Prof. Carrie McDonough
@carrieamcdphd.bsky.social
Dogs' life. Rockstar. Environmental astronaut. Associate prof of Chemistry at Carnegie Mellon (she/they; views my own).
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The same voices opposing abortion are ALSO targeting birth control access. But we are NOT backing down. Use #ThxBirthControl Day to share your stories and remind everyone why access is so essential 🙌
November 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The same voices opposing abortion are ALSO targeting birth control access. But we are NOT backing down. Use #ThxBirthControl Day to share your stories and remind everyone why access is so essential 🙌
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@nytimes.com—women didn't ruin the workplace, but sexual harassment, lack of equal pay, pregnancy discrimination, gender bias, lack of advancement and leadership opportunities, double standards, microaggressions, unaffordable child care, & the glass ceiling certainly did
November 12, 2025 at 7:19 PM
@nytimes.com—women didn't ruin the workplace, but sexual harassment, lack of equal pay, pregnancy discrimination, gender bias, lack of advancement and leadership opportunities, double standards, microaggressions, unaffordable child care, & the glass ceiling certainly did
Remembering the days when we bathed in the dust of Doritos
November 12, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Remembering the days when we bathed in the dust of Doritos
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Women born with vaginas, raised as girls are suddenly not sufficiently womanly enough. They're branded as "men" and humiliated. They are stripped of everything they have worked to achieve and called cheats. It only serves to police womanhood based on the ability to be a breeding vessel.
November 11, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Women born with vaginas, raised as girls are suddenly not sufficiently womanly enough. They're branded as "men" and humiliated. They are stripped of everything they have worked to achieve and called cheats. It only serves to police womanhood based on the ability to be a breeding vessel.
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Just in case you thought this was about trans athletes. This was solely about creating a fascist and racist gender bureaucracy over what constitutes being feminine enough to be considered a woman.
They're targeting cis women who may be intersex and banning them from sport.
They're targeting cis women who may be intersex and banning them from sport.
November 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Just in case you thought this was about trans athletes. This was solely about creating a fascist and racist gender bureaucracy over what constitutes being feminine enough to be considered a woman.
They're targeting cis women who may be intersex and banning them from sport.
They're targeting cis women who may be intersex and banning them from sport.
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I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit
this should not be controversial 🫠
this should not be controversial 🫠
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit
this should not be controversial 🫠
this should not be controversial 🫠
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Guess these folks really don’t understand that we’re fighting a fascist regime.
November 10, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Guess these folks really don’t understand that we’re fighting a fascist regime.
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A recent essay, “The Great Feminization,” posits that the growing influence of women is harming U.S. institutions. Sophie Gilbert argues that the real problem facing American culture is quite different: https://theatln.tc/kUfY14fc
November 10, 2025 at 2:15 AM
A recent essay, “The Great Feminization,” posits that the growing influence of women is harming U.S. institutions. Sophie Gilbert argues that the real problem facing American culture is quite different: https://theatln.tc/kUfY14fc
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Remember when this regime touted “states rights" and now they're fighting to force states to starve their own citizens.
November 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Remember when this regime touted “states rights" and now they're fighting to force states to starve their own citizens.
'Cornell agrees to provide the federal government, on a quarterly basis, with “anonymized undergraduate admissions data…broken down by race, grade point average, and performance on standardized tests.” (par. II.9)'
The agreement intrudes on Cornell’s independence and faculty academic freedom to set research priorities.
It also allows the fed gov't to use Cornell data to implement the F47 administration’s hostile agenda to block the admission of students of diverse races and ethnicities... and so much more.
It also allows the fed gov't to use Cornell data to implement the F47 administration’s hostile agenda to block the admission of students of diverse races and ethnicities... and so much more.
November 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
'Cornell agrees to provide the federal government, on a quarterly basis, with “anonymized undergraduate admissions data…broken down by race, grade point average, and performance on standardized tests.” (par. II.9)'
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The agreement intrudes on Cornell’s independence and faculty academic freedom to set research priorities.
It also allows the fed gov't to use Cornell data to implement the F47 administration’s hostile agenda to block the admission of students of diverse races and ethnicities... and so much more.
It also allows the fed gov't to use Cornell data to implement the F47 administration’s hostile agenda to block the admission of students of diverse races and ethnicities... and so much more.
November 9, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The agreement intrudes on Cornell’s independence and faculty academic freedom to set research priorities.
It also allows the fed gov't to use Cornell data to implement the F47 administration’s hostile agenda to block the admission of students of diverse races and ethnicities... and so much more.
It also allows the fed gov't to use Cornell data to implement the F47 administration’s hostile agenda to block the admission of students of diverse races and ethnicities... and so much more.
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"Silence, for me, is now intolerable."
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM
"Silence, for me, is now intolerable."
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November 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Thimerosal has formula C9H9HgNaO2S. It is not mercury.
The systematic name for thimerosal is
Ethyl(2-mercaptobenzoato-(2-)-O,S) mercurate(1-) sodium.
Chemicals aren’t the sum of their parts. Chemical bonds change everything about behavior.
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The systematic name for thimerosal is
Ethyl(2-mercaptobenzoato-(2-)-O,S) mercurate(1-) sodium.
Chemicals aren’t the sum of their parts. Chemical bonds change everything about behavior.
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November 8, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Thimerosal has formula C9H9HgNaO2S. It is not mercury.
The systematic name for thimerosal is
Ethyl(2-mercaptobenzoato-(2-)-O,S) mercurate(1-) sodium.
Chemicals aren’t the sum of their parts. Chemical bonds change everything about behavior.
1/
The systematic name for thimerosal is
Ethyl(2-mercaptobenzoato-(2-)-O,S) mercurate(1-) sodium.
Chemicals aren’t the sum of their parts. Chemical bonds change everything about behavior.
1/
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In honor of Viktor Orban's visit to Washington, here's a reminder that Orban has made his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
America’s Future Is Hungary
MAGA conservatives love Viktor Orbán. But he’s left his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished.
www.theatlantic.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
In honor of Viktor Orban's visit to Washington, here's a reminder that Orban has made his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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Republicans hate dogs and cats.
Families on SNAP worry about not just feeding themselves but also their pets
With SNAP benefits going out late, nonprofits are begging for pet food donations to prevent desperate owners from surrendering their dogs and cats to animal shelters.
apnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Republicans hate dogs and cats.
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In a time of increasing precaritization, 100 new tenure-track positions should be a boon. But the all-in plays on "AI", a term that, in its common usage, refers to technologies that are actively harmful - to students, teaching, and knowledge itself! - frightens and alarms me.
#HigherEd #AcademicSky
#HigherEd #AcademicSky
November 8, 2025 at 4:45 PM
In a time of increasing precaritization, 100 new tenure-track positions should be a boon. But the all-in plays on "AI", a term that, in its common usage, refers to technologies that are actively harmful - to students, teaching, and knowledge itself! - frightens and alarms me.
#HigherEd #AcademicSky
#HigherEd #AcademicSky
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Happening now in Broadview—outside Chicago:
A procession of Illinois Handmaid’s, with the Illinois Democratic Women of Cook County, walks in procession to the ICE detention facility.
“Even though we are silent, we are powerful,” an organizer told the group before starting.
A procession of Illinois Handmaid’s, with the Illinois Democratic Women of Cook County, walks in procession to the ICE detention facility.
“Even though we are silent, we are powerful,” an organizer told the group before starting.
November 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Happening now in Broadview—outside Chicago:
A procession of Illinois Handmaid’s, with the Illinois Democratic Women of Cook County, walks in procession to the ICE detention facility.
“Even though we are silent, we are powerful,” an organizer told the group before starting.
A procession of Illinois Handmaid’s, with the Illinois Democratic Women of Cook County, walks in procession to the ICE detention facility.
“Even though we are silent, we are powerful,” an organizer told the group before starting.
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“The regime wants all of us afraid. It is counting on fear immobilizing us and perhaps even turning us against each other. Instead, what we are currently seeing in Chicago is that solidarity can overcome fear and can give people the courage and tenacity to fight for each other.” --Mariame Kaba
In Chicago, We Run Toward Danger Together
"Faced with unrelenting state violence, Chicagoans have refused to be cowed," says Mariame Kaba.
organizingmythoughts.org
November 8, 2025 at 3:34 PM
“The regime wants all of us afraid. It is counting on fear immobilizing us and perhaps even turning us against each other. Instead, what we are currently seeing in Chicago is that solidarity can overcome fear and can give people the courage and tenacity to fight for each other.” --Mariame Kaba
"I am assuming everyone remembers exactly where, when, and how they realized that the man who had led a multi-month campaign to nullify the result of the previous election and incited a violent insurrection... was going to return to the most powerful political office in the world"
Weekend reading: Where America stands, one year after Trump’s election.
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are trying to build an authoritarian state; but they have not consolidated authoritarian rule.
A democracy no more, but not a stable autocratic regime yet.
This week’s piece:
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are trying to build an authoritarian state; but they have not consolidated authoritarian rule.
A democracy no more, but not a stable autocratic regime yet.
This week’s piece:
Escalation, Authoritarian “Normalization,” or a Democratic Turnaround?
One year after the election: What we can say with certainty about the state of the Trumpist assault, where uncertainty lies, and where America might go from here
steady.page
November 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"I am assuming everyone remembers exactly where, when, and how they realized that the man who had led a multi-month campaign to nullify the result of the previous election and incited a violent insurrection... was going to return to the most powerful political office in the world"
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Weekend reading: Where America stands, one year after Trump’s election.
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are trying to build an authoritarian state; but they have not consolidated authoritarian rule.
A democracy no more, but not a stable autocratic regime yet.
This week’s piece:
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are trying to build an authoritarian state; but they have not consolidated authoritarian rule.
A democracy no more, but not a stable autocratic regime yet.
This week’s piece:
Escalation, Authoritarian “Normalization,” or a Democratic Turnaround?
One year after the election: What we can say with certainty about the state of the Trumpist assault, where uncertainty lies, and where America might go from here
steady.page
November 8, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Weekend reading: Where America stands, one year after Trump’s election.
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are trying to build an authoritarian state; but they have not consolidated authoritarian rule.
A democracy no more, but not a stable autocratic regime yet.
This week’s piece:
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are trying to build an authoritarian state; but they have not consolidated authoritarian rule.
A democracy no more, but not a stable autocratic regime yet.
This week’s piece:
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It’s been 45 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona.
Mike Johnson is still refusing to swear her in because she’s the final vote for the discharge petition to release the Epstein files.
Mike Johnson is still refusing to swear her in because she’s the final vote for the discharge petition to release the Epstein files.
November 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
It’s been 45 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona.
Mike Johnson is still refusing to swear her in because she’s the final vote for the discharge petition to release the Epstein files.
Mike Johnson is still refusing to swear her in because she’s the final vote for the discharge petition to release the Epstein files.
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What happened, @nytimes.com? Why not stand by your original headline? Because it’s absolutely an accurate representation of this trash conversation.
To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil
To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil
November 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
What happened, @nytimes.com? Why not stand by your original headline? Because it’s absolutely an accurate representation of this trash conversation.
To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil
To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil