The Fancy Comma, LLC Newsletter

Hello, readers! Sheeva here. Recently, as I doomscrolled the news of Dolores Huerta telling New York Timesthat Cesar Chavez assaulted her, words that quickly moved past my eyes stayed with me. We don’t have to sacrifice ourselves for the cause, because we are the cause. I eagerly wait for the untold stories of people interacting with Epstein-affiliated scientists to come to the forefront. What kind of sacrifices have they made for the noble cause of science?

Hello, Fancy Comma Newsletter readers! I’m writing this newsletter in advance on the 12th of January, 2026, which means that by the time you read this, Iran may have a completely different government, expired Affordable Care Act subsidies may or may not be renewed, Venezuela may be part of the United States, federal immigration enforcement officers may have killed more people and gone door-to-door as they are currently doing in St. Paul, MN (according to a Facebook post I read this morning),...

Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Fancy Comma newsletter readers, it’s been quite a year. Whew! I am a business owner, but I am a person, too, and I am exhausted from this year.

Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. I was having a crummy day a couple of weeks ago and had just made it through another tough workout at the gym (working out helps me deal with those feelings of crumminess in work by making me forget about them — who knew?!) when I checked my phone. I was shocked to see something really exciting and cool! A message had slipped into my inbox that stated that Anjana V.

Hello, Fancy Comma Newsletter readers! This is closed. Photo by Samuel Schroth on Unsplash. The government has been shut down this whole month, and I have been reading up on all of the many devastating-to-science-more-and-more-every-day actions of the federal government. In short, it feels like we can’t have nice things.

Feeling like the US political system is hopeless? Trust me, I get it. For decades, I felt like politics was an unimportant side hustle I did because I felt bored with life. The only thing that motivated me was my idealism and the feeling that people just really need to know how awesome their voting options are. Photo by Priscilla Gyamfi on Unsplash I really feel like people I know or connect with via canvassing trust me to tell them why my candidate is the best option, and I love that.

Hello there! Sheeva here. Today, I’m here to ask you a question: what does one do as a science communicator when science policy makes it impossible for us to live our values? Not scientists — but science communicators. People like me. People with a science background trained in communicating to a general audience. What I do as a science communicator is unique and doesn’t fit neatly into one box.

Hello, friends! Sheeva here. I am excited to say I survived my summer of teaching STEM, including robotics and electronics, to high schoolers. Thanks for your patience! The future of Fancy Comma has felt uncertain, but we turned in a new direction this summer, thanks to our two Georgetown VIEW program interns who carried the Fancy Comma torch, conducting independent research for Fancy Comma and writing articles unpacking complex governmental issues facing science.

Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -0:57 Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Disclaimer: This post includes affiliate links. We may earn a small commission from products purchased via affiliate links. I am exhausted, both physically, from juggling all of my side hustles, and mentally, from keeping up with a brutal news cycle. For once, I have no idea what to say about things happening in the world.

Hello, Fancy Comma newsletter readers! Sheeva here. It has been quite the month for me! I have spent very little time on Fancy Comma itself, but have applied the skills I’ve learned from running this business over the past five years. That’s what I want to tell you about in this newsletter. On March 7, 2025, I organized the Stand Up for Science 2025 event happening in Oklahoma City.