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Question: if one is an American junior female engineering professional that is laid off and unlikely to be hired in their own country due to the loss of DEI initiatives, what can she do to leave the US and get hired elsewhere?
Question: if one is an American junior female engineering professional that is laid off and unlikely to be hired in their own country due to the loss of DEI initiatives, what can she do to leave the US and get hired elsewhere?
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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New @oregonstate.edu research shows UV-C light preserves 94% more beneficial proteins in donor breast milk than current methods—a potential breakthrough for 380,000 premature babies born in the U.S. each year.
#AcademicSky #nutrition
#AcademicSky #nutrition
Ultraviolet-C Treatment Better Preserves the Proteomic Profile of Donor Human Milk than Holder Pasteurization #JAFC #MassSpec pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Ultraviolet-C Treatment Better Preserves the Proteomic Profile of Donor Human Milk than Holder Pasteurization
Consumption of bioactive milk proteins enhances preterm infant development. Preterm infants are often supplemented with donor human milk (DHM) when parents’ own milk is unavailable in sufficient quantity. DHM is normally Holder pasteurized (HoP) to inactivate pathogens; however, it denatures many bioactive proteins. Alternatively, ultraviolet-C (UV–C) irradiation can inactivate pathogens while preserving milk proteins. This study examined the effects of HoP and UV–C on the proteome of DHM (n = 1 pool, processing in triplicate). Protein counts in HoP samples (n = 198) were lower than in raw DHM (n = 228) and UV–C at 6000 J/L (n = 239) samples. HoP resulted in significant reductions in relative abundance for 80 proteins (p-values <0.05, >0.5-fold decrease), whereas UV–C at 6000 J/L resulted in only 5 proteins significantly decreasing. Proteins reduced by HoP that were preserved by UV–C treatment had a broad array of functions, including antimicrobial, iron-binding, immunomodulatory, and proteolytic. Applying UV–C processing for donor milk processing could improve outcomes in preterm infants.
pubs.acs.org
October 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
New @oregonstate.edu research shows UV-C light preserves 94% more beneficial proteins in donor breast milk than current methods—a potential breakthrough for 380,000 premature babies born in the U.S. each year.
#AcademicSky #nutrition
#AcademicSky #nutrition
What do you do if no one wants to hire you for being a junior female engineer in the US and you are a US citizen?
May 25, 2025 at 10:18 PM
What do you do if no one wants to hire you for being a junior female engineer in the US and you are a US citizen?
#womeninstem
I tried to apply to US engineering jobs I could because my savings are gone.
I couldn’t finish the application through my tears from my memories of my last engineering job.
I wish someone had told me the cruelty that awaits us who try.
I tried to apply to US engineering jobs I could because my savings are gone.
I couldn’t finish the application through my tears from my memories of my last engineering job.
I wish someone had told me the cruelty that awaits us who try.
May 8, 2025 at 12:28 AM
#womeninstem
I tried to apply to US engineering jobs I could because my savings are gone.
I couldn’t finish the application through my tears from my memories of my last engineering job.
I wish someone had told me the cruelty that awaits us who try.
I tried to apply to US engineering jobs I could because my savings are gone.
I couldn’t finish the application through my tears from my memories of my last engineering job.
I wish someone had told me the cruelty that awaits us who try.
#WomenInSTEM
Question: if one is an American junior female engineering professional that is laid off and unlikely to be hired in their own country due to the loss of DEI initiatives, what can she do to leave the US and get hired elsewhere?
Question: if one is an American junior female engineering professional that is laid off and unlikely to be hired in their own country due to the loss of DEI initiatives, what can she do to leave the US and get hired elsewhere?
March 2, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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I am blown away! I'll never look a bird in the eye in the same way again!
#birds 🦉 #nature #science 🧪 #WomenInSTEM
www.wnycstudios.org/story/quantu...
#birds 🦉 #nature #science 🧪 #WomenInSTEM
www.wnycstudios.org/story/quantu...
Quantum Birds
How birds bend space and time.
www.wnycstudios.org
March 1, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I am blown away! I'll never look a bird in the eye in the same way again!
#birds 🦉 #nature #science 🧪 #WomenInSTEM
www.wnycstudios.org/story/quantu...
#birds 🦉 #nature #science 🧪 #WomenInSTEM
www.wnycstudios.org/story/quantu...
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We find ourselves in the middle of a MAGA plague that we didn't cause, what is our responsibility to each other?
Carol Gilligan explains how this "plague" question helped students unpack the Vietnam war.
Morality is partly about relationships and harm reduction.
#WomeninSTEM #politics
Carol Gilligan explains how this "plague" question helped students unpack the Vietnam war.
Morality is partly about relationships and harm reduction.
#WomeninSTEM #politics
Carol Gilligan on Women and Moral Development | Big Think
YouTube video by Big Think
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February 28, 2025 at 7:31 PM
We find ourselves in the middle of a MAGA plague that we didn't cause, what is our responsibility to each other?
Carol Gilligan explains how this "plague" question helped students unpack the Vietnam war.
Morality is partly about relationships and harm reduction.
#WomeninSTEM #politics
Carol Gilligan explains how this "plague" question helped students unpack the Vietnam war.
Morality is partly about relationships and harm reduction.
#WomeninSTEM #politics
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Have you heard of the Matilda Effect?
When the work of female scientists is credited to a man🧪
Today is International Day of Women and Girls in Science, so here are five victims of the Matilda effect:
(Add your favourite forgotten #womeninSTEM to this list!👩🔬)
When the work of female scientists is credited to a man🧪
Today is International Day of Women and Girls in Science, so here are five victims of the Matilda effect:
(Add your favourite forgotten #womeninSTEM to this list!👩🔬)
February 11, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Have you heard of the Matilda Effect?
When the work of female scientists is credited to a man🧪
Today is International Day of Women and Girls in Science, so here are five victims of the Matilda effect:
(Add your favourite forgotten #womeninSTEM to this list!👩🔬)
When the work of female scientists is credited to a man🧪
Today is International Day of Women and Girls in Science, so here are five victims of the Matilda effect:
(Add your favourite forgotten #womeninSTEM to this list!👩🔬)
It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
February 24, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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I am deeply worried that these kinds of assessments will become normalized under Trump.
Also, boycott Delta.
#womeninSTEM
Also, boycott Delta.
#womeninSTEM
Read Seattle Times story yesterday about Delta trying to get rid of pilot who complained about safety.
The brilliance and competence of the women was used as proof of her psychological sickness
The brilliance and competence of the women was used as proof of her psychological sickness
February 23, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I am deeply worried that these kinds of assessments will become normalized under Trump.
Also, boycott Delta.
#womeninSTEM
Also, boycott Delta.
#womeninSTEM
#WomenInSTEM
Question: if one is an American junior female engineering professional that is laid off and unlikely to be hired in their own country due to the loss of DEI initiatives, what can she do to leave the US and get hired elsewhere?
Question: if one is an American junior female engineering professional that is laid off and unlikely to be hired in their own country due to the loss of DEI initiatives, what can she do to leave the US and get hired elsewhere?
February 23, 2025 at 1:00 AM
#WomenInSTEM
Question: if one is an American junior female engineering professional that is laid off and unlikely to be hired in their own country due to the loss of DEI initiatives, what can she do to leave the US and get hired elsewhere?
Question: if one is an American junior female engineering professional that is laid off and unlikely to be hired in their own country due to the loss of DEI initiatives, what can she do to leave the US and get hired elsewhere?
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New NAE member Margaret Torn, Earth senior scientist and program head at @berkeleylab.lbl.gov, was elected for her contributions to the understanding of soil carbon dynamics and sustained leadership of the long-term monitoring of climate change.
#EWeek2025 #NAE2025 #WomenInSTEM
#EWeek2025 #NAE2025 #WomenInSTEM
February 21, 2025 at 10:01 PM
New NAE member Margaret Torn, Earth senior scientist and program head at @berkeleylab.lbl.gov, was elected for her contributions to the understanding of soil carbon dynamics and sustained leadership of the long-term monitoring of climate change.
#EWeek2025 #NAE2025 #WomenInSTEM
#EWeek2025 #NAE2025 #WomenInSTEM
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February 21, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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Happy #InternationalMotherLanguageDay! 🌍💬 Today we celebrate the importance of our mother languages and the fight for language rights around the world. Here’s a little history of how this day came to be… 🧵👇
February 22, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Happy #InternationalMotherLanguageDay! 🌍💬 Today we celebrate the importance of our mother languages and the fight for language rights around the world. Here’s a little history of how this day came to be… 🧵👇
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If there's one take away from the TV show "For All Mankind," it's that society held back technological progress by MILLENIA by keeping women out of STEM. Wish we had better tech that could boldly go "where no HUman has gone before?" We likely would have had half the brilliance not been locked away.
February 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
If there's one take away from the TV show "For All Mankind," it's that society held back technological progress by MILLENIA by keeping women out of STEM. Wish we had better tech that could boldly go "where no HUman has gone before?" We likely would have had half the brilliance not been locked away.
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Many of us scientists in the Global South have been sciencing forever with limited resources, higher costs for infrastructure and reagents/consumables, high bureaucratic burden, no overheads, and still contributed to the generation of knowledge. We’ve developed adaptive strategies.
February 15, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Many of us scientists in the Global South have been sciencing forever with limited resources, higher costs for infrastructure and reagents/consumables, high bureaucratic burden, no overheads, and still contributed to the generation of knowledge. We’ve developed adaptive strategies.
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This is what I have been thinking about, RE Relationship of the Musk presidency to science
February 15, 2025 at 8:03 AM
This is what I have been thinking about, RE Relationship of the Musk presidency to science
Thank you.
Was laid off from my US #STEM job last May.
The job was so traumatizing as the only woman that I am thankful to be free. I tried so hard to flee the job before I was laid off but I was never a “culture fit”.
Was laid off from my US #STEM job last May.
The job was so traumatizing as the only woman that I am thankful to be free. I tried so hard to flee the job before I was laid off but I was never a “culture fit”.
Today is International Day of Women & Girls in Science.
Solidarity with all the women in science in the USA who suddenly have their jobs on line & are unable to work on global challenges like climate change, emissions, diversity & equity.
No words for this madness.
#WomenInStem #WomenInScience
Solidarity with all the women in science in the USA who suddenly have their jobs on line & are unable to work on global challenges like climate change, emissions, diversity & equity.
No words for this madness.
#WomenInStem #WomenInScience
February 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Thank you.
Was laid off from my US #STEM job last May.
The job was so traumatizing as the only woman that I am thankful to be free. I tried so hard to flee the job before I was laid off but I was never a “culture fit”.
Was laid off from my US #STEM job last May.
The job was so traumatizing as the only woman that I am thankful to be free. I tried so hard to flee the job before I was laid off but I was never a “culture fit”.
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'However, women in many ways are ideal astronauts. ... Women use less food and oxygen, maintain their weight better on restricted diets, and create less waste. In the words of Sally Ride, “weightlessness is a great equaliser”.'
(From 2020) 🧪 #WomenInSTEM
(From 2020) 🧪 #WomenInSTEM
Almost 90% of astronauts have been men. But the future of space may be female
Women are in many ways ideal astronauts, but the world of space has been designed for men.
theconversation.com
February 11, 2025 at 11:33 PM
'However, women in many ways are ideal astronauts. ... Women use less food and oxygen, maintain their weight better on restricted diets, and create less waste. In the words of Sally Ride, “weightlessness is a great equaliser”.'
(From 2020) 🧪 #WomenInSTEM
(From 2020) 🧪 #WomenInSTEM
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Global pollinator loss is now limiting yields of pollinator-dependent crops such as fruits and vegetables. Reform of harmful agricultural practices is urgently needed to preserve a nutritious food supply.
www.seedworld.com/us/2024/08/2...
The referenced Nature study is behind a paywall.
🧪 🌍 🌱 🐝
www.seedworld.com/us/2024/08/2...
The referenced Nature study is behind a paywall.
🧪 🌍 🌱 🐝
Are Pollinator Shortages Limiting Crop Yields? - Seed World
The analysis indicates that one-third to two-thirds of farms are underperforming because of a lack of pollinators, a condition known as pollinator limitation. This finding is particularly significant ...
www.seedworld.com
February 9, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Global pollinator loss is now limiting yields of pollinator-dependent crops such as fruits and vegetables. Reform of harmful agricultural practices is urgently needed to preserve a nutritious food supply.
www.seedworld.com/us/2024/08/2...
The referenced Nature study is behind a paywall.
🧪 🌍 🌱 🐝
www.seedworld.com/us/2024/08/2...
The referenced Nature study is behind a paywall.
🧪 🌍 🌱 🐝
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🌊🐋 Whale Poop: The Ocean’s Micronutrient Booster?
Organic ligands in whale feces help keep iron available & reduce copper toxicity in the ocean.
By recycling nutrients, whales support marine ecosystems, something industrial whaling disrupted by 90%
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s43...
#SciComm 🧪
Organic ligands in whale feces help keep iron available & reduce copper toxicity in the ocean.
By recycling nutrients, whales support marine ecosystems, something industrial whaling disrupted by 90%
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s43...
#SciComm 🧪
Organic ligands in whale excrement support iron availability and reduce copper toxicity to the surface ocean - Communications Earth & Environment
Whales transform prey biomass into labile micronutrients and inject them directly into the surface ocean, according to chemical analyses of whale excrement samples from the Southern Ocean.
www.nature.com
February 9, 2025 at 4:01 AM
🌊🐋 Whale Poop: The Ocean’s Micronutrient Booster?
Organic ligands in whale feces help keep iron available & reduce copper toxicity in the ocean.
By recycling nutrients, whales support marine ecosystems, something industrial whaling disrupted by 90%
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s43...
#SciComm 🧪
Organic ligands in whale feces help keep iron available & reduce copper toxicity in the ocean.
By recycling nutrients, whales support marine ecosystems, something industrial whaling disrupted by 90%
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s43...
#SciComm 🧪
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Hey friends!
I'm looking for techniques, tools and tips on writing technical books, with lots of code samples in them. What do you use? What's your process?
If you don't write yourself but know folks who do, I'd love an introduction so I can pester them with all my questions :)
I'm looking for techniques, tools and tips on writing technical books, with lots of code samples in them. What do you use? What's your process?
If you don't write yourself but know folks who do, I'd love an introduction so I can pester them with all my questions :)
February 7, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Hey friends!
I'm looking for techniques, tools and tips on writing technical books, with lots of code samples in them. What do you use? What's your process?
If you don't write yourself but know folks who do, I'd love an introduction so I can pester them with all my questions :)
I'm looking for techniques, tools and tips on writing technical books, with lots of code samples in them. What do you use? What's your process?
If you don't write yourself but know folks who do, I'd love an introduction so I can pester them with all my questions :)