Matt Austern

My teenager: “Ah yes, I remember the C. elegans Twitter debacle.”

Life in the future can be very silly sometimes.

#teenagers #c_elegans #modelOrganisms #socialmedia

Apr 3, 2024 at 9:46pmWeb
Show threadAmethyst73Apr 4, 2024

@austern I clearly wasn't in the right Twitter circles...
As someone who once worked with C. elegans, can you give me a quick summary or link describing the C. elegans Twitter debacle?

eta: nemmind, found it: https://www.thedailybeast.com/worm-joke-causes-science-twitter-flame-war-over-accusations-of-sexism-and-racism

Wow. Okay then.

Worm Joke Causes Science Twitter Flame War Over Accusations of Sexism and Racism

A science editor joked on Twitter that the roundworm is overrated. Soon, his tweet was being attacked as a privileged microaggression.

The Daily Beast