A walking tour of Sydney's historical water supply systems, 22nd Sept, led by my former colleague Stuart Khan.

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https://atse.eventsair.com/professor-khans-historic-walking-tour-of-sydney-2/register/Site/Register

Really interesting piece by @Andy_Tattersall from #LSE which asks where have all the #academic #Twitter and #SocialMedia #SocMed accounts gone (now that X is a burning dumpster fire)?

Also provides a very handy spreadsheet of *where* those accounts have gone.

Interesting finding - many of the accounts on alternative platforms such as Threads and BlueSky are inactive - they appear to be reserving name only.

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2024/09/05/if-academic-x-is-sinking-where-are-research-organisations-going/

On anti-science, in the Journal of Virology, this quote from the authors:

"For the health of scientific inquiry, the attacks on scientists should be a priority for national science institutions and foundations. Major scientific organizations must unite in developing programs to counter anti-science movements."

Read the article here:
https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jvi.01240-24

#science #research #scicomms #COVID #anti-science #journaliam #academia

Congratulations to SWC postdoc Jasmine Reggiani on being awarded an ABSW Media Fellowship! She’s writing for IFLScience, supported by the SWC

Check out one of her latest articles

https://www.iflscience.com/where-does-creativity-come-from-scientists-work-out-a-piece-of-the-puzzle-75154

The rain stayed away from the official opening of the Wild Deserts garden at UNSW Sydney. Which happens to be outside my office, so I was there.

The garden is celebrating the team of researchers working to re establish bilbies. The giant bilby in the photo is made from offcuts of the fence that has been keeping the bilbies safe and allowing a population to establish before 'rewilding'.

Must-listen interview with Dr. @ayanaeliza, as brilliant a climate communicator as @kathhayhoe, and sharing very similar concepts, but with a very distinct voice.

Her own summary:
Q&A in NYT on unsatisfying consumerism, not eating octopuses , anger and hope, political polarization, possible climate futures, and how the answer is community. Also, I interview the interviewer about his “soft climate denial.” And, of course: What if we get it right?

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/18/magazine/ayana-elizabeth-johnson-interview.html?unlocked_article_code=1.tE0.ltV8.-moxc5kT0Zfy&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb #climate #scicomms

AI-generated nonsense is leaking into scientific journals

Text outputs from large language models are littering paper mills—and even some peer-reviewed publications.

https://www.popsci.com/technology/ai-generated-text-scientific-journals/

Want a deep dive into all things #kakapo? Check out the latest @docgovtnz Sounds of Science podcast, where I tell some of the #conservation stories you won’t hear elsewhere. Stream online at www.doc.govt.nz/podcast or in your podcast app. #parrots #SoundsOfScience #scicomms