Stevie Sky 🌈📚🌸
@steviesky.bsky.social
Scientist turned writer and scicomm.
Posts about books, science, society, and all of them mushed together.
Lives in giant blanket scarves. Hoards crafts. Cozy gamer. Has a tiny cat.
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Posts about books, science, society, and all of them mushed together.
Lives in giant blanket scarves. Hoards crafts. Cozy gamer. Has a tiny cat.
(they/she) ND
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Today's additions to the science library:
"What's a mollusk anyway?" mini-zine
and
"Mutual Aid & ism"
Both by @eveninghawk.bsky.social! Thank you for sending these! They are fantastic!
Do you have extra printed zines you'd like to add to the library? DM me!
"What's a mollusk anyway?" mini-zine
and
"Mutual Aid & ism"
Both by @eveninghawk.bsky.social! Thank you for sending these! They are fantastic!
Do you have extra printed zines you'd like to add to the library? DM me!
March 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Today's additions to the science library:
"What's a mollusk anyway?" mini-zine
and
"Mutual Aid & ism"
Both by @eveninghawk.bsky.social! Thank you for sending these! They are fantastic!
Do you have extra printed zines you'd like to add to the library? DM me!
"What's a mollusk anyway?" mini-zine
and
"Mutual Aid & ism"
Both by @eveninghawk.bsky.social! Thank you for sending these! They are fantastic!
Do you have extra printed zines you'd like to add to the library? DM me!
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🚨I promised I'd say more on the Royal Society and Elon Musk, so here it is. 🚨
I've resigned my position as Associate Editor at Royal Society's journal Open Science in protest at their lack of action over Elon Musk.
My op-ed in @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I've resigned my position as Associate Editor at Royal Society's journal Open Science in protest at their lack of action over Elon Musk.
My op-ed in @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Elon Musk is a proven danger to good science, but the Royal Society won’t say so. That’s why I resigned | Kit Yates
It is vital to act, and I urge colleagues to do so. How can we stand by and laud this man while he undermines scientific integrity? asks academic and author Kit Yates
www.theguardian.com
March 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
🚨I promised I'd say more on the Royal Society and Elon Musk, so here it is. 🚨
I've resigned my position as Associate Editor at Royal Society's journal Open Science in protest at their lack of action over Elon Musk.
My op-ed in @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I've resigned my position as Associate Editor at Royal Society's journal Open Science in protest at their lack of action over Elon Musk.
My op-ed in @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Hey Spec Fic authors and readers: sci-fi, fantasy, paranormal and horror. Join us at LimFic.com. We're building an alternative spec fic book community/directory that's also queer friendly (gay owned) and progressive. Help us grow!
Authors:
www.limfic.com/membership-a...
Readers:
www.limfic.com
Authors:
www.limfic.com/membership-a...
Readers:
www.limfic.com
February 23, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Hey Spec Fic authors and readers: sci-fi, fantasy, paranormal and horror. Join us at LimFic.com. We're building an alternative spec fic book community/directory that's also queer friendly (gay owned) and progressive. Help us grow!
Authors:
www.limfic.com/membership-a...
Readers:
www.limfic.com
Authors:
www.limfic.com/membership-a...
Readers:
www.limfic.com
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We’re crowdfunding via #Kickstarter, to launch a new novel & fund a new free #GreenStories #WritingCompetition It's a #whodunnit including themes of #sustainability #ClimateAction #Environment. Please support us and share across your networks. www.kickstarter.com/projects/dab...
Coming soon: Murder in the Climate Assembly
A novel with drama, comedy, and mystery that sets out a roadmap to a flourishing future. Environmental fiction to save our planet.
www.kickstarter.com
January 29, 2025 at 3:41 PM
We’re crowdfunding via #Kickstarter, to launch a new novel & fund a new free #GreenStories #WritingCompetition It's a #whodunnit including themes of #sustainability #ClimateAction #Environment. Please support us and share across your networks. www.kickstarter.com/projects/dab...
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Can you tell I'm signed off from work?
I've been here all day with too much time on my hands.
I've set up a new starter pack just for genre reviewers.
If you would like to be added, drop me a comment below
go.bsky.app/MAvbpEq
I've been here all day with too much time on my hands.
I've set up a new starter pack just for genre reviewers.
If you would like to be added, drop me a comment below
go.bsky.app/MAvbpEq
November 25, 2024 at 7:52 AM
Can you tell I'm signed off from work?
I've been here all day with too much time on my hands.
I've set up a new starter pack just for genre reviewers.
If you would like to be added, drop me a comment below
go.bsky.app/MAvbpEq
I've been here all day with too much time on my hands.
I've set up a new starter pack just for genre reviewers.
If you would like to be added, drop me a comment below
go.bsky.app/MAvbpEq
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I'm delivering a free webinar about asexuality this Friday! This webinar is being hosted by Pride In Education.
For more details and to register: www.outsavvy.com/event/22340/...
For more details and to register: www.outsavvy.com/event/22340/...
Embracing Ace Identities in Secondary Education and FE (Further Education) Tickets - - OutSavvy
Pride in education with the support of Pearson is delighted to offer this free interactive 60 minute online webinar. This session aims to foster a deeper understanding of asexuality, a lesser-known ...
www.outsavvy.com
November 25, 2024 at 2:05 PM
I'm delivering a free webinar about asexuality this Friday! This webinar is being hosted by Pride In Education.
For more details and to register: www.outsavvy.com/event/22340/...
For more details and to register: www.outsavvy.com/event/22340/...
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I realised I hadn't shared this link here, so for those that haven't seen this on the other place, here it is.
I am conducting a survey on public perceptions transgender archaeology for my PhD. The survey takes about 5 mins. Open to all. Thanks in advance ☺️!
york.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
I am conducting a survey on public perceptions transgender archaeology for my PhD. The survey takes about 5 mins. Open to all. Thanks in advance ☺️!
york.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Perceptions of a Transgender Archaeology: A Questionnaire
A short 10-15 Questionniare on perceptions of a Transgender Archaeology being undertaken for a PhD research project at the University of York on trans inclusion in archaeology.
york.qualtrics.com
November 25, 2024 at 9:45 AM
I realised I hadn't shared this link here, so for those that haven't seen this on the other place, here it is.
I am conducting a survey on public perceptions transgender archaeology for my PhD. The survey takes about 5 mins. Open to all. Thanks in advance ☺️!
york.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
I am conducting a survey on public perceptions transgender archaeology for my PhD. The survey takes about 5 mins. Open to all. Thanks in advance ☺️!
york.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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If you're a science writer from a minoritised group, I cannot recommend this scheme enough! I've met the most amazing group writers and had networking opportunities with science communicators. Great for if you're working on a book proposal, blog, article or any other science writing project ✍️
ScienceWrite, a UK scheme for aspiring STEM writers from minoritised backgrounds, is open for 2025 applications!
The 3rd year @romatheengineer.bsky.social & I are running this, with support from @royalsociety.bsky.social & I am SO EXCITED
Deadline 3rd Jan #SciComm 🧪
www.sciencewrite.co.uk
The 3rd year @romatheengineer.bsky.social & I are running this, with support from @royalsociety.bsky.social & I am SO EXCITED
Deadline 3rd Jan #SciComm 🧪
www.sciencewrite.co.uk
November 23, 2024 at 12:19 PM
If you're a science writer from a minoritised group, I cannot recommend this scheme enough! I've met the most amazing group writers and had networking opportunities with science communicators. Great for if you're working on a book proposal, blog, article or any other science writing project ✍️
Is it a thing to get excited when you reach the one the book's named after? 💕 I think it's a thing 📚💙
November 23, 2024 at 9:07 PM
Is it a thing to get excited when you reach the one the book's named after? 💕 I think it's a thing 📚💙
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The ultimate guide to #SciComm on Bluesky
🧪 #AcademicSky
Use the feed to talk *about* SciComm, not to *do* SciComm. If you have an astronomy or ocean fact to share: neat! But the ppl who want to engage w you are not on the feed. Feed ppl are talking shop
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bsky.app/profile/did:...
🧪 #AcademicSky
Use the feed to talk *about* SciComm, not to *do* SciComm. If you have an astronomy or ocean fact to share: neat! But the ppl who want to engage w you are not on the feed. Feed ppl are talking shop
1/🧵
bsky.app/profile/did:...
November 22, 2024 at 4:52 PM
The ultimate guide to #SciComm on Bluesky
🧪 #AcademicSky
Use the feed to talk *about* SciComm, not to *do* SciComm. If you have an astronomy or ocean fact to share: neat! But the ppl who want to engage w you are not on the feed. Feed ppl are talking shop
1/🧵
bsky.app/profile/did:...
🧪 #AcademicSky
Use the feed to talk *about* SciComm, not to *do* SciComm. If you have an astronomy or ocean fact to share: neat! But the ppl who want to engage w you are not on the feed. Feed ppl are talking shop
1/🧵
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Snow is way more fun when you're not fighting to get places ☃️
November 23, 2024 at 8:41 AM
Snow is way more fun when you're not fighting to get places ☃️
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White women asking to keep politics out of BookTok aren't just seeking comfort—they're preserving systems of oppression. Read my latest post on BookTok, reading and white supremacy.
mareas.binderybooks.com/item/GPVS92O...
mareas.binderybooks.com/item/GPVS92O...
Bindery Books | the politics of booktok: reading, comfo...
The morning after the election, as I was processing my ...
mareas.binderybooks.com
November 21, 2024 at 1:28 AM
White women asking to keep politics out of BookTok aren't just seeking comfort—they're preserving systems of oppression. Read my latest post on BookTok, reading and white supremacy.
mareas.binderybooks.com/item/GPVS92O...
mareas.binderybooks.com/item/GPVS92O...
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Science communicators and scientists will be put under constant pressure to temper their findings to please the positions of power. We cannot bow to that pressure. And we certainly shouldn't comply in advance. Laura at SciAm has been one of our last bulwarks. 🧪
"The next four years will be terrifying for anyone interested in truth. I want to read publications whose leaders are not afraid to call a fascist a fucking fascist. I worry what Helmuth's loss means for Scientific American."
defector.com/do-not-accep...
defector.com/do-not-accep...
Do Not Accept An Unscientific American | Defector
Laura Helmuth was named editor-in-chief of Scientific American in March 2020, shortly before the magazine was set to celebrate its 175th year in print. Helmuth, who had previously directed health and ...
defector.com
November 20, 2024 at 4:10 PM
Science communicators and scientists will be put under constant pressure to temper their findings to please the positions of power. We cannot bow to that pressure. And we certainly shouldn't comply in advance. Laura at SciAm has been one of our last bulwarks. 🧪
Hello new people! Will catch up stalking your profiles later 💕Currently it's a deadline day and I'm in motivational snack mode 💪
November 20, 2024 at 3:49 PM
Hello new people! Will catch up stalking your profiles later 💕Currently it's a deadline day and I'm in motivational snack mode 💪
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Escapism in books means something different for everyone. When I hear someone say they only read to escape and 'turn their brain off,' but their shelves are full of stories that are very white and very straight, it makes me wonder—what are they escaping from? And where are they escaping to? 1/2
November 19, 2024 at 2:09 AM
Escapism in books means something different for everyone. When I hear someone say they only read to escape and 'turn their brain off,' but their shelves are full of stories that are very white and very straight, it makes me wonder—what are they escaping from? And where are they escaping to? 1/2
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November 18, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Haven't even finished the trilogy yet and hyped for this
It's finally here! Got my signed copy of Absolution by @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social from Midtown Reader.
November 19, 2024 at 2:10 PM
Haven't even finished the trilogy yet and hyped for this
Know that I am currently a drowned rat ☔ and am living through everyone's beautiful snow pics
Rufus braving the snow on his paws before I left for work
November 19, 2024 at 9:48 AM
Know that I am currently a drowned rat ☔ and am living through everyone's beautiful snow pics
Urgh so many issues with this but I like this line "AI is creating what people think poetry is and not what it actually is."
November 19, 2024 at 8:32 AM
Urgh so many issues with this but I like this line "AI is creating what people think poetry is and not what it actually is."
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One way we know Bluesky has the juice is because the starter packs used to be super generic like “Environmentalists 😀” and now they are super specific like “North Atlantic salmonid fisheries scientists whose names start with T-Z” and they have the full 150 people in them
November 18, 2024 at 7:10 PM
One way we know Bluesky has the juice is because the starter packs used to be super generic like “Environmentalists 😀” and now they are super specific like “North Atlantic salmonid fisheries scientists whose names start with T-Z” and they have the full 150 people in them
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This also holds true for the UK, including around parts of healthcare that cannot be accessed consistently through the NHS
#DisabilityTax
“The reality is that it is expensive to be disabled. Research shows that disabled people need at least 28% more income, at least $17,690, to achieve a standard of living similar to that of non-disabled people.”
www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...
A cutting board costs me $75 – it might cost you $10. What to know about the ‘disability tax’
Research shows disabled people need at least 28% more income than non-disabled people for a similar living standard
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2024 at 7:52 AM
This also holds true for the UK, including around parts of healthcare that cannot be accessed consistently through the NHS
"While social and news media dominate people’s science information diets in almost all countries, films, series, and books are also relevant for exposure -- In South Korea, Indonesia, and Taiwan, for example, fiction even outranks news media as a source of science-related information."
New #preprint! We surveyed 71,922 people in 68 countries to find out: Where do they come across information about #science? How do they #communicate about it? We also tested country factors like #AcademicFreedom and #PressFreedom and identified interesting patterns 🔎
➡️ osf.io/preprints/os...
🧵 1/10
➡️ osf.io/preprints/os...
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November 18, 2024 at 8:58 AM
"While social and news media dominate people’s science information diets in almost all countries, films, series, and books are also relevant for exposure -- In South Korea, Indonesia, and Taiwan, for example, fiction even outranks news media as a source of science-related information."