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I do art, sometimes


leftoblique
@leftoblique

A lot of scientists and science educators absolutely hate the way the media reports on new scientific "discoveries".

You'll see some headline like "Could Eating Broccoli Be the Answer to Cancer?" and the article will be a fluff piece about some scientists in Bulgaria who made a shocking discovery™️ that will change medicine forever but if you actually click through to the article (and this assumes they even provide the link) you find out that it's an unreviewed preprint of a paper showing that a small sample of a certain strain of rat, when fed an absurd amount of broccoli, showed a 5% lower incidence of a very specific type of colon cancer, in such a way that suggests the authors might have engaged in a little bit of recreational P-value-hacking.

Put this kind of headline through a game of social media telephone and by the time it shows up in your feed/on your dash, there's a 50-50 chance that whatever is being said is diametrically opposed to what's actually happened, leading to an all-out food fight between carnivores and vegans in the comment section.

It's not just science, though. The same problem pops up in a lot of highly-technical, deeply nuanced fields. One of these areas is administrative law (the most subtle and violent of law).



mousie
@mousie

stargazersasha (fka mousie) presents:

THE TRANS FUCKING JAM

THE TRANS FUCKING JAM

A MULTIMEDIA EROTIC / SEXUALITY THEMED JAM FOR TRANS ARTISTS

🌸💐🌻 MARCH 30 - APRIL 30 🌻💐🌸

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shares + reposts very much appreciated!! thank you!

trans fucking jam! one month only! march 30 - april 30! at reliquary st. station! a 70s design with curling lines and flowers. the biggest flower is producing... nectar?


mousie
@mousie

morning everyone! the first week of the trans fucking jam is complete, and a ton of fascinating work is already underway!!

have something you'd like to get eyes on? hop into our discord, linked above! <3