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Kitty Gifford

@myndwalk.bsky.social

Cornell Scicomm instructor + local sustainability advocate | Bringing community & science closer

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CNN news story, Climate.gov will re-launch under new URL thanks to a secret team of web ninjas

CNN news story, Climate.gov will re-launch under new URL thanks to a secret team of web ninjas

Curious what we are all about?
Click the link: www.cnn.com/2025/08/28/c...

28.08.2025 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 152    πŸ” 78    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 17
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AOC: You are not aware that the Trump Department of Justice is investigating the largest insurance company in America for fraud of Medicare Advantage that you have jurisdiction over?

24.06.2025 16:49 β€” πŸ‘ 10997    πŸ” 2475    πŸ’¬ 438    πŸ“Œ 217
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Climate misinformation turning crisis into catastrophe – major report False claims obstructing climate action, say researchers, amid calls for climate lies to be criminalised

Climate misinformation turning crisis into catastrophe– major report β€œThe researchers found climate denialism has evolved into campaigns focused on discrediting solutions, such as the false claims that renewable energy caused the recent massive blackout in Spain.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

19.06.2025 19:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
New York Soil Health team members Debbie Aller and Michael Glos at the NY Soil Health Trailer, a mobile laboratory equipped with an interactive simulator showcasing the impact of rainfall on different soil types.

New York Soil Health team members Debbie Aller and Michael Glos at the NY Soil Health Trailer, a mobile laboratory equipped with an interactive simulator showcasing the impact of rainfall on different soil types.

June is in full swing, and so is the growing season.

Check out upcoming field days, helpful resources on cover crops, #soilhealth characterization, and biochar, plus learn about veteran scholarships. Get all the details in our latest newsletter mailchi.mp/5b6349af4cb7...

12.06.2025 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"jargon can increase perceptions of explanatory satisfaction for low-quality explanations. This is because jargon decreases the perception that the explanation contains explanatory gaps."

12.06.2025 12:37 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 4
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Using the past to tell more persuasive conservation stories For millennia, stories have been central to conveying human experienceβ€”a tradition through which communities continue to share lessons, knowledge, and cultural values. Now, conservationists are begin...

How we start a conservation story shapes what we think is possible.

A new essay shows how geohistorical data, fossils, sediment, and deep records can counter shifting baselines & make stories more persuasive, emotional, and actionable.

#scicomm

conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

10.06.2025 16:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Not a great move IMO. Now that it finally works reliably on the tv app they are taking it away??

04.06.2025 19:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The MAHA report serves as a vignette of techniques used to mislead the public by exploiting the credibility and language of science. A closer look reveals not only bias but outright fabrication.

29.05.2025 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 122    πŸ” 52    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 6
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100 hour livestream of #climate & weather researchers is going strong on YT right now: www.youtube.com/@wclivestrea...

Meteorologists & #climatechange scientists want to fulfill their mission of sharing their science

Despite US govt's shortsighted and 'bound to backfire' cost-cutting

29.05.2025 19:14 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Scientists saved lives. The village was evacuated a week ago.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

29.05.2025 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 420    πŸ” 128    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
Puffin, a black and white with colorful orange bill and standing  on a rock in the rain.

Puffin, a black and white with colorful orange bill and standing on a rock in the rain.

Screenshot of Bird list! Kestrel, Willow Warbler, Skylark, Pied Wagtail, Corn Bunting, Whitethroat Warbler, Yellowhammer, Kittiwake, Shag, Rock Pipit, Gannet, Fulmar, Guillemot, Razorbill, Skua, Meadow Pipit, Tree Sparrow, Chaffinch, Black-tailed Godwit, Teal, Cinnamon Teal, Mallard, Gadwall, Shoveler, Wigeon, Lapwing, Common Tern, Black-headed Gull, Sandwich Tern, Puffin, Wren, Robin, Eider, Merganser, Little Tern, Oystercatcher, Song Thrush, Sedge Warbler, Western-House Martin, Common-Ringed Plover, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Rook

Screenshot of Bird list! Kestrel, Willow Warbler, Skylark, Pied Wagtail, Corn Bunting, Whitethroat Warbler, Yellowhammer, Kittiwake, Shag, Rock Pipit, Gannet, Fulmar, Guillemot, Razorbill, Skua, Meadow Pipit, Tree Sparrow, Chaffinch, Black-tailed Godwit, Teal, Cinnamon Teal, Mallard, Gadwall, Shoveler, Wigeon, Lapwing, Common Tern, Black-headed Gull, Sandwich Tern, Puffin, Wren, Robin, Eider, Merganser, Little Tern, Oystercatcher, Song Thrush, Sedge Warbler, Western-House Martin, Common-Ringed Plover, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Rook

The birding at #PCST2025 has been pretty good! Viewing the Skylark song flights from the hotel have been a highlight.
Locations visited:
TECA, Dunnottar Castle at Stonehaven, Troup Head, Fraserburgh, Loch of Strathbeg, Bullers of Buchan, Ythan mouth

29.05.2025 10:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thank you #PCST2025 for programming our audio experience One in Ten and thanks everyone who took the time to come and listen! We loved hearing your feedback and chatting about #letstalkaboutcough

Our new evaluation report is available here www.letstalkaboutcough.net/evaluation/

#chroniccough

28.05.2025 08:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Are you attending #PCST2025 and presenting on #scicomm transitions?

Submit to @jscicom.bsky.social 's special issue β€” we want to feature your work!

11.02.2025 07:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why People Believe in Conspiracy Theories: A Summary of the Science What hundreds of studies reveal about the motives behind conspiracy thinking

β€œA new meta-analysis of 279 studies finds that belief in conspiracy theories is linked to three core psychological motives: wanting to make sense of the world, coping with uncertainty, and connecting with others.” open.substack.com/pub/matthewf...

27.05.2025 05:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes! Scientists, let's share our work with the public. Write an LTE/op-ed/ or guest column in a LOCAL HOMETOWN PAPER, published June 16! #McClintockLetters #SciComm

Share how we serve the public with fed dollars, & insights into fed funded research. Signup + more info: tinyurl.com/McClintockLetters

22.05.2025 21:03 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Scientists Identify Ways to Minimize Tradeoffs Between Crop Yields and Climate Benefits Research highlights where and how regenerative farming could lead to win-wins for climate-change mitigation and crop production

Read more in our press release! Takeaways include

- Tradeoffs everywhere
- win-wins only in some places
- Combinations of practices are best
- Spatial data can help target farmers
- Other measures can sequester more, eg plant-rich diets
- Other benefits besides carbon

www.nyu.edu/about/news-p...

19.05.2025 17:14 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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100+ Days: Environmental Policy Trackers πŸ•΅πŸ½β€β™€οΈ & a Call to Action πŸ™‹πŸ½β€β™€οΈ Protect the Inflation Reduction Act!

Well, it’s been a wildly eventful 100+ days, to say the least. Sharing a few resources that are helping me keep track of it all + a call to action. Protect the Inflation Reduction Act! ayanaelizabeth.substack.com/p/100-days-e...

04.05.2025 19:47 β€” πŸ‘ 57    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 6

Today I learned from @danfagin.bsky.social that only 4 mammalian species make up about 96% of mammalian biomass. Can you name them?

24.04.2025 20:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Is it translated in Hungarian?

13.04.2025 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
LIVE NOW: Sen. Booker will go as long as he can in marathon Senate speech to protest Trump
YouTube video by MSNBC LIVE NOW: Sen. Booker will go as long as he can in marathon Senate speech to protest Trump

If you weren’t aware Sen Cory Booker is filibustering right now. He has been at it since 7pm EST

m.youtube.com/watch?v=N5Nf...

01.04.2025 03:12 β€” πŸ‘ 532    πŸ” 85    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 11
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Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them WASHINGTONβ€”With the elected officials trying their hardest not to move a muscle, reports confirmed Monday that top Democratic leaders in Congress were standing real still in hopes that the American pe...

Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them

14.03.2025 02:25 β€” πŸ‘ 36351    πŸ” 7337    πŸ’¬ 689    πŸ“Œ 553
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My cat is enjoying the sunshine after a long winter in the Northeast

10.03.2025 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Archivists Recreate Pre-Trump CDC Website, Are Hosting It in Europe The team used a Reddit-made archive of the CDC website to create a new live mirror of the site before it was purged.

A team of archivists has recreated the pre-Trump CDC website as a live, easy-to-navigate website that should be indexed by Google. The team is hosting it in Europe. Cool project that is sadly necessary:

www.404media.co/archivists-r...

05.03.2025 15:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1969    πŸ” 893    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 36

Per Dr Atul Gawande, ex USAID: β€œAll malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.”

There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.

28.02.2025 05:16 β€” πŸ‘ 37913    πŸ” 13808    πŸ’¬ 1144    πŸ“Œ 811
Need Your Help With Something Yesterday the Bulwark posted a very interesting article which showed that while...

Three of the most powerful words in journalism: help us investigate.

@joshtpm.bsky.social: "Need Your Help."

"If you’re contacting your senator or member of Congress about this issue, I would be so in your debt if you would send me the response you get..." talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/need-...

11.02.2025 22:58 β€” πŸ‘ 161    πŸ” 60    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man in a black shirt is looking at a screen with a red background Alt: a man in a black shirt is looking at a screen with a red background

Worried about losing access to US federal data that may go off-line, or already is? You’re not aloneβ€”but duplication isn’t the answer.

Many ongoing efforts have already archived key datasets and many more are ongoing. Check out these existing resources and, if you can, support their work. 🧡

06.02.2025 19:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1635    πŸ” 622    πŸ’¬ 61    πŸ“Œ 41

Excellent prompt with fascinating responses. Go Science!

01.02.2025 14:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of transcript from interview Joan Didion said, I write to know what I think. And professors are trying to convince students that it’s the act of writing that fuels your thinking. And if you outsource your writing, you are never developing your critical thinking skills. And that’s a real battle that they’re facing in their classrooms because these students actually believe these tools are better at doing these things than they are.

Screenshot of transcript from interview Joan Didion said, I write to know what I think. And professors are trying to convince students that it’s the act of writing that fuels your thinking. And if you outsource your writing, you are never developing your critical thinking skills. And that’s a real battle that they’re facing in their classrooms because these students actually believe these tools are better at doing these things than they are.

As an instructor this is so concerning when you read assignments in the formulaic & vague writing ChatGPT spits out & see students aren’t developing critical thinking skills as a baseline for future coursework, careers, and well, life. www.chronicle.com/podcast/coll...

22.01.2025 14:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Seeing Chip Carter's beautiful eulogy is reminding me of a fancy-people thing that I never learned until well into adulthood.

Chip is a nickname for a guy named after his dad.
Skip is a nickname for a guy named after his grandfather.
Trip is a nickname for a guy named after his dad AND grandfather.

09.01.2025 17:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2527    πŸ” 437    πŸ’¬ 147    πŸ“Œ 248

For Maths fans, 2025 is a square.
45Β² = 45 x 45 = 2025
Also,
9Β² x 5Β² = 2025
40Β² + 20Β² + 5Β² = 2025
My favourite?
1Β³+2Β³+3Β³+4Β³+5Β³+6Β³+7Β³+8Β³+9Β³ = 2025
#Mathematics #teaching #education

01.01.2025 13:56 β€” πŸ‘ 25052    πŸ” 4739    πŸ’¬ 925    πŸ“Œ 463

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