Andrea N-G
angrace.bsky.social
Andrea N-G
@angrace.bsky.social
SLPHS grad
U of MN grad
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Needed this today from Audre Lorde.

From @poetryisnotaluxury.bsky.social ‘s new curated collection: Poetry is Not A Luxury.
April 16, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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Today on the podcast, the recent discovery of Lokiceratops, a large-horned dinosaur, and what it reveals about dinosaur evolution.

Listen here 🎧: pod.link/73329284/epi...
April 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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April 16, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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It's never about the science. It's always about having a legal basis for your fear and hatred of other people.
My husband has taught human reproduction and development to the Cambridge medics for over three decades. When people start banging on about "only two biological sexes" he starts with "which sex: genetic, hormonal, or gonadal"?

Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...
Sex Redefined: The Idea of 2 Sexes Is Overly Simplistic
Biologists now think there is a larger spectrum than just binary female and male
www.scientificamerican.com
April 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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THIS!!!

There is no privilege here!
April 16, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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April 16, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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Welcome !
Fear has a way of being contagious.

But courage is also contagious.
April 7, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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“This is my home — I really love my country,” says a graduate student at a top US university who works in plant genomics and agriculture. “But a lot of my mentors have been telling me to get out, right now.”
A recent Nature poll has found that 75% of researchers surveyed are considering leaving the United States for jobs abroad, with a higher percentage among early-career researchers.

Many are actively looking for jobs in Canada and Europe.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving
More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.
www.nature.com
March 28, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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every person involved in this needs to be in prison
“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”
What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
time.com
March 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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And don't forget...
March 21, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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the last decade has really helped me understand in a more visceral sense what it meant when God hardened the pharoah’s heart
How firm is the hold of antivax beliefs?

From the parents of the 6 year old unvaccinated child who died of measles:

“Don’t do the shots,” the girl’s mother said. Measles, she added, is “not as bad as they’re making it out to be.” She noted that her four other children all recovered…
How the anti-vaccine movement weaponized a 6-year-old’s measles death

www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
March 20, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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This is disgraceful and un-American. The Trump administration defended its removal of articles highlighting the achievements of minority service members, including Navajo code talkers, Marines at Iwo Jima, and famed Black baseball player Jackie Robinson.
March 19, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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One of my Radical Leftist opinions is the government shouldn't be able to deprive anyone of life, liberty, or property without due process of law
March 20, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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Spring is approaching, and winter is almost over, but it's been an unusually tough season with a surge in viral infections.
Why Are Flu And Other Viral Infection Rates So High This Year?
Flu infections are the highest they’ve been in nearly 30 years, and flu deaths this winter have surpassed COVID deaths. What’s going on?
www.sciencefriday.com
March 19, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Excellent example of a way to reach your local community! Highly suggest partnering with @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social for op-ed's such as these and Dr. Smider's is a great example of how to frame our issues for the general. public.
My op-ed below (which is a paper covering a chunk of Appalachia in Ohio) has gotten some attention. It’s not too hard to understand - people support cancer research.

I’m a biomedical researcher who lost his wife to cancer. Finding cures is personal.

www.vindy.com/opinion/edit...
DOGE ends America’s golden age of biomedical research
Biomedical research impacts all of us. I became curious about how drugs work after my mom was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis when I was a small boy. She received “gold shots” as treatment, which ...
www.vindy.com
March 18, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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Some tips for oil painters that I picked up from the lovely @anniestegg.bsky.social & my chemical engineer dad!

1) avoid cadmium based pigments
2) check for water soluble paints
3) use non toxic oils (I use olive oil to clean my brushes)
4) wear gloves
5) always have fresh air ventilation! & a
PLEASE. PLEASE. If you are an oil painter or even traditional artist, READ THIS. Take as many precautions as you can with your art.

YOUR HEALTH > YOUR WORK
March 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Narwhals are difficult to study, partly because they live so far north in the remote Arctic.

In today’s episode,  a  mysterious creature with a tooth longer than your body.

Listen here 🎧: pod.link/73329284/epi...
March 12, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Imagine this: On the evening of March 8, you and your spouse unlock the door to your apartment building. As you step inside, two men—not in uniform—push their way in behind you. They tell you your visa has been revoked and that they are there to deport you.
March 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM