Heather McRobbie

AR Manager at F5 Networks. Sci/Tech comms expert with special interest in the intersection of research science, technology, economics and popular culture.

[Heather McRobbie @HeatherVMc]

“80%+ of the world’s farmland is used for animal production, but it produces only 18% of the world’s calories.”
RT @TheEconomist: How could veganism change the world?

[FiveThirtyEight @FiveThirtyEight]

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How you know you're a celebrity: RT @PhyMathWorld 'Brian Cox effect' leads to surge in demand for physics - http://t.co/xl9bVxTE

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Political journalism, fact checking, and a call for the return of the Fourth Estate: http://t.co/2ZGwYPTb

[HuffPost Green @HuffPostGreen]

Election takeaway for fossil fuel industry: "Money can't buy you love" http://t.co/EyoYi2mx

[Heather McRobbie @HeatherVMc]

Football, ballet, math, writing -- many favorite things in this article: Why Writers Should Learn Math http://t.co/qnUXPYNX via @NewYorker

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Cool program! Real job skills, reco letter, pay, tax write off...hope the US gets something similar. http://t.co/1Beet1v via @metrohalifax

[Heather McRobbie @HeatherVMc]

Very cool. And great way to reduce extraneous plastics! Packaging You Can Eat | PRI's The World http://t.co/YAZEVFq

[Heather McRobbie @HeatherVMc]

@BoobCancerNinja @letsfcancer What have I been saying this whole time?!

[Heather McRobbie @HeatherVMc]

SciTech jobs will move economy fwd, but need to end culture of public-private divisiveness in gov before ideas can work:http://t.co/5HamXzy

[Heather McRobbie @HeatherVMc]

Does this mean he's pro-carbon tax? Or anti? #Confused. http://t.co/GUhkRLZ - Romney Cites Energy Report That Advocates Carbon Price

[Heather McRobbie @HeatherVMc]

RT @BuildWindows8: One day later...one million downloads of the consumer preview -> Pretty cool to be a small part of it

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Always nice to have affirmation of having taken the right steps for the long slog toward the dream: (Point 4) http://t.co/yeIKZLG

[Heather McRobbie @HeatherVMc]

Finally checked out my profile on Google Ad Preferences. A male who likes meat recipes, huh? Yeah, you got my number, Googs. #Smrt

[Heather McRobbie @HeatherVMc]

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RT @MSFTResearch: Five academic & scientific tools from MSR. http://t.co/HZMxUyU -> Fond memories, Node XL.

[Heather McRobbie @HeatherVMc]

Yes, I am a news junkie. I admit it. But I've noticed my productivity increases by ~50% when I get to listen to news...go NPR go.

[Heather McRobbie @HeatherVMc]

AUGH! NPR, your physics coverage is not up to par for your normal story quality! To start, the Large Hadron Collider is anything but "new."

[Heather McRobbie @HeatherVMc]

With all due respect, work, Switzerland is one week away, and my mind is already on hiking, yodelling, wine and cheese...

[Heather McRobbie @HeatherVMc]

Thanks, Amanda: "I try to self-soothe, but it never works."

[Heather McRobbie @HeatherVMc]

Every historian should be as adorably snarky as Sarah Vowell.