Dr. Nicole Pfiester
@drnpfiester.bsky.social
Engineer, Physicist, Maker of things big and nano. STEM is for everyone!
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make art! if it's the end of the world, you might as well make art! if it's not the end of the world, then the future will be better because people made art right now!
July 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
make art! if it's the end of the world, you might as well make art! if it's not the end of the world, then the future will be better because people made art right now!
Nothing like a little bedtime anxiety to make sure I'm still not getting enough sleep.
July 13, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Nothing like a little bedtime anxiety to make sure I'm still not getting enough sleep.
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Great to see so many LGBTQ+ menopause resources being collected here. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
www.queermenopause.com/resources
#menopause #LGBTQ+ #Queer
www.queermenopause.com/resources
#menopause #LGBTQ+ #Queer
Menopause resources for LGBTQIA+ people — Queer / LGBTQIA+ Menopause
Inclusive menopause resources for LGBTQIA+ people and those not served by mainstream information
www.queermenopause.com
June 13, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Great to see so many LGBTQ+ menopause resources being collected here. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
www.queermenopause.com/resources
#menopause #LGBTQ+ #Queer
www.queermenopause.com/resources
#menopause #LGBTQ+ #Queer
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1/7 💔 We are very disappointed to announce that on April 25, NSF terminated a $1.5M PhET grant – our Pathways to Open Source Ecosystems Phase II grant for advancing PhET’s SceneryStack project. Learn how this impacts our work and how you can help: bit.ly/PhETNSF2025
May 7, 2025 at 7:35 PM
1/7 💔 We are very disappointed to announce that on April 25, NSF terminated a $1.5M PhET grant – our Pathways to Open Source Ecosystems Phase II grant for advancing PhET’s SceneryStack project. Learn how this impacts our work and how you can help: bit.ly/PhETNSF2025
Woke up at 3am, can't get back to sleep. Whee!
May 6, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Woke up at 3am, can't get back to sleep. Whee!
When my job makes me upset, looking for a new one makes me feel better. At least I know I have hypothetical options.
May 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
When my job makes me upset, looking for a new one makes me feel better. At least I know I have hypothetical options.
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✨ How does race shape what we know about the universe?
Join Jada Cheek, M.S. for a powerful talk on science, identity, and the stars!
⭐️ #BlackInAstro Speaker Series
🗓️ 30 May | ⏰ 11am PT / 2pm ET
🔗 Register now: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join Jada Cheek, M.S. for a powerful talk on science, identity, and the stars!
⭐️ #BlackInAstro Speaker Series
🗓️ 30 May | ⏰ 11am PT / 2pm ET
🔗 Register now: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
May 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
✨ How does race shape what we know about the universe?
Join Jada Cheek, M.S. for a powerful talk on science, identity, and the stars!
⭐️ #BlackInAstro Speaker Series
🗓️ 30 May | ⏰ 11am PT / 2pm ET
🔗 Register now: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join Jada Cheek, M.S. for a powerful talk on science, identity, and the stars!
⭐️ #BlackInAstro Speaker Series
🗓️ 30 May | ⏰ 11am PT / 2pm ET
🔗 Register now: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Found out today that a couple of people in my department think I'm "aggressive". Did i just earn a women in STEM merit badge?
April 28, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Found out today that a couple of people in my department think I'm "aggressive". Did i just earn a women in STEM merit badge?
Teaching students teamwork and ethics is so important, but also emotionally draining. I'm so tired.
April 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Teaching students teamwork and ethics is so important, but also emotionally draining. I'm so tired.
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February 14, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Thanks to whomever gave the suggestion to curse in your Google searches to bypass the AI suggestions. It works (though sometimes the results are different) and it feels delightfully cathartic.
February 12, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Thanks to whomever gave the suggestion to curse in your Google searches to bypass the AI suggestions. It works (though sometimes the results are different) and it feels delightfully cathartic.
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Don't confuse being a fast talker with being a deep thinker. Speaking quickly signals confidence, not complexity.
Don't mistake volume for expertise. Speaking loudly reflects conviction, not credibility.
Sometimes the best ideas come from the least assertive voice in the room.
Don't mistake volume for expertise. Speaking loudly reflects conviction, not credibility.
Sometimes the best ideas come from the least assertive voice in the room.
February 8, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Don't confuse being a fast talker with being a deep thinker. Speaking quickly signals confidence, not complexity.
Don't mistake volume for expertise. Speaking loudly reflects conviction, not credibility.
Sometimes the best ideas come from the least assertive voice in the room.
Don't mistake volume for expertise. Speaking loudly reflects conviction, not credibility.
Sometimes the best ideas come from the least assertive voice in the room.
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Black-owned brands to buy from directly during the Target boycott: substack.com/@ninaturner/...
Target Boycott: Black-Owned Brands To Buy From Directly
A list of Black-owned brands to support during the boycott of Target.
substack.com
January 28, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Black-owned brands to buy from directly during the Target boycott: substack.com/@ninaturner/...
Finding new creative ways to procrastinate against finishing my performance eval docs. Currently thinking about how to make an rss feed from emails to make maintaining a list of internship opportunities easier.
January 6, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Finding new creative ways to procrastinate against finishing my performance eval docs. Currently thinking about how to make an rss feed from emails to make maintaining a list of internship opportunities easier.
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I am going to start the year by celebrating those scientists in my print collection whose birthdays aren’t known starting with one of the earliest recorded women in science, Peseshet. 🧪🐡👩🏾🔬 She is described in the elaborate Saqqara tomb of her son Akhethotep, royal official & overseer of priests, 🧵
January 2, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I am going to start the year by celebrating those scientists in my print collection whose birthdays aren’t known starting with one of the earliest recorded women in science, Peseshet. 🧪🐡👩🏾🔬 She is described in the elaborate Saqqara tomb of her son Akhethotep, royal official & overseer of priests, 🧵
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Lucille Clifton, always.
December 30, 2024 at 12:00 PM
Lucille Clifton, always.
Word of the day from my performance review did (meaning it keeps showing up in every sentence): incorporate. "If I incorporate the word "incorporate" into this paragraph one more time, it will be permanently incorporated into my brain cells. "
December 29, 2024 at 7:53 PM
Word of the day from my performance review did (meaning it keeps showing up in every sentence): incorporate. "If I incorporate the word "incorporate" into this paragraph one more time, it will be permanently incorporated into my brain cells. "
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If you use a shorter, wider mug you can have as much cocoa and 3x the marshmallows
Follow me for more life hacks
Follow me for more life hacks
December 28, 2024 at 2:05 AM
If you use a shorter, wider mug you can have as much cocoa and 3x the marshmallows
Follow me for more life hacks
Follow me for more life hacks
Shout out to Paul Tol for making and sharing some gorgeous accessible color palettes. personal.sron.nl/~pault/
Paul Tol's Notes
Clear colour schemes that also work for colour-blind readers.
personal.sron.nl
December 27, 2024 at 10:09 PM
Shout out to Paul Tol for making and sharing some gorgeous accessible color palettes. personal.sron.nl/~pault/
I'm going to start live-skeeting my writing process as I put together my 4-year review portfolio. I hate bragging about myself so I just need to whine into the void.
December 15, 2024 at 9:17 PM
I'm going to start live-skeeting my writing process as I put together my 4-year review portfolio. I hate bragging about myself so I just need to whine into the void.
Bonus of using small whiteboards for class problems: an art challenge broke out before class started. It was decided I need to start coming in with prompts for them. So give me your best doodle prompts, I guess?
December 10, 2024 at 5:58 PM
Bonus of using small whiteboards for class problems: an art challenge broke out before class started. It was decided I need to start coming in with prompts for them. So give me your best doodle prompts, I guess?
Why yes, I AM pretending I'm a dragon as I breathe out clouds on this cold morning.
December 6, 2024 at 1:12 PM
Why yes, I AM pretending I'm a dragon as I breathe out clouds on this cold morning.
Another linocut for my series on crystalline semiconductors, this time gallium nitride! Also I'm bringing back the old artist sign-off from high school , it's still my favorite.
#GaN #SciArt #WomenInSTEM
#GaN #SciArt #WomenInSTEM
December 5, 2024 at 9:37 PM
Another linocut for my series on crystalline semiconductors, this time gallium nitride! Also I'm bringing back the old artist sign-off from high school , it's still my favorite.
#GaN #SciArt #WomenInSTEM
#GaN #SciArt #WomenInSTEM
Alright I need people to chill with the Wicked videos on TikTok. I have had the soundtrack playing in my head non-stop since the movie came out 😭
December 5, 2024 at 12:56 PM
Alright I need people to chill with the Wicked videos on TikTok. I have had the soundtrack playing in my head non-stop since the movie came out 😭
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I keep trying to write something eloquent and just being tired.
History matters. Philosophy matters. Languages and literature matter. Indigenous studies matter. Arts and humanities and social sciences matter. All of them.
Signed,
a physicist
History matters. Philosophy matters. Languages and literature matter. Indigenous studies matter. Arts and humanities and social sciences matter. All of them.
Signed,
a physicist
December 4, 2024 at 9:23 AM
I keep trying to write something eloquent and just being tired.
History matters. Philosophy matters. Languages and literature matter. Indigenous studies matter. Arts and humanities and social sciences matter. All of them.
Signed,
a physicist
History matters. Philosophy matters. Languages and literature matter. Indigenous studies matter. Arts and humanities and social sciences matter. All of them.
Signed,
a physicist