Dr. T
@sciswany.bsky.social
Scientist, science communicator, plant person. Snark & typos are mine. 🏳️🌈👩🔬✊🦔🪴🧀🎮🎶🎸 she/her
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When you’re in the interview process at a company, is it weird to apply for other jobs at the same company? Interview processes take MONTHS, and if I’m qualified/interested in multiple & don’t want to miss chances.
But would this hurt my interview process?
When you’re in the interview process at a company, is it weird to apply for other jobs at the same company? Interview processes take MONTHS, and if I’m qualified/interested in multiple & don’t want to miss chances.
But would this hurt my interview process?
February 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Genuine ? -
When you’re in the interview process at a company, is it weird to apply for other jobs at the same company? Interview processes take MONTHS, and if I’m qualified/interested in multiple & don’t want to miss chances.
But would this hurt my interview process?
When you’re in the interview process at a company, is it weird to apply for other jobs at the same company? Interview processes take MONTHS, and if I’m qualified/interested in multiple & don’t want to miss chances.
But would this hurt my interview process?
Just checking… but… this should not be happening in our dishwasher, correct? This is a new dishwasher installed a couple months ago bc the previous one was holding water. They claimed it was the pump, but I’m not believing that.
December 29, 2024 at 10:55 PM
Just checking… but… this should not be happening in our dishwasher, correct? This is a new dishwasher installed a couple months ago bc the previous one was holding water. They claimed it was the pump, but I’m not believing that.
I know there’s gotta be some #entomology nerds on here.
Insect ID help? Sorry it’s squished, but that’s bc I found it on my bedroom windowsill in Seattle. Anyone know what it is?
December 20, 2024 at 1:00 AM
I know there’s gotta be some #entomology nerds on here.
Insect ID help? Sorry it’s squished, but that’s bc I found it on my bedroom windowsill in Seattle. Anyone know what it is?
December 20, 2024 at 12:57 AM
Insect ID help? Sorry it’s squished, but that’s bc I found it on my bedroom windowsill in Seattle. Anyone know what it is?
Plants are so friggin cool.
Somehow, my Black Pagoda lipstick was pollinated this summer, and I now have more seeds than I know what to do with.
Guess I’m planting seedlings this week!
Somehow, my Black Pagoda lipstick was pollinated this summer, and I now have more seeds than I know what to do with.
Guess I’m planting seedlings this week!
December 17, 2024 at 8:46 PM
Plants are so friggin cool.
Somehow, my Black Pagoda lipstick was pollinated this summer, and I now have more seeds than I know what to do with.
Guess I’m planting seedlings this week!
Somehow, my Black Pagoda lipstick was pollinated this summer, and I now have more seeds than I know what to do with.
Guess I’m planting seedlings this week!
After a light week last week, it’s back to sending applications to the void today. Exciting times really.
December 3, 2024 at 1:26 AM
After a light week last week, it’s back to sending applications to the void today. Exciting times really.
*taptaptap* is this thing on?
December 2, 2024 at 11:27 PM
*taptaptap* is this thing on?
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yes, well, Neil deGrasse Tyson is a serial sex pest/sexual harasser, and also seems to have a personal vendetta against the idea of fun, so telling him to shut the fuck up is literally always appropriate.
Carl Sagan said, "if you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe," but if Neil deGrasse Tyson said that we'd tell him to shut the fuck up
December 14, 2023 at 9:52 PM
yes, well, Neil deGrasse Tyson is a serial sex pest/sexual harasser, and also seems to have a personal vendetta against the idea of fun, so telling him to shut the fuck up is literally always appropriate.
Academia has been posting research results on this for years now, and nothing changes. Presentation of facts means nothing if everyone above someone else is invested in maintaining their privilege.
Sexism in academia is bad for science and a waste of public funding www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Sexism in academia is bad for science and a waste of public funding - Nature Reviews Materials
Higher education and research institutions are critical to the well-being and success of societies, meaning their financial support is strongly in the public interest. At the same time, value-for-mone...
www.nature.com
November 28, 2023 at 8:33 PM
Academia has been posting research results on this for years now, and nothing changes. Presentation of facts means nothing if everyone above someone else is invested in maintaining their privilege.
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Hostile reminder that a great deal of the medicine you pay money for was funded by taxpayer dollars and we should all be livid about this
It's bloody unconscionable that Covid vaccines and things like Paxlovid are being privatized, after taxpayer money funded research and development. The correct price for a vaccine is $0. The correct price for Covid treatment in this, the fourth year of the pandemic, is $0.
November 20, 2023 at 4:50 PM
Hostile reminder that a great deal of the medicine you pay money for was funded by taxpayer dollars and we should all be livid about this
Maybe Manchin shouldn’t get a pension. I’m concerned he may use that money for drugs.
In honor of Joe Manchin retiring, let’s remember the fact that he single-handedly ended the Child Tax Credit, one of the most effective anti-poverty pieces of legislation in recent history, because he thought parents would use that money for drugs.
www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-ma...
www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-ma...
Joe Manchin Privately Told Colleagues Parents Use Child Tax Credit Money On Drugs
The West Virginia senator just killed Democrats' agenda. In private negotiations, he questioned whether the poorest Americans would spend financial aid wisely.
www.huffpost.com
November 10, 2023 at 1:10 AM
Maybe Manchin shouldn’t get a pension. I’m concerned he may use that money for drugs.
We, as a society, do not bully the authors, editors, and publishers of these crap articles enough.
November 2, 2023 at 2:47 AM
We, as a society, do not bully the authors, editors, and publishers of these crap articles enough.
I don’t normally do this. Happy Halloween from Joan Holloway!
October 31, 2023 at 7:59 PM
I don’t normally do this. Happy Halloween from Joan Holloway!
Ghost in the Gel: RNA edition
I did not load any sample or ladder or anything into the right most 3 lanes (evidenced by no dye fronts). Somehow, I have an entire ladder of 100+ ng in one of these lanes.
Where is the F did this ladder come from?!
I’m so confused.
I did not load any sample or ladder or anything into the right most 3 lanes (evidenced by no dye fronts). Somehow, I have an entire ladder of 100+ ng in one of these lanes.
Where is the F did this ladder come from?!
I’m so confused.
September 28, 2023 at 12:19 AM
Ghost in the Gel: RNA edition
I did not load any sample or ladder or anything into the right most 3 lanes (evidenced by no dye fronts). Somehow, I have an entire ladder of 100+ ng in one of these lanes.
Where is the F did this ladder come from?!
I’m so confused.
I did not load any sample or ladder or anything into the right most 3 lanes (evidenced by no dye fronts). Somehow, I have an entire ladder of 100+ ng in one of these lanes.
Where is the F did this ladder come from?!
I’m so confused.
These “experts” are several years behind. My “non-expert” millennial friends and I have been avoiding buying homes and saving for retirement, and even avoiding having kids, bc we cannot afford to. Gen Z is not the first gen to experience this. Hell, millennials aren’t either.
Gen Z is putting more disposable income toward debts than other Americans because of higher borrowing costs, slowing wage growth, student loans and more. Experts worry could it derail their intentions to buy homes and save for retirement.
Gen Z Is Poised to Spend More on Debt Than Others. It Could Derail Retirement.
Young adults are struggling to keep up their credit scores and paying an increasing amount of disposable income servicing their debts.
www.nytimes.com
September 27, 2023 at 7:53 PM
These “experts” are several years behind. My “non-expert” millennial friends and I have been avoiding buying homes and saving for retirement, and even avoiding having kids, bc we cannot afford to. Gen Z is not the first gen to experience this. Hell, millennials aren’t either.
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As WGA leaders meet today to finalize our deal, we begin a new era for writers — and for labor in our industry.
But we also begin to face the final and most insidious form of unionbusting propaganda: a years-long effort to sell the lie that our strike was not worth it.🧵
But we also begin to face the final and most insidious form of unionbusting propaganda: a years-long effort to sell the lie that our strike was not worth it.🧵
September 26, 2023 at 9:29 PM
As WGA leaders meet today to finalize our deal, we begin a new era for writers — and for labor in our industry.
But we also begin to face the final and most insidious form of unionbusting propaganda: a years-long effort to sell the lie that our strike was not worth it.🧵
But we also begin to face the final and most insidious form of unionbusting propaganda: a years-long effort to sell the lie that our strike was not worth it.🧵
I get really uncomfortable with scientific talks that treat autism as something to be cured.
September 22, 2023 at 5:53 PM
I get really uncomfortable with scientific talks that treat autism as something to be cured.
Love when departmental DEI committees just turn into outreach committees.
September 21, 2023 at 11:20 PM
Love when departmental DEI committees just turn into outreach committees.
So… There’s a 30-day water shutoff notice from SPU on our apartment buildings door today. For all 3 buildings our landlord owns.
Water is included in our rent. The landlord is supposed to be paying it. They definitely cash our checks every month. WTF.
I will raise hell.
Water is included in our rent. The landlord is supposed to be paying it. They definitely cash our checks every month. WTF.
I will raise hell.
September 21, 2023 at 4:14 AM
So… There’s a 30-day water shutoff notice from SPU on our apartment buildings door today. For all 3 buildings our landlord owns.
Water is included in our rent. The landlord is supposed to be paying it. They definitely cash our checks every month. WTF.
I will raise hell.
Water is included in our rent. The landlord is supposed to be paying it. They definitely cash our checks every month. WTF.
I will raise hell.
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MORE GREAT NEWS: HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra told reporters that the federal government will once again offer free COVID-19 tests through the mail.
Feds to restart mail-order Covid test program
“The president wanted to make sure that no one can go without tests," HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra said.
www.politico.com
September 20, 2023 at 6:05 PM
MORE GREAT NEWS: HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra told reporters that the federal government will once again offer free COVID-19 tests through the mail.
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So the one piece of advice I’m going to give are: What are you going to use your tenure FOR? There’s a reason I focused so heavily on that target. It’s because achieving that target guaranteed some degree of professional autonomy, capital and power.
September 19, 2023 at 6:10 PM
So the one piece of advice I’m going to give are: What are you going to use your tenure FOR? There’s a reason I focused so heavily on that target. It’s because achieving that target guaranteed some degree of professional autonomy, capital and power.
Whoever decided that the literature should recommend Low MT agarose for DNA gels is a cursed human.
September 18, 2023 at 11:57 PM
Whoever decided that the literature should recommend Low MT agarose for DNA gels is a cursed human.
Morning View has always been and will always been one of the best rock albums. Feeling the vibe today, and really appreciating this rerecording from 2021. youtu.be/6DNWTYp1gbs?...
Incubus - Morning View Livestream 10/23/2021
Incubus - Morning View LivestreamAll rights belong to Incubus.SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE COMING.Enjoy.
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September 16, 2023 at 10:31 PM
Morning View has always been and will always been one of the best rock albums. Feeling the vibe today, and really appreciating this rerecording from 2021. youtu.be/6DNWTYp1gbs?...
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It's happening!! The UAW will start their strike tonight, and for the first time in history they'll target all three big auto companies at the same time.
At midnight tonight workers will begin to strike at one plant of each corporation. Let's fucking go.
At midnight tonight workers will begin to strike at one plant of each corporation. Let's fucking go.
September 15, 2023 at 2:19 AM
It's happening!! The UAW will start their strike tonight, and for the first time in history they'll target all three big auto companies at the same time.
At midnight tonight workers will begin to strike at one plant of each corporation. Let's fucking go.
At midnight tonight workers will begin to strike at one plant of each corporation. Let's fucking go.
Shame on those researchers. At some point, as scientists, we have to refuse to make such things. Even if we can.
Absolutely terrifying: state-funded researchers in Poland have developed the first-ever lab tests that can detect if a person has taken abortion pills, and prosecutors have used them to investigate pregnancy outcomes. The tests work for both mifepristone and misoprostol.
There Are Now Tests That Can Detect If Someone Took Abortion Pills
The chilling development comes out of Poland, where prosecutors have already used the tests to investigate pregnancy outcomes.
jezebel.com
September 15, 2023 at 12:48 AM
Shame on those researchers. At some point, as scientists, we have to refuse to make such things. Even if we can.