Um the Daily Mail just bought New Scientist for Β£70 million π¬π¬π¬π¬π¬π¬π¬π¬π¬π¬π¬π¬π¬π¬π¬
Iβm trying to think of the best case scenario of having a company that runs a tabloid newspaper owning a science publication and all I can see is an actual shit show for scientists to battle exaggerated and misleading headlines
Immediate thoughts: We need to strongly emphasize science literacy in our schools and make sure weβre teaching kids from early on how to fact check and source their information. Make it as standard as learning the ABCs.
And we scientists need to share what we can about fact checking and make it something we talk about regularly to the public. Iβve done so here:
To Americans: this is something like if the National Enquirer bought National Geographic
STORYTIME: grab the popcorn! One night two years ago, I went to sleep perfectly healthy & hours later woke up in the middle of the night with a RAGING headache. Head was throbbing, and I felt so odd. Also felt some water in my ear that was from the shower I had taken earlier. 1/
There was SO much water in my ear, I could hear it. So, I did the tilt-your-head thing, bouncing my head sideways to jerk the water out of my ear. Nothing would work. I decided to sleep on that side of my ear to let the water drip out naturally via gravity. Head was pounding. 2/
It took a while for me to go to sleep. I laid there with my head pounding and I could hear the water in my ear moving, and I was banging my head on the pillow, even the nightstand to get the water out. I was that desperate. I ended up going to sleep eventually. Rough night. 3/
This is kinda messed up. I enjoy international recipes from pages written by people of the culture that hosts the dish that I am making. I enjoy reading about their nanas and papas from India and Italy, etc. and why the dish is important to them. Feels like I'm part of the family
Reading stories I don't mind the ads that help the bloggers who work hard to maintain their sit so that we CAN have the recipes in the first place. It's not that hard to scroll past the ads and get the recipe, especially if I feel connected to the author... and if I'm hungry lol
but like I get it, ya know?? I just like learning about other people, personally
But I get it. There's definitely a demand for this
Are there any companies that want to sponsor my next music video? I wrote a banger and this song deserves a professionally shot video. I would come out of my own pocket for it but I am trying to pay my student loans ππππ it is real out here
And if I'm not able to get a sponsor then it's going to be another iPhone video lmao it's going to get done either way, just trying to up the quality of the visuals
Did you all see the #ISS pass behind the shadow of the Earth? Everything is dark and now they're in "orbital night time". The space station orbits Earth about every 90 minutes, so that means in a 24 hour day, the space station orbits approximately 16 times!! #NASASpacewalk@NASA
As a scientist with a transgender parent, I need you to SIT DOWN. You don't know the science OR the history. You trust the science? Science draws a difference between sex at birth and gender identity. The systematic institutionalization of gender is a product of colonization. 1/
Whether you agree or not, the actual fact is that gender has existed on a spectrum and accepted that way within Indigenous cultures for thousands of years. This two-gender system has been forced on people through colonization, used to divide and conquer 2/ publicseminar.org/2018/07/genderβ¦
There is so much scientific research done drawing lines between sex at birth and gender identity done by endocrinologists, psychologists, all the -ologists. According to science, your little sign is wrong. I invite subject experts in this area to join the thread and speak on this