Susan McNicholl
@susanemcnicholl.bsky.social
Research comms by day | Grad student by night
Exploring how researchers can actually connect with the world beyond academia.
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Exploring how researchers can actually connect with the world beyond academia.
Movies, British TV, crochet, cats 🐾 | Hiker & biker 🚶♀️🚴♀️
Follow me for opinions, stories, and the occasional cat pic.
This is amazing. #auroraborealis #amesia
November 12, 2025 at 2:46 AM
This is amazing. #auroraborealis #amesia
Curious how other researchers are using Bluesky vs. Twitter/X for academic or professional communication? Me too!
That’s exactly what I’m studying for my graduate capstone.
Would love your input (5 min survey + optional interview) uiowa.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
#AcademicSky #SciComm 🧪
That’s exactly what I’m studying for my graduate capstone.
Would love your input (5 min survey + optional interview) uiowa.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
#AcademicSky #SciComm 🧪
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November 6, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Curious how other researchers are using Bluesky vs. Twitter/X for academic or professional communication? Me too!
That’s exactly what I’m studying for my graduate capstone.
Would love your input (5 min survey + optional interview) uiowa.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
#AcademicSky #SciComm 🧪
That’s exactly what I’m studying for my graduate capstone.
Would love your input (5 min survey + optional interview) uiowa.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
#AcademicSky #SciComm 🧪
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Block party!!!
October 18, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Block party!!!
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nothing quite like a Friday Night Block Party...
a neon sign for the new year 's block party
ALT: a neon sign for the new year 's block party
media.tenor.com
October 17, 2025 at 11:09 PM
nothing quite like a Friday Night Block Party...
I like to listen to lo-fi tunes while I work. Stumbled across these lo-fi instrumentals based on classic Scooby-Doo tracks. It's giving a professional spooky season vibe that I didn't know I needed!
open.spotify.com/album/3BDB2V...
open.spotify.com/album/3BDB2V...
Lofi Scooby-Doo
open.spotify.com
October 3, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I like to listen to lo-fi tunes while I work. Stumbled across these lo-fi instrumentals based on classic Scooby-Doo tracks. It's giving a professional spooky season vibe that I didn't know I needed!
open.spotify.com/album/3BDB2V...
open.spotify.com/album/3BDB2V...
The PBS show #caregiving is a must see. As a woman who was a full time caregiver for children and elders for 12 years, I know well the cost of serving society that goes uncompensated.
June 29, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The PBS show #caregiving is a must see. As a woman who was a full time caregiver for children and elders for 12 years, I know well the cost of serving society that goes uncompensated.
What’s the German word for that feeling when you’re binge watching an awesome show and getting to the end of the last season. You want to stop and savor but you also NEED to know how it ends.
Also Pamela Adlon is a genius. #betterthings
Also Pamela Adlon is a genius. #betterthings
June 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
What’s the German word for that feeling when you’re binge watching an awesome show and getting to the end of the last season. You want to stop and savor but you also NEED to know how it ends.
Also Pamela Adlon is a genius. #betterthings
Also Pamela Adlon is a genius. #betterthings
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"If federal sentencing guidelines had been followed, you probably would not be reading today about Linwood Barnhill Jr."
From Colbert I. King: wapo.st/43baeTX
From Colbert I. King: wapo.st/43baeTX
Opinion | The price of a plea bargain
In 2013, Linwood Barnhill Jr. got off easy for prostitution of a minor and child pornography charges. Now he’s accused of sex crimes in D.C., once again.
wapo.st
May 12, 2025 at 11:47 PM
"If federal sentencing guidelines had been followed, you probably would not be reading today about Linwood Barnhill Jr."
From Colbert I. King: wapo.st/43baeTX
From Colbert I. King: wapo.st/43baeTX
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A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
May 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
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Autism isn’t an epidemic. It's not a disease. It’s a natural variation in how people think…which, frankly, is a relief in a world where most people don't think at all.
April 19, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Autism isn’t an epidemic. It's not a disease. It’s a natural variation in how people think…which, frankly, is a relief in a world where most people don't think at all.
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McCormick was born in 1968. One reason he did not remember seeing people with autism at the time was autism did not have a diagnosis separate from schizophrenia in the DSM until 1980.
Rep. Rich McCormick: "I grew up in Oregon where they had great drinking water, no fluoride added, and I don't remember having any people I knew had autism."
(McCormick is also a doctor.)
(McCormick is also a doctor.)
April 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
McCormick was born in 1968. One reason he did not remember seeing people with autism at the time was autism did not have a diagnosis separate from schizophrenia in the DSM until 1980.
I’m thinking instead of saying combat climate change, leaders should say alleviate climate suffering.
April 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I’m thinking instead of saying combat climate change, leaders should say alleviate climate suffering.
A little good news for a newsfeed palate cleanser.
Instead of believing the myth that three expensive, genetically modified wolves are “de-extinct” dire wolves, let’s look at animals humanity has actually brought back from the brink of extinction using proven science and dedicated hard work: 🧵/6
April 9, 2025 at 4:46 PM
A little good news for a newsfeed palate cleanser.
SciComm at its finest.
✅ Clear explanation
✅ Great photos/graphics
✅ Defines unfamiliar terms
✅ Research as a story
✅ Conveys personal passion
✅ Introduces characters
✅ Explains why important
✅ Ends with a gentle CTA
#scicomm
✅ Clear explanation
✅ Great photos/graphics
✅ Defines unfamiliar terms
✅ Research as a story
✅ Conveys personal passion
✅ Introduces characters
✅ Explains why important
✅ Ends with a gentle CTA
#scicomm
NEW PAPER, JUST OUT! 👀
Insects from the '70s and '80s were already collecting microplastic, decades before the term microplastic even existed. 🤯
A thread on the surprising history of this pollutant and the incredible insect larvae that helped us uncover it. 🐛
Let's dive in! 🧵👇 1/x
Insects from the '70s and '80s were already collecting microplastic, decades before the term microplastic even existed. 🤯
A thread on the surprising history of this pollutant and the incredible insect larvae that helped us uncover it. 🐛
Let's dive in! 🧵👇 1/x
April 9, 2025 at 12:15 PM
SciComm at its finest.
✅ Clear explanation
✅ Great photos/graphics
✅ Defines unfamiliar terms
✅ Research as a story
✅ Conveys personal passion
✅ Introduces characters
✅ Explains why important
✅ Ends with a gentle CTA
#scicomm
✅ Clear explanation
✅ Great photos/graphics
✅ Defines unfamiliar terms
✅ Research as a story
✅ Conveys personal passion
✅ Introduces characters
✅ Explains why important
✅ Ends with a gentle CTA
#scicomm
Hundreds showed up!
April 5, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Hundreds showed up!
Little Ames Iowa turned out for Hands Off today. Lots of seniors and vets. Saw one lady with Bob Dole earrings.
April 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Little Ames Iowa turned out for Hands Off today. Lots of seniors and vets. Saw one lady with Bob Dole earrings.
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Ag’d sir, hands off.
April 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Ag’d sir, hands off.
In December I took my teens to get their passports updated. It cost several hundred dollars to do so.
USPS clerk: When are you planning to travel abroad?
Me: No plans yet. Just getting our paperwork in order for when we need it.
USPS clerk: Wow. That’s a lot of money for paperwork.
USPS clerk: When are you planning to travel abroad?
Me: No plans yet. Just getting our paperwork in order for when we need it.
USPS clerk: Wow. That’s a lot of money for paperwork.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order requiring people to provide documents proving they are citizens when they register to vote, a mandate that experts said could prevent millions of Americans from voting.
Follow live updates here.
Follow live updates here.
Live updates: Trump says compensation fund under consideration for pardoned Jan. 6 rioters
Get the latest news on President Donald Trump’s return to the White House and the new Congress.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 26, 2025 at 11:59 AM
In December I took my teens to get their passports updated. It cost several hundred dollars to do so.
USPS clerk: When are you planning to travel abroad?
Me: No plans yet. Just getting our paperwork in order for when we need it.
USPS clerk: Wow. That’s a lot of money for paperwork.
USPS clerk: When are you planning to travel abroad?
Me: No plans yet. Just getting our paperwork in order for when we need it.
USPS clerk: Wow. That’s a lot of money for paperwork.
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The psychology behind anti-trans legislation: How cognitive biases shape thoughts and policy
The psychology behind anti-trans legislation: How cognitive biases shape thoughts and policy
Two social psychologists explain the ways unconscious biases influence how people think and can fuel discrimination against transgender people and other minority groups.
buff.ly
March 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The psychology behind anti-trans legislation: How cognitive biases shape thoughts and policy
Last night I watched 1978 Invasion of the Body Snatchers on Tubi just so I could better understand the nuance of this GIF.
a man in a trench coat and tie is standing in front of trees in a park .
Alt: a man in a trench coat and tie is standing in front of trees in a park .
media.tenor.com
March 16, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Last night I watched 1978 Invasion of the Body Snatchers on Tubi just so I could better understand the nuance of this GIF.
No one is gonna buy that book, Chuck, much less pay you to try to sell it to them.
It gets worse. Schumer isn’t just going on a book tour—he’s charging for tickets.
Absolute insanity. While Americans are scared and in crisis mode, he’s basically saying, let them eat cake.
@schumer.senate.gov Step Down.
Absolute insanity. While Americans are scared and in crisis mode, he’s basically saying, let them eat cake.
@schumer.senate.gov Step Down.
March 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
No one is gonna buy that book, Chuck, much less pay you to try to sell it to them.
My small act of resistance today? When I send colleagues hyperlinks to recommend books, I use @bookshop-org.bsky.social instead of Amazon.
March 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM
My small act of resistance today? When I send colleagues hyperlinks to recommend books, I use @bookshop-org.bsky.social instead of Amazon.
Hey Delta, Continental, southwest, and United Airlines: ain’t no way I’m buying a ticket after NOAA is gutted. Ever.
March 4, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Hey Delta, Continental, southwest, and United Airlines: ain’t no way I’m buying a ticket after NOAA is gutted. Ever.
My cat seems to be dream feeding.
March 2, 2025 at 5:44 PM
My cat seems to be dream feeding.
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Freddie Mercury didn't go into the studio and nail the vocals for "The Show Must Go On" in one take while dying of AIDS for you to despair and give up now. Take the time you need, but then get up and get back out there.
The show must go on.
The show must go on.
February 28, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Freddie Mercury didn't go into the studio and nail the vocals for "The Show Must Go On" in one take while dying of AIDS for you to despair and give up now. Take the time you need, but then get up and get back out there.
The show must go on.
The show must go on.