While drinking a cup of tea on my balcony I spotted a really simple demonstration of diffraction which is both extremely familiar, but no one actually pointed out to me when I was first learning these things.

I snapped a quick couple of photos and short explanation below :D

https://caffeineandlasers.com/blogs/ARemarkablySimpleDemonstrationOnDiffraction.html

#optics #physics #ScienceOutreach #sciencecom #SciCom

Hey Ya'all: iNaturalist update on their #enshittification with #GenAI

https://www.inaturalist.org/blog/118695-exploring-new-ways-to-learn-from-inaturalist-s-community-expertise

They seem to still not understand how LLM works, that hallucinations are inherent to the machine, and they *cannot* deliver on the "promises" they are making.

*I HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU DELETE YOUR iNATURALIST ACCOUNT*

I say this as a scientist. Who has used iNaturalist for research. Who has done almost 30,000 ID's on it, mostly for others. The danger is immense, and they are ignoring facts about the very way these machines work to make.

(Please also see history of events https://flipping.rocks/@sunguramy/115412983799166595 )

#inaturalist #nature #science #sciencecom #naturalist #communityScience #AI

The Colombian Ministry of Science published the preliminary results of national #researchassessment exercise. It had many errors and inconsistencies.

I made a post on #linkedin with some criticisms. It went sort of viral among our community and it catched the attention from El Espectador, one of the biggest newspaper. I was one of the interviewed for an article.

It was a honor for me. But the important issue that I want to highlight is that if we, as researchers, want to have a impact on society, we need to speak through the channels where society is. Not Just where we think we should speak

#colombia #ScienceCom #Research

Forrest Valkai - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/@RenegadeScienceTeacher

He's been interviewed on Skeptics Guide to the Universe about his science communication.

#scicom #sciencecom #skepticism #sgu

Who doesn’t like a quick read? – Associate KWI international fellow @AlexandraIrim about academic micropublishing now on the #KWIBlog: https://blog.kulturwissenschaften.de/running-on-empty/

#academicpublishing #emptyarticles #wordcount #sciencecom #scicomm #kleineform #wisskomm

I scribbled fun notes over the pages of a recent paper of mine, summarizing and explaining each section. I've gotten good feedback on this idea, so I'm sharing it here in the hopes that others are inspired to create accessible versions of their papers!

https://t.co/wcLY16HYo1

Original paper about how a very small effect can mess up measurements on the largest scales in the universe: https://arxiv.org/abs/2209.03949

#astronomy #scicomm #sciencecom #academicchatter #ScienceOutreach #science

My all time favorite #podcast is The Skeptics Guide to the Universe https://www.theskepticsguide.org/

#skepticism #sciencecom

"To help people make connections: name things that interest you (but aren't in your profile) as tags so they are searchable. Then boost/repeat the instructions so others know to do the same."

#LGBTQIA+
#LGBTQIA
#LGBTQ
#Disability
#COVID
#COVID19
#LongCOVID
#Climate
#Nature
#Marinescience
#microbiology
#sharks
#punkrock
#punk
#NZGreens
#scienceblog
#sciencebloggers
#sciencecom
#sciencecommunication
#student

#NZTwit
#NZTwits
#introduction

These days I don't feel excited about my #science Or that of other people. And that in itself isolating but obviously there is the compounded effect that I was a champion of #WomenInStem and a #sciencecom person for so long... I didn't feel I could talk about it on my social media.

Mastodon feels like a reboot - so expect more #burnout recovery content on here, and of course the python and data nerdiness with occasional stars ✨😘

#Astrodon