Gaythia Weis @Gaythia@qoto.org

My 12 year old who loves sport wrote a school speech that was a fiery repudiation of the misogyny of the sporty boys in her class, inspired by the fact they wouldn't pass to her in a soccer game. She addresses them directly in the speech to say that their behaviour is unacceptable and out of touch. It is amazing.

Her teacher, however, suggested she tone it down as it wasn't "all the boys" and also they might respond better if she made them like her.

Dear readers, she did not tone it down.

Virginia Went to War Over History. And Students Actually Came Out on Top. - POLITICO

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/09/09/glenn-youngkin-history-wars-virginia-00113958

#SCOTUS Justice Alito declines to recuse from a pending tax case after he gave two interviews to one of the participating lawyers for use in a Wall Street Journal article. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-08/supreme-court-s-alito-rejects-democratic-calls-to-recuse-in-case#xj4y7vzkg

Does no one in the U.S. government have anything to say about one rogue private citizen knee-capping a war effort on which we have so far spent $75 billion?

Ukraine is not mincing words.

#Musk #Ukraine

https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-spacex-ukraine-zelenskyy-starlink-access-crimea-russia-invasion-2023-9 https://news.yahoo.com/zelenskyy-advisor-slams-elon-musk-151459281.html

Today, tell your kids about Ruby Bridges—the first Black child at all-white public elementary school in South.

Today Ms. Bridges turns 69.

69.

She's younger than both my parents. And more importantly, she's a reminder of the courage of our youth, of the ever present reality of systemic racism, and of the need to lead with anti-racism to counter this hate.

Let us look to leaders like Ms. Bridges, and build that more perfect union for all people in this country—grounded in true Justice for all

#COVID19 #COVID cautious folks:

Carrying a CO2 monitor helps me check how safe the #AirQuality in a space is, and lower or raise my cautions accordingly. (Details: https://www.harihareswara.net/posts/2023/my-current-covid-risk-approach/#ventilation ) Super useful.

I use and like the #Aranet4 #CO2 monitor. The #Aranet 4 is usually USD$249. It's on sale, direct from the manufacturer, till September 17, for $184.35, with free shipping in the US.

https://shop.aranet.com/north-america/product/aranet4-home

Or from Amazon for $197: https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B07YY7BH2W/ref=nosim/0sil8 (Might be today only - Sept 7th.)

2/2 #Wastewater testing was stopped in my county > a year ago and we are flying in the dark. CDC says to mask when community levels are high, but how is anyone to know?
It’s imperative that you continue #wastewater testing throughout the country--and preferably that you expand it. #Covid #surveillance #Biobot

Comments DUE BY TOMORROW/FRIDAY https://regulations.gov/document/CDC-2023-0055-0001

How does Colorado use its water?

This 10-question guide breaks down the basics, explaining Colorado’s water supply, how it gets used and what experts do — and don’t — know about its future.

https://coloradosun.com/2023/09/05/colorado-water-use-supply-future/?utm_content=buffer9293a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Mastodon&utm_campaign=buffer

Well... School just started & 3 out of 30 children in my 5th grader's class have already tested positive for COVID. 😷

Be careful out there folks!

The Reaganomics trickle down scam has redistributed $50T from bottom 90% to top 1%.

If the minimum wage increased with inflation & corporate productivity it’d be $26/hr today.

Corporations annually steal $15B from workers and face zero meaningful accountability.

Think about these facts next time you hear an exploitative CEO of a blue collar retail store complain “People just don’t want to work anymore.”
#LaborDay

We'd really be screwed if it wasn't for federal courts consistently slapping the shit out of #DeSantis.

In this one, they tell him his map is way too racist and he needs to redraw it.

'Bipartisan support continued through three reauthorizations of the program. That ended this year, when Republicans took over the House with a slim majority that was beholden to the MAGA wing of the party, which has been looking for opportunities to damage any Biden administration priorities. PEPFAR became a target when the Heritage Foundation released a falsehood-ridden report in May saying the administration was using it as a “vehicle to promote its domestic radical social agenda overseas,” specifically abortion and L.G.B.T.Q. issues.'

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/01/opinion/pepfar-abortion-republicans.html

If you follow the sort of things they say, it's completely unsurprising that they would want to use this for that.

Curious about quantum tunneling? Check out the latest episode of #Quantum101, from me and the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics: https://youtu.be/Yg0LT3n4mYY?si=qru2ItWY14ta8giC

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New:
“Viral Origins of #ChronicFatigueSyndrome May Be Hiding in Plain Sight”

https://www.sciencealert.com/viral-origins-of-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-may-be-hiding-in-plain-sight

On recent paper by @DrMaureenHanson:
The viral origin of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome

https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article%3Fid=10.1371/journal.ppat.1011523

@mecfs #MEcfs #CFS #MyalgicE #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #PwME #enterovirus
#enteroviruses

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Labor Day reminder: If the min wage increased at the rate of inflation & productivity since 1960 it'd be $26 today—not $7.25. Meaning—billionaires & corps have stolen at least $19/hour from working Americans for 60 years.

That’s generational theft from the working class to keep people in poverty.

We don't suffer a lack of resources—but an excess of greed.

People said we were being alarmist when we said extremist Christian nationalists would use the abortion laws to target women trying to escape Texas to receive an abortion.