Toss Gascoigne

Writer, researcher, trainer in science communication. Life member PCST Network :

[Barrie Cassidy @barriecassidy]

#Nemisis was excellent. It’s tempting to think you just open a microphone and the politicians do the rest. But it requires meticulous research, and a thorough understanding of the politics. A credit to the team.

[Toss Gascoigne @tossgas]

Mentoring | Econnect newsletter Jan 2024: https://t.co/PmoFAgKPz6 More pearls of wisdom from the team at Econnect, this time on mentoring young writers.

They appreciated it: “It was really helpful having someone to bounce ideas off."

[Toss Gascoigne @tossgas]

Lovely story on women farmers in India using solar power to pump water! https://t.co/fP3U82pb3z. Training workshops over 8 weeks by @econnect and @cgiargender @PCSTNetwork. Author is Tanmoy https://t.co/9XgtGvt0yo

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Ted O’Brien’s fact-free nuclear cheerleading is cover for the same old climate vandalism | Katharine Murphy https://t.co/jOyvQlsTrs The only company to have a small modular nuclear power plant approved in the United States recently cancelled its first project due to rising costs

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Econnect has trained 26 CGIAR communicators to write on gender responsive solutions in agriculture. Women farmers have many hurdles to cross! @jennimet @CGIARgender @CGIAR https://t.co/5pYxFUl0qn

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Top scientist, top interviewer. Ove Hoegh-Guldberg received death threats for his work. He kept fighting anyway – video https://t.co/TadyZnrHYG @pcst @JenniMet @auscicomm

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'Frustrating as hell': Graeme Pearman’s climate research should have warned the world - video https://t.co/QN61A2fipZ

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Ig Nobel communication prize scooped by scientists investigating people who are expert at speaking backwards. But there's more... @PCSTNetwork

https://t.co/L81YqbSpfU

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A new edition of Econnect's newsletter https://t.co/nBuaJKXwtH
It deals with how to be inclusive: selecting plenary conference speakers, training, and in editing, with focus on PCST conference in Rotterdam @JenniMet @PCSTNetwork

[Toss Gascoigne @tossgas]

How shit can @qantas get?

Tried to book to Venice online:  the best they could do was $5,550!

Tried phoning. Mistake. Fruitless 30 minutes with QF work-experience boy, and lost confidence when he asked how you spell Venice: “Venus”?

If only there was an alternative. Sigh...

[Toss Gascoigne @tossgas]

Our R&D system is in crisis. https://t.co/YsTZeixjGC
@senatorKimCarr Australia’s national innovation system in a lamentable state. Expenditure on R & D at the lowest levels ever. National innovation system lacks cohesion, coordination and program scale of other advanced economies

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Econnect's newsletter is out! https://t.co/kZLLXNknmR

Five big issues:
Putting the case for science communication
Talking ethics at PCST 2023
Scientists writing news: The Conversation
Ladders of power: meaningful citizen engagement
Emotion or science?
@PCSTNetwork @JenniMet

[Toss Gascoigne @tossgas]

Prejudice, poor pay and the 'urinary leash': naming and claiming Australia's forgotten women scientists https://t.co/SwA5BzHva0 via @ConversationEDU

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Will Steffan has died. A giant of climate change research and policy, and emeritus professor at ANU’s Fenner School of Environment and Society. Co-founder of Climate Council. I had a personal connection, succeeding him as editor at CSIRO in 1991

[Toss Gascoigne @tossgas]

New paper `Pandem-icons' — exploring the characteristics of highly visible scientists during the Covid-19 pandemic'. Covid-19 demanded scientific explanations and more scientists become visible. We compared characteristics of 16 scientists. https://t.co/ju0qOR07nL

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Bulletin of atomic scientists: Arms Can Bring No Security by Albert Einstein
This article was originally published in March 1950 issue after Us President Harry Truman announced that the United States would pursue a hydrogen bomb.

https://t.co/FU2d7vANbx

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@NicoleSGrigg The lunatic fringe of the States on full display. The rest of the world watches in dismay

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Blood moon

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Major partnership between science centre Questacon and Shell to end after four decades https://t.co/vbDr4HHW59

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Happy to celebrate 50,000 downloads Communicating Science. A Global Perspective. A best-seller? Perhaps in its field. @PCSTNetwork @ANU_Press
Free download https://t.co/x0bINUXBc6