#SciTwitter is dead, all hail #Bluesky #SciSky! Here are the stats for my Twitter (red) and Bluesky (blue) followers in the last 3.5 months.
March 10, 2025 at 8:07 AM
#SciTwitter is dead, all hail #Bluesky #SciSky! Here are the stats for my Twitter (red) and Bluesky (blue) followers in the last 3.5 months.
SciTwitter back then and SciBsky now literally exist to criticize the NIH.
Here is Thompson on what he thinks the ‘establishment’ approach was pre-2025: “You cannot criticize [NIH]; you cannot touch [NIH]. [NIH] exists on a kind of spectral plane that we simply cannot broker any criticism of.”
This is unmoored from reality.
We didn't criticize NIH?
Really?
This is unmoored from reality.
We didn't criticize NIH?
Really?
April 28, 2026 at 7:35 PM
SciTwitter back then and SciBsky now literally exist to criticize the NIH.
All those moments lost in time, like scitwitter tweets on X
October 2, 2026 at 12:07 AM
All those moments lost in time, like scitwitter tweets on X
The comment thread feels like ol' SciTwitter again 🥰😆
August 11, 2026 at 7:24 AM
The comment thread feels like ol' SciTwitter again 🥰😆
Scitwitter is back, baby. Conferences: weekday or weekend? Let's go!
One complaint about #AHA24 is that it is on a weekend…
People more willing to flex on their family/free time vs. their clinical/work time to attend
People more willing to flex on their family/free time vs. their clinical/work time to attend
November 14, 2024 at 7:52 PM
Scitwitter is back, baby. Conferences: weekday or weekend? Let's go!
Instead of #SciTwitter, we are officially in the #SciSky!
November 11, 2024 at 4:27 AM
Instead of #SciTwitter, we are officially in the #SciSky!
Especially with the new influx, I have to agree. This feels like 2020 SciTwitter again!
The engagement system on this platform feels like old Twitter. My timeline is nothing but positive messages, games, animals, and creative works. All of my posts are exploding with positive replies.
Not going back.
This rocks.
Not going back.
This rocks.
October 19, 2024 at 10:07 PM
Especially with the new influx, I have to agree. This feels like 2020 SciTwitter again!
Is this now happening for real?
Are we acknowledging that SciTwitter transitions to BlueSci?!? 🤩 #bluesci #migration
Are we acknowledging that SciTwitter transitions to BlueSci?!? 🤩 #bluesci #migration
November 15, 2024 at 7:03 AM
Is this now happening for real?
Are we acknowledging that SciTwitter transitions to BlueSci?!? 🤩 #bluesci #migration
Are we acknowledging that SciTwitter transitions to BlueSci?!? 🤩 #bluesci #migration
Ok, not reply department email, but it reminds me of the time several people got vacuum sealed mice in orders of plastic wear (that the did not order). Ahh, the good times of SciTwitter
Today's winning Biology All email--in fact this is a contender for best this year
September 28, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Ok, not reply department email, but it reminds me of the time several people got vacuum sealed mice in orders of plastic wear (that the did not order). Ahh, the good times of SciTwitter
Hello blue sky who do i need to follow around here? Looking for fellow #scitwitter refugees
August 10, 2024 at 3:36 PM
Hello blue sky who do i need to follow around here? Looking for fellow #scitwitter refugees
If you're looking for your #scitwitter #sciencetwitter peeps on here, here are some to get you started
@whysharksmatter.bsky.social
@beebrookshire.bsky.social
@aetiology.bsky.social
@napaaqtuk.bsky.social
@drmrfrancis.bsky.social
@whysharksmatter.bsky.social
@beebrookshire.bsky.social
@aetiology.bsky.social
@napaaqtuk.bsky.social
@drmrfrancis.bsky.social
May 1, 2023 at 1:33 PM
If you're looking for your #scitwitter #sciencetwitter peeps on here, here are some to get you started
@whysharksmatter.bsky.social
@beebrookshire.bsky.social
@aetiology.bsky.social
@napaaqtuk.bsky.social
@drmrfrancis.bsky.social
@whysharksmatter.bsky.social
@beebrookshire.bsky.social
@aetiology.bsky.social
@napaaqtuk.bsky.social
@drmrfrancis.bsky.social
Bluesky for Science
Starter packs for genomics, bioinformatics, #Rstats, Nextflow. Moderation lists. Feeds. Let's rebuild the old scitwitter community and keep this place nice
blog.stephenturner.us/p/bluesky-fo... 🧬🖥️🧪
Starter packs for genomics, bioinformatics, #Rstats, Nextflow. Moderation lists. Feeds. Let's rebuild the old scitwitter community and keep this place nice
blog.stephenturner.us/p/bluesky-fo... 🧬🖥️🧪
Bluesky for Science
Bluesky starter packs for genomics, bioinformatics, R, and Nextflow
blog.stephenturner.us
November 16, 2024 at 10:25 AM
Bluesky for Science
Starter packs for genomics, bioinformatics, #Rstats, Nextflow. Moderation lists. Feeds. Let's rebuild the old scitwitter community and keep this place nice
blog.stephenturner.us/p/bluesky-fo... 🧬🖥️🧪
Starter packs for genomics, bioinformatics, #Rstats, Nextflow. Moderation lists. Feeds. Let's rebuild the old scitwitter community and keep this place nice
blog.stephenturner.us/p/bluesky-fo... 🧬🖥️🧪
Noone ever complain again that Bluesky is less then the old Scitwitter days. Sometimes it just takes longer to get there. This thread is one month old, but worth every second. #Noodlococcus and #bluesoup vibes. @contamclub.bsky.social
Made a cocktail for my wife and she put it in the freezer, inadvertently creating a new superorganism please hel—*glurk*
June 2, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Noone ever complain again that Bluesky is less then the old Scitwitter days. Sometimes it just takes longer to get there. This thread is one month old, but worth every second. #Noodlococcus and #bluesoup vibes. @contamclub.bsky.social
i'll semi-frequently see post from the "scitwitter community" that's like "does anyone else feel like scitwitter is kinda dead now? what happened?" and then scroll up a bit and see a post from a paid bluecheck account that's like "it's time we apologise to Adolf Hitler"
August 31, 2024 at 12:56 AM
i'll semi-frequently see post from the "scitwitter community" that's like "does anyone else feel like scitwitter is kinda dead now? what happened?" and then scroll up a bit and see a post from a paid bluecheck account that's like "it's time we apologise to Adolf Hitler"
Kind of weird to think that as shitty as the pandemic happening was, it was the reason I got on SciTwitter (to connect with folks during our least connected time) and that's why I know so many of you.
December 22, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Kind of weird to think that as shitty as the pandemic happening was, it was the reason I got on SciTwitter (to connect with folks during our least connected time) and that's why I know so many of you.
I follow several academic pages on Facebook and it is wiiilllllddddddd how different the culture is there versus on here or what used to be SciTwitter. So much cutthroat gatekeeping and unwillingness to have minds changed.
December 27, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I follow several academic pages on Facebook and it is wiiilllllddddddd how different the culture is there versus on here or what used to be SciTwitter. So much cutthroat gatekeeping and unwillingness to have minds changed.
Well this will go down in the books as top 10 best advice I've gotten on SciTwitter/Sky.
The native barcoding kit gives more flexibility - do whatever pcr you want and then the nanopore library prep and barcoding is pcr-free. We got this advice from the nanopore rep when we were choosing kits and because we wanted to do 18s too. But I do think adjusting cycle number willl work.
February 10, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Well this will go down in the books as top 10 best advice I've gotten on SciTwitter/Sky.
Delighted to see this replacing #SciTwitter. But where is Epigenetic Hulk?
November 14, 2024 at 5:25 AM
Delighted to see this replacing #SciTwitter. But where is Epigenetic Hulk?
100% this! SciTwitter was an amazing place at one time. Happy to have a place to rebuild but wish it wasn’t necessary.
The thing that made my Twitter account valuable was not the sheer number of people who followed me. It was *who* was in my network.
That was an amazing time, and it taught me that the best way to use social media was to find interesting people and follow who they followed.
That was an amazing time, and it taught me that the best way to use social media was to find interesting people and follow who they followed.
November 19, 2024 at 2:51 AM
100% this! SciTwitter was an amazing place at one time. Happy to have a place to rebuild but wish it wasn’t necessary.
Hi BlueSky — I’m bringing over an old SciTwitter thread series exploring how beautifully the vestibular system works from a systems and computational neuroscience perspective.
Chapter 1 coming shortly! I’ll keep all chapters threaded below.
Chapter 1 coming shortly! I’ll keep all chapters threaded below.
March 2, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Hi BlueSky — I’m bringing over an old SciTwitter thread series exploring how beautifully the vestibular system works from a systems and computational neuroscience perspective.
Chapter 1 coming shortly! I’ll keep all chapters threaded below.
Chapter 1 coming shortly! I’ll keep all chapters threaded below.
A scitwitter character metood a bunch of assholes, got unmasked as a monster, got rehabilitated by their pretend-indian sock puppet, who they fake married then killed off with COVID and tried to collect money for their funeral.
Seems almost quaint now.
Seems almost quaint now.
October 2, 2026 at 3:13 AM
A scitwitter character metood a bunch of assholes, got unmasked as a monster, got rehabilitated by their pretend-indian sock puppet, who they fake married then killed off with COVID and tried to collect money for their funeral.
Seems almost quaint now.
Seems almost quaint now.
Hello Bsky! It's been long overdue - looking forward to reconnecting with the SciTwitter crowd.
January 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Hello Bsky! It's been long overdue - looking forward to reconnecting with the SciTwitter crowd.
Seeing all the long-dormant scitwitter folks return to life here on BlueSky
November 13, 2024 at 11:55 AM
Seeing all the long-dormant scitwitter folks return to life here on BlueSky
Is scitwitter here? Where are my peeps? I am not ok
November 7, 2024 at 12:16 AM
Is scitwitter here? Where are my peeps? I am not ok
I like BlueSky too but it's not twitter, not even SciTwitter. there are whole communities missing and you see it in the limited conversations that happen here
May 24, 2026 at 6:03 PM
I like BlueSky too but it's not twitter, not even SciTwitter. there are whole communities missing and you see it in the limited conversations that happen here