine if there was one extremely simple choice that Google could make that would make their own search tool more accurate AND return revenue to writers of all kinds
Like just one tiny tweak to make everyone's life better
Like just one tiny tweak to make everyone's life better
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Cognitive automation for teachers poses the very same problems that cognitive automation poses for students. Astute observations here on how the cult of efficiency runs counter to just about everything we know about learning.
Why ChatGPT for Teachers Might Make Things Worse
I've spent the morning with the this new product and I have concerns...
carlhendrick.substack.com/p/why-chatgp...
I've spent the morning with the this new product and I have concerns...
carlhendrick.substack.com/p/why-chatgp...
Why ChatGPT for Teachers Might Make Things Worse
OpenAI have just released ChatGPT for Teachers which I have just spent the morning looking at it and I have concerns.
carlhendrick.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Cognitive automation for teachers poses the very same problems that cognitive automation poses for students. Astute observations here on how the cult of efficiency runs counter to just about everything we know about learning.
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"In the end, I have come to realize that being authentic at work is not a weakness, but rather a strength." #ScienceWorkingLife https://scim.ag/49B7hRv
November 21, 2025 at 8:59 PM
"In the end, I have come to realize that being authentic at work is not a weakness, but rather a strength." #ScienceWorkingLife https://scim.ag/49B7hRv
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Around 1000 markings on a slab of rock that was once a seafloor during the Cretaceous period may have been made by sea turtle flippers and swiftly buried by an earthquake
Ancient tracks may record stampede of turtles disturbed by earthquake
Around 1000 markings on a slab of rock that was once a seafloor during the Cretaceous period may have been made by sea turtle flippers and swiftly buried by an earthquake
www.newscientist.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Around 1000 markings on a slab of rock that was once a seafloor during the Cretaceous period may have been made by sea turtle flippers and swiftly buried by an earthquake
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November 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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No single person, especially someone with zero expertise, should be able to just change the CDC website on a whim. The fact that federal health and science pages are no longer trustable is a catastrophe for public health and democracy.
Kennedy Says He Told C.D.C. to Change Website’s Language on Autism and Vaccines
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:05 PM
No single person, especially someone with zero expertise, should be able to just change the CDC website on a whim. The fact that federal health and science pages are no longer trustable is a catastrophe for public health and democracy.
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Great read from Dan Rather:
"The very existence of a free press is a threat to this president’s modus operandi, which is to govern by lying. Why would he want people around him who ask for facts and truthful answers?"
"The very existence of a free press is a threat to this president’s modus operandi, which is to govern by lying. Why would he want people around him who ask for facts and truthful answers?"
Despicable
The bully-in-chief is targeting women in the White House press corps
steady.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Great read from Dan Rather:
"The very existence of a free press is a threat to this president’s modus operandi, which is to govern by lying. Why would he want people around him who ask for facts and truthful answers?"
"The very existence of a free press is a threat to this president’s modus operandi, which is to govern by lying. Why would he want people around him who ask for facts and truthful answers?"