Mastodawn

Natasha Mitchell May 4, 2023

And find me on BIG IDEAS, your front row seat to live events with big minds on big ideas.

Everything!

https://abclisten.page.link/77YnipeUZ24ccKFt6

https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/bigideas

(miss my dear steampunk monkey of Science Friction, but Big Ideas is wayyy more than its podcast graphic ... oh yes indeed)

Big Ideas with Natasha Mitchell - ABC Radio National

The best of talks, forums, debates, and festivals held in Australia and around the world, casting light on major social, cultural, scientific and political issues.

ABC Radio National

Natasha Mitchell May 4, 2023

On the Science Friction podcast in recent weeks (as I move to hosting the ABC's Big Ideas show)

I've been bringing you

REAL WILD CHILD

Some of the wild stories I've loved sleuthing & telling about kids colliding with science

...cults, cellular secrets, chaos with nukes, a real-life Lord of the Flies, utter heartwrench, utter delight

Dive in!

Wherever you get your podcasts & on the ABC Listen app

And follow BIG IDEAS podcast where I am now

https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/sciencefriction

https://abclisten.page.link/oB71ETe9kQQzuoC57

Science Friction with Natasha Mitchell - ABC Radio National

Sex, death, war, parenting, politics, climate change, obesity — science is at the heart of the hot-button issues of our time. This is the stuff of Science Friction.

ABC Radio National

Natasha Mitchell Mar 27, 2023

Out of jail, is the CRISPR-baby scandal scientist at it again?

Did you miss my interviews on with
@DrJoyZhang
and Katie Hasson
@C_G_S

Science Friction

Anywhere you get you podcasts or on the ABC Listen app
https://abclisten.page.link/faAGYDyAyiXyPhWd8

More info about what we discuss here

https://abc.net.au/radionational/programs/sciencefriction/crispr-babies-jiankui-he-gene-editing-bioethics/102057914

#HGESummit
#geneediting
#CRISPR
#Humangeneediting
#bioethics
#biotech
#China
#Governance

Out of jail, is the CRISPR-baby scandal scientist at it again? - ABC Radio National

Chinese scientist Dr Jiankui He flouted the law and bioethics basics to create the world's first CRISPR gene edited babies. Now out of jail, he's back on Twitter recruiting patients and raising funds for more trials, this time in adults not embryos. A dangerous distraction or a cautionary lesson for the world's scientists? Dr Joy Zhang has an extraordinary insider view after a recent encounter. Dr Katie Hasson is part of a global Coalition to Stop Designer Babies. They join Natasha Mitchell on Science Friction.

ABC Radio National

Show thread

Natasha Mitchell Mar 24, 2023

some news
https://radioinfo.com.au/podcast-info/a-big-change-for-big-ideas/

https://radiotoday.com.au/natasha-mitchell-to-host-the-abcs-big-ideas-podcast (& radio show)

A big change for Big Ideas - RadioInfo Australia

Multi-award winning journalist and presenter Natasha Mitchell will be the new host of the ABC’s Big Ideas podcast.Natasha replaces Paul Barclay who...

RadioInfo Australia

Show thread

Natasha Mitchell Mar 24, 2023

Let's be clear, this is my haircut now, years after that ridiculous photo was taken. And the clothes have long since stopped fitting. #amcoolwiththat
I'm about the ideas.

Natasha Mitchell Mar 24, 2023

Photo is truly *ridiculously* out of date. But yes, new gig. With gratitude, appreciation, congratulations to Paul Barclay (@PaulBarclay on the bird site) for curating & hosting so many rich conversations.

Tell me & the Big Ideas team about events you have coming up that we might consider hosting & recording!

Natasha Mitchell Mar 6, 2023

Chris Trottier Mar 6, 2023

I actually predicted this last week!

Now that outages have massively increased, Elon Musk pronounces Twitter's old code is a mess that can't be saved -- and there will be a re-write:

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1632810081497513993?cxt=HHwWkoCw1ceH9KgtAAAA

This is Stage 3 of Twitter's demise.

Now pay attention to the next stages.

It will be awhile before Twitter 3.0 will arrive. When it arrives, it won't be "real" Twitter.

See: https://mastodon.social/@atomicpoet/109949723816737406

See screenshots.

Elon Musk on Twitter

“@pmarca A small API change had massive ramifications. The code stack is extremely brittle for no good reason. Will ultimately need a complete rewrite.”

Twitter

Natasha Mitchell Mar 6, 2023

My beloved genius cousin who we lost suddenly & catastrophically last year due to a cancer diagnosis he received a matter of hours before.

A tech visionary with a big ❤️

A ❤️ still beating in these projects

Still can't believe he's gone. Truly unfathomable and unprocessable.

But thx to #AIObjectives

The work being continued as part of his legacy is so encouraging

https://www.wired.com/story/peter-eckersley-ai-objectives-institute/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=onsite-share&utm_brand=wired&utm_social-type=earned

A Privacy Hero's Final Wish: An Institute to Redirect AI's Future

Peter Eckersley did groundbreaking work to encrypt the web. After his sudden death, a new organization he founded is carrying out his vision to steer artificial intelligence toward “human flourishing.”

WIRED

Natasha Mitchell Mar 5, 2023

Thank you to the
@internetarchive
for hosting a celebration of our loved and revolutionary Peter Eckersley today in San Francisco. Watching from Melbourne, with gratitude. ❤️
x

Natasha Mitchell Feb 12, 2023

Weekend listening.

ROCK CELEBRITIES!

The Science Friction podcast ( links below, via your favourite podcast app, ABC Listen app, or on ABC Radio National's airwaves.

Pt 1 The Black Beauty saga
https://abc.net.au/radionational/programs/sciencefriction/black-beauty-nw7034-meteorite-space-astrogeology-mars/14139604

Pt 2 Space rocks get geoPOLITICAL! Meet the Arab world's first - and first female - meteorite scientist with a message for millionaire meteorite collectors
https://abc.net.au/radionational/programs/sciencefriction/meteorites-space-morocco-nomads-business/101919768

#meteorites
#BlackBeauty
#capitalism
#space
#politics
#ethics
#colonialism
#science
#Sahara

Rock celebrity! With love from Mars - Part 1 - ABC Radio National

A rock celebrity with a wild biography. Saharan nomads, a weight-loss doctor feeding an unusual addiction, scientists seeking the origins of Everything. 'Black Beauty' has it all. The meteorite with a mighty story, with love from Mars.

ABC Radio National