Science reporter and author. Also knitter, crocheter, cross-stitcher, tabletop gamer, Pokemon Go player, and #NAFOFella. Actually 2 goblins and a magpie in a trenchcoat. She/they. https://linktr.ee/kionasmith
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And same for journalists: is it possible to dedicate yourself to telling the truth about the world and not vocally oppose an administration that constantly undermines the truth?
I also have decided, no.
Fantastic piece by @dereklowe.bsky.social. Feeds into an ongoing debate among scientists: is it possible to dedicate yourself to finding the truth about the real world, and not vocally oppose an administration that constantly undermines the truth?
Is doing so political, or just being a scientist?
This. I need to print this so I can roll it up and bonk some people on the head with it.
This is the answer.
May I offer you a Max in these trying times? He helps!
I am also Team Viruses Are Life-Forms, although I want someone on the other side of the debate to make a real case for folding virology into the Chemistry Department.
As the Artemis II mission prepares to go round the Moon, it's a good time to remember that people have been thinking about how to ensure the Moon has the right to its own ecological integrity. 🧪 #PlanetSci
I think I'm putting "learn to play senet" on my to-do list for the year. Also look at how gorgeous this set is! My inner dice goblin is going bonkers for this even though it includes zero actual dice.
As a scientist with family in Iran, Derek Lowe finds his own government's approach to truth alarming
These ancient board games are utterly fascinating to me. Even if we can't (exactly) reproduce the rules (AFAIK), they're a reminder of how games have been a part of life for millennia.
It shows that people are people -- across time as much as across borders.
Fantastic piece by @dereklowe.bsky.social. Feeds into an ongoing debate among scientists: is it possible to dedicate yourself to finding the truth about the real world, and not vocally oppose an administration that constantly undermines the truth?
Is doing so political, or just being a scientist?
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Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman)
A 3,400 year old Ancient Egyptian ‘Senet’ game board with gaming pieces.
Senet is one of the earliest known board games. Popular in ancient Egypt, it was associated with the soul’s journey through the underworld and was often placed in tombs.
Brooklyn Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
As a scientist with family in Iran, Derek Lowe finds his own government's approach to truth alarming
A 3,400 year old Ancient Egyptian ‘Senet’ game board with gaming pieces.
Senet is one of the earliest known board games. Popular in ancient Egypt, it was associated with the soul’s journey through the underworld and was often placed in tombs.
Brooklyn Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Alison Fisk
if you don't like the social issues conversations in star trek then you just don't like star trek
