Moonshine Dance

Friendly post to let people know to @ me in a post or comment if you need something because... lol, no. Also ☆ trans, gay and disability rights and racial justice for all, yay ☆ since I am losing my other pin for this.

But guess what? Farmers could be bringing BACK nature and thriving if paid to rewild Foresters could be producing timber AND natural wildlife habitat Fishermen would benefit HUGELY from no-take MPAs Our NPs could be spectacularly rich, if rangers were properly supported. There are no excuses.

Call out lifeless countryside? "Farmer bashing" Call out deadzone tree plantations? "You hate foresters" Call out our empty seas? "You're attacking fishermen" Call out our trashed National Parks? "You're denigrating park rangers" This is how they try to shut down any dissent to nature's dying.

Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I have choice words for "landlords" who choose to do this to people. If you like books, maybe consider this exchange.

Today marks 25 years since 9/11. 8 months after the attack, psychiatrist Simon Wessely argued that illness reported around Ground Zero was being wrongly attributed to environmental toxins, suggesting “World Trade Centre Syndrome” was driven by social and psychological factors.

There’s still time to register & to join us for the one-hour webinar today on the challenged facing pregnant chemists & what working safely can look like. Anna Slater & Mary Kate Lane will discuss the support needed for pregnant chemist at 3pm today. #ChemSky www.chemistryworld.com/webinars/wor...

In the wake of The Great ADHD Myth? I am not going to be shy and I am going to plug my book - I wanted to write a book that was sensitive, empathetic and useful - I wore my heart on my sleeve - I am not ashamed uk.bookshop.org/p/books/norm...

Attention Ecologists! We are going to need *a lot* of ecologists. The First Lego League Teams need to speak with a scientist about their projects every year. Every year it's a different type of scientist. Last year was archaeologists. This year, ecologists! Sign up: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Libraries make us a harder target for authoritarianism. Equal access to info, ideas, and space that doesn’t require a purchase to belong. Also: using the library means money stays in your community instead of streaming out to Amazon. 📚 What’s checked out on your card right now?

What a great article not only on faculty workloads, but how little our salaries actually factor in to most university budgets. A few highlights. First, our salaries are falling:

2/2. Our rivers should be places where people can swim, paddle, row and enjoy nature without risking their health. Instead, pollution has become so normal that we're in danger of accepting it. We can't let that happen: riveractionuk.com/news/britain...

It’s Pride 🏳️‍🌈 Spare one repost for a small creator? 🥺 My science and sci fi pins raise money for homeless LGBTQ+ people. Just sent another £800 to @aktcharity.bsky.social bringing total to £47,521 New for Pride 2026: 🌈Scientist🌈 🏳️‍🌈🐥🦜🦅🏳️‍🌈 🌈pronouns🌈 www.jamiebgall.co.uk/shop

I do sometimes worry that all the worried headscratching about youth unemployment might be missing the point. Everyone is always talking about how it relates to the education or welfare systems, no one wants to say "well the economy just produces far fewer entry level jobs than it once did"

"too big to fail" is a conspiracy by big big to sell more fail

Yeah I'm gonna go stick my head in the sand for a bit before I get too deep in a spiral of "nothing is ever going to get better huh" #OstrichTherapy #TacticalAvoidance 🥲

That there is a particular species of extant arthropod, of which most other species have been long extinct! The scientific name is Solanum trilobitum, usually known by its common name: the frylobite.

"We have...normalised something that would have struck our grandparents as shocking and utterly broken. The facts tell the story. In the 1980s about 500 Irish rivers were classed as the very best of the best. Today, there are about 20." www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2...

Happy birthday to #biochemist Marie Maynard Daly (1921-2003), 1st Black woman to earn a PhD in #chemistry in the US! 🐡🧪👩🏿‍🔬 #histsci She made important research contributions to our understanding of the biochemisty of the cell nucleus & cardiovascular issues & the chemistry of histones & protein 🧵

This was new. Always a new adventure!

So this site's done for huh?

Neurodivergent scientists bring vital creativity, focus, and new ways of thinking. But many labs and workplaces aren’t designed with them in mind @rsc.org Neurodiversity isn’t something to fix, it is something to embrace rsc.li/3PlotCd #NeurodiversityWeek #Neurodiversity #ChemSky #DisabledInSTEM

I can't wait for the Veldt to be real 🙃

I learned about a brilliant project yesterday to support British Sign Language (BSL) users, creating new signs for scientific terms in chemistry, oceanography, data science & more. And they're fabulously descriptive. Do have a look and share! www.ssc.education.ed.ac.uk/BSL/index.ht...

Can't believe I'm saying this but I got the position. I'm going to be a PhD student soon! 🙀

I just realized that today is Chinese New Year, the 1st day of Ramadan, AND Fat Tuesday. That means the Chinese new moon lined up with the Ramadan crescent and also fell exactly the right amount of time before the Easter full moon. An extremely rare lineup of 3 major moon-based traditions!

Went through a second interview. I don't feel great about it. Tryjng to stay grounded. 🥲

i made a version of wikipedia you can doomscroll xikipedia.org

I chose a subscription to Cat Fancy every year as part of our elementary school magazine drives. Do those still happen? Why did they happen?

We used to be able to have magazines about rock collecting on shelves nationwide. Now we can't even keep a sports desk at the fucking Washington Post.

Screaming, crying and throwing up. i have been invited for an interview. WISH ME LUCK 🤞💀

I have submitted! One of the sections had garbage writing but my good friend helped me edit the rest so hopefully it gets some grace 🫠 It's a super competitive scheme so I am not expecting anything but it feels good to try!

AAAAAAAAAAA (screams in grad school apps) Why do I need to exist as a describable entity with qualities! I don't want to be seen but give me a chance anyway!!

People should be able to live in whatever country they want to

Why are happy memories so much more painful than bad ones? Hope your holidays leave you mostly unscathed, friends.

Looking for ways to protect yourself or a loved one against disinf/propaganda campaigns from entities with more wealth and power than you'll ever have access to? These seem totally reasonably priced and accessible. Knowledge is power.

Northern Hemispherites, we have reached the solstice. It's time to claw back our daylight from the Southern Hemispherites. The earthen tug-of-war goes ever on.

The ACM Digital Library, where a LOT of computing-related research is published (I'd say at least 75% of my own publications), is now not only providing (without consent of the authors and without opt-in by readers) AI-generated summaries of papers, but they appear as the *default* over abstracts.

"can u explain this gap in ur resume" no i don't want to

Nasu: I need you to design an anthropomorphic version of the Tunguska Event Arco Wada: Sure did boss, real fuckin sexy just like you asked. Nasu: This is perfect

rice my beloved. she can do anything!!! 🌾🙏

It's that time of year again... time for #DisabledInSTEM 2026 Mentorship applications! I'm so excited to be running this program for the sixth year and seeing the growth over the years! Mentee form: forms.gle/um5DvYnBi3tn... Mentor form: forms.gle/BvaxnQm8uhUR... Applications due December 5th!

Glanced back and forth between ADHD meds and my steadily worsening living room, assessing the deterioration rate of the floor space until finally I just sighed, said "fine" to no one in particular and flipped opened the lid. 🙄 Whatever happens, happens.

I haven't done an Infinity NIkki post in a while so here's one of the outfits I've been enjoying using a lot lately! Meet Prince Nikki and Duke Momo!! ✨️

Threw another few applications onto the woodfire for the week. I must keep the recruitment AIs warm for the winter. Very excited for potentially one future nonpersonalized rejection email ✨️