Challenge to male science writers: can you write a whole book without referencing that American judge who said “I know it when I see it” about porn?
Dr Anna Ploszajski
@annaploszajski.bsky.social
Materials scientist👩🔧| Storyteller🏰| Author ✏| Presenter 🎥 | Trainer 👩🏫 | Speaker 🎤 | Channel swimmer🧜♀ | “Por-shy-ski"👍| she/her |🏳🌈 Director of Storyology Ltd - storytelling training for scientists, engineers, researchers and techy people
Happy World Storytelling Day! To celebrate, I've written a blog post on the Storyology Ltd. blog, called 'Why Science Needs Global Stories' Read here: www.storyology.co.uk/blog/why-sci...
Why Science Needs Global Stories. — Storyology
Today, 20th March, is World Storytelling Day. So, today I’m thinking about global stories.
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This week on the Storyology blog, I wrote about my favourite tip for putting together strong technical communication. All you have to do is write on three post-it notes... Read more here: www.storyology.co.uk/blog/three-p...
Three Post-its to Transform Your Storytelling — Storyology
When we put together technical stories, there are thousands of big and small decisions that we have to make along the way. Making such decisions can be agonising, and can seriously slow us down. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Allow me to introduce you to: the Three Post-it Exercise.
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Storyology has a blog! I'll be writing weekly content on all things storytelling and how to up your communications game if you work in science, engineering, research or tech. This first post is 'Seven Reasons for Storytelling'. www.storyology.co.uk/blog/seven-r...
Seven Reasons for Storytelling by Dr Anna Ploszajski — Storyology
Seven reasons why storytelling can help scientists, engineers, researchers and techy people communicate who they are and what they do better through the study of story.
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This headline really pisses me off. All human made materials, including smelted metals and alloys, fired ceramics, concrete and engineered glass will also endure. The article goes on to list other materials but plastic gets clicks 🙄 www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
‘Technofossils’: how humanity’s eternal testament will be plastic bags, cheap clothes and chicken bones
Fast fashion and drinks cans among technological-age matter most likely to endure as fossils, say scientists
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So many women, including myself, raised the alarm on the predatory behaviour of PhD students (and staff) at UCL. The only surprising element of this case is that one of them got caught.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2y agoUCL student accused of rape tells court he liked pornography featuring sleeping women
I've just added three new workshops to the Storyology website: - Advanced Storytelling - Podcasting - Personal Branding Read more here: www.storyology.co.uk/workshops
All Workshops — Storyology
Communications training from Dr Anna Ploszajski on storytelling, presentations and writing skills for university researchers, scientists, engineers and techy people, delivered online or in-person.
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Everyone, please sign this open letter to the @royalsociety.org calling for Elon Musk’s fellowship to be revoked Currently over 1200 signatories 👀 occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2025/...
An open letter to the President of the Royal Society – time to stand up for your values | Reciprocal Space
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Finally got round to framing this. Feels like a lifetime ago 🏊♀️
I help STEM experts connect technical content with audiences through storytelling. Are you a business who communicates technical content to customers, clients or funders? Sounds like you need a storytelling expert who's also a scientist 🤓 Get in touch! www.storyology.co.uk
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Storyology Ltd. delivers training courses to scientists, engineers, researchers and techy people in universities and technical industries across the UK.
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Some snaps from today’s Storytelling for Researchers training at Uni of Reading. Storytelling is a powerful communication tool, but must be used responsibly!
So now we have it. Rachel Reeves's claim that a third runway at Heathrow Airport would boost economic growth comes from a report commissioned by .... Heathrow Airport. Instead of acting in the national interest, she's channelling corporate lobbyists. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reeves’s Heathrow third runway report was commissioned by London airport
The chancellor is under fire after a study cited as evidence for expanding the terminal to boost the UK’s economic growth was ordered by Heathrow itself
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The Storyology Podcast is in double-digits! Ep 10 is out today and it's a fun one; the role of storytelling in science media coverage. A timely conversation given *gestures towards the world generally* Listen here, or search The Storyology Podcast in the usuals: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX8N...
Episode 10: Galvanise - the Media Power of Story
YouTube video by Anna Ploszajski
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at UCL to coach some quantum physics professors. Did you know I do coaching? I want to do more of it, it’s super rewarding working with senior people on better communication while also desperately trying to remember my undergraduate quantum mechanics lectures from a thousand years ago
Hello lovely Bluesky 👋 please help me find people who would enjoy my free online course, 'Storytelling Foundations'. Particularly #STEM #PhD students, but also #research and #marketing teams in #tech, #science and #engineering industries. It's 25 vids in 30mins and my hair looks great throughout
Dr Anna Ploszajski@annaploszajski.bsky.social · 2y agoAttention scientists, engineers, researchers and techy people 📣 I've just released a FREE online course that will help you write quicker and present better using tools from the world of storytelling. Get it here: www.storyology.co.uk/storytelling...
Woohoo this course is popping off! Get it while it's hot 🔥
Dr Anna Ploszajski@annaploszajski.bsky.social · 2y agoAttention scientists, engineers, researchers and techy people 📣 I've just released a FREE online course that will help you write quicker and present better using tools from the world of storytelling. Get it here: www.storyology.co.uk/storytelling...
"The peer-reviewed paper turned out to have miscalculated the dosage by a factor of 10"
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2y agoIs black plastic really bad for you? Six things you should know
Attention scientists, engineers, researchers and techy people 📣 I've just released a FREE online course that will help you write quicker and present better using tools from the world of storytelling. Get it here: www.storyology.co.uk/storytelling...
Storytelling Foundations — Storyology
A free 30-minute online course for academic and industrial researchers, engineers and techy people. Developed by Dr Anna Ploszajski, Storytelling Foundations is a practical, creative and efficient cou...
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Episode 9 of the Storyology Podcast is out now! It's all about the problems with how science gets picked up and reported by the media. If you're a science researcher or work in science comms, I think you'll love the pod 😁 open.spotify.com/episode/4n87...
Episode 9: Science media - traitors or faithfuls?
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The indomitable scientist and illustrator @hanaayoob.co.uk was the perfect person to illustrate my book and I'm so grateful for her style and flair bringing my chapters alive 🥰
Hana Ayoob@hanaayoob.co.uk · 2y agoAnother book illo for today’s prompt ‘sweet’ - this time from @annaploszajski.bsky.social’s Handmade All my chapter illustrations for Handmade are full of references to the stories & science, and the sugar one might have the most! #JanuArty 🐡
Do we know what the @royalsociety.org 's current stance on Elon Musk FRS is? royalsociety.org/people/elon-...
Fellow Detail Page | Royal Society
Explore the history of the Royal Society, including our motto and discover our timeline of key events.
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Overall people’s trust in science is good however more extreme political bias seems to make people less likely to trust science and there is variation within countries too 🧪
Trust in scientists and their role in society across 68 countries - Nature Human Behaviour
What is the state of trust in scientists around the world? To answer this question, the authors surveyed 71,922 respondents in 68 countries and found that trust in scientists is moderately high.
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It makes me so happy that people are still reading and enjoying my book 🥰
Osbert Lancaster@osbert.org · 2y agoReally enjoying Handmade by @annaploszajski.bsky.social A wonderful book about different materials, woven together with stories of Anna’s journeys. 💙📕 Reminds me of the joy, and frustration, of working with wood to build my boats. www.annaploszajski.com/shop/handmad...
Episode 8 of The Storyology Podcast is out now! It's all about how science gets covered in the media; how that selection process works and whose hands the science story passes through before it reaches us. Listen here! open.spotify.com/episode/7exr...
Episode 8: Whose story are we hearing anyway?
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Today I’m with researchers at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social talking about responsible research communication. We thought about narratives in research, and how these influence audience expectations. Any narratives we missed?
Episode 7 of The Storyology Podcast is out now! It's all about Open Science, and features Sarah Callaghan from @ox.ac.uk, Pen Yuan-Hsing from @bristoluni.bsky.social and Jess Wade from @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social. Listen here! open.spotify.com/episode/20r9...
Episode 7: Open Science Solutions
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I really like this take - second-hand consumption is still consumption.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2y agoFast fashion is an addiction. Secondhand mania may be just as bad | Chloë Hamilton