If you think about it, it should probably be called a Conspiracy Hypothesis, not a Theory

DSwhysharksmatter.bsky.socialOct 2, 2024 1:12pm

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 🧪

JD Vance wrote a children's book?

Is anyone else as horrified by the prospect of exploding personal electronics as me? Why isn't there more outrage?

To gaslight someone means to manipulate another person into doubting their own perceptions, experiences or understanding of events

We'd appreciate it if you shared the survey with people who work on seagrass beds, coral reefs, kelp forests, coastal wetlands (eg. salt marsh and mangrove forests), beaches and dunes, and oyster beds. We also welcome input on other habitats, including estuaries more broadly (i.e. anadromous fish ).

We're calling it "Beyond30" and the idea is that 30x30 should focus less on area targets and more on quality, equity, and access issues. We're asking folks to take a short survey to help us identify policies and communities to be included in a post-election report on what the next president can do.

Center for American Progress and America the Beautiful for All Coalition are trying to come up with lists of policies for several nearshore habitats that can be folded into the larger 30x30 movement in the United States. Here's the survey: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Beyond 30x30 Near-shore Policy Survey

The “Beyond 30x30” framework highlights opportunities for improved equitable access, quality, and equity and justice in U.S. oceans. CAP is currently producing a report to fill in some of the gaps fou...

I cannot understate the enormity of Deb Haaland's time at the Department of Interior It's asking a lot of her, but I hope she stays 4 or 8 more years in her position www.americanprogress.org/article/secr...

Is that good?

Here are some photos and stories from the 2024 Democratic National Convention www.angelovillagomez.com/2024/09/ange...

Angelo and Edz at the 2004 Democratic National Convention

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