#Caturday mood

BREAKING: A court overturned Ohio's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth. This is a critical victory for trans rights.

I am somehow for the first time ever reviewing for PNAS and their reviewer instructions include this BANGER of a line: "The purpose of peer review is not to demonstrate proficiency in identifying flaws" Print it in eleventy point font and hang it from the hillside. Scream it from the rooftops.

Rep. Zooey Zephyr - My Wife - just gave an incredible speech against a drag ban in Montana. It was so strong that a Republican rose to speak passionately against the bill, chastising the sponsor. The drag ban dies in Montana, flips 10+ Republican votes! This is the power of representation.

"We are older than your laws and we will outlive them," one sign said. EITM correspondent S. Baum attended this weekend's Stonewall protest, organized by Transexual Menace, which connected trans elders, youth, and everyone in between. Read their story and subscribe to support our journalism.

Just migrating Voices of Academia here, from X. Please give us a follow at @voicesofacademia.bsky.social #AcademicMentalHealth

"When he realized that Senate Republicans were characterizing his [NSF] project as one of many they considered ideological and of questionable scientific value, Darren Lipomi, chair of chemical engineering at the University of Rochester, was incensed." undark.org/2025/02/21/a...

My lab made a (much needed) cute card. Will you be the PEDOT to my PSS?

Oh my god. They removed "transgender" from the page about Trans woman Sylvia Rivera's page at the National Park service. "Sylvia Rivera began fighting for gay and _____ rights" WOW.

“A @royalsociety.org spokesperson said: “Dorothy Bishop and Andrew Miller are outstanding scientists who have made significant contributions to the Society over the years. Their resignations are a source of deep regret.”” I wonder what could be done if you actually *deeply* regretted something…? 🤔

Disgusting. This is so fucked.

Breaking: Second Royal Society fellow resigns over Musk’s membership More than 750 scientists, including multiple fellows, criticise academy’s lack of action www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-c...

Thanks to the more than *1100* members of the scientific community who have signed the letter to insist that the Royal Society remains true to values that we all hold dear but that Musk FRS has ridden roughshod over. Please keep signing & sharing. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

No American Chemical Society?

Rescued a cat today that we’ve been feeding for a few weeks. The vet says it looks like he had a serious run-in with a car at some point. His lower jaw was broken and fused in the wrong position so it’s hard for him to eat. He’s a sweet boy - likely an abandoned cat. Why do people do this 😡

in america giant bodies of water can change their names, but trans people can’t

An open letter to the President of the @royalsociety.org – time to stand up for your values. occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2025/...

#ChemTogether. Forever. #RealTimeChem #ChemSky #Chemistry

“There have been no official statements either on these assaults on inclusion nor on the more general anti-science crusade from the American Chemical or Physical Societies (my enquiries to both have gone unanswered to date), nor from the US National Academy of Sciences.” 😞

Me @ CDC

There’s still time to submit an abstract! Deadline extended to February 6th

🗣️ Haven't submitted your abstract yet? The #CSC2025 abstract submission deadline is in a few hours!! Submit your abstract by 11:59 PM ET 🕛 TONIGHT (Jan. 30)! 🙌 buff.ly/4hEAqMn

The first "Pride in the CSC: It Gets Better" symposium will be at CSC 2025! Submit an abstract to share your chemistry research, your journey as a queer chemist or ally, or anything in between! Abstracts are due Jan. 30. Let’s create a space for visibility, support, and inspiration in chemistry!

BREAKING — I'm told OPM just sent out this memo with guidance for implementing Trump's "Defending Women" anti-trans executive order. "Take down all outward facing media that inculcate or promote gender ideology. Review email systems and turn off features that prompt users for their pronouns."

On day one Trump's EO said we were harmful to kids. On day two, it said we were dishonorable and disloyal. On day three, it said we were unAmerican. Transgender people have been a part of this country for centuries. We are not going anywhere. Do not comply with these EOs, they are not law.

This is just plain evil 💔

“If you ask them, Democratic staff, political advisers, lobbyists, and civil rights advocates will admit they hadn’t prepared to defend trans people at the national level right now.” Good time to reup my story for @rollingstone.com www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

This is absolutely vile. And as Erin notes, parts a, b, and c of this section do not contain an age limit. Like the Tennessee youth ban at SCOTUS, if this is allowed to stand there's nothing stopping them from applying it to adults, too www.erininthemorning.com/p/a-line-by-...

1. Yesterday, Trump released a sweeping executive order designed to end transgender youth care. It uses unconstitutional means and dubious interpretations of old laws to threaten hospitals, parents, and providers. I go line by line to help you make sense of it. Subscribe to support my journalism.

Somewhere in the U.S., there’s a scientist staring at their NSF/NIH grant application wondering why they bother. This post is for you. Science and society both need you. Hang in there and know there is a whole community supporting you.

Across parts of Canada there is a growth in "neutrality" which is making municipalities to repaint cross walks white & remove non Canadian flag. The arguments presented that "this makes people more welcome" is faulty. Ask yourself which people are offended… #CanPoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

If you don't 100% unequivocally support trans rights, unfollow me. You will find no comfort here.

Did you know you can access recording of previous WIDE Seminars on the CIC Virtual platform? Additional resources such as presenter slides are also available for viewing. www.cheminst.ca/cic-virtual/...

Merry Christmas everyone!

My son made Chunk a sweater and he LOVES it. Such a handsome boy

Just in time for the holidays🎄Our latest work on polydiacetylene-based flexible temperature sensors is here, perfect for some sweet applications🍫Great collab with @myatomicnumber.bsky.social's group led by Fatemeh Motaghedi 👏 Congrats to all co-authors! tinyurl.com/45m7buw6

Callie getting the jump on #Caturday

So very proud of Fatemeh Motaghedi (PhD student co-supervised with @simonrondeaugagne.bsky.social) who won a prestigious #F24MRS poster prize for her work on wearable velour pressure sensors! Here’s a photo of us celebrating with Dr Yunyun Wu, alum of the group (and new prof at Dalhousie)

So grateful to the ACS for having childcare at national meetings, so my daughter can come with. It makes a huge difference, especially when both parents are academics in overlapping fields (=go to same conferences).

I’m presenting our work on velour e-textiles today at #F24MRS ! If you’re interested to hear about the fascinating properties of velour and how off-the-shelf textiles can be transformed into devices, join me at 1:30 in room 302

Don’t miss it! This work was just accepted for publication today!

🎙️Attending #F24MRS? Don’t miss Fatemeh presenting today our latest work on polydiacetylene-based flexible temperature sensors for some sweet applications 🍫🌡️Hynes Ballroom A at 11 am 👀 @myatomicnumber.bsky.social #ScienceUWindsor😎

Someone needs to invent a sitting desk newatlas.com/medical/bloo...

The "America's Got Talent" host spoke about overcoming "labels" and embracing therapy in an interview with People.

For chemist Kris Hansen, 3M was a family affair; her father was a creator of the company’s N95 face masks. Yet, after she found 3M’s forever chemicals in human blood, the company repeatedly doubted her work and stopped her research on the chemicals. By @fastlerner.bsky.social

Defending our Trans siblings will mean resisting the expansion of police powers- including access to health data

Institutional wellness 'bingo-cards' are part of care-washing, and do diddly-squat for employee health. hbr.org/2024/10/why-...