Ah, double plus un-male.

I have ESP8266 WiFi modules running Tasmota firmware for a few parts of this. Some report temperature (and humidity just for fun), I like DS18B20 sensors better than SHT30s which seem to have a bit more self heating. Then I also have Mitsubishi mini split heat pumps for which there’s a Tasmota control library. MQTT for communication + HomeAssistant for UI + AppDaemon for automation scripts in Python.

Examples of the UI in HA:

What are your thoughts on misc scientific observations/data? Right now I’m looking for a place to post comparison IR images of cooking on gas v. induction, which is certainly not a reviewed article, not might be interesting to this community. Another example I can think of is “here is a cool exhibit I saw at xyz museum”. Do you want that kind of conversational science-oriented content?