Paula Croxson (she/her) 🏳️🌈
@paulacroxson.bsky.social
Neuroscientist & science communicator. President at @stellatecomms.bsky.social, Senior Producer for @storycollider.bsky.social, musician and open-water swimmer.
I'm so proud to count myself among the amazing producers at @storycollider.bsky.social ! Seven of them will be sharing stories in a special online show - yes, online, so you can watch from anywhere in the world! - on Wednesday, November 12 at 7pm ET! 🧪
www.storycollider.org/tickets/2025...
www.storycollider.org/tickets/2025...
November 11, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I'm so proud to count myself among the amazing producers at @storycollider.bsky.social ! Seven of them will be sharing stories in a special online show - yes, online, so you can watch from anywhere in the world! - on Wednesday, November 12 at 7pm ET! 🧪
www.storycollider.org/tickets/2025...
www.storycollider.org/tickets/2025...
The Careers in #SciComm & Media panel at #WCUB2025 on Saturday was a fantastic opportunity to share and learn!
Grateful for the invitation, and to fellow panelists @sallyburn.bsky.social, Olipriya Das and Chris Gilbert for sharing your wit & wisdom! 🧪
A few takeaways in 🧵1/3
Grateful for the invitation, and to fellow panelists @sallyburn.bsky.social, Olipriya Das and Chris Gilbert for sharing your wit & wisdom! 🧪
A few takeaways in 🧵1/3
October 27, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The Careers in #SciComm & Media panel at #WCUB2025 on Saturday was a fantastic opportunity to share and learn!
Grateful for the invitation, and to fellow panelists @sallyburn.bsky.social, Olipriya Das and Chris Gilbert for sharing your wit & wisdom! 🧪
A few takeaways in 🧵1/3
Grateful for the invitation, and to fellow panelists @sallyburn.bsky.social, Olipriya Das and Chris Gilbert for sharing your wit & wisdom! 🧪
A few takeaways in 🧵1/3
New Yorkers, a super useful guide - read before you vote!
NYC Ballot Initiatives, gak! This morning I’m NO on 1-4, yes to 5 (digital maps) and yes to 6 (even year elections) tho a little less resolutely. @jfrejnyc.bsky.social guide has best info on the possible real world repercussions of 6 docs.google.com/document/d/1...
October 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
New Yorkers, a super useful guide - read before you vote!
This Monday 10/13, @dianateuthis.bsky.social and I are back with @storycollider.bsky.social for 5 true personal stories of finding out, from superstitions & magic to getting out of our comfort zones!
7pm at @caveatnyc.bsky.social
Grab tix now www.storycollider.org/tickets/2025...
7pm at @caveatnyc.bsky.social
Grab tix now www.storycollider.org/tickets/2025...
October 11, 2025 at 7:34 PM
This Monday 10/13, @dianateuthis.bsky.social and I are back with @storycollider.bsky.social for 5 true personal stories of finding out, from superstitions & magic to getting out of our comfort zones!
7pm at @caveatnyc.bsky.social
Grab tix now www.storycollider.org/tickets/2025...
7pm at @caveatnyc.bsky.social
Grab tix now www.storycollider.org/tickets/2025...
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Each Friday, I summarize what is happening to American science & higher ed. 🧪
This was Week 38:
- MIT declines loyalty oath/compact & I review latest at other 8 universities
- Newest RIFs gutting CDC
- “Payroll pirates” targeting university HR
& so much more buttondown.com/liminalcreat...
This was Week 38:
- MIT declines loyalty oath/compact & I review latest at other 8 universities
- Newest RIFs gutting CDC
- “Payroll pirates” targeting university HR
& so much more buttondown.com/liminalcreat...
Week 38
Oct 4-10, 2025 - failure state
buttondown.com
October 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Each Friday, I summarize what is happening to American science & higher ed. 🧪
This was Week 38:
- MIT declines loyalty oath/compact & I review latest at other 8 universities
- Newest RIFs gutting CDC
- “Payroll pirates” targeting university HR
& so much more buttondown.com/liminalcreat...
This was Week 38:
- MIT declines loyalty oath/compact & I review latest at other 8 universities
- Newest RIFs gutting CDC
- “Payroll pirates” targeting university HR
& so much more buttondown.com/liminalcreat...
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GOOD!
MIT officially rejects the compact/loyalty oath for higher ed. That’s 1 of 9. I hope we see many more announcements today.
MIT officially rejects the compact/loyalty oath for higher ed. That’s 1 of 9. I hope we see many more announcements today.
MIT rejects "compact" proposed by the Trump administration.
MIT prez wrote: it "would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution" and "is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."
orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...
MIT prez wrote: it "would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution" and "is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."
orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...
Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart
orgchart.mit.edu
October 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
GOOD!
MIT officially rejects the compact/loyalty oath for higher ed. That’s 1 of 9. I hope we see many more announcements today.
MIT officially rejects the compact/loyalty oath for higher ed. That’s 1 of 9. I hope we see many more announcements today.
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As spooky season creeps up, perhaps your brain is craving a helping of zombie science? Come get some in NJ and NYC, where I'll be talking about Rise of the Zombie Bugs! 🧪🧟
10/24: WORD Jersey City with Nick Ciavatta
11/5: NYPL with @paulacroxson.bsky.social
More info: mindyweisberger.com/events/
10/24: WORD Jersey City with Nick Ciavatta
11/5: NYPL with @paulacroxson.bsky.social
More info: mindyweisberger.com/events/
September 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
As spooky season creeps up, perhaps your brain is craving a helping of zombie science? Come get some in NJ and NYC, where I'll be talking about Rise of the Zombie Bugs! 🧪🧟
10/24: WORD Jersey City with Nick Ciavatta
11/5: NYPL with @paulacroxson.bsky.social
More info: mindyweisberger.com/events/
10/24: WORD Jersey City with Nick Ciavatta
11/5: NYPL with @paulacroxson.bsky.social
More info: mindyweisberger.com/events/
One of the coolest things about working at @stellatecomms.bsky.social is getting to work with an incredible team of designers who really understand how to bring science communication to life ✨ 🎬
I was going to write a whole post about all this incredible work with all these amazing scientists and organizations, but I’ll just leave @stellatecomms.bsky.social design sizzle reel here.
It speaks for itself.
youtu.be/x2O7DkpIoCA?...
It speaks for itself.
youtu.be/x2O7DkpIoCA?...
Stellate Communications Reel
YouTube video by Stellate Communications
youtu.be
September 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
One of the coolest things about working at @stellatecomms.bsky.social is getting to work with an incredible team of designers who really understand how to bring science communication to life ✨ 🎬
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🚀 NY-CURES Launch — Championing State-Wide Investment in Science! 🚀
Our new coalition advocates for sustained public support of New York’s vibrant biomedical research ecosystem — creating cures, economic gains & strengthening communities.
Sign up. Stay informed. Join the movement: www.nycures.org/
Our new coalition advocates for sustained public support of New York’s vibrant biomedical research ecosystem — creating cures, economic gains & strengthening communities.
Sign up. Stay informed. Join the movement: www.nycures.org/
September 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
🚀 NY-CURES Launch — Championing State-Wide Investment in Science! 🚀
Our new coalition advocates for sustained public support of New York’s vibrant biomedical research ecosystem — creating cures, economic gains & strengthening communities.
Sign up. Stay informed. Join the movement: www.nycures.org/
Our new coalition advocates for sustained public support of New York’s vibrant biomedical research ecosystem — creating cures, economic gains & strengthening communities.
Sign up. Stay informed. Join the movement: www.nycures.org/
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I might have lost funding but at least I can do what I want. :) And I want to teach people about AI ethics in 90 second increments! bit.ly/ai-ethics-sy...
August 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I might have lost funding but at least I can do what I want. :) And I want to teach people about AI ethics in 90 second increments! bit.ly/ai-ethics-sy...
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🧪 @transjournalists.org is offering a few dozen stipends of $250 or $500 to support journalists looking for a boost to attend conferences, trainings, workshops, and more.
Applications will be accepted until 11:59pm PT on August 11. Find more info and apply below!
Applications will be accepted until 11:59pm PT on August 11. Find more info and apply below!
Got your eye on a data training? Trying to get to a conference to speak on a panel?
We want to support your growth as a trans journalist, help journalists learn to better-cover trans communities, or both.
The Trans Journalists Association is offering a new round of stipends 🏳️⚧️
We want to support your growth as a trans journalist, help journalists learn to better-cover trans communities, or both.
The Trans Journalists Association is offering a new round of stipends 🏳️⚧️
Level Up
The Trans Journalists Association is offering stipends of $250 and $500 for journalists' professional development.
www.transjournalists.org
August 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
🧪 @transjournalists.org is offering a few dozen stipends of $250 or $500 to support journalists looking for a boost to attend conferences, trainings, workshops, and more.
Applications will be accepted until 11:59pm PT on August 11. Find more info and apply below!
Applications will be accepted until 11:59pm PT on August 11. Find more info and apply below!
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We're hiring a Digital Engagement Manager! 🧪 Learn more about the job opening and application process: laskerfoundation.org/about-us/car...
July 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
We're hiring a Digital Engagement Manager! 🧪 Learn more about the job opening and application process: laskerfoundation.org/about-us/car...
Reposted by Paula Croxson (she/her) 🏳️🌈
A while ago, we started a #FixItFriday tradition. We keep a running list - large & small, digital & analog, anything broken or annoying - and work on it together.
Today's 30-second fix: to remove AI "preview" from search results, here's the setting for Chrome users: www.reddit.com/r/techsuppor...
Today's 30-second fix: to remove AI "preview" from search results, here's the setting for Chrome users: www.reddit.com/r/techsuppor...
July 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
A while ago, we started a #FixItFriday tradition. We keep a running list - large & small, digital & analog, anything broken or annoying - and work on it together.
Today's 30-second fix: to remove AI "preview" from search results, here's the setting for Chrome users: www.reddit.com/r/techsuppor...
Today's 30-second fix: to remove AI "preview" from search results, here's the setting for Chrome users: www.reddit.com/r/techsuppor...
🧪 Medical research funding continues to be critically endangered, but at least some grants have been ordered to be reinstated - a sure sign that we have to keep pushing back on these illegal, harmful decisions. 🧵 from this week's update - and how you can help with Unbreaking.
In a bit of good news, medical research grants on vaccine hesitancy, diversity, and other topics are being reinstated, following court rulings.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH will reinstate 900 grants in response to court order
Projects touching on sensitive topics such as DEI had been illegally terminated, judge found
www.science.org
July 24, 2025 at 7:22 PM
🧪 Medical research funding continues to be critically endangered, but at least some grants have been ordered to be reinstated - a sure sign that we have to keep pushing back on these illegal, harmful decisions. 🧵 from this week's update - and how you can help with Unbreaking.
Join us for the first of @stellatecomms.bsky.social FREE webinars on Web Design for Nonprofits on August 6, 2025 from 1-2PT ET! ✨
Science orgs & nonprofits: join us for a FREE webinar on revamping your website. We’ll cover:
✔️ Signs it’s time to redesign
✔️ How great design drives funding + engagement
✔️ Tips for translating science online
Design isn't just pretty, it's impactful! Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
✔️ Signs it’s time to redesign
✔️ How great design drives funding + engagement
✔️ Tips for translating science online
Design isn't just pretty, it's impactful! Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
July 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Join us for the first of @stellatecomms.bsky.social FREE webinars on Web Design for Nonprofits on August 6, 2025 from 1-2PT ET! ✨
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The reconciliation bill Congress passed last week cut a trillion dollars from Medicaid, which covers 1 in 5 people in the US. With other Trump administration policy changes, the bill’s cuts are expected to push 17 million people out of healthcare coverage. unbreaking.org/issues/medic...
Medicaid — Unbreaking
How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.
unbreaking.org
July 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The reconciliation bill Congress passed last week cut a trillion dollars from Medicaid, which covers 1 in 5 people in the US. With other Trump administration policy changes, the bill’s cuts are expected to push 17 million people out of healthcare coverage. unbreaking.org/issues/medic...
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The @unbreaking.org team just launched its blog, and this post from Sydette is really something special.
“Nothing ever comes back exactly the same. But if we know what has changed, what is being destroyed—but also what can be saved—then we can hope that something even better can be rebuilt.”
“Nothing ever comes back exactly the same. But if we know what has changed, what is being destroyed—but also what can be saved—then we can hope that something even better can be rebuilt.”
It’s lunch time! Which means the West coast is up …
@unbreaking.org it started in March , it’s up and running in JUNE
We are putting it together and in our first first person blog post.. I tell you why I personally am doing this
Read and Share !!!
unbreaking.org/blog/welcome...
@unbreaking.org it started in March , it’s up and running in JUNE
We are putting it together and in our first first person blog post.. I tell you why I personally am doing this
Read and Share !!!
unbreaking.org/blog/welcome...
Welcome to our neighborhood — Unbreaking
My name is Sydette. I’m a technologist, researcher, and writer hailing from Far Rockaway, and a founding member of the Unbreaking collective.
unbreaking.org
July 1, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The @unbreaking.org team just launched its blog, and this post from Sydette is really something special.
“Nothing ever comes back exactly the same. But if we know what has changed, what is being destroyed—but also what can be saved—then we can hope that something even better can be rebuilt.”
“Nothing ever comes back exactly the same. But if we know what has changed, what is being destroyed—but also what can be saved—then we can hope that something even better can be rebuilt.”
Very excited for this! In person (in NYC) and livestream tickets available!
✨NOT TO MISS✨ On July 14, 6:30pm, join #StoryCollider when Diana Li & @paulacroxson.bsky.social host a night of 👉 true stories about self-discovery. Be prepared for the painful, wonderful & everything in btwn.🎟️ Early bird tickets available NOW until 7/7 at 7pm! www.storycollider.org/tickets/2025...
June 30, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Very excited for this! In person (in NYC) and livestream tickets available!
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Protect transgender scientist! 🏳️⚧️
Protect transgender scientists
Transgender and gender nonconforming (TGnC) people are a primary target of the Trump administration. Multiple executive orders seek to erase TGnC protections; mandate denial of gender identity; and ba...
www.science.org
June 19, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Protect transgender scientist! 🏳️⚧️
This is an admirable decision, and must have been a devastatingly hard one. It shouldn't have to be this way - these demands are illegal AND unethical.
ICYMI: In September 2024, The Carpentries submitted a proposal for 1.5 million USD to the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems (POSE) Program, and were extremely pleased to learn that the proposal was recommended for funding.
However...
However...
Announcing Withdrawal of NSF Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems Proposal
In September 2024, The Carpentries submitted a proposal to the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems (POSE) Program. This project would position The Carpentr...
carpentries.org
June 19, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This is an admirable decision, and must have been a devastatingly hard one. It shouldn't have to be this way - these demands are illegal AND unethical.
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✊ACTION MENU✊
Science is under attack. But we’re fighting back.
✔️ Sign the Bethesda Declaration
✔️ Join our resistance to the Fool’s Gold EO
✔️ Take action in your community
✊ Let’s flood the zone with science.
Science is under attack. But we’re fighting back.
✔️ Sign the Bethesda Declaration
✔️ Join our resistance to the Fool’s Gold EO
✔️ Take action in your community
✊ Let’s flood the zone with science.
June 18, 2025 at 10:20 PM
✊ACTION MENU✊
Science is under attack. But we’re fighting back.
✔️ Sign the Bethesda Declaration
✔️ Join our resistance to the Fool’s Gold EO
✔️ Take action in your community
✊ Let’s flood the zone with science.
Science is under attack. But we’re fighting back.
✔️ Sign the Bethesda Declaration
✔️ Join our resistance to the Fool’s Gold EO
✔️ Take action in your community
✊ Let’s flood the zone with science.
Reposted by Paula Croxson (she/her) 🏳️🌈
CLARIFICATION :
The Trevor Project's hotline will still be live. But basically this means LGBTQ people can no longer be connected to it through the US national 988 suicide prevention hotline.
They will need to be contacted DIRECTLY
So spread this around
They can be texted. They can be called.
The Trevor Project's hotline will still be live. But basically this means LGBTQ people can no longer be connected to it through the US national 988 suicide prevention hotline.
They will need to be contacted DIRECTLY
So spread this around
They can be texted. They can be called.
June 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
CLARIFICATION :
The Trevor Project's hotline will still be live. But basically this means LGBTQ people can no longer be connected to it through the US national 988 suicide prevention hotline.
They will need to be contacted DIRECTLY
So spread this around
They can be texted. They can be called.
The Trevor Project's hotline will still be live. But basically this means LGBTQ people can no longer be connected to it through the US national 988 suicide prevention hotline.
They will need to be contacted DIRECTLY
So spread this around
They can be texted. They can be called.
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MORE YOUNG: "It is palpably clear that these directives and the set of terminated grants here also are designed to frustrate, to stop, research that may bear on the health – we’re talking about health here, the health of Americans, of our LGBTQ community. That’s appalling."
June 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
MORE YOUNG: "It is palpably clear that these directives and the set of terminated grants here also are designed to frustrate, to stop, research that may bear on the health – we’re talking about health here, the health of Americans, of our LGBTQ community. That’s appalling."
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YOUNG: "I am hesitant to draw this conclusion, but I have an unflinching obligation to draw it – that this represents racial discrimination. And discrimination against America’s LGBTQ community. That’s what this is. I would be blind not to call it out. My duty is to call it out."
June 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
YOUNG: "I am hesitant to draw this conclusion, but I have an unflinching obligation to draw it – that this represents racial discrimination. And discrimination against America’s LGBTQ community. That’s what this is. I would be blind not to call it out. My duty is to call it out."
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BREAKING: A federal judge in Massachusetts (the Reagan-appointed William Young) has declared the Trump administration's cuts to NIH grants — ostensibly over Trump's EOs on gender ideology and DEI — are "illegal" and "void." He's ordering many grants restored.
June 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
BREAKING: A federal judge in Massachusetts (the Reagan-appointed William Young) has declared the Trump administration's cuts to NIH grants — ostensibly over Trump's EOs on gender ideology and DEI — are "illegal" and "void." He's ordering many grants restored.