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Chloe Kirk, Ph.D.

Chloe Kirk, Ph.D.

Chloe Kirk, Ph.D.

Chloe Kirk, Ph.D.

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The Power of Social Media to Promote Science UM Scientifica Article

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February Science Reads: Enshittification by Cory D February Science Reads: Enshittification by Cory Doctorow Enshittification: the predictable lifecycle of digital platforms. They start by being great for users, then gradually shift to prioritizing advertisers and business customers, and eventually squeeze everyone once people are locked in. The result is that many of the tools we rely on every day feel more frustrating, more extractive, and less innovative than they used to. Doctorow argues that the decline of the internet isn’t inevitable or simply the result of greedy companies. It’s largely the consequence of policy decisions that allowed massive tech platforms to consolidate power and control the ecosystems around them. The most interesting part of the book, for me, was the discussion of solutions. Doctorow points to concrete policy ideas that could meaningfully improve the digital world: -stronger antitrust enforcement, -interoperability requirements that allow platforms to work together, -right-to-repair protections, -limits on surveillance-based business models, -and policies that make it easier for workers and innovators to move between companies. These might sound like technical policy debates, but they have real consequences for innovation. When platforms are closed off, competitors can’t build on them. When dominant companies buy or crush rivals, progress slows. And when algorithms prioritize engagement above everything else, information ecosystems (including science communication) can suffer. Overall a great read if you want to understand why technology often feels like it’s getting worse *and* what could realistically be done about it. 5/5⭐️ March Science reads will be Invisible women: data bias in a world designed for men #scicom #sciencereads #sciencebooks #enshittification techbooks
Day 3 Women (in Science) History Month - Dr. Vera Day 3 Women (in Science) History Month - Dr. Vera Rubin 🔭✨ Ever wondered where the first evidence for dark matter came from? 🤓 Tune in all month long as I share some of my favorite #WomeninScience 🤗 31 days, 31 women 💥 #scicom #womenshistorymonth #womeninstem #science
Day 2 Women (in science) History Month - Tu Youyou Day 2 Women (in science) History Month - Tu Youyou 🙌 integrating Chinese medicine with pharmacology to help discover an antimalarial drug that went on to save millions Stick with me all month long as I share some of my favorite women in science. And Tu is one of my absolute favorites, in no small part because she shows Western medicine isn’t the be all end all of discovery! 💡 #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM #CRISPR #WomenInScience #SciCom
Kicking off Women (in science) History Month with Kicking off Women (in science) History Month with Jennifer Doudna — the biochemist who helped pioneer CRISPR gene editing and forever changed the future of medicine 🧬✂️ Stay tuned all month long as I share my favorite women in science for Women’s history month 👩🏼‍🔬💞🤩 31 days. 31 women in science 💥 #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM #CRISPR #WomenInScience #SciCom
Finances in grad school are TOUGH 😭 Should grad st Finances in grad school are TOUGH 😭 Should grad students get paid more? 👀 We think so! Hear our thoughts - Episode 4 is out anywhere you get your podcasts! #scicom #podcast #phd #scienceresearch
#TidePartner Let’s debunk a science myth! Tide Pod #TidePartner Let’s debunk a science myth! Tide Pods don’t cause microplastics 🧺🧪👩🏼‍🔬Clean laundry with real science #ad @tidelaundry 📑Article cited: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envc.2021.100176
So thankful for this community and getting to be h So thankful for this community and getting to be here talking about cool science with you all 🫶💞🧬 y’all literally are making it possible for me to talk about science & advocate for science reform thank you ❤️ #scicom #phdjourney #womeninscience #scienceresearch
🙃🙃🙃 the list I reference when I occasionally find 🙃🙃🙃 the list I reference when I occasionally find myself missing academic research Note: not all PhDs are like this. There are good advisors and good scientists in academia. But we do need more transparency and accountability from academia - I should never have heard any of these statements in grad school, let alone have suffered for years just because the system refused to take responsibility. Change needs to be made by those in positions of authority. #phdjourney #scicom #science #gradschool #horriblethings
Do we have a spoon worth of microplastic in our br Do we have a spoon worth of microplastic in our brains? 🧠 Talking all the nuances of a scientific paper can be tough (impossible) on short form video. I’ve created a series on YouTube where I’ll dive into the science of some more controversial papers. Starting with one that made the rounds last year! Check it out and let me know what paper I should cover next 🤗 and we are all learning here- ask any and all questions! 🫶 Article cited: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-024-03453-1 Nihart, A.J., Garcia, M.A., El Hayek, E. et al. Bioaccumulation of microplastics in decedent human brains. Nat Med 31, 1114–1119 (2025). #journalclub #science #scienceresearch #nodumbquestions #scicom
I’ve put off new glasses for 8 years but it’s fina I’ve put off new glasses for 8 years but it’s finally time 😭😭 I need help! Do I get the same as before or switch it up? also this is @warbyparker but open to other frame recs! 🙏 ugh it’s like a whole new personality refresh! #help #glasses #frames
What does a science policy hill day look like? I What does a science policy hill day look like? It looks a lot different from my first hill day in 2023, when every office I went into regardless of political affiliation told us “oh yeah science funding is nonpartisan of course we want basic science research.” I think most surprising of all was the offices against NIH funding weren’t saying they were against science research itself, but saying funding was being wasted on duplicative research or that they are listening to their appointed experts so of course we must agree with why they are “resetting” science research (yes, they actually used the word reset like we are in a video game simulation and resetting wouldn’t affect say in progress clinical trials or other long term studies). It’s hard not getting upset over the blatant disregard for fact, but I’ve channeled all that energy into this post 😇 Put simply, funding research shouldn’t be political. It’s been nonpartisan for decades. Funding science supports facts, supports your friends in science, and supports your family on one of the many life saving medicines that came from funded research. We aren’t asking you to make the next cure for cancer, but we ARE asking for your support so researchers can work on the next life saving treatment. 🫶 #sciencepolicy #scicom #steminist #scientist #hillday
Science Policy Hill Day!🧬🤝👩🏼‍🔬💥 I had the incredi Science Policy Hill Day!🧬🤝👩🏼‍🔬💥 I had the incredible opportunity to support the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) hill day helping guide two PhD students + the President of ASPET around the Capitol to discuss all things science research funding with our representatives. If you’re a graduate student thinking this looks like fun - YOU CAN JOIN US NEXT TIME!! Apply to be an ASPET Washington Fellow! Learn the ropes about policy and advocacy, and cap it all off with a trip to meet your representatives on the hill 💥 #scicom #scienceadvocacy #sciencepolicy #hillday #Science
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