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Brooke Jarvis
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reader, magaziner, that person from that other place contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine
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Since we're talking about proper word choice when communicating science to non-scientists, here's my list of some examples of "kinda-jargon." Jargon is when your non-scientist audience has never heard the word before. Kinda-jargon is they've heard it but in a very different context. #SciComm 🧪

A table showing some commonly used scientific words that mean different things to different audiences
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This is one that I genuinely think will be printed in history books one day to show how insane American media culture became. CBS News presenting ethnic cleansing as a housing policy to be compared with home construction tax incentives.

CBS Graphic: 

HOUSING PROPOSALS

TRUMP / VANCE
CHANGING REGULATIONS & MAKING FEDERAL LAND
AVAILABLE
MASS DEPORTATION TO EASE DEMAND
LIVE

HARRIS/ WALZ
$25,000 DOWN
PAYMENT ASSISTANCE

TAX INCENTIVES FOR BUILDERS
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mike dewine stands for a lot of things i oppose very deeply, but this exactly the kind of thing we need to be hearing from conservative politicians. a full throated defense of pluralism, immigration and inclusion

Opinion | I’m the Republican Governor of Ohio. Here Is the Truth About Springfield.
Opinion | I’m the Republican Governor of Ohio. Here Is the Truth About Springfield.

I have lived my entire life near this city. Our people and our history deserve better than to be falsely portrayed.

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"Our bases are precarious!" Had a surprising amount of fun with this piece on the strange history of sea level www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Our Very Strange Search for “Sea Level”
Our Very Strange Search for “Sea Level”

As the oceans ebb and surge, staggering ingenuity has gone into inventing the measure.

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Genuinely can't believe that this pets/immigrants news cycle is happening at all, much less that politicians are gleefully embracing it. Mortifying country.

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"Bizarrely, the government body that rates cars for safety did not propose taking the safety of pedestrians into consideration until last year." www.economist.com/interactive/...

Americans’ love affair with big cars is killing them
Americans’ love affair with big cars is killing them

New analysis shows that the heaviest vehicles kill more people than they save in crashes

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If you live between the southern part of the USA and Panama/Colombia, let me tell you something: BIRDS!!! INCOMING!!!!!

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Brooke Jarvis
@brookejarvis.bsky.social
reader, magaziner, that person from that other place contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine
318 followers77 following20 posts