#ComSciCon18 @astrojohnjohn giving the best possible advice to grad students who are struggling - whether it's with projects or balancing research & #scicomm or dealing with racism & misogyny - "Do you have access to mental health care? Take advantage of it"

Oh, this is worth exploring: ATOMIC NARRATIVES #dataviz exploring how U.S. & Japanese textbooks discuss Hiroshima and Nagasaki http://www.stevengbraun.com/atomic-narratives/ #comscicon18

Enthusiastically second the recommendation of @sciwrihandbook for those of you wanting to pitch & sell your science writing. AND be sure to spend time browsing @Open_Notebook's pitch database - https://www.theopennotebook.com/pitches/ #comscicon18 #pitchpublishprosper

Good morning #ComSciCon18! If you're up early, you might enjoy reading the @edyong209 story I'll be referencing in my talk today: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/07/when-the-next-plague-hits/561734/

#ComSciCon18 "Knowledge is social." - @joelmreynolds paraphrased: "How often does a phone call makes the key difference in decisions? It's all the time. Which is not to say everything is corrupt or bad, but that everything we do is built on a foundation of human interactions"

#ComSciCon18 The podcast @rocza just mentioned is the brilliant @flashforwardpod - https://www.flashforwardpod.com/2018/06/05/we-are-family/

#ComSciCon18 "Disability is not the same thing as disease is not the same thing as pain and suffering" @joelmreynolds. This foundational error in thinking is what Joel calls the ableist conflation https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15358593.2017.1331255?journalCode=rroc20

#ComSciCon18 There is some research on #advocacy and credibility as relates to #scicomm. One randomized national survey to start with is @jekotcher et al's https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17524032.2016.1275736

I always (fine, usually) feel calm before a big talk.

But afterward?
It’s like a race, if I’m not on the verge of vomiting/collapsing, I wasn’t pushed hard enough.

Nauseated & shaking for you #ComSciCon18. It was an honor. Thank you.