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Ok. Some clarity:

It's a site where you have to pretend to be an AI and either answer questions or draw things in response to human prompts. You get tokens for each AI response you generate

As a human, you can request text or an image

And just scroll through the threads linked from my QT. SO FUN

THIS
IS
SO GREAT

I know what you mean- it's like the promising stages of brown right now

Nature journaling sounds lovely

What are you looking forward to?

(Excited for the coming of - I love this question in person and I am staring at the words in writing wondering if I'm overthinking)

Am I overthinking lol

I'd recognize that sign anywhere! What a great excuse to visit NOLA all the time

This message prompted me to do the same

- "Account management" on the left sidebar, almost at the bottom for me
- "Account settings" in the sub-menu
- Flip about 15 toggles (!!!!) to be off, if you'd like to indicate that ALL the AI options are unwelcome

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I was told that anyone can participate *as long as they arrive eager to center BIPOC/WOC/non-binary POC mentee experiences and needs*

Mentor signup closes late Sun- don't delay!

(** = my summary of the community guidelines every mentor must agree to)

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I hope this call reaches some ppl of color- I cannot pretend that white folks are the best mentors for this event.

But cis/het white women are the majority in scicomm, I have no right to call on minoritized professionals to take on additional labor, and events like this one deserve enough mentors.

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Calling on my fellow white scicomm'ers to do some work here. How many times have you offered career advice to a friend of a friend who's interested in #SciComm? How many of those FoaF's have been privileged in some way?

Consider this my FoaF mentor request: tinyurl.com/vs-mentors

Waiting for my kid to wake up so I can shove this photo in their face because they argue that only mammals can be "fluffy"

OOOOOH CANNOT WAIT TO CONSUME

There used to be an old sign by the path, warning passers-by of the local sleeping willow, which would trap the unwary with fatigue, engulf them while they slept, and release them a hundred years later.

There was a new sign:

"This sleeping willow is full."

And a map of other locations to try.

"You have a lovely personality, dear"

- this guy's mom, probably

Yes- it's the only reason I know it happened. It felt like someone taking their fingernail and trying to scratch a groove in my skin (which is kind of what was happening!). Not as bad a bee sting, but noticeable, and only bearable I assume because it was so small.

This is one of my favorite offshoots from the OPs prompt

bsky.app/profile/wait...

A baby octopus bit my forehead when I was doing my PhD research in the ocean around Panama

FULLY co-sign (this and the OP in the quoted thread)

If I had a 1,000-person team I could hire for scicomm, they would not code. I'd LOVE to do micro-customized work

If I went back to marine biology and had the power of 1K extra people, they would not code. They would expand learning and impact

AMAZING

Are folks throwing them as they ride, like old timey newspaper delivery? Or are you just handing them out at the event?

I LOVE THIS

This works in reverse too. When I lived abroad with my kids, I:

1. was relieved/horrified to realize the full extent of the burden we carry in the US, recognized only as it lifted

2. didn't believe how healthcare worked there. We got a refund check from our insurance bc they made too much profit!

Haha I LOVE that you asked this

Thank you for sharing the answer!

My knee-jerk reaction to this is "can capitalism please just let me sleep"

(I haven't read the article. Maybe it's great. But now I'm too grumpy to find out ☺️)

we were probably all up last night staring at the ceiling with our own version of the same thought running on endless loop, but mine looked something like this:

I hate these people to a degree that feels simultaneously corrosive to the soul, and also the only righteous response to this kind of evil

I've used this photo setup on ships and in labs, and the poster trick is useful for taking pictures through windows (on ships, in lookout towers, etc.). You can make a smaller version from black duct tape w a hole for your lens -> goes on your camera

Travels pretty well with a not bad price point

Black poster board/tablecloth w a battery powered reading light. You just need to control light sources: poster above prevents surface reflection, black tablecloth behind/below blocks background, light shining into the water sideways makes subject pop

All cheap supplies- experiment! Good luck!!

BEHOLD the largest freshwater fish species in the world: the Beluga Sturgeon!

FINALLY got to see one in person at the Great Lakes Aquarium in Duluth along with the @garlab.bsky.social Team at the @mnafs.bsky.social @amfisheriessoc.bsky.social meeting!

What an incredible fish!

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SciComm Office Hours | Virginia Schutte About SciComm Office Hours and how to register for upcoming sessions.

Free #SciComm coaching! Next few sessions will be:

- Mar 5 AND 6, 3pm ET each day: getting started in scicomm
- Mar 24, 12pm ET: translating skills across opportunities

Details and register: www.virginiaschutte.com/scicomm-offi...

As always, contact me to seed a topic and time of your choice

Well huh. Thanks for sharing! Never seen that before