SciCommic
@scicommic.bsky.social
Science communication tramp.
I’ve been an informal science educator and vaccine advocate long enough to know that anti-science is not partisan.
People show us who they are by who they choose to represent them.
I’ve been an informal science educator and vaccine advocate long enough to know that anti-science is not partisan.
People show us who they are by who they choose to represent them.
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SciCommic
@scicommic.bsky.social
· Dec 7
#Vaccines, #ClimateChange, GMO foods, evolution, Flat Earth, alternative “medicine”:
Been dealin with #science deniers a while; long before Trump, long before Covid.
#Antiscience is not constrained by political affinity. Many are educated, but still jump on the bandwagon for ego and for fashion.
Been dealin with #science deniers a while; long before Trump, long before Covid.
#Antiscience is not constrained by political affinity. Many are educated, but still jump on the bandwagon for ego and for fashion.
January 18, 2026 at 4:09 PM
#Vaccines, #ClimateChange, GMO foods, evolution, Flat Earth, alternative “medicine”:
Been dealin with #science deniers a while; long before Trump, long before Covid.
#Antiscience is not constrained by political affinity. Many are educated, but still jump on the bandwagon for ego and for fashion.
Been dealin with #science deniers a while; long before Trump, long before Covid.
#Antiscience is not constrained by political affinity. Many are educated, but still jump on the bandwagon for ego and for fashion.
Out of the 6 of her books that I read back-to-back, last summer, this was the passage that really struck me.
All too relevant, even a few months ago.
#Booksky #BlueskyBooks
All too relevant, even a few months ago.
#Booksky #BlueskyBooks
January 6, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Out of the 6 of her books that I read back-to-back, last summer, this was the passage that really struck me.
All too relevant, even a few months ago.
#Booksky #BlueskyBooks
All too relevant, even a few months ago.
#Booksky #BlueskyBooks
I want my epitaph to read:
“If I wasn’t a shining example, at least let me have served as a cautionary tale.”
“If I wasn’t a shining example, at least let me have served as a cautionary tale.”
December 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I want my epitaph to read:
“If I wasn’t a shining example, at least let me have served as a cautionary tale.”
“If I wasn’t a shining example, at least let me have served as a cautionary tale.”
Smiling even when a good part of your life is sucking.
Spiny Lumpsucker showing off his common nomenclature by attaching to the glass.
Like the base of sea anemones, lumpsuckers have a spot on their tummies that they can “mold” around a surface to achieve the adhesive.
#MarineLife
#science
#PNW
Spiny Lumpsucker showing off his common nomenclature by attaching to the glass.
Like the base of sea anemones, lumpsuckers have a spot on their tummies that they can “mold” around a surface to achieve the adhesive.
#MarineLife
#science
#PNW
December 6, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Smiling even when a good part of your life is sucking.
Spiny Lumpsucker showing off his common nomenclature by attaching to the glass.
Like the base of sea anemones, lumpsuckers have a spot on their tummies that they can “mold” around a surface to achieve the adhesive.
#MarineLife
#science
#PNW
Spiny Lumpsucker showing off his common nomenclature by attaching to the glass.
Like the base of sea anemones, lumpsuckers have a spot on their tummies that they can “mold” around a surface to achieve the adhesive.
#MarineLife
#science
#PNW
When Force Awakens, and when Star Trek, premiered in the IMAX at Pacific Science Center,we were assigned to “edutain” guests in line (for hours) with hand-held #science activities.
#StarTrek fans were eager to engage about astronomy, astrobiology and exoplanets.
#StarWars fans were just annoyed.
#StarTrek fans were eager to engage about astronomy, astrobiology and exoplanets.
#StarWars fans were just annoyed.
November 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Off to hang out with marine invertebrates that show more spine, and morals, than any Republican.
When I tell visitors how the “eyes” of a seastar can only tell the difference between light and dark, gonna add how they still see what’s going on around them better than the Republican Speaker.
When I tell visitors how the “eyes” of a seastar can only tell the difference between light and dark, gonna add how they still see what’s going on around them better than the Republican Speaker.
November 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Off to hang out with marine invertebrates that show more spine, and morals, than any Republican.
When I tell visitors how the “eyes” of a seastar can only tell the difference between light and dark, gonna add how they still see what’s going on around them better than the Republican Speaker.
When I tell visitors how the “eyes” of a seastar can only tell the difference between light and dark, gonna add how they still see what’s going on around them better than the Republican Speaker.
November 19, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Millie is hoping we can make the most of these coming weeks, as daylight hours decrease while muddy trails with slick rocks become more frequent.
#DogsOfBluesky
#GoldenRetriever
#DogsOfBluesky
#GoldenRetriever
November 6, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Millie is hoping we can make the most of these coming weeks, as daylight hours decrease while muddy trails with slick rocks become more frequent.
#DogsOfBluesky
#GoldenRetriever
#DogsOfBluesky
#GoldenRetriever
Months of looking while walking our dog on the trails, weeks of hearing a fledgling Horned Owl calling out, and tonight, this Barred #owl is right above our mailboxes.
October 3, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Months of looking while walking our dog on the trails, weeks of hearing a fledgling Horned Owl calling out, and tonight, this Barred #owl is right above our mailboxes.
Lessons from Captain America:
October 2, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Lessons from Captain America:
A book that should actually be required in public schools.
September 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
A book that should actually be required in public schools.
Rock hounding with Millie.
Took the back trail from the marina to Upper Cap Sante.
#DogsOfBluesky
#GoldenRetriever
#Anacortes
Took the back trail from the marina to Upper Cap Sante.
#DogsOfBluesky
#GoldenRetriever
#Anacortes
September 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Rock hounding with Millie.
Took the back trail from the marina to Upper Cap Sante.
#DogsOfBluesky
#GoldenRetriever
#Anacortes
Took the back trail from the marina to Upper Cap Sante.
#DogsOfBluesky
#GoldenRetriever
#Anacortes
Reposted by SciCommic
Because other celestial objects are moving too, it’s easy to forget that as our planets and moons revolve around the sun, it’s moving around the core of a galaxy that’s moving “outward.”
This is the problem with stories in which they travel in *time only* : Earth wasn’t “here” 10 minutes ago.
This is the problem with stories in which they travel in *time only* : Earth wasn’t “here” 10 minutes ago.
a 4gifs.com animated image of a planet orbiting another planet
ALT: a 4gifs.com animated image of a planet orbiting another planet
media.tenor.com
August 20, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Because other celestial objects are moving too, it’s easy to forget that as our planets and moons revolve around the sun, it’s moving around the core of a galaxy that’s moving “outward.”
This is the problem with stories in which they travel in *time only* : Earth wasn’t “here” 10 minutes ago.
This is the problem with stories in which they travel in *time only* : Earth wasn’t “here” 10 minutes ago.
Because other celestial objects are moving too, it’s easy to forget that as our planets and moons revolve around the sun, it’s moving around the core of a galaxy that’s moving “outward.”
This is the problem with stories in which they travel in *time only* : Earth wasn’t “here” 10 minutes ago.
This is the problem with stories in which they travel in *time only* : Earth wasn’t “here” 10 minutes ago.
a 4gifs.com animated image of a planet orbiting another planet
ALT: a 4gifs.com animated image of a planet orbiting another planet
media.tenor.com
August 20, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Because other celestial objects are moving too, it’s easy to forget that as our planets and moons revolve around the sun, it’s moving around the core of a galaxy that’s moving “outward.”
This is the problem with stories in which they travel in *time only* : Earth wasn’t “here” 10 minutes ago.
This is the problem with stories in which they travel in *time only* : Earth wasn’t “here” 10 minutes ago.
Another magnificent exhibit at the Museum of Northwest Art in La Conner, WA.
The oils rendered by Drie Chapek have a subtext of flowing streams and little waterfalls, while the other pieces definitely appeal to my geonerd side.
The oils rendered by Drie Chapek have a subtext of flowing streams and little waterfalls, while the other pieces definitely appeal to my geonerd side.
August 8, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Another magnificent exhibit at the Museum of Northwest Art in La Conner, WA.
The oils rendered by Drie Chapek have a subtext of flowing streams and little waterfalls, while the other pieces definitely appeal to my geonerd side.
The oils rendered by Drie Chapek have a subtext of flowing streams and little waterfalls, while the other pieces definitely appeal to my geonerd side.
Recommended to me by the aquarium manager.
It’s interesting, informative and just acerbic enough to be entertaining without being annoyingly flippant.
Everything that public engagement of science should be, and what I strive for in my own #scicomm style.
#science
#MarineLife
It’s interesting, informative and just acerbic enough to be entertaining without being annoyingly flippant.
Everything that public engagement of science should be, and what I strive for in my own #scicomm style.
#science
#MarineLife
August 7, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Recommended to me by the aquarium manager.
It’s interesting, informative and just acerbic enough to be entertaining without being annoyingly flippant.
Everything that public engagement of science should be, and what I strive for in my own #scicomm style.
#science
#MarineLife
It’s interesting, informative and just acerbic enough to be entertaining without being annoyingly flippant.
Everything that public engagement of science should be, and what I strive for in my own #scicomm style.
#science
#MarineLife
Damn I needed that!
Kinda slow at the aquarium, the 1st hour. Then it picked up for a good 2 1/2 hours.
Adults were as enthusiastic and engaging as the kids about #PNW #MarineLife.
As well, they were receptive to my comments about the political impact on #science.
Wore this as my “uniform”:
Kinda slow at the aquarium, the 1st hour. Then it picked up for a good 2 1/2 hours.
Adults were as enthusiastic and engaging as the kids about #PNW #MarineLife.
As well, they were receptive to my comments about the political impact on #science.
Wore this as my “uniform”:
August 2, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Damn I needed that!
Kinda slow at the aquarium, the 1st hour. Then it picked up for a good 2 1/2 hours.
Adults were as enthusiastic and engaging as the kids about #PNW #MarineLife.
As well, they were receptive to my comments about the political impact on #science.
Wore this as my “uniform”:
Kinda slow at the aquarium, the 1st hour. Then it picked up for a good 2 1/2 hours.
Adults were as enthusiastic and engaging as the kids about #PNW #MarineLife.
As well, they were receptive to my comments about the political impact on #science.
Wore this as my “uniform”:
Had to wait for a relatively cloudless day across the Pacific before using the “draw” feature to write this on our #Science on a *Sphere*.
#FlatEarth is the best example of how #antiscience is just intellectually insecure adults being childishly contrarian to experts.
#FlatEarth is the best example of how #antiscience is just intellectually insecure adults being childishly contrarian to experts.
July 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Had to wait for a relatively cloudless day across the Pacific before using the “draw” feature to write this on our #Science on a *Sphere*.
#FlatEarth is the best example of how #antiscience is just intellectually insecure adults being childishly contrarian to experts.
#FlatEarth is the best example of how #antiscience is just intellectually insecure adults being childishly contrarian to experts.
One of the best things about doing informal #science education on the West Coast, advocating #vaccines and defending the evidence for #ClimateChange, is how it’s a big ‘ol “fuck you” to West Coasters who would, otherwise, just see a +50 White male with a Southern drawl, and assume I’m a MAGAt.
July 13, 2025 at 3:23 PM
One of the best things about doing informal #science education on the West Coast, advocating #vaccines and defending the evidence for #ClimateChange, is how it’s a big ‘ol “fuck you” to West Coasters who would, otherwise, just see a +50 White male with a Southern drawl, and assume I’m a MAGAt.
Whole lotta people exploring the rocks of Rosario Beach, looking for cool critters while the tide is out.
#PNW
#Anacortes
#DeceptionPass
#PNW
#Anacortes
#DeceptionPass
July 7, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Whole lotta people exploring the rocks of Rosario Beach, looking for cool critters while the tide is out.
#PNW
#Anacortes
#DeceptionPass
#PNW
#Anacortes
#DeceptionPass
June 28, 2025 at 1:16 AM