Creative Externalities

Connecting with Your Audience: The Workshop | Creative Externalities A science communication class designed with learning in mind — teaching students and professionals the art of translating science for public audiences.

“Connecting with Your Audience: Design Insights from the World of SciComm” will excerpt from my #CWYASciComm workshops for science professionals, which has been taught since 2017 (cr8xt.com/portfolio/cw...). Excited to finally share this content here with our Taiwan community. See you March 4! 🧪

Digital poster with text This week's talk: Connecting with Your Audience: Design Insights from the World of Sci Comm. Talk by Ben Young Landis Wednesday March 4 2026 7 P M As part of Creatives Networking Night. Lower corner shows New Bloom logo.

Taipei Friends: Very excited to dust off my #CWYASciComm workshop slides for March 4 #CNNTaipei freelancers meetup! If you're a designer, writer, or scientist who has to convey technical ideas to broad audiences, do join us! My first-ever #SciComm talk in Taiwan: www.facebook.com/events/14413... 🧪

Check out our latest article in Current Opinion in Toxicology here! 🧵 3/3
Romero, PM, Heard, KJ, Oblizajek, NR, Qadeer, A, Kirchoff, RW, and Leung, MCK. Cannabis Hyperemesis Syndrome: Pharmacological and Toxicological Perspectives. (In press) doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
#ASUResearch

Standardizing cannabis composition, production methods, and compliance testing is key to ensure patient safety. 🧵 2/3 #CannabisSafety #Contaminant

Cannabis hyperemesis syndrome (CHS) is a recurring vomiting condition that occurs to some patients after prolonged use of cannabis. Further mechanistic studies and a better understanding of the CHS exposure scenario are needed to decipher the root cause of this condition. 🌿 🔬 💊 👨‍⚕️ 🧵 1/3

Happy New Year! Alysa Liu brings joy; the dazzling Taipei Book Fair; Lorraine Daston visits Taiwan; and other things that give us hope in the Year of the Horse

"What new questions, observations, or conversations might emerge from those unexpected combinations?" Thoughts from Lorraine Daston at #TIBE in Taiwan via @michellekuo.bsky.social: ampleroad.substack.com/p/happy-new-... #HigherEd #HistoryOfScience #SciComm 🧪

Happy New Year! Alysa Liu brings joy; the dazzling Taipei Book Fair; Lorraine Daston visits Taiwan; and other things that give us hope in the Year of the Horse

"What if a university were organized... around shared modes of empirical research—grouping together, say, everyone who works in archives, or everyone who does fieldwork, or everyone who runs experiments?" Thoughts from Lorraine Daston via @michellekuo.bsky.social: open.substack.com/pub/ampleroa... 🧪

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Every time I hear friends or family say "But it's just a cold, right?" I want to bash my head and sigh a long sigh for the losing/lost/missed #SciComm battle over COVID messaging. Ultimately, popular opinion has stopped caring long ago—leaving the vulnerable disadvantaged and victim-blamed... 🧪

Join us for #CNNTaipei this Wednesday night!! #TaiwanCreatives🧋

What do our best friends tell us about cannabidiol (CBD) and hemp supplements? 🐶 🌿 💊 🩺 🥼 🧵 1/4
#DogScience #Supplement #Innovation #ASUResearch
Dog Aging Project (@dogagingproject.bsky.social)
ASU Cannabis Analytics, Safety and Health Initiative (newcollege.asu.edu/cannabis-ini...)

Frontiers | Demographic features, health status, and behavioral changes associated with cannabidiol use in the Dog Aging Project IntroductionIn recent years, there has been an increase in access to and interest in cannabidiol (CBD) and hemp products, including use in companion dog supp...

Please check out our study here!
Conrow et al. (2025). Demographic Features, Health Status, and Behavioral Changes Associated with Cannabidiol Use in the Dog Aging Project. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 12:1666663 ▶️ doi.org/10.3389/fvet...

It is also more common in dogs living in states with legalized cannabis. Interestingly, dogs given CBD or hemp have more intense aggressive behavior at first but become less intense over time. 🧵 3/4

In the largest study to date, our nationwide survey of nearly 50,000 dogs shows that 7.3% of our dogs have been given CBD or hemp supplements. The usage is more common in dogs with health conditions such as cancer, osteoarthritis, and epilepsy where medical cannabis is often used in humans. 🧵 2/4

Congrats to #cr8xt friend and client Maxwell Leung at Arizona State University on great media pickup of his new paper on cannabis supplements for dogs! Here's one clip in @discovermag.bsky.social: www.discovermagazine.com/dogs-given-c... 🧪

Cheers to friend and #SciComm client Maxwell Leung at Arizona State University (@leung-lab.bsky.social) and colleagues on this dazzlingly written #SciPol explainer discussing major gaps in U.S. cannabis policies monitoring and regulating for contaminants, quality assurance, and patient safety. 🧪

And bookmark the Arizona State University initiative for cannabis analytics, safety, and health, led by @leung-lab.bsky.social. (I met Max when we were both Blue Devils and nowadays he's a Sun Devil 😈): newcollege.asu.edu/research/cen... 🧪

A Coordinated Approach to Cannabis Policy and Product Safety The United States urgently needs a coordinated approach to regulating cannabis use that prioritizes product safety and patient well-being.

Also see Max's new #SciPol piece in @issuesinst.bsky.social on improving cannabis analytics, health, and safety in the United States: issues.org/coordinated-... 🧪

Why patchy state weed regulations may put your health at risk : Short Wave Marijuana is decriminalized or legal in some form in multiple states. But, because it’s illegal on the federal level, states have had to build their own regulatory infrastructure. Without a centralize...

Congrats to my friend and #SciComm client Maxwell Leung @leung-lab.bsky.social at ASU on being named as an expert source in this @npr.org #NPRShortWave segment! On major gaps in contaminant testing and patient safety assurances for medical cannabis across U.S. states:
www.npr.org/2025/10/14/n... 🧪

Congrats to my friend and #SciComm client Max Leung and his mentee Symone Griffith on this incredibly well-written #SciPol position paper on cannabis health and safety. We expect our food and medicine to be safe for consumption, so why not medical cannabis? Well done Max and Symone—read it below 👇🏽🧪

Superglue for Fragmented Policy Archives Are there superglue-like policy tools that could help fix systems that suffer from a lack of coordination?

Check it out in the Fall 2025 issue of Issues in Science and Technology (by Arizona State University/National Academy of Sciences)! issues.org/issue/42-1/ 🧵 3/3
#CannabisSafety #ASUResearch #Innovation
ASU Cannabis Analytics, Safety and Health Initiative (newcollege.asu.edu/research/cen...)

We discuss the fragmented & inconsistent cannabis regulation in the U.S., emphasizing that gaps between federal & state policies undermine product safety, clinical guidance, & patient well-being, but national standards & academic involvement can contribute to patient safety in the U.S. & beyond 🧵2/3

It was a pleasure working with Symone Griffith (ASU Presidential Scholar & Ph.D. student in @asuhealthsolutions.bsky.social) and Marisa Kreider, Ph.D. (Stantec) in an article, "A Coordinated Approach to Cannabis Policy and Product Safety" (doi.org/10.58875/NLN...) 🌿 🔬 🧑‍🔬 🎓 🧵 1/3

Graphic with text quoted in post, with a background image with hands holding a smartphone

A handy UNDP social graphic on misinformation:

"Before you share online, consider the 5 W's

WHO made it?
WHAT is the source of information?
WHERE did it come from?
WHY are you sharing this?
WHEN was it published?"

Via @undp.org: www.instagram.com/p/DPPbMSPk0H1/ 🧪

Glenn County Loses Lone ER Hospital | Sac State Hornet’s Editor-in-Chief | Inaugural ‘Sacramento Science on Tap’ A Willows medical center will close its ER Oct. 21 after losing a federal designation. Also, meet the new editor of the Sac State's student-run newspaper. Finally, more opportunities to learn about s...

Congrats to @shawshankrxn.bsky.social on helping launch yet *another* science café in the Sacramento region!! Love seeing @capscicomm.org still thriving and bearing fruit. Missing this great #SciComm community and will keep cheering on from afar: www.capradio.org/news/insight... #KeepScienceSpicy 🌶️🧪

Thought:

Instead of generative A.I., what we actually need is better *search tools* to find information we're looking for.

And for researchers, we always need new tools to visualize, characterize, prepare, and analyze data. (e.g. like what ModelBuilder in ArcGIS did for geospatial analysis.) 🧪

DSET Democratic Governance Team (Research Fellow / Non-Resident Fellow / Policy Analyst) Recruitment - Research Institute for Democracy, Society and Emerging Technology Research Institute for Democracy, Society and Emerging Technology (DSET), located in Taipei, is dedicated to advancing cutting-edge research and fostering international collaboration at the intersecti...

For friends in #SciPol #SciPolComm #SciComm circles: The Research Institute for Democracy, Society and Emerging Technology (DSET) 科技民主與社會研究中心 in Taiwan is seeking Research Fellow / Non-Resident Fellow / Policy Analyst: dset.tw/en/announcem... #TechPolicy #Taiwan #Disinformation #台灣 #SciencePolicy🧋🧪

Outsourcing cost of ‘impact’ data could mean 13% more bang for every charitable buck When donors are better informed, they can accomplish more with the money they give away. But who should pay for that information?

Work in fundraising? This new research shows that when someone else covers the cost of impact data, donors give 13% more effectively.

Keep in mind: some donors prefer their entire gift go directly to programs, not data collection.

PS: Listen all the way to the end—there's even a @sconc.bsky.social shoutout, #SciComm friends! 🧪🦨

Although I've left the #Sacramento area, I'm so proud to see how the #SciComm community continues to flourish. Thrilled for this interview with my friends Nick Gray (who now leads @capscicomm.org ) and Jared Shaw @shawshankrxn.bsky.social (who founded #DavisSciCafe). #KeepScienceSpicy, everyone! 🧪🌶️

And here is the speaker lineup from the #2025公視國際研討會 last week hosted at National Taiwan University by the Public Television Service (PTS) of Taiwan. Worth a look for anyone in journalism, media and society, extremism tracking, and sociology in the digital age.

www.pts.org.tw/2025pts_symp...