Mariette DiChristina
@mdichristina.bsky.social
Dean and Professor of the Practice in Journalism, Boston U. College of Communication. Past: editor in chief, Scientific American. Opinions my own
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To celebrate its 180th birthday (!!) @sciam.bsky.social is running a photo contest (details here: sciam.com/180contest) to take #SciAmInTheWild. Where do you read about science?
August 13, 2025 at 5:31 PM
To celebrate its 180th birthday (!!) @sciam.bsky.social is running a photo contest (details here: sciam.com/180contest) to take #SciAmInTheWild. Where do you read about science?
Friday’s lovely #comatbu undergraduate and graduate convocations
Sights and Sounds: 2025 College of Communication Convocation
YouTube video by BU College of Communication
youtu.be
May 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Friday’s lovely #comatbu undergraduate and graduate convocations
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Just returned from a work visit to LA. Truly apocalyptic scenes everywhere.
@climatehuman.bsky.social eloquently connects the tragedy to climate change: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/o...
@climatehuman.bsky.social eloquently connects the tragedy to climate change: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/o...
Opinion | I’m a Climate Scientist. I Fled Los Angeles Two Years Ago. (Gift Article)
After the Bobcat Fire, L.A. no longer felt safe.
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Just returned from a work visit to LA. Truly apocalyptic scenes everywhere.
@climatehuman.bsky.social eloquently connects the tragedy to climate change: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/o...
@climatehuman.bsky.social eloquently connects the tragedy to climate change: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/o...
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The silver lining: less influence of commercial interests on the #fact-checking process. Because claim selection was controlled by Meta, fact-checkers were increasingly debunking viral, non-political content rather than reviewing political claims that bear on democratic-related interests. 1/2
Zuckerberg bows to Trump and introduces Musk-style 'Free speech' on Facebook, Instagram and Threads.
This should rightfully prompt a mass exodus from Threads to Bluesky.
This platform is the last remaining refuge from the tyranny of the authoritarian-tech oligarch alliance.
This should rightfully prompt a mass exodus from Threads to Bluesky.
This platform is the last remaining refuge from the tyranny of the authoritarian-tech oligarch alliance.
January 7, 2025 at 7:33 PM
The silver lining: less influence of commercial interests on the #fact-checking process. Because claim selection was controlled by Meta, fact-checkers were increasingly debunking viral, non-political content rather than reviewing political claims that bear on democratic-related interests. 1/2
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Congratulations to Earth Scientists (and colleagues of mine) Larry Edwards (UMN) & Richard Alley (Penn State) who were awarded the National Medal of Science, the nation's highest honor for science. These two have been blazing trails helping us to understand our climate system for decades.
January 7, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Congratulations to Earth Scientists (and colleagues of mine) Larry Edwards (UMN) & Richard Alley (Penn State) who were awarded the National Medal of Science, the nation's highest honor for science. These two have been blazing trails helping us to understand our climate system for decades.
Short interview I did with Jimmy Carter in 2015 www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/epis...
January 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Short interview I did with Jimmy Carter in 2015 www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/epis...
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Hey, Bluesky dreamers. My news: Photo book I co-authored with the legendary NYU visual historian Deborah Willis is being published by @simonandschuster.bsky.social Dec 17. “Kamala: Her Historic, Joyful and Auspicious Sprint to the White House.”
November 29, 2024 at 10:20 PM
Hey, Bluesky dreamers. My news: Photo book I co-authored with the legendary NYU visual historian Deborah Willis is being published by @simonandschuster.bsky.social Dec 17. “Kamala: Her Historic, Joyful and Auspicious Sprint to the White House.”