Melanie Stegman, Ph.D.
@melzy.bsky.social
Biochemist, game designer, life enthusiast, UU, supporter of others' dreams. ScienceGameCenter.org Always looking for work: Game design, science communication, evaluation. Baltimore, USA + anywhere
Each Friday evening, @LizNeeley.bsky.social writes a debrief of the week’s events in #Science & #HigherEd - What's happened? What next & what to do? 🧪 The goal is to help you keep current— by staying focused instead of flooded. Jan 19-23, 2026 was Year 2, Week 4 bit.ly/4t5dPz2 #MeetingTheMoment
Year 2, Week 4
Jan 17-23, 2026 - memories in the making
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In July, I exported to the grid nearly 20 times the energy I imported ..in my small-ish all-electric house with rooftop solar, a battery, an air-to-air heat pump/air con, a Sunamp heat battery for hot water, & mech. ventilation (often left on in July as it filters the air) Well in credit all year
Many are woefully ignorant of our history… We Promised! We Have Not Honored Our Promise!
It's a point I've been trying to make for a long time: there is no good way to meet even 10% of current demand for animal products. They trash the living world, whichever way you do it. If you want to reduce your impact, switch to a plant-based diet. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Organic eggs have worse impact on climate than eggs from caged chickens
Adopting organic free-range model in UK could lead to greenhouse emissions equivalent to 2,316,000 tonnes of CO2, study suggests
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I’m a scientist who studies how climate change impacts our lives and the places we love. Most of us are worried, but many feel stuck on what to do. If that's the way you feel, check out this list below! We can’t fix it alone, but I know we can together. 💚
Climate.us is live. Built by members of the team behind Climate.gov, this new independent nonprofit website keeps trusted climate information easy to find, easy to use, and harder to erase. #ClimateForUs #ClimateUS
Have you always wondered what would happen if Hades had a wild night with Undertale and Hyper Light Drifter? You like to playtest stuff? Then try FULLY AUTOMATED ! The roguelite where no one has to die, probably. #gamedev #gaming #indiegame #games store.steampowered.com/app/1370830/...
Fully Automated on Steam
Fully Automated is a fast paced action roguelite. Destroy or demoralize your foes, and shape the future of your world ! Face relentless waves of enemies and choose from a variety of upgrades and trait...
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It's SciAnts Sunday! Today we are continuing #ResidentEvilRequiem , chatting in game insect science, rabbit holes, and more! Come join the colony! 9pm EST #twitch #stem #TwitchPartner #live #livestream #twitchstreamer #sciants #scicomm twitch.tv/sciants_stre...
Second game that was reviewed today on th Science Game Center is Solve the Outbreak. www.sciencegamecenter.org/games/solve-... This game is by the Centers for Disease Control CDC. Yes, our scientists using the best learning technology we have: games! #immunology #infectiousdisease 🧪 #scicomm
Two new player reviews today at the Science Game Center. First one is Virtual Insect Collection by the Learning Games Lab at New Mexico State. www.sciencegamecenter.org/games/virtua... #scicomm #gamedev #insects #nativePlants Follow that link to the Science Game Center and review science games!
Join us for #StanceOnScience where we ask politicians where they stand on #SciencePolicy issues ahead of the midterm elections! #SciPol #MidtermElections #SciComm
New player review, the first for Outbreak Squad. A game by the Learning Games Lab at New Mexico State University. Read the review, link to the game and write your own review at the Science Game Center: www.sciencegamecenter.org/games/outbre... 🧪#infectiousDisease
Outbreak Squad | The Science Game Center
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After years of following and supporting #indiegames and #gamedev, it’s finally happening: Our game "Kernelbay" has a "Coming Soon" page on @steampowered.com and we're part of the Fishing Fest! 🎣 It would mean the world if you could wishlist & repost🙏 store.steampowered.com/app/3686480/...
New player review www.sciencegamecenter.org/games/tami-s... #gamedev 🧪 Come read this review, maybe play this game yourself! It's from the Smithsonian's science education group. Search for more games by topic, player age or hardware at the Science Game Center.
I reviewed a game: Antibody One A sweet short game about microscopic things battling for their life, and yours. Play it! Review it on my little Science Game site, and tell your friends about it. Together we help science game find their audiences. 🧪 gamedev www.sciencegamecenter.org/games/antibo...
Antibody One | The Science Game Center
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@repkweisimfume.bsky.social Please do press against our ridiculous actions in Venezuela. Please do press against the inhumane treatment of immigrants and all other Humans. Please do press for allowing more legal immigration. Please press for universal healthcare.
I'm attending No Kings's event, “Eyes on ICE: Document and Record” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even... Baltimore
Eyes on ICE: Document and Record · No Kings
On Saturday, federal agents horrifically shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse who cared for veterans, in the Eat Street neighborhood of south Minneapolis after brutally beating him in...
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Skin Deep is nominated for the IGF EXCELLENCE IN DESIGN award! I'm so proud of what we made. Skin Deep's designers: - Suzanne Will @binarypartitioned.space - Tynan Wales - Brendon Chung @blendogames.bsky.social Skin Deep credits: blendogames.com/skindeep/cre... IGF noms: tinyurl.com/2zzt8sw4
The Centipede Simulator demo is finally here! Play it now on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3922090 #GameArt #Gamedev #3D #B3D #MadeWithUnity #Unity #indiedev #indiegame #Lowpoly #bugSky #insects
Centipede Simulator on Steam
Experience life as a centipede! Munch on crickets to grow longer and evade deadly predators in a frantic struggle for survival across multiple game modes. How long can you last?
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So we are taking over Venezuela? Please vote in the primaries and in November.
Since the Kennedy Center no longer exists: We need a Kennedy Center in exile. Maybe in Baltimore? Rebook all the cancelations. Make them charity concerts with full pay to the artists.
'We cannot have art institutions that lose money': Grenell defends Kennedy Center takeover | PBS News share.google/PScorhNb0QcY... This Grenell person looks a journalist in the face and say Reporters don't think about finances. Public broadcasting doesn't think about finances. #pbs #NPR #irm
'We cannot have art institutions that lose money': Grenell defends Kennedy Center takeover
The newly-renamed Trump-Kennedy Center is facing canceled performances and plummeting ticket sales. Amna Nawaz discussed the turmoil with Richard Grenell, the man President Trump handpicked to lead th...
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Explore this conversation and more from the frederickmd community
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“Every part of the world seems to have a different interpretation of what it means to make a game. All connected by a love for creating them… I’m inspired by how wildly different every community is.”
Nathalie Lawhead@alienmelon.bsky.social · 9mo agoi posted about all my favorite games from this year. i hope you will fall in love with them too! One whole year of video game recommendations: www.nathalielawhead.com/candybox/one... "The international indiegame scene is full of undiscovered gems. They are waiting for you to find them." #IndieGames
🧩 Available now! The latest episode of the Stress Puzzle podcast with Dr. Danielle King and host @ryanlinnbrown.bsky.social focused on the challenges of conceptualizing and measuring resilience. Listen now: www.stressmeasurement.org/podcast/epis... #psychscisky #resilience #socialpsych #scicomm
