Rooney’s old account @girls_can@social.cleverlibre.org

Hey friends - I am in Antarctica with extremely slow and limited internet and I have a book coming out this year that I'd normally be posting more about because pre-orders are *critical* to a book's success.

Help me get the word out?

OUT THERE: THE SCIENCE BEHIND SCI-FI FILM AND TV

From black holes to space elevators and extraterrestrial civilizations, this is a rich and beautifully illustrated book for your coffee table. And astronaut Mae Jemison wrote the Foreword!

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This epic "colossus" sculpture was erected in the late 1500s by renowned Italian sculptor Giambologna as a symbol of Italy’s rugged Appenine mountains. This mountain god, named Appennino, stands 35 feet tall within the Villa Demidoff in Tuscany. Wow!

The best philosophy books I have read in 2022? Let me mention 3.
First, The Knowledge Machine (Strevens). An original thesis on what makes science what it is - an almost pathological activity.

I bet i was being blander than that. I think that in the past a lot of of theoretical ecology focused on resource dynamics. I often get asked about resource models even when they are impractical. Part of what has happened in the last few years is ways to do theory that are less focused on resources, but the presenations we have for these tools tend to be mathy. Looking at critiques of the tragedy of the commons is one way to better tell the story of this theory.

Anecdotes not being data aside, I have found that the folks I've been able to say hello to when they first sign up seem to be more likely to stick around.

If you spot a new signup on your instance, you can do worse than to say howdy and ask if they need any help with anything.

Nine times out of ten they just want to know how to 1) find their birdsite followers and 2) find new followers. Have those links at the ready!

#twittermigration

@girls_can I have to admit that I didn’t think about the competition part lol. More University fellowships would actually take pressure off faculty & give them time to do the actual science & more time mentoring instead of constantly having to write proposals to find money to allow young scientists do their work. It would also increase scientific independence of students & posts docs & hopefully result in better pay …

Jumbo, the #Dutch supermarket chain, introduced slow checkouts when it discovered some people enjoy chatting while paying for their goods.

 The added personal touch is helping many people, especially the elderly, deal with loneliness.

We’re working on an episode about how we’re #MoreThanWork. What kind of #hobbies and other extra-curricular pursuits do you want to get into in 2023?

We’ll read out some of your responses on a future #podcast!

@academicchatter

@girls_can @girls_can let me just forward this study to our admins along with our perpetual request for the university to fund more graduate students and post docs

Start of #NewYear is good time for a long overdue #introduction. I’m a #ecologists at Rice University. My research interests include population, community, evolutionary, & infectious disease ecology. I use a variety of approaches from experiments to theory but my happiest moments are when I get to spend time doing research in the field. I also just (officially yesterday) started as Editor-in-Chief of @ASNAmNat & always happy to hear from our authors & readers.

Just got asked to take someone's picture with a Polaroid camera and am I still in 2023?

Universal mask wearing is not a lockdown. It’s the opposite: Mask mandates make society accessible to many more people, especially those at higher risk.

#COVID #COVID19

#birds #wildlife #photography