Physghoul ๐Ÿ‘ป ๐ŸŽƒ

Physghoul ๐Ÿ‘ป ๐ŸŽƒ

@physgal.bsky.social

University physics lecturer and Associate Dean, Learning. Physics demystifier. Supporter of girls and women in physics. CAP Teaching Medal 2018, 3MNTF 2023. She/her Ph.D. ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ I approve physicists for the Science & Physics feeds. I oversee #WomenInSTEM.

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Someone want to tell Bobby where algebra comes from?

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."

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NEW: "Donald Trump was an active participant in Jeffrey Epsteinโ€™s sexual abuse of young women during the mid-to-late 1990s," per new House Judiciary Dem report. Report has new allegation that Trump raped a 24-year-old and then promised the victim a visa & NYU admission, demanding she stay quiet.

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Three years ago, my dad said that all fish are the same shape. Out of spite, I decided to draw all 478 families of bony fish listed in Nelson 2016. There's still some stuff I need to edit and some fish I want to redraw but, after 985 days, I finished my big dumb fish project last night.

I defended my dissertation and started my teaching career using overhead projectors. Now I use a document camera when I want to solve a problem in front of a large class. ๐ŸŽข๐ŸŽ

Stanford Graduate School of Education@stanfordeducation.bsky.social

On "Version History," a podcast series from the Verge about tech products of the past, Professor Antero Garcia looks back at how overhead projectors were developed, how they made their way into classrooms, and how they changed so much about the way kids learn. #EduSky #AcademicSky

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Sara Lipshutz (she/her)@jacanamama.bsky.social

I'm hiring a postdoc for our NSF IntBIO project on songbird behavior, physiology and fitness! Start date as early as April 1 or as late as Sept 2027. Emphasis on behavioral endocrinology and transcriptomics, plus field ornithology based on applicant interests: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/33216.

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๐ŸงตYesterday, British Columbia elected a Conservative majority government that ran on a platform of tax cuts and accelerating the pillaging of nature, or what the party calls โ€œnatural resources exploitation.โ€ They also ran on attacking Indigenous sovereignty and trans rights.

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Hello! It doesnโ€™t cost anything to repost but it helps me spread the word about my small business. My online shop is full of bold & colourful prints, homewares and cards. Iโ€™m also available for freelance design work and art licensing. gailmyerscough.co.uk

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As I've said before, it's only once I became a professor that I realized the entmoot, a meeting that goes on for three days and three nights, was a professor's joke about faculty meetings.

Kieran Healy@kjhealy.co

The Lord of the Rings is essentially a series of faculty meetings broken up by several long walks in the countryside.

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OBAMA: He's got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory. It's gold everywhere.

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Info needed in Phoenix!

ashleymorrison.bsky.social@ashleymorrison.bsky.social

Hey I tried to DM but itโ€™s turned off. Do you know any spay/neuter release providers in the Phoenix area? We have a mamma cat that lives under our house we really need spayed but havenโ€™t found any legit resources. Thanks!

"These are not serious people." LOL

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Obama: "You got the defense sec who is like a laser focused on important matters like the jawline & testosterone level of our troops, and livestreaming executions because that's how he thinks you cultivate that manly warrior spirit. How much time do you think this man spends in front of the mirror?"

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OBAMA: That just feels a little bit differentโ€ฆ where people are so sick and tired of being sick and tired. After 2 years of chaos. and cruelty. and corruption. and incompetenceโ€”you get a chance to say enough's enough.

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Healthcare is on the table tomorrow. Ontario and Alberta have shown us what Conservative leadership looks like. Private clinics suck workers and money out of the public system. Healthcare should not be a pay-to-play system. #bcpoli #bcelection

This is sad. What about all of those professors who taught people science when they were at college or university? Theyโ€™re scientists. ๐Ÿงช

Katie Mack@astrokatie.com

Every year, Research!America does a poll that asks, "Can you name a living scientist?" In January 2026, 76% of respondents said "no." Of those who said "yes," 5% named a scientist who was, in fact, dead. www.researchamerica.org/blog/can-you...

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Raffi is still recording music. ๐Ÿ˜Šโค๏ธ

Raffi_RC@raffic.bsky.social

๐ŸŽธ album release dayโฃ๏ธ LOVE IS EVERYWHERE ~ featuring the fabulous Good Lovelies trio. ๐ŸŒŸ very grateful to still be in good voice, making new music. youโ€™ll love this album! #newalbum #belugagrads

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Colette Delawalla, PhD@cdelawalla.bsky.social

If youโ€™re in STEM and youโ€™re eligible to vote in the midtermsโ€ฆYOU BETTER BE VOTING. I want โ€œI VOTEDโ€ sticker selfies in the comments. This is an unconstitutional robbery of our scientific ecosystem cen.acs.org/policy/resea...

The WSJ is a rag.

Minnesota Star Tribune@startribune.com

Hours after the Wall Street Journal published a story questioning Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanaganโ€™s claim she โ€œgraduated Phi Beta Kappaโ€ from the University of Minnesota, the national honor society said that she is a member.

Thanks for all of the lovely birthday wishes. I would also love to see pics of your dogs or other pets. And in the spirit of sharing, here are some recent pics of our kitties.

Physghoul ๐Ÿ‘ป ๐ŸŽƒ@physgal.bsky.social

Itโ€™s my birthday today and to celebrate I would love to see a pic of your cat. Or you could share a physics joke. ๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ˜ป

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CSUN Biology seeks a "Bird or Mammal Biologist" studying extant, non-model birds or mammals, and having experience in collections management, to teach Avian Ecology and/or Mammalogy and help steward our natural history collections (showy examples pictured) careers.pageuppeople.com/873/nr/en-us...

"A 1998 survey of physicists found that 89% of the women respondents were married to other scientists, and of those, 45% were married to other physicists (McNeil and Sher, 1999)." I remember when this paper came out. I think this is likely still the case, but it would be nice to update the data. โš›๏ธ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿปโ€๐Ÿ”ฌ

Megan Barker@meganbarkerase.bsky.social

Yeah, we made some choices too. And Beth Schussler has a really nice paper on some of these โ€˜two-body problemโ€™ experiences in science: www.lifescied.org/doi/pdf/10.1...

When I was hired at my current job, two of my female colleagues were married to physicists (as am I), two were married to scientists, and one was not married. With my current female colleagues, there are fewer physicist spouses, but they are still primarily in STEM.

I hate this timeline.

Joon Lee@joon.bsky.social

Polymarket is taking bets on whether the seven Cornell students accused of raping a student will receive a felony sex crime charge. Among the athletes endorsing Polymarket: LeBron James, Derek Jeter, Eli Manning, Sue Bird, Reggie Bush and Richard Sherman. frontofficesports.com/article/poly...

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Thatโ€™s Micah Bock, communications director for disgraced former congressman Madison Cawthorn, and who himself was accused in college of rubbing his genitals on a sleeping woman and then defending himself later with the argument that โ€œshe was asking for it.โ€

emptywheel@emptywheel.bsky.social

The new flack at DHS openly pushing "remigration."

This all sounds very familiar. When my physicist husband and I went on the job market together, he made the decision to switch to industry because we knew finding two academic physics jobs in the same city would be challenging. ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿปโ€๐Ÿ”ฌโš›๏ธ๐ŸŽข๐Ÿงช

physicstoday.aip.orgNavigating academia as a dual-career coupleMyriad solutions emerge in the stressful process of balancing professional ambition and personal happiness.

I think universities still need to do more to accommodate dual-career couples. There should be money set aside to support the salaries of the spouses of new hires and a system in place to create new positions where needed. So many women scientists are in dual-academic-career couples.