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“Real” Scientist? The lady doth protest too much, methinks…
Last week, Michele Banks took on the mantle of the RealScientists twitter account. In case you missed it, they have compiled her tweets here: Michele is careful to make clear that she is not really a...
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Unfollow
Twitter has a reputation for occasionally “unfollowing” people for you without your permission. I don’t know if this is true. Maybe I don’t keep close enough tabs on my “followed” list. I do know that...
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At-twitter-bution
I’m not proud of that title; but I also lack shame. Ben Hedlund, however, should be very proud of his web app Tweet2Cite. Tweet2Cite takes the URL of a tweet and converts it into a properly formatted...
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Creative output, social media & the tragedy of the commons
Ed Yong’s comment on Alexis Madrigal’s article at The Atlantic is spot-on. Can you spot the fundamental flaw in the logic of self-justifying logic of the owners of @HistoryInPics*? “Photographers are...
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#SciWars
UPDATE: Rachel Pendergrass has “Storified” #SciWars. Today, on twitter, #SciWars* happened: Because of this, which was a knock on effect of the Chobani anti-science yogurt lids: To rave reviews, like...
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Are you a Twitter Science Superstar?
In the beginning, there was Neil Hall’s tone deaf “Kardashian Index”. Then there was Science Magazine’s list of 50 Twitter science superstars. Combined they painted a pretty clear picture that being...
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Dr. Twitter
Our travel guru, Eva Amsen, was recently interviewed by Times Higher Education about using Twitter and other social media productively as an academic in her role as outreach coordinator for F1000. The...
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Holy Guacamole!
Based on RTs and favorites, this is the best thing I have ever done on Twitter, especially if you add in Ed Yong’s response. HT: Zapata’s Grill in Hartsville, SCFiled under: Items of Interest Tagged:...
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…the bell trolls for thee
According to a purported, internal Twitter memo obtained by The Verge, Twitter’s CEO Dick Costolo is taking personal responsibility for their poor record of dealing with abusive behavior on their...
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Science for the People: Come as You Are
This Science for the People is looking at the intersection of human sexuality, research and education. We’re joined by sexuality educator and blogger Emily Nagoski, to talk about her book Come as You...
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Any Publicity is Good Publicity?
If you wonder why Twitter seems to have no interest in protecting individual users from harassment, maybe you need to think about how the companies that pay for the annoying “promoted” tweets think...
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