Naomi Gendler
naomigend.bsky.social
Naomi Gendler
@naomigend.bsky.social
string theory postdoc at harvard, axion enthusiast
file under “things that make me feel like a badass”: giving my first plenary talk at String Pheno at 5.5 months pregnant
July 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I hope the price of eggs reaches one billion dollars per dozen
February 20, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Reposted by Naomi Gendler
The anticipatory swiftness with which certain organizations go along with attacks on diversity and rewritings of history suggests that maybe some of the folks in power think that these are genuinely good changes.
February 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
this is a fucking insane list.

www.commerce.senate.gov/2025/2/cruz-...
Cruz-Led Investigation Uncovers $2 Billion in Woke DEI Grants at NSF, Releases Full Database
www.commerce.senate.gov
February 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
This seems incredibly important. A crossroads. If this doesn't end in compliance, I fear a very slippery slope to full authoritarian takeover.
Judge Rules That Trump Administration Defied Order to Unfreeze Billions in Federal Grants
The federal judge in Rhode Island said the Trump administration had failed to comply with his order unfreezing billions of dollars in federal grants.
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Reposted by Naomi Gendler
In 2016 the NYT ran multiple front page stories page about the grave national security risk of Hillary Clinton's server.

Today's front page, and nary a mention of the successful "plutocratic coup" (said by a sitting House member) or "constitutional crisis (said by a sitting Senator) unfolding
February 4, 2025 at 1:51 PM
And that’s a wrap on our workshop in Banff, “Prospects for the String Axiverse”!

Thanks to everyone who helped and contributed and gave talks. I had an awesome time learning more about and discussing axions and string theory.

Workshop videos posted here: www.birs.ca/events/2025/...
January 19, 2025 at 9:44 PM