Saw a good dog today. I might've screamed a little.
Jenna Jakubisin
@heyjennajay.bsky.social
Science writer, editor, and proofreader in Chicago. Books, dogs, comedy. (she/her) www.heyjennajay.com
In a previous life, I copyedited and proofread textbooks for EMTs and paramedics. This year, I had the opportunity to revisit those EMS roots while developing this special report on cutting-edge resuscitation science! I'm grateful to the experts who were so generous with their time and insights.
Emergency Medicine News@emergencymednews.bsky.social · 8mo agoNew Special Report reviews the evolving science of cardiac arrest care, from changing epidemiology to new adjuncts like head‑up CPR, ITDs, automated CPR, ECMO, and vasoactive agents. Clear discussion of what’s promising and what remains unproven. https://ow.ly/4JXI50YhnoW
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
Ever wonder about the #science behind public speaking anxiety? I wrote about it for the HuffPost! Big thanks to @noahmichelson.bsky.social.
HuffPost@huffpost.com · last yr."Whether it’s five people or 50, my nervous system floods with adrenaline like I’m facing Hannibal Lecter instead of some barely interested coworkers."
Apropos of nothing, you can always reach ProPublica with anonymous tips, files, and information that you think could hold powerful people and institutions accountable via this link: www.propublica.org/tips/
How to Contact ProPublica or Send a Tip Securely — ProPublica
Our job is to hold people and institutions accountable. To do that, we need evidence.
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I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy. I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
My master's thesis was accepted by the Johns Hopkins #ScienceWriting program. After 3 years of grad school + a full-time job, having free time feels bizarre. See you soon, Baltimore! 🎓
I'm so excited to hear this! Second City, best city. #SciWri25
National Association of Science Writers (NASW)@sciencewriters.org · last yr.BIG NEWS: #SciWri25 has a new location and dates! Get ready to gather in Chicago Nov 7-9. The virtual portion will take place Oct 22-24. Thank you to everyone for your support during this journey. Details: www.nasw.org/article...
An incredibly valuable and absolutely sickening timeline. Thank you, STAT.
STAT@statnews.com · last yr.We’re tracking, day by day, what’s happened in the worlds of science and health.
There are trans Americans right now looking out at this world and wondering if anyone is going to stand up for them and for their simple right to exist. Well, I am. We are. We will.
By this time next month, my master's thesis will be submitted.
Over 3500 signatories and growing, including 91 organizations. Have you checked this out? #DefendResearch #Science #Journalism
Jenna Jakubisin@heyjennajay.bsky.social · 2y agoScicomm and scholarly publishing friends: I've signed this declaration to #DefendResearch from #Censorship and I hope you'll consider it, too. scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/02/19/d...
"But what Trump is doing is not reform, it is subversion. And it could not come at a worse time." www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... @dhruvkhullar.bsky.social @newyorker.com
Trump’s Agenda Is Undermining American Science
Research funded by the federal government has found useful expression in many of the defining technologies of our time. This Administration threatens that progress.
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The court ordered that NIH grant funding be unfrozen, so The Regime found a way around it. For NIH grants to be funded, a review panel must rank them. In order for a review panel to meet, they must post it on the Federal Register. Submissions to the Federal Register are now on hold “indefinitely”.
Angie Voyles Askham@avaskham.bsky.social · 2y agoI just covered this for @thetransmitter.bsky.social — will keep following! www.thetransmitter.org/funding/fede...
Scicomm and scholarly publishing friends: I've signed this declaration to #DefendResearch from #Censorship and I hope you'll consider it, too. scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/02/19/d...
Declaration To #DefendResearch Against US Government Censorship - The Scholarly Kitchen
In response to US government efforts to censor research and researchers, a small group of scholarly communications professionals have launched a Declaration to defend research. Learn more in today's p...
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"The accurate, timely and transparent communication of scientific, health and environmental information is essential to creating a just, healthy, safe, and prosperous society." 👏👏
CASW@sciencewriting.bsky.social · 2y agoCASW, along with @healthjournalism.org, @sciencewriters.org, @sejorg.bsky.social, and @uprootproject.bsky.social, objects to the removal of public data and information from more than a dozen federal U.S. websites. Read our full letter: casw.org/news/journal...
The RFK hearing is telltale of our new era: white men will prevail irrespective of merit or qualification. Unless we stop it. CALL YOUR SENATORS!
I did it. I submitted my first draft master's thesis. 😵💫 #ScienceWriting #GradSchool #LeTired
yyyyyeah maybe we shouldn’t just “relax”
Ken Klippenstein@kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 2y agoIntelligence officials are starting to leak to me now too. Here’s a memo Defense Intelligence Agency personnel received instructing them to suspend observances including: - Holocaust Remembrance Day - MLK Day - Juneteenth
Is the communications pause that's been imposed on the US government's health agencies affecting you? @statnews.com would love to hear about it. Please let us know. www.statnews.com/2025/01/25/t...
Are you affected by the Trump administration’s pause on health communications, science meetings, and reviews?
Have you been affected by the Trump administration’s pause on communications, science meetings, and reviews? @statnews would like to hear from you.
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"Text and language is alive so it’s always changing. To me, there is no end point and that is a joy."—Tina Chang via lithub.com/12-contempor... #Writing #Revising
12 Contemporary Writers on How They Revise
“Writing is rewriting,” says everyone all the time. But what they don’t say, necessarily, is how. Yesterday, Tor pointed me in the direction of this old blog post from Patrick Rot…
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I deleted my Twitter account today. I want Facebook gone, too. What are folks using as alternatives to #Facebook groups?
Master doc of mutual aid groups helping people and animals on the ground in LA. Please share docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
MALAN Fire & Wind Storm Resources
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Firearms are closely linked with domestic violence. With a gun in the home, it’s 5 TIMES more likely that a woman will be killed by a domestic abuser. This bill closes a harmful loophole in Illinois law and will save lives. #KarinaGonzalez #DomesticViolence #GunSafety news.wttw.com/2025/01/07/i...
Illinois Senate Passes Karina’s Bill, Measure That Requires Police to Take Guns After Orders of Protection
Karina’s Bill seeks to protect domestic violence victims by creating uniform processes for removing guns from alleged abusers who are subject an order of protection.
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"What do we have to show for the time that has passed? Not enough." Excellent article from @statnews.com, especially as we eye the incoming administration. #COVID19 #PublicHealth #TrustInScience www.statnews.com/2025/01/06/c...
What Covid tried to teach us — and why it will matter in the next pandemic
Five years after the start of Covid, we appear to be trying to teach ourselves the lessons of the pandemic the hard way.
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I'm so grateful for my local library!
Theprogressive ✊️@treadres.bsky.social · 2y agoIt also makes it harder for them to ban books.
