Sofia Oliveira
@oliveira-ss.bsky.social
Science Communicator & Manager 📢 | Education & Sustainability ♻️ | Hobbyist Farmer 👨🌾
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One of my favorite rainforest finds (and favorite photography subject), a juvenile Yellow-headed Calico Snake (Oxyrhopus formosus). The whitish nape fades to almost black as the snake reaches maturity. NE Peru. #herps #snakes #NaturePhotography 🌿
February 5, 2025 at 3:26 PM
One of my favorite rainforest finds (and favorite photography subject), a juvenile Yellow-headed Calico Snake (Oxyrhopus formosus). The whitish nape fades to almost black as the snake reaches maturity. NE Peru. #herps #snakes #NaturePhotography 🌿
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MEDIA REQUEST: I am looking to speak with someone who studies color change in fish- both how and why they do it.
DMs open or whysharksmatter at gmail.
🦑🐠
DMs open or whysharksmatter at gmail.
🦑🐠
January 26, 2025 at 5:06 PM
MEDIA REQUEST: I am looking to speak with someone who studies color change in fish- both how and why they do it.
DMs open or whysharksmatter at gmail.
🦑🐠
DMs open or whysharksmatter at gmail.
🦑🐠
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Ever wonder what snow in the swamp would look like? This is 5 miles into the Louisiana swamps in the Atchafalaya basin... it's unreal... having lived down there for the first 28 years of my life, we never saw anything like this.
Smashed records.
Curtesy of Garrett Roberts.
Smashed records.
Curtesy of Garrett Roberts.
January 25, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Ever wonder what snow in the swamp would look like? This is 5 miles into the Louisiana swamps in the Atchafalaya basin... it's unreal... having lived down there for the first 28 years of my life, we never saw anything like this.
Smashed records.
Curtesy of Garrett Roberts.
Smashed records.
Curtesy of Garrett Roberts.
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Our next match is happening in a few hours!
Get matched with a scientist for a Q&A with your classroom at www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html
Tell your colleagues! Our program is free and we have LOTS of scientist volunteers this semester 🧪
#EduSky #ScienceEducation #SciTeach #ITeachScience
Get matched with a scientist for a Q&A with your classroom at www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html
Tell your colleagues! Our program is free and we have LOTS of scientist volunteers this semester 🧪
#EduSky #ScienceEducation #SciTeach #ITeachScience
January 23, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Our next match is happening in a few hours!
Get matched with a scientist for a Q&A with your classroom at www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html
Tell your colleagues! Our program is free and we have LOTS of scientist volunteers this semester 🧪
#EduSky #ScienceEducation #SciTeach #ITeachScience
Get matched with a scientist for a Q&A with your classroom at www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html
Tell your colleagues! Our program is free and we have LOTS of scientist volunteers this semester 🧪
#EduSky #ScienceEducation #SciTeach #ITeachScience
iNaturalist is a hidden gem for royalty-free biodiversity photos 📸
1️⃣ 223M observations from around the world
2️⃣ Observations are site-specific
3️⃣ Accurate species identification
4️⃣ You can filter observations by photo license
5️⃣ There are tons of high-quality, royalty-free photos
1️⃣ 223M observations from around the world
2️⃣ Observations are site-specific
3️⃣ Accurate species identification
4️⃣ You can filter observations by photo license
5️⃣ There are tons of high-quality, royalty-free photos
January 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
iNaturalist is a hidden gem for royalty-free biodiversity photos 📸
1️⃣ 223M observations from around the world
2️⃣ Observations are site-specific
3️⃣ Accurate species identification
4️⃣ You can filter observations by photo license
5️⃣ There are tons of high-quality, royalty-free photos
1️⃣ 223M observations from around the world
2️⃣ Observations are site-specific
3️⃣ Accurate species identification
4️⃣ You can filter observations by photo license
5️⃣ There are tons of high-quality, royalty-free photos
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Our global study on the state of trust in scientists is now out in Nature Human Behaviour! 🥳
With a team of 241 researchers, we surveyed 71,922 people in 68 countries, providing the largest dataset on trust in scientists post-pandemic 👇🧵https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-02090-5
With a team of 241 researchers, we surveyed 71,922 people in 68 countries, providing the largest dataset on trust in scientists post-pandemic 👇🧵https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-02090-5
January 20, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Our global study on the state of trust in scientists is now out in Nature Human Behaviour! 🥳
With a team of 241 researchers, we surveyed 71,922 people in 68 countries, providing the largest dataset on trust in scientists post-pandemic 👇🧵https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-02090-5
With a team of 241 researchers, we surveyed 71,922 people in 68 countries, providing the largest dataset on trust in scientists post-pandemic 👇🧵https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-02090-5
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Did you know there's a poetry competition for the #BugoftheYear contest?
Anyone can enter a poem about the competition's nominees! To give you motivation, here's my poem about Giant Springtails!
More info here: bugoftheyear.ento.org.nz/poetry-compe...
#BugoftheYearPoetry2025 #nzpoetrysociety 🧪
Anyone can enter a poem about the competition's nominees! To give you motivation, here's my poem about Giant Springtails!
More info here: bugoftheyear.ento.org.nz/poetry-compe...
#BugoftheYearPoetry2025 #nzpoetrysociety 🧪
January 13, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Did you know there's a poetry competition for the #BugoftheYear contest?
Anyone can enter a poem about the competition's nominees! To give you motivation, here's my poem about Giant Springtails!
More info here: bugoftheyear.ento.org.nz/poetry-compe...
#BugoftheYearPoetry2025 #nzpoetrysociety 🧪
Anyone can enter a poem about the competition's nominees! To give you motivation, here's my poem about Giant Springtails!
More info here: bugoftheyear.ento.org.nz/poetry-compe...
#BugoftheYearPoetry2025 #nzpoetrysociety 🧪
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Almost ten years old now (2016), here's an azhdarchid (since named Cryodrakon) being scavenged by another azhdarchid, the dromaeosaur Saurornitholestes, and some small birds. This scene is based on real fossil data showing that Saurornitholestes consumed pterosaur remains. #paleoart #sciart
January 13, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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New year, new books! Do you have a favorite title that introduces kids and teens to #TeamFish? Contribute to the #BestKidsFishBooks #FishBooksForKids crowdsourcing list! Let's make #BookSky #KidLit a fishier place 😍🐟🦑🐡🧪📚
Add a Title: bit.ly/BestKidsFishBooks
List So Far: bit.ly/FishBooksForKids
Add a Title: bit.ly/BestKidsFishBooks
List So Far: bit.ly/FishBooksForKids
#TeamFish Crowdsourcing Dossier: Best Fish Books for Kids (of All Ages)!
As fish enthusiasts and researchers, we are always eager to indoctorinate the next generation to share in the wonders of fishes.
So, let's help crowdsource recommendations and reviews of your favori...
bit.ly
January 5, 2025 at 12:16 PM
New year, new books! Do you have a favorite title that introduces kids and teens to #TeamFish? Contribute to the #BestKidsFishBooks #FishBooksForKids crowdsourcing list! Let's make #BookSky #KidLit a fishier place 😍🐟🦑🐡🧪📚
Add a Title: bit.ly/BestKidsFishBooks
List So Far: bit.ly/FishBooksForKids
Add a Title: bit.ly/BestKidsFishBooks
List So Far: bit.ly/FishBooksForKids
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My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
In 2020, GeoCenter Møns Klint held an exhibition of feathers in Cretaceous amber. I reconstructed the life appearance of the feathers & a dinosaur from which the feather might have come. Here's Velociraptor.
#PaleoArt #SciArt #SciComm #Dinosaurs #Velociraptor
In 2020, GeoCenter Møns Klint held an exhibition of feathers in Cretaceous amber. I reconstructed the life appearance of the feathers & a dinosaur from which the feather might have come. Here's Velociraptor.
#PaleoArt #SciArt #SciComm #Dinosaurs #Velociraptor
January 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
In 2020, GeoCenter Møns Klint held an exhibition of feathers in Cretaceous amber. I reconstructed the life appearance of the feathers & a dinosaur from which the feather might have come. Here's Velociraptor.
#PaleoArt #SciArt #SciComm #Dinosaurs #Velociraptor
In 2020, GeoCenter Møns Klint held an exhibition of feathers in Cretaceous amber. I reconstructed the life appearance of the feathers & a dinosaur from which the feather might have come. Here's Velociraptor.
#PaleoArt #SciArt #SciComm #Dinosaurs #Velociraptor
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I am extremely excited to announce that for the first time ever, Skype a Scientist is offering mini-grants to support IRL science communication!!
Communicating science out in our communities is critical. We want to enable others to get their projects off the ground!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Communicating science out in our communities is critical. We want to enable others to get their projects off the ground!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
SCIENCE IRL: Community SciComm mini-grant
Skype a Scientist is offering $300-1,000 mini-grants to support boots-on-the-ground science communication. The Science IRL mini-grants will support projects that put either 1) important science messa...
docs.google.com
January 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I am extremely excited to announce that for the first time ever, Skype a Scientist is offering mini-grants to support IRL science communication!!
Communicating science out in our communities is critical. We want to enable others to get their projects off the ground!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Communicating science out in our communities is critical. We want to enable others to get their projects off the ground!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Second request:
If you are a professional scientist or science communicator who is at least 18 years old and uses social media (including Bluesky) for professional purposes, please consider taking this survey. 🧪🌎 #SciComm
Please help us to share it.
umiami.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
If you are a professional scientist or science communicator who is at least 18 years old and uses social media (including Bluesky) for professional purposes, please consider taking this survey. 🧪🌎 #SciComm
Please help us to share it.
umiami.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
January 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Second request:
If you are a professional scientist or science communicator who is at least 18 years old and uses social media (including Bluesky) for professional purposes, please consider taking this survey. 🧪🌎 #SciComm
Please help us to share it.
umiami.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
If you are a professional scientist or science communicator who is at least 18 years old and uses social media (including Bluesky) for professional purposes, please consider taking this survey. 🧪🌎 #SciComm
Please help us to share it.
umiami.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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BIG NEWS!
For the first time ever, Skype a Scientist is offering mini-grants to support IRL science communication!
Communicating science out in our communities is critical. We want to enable folks from around the US to get local projects off the ground.
Learn more & apply at bit.ly/scienceirl
For the first time ever, Skype a Scientist is offering mini-grants to support IRL science communication!
Communicating science out in our communities is critical. We want to enable folks from around the US to get local projects off the ground.
Learn more & apply at bit.ly/scienceirl
January 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
BIG NEWS!
For the first time ever, Skype a Scientist is offering mini-grants to support IRL science communication!
Communicating science out in our communities is critical. We want to enable folks from around the US to get local projects off the ground.
Learn more & apply at bit.ly/scienceirl
For the first time ever, Skype a Scientist is offering mini-grants to support IRL science communication!
Communicating science out in our communities is critical. We want to enable folks from around the US to get local projects off the ground.
Learn more & apply at bit.ly/scienceirl
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📣 Calling all poets and scientists! 🧪✍️
Brilliant Poetry – Inaugural Reading: experience how poetry brings science to life, uniting creativity and discovery across borders.
📅 Thursday, 30 January 2025
⏰ 2:00–2:45 PM GMT
📍 Online
💲 Free
🔗 bit.ly/brilliantpoe...
#Poetry 🧪 #SciComm 🍎 #SciArt
Brilliant Poetry – Inaugural Reading: experience how poetry brings science to life, uniting creativity and discovery across borders.
📅 Thursday, 30 January 2025
⏰ 2:00–2:45 PM GMT
📍 Online
💲 Free
🔗 bit.ly/brilliantpoe...
#Poetry 🧪 #SciComm 🍎 #SciArt
January 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
📣 Calling all poets and scientists! 🧪✍️
Brilliant Poetry – Inaugural Reading: experience how poetry brings science to life, uniting creativity and discovery across borders.
📅 Thursday, 30 January 2025
⏰ 2:00–2:45 PM GMT
📍 Online
💲 Free
🔗 bit.ly/brilliantpoe...
#Poetry 🧪 #SciComm 🍎 #SciArt
Brilliant Poetry – Inaugural Reading: experience how poetry brings science to life, uniting creativity and discovery across borders.
📅 Thursday, 30 January 2025
⏰ 2:00–2:45 PM GMT
📍 Online
💲 Free
🔗 bit.ly/brilliantpoe...
#Poetry 🧪 #SciComm 🍎 #SciArt
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Do you know a UK-based wheelchair user who works in a lab and would be willing to user-test our prototype of what is believed to be the first-ever lab coat adapted for wheelchair users?
Please share far & wide! Interest form: forms.office.com/e/66FhcQjqRT
More info: www.ucl.ac.uk/ucl-east/new...
Please share far & wide! Interest form: forms.office.com/e/66FhcQjqRT
More info: www.ucl.ac.uk/ucl-east/new...
January 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Do you know a UK-based wheelchair user who works in a lab and would be willing to user-test our prototype of what is believed to be the first-ever lab coat adapted for wheelchair users?
Please share far & wide! Interest form: forms.office.com/e/66FhcQjqRT
More info: www.ucl.ac.uk/ucl-east/new...
Please share far & wide! Interest form: forms.office.com/e/66FhcQjqRT
More info: www.ucl.ac.uk/ucl-east/new...
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Mark Zuckerberg, Recipient of World's First Rat Penis Transplant, Announces Meta Will Stop Fact Checking
thehardtimes.net/culture/mark...
thehardtimes.net/culture/mark...
Mark Zuckerberg, Recipient of World's First Rat Penis Transplant, Announces Meta Will Stop Fact Checking
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, medical pioneer who received the world's first experimental rat penis transplant, announced today that the social media juggernaut would stop fact checking.
thehardtimes.net
January 8, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Mark Zuckerberg, Recipient of World's First Rat Penis Transplant, Announces Meta Will Stop Fact Checking
thehardtimes.net/culture/mark...
thehardtimes.net/culture/mark...
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at the end of a 14hr flight into LAX, the pilot told us not to be alarmed if we smelled smoke, the plane wasn’t on fire, just the city
January 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
at the end of a 14hr flight into LAX, the pilot told us not to be alarmed if we smelled smoke, the plane wasn’t on fire, just the city
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What will enter the #publicdomain in 2025? Each day through December we’ll open a window in our advent-style calendar to reveal our highlights! publicdomainreview.org/features/ent...
(+ for the impatient/curious we've links to lists of new entrants.)
(+ for the impatient/curious we've links to lists of new entrants.)
December 1, 2024 at 5:11 PM
What will enter the #publicdomain in 2025? Each day through December we’ll open a window in our advent-style calendar to reveal our highlights! publicdomainreview.org/features/ent...
(+ for the impatient/curious we've links to lists of new entrants.)
(+ for the impatient/curious we've links to lists of new entrants.)
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A look at some of the most beautiful and unusual examples from the first 100 years of the “modern” book cover, since the rise of publishers' bindings circa 1820: publicdomainreview.org/collection/t...
The Art of Book Covers (1820–1914)
Selection of book covers produced during the bookbinding revolution of the 19th century and beyond.
publicdomainreview.org
December 13, 2024 at 3:23 PM
A look at some of the most beautiful and unusual examples from the first 100 years of the “modern” book cover, since the rise of publishers' bindings circa 1820: publicdomainreview.org/collection/t...
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🥁 Announcing the Public Domain Image Archive! 🥁
We are v excited to share our new sister-project, the Public Domain Image Archive (PDIA), a curated collection of 10k+ out-of-copyright historical images, all free to explore and reuse: pdimagearchive.org @pdimagearchive
We are v excited to share our new sister-project, the Public Domain Image Archive (PDIA), a curated collection of 10k+ out-of-copyright historical images, all free to explore and reuse: pdimagearchive.org @pdimagearchive
January 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
🥁 Announcing the Public Domain Image Archive! 🥁
We are v excited to share our new sister-project, the Public Domain Image Archive (PDIA), a curated collection of 10k+ out-of-copyright historical images, all free to explore and reuse: pdimagearchive.org @pdimagearchive
We are v excited to share our new sister-project, the Public Domain Image Archive (PDIA), a curated collection of 10k+ out-of-copyright historical images, all free to explore and reuse: pdimagearchive.org @pdimagearchive