Dr Michelle @Drosmel@qoto.org

If you know of or are involved with an organization that helps people in a way that the #TrumpAdministration doesn't approve of, and the org is worried about continuing to do their work while protecting their employees, volunteers, and clients, I am happy to meet for free with the org to work through with them what their threat model is and how they can improve their security posture. They can reach out to me on Signal at jik.87. Please for reach.
#politics #USPol #resist #infosec

"Elizabeth Peratrovich was a Tlingit activist whose efforts led to the passage of the Alaska Anti-Discrimination Act of 1945, the first civil rights legislation in the U.S. At a time when signs reading “No Natives Allowed” were common, she and her husband Roy Peratrovich fought against segregation and discrimination. Her passionate speech before the Alaska Legislature helped secure the law’s passage, breaking down barriers and paving the way for future civil rights advancements.

We celebrate Elizabeth Peratrovich Day on February 16th to honor her courage and to inspire ongoing efforts toward justice. Her fight is now ours, and ensuring fair voting rights for all remains a crucial battle. By advocating for better access and representation, we keep her vision of equality alive."
#Alaska #ElizabethPeratrovichDay #EqualityForAll

Snow day!

@dtl I'll never forget that scientists had to rename genes because of excels fuckups
https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/6/21355674/human-genes-rename-microsoft-excel-misreading-dates

https://genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13059-016-1044-7

Voting for the #FlyBoard ends THIS Sunday Feb 16 at 11:59pm EST. Vote here https://genetics-gsa.org/2025-fly-board-election/ for President and representatives for California, Mid-Atlantic Region, Asia, Europe, and Latin America.

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
My question is more of a comment,
You forgot to cite my Nature paper from 2022.

#AcademicValentines

Public notice:

If you want to read a research article, please don't pay for the paper on the publisher's website. All that money goes to the publisher, we don't get any of it. Instead, contact us. We'll be happy to send you the paper :-).

This is for your own safety.

Professorial Position in Observational Astrophysics or Cosmology at Maynooth University!

It's been a couple of weeks since I announced a job opportunity in the form of Professorial Position in Observational Astrophysics or Cosmology at Maynooth University. After a short bureaucratic delay the announcement has just appeared on the AAS Jobs Register here, which gives me an excuse to post about the poistion again. The deadline is 31st March 2025.

http://telescoper.blog/2025/02/12/professorial-position-in-observational-astrophysics-or-cosmology-at-maynooth-university/

The Internet is mostly shit these days, but every once in a great while I stumble across an incredible, passion-project website.

This one is hand-animated weird art and it is worth your time as a fun decompressing thing in between your doomscrolling sessions.

https://floor796.com

I don't even know what hashtags this deserves, so it's not getting any. Boost to your friends!

#cats #CatsOfMastodon

Celebrating the women working on ESA/NASA #SolarOrbiter mission on this #WomenInScience day.

▶️ https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2025/02/Celebrating_Solar_Orbiter_and_the_women_behind_the_mission

#esa #astrodon

An extraordinary American astronaut and science communicator for #BlackHistoryMonth: Mae Carol Jemison (born October 17, 1956) is a physician who became the first Black woman to travel in space when she went into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour for NASA, on September 12, 1992. She also has a B.S. in chemical engineering, served in the Peace Corps, is a dancer and choreographer, formed and runs her 🧵
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#linocut #printmaking #sciArt #astronaut #womenInSTEM #BlackInSTEM #histsci #MastoArt

there are still 6 days left to apply to join my group at Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt as a PhD Student in #Paleobiology! Are you interested in how the rock record shapes our undersanding of macroevolutionary dynamics of #plants in the #Mesozoic?

@SenckenbergWorld

https://www.senckenberg.de/en/career/scientists/#content-0002_2

The Coast Mountains of British Columbia are one hell of a special place!

#photography #nature #canada #britishcolumbia #Landscapephotography