I’m learning about photography via my content creation goals & I think I figured out the lighting for this gorgeous effect (softbox w diffuser and honeycomb grid?) unless it’s just exceptional natural lighting and a great camera.

Chemical engineer Paula Hammond creates super-thin nanoparticles (1,000X smaller than the width of a human hair) by stacking layers of materials--layers that can be programmed to deliver cancer drugs, improve energy storage in batteries & more. Dean, School of Engineering at MIT #WomenInSTEM #BHM

thinking out loud… as an unemployed early career scientist I get a lot of review requests, all of which I turn down & let the editor know I need to dedicate my full energy to finding academic employment (beyond true!) BUT I keep thinking I would accept a fair number if it were an income stream… 🧪👩🏻‍🔬🧠

This deplorable treatment mirrors my experience in the physical sciences. I was long gone when my ex colleagues started showing up in the #EpsteinFiles. And then they have the fucking nerve to wonder "Why So Few?" #WomenInSTEM They know God-damned well why.

Get ready to dive deeper into her groundbreaking research during her keynote! 🎤✨ Discover why sensitivity to experience isn’t just an early-life story—and how environmental uncertainty can actually favour sensitive periods later in life!🌍🧠📈 Check out her research at: walaseknicole.wixsite.com/site

FYI, here’s some info about the link between fiber arts and programming mitpress.mit.edu/celebrating-...

Sure, but also baking is literally RIGHT THERE. 😂 So much chemistry involved. I was not good at chemistry or baking but when the chemistry of baking was explained, I got better at baking. Also with hair coloring. All of these involve science and are good options when its cold out

#blackstem #blackwomeninstem #womeninstem www.wsmv.com/2026/02/13/f...

According to ICE’s own data, none of its officers have been killed by an immigrant in the agency’s history.

The NAACP's 117th birthday wishlist: defund ICE, prosecute Kristi Noem, and shutter Elon's data centers.

New Jersey’s newly elected Governor Mikie Sherill is the latest Democratic state leader to take action to protect her state’s residents from ICE: barring agents from entering, accessing, or using nonpublic areas of state-owned property without first receiving a judicial warrant. trib.al/vqBrPzT

Some of today’s Democrats aspire to return us to some pre-Trump “normal.” But for millions of Americans, that isn’t nearly good enough. The country needs a Democratic Party that seeks to create a new and far better “normal”—and that’s willing to fight the people standing in the way. trib.al/dU41NLe

A group of New York elected officials gathered on Thursday to replace the Pride flag that was removed from the Stonewall National Monument after a directive from the Trump administration.

When the Supreme Court allowed immigration agents to consider race during sweeps, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said that citizens shouldn’t be concerned because agents will “promptly let the individual go.” For these Americans, that wasn’t true. (Published Oct. 2025)

“These results show that while childhood measles vaccination remains the social norm with close to 80% intention, there is an important minority of US adults who are not willing to vaccinate children against measles even if recommended to do so.“ Such an important study! ⤵️

If my followers have been inspired by the fierce resistance the Twin Cities has put up to ICE, you should make it a point to take a trip here (April through October 😬), enjoy the wonderful things MN has to offer and support our small businesses. It continues to be a really tough time for them.

Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."

Yoooo so Amazon actually delivered my filing cabinet ahead of schedule, still no delivery updates on all my other supplies. I unpack the cabinet, which means I have to destroy the box and styrofoam packing. Only to find that a corner is dented, preventing the top drawer from opening/closing

for my latest @us.theguardian.com talked to teens leading and joining anti-ICE walkouts from TX to MD to WI. one NYC teen: "I feel scared [of ICE] every day... But I’m not going to let that stop me, because bravery is just the positive way to say you’re scared, and I’d rather be brave than scared."

I spent literal HOURS this weekend creating an amazon business cart of office supplies to help me organize my private practice & be ready for more clients. #ADHD hyperfocus was not helpful here. I debated what pastel color of hanging file would make me actually file stuff. 🧵

91% of cardiologists recommend physical activity, 69% accomplish guideline recommendations for themselves @cardio10s @JACCJournals www.jacc.org/doi/epdf/10....

This!

Okay buddy, the problem isn’t that you and your wife have this amazingly trusting relationship. It’s that you’re a full grown founder engineer man and you have baby brain trust of AI

THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH A HISTORY MAJOR

SEN. OSSOFF: “.. why are roving gangs of masked men — who look like they couldn’t pass the Army physical exam — dressed up like pretend Delta Force operators, on our streets, demanding papers, dragging people from their cars, and shooting people to death?” @acyn.bsky.social

Awww I love Juicy Love Dion! It’s so nice to see a young queen secure in her talent and kind to the elders. 😍 #RPDR

Hold him to it!

The public made noise for Liam Ramos and it got him released from Dilley. Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo. Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles. Get them out!

Let’s make it viral folks. Thank you @histoftech.bsky.social.

ski jump penis doping story only underscores the advantages of shape and drape over slim fit clothing www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...

AOC: We are going to have to reckon, as a country, with this time. And I hope that that reckoning includes prosecution of people who are involved with the lawbreaking and human rights violations they are knowingly engaging in right now.

adhd is so silly sometimes, like why am I procrastinating playing a video game I want to play lol

I may delete this because it’s a bit spicy but it shouldn’t be lost on us that games being turned into TV is essentially harvesting the stories written by those who don’t have union representation or healthcare with WGA by those that do. Our stories are good enough for TV but the writers aren’t?

NEW: The unfathomable Minnesota transcript that must be read, as it tells the reality of America today. "I am not white, as you can see," Julie Le — a government lawyer — told a federal judge on Tuesday. "And my family's at risk as any other people that might get picked up too ..." Law Dork:

This NYT piece never mentions the most important detail of the hearing. THESE PEOPLE ARE UNLAWFULLY being held--and many are unlawfully being snatched in the first place. The reason there's such a caseload is bc ICE is kidnapping people illegally.

That‘s the spirit.

one of my strongest beliefs is that we're in our situation right now bc some of the most prominent talking heads (e.g. joe rogan, andrew schulz) are learning about politics in their 40s and 50s, instead of their teens and early 20s, and we have to go along for the ride as they learn basic things

The GOP has offered nothing this century except for catastrophic wars. No healthcare plan; no re-industrialization. Now they're losing their only issue, immigration, as people see the violence and havoc that comes with mass deportations.

I’m sharing Aliya’s entire opening statement. We owe it to her, and those who no longer have a voice, to watch. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...

The work done at federal agencies went unacknowledged b/c we were used to qualified experts making decisions. You don't create experts out of thin air. "The beauty of academic research is that people could stick w/ hard problems for a long time to make progress." 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Handwriting and the brain 🧪 #Neuroscience www.nature.com/articles/d41...

One of the things that really suck about getting old is just how hard it is to retain or grow muscle mass. One reasons related to T, but another is a growth regulator called mTORC1. The good news is that keeping active and exercising helps keep that in check. 🧪 Link: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

A lot of people are choosing to miss the point here which is not “Every problem is super easy to solve and democrats refuse to do it” but that when there *is* a simple solution they will insist it’s much more complicated and the simple solution is impossible.

It’s the Bengali Aunties.

i truly hate how much we are living in a bad script

“There is no conceivable degree of institutional incompetence sufficient to explain the scale, consistency, and persistence of the failures that occurred —particularly where the sole task ordered by the Court and repeatedly emphasized by DOJ was simple: redact known victim names before publication,”

What you want is COPWATCHING. The cameras turned on THEM.

Amazing