Sarah Vitak
@sarahvitak.bsky.social
🚀✨curiouser and curiouser✨🚀
Scientist turned freelance journalist and artist.
Formerly MIT Media Lab || she/they || 🏳️🌈
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Sarah Vitak
@sarahvitak.bsky.social
· Feb 16
Some progress pics from a project I'm working on that I call: The TV (aka Textile vision or Tactile Vision)
In 30 days my @clairejmckenna and I will be competing in @rebellerally!!! It is a huge undertaking and I'm so proud of everything we've done so far!!!
Learn more about our journey on IG @squirrellyditchracing or support our fundraising campaign https://givebutter.com/sqrrly
Learn more about our journey on IG @squirrellyditchracing or support our fundraising campaign https://givebutter.com/sqrrly
February 16, 2025 at 5:30 AM
In 30 days my @clairejmckenna and I will be competing in @rebellerally!!! It is a huge undertaking and I'm so proud of everything we've done so far!!!
Learn more about our journey on IG @squirrellyditchracing or support our fundraising campaign https://givebutter.com/sqrrly
Learn more about our journey on IG @squirrellyditchracing or support our fundraising campaign https://givebutter.com/sqrrly
Really proud to share this new daily podcast from @outsidemagazine that I've been producing for.
My first episode with @hellahgood9 is out now!
My first episode with @hellahgood9 is out now!
February 16, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Really proud to share this new daily podcast from @outsidemagazine that I've been producing for.
My first episode with @hellahgood9 is out now!
My first episode with @hellahgood9 is out now!
Is it just me or have spam filters gotten out of control?
February 16, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Is it just me or have spam filters gotten out of control?
I’m crowd sourcing blessings and curses for an art project! Do you have blessings or curses to bestow?
Highly open to interpretation images. poems. quotes. it just has to be able to appear in black and white on paper.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSemjK6Zbja0N4Qje9t6gCBKaaWSZxJgEZUgf...
Highly open to interpretation images. poems. quotes. it just has to be able to appear in black and white on paper.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSemjK6Zbja0N4Qje9t6gCBKaaWSZxJgEZUgf...
February 16, 2025 at 5:30 AM
I’m crowd sourcing blessings and curses for an art project! Do you have blessings or curses to bestow?
Highly open to interpretation images. poems. quotes. it just has to be able to appear in black and white on paper.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSemjK6Zbja0N4Qje9t6gCBKaaWSZxJgEZUgf...
Highly open to interpretation images. poems. quotes. it just has to be able to appear in black and white on paper.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSemjK6Zbja0N4Qje9t6gCBKaaWSZxJgEZUgf...
Blockprinted via steamroller yesterday. I call this piece "BIRD Dog".....get it??😂
February 16, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Blockprinted via steamroller yesterday. I call this piece "BIRD Dog".....get it??😂
February 16, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Low key, hi key (👇🔑, ☝️🔑) inspired by this color combo aesthetique. Courtesy of @denvertools library.
Never in a zillion years would I use these 2 colors together of my own accord. But look at them!? Def filing away for future use...
Never in a zillion years would I use these 2 colors together of my own accord. But look at them!? Def filing away for future use...
February 16, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Low key, hi key (👇🔑, ☝️🔑) inspired by this color combo aesthetique. Courtesy of @denvertools library.
Never in a zillion years would I use these 2 colors together of my own accord. But look at them!? Def filing away for future use...
Never in a zillion years would I use these 2 colors together of my own accord. But look at them!? Def filing away for future use...
Some progress pics from a project I'm working on that I call: The TV (aka Textile vision or Tactile Vision)
February 16, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Some progress pics from a project I'm working on that I call: The TV (aka Textile vision or Tactile Vision)
Anyone know of organizations looking for volunteers to help respond to the #MarshallFire and #MiddleForkFire?
#boulderfire #BoulderColorado
#boulderfire #BoulderColorado
February 16, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Anyone know of organizations looking for volunteers to help respond to the #MarshallFire and #MiddleForkFire?
#boulderfire #BoulderColorado
#boulderfire #BoulderColorado
wait. Lab technique ASMR!! Why is this not a huge genre!?!
Its like @JoVEJournal but for some reason wayyy better.
shoutout @theASMRnerd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pnhJrf99Jo
Its like @JoVEJournal but for some reason wayyy better.
shoutout @theASMRnerd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pnhJrf99Jo
February 16, 2025 at 5:30 AM
wait. Lab technique ASMR!! Why is this not a huge genre!?!
Its like @JoVEJournal but for some reason wayyy better.
shoutout @theASMRnerd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pnhJrf99Jo
Its like @JoVEJournal but for some reason wayyy better.
shoutout @theASMRnerd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pnhJrf99Jo
Sometimes science is poetic.
Unaware that the missing ingredient was in their lab-ware.
You love to see it.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/redo-of-a-famous-experiment-on-the-origins-of-life-reveals-critical-detail-missed-for-decades/
Unaware that the missing ingredient was in their lab-ware.
You love to see it.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/redo-of-a-famous-experiment-on-the-origins-of-life-reveals-critical-detail-missed-for-decades/
February 16, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Sometimes science is poetic.
Unaware that the missing ingredient was in their lab-ware.
You love to see it.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/redo-of-a-famous-experiment-on-the-origins-of-life-reveals-critical-detail-missed-for-decades/
Unaware that the missing ingredient was in their lab-ware.
You love to see it.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/redo-of-a-famous-experiment-on-the-origins-of-life-reveals-critical-detail-missed-for-decades/
Very proud of this story I did w/ @TestKitchen Proof.
It started as a story about cannabis and lobsters. But quickly turned into a plunge into the science/ethics/philosophy of pain/sentience/crustaceans and everything
https://pod.link/proof/episode/d9e79ba041341f48ec9b29f3e44b78b9
It started as a story about cannabis and lobsters. But quickly turned into a plunge into the science/ethics/philosophy of pain/sentience/crustaceans and everything
https://pod.link/proof/episode/d9e79ba041341f48ec9b29f3e44b78b9
February 16, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Very proud of this story I did w/ @TestKitchen Proof.
It started as a story about cannabis and lobsters. But quickly turned into a plunge into the science/ethics/philosophy of pain/sentience/crustaceans and everything
https://pod.link/proof/episode/d9e79ba041341f48ec9b29f3e44b78b9
It started as a story about cannabis and lobsters. But quickly turned into a plunge into the science/ethics/philosophy of pain/sentience/crustaceans and everything
https://pod.link/proof/episode/d9e79ba041341f48ec9b29f3e44b78b9
IMO it is hard to overstate how big of a disconnect there is between the general public's understanding and what is coming down the pike in bioengineering.
A great example in my latest for @sciam. Beautiful work from @mikhailshapiro+@bar_zion @Caltech
https://bit.ly/30eQwJW
A great example in my latest for @sciam. Beautiful work from @mikhailshapiro+@bar_zion @Caltech
https://bit.ly/30eQwJW
February 16, 2025 at 5:30 AM
IMO it is hard to overstate how big of a disconnect there is between the general public's understanding and what is coming down the pike in bioengineering.
A great example in my latest for @sciam. Beautiful work from @mikhailshapiro+@bar_zion @Caltech
https://bit.ly/30eQwJW
A great example in my latest for @sciam. Beautiful work from @mikhailshapiro+@bar_zion @Caltech
https://bit.ly/30eQwJW
My latest for @sciam! Some excellent fluid mechanics work from @mitvaranasi group
https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/the-mystery-of-water-drops-that-skate-across-oil-at-impossible-speeds/
https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/the-mystery-of-water-drops-that-skate-across-oil-at-impossible-speeds/
February 16, 2025 at 5:30 AM
My latest for @sciam! Some excellent fluid mechanics work from @mitvaranasi group
https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/the-mystery-of-water-drops-that-skate-across-oil-at-impossible-speeds/
https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/the-mystery-of-water-drops-that-skate-across-oil-at-impossible-speeds/
In this article: me furiously trying to figure out the difference between a meteor, an asteroid, a meteorite and a comet.
Luckily, @SwRI's David Nesvorny was very patient and tried to explain things in molecular biology terms when I got confused.
https://www.5280.com/2021/09/a-boulder-astrophy...
Luckily, @SwRI's David Nesvorny was very patient and tried to explain things in molecular biology terms when I got confused.
https://www.5280.com/2021/09/a-boulder-astrophy...
February 16, 2025 at 5:30 AM
In this article: me furiously trying to figure out the difference between a meteor, an asteroid, a meteorite and a comet.
Luckily, @SwRI's David Nesvorny was very patient and tried to explain things in molecular biology terms when I got confused.
https://www.5280.com/2021/09/a-boulder-astrophy...
Luckily, @SwRI's David Nesvorny was very patient and tried to explain things in molecular biology terms when I got confused.
https://www.5280.com/2021/09/a-boulder-astrophy...
“We’re dealing with a massive space that’s about to generate a lot of profit,” Speaks says, “and so the question is, what are they going to do with that profit?”
Nice work on @MeowWolf and the local community from @Meredith_Sell for @5280Magazine
https://www.5280.com/2021/09/is-meow-wolf-denve...
Nice work on @MeowWolf and the local community from @Meredith_Sell for @5280Magazine
https://www.5280.com/2021/09/is-meow-wolf-denve...
February 16, 2025 at 5:30 AM
“We’re dealing with a massive space that’s about to generate a lot of profit,” Speaks says, “and so the question is, what are they going to do with that profit?”
Nice work on @MeowWolf and the local community from @Meredith_Sell for @5280Magazine
https://www.5280.com/2021/09/is-meow-wolf-denve...
Nice work on @MeowWolf and the local community from @Meredith_Sell for @5280Magazine
https://www.5280.com/2021/09/is-meow-wolf-denve...
This looks rad! They repurposed an old HiSeq as a microfluidics and imaging platform. #hackThePlanet
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.08.27.457864v1
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.08.27.457864v1
February 16, 2025 at 5:30 AM
This looks rad! They repurposed an old HiSeq as a microfluidics and imaging platform. #hackThePlanet
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.08.27.457864v1
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.08.27.457864v1
Get 'em while they're hot!
cc. @JulianneYip @koreanboybot
https://doyung.bigcartel.com/product/two-scientists
cc. @JulianneYip @koreanboybot
https://doyung.bigcartel.com/product/two-scientists
February 16, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Get 'em while they're hot!
cc. @JulianneYip @koreanboybot
https://doyung.bigcartel.com/product/two-scientists
cc. @JulianneYip @koreanboybot
https://doyung.bigcartel.com/product/two-scientists
💛☀️🦞 Field reporting is the best reporting 🦞☀️💛
February 16, 2025 at 5:30 AM
💛☀️🦞 Field reporting is the best reporting 🦞☀️💛
Yo dawg we heard you like bacterial art so we made you some bacterial art out of bacterial art! 🦠🎨
First attempt at recreating my profile picture by @koreanboybot out of bacteria. I think i'm going to get bigger plates and try for a better version soon!
First attempt at recreating my profile picture by @koreanboybot out of bacteria. I think i'm going to get bigger plates and try for a better version soon!
February 16, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Yo dawg we heard you like bacterial art so we made you some bacterial art out of bacterial art! 🦠🎨
First attempt at recreating my profile picture by @koreanboybot out of bacteria. I think i'm going to get bigger plates and try for a better version soon!
First attempt at recreating my profile picture by @koreanboybot out of bacteria. I think i'm going to get bigger plates and try for a better version soon!
😱😍 This looks so cool and fun and useful!
https://pixel-pump.com/
https://pixel-pump.com/
February 16, 2025 at 5:30 AM
😱😍 This looks so cool and fun and useful!
https://pixel-pump.com/
https://pixel-pump.com/
Just wrapped up coaching a week of virtual bioarts/biohacker/bioeng camp.... and not sure who had more fun me or the campers. Here is a quick 🧵 of some of what we did at cyberartscamp
https://www.cyberartscamp.org/
https://www.cyberartscamp.org/
February 16, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Just wrapped up coaching a week of virtual bioarts/biohacker/bioeng camp.... and not sure who had more fun me or the campers. Here is a quick 🧵 of some of what we did at cyberartscamp
https://www.cyberartscamp.org/
https://www.cyberartscamp.org/
how was this not bigger news? Or did I just miss it?
https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvz7bm/hyundai-acquires-boston-dynamics-company-most-famous-for-robot-police-dogs
https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvz7bm/hyundai-acquires-boston-dynamics-company-most-famous-for-robot-police-dogs
February 16, 2025 at 5:30 AM
how was this not bigger news? Or did I just miss it?
https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvz7bm/hyundai-acquires-boston-dynamics-company-most-famous-for-robot-police-dogs
https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvz7bm/hyundai-acquires-boston-dynamics-company-most-famous-for-robot-police-dogs
New squirrel just dropped
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/two-new-species-of-cat-size-flying-squirrels-discovered-in-the-himalaya
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/two-new-species-of-cat-size-flying-squirrels-discovered-in-the-himalaya
February 16, 2025 at 5:30 AM
New prof pic is old art from @koreanboybot of me as a micro-cosmonaut! 😍
It is perpetually one of my favorite things! Thanks Doyung!
It is perpetually one of my favorite things! Thanks Doyung!
February 16, 2025 at 5:30 AM
New prof pic is old art from @koreanboybot of me as a micro-cosmonaut! 😍
It is perpetually one of my favorite things! Thanks Doyung!
It is perpetually one of my favorite things! Thanks Doyung!