Jennifer Rittenhouse West, PhD
@rittenhousewest.bsky.social
Theoretical particle physicist running around this world. She/her. Anti-fascist. Will you be pulling up?
Me: https://rittenhousewest.github.io
Also me: https://sites.google.com/view/rittenhousewest
Me: https://rittenhousewest.github.io
Also me: https://sites.google.com/view/rittenhousewest
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A reminder that the Epstein files aren't a distraction from the oligarchy. They're an integral part of it.
A reminder: The perpetrators in the Epstein files are Oligarchs, and so are the ones protecting them.
November 12, 2025 at 10:45 PM
A reminder that the Epstein files aren't a distraction from the oligarchy. They're an integral part of it.
No translations of the Adventures of Little Onion tonight BUT here is Cipollino himself, from p.11, right about where we are in the text. Gianni Rodari 💜 Illustrated by Manuela Santini 💝 He has a hanky on a stick!!! Just how I feel so often. Also note my nails, kinda e^ i pi =0, to cheer me up 💘
November 12, 2025 at 1:21 AM
No translations of the Adventures of Little Onion tonight BUT here is Cipollino himself, from p.11, right about where we are in the text. Gianni Rodari 💜 Illustrated by Manuela Santini 💝 He has a hanky on a stick!!! Just how I feel so often. Also note my nails, kinda e^ i pi =0, to cheer me up 💘
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#VeteransDay
WWII vet & father Medgar Evers of NAACP was murdered 💔 in 1963 in driveway of his home for his fight for voting rights and his brave investigation of murders of African Americans in Mississippi.
Read more ⬇️ #TeachOutsideTextbook
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WWII vet & father Medgar Evers of NAACP was murdered 💔 in 1963 in driveway of his home for his fight for voting rights and his brave investigation of murders of African Americans in Mississippi.
Read more ⬇️ #TeachOutsideTextbook
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/me...
June 12, 1963: Medgar Evers Murdered in Mississippi
Medgar Evers, WWII veteran and civil rights activist, was murdered by a white supremacist in Jackson, Mississippi.
www.zinnedproject.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
#VeteransDay
WWII vet & father Medgar Evers of NAACP was murdered 💔 in 1963 in driveway of his home for his fight for voting rights and his brave investigation of murders of African Americans in Mississippi.
Read more ⬇️ #TeachOutsideTextbook
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/me...
WWII vet & father Medgar Evers of NAACP was murdered 💔 in 1963 in driveway of his home for his fight for voting rights and his brave investigation of murders of African Americans in Mississippi.
Read more ⬇️ #TeachOutsideTextbook
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/me...
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We deserve a Democratic Party that is willing to fight as hard as we are.
We need new leadership in this moment and to get there, we need a chorus of support for change. Tell your Democratic senators to call on Senator Schumer to step aside as Minority Leader. It’s time for drastic action.
We need new leadership in this moment and to get there, we need a chorus of support for change. Tell your Democratic senators to call on Senator Schumer to step aside as Minority Leader. It’s time for drastic action.
CALL NOW: Tell Your Democratic Senator It's Time for Chuck Schumer to Step Aside
indivisible.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
We deserve a Democratic Party that is willing to fight as hard as we are.
We need new leadership in this moment and to get there, we need a chorus of support for change. Tell your Democratic senators to call on Senator Schumer to step aside as Minority Leader. It’s time for drastic action.
We need new leadership in this moment and to get there, we need a chorus of support for change. Tell your Democratic senators to call on Senator Schumer to step aside as Minority Leader. It’s time for drastic action.
Back in the saddle. Donated $50 for food via Propel, which is used by SNAP families, because it will take a while to get the government running. Many good organizations helping with food insecurity in the USA now, Archewell has a great list: archewell.org/news/support...
Supporting Families Facing Food Insecurity | The Archewell Foundation
In a moment when families across the United States are struggling to put food on the table, Prince Harry and Meghan, have been supporting local communities affected by the growing hunger crisis and as...
archewell.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Back in the saddle. Donated $50 for food via Propel, which is used by SNAP families, because it will take a while to get the government running. Many good organizations helping with food insecurity in the USA now, Archewell has a great list: archewell.org/news/support...
Ossoff why did I give you money and time!! And Durbin, impossible to find...oh god the cowards and criminals...and Mark Kelly, really? Oh these people, the enemies of physics and poetry and FOOD and kindness and abundance...
Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.)
Maggie Hassan (N.H.)
Sens. Jacky Rosen (Nev.),
Tammy Baldwin (Wis.), Mark Kelly (Ariz.),
Jon Ossoff (Ga.),
Gary Peters (Mich.) Dick Durbin (Ill.)
the Democrats who are are considered by R's as possible “yes” votes for the deal.
Maggie Hassan (N.H.)
Sens. Jacky Rosen (Nev.),
Tammy Baldwin (Wis.), Mark Kelly (Ariz.),
Jon Ossoff (Ga.),
Gary Peters (Mich.) Dick Durbin (Ill.)
the Democrats who are are considered by R's as possible “yes” votes for the deal.
Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
November 9, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Ossoff why did I give you money and time!! And Durbin, impossible to find...oh god the cowards and criminals...and Mark Kelly, really? Oh these people, the enemies of physics and poetry and FOOD and kindness and abundance...
Fatto 🥂
Raise a glass for Rosalind Franklin tonight and honor her memory and scientific contributions
NYT obituary of Jim Watson.
A long and fairly balanced view of a complicated man who participated in one of the greatest discoveries in biology.
[Gift Link]
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
A long and fairly balanced view of a complicated man who participated in one of the greatest discoveries in biology.
[Gift Link]
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
November 7, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Fatto 🥂
I'm going to start to read a book by Gianni Rodari called Le Avventure Di Cipollino, or the Adventures of the Little Onion. It is for children. I bought it in the book shop the other day, some little darling place in Torino. It is in Italian so I'll have to translate as I go....
November 6, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I'm going to start to read a book by Gianni Rodari called Le Avventure Di Cipollino, or the Adventures of the Little Onion. It is for children. I bought it in the book shop the other day, some little darling place in Torino. It is in Italian so I'll have to translate as I go....
And then this! I am in a country led by criminals and criminal-led corporations!! Except there are tons of us who are not, and who are decent critters and we do roll our sleeves up ❤️
BREAKING: Tesla shareholders just approved a pay package for Elon Musk that’s worth up to $1 trillion.
November 6, 2025 at 10:20 PM
And then this! I am in a country led by criminals and criminal-led corporations!! Except there are tons of us who are not, and who are decent critters and we do roll our sleeves up ❤️
It benefits no one. This Supreme Court & federal government filled with transphobes, criminals. The majority of we the people don't feel this way!! Mamdani didn't appease the transphobes, he didn't bring a Cheney on stage! I'm having retroactive fury at the Harris campaign, we didn't do it right!!
Reminder: It benefits nobody in a way to list sex assigned at birth on passports, there is no requirement to include it, this is just about punishing trans etc. Americans.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court will allow the Trump administration to enforce its anti-trans and anti-nonbinary passport policy during litigation.
The unsigned, four-paragraph order effectively reverses two lower-court decisions. The Democratic appointees dissent.
More to come: www.lawdork.com
The unsigned, four-paragraph order effectively reverses two lower-court decisions. The Democratic appointees dissent.
More to come: www.lawdork.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:18 PM
It benefits no one. This Supreme Court & federal government filled with transphobes, criminals. The majority of we the people don't feel this way!! Mamdani didn't appease the transphobes, he didn't bring a Cheney on stage! I'm having retroactive fury at the Harris campaign, we didn't do it right!!
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Today I finally got myself organized and did some food pantry donations. I started with the state-by-state stats on who benefits from SNAP the most and picked the 6 states with the highest percentage of recipients. 1/ www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
A Closer Look at Who Benefits from SNAP: State-by-State Fact Sheets
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps) is the nation’s most important anti-hunger program, reaching some 41 million people nationwide in 2024. These...
www.cbpp.org
November 5, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Today I finally got myself organized and did some food pantry donations. I started with the state-by-state stats on who benefits from SNAP the most and picked the 6 states with the highest percentage of recipients. 1/ www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
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Van Campen defeated six-term incumbent Mayor Carlo DiMaria, the guy who allowed ICE to kidnap a 13-year-old from his city last month. Elections have consequences.
November 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Van Campen defeated six-term incumbent Mayor Carlo DiMaria, the guy who allowed ICE to kidnap a 13-year-old from his city last month. Elections have consequences.
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If you've already called your reps about the shutdown, tariffs, Epstein files, ICE raids, etc. and feel like they aren't listening, try giving them another round of calls now. They may be thinking a bit differently after those election results...
November 5, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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NYC mayoral race called for Mamdani as Democrats trounce Republicans in race after race:
Virginia House changes from 51-49 to 63-37, favor Dems.
VA and NJ governor races flip to Dems Abigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill.
Virginia State Sen. Hashmi first Muslim woman elected to statewide office.
Virginia House changes from 51-49 to 63-37, favor Dems.
VA and NJ governor races flip to Dems Abigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill.
Virginia State Sen. Hashmi first Muslim woman elected to statewide office.
November 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
NYC mayoral race called for Mamdani as Democrats trounce Republicans in race after race:
Virginia House changes from 51-49 to 63-37, favor Dems.
VA and NJ governor races flip to Dems Abigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill.
Virginia State Sen. Hashmi first Muslim woman elected to statewide office.
Virginia House changes from 51-49 to 63-37, favor Dems.
VA and NJ governor races flip to Dems Abigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill.
Virginia State Sen. Hashmi first Muslim woman elected to statewide office.
Time to rest, Mamdani for NYC, Virginia and New Jersey blue, it is good hopeful news 🩵💙🩵💙🩵💙🩵💙🩵
[me, yesterday, watching the Arabic Zohran ad] dick cheney would die if he saw this
November 5, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Time to rest, Mamdani for NYC, Virginia and New Jersey blue, it is good hopeful news 🩵💙🩵💙🩵💙🩵💙🩵
PROUD to help 🛟
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November 3, 2025 at 3:22 AM
PROUD to help 🛟
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This is the town where Northwestern University is. It is overwhelming and the videos are horrifying.
Schools went on lockdown, people stayed inside. It lasted the entire afternoon. A constant din of whistles, sirens, helicopters, people shouting. Or dead silence.
I see the NYT, New Yorker, commentariat frame it as "activists clashing with ICE."
No.
ICE/CBP/DHS are terrorizing US citizens.
I see the NYT, New Yorker, commentariat frame it as "activists clashing with ICE."
No.
ICE/CBP/DHS are terrorizing US citizens.
November 2, 2025 at 2:30 AM
This is the town where Northwestern University is. It is overwhelming and the videos are horrifying.
Trawling through SLAC pubs to find 1994 ep elastic scattering, taking ages especially because I thought the paper was from 1974 but *that* was a beautiful trawl - found this wild thing: "STAPP’S QUANTUM DUALISM: the James/Heisenberg Model of Consciousness" www.slac.stanford.edu/pubs/slacpub...
www.slac.stanford.edu
October 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Trawling through SLAC pubs to find 1994 ep elastic scattering, taking ages especially because I thought the paper was from 1974 but *that* was a beautiful trawl - found this wild thing: "STAPP’S QUANTUM DUALISM: the James/Heisenberg Model of Consciousness" www.slac.stanford.edu/pubs/slacpub...
It is not a ballroom, it is some kind of bunker.
October 26, 2025 at 1:52 AM
It is not a ballroom, it is some kind of bunker.
☠️ PHRENOLOGY when it is convenient (for eugenics)!!! Bastardi. All of them.
October 25, 2025 at 9:42 PM
☠️ PHRENOLOGY when it is convenient (for eugenics)!!! Bastardi. All of them.
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i really resent the continued assertion that there’s so much anger on both sides, as if the causes of the anger are equally legitimate. we’re angry because masked maniacs are violently snatching our family and neighbors off the street, and they’re angry because we’re calling them out for it.
October 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
i really resent the continued assertion that there’s so much anger on both sides, as if the causes of the anger are equally legitimate. we’re angry because masked maniacs are violently snatching our family and neighbors off the street, and they’re angry because we’re calling them out for it.
Honest to the gods I cannot believe we are discussing a Nazi dude in Maine - just DITCH him & get a non-Nazi for us Dems!! This has got to be a media problem - most of the media is owned by big companies who love to amplify Nazis - the current president & ilk - and crucify a tan suit on a Black man!
Apparently some folks are playing real dumb about skull symbols so let’s play a little game I like to call “Nazi skull or not a Nazi skull”
First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided.
With me so far? 1/x
First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided.
With me so far? 1/x
October 25, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Honest to the gods I cannot believe we are discussing a Nazi dude in Maine - just DITCH him & get a non-Nazi for us Dems!! This has got to be a media problem - most of the media is owned by big companies who love to amplify Nazis - the current president & ilk - and crucify a tan suit on a Black man!
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One more symptom of the assault on higher ed is that the more prestigious research institution in the dominant producer of science in the world is slashing investments in the people who generate new knowledge.
Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for th...
www.thecrimson.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
One more symptom of the assault on higher ed is that the more prestigious research institution in the dominant producer of science in the world is slashing investments in the people who generate new knowledge.