Gaythia Weis @Gaythia@qoto.org

We should not ignore the fact that the GOP is on track to nominate as its presidential candidate a man who is indicted on 78 criminal counts across multiple jurisdictions both state and federal. The GOP is broken beyond repair.

Science: 'Aerosols may carry pollutants or pathogens and spread them over a wide area, causing severe harm. The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has made it clear once again that #aerosol #viruses pose a critical threat to human life.' Lei Jiang et al
https://www.cell.com/cell-reports-physical-science/fulltext/S2666-3864(22)00042-X

How The Princeton University Library rescued Robert Oppenheimer's books from a used book sale. https://specialcollections.princeton.edu/2023/07/an-open-mind-robert-j-oppenheimers-collection-of-books-at-the-princeton-university-library/

Happy birthday to #geologist & oceanographic #cartographer Marie Tharp (1920-2006), whose pioneering, thorough & complete ocean floor maps with Bruce Heezen, made using realms of echo sounder data, revealed the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.⁠
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After studying #geology & math, Maurice 'Doc' Ewing at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia hired her to draft 1000s of echo sounder profiles. Women were still not allowed to participate in
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#MastoArt
#sciart #printmaking #womenInSTEM #histstm #linocut

The main PAC funding Trump’s 2024 campaign spends the bulk of its money on legal fees, not only for Trump, also for many of his employees past and present. The entire operation is so shady. It works a lot like organized crime does, with people getting their legal bills paid to ensure loyalty to the top guy. Details reported here (gift access): https://wapo.st/452PZXO

Good news! Judge blocks Arkansas GOP's grotesque law to prosecute #librarians for making books deemed "harmful to minors" by freaky, freaky fascist groups like Moms4Liberty. Good work, ACLU! https://apnews.com/article/libraries-books-bans-arkansas-758f28c04c573d03b869ad2738e2b06d

And here's another book I’ve just finished, for anyone who has studied (or is studying) maths. It’s a lovely gallop through the parts of mathematical history that we don’t hear about, steering away from the stories that focus on the “Great Men” of the white western world, and digging around in a far more global and diverse view of how mathematics was developed. Especially highly recommended for anyone teaching maths at any level. It’s out in a couple of weeks. #maths #books #history

So... in the US we now have an "anti-library" party. It's remarkable how many ways republicans keep coming for libraries and librarians. From the stuff in Houston where they are turning libraries into "discipline centers" and firing librarians. To the books bans and empty shelves in Florida.

Libraries are powerful and important, and if this doesn't make that clear? I don't know what will.

Kids can detect what you really think of them. What is says about them that their school has a "discipline center" not a library. What that says about what the adults in their life expect from them. What the education system has to offer for them.

They see it all. Adapt to meet your expectations.

Build a discipline center have discipline problems. Dutifully the children will not want it to go to waste.

And they will remember "libraries aren't for kids like us." for the rest of their lives.

“The Republican Party used to always support the military, but today, they are undermining the military. The senior senator from Alabama, who claims to support our troops, is now blocking more than 300 military [nominations] with his extreme political agenda."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/28/biden-tuberville-military-clash/

The Suncor refinery in Commerce City in June recorded PFAS “forever chemicals” in its discharge water into Sand Creek at more than 10,000 times the EPA health advisory level for the substance set last year, according to monthly reports to state health officials.

Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2023/07/28/suncor-pfas-forever-chemicals-discharge-health/?utm_content=buffer7862d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Mastodon&utm_campaign=buffer

@slothrop

Teachers need to be enthusiastic learners of the subjects they teach-- often elementary school math is taught by people who... don't really like it much.

Add to that large classes and inflexible curriculums (so even the teachers who are enthusiastic can't adjust to meet their students) and you have something of a mess.

There is a lot of talk in math education about these issues -- but often it comes down to just not really investing in the schools enough to meet these basics.

One of the pathways of intercontinental transport in the #SouthernHemisphere is shown in today's GOES image with surface winds.

Southbound winds provide no only the lifting mechanism for dust in the #Patagonia desert but also the rapid delivery to the Antarctica Pla. This is not the most common pattern but it does happen and more importantly it is super effective because the short distances involved.

Even in winter, Patagonia desert is so dry that #highlatitudedust emission occurs.

And I say to Justice Alito, no provision in the Constitution gives him the authority to regulate women's bodies.

#Lewis County #WA seeks to restrict any #Library literature they find offensive, including books focused on race, racism, and/or characters of color or #LGBTQ community.https://chronline.com/stories/lewis-county-commission-urges-rating-system-for-kids-library-books,322344

President Biden today will sign an executive order “to implement historic, bipartisan military justice reforms that significantly strengthen how the military handles sexual assault cases,” according to the White House. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/07/28/fact-sheet-president-biden-to-sign-executive-order-implementing-bipartisan-military-justice-reforms/

A study by the University of Colorado estimates a 24 percent increase in maternal deaths if the United States bans #abortion federally. They predicted the increase would be even higher for Black patients, at 39 percent.

But Kavitha Surana of @ProPublica warns that tracking changes to this vital data could be harder than it seems:
https://www.texasobserver.org/maternal-mortality-abortion-roe-dobbs/

#RoeVWade #SCOTUS #HumanRights #Healthcare #health #ReproductiveRIghts

A defunded IRS means a tax evasion free-for-all for the ultra-rich.

The richest 1% already evade as much as $163 billion a year in taxes.

This is why the GOP relentlessly tries to gut IRS.

It’s all a ploy to help their wealthy mega-donors.

Warming stripes for Hamburg / Bremen / Niedersachsen revealing a year to year internal climate variability in the overall positive temperature trend.

Thanks @ed_hawkins for originating the warming stripes.
#showyourstripes
https://climatejustice.rocks/@climatenews/110788748990879184