Hey folks! There is an excellent scicomm program called Skype a Scientist that's in need of some financial support rn!

because the woman who runs it only has two hands and one mind and all three of those things are overloaded

Skype a Scientist is basically... exactly what it sounds like, scientists from all sorts of fields sign up, and skype into a classroom, or library program, etc, to talk about what they study and what they do

They've talked to hundreds of classrooms, and are committed to both showing a diverse array of scientists and reaching people who maybe don't see a lot of people like themselves in science

And if you're in the US, patreon donations are tax-deductible

anyway I KNOW THE GAL WHO RUNS IT and she's a good egg who wants to take this effort further and is also in a stressful stage of grad school lyf; it's a simple idea that's had a lot of impact - so if you can spot a few bucks, there's Patreon or Paypal or you can also set Amazon Smile to donate and spend Jeff Bezo's money instead

THAT'S IT, science psa over

Ooh do you mind replurks?

Go ahead! :>