🚨🚨 🧵1/6 #FedFam, reporters - urgent help needed 🚨CDC Museum (a Smithsonian affiliate) is being shuttered🚨 Staff are being “un-RIFed” just to close the museum permanently — then RIFed again in Jan This is bureaucratic cruelty & cultural vandalism CDC Library is a national treasure #SaveCDCLibrary

Thanks to interlibrary loan and a memorial donation made to honor Dr. Forrest Foreman I was able to read the latest book in the Old Man's War series. There was a waitlist. @scalzi.com deserves thanks for the writing. It was worth the wait. www.hobbsfuneralhome.com/obituary/for...

I'm just a lowly art historian, but in moments like these I always think back to one early sign of Trump's wanton, pointless destructiveness: his demolition of the priceless & irreplaceable Art Deco relief sculptures on facade of the Bonwit Teller building, which he tore down to build Trump Tower

Amidst many other wrong and vengeful firings, this one is incredibly heartbreaking and infuriating. Librarians are precious stewards of knowledge. Hayden and her staff deserve more respect. The Library of Congress itself deserves more respect.

🧵1/ BIG NEWS!! CDC just dropped a landmark report — the first US data on RSV hospitalizations after rollout of the maternal vaccine and infant antibody. What happened? Hospitalizations in babies under 3 months fell nearly 50% vs pre-pandemic years. Quietly, radically effective.

It's not how tariffs work. Yet he finally explains that he wants (presumably foreign) consumers to pay his administration for the luxury of shopping in the US. So if you have things to sell his "deals" will basically gatekeep who can afford to buy them, with none of the added costs going to you.

Here are some actionable suggestions if publishers want to actually help Black and Brown writers (rather than some publicity stunt that helps one or two people, gives a pat on the head to the publisher, and does nothing for anybody else). 1. Actively hire more Black and Brown people in publishing.

I'm sorry I know there's a lot going on but how are we not screaming about Ron DeSantis stealing $10 million from Medicaid and the money ending up with pro-DeSantis superPACs, funneled through a charity run by his wife? HOW IS THIS NOT NATIONAL NEWS? www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

In the hour of darkness and peril and fear, let’s all channel a little Paul Revere. @hcrichardson.bsky.social #paulrevere #boston250

As a biologist, I'm appalled at pride the White House takes in willful ignorance. In yesterday's executive order about NPR and PBS, their first example of "the trash that passes for `news' at NPR and PBS" is the statement that "banana slugs are hermaphrodites." But this is unequivocal fact.

Watching the market, and then looking at the actual underlying reality, I feel like I'm taking crazy pills

FDA inspection teams have been critically reduced. Abbott Labs also produces Ensure. Our most vulnerable populations are at risk with a lack of regulation, and the company does not appear to be addressing concerns adequately.

After 9 months stuck in space, astronaut Sunita Williams finally returned home to her dogs. This is the moment they were reunited. 🐶❤️ #Goodnews

Ellen Eglin worked as a housekeeper and as a government census clerk. She invented the clothes wringer to shorten the dry time for laundry. She was concerned that if it were patented it in her name, white women would not buy one. She sold the patent for $18. www.blackpast.org/african-amer...

Gladys West is a mathematician who worked for the Navy for 42 years. Her modeling helped lay the groundwork for the development of modern GPS systems. She was inducted into the Air Force Space and Missile Pioneers Hall of Fame in 2018. www.britannica.com/biography/Gl...

Lisa Gelobter has been a computer scientist since the early days of the Internet. She worked as an engineer and program manager for Shockwave, and was on the launch team for Hulu. She was also the Chief Digital Service Officer for President Obama's Dept of Education. anitab.org/profile/lisa...

Begging folks to stop referring to the pandemic in the past tense. It’s still “during COVID”. The pandemic isn’t over just because you want it to be. We have no sterilizing vaccine. No treatment or cure for Long Covid. People are still dying & becoming disabled every day because we refuse to adapt

Not much has been written, at least online, about Theora Stephens. She was a black hairdresser who lived from 1915-1996. She patented modern flat and curling irons in 1980. Hairstyles of the 80s and beyond owe her a lot. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theora_...

Olga Gonzalez-Sanabria hs worked at NASA since 1979. Currently at the Glenn Research Center she serves as the Director of Engineering and Technical Services. She was a major contributor in developing the Long Cycle Life Nickel-Hydrogen Batteries that power the ISS. custom-powder.com/mothers-of-i...

Dr. Ayanna Howard is a successful entrepreneur, roboticist, and educator. She founded Zyrobotics to make products to help kids with learning disabilities. She worked for NASA and Georgia Tech, and is now the Dean of the OSU College of Engineering. engineering.osu.edu/about/office...

Dr. Rebecca Crumpler was born in Delaware in 1831. She worked as a nurse in Massachusetts in the 1850s. She earned a spot at the New England Female Medical College. She graduated in 1864, the first black woman doctor in the US. She wrote "A Book of Medical Discourses." www.nps.gov/people/dr-re...

You cannot make this shit up. Sharing this jaw-dropping story with a gift link -- give it a read.

Dr. Donna Auguste has over 20 years of experience working with consumer electronics and software. While working at Apple she led a team that developed the Newton, a predecessor to the Palm Pilot, one of the first personal data assistant devices. www.colorado.edu/atlas/donna-...

Alice Ball was the first woman to obtain a masters degree from the University of Hawaii. She developed a revolutionary method for treating leprosy that allowed an oil that had been helpful to be processed into a water soluble injectable form. scientificwomen.net/women/ball-a...

Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett was a key developer of the Covid-19 vaccine while working at the NIH in 2020. ""The vaccine you are going to be taking was developed by an African American woman and that is just a fact," Fauci said." www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-1...

Evelyn Nicol spent over 40 years working in microbiology and immunology. She helped create vaccines. For polio she worked with HeLa cells. She isolated the herpes zoster virus (shingles). She earned a patent for a technique to increase urokinase production. www.blackpast.org/african-amer...

Janet Bashen founded a human resources consulting firm. She created a software system called LinkLine for tracking equal employment opportunity claims. She's the first black woman to receive a patent for a web-based software application. www.myblackhistory.net/Janet_Emerso...

Dr. Jane Wright was born in 1919. She graduated from Harvard Medical School. She was chief resident at Harlem Hospital, then worked at their Cancer Research Center. She worked with chemotherapies. Her work established the efficacy of methotrexate against breast cancer. mbb.yale.edu/news/celebra...

Historic servicewomen are being scrubbed from military websites. There isn't as much outcry and pushback for them, especially black women who weren't in the 6888th. Today there isn't even a link on the Arlington Cemetary website for the Women's Memorial among the others. womensmemorial.org

Miriam Benjamin was working as a schoolteacher in Washington, DC when she patented her Gong and Signal chair in 1888. She designed it for use in restaurants and hotels to make more efficient use of staff. It inspired the steward call buttons we use on airplanes. www.blackpast.org/african-amer...

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

Dr. Shirley Jackson was the first black woman to earn a PHD from MIT. Her work in Physics laid groundwork for fiber optics as well as caller ID and call-waiting services. She helped Ukranians make Chernobyl safer. She's made history, and our future, better. www.technologyreview.com/2017/12/19/1...

Valerie Thomas worked for NASA from 1964-1995. She invented a 3-D illusion transmitter and received the patent for it in 1980. If you enjoy 3-D movies and holograms, you can credit her work. Women make history, and the future, better. www.black-inventor.com/valerie-thomas

A lot of #hamradio operators voted for Trump. This is a good time to let them know that Elon wants to gut the FCC and take their frequencies away from them so SpaceX can use them for commercial satellites. Trust me, it's going to piss them off to no end when they figure it out!

Rea Huntley invented the Lavii smart locker system. It allows customers or third-party drivers to scan a QR code to access food orders safely and without direct human interaction. 2020 was historic for reasons that inspired some amazing inventions. www.becauseofthemwecan.com/blogs/cultur...

Madam C. J. Walker was the first woman to become a self-made millionaire. She invented and marketed much-needed hair care products for African-Americans. There is a movie about her on Netflix. Women's history is diverse! www.womenofthehall.org/inductee/mad...

Judy Woodford Reed was born in 1826. She received a patent for a Dough Roller and Kneader in 1884 while living in Washington, DC. We can only speculate on years spent with dough in kitchens that lead to her invention. Little is known of her life, yet she made history. aaregistry.org/story/judy-w...

Marian Croak holds over 200 patents. As a specialist in voice and data communications, she is likely best known for developing Voice Over Internet Protocols that allow us to make audio calls over digital devices. Women make awesome history. lemelson.mit.edu/resources/ma...

Mary Jones De Leon, a resident of Baltimore, MD, patented a cooking device in 1868. It cooked food by both dry heat and steam. It's considered a precursor to the steam tables found at buffets today. Women's history involves many creative improvements to daily life. ipwatchdog.com/2021/02/08/r...

Mary Kenner held multiple patents. The most important might be the sanitary belt. It helped to secure in place sanitary napkins before adhesive pads or tampons were commonly available. This literally allowed women more freedom of movement and other opportunities. www.blackpast.org/african-amer...

I just got back from 36 hours in Ukraine with my brother Scott. Wanted to share a story from while we were there. At a hospital, we talked with a wounded Ukrainian soldier. I asked him what he thought about the recent change in US policy. His response in English was, “What the fuck.”

Marie Van Brittan Brown worked non traditional hours as a nurse. She had concerns about traveling and being alone at odd hours due to rising crime rates. She and her husband developed and patented a home surveillance and security system in the mid 1960s. americacomesalive.com/marie-van-br...

Martha Jones of Amelia County, Virginia, might have been the first black woman to receive a US patent. She invented an improved corn husking/shelling device. Her patent application also included information on how the separated husks could be put to good use. ipwatchdog.com/2021/02/01/b...

Bessie Blount Griffin worked as a physical therapist after World War II. She invented en electric feeding tube so that patients without arms could feed themselves. She earned two patents. Later she worked as an expert handwriting analyst assisting police departments. www.aetv.com/real-crime/b...

If any "geniuses from MIT" aspire to be air traffic controllers and apply to the FAA I hope they aren't white. It is disappointing that this article left out that if cabinet heads don't fire enough people, Musk will anyway. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/u...

Prior to the Murphy Bed there was Sarah Goode's folding cabinet bed. It folded into a roll-top desk! Goode was granted the patent in 1885 and the bed was something she and her carpenter husband sold in their Chicago furniture store. www.lib.uchicago.edu/about/news/w...

Home heating has changed a lot over the years. One major innovation was being able to use gas for heat instead of wood or coal. The patent for a 1919 gas furnace was awarded to Alice Parker, a woman from Morristown, NJ. www.standardheating.com/blog/2025/ja...

Do you like juice? The first juicer was invented by a black woman named Madeline Turner. Turner's Fruit Press was patented in 1916, serving as another example that women's history affects us all. www.blackpast.org/african-amer...