Reposted by Dr. Christine BeaversDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 30mThis picture will always be iconic. RIP Margaret Hamilton who wrote the software that successfully guided NASA’s Apollo missions through the moon. 4437126
Reposted by Dr. Christine BeaversPhilip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 11hIt feels very good to have been the editor who handled Soai's 1995 paper in Nature on autocatalytic amplification of an enantiomeric excess - now known as the Soai reaction. This seemed a curiosity at the time, but we clearly made the right call. 310018
Reposted by Dr. Christine BeaversMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2hi feel this more and more every day 161262117
Reposted by Dr. Christine BeaversNature @nature.com · 8hNone of this year's science Nobel Prizes have gone to women. The number of these prizes to go to women remains at 27 out of more than 600. See how many you can name in our quiz: www.nature.com/immersive/d4... 11278180
Reposted by Dr. Christine BeaversMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 6hHorrifying: Arizona Democratic congressional candidate Bernadette Greene-Placentia was raped by a man after he knocked her out. Another man approached her to do the same. “She began swinging her foot at him. ‘Not even worth it,’ she heard the man say as he moved away.”phoenixnewtimes.comCongressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signsEmbarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. 15537041425
Reposted by Dr. Christine BeaversKD @kadeeja.blacksky.app · 5hGot him! "For perspective, 4,500 MW is about four times the peak electricity demand of the entire city of New Orleans. May realized immediately what he had done. "I won't make you say it again," an attorney for the Union of Concerned Scientists responded." finance.yahoo.com/energy/artic...finance.yahoo.comEntergy Louisiana CEO lets it slip on Meta's electricity demands(The Center Square) — Entergy Louisiana CEO Phillip May accidentally disclosed Tuesday that Meta’s Richland Parish data center is expected to draw 4,500 megawatts of electricity, revealing for the fir... 11016
Reposted by Dr. Christine BeaversAlex @mplsalex.bsky.social · 9hPetition for Jamelle Bouie to replace all headline writers in the US. 252247312
Reposted by Dr. Christine BeaversDr. Kuglymoogly, Ph.D. @skugelgen.bsky.social · 8hHow I arrived on Blueskystatic.klipy.comFinn Drives Jake as a CarAlt: A GIF from adventure time: Jake in the form of a car consumes Fin with a mouth appearing his rear trunk end. Flash cut to Finn sitting in the driver seat, looking stunned  011
Reposted by Dr. Christine BeaversJoel Cornelio @jcornelio.bsky.social · 8hHow i arrived on Blueskystatic.klipy.comShawshank Crawling Through Dark TunnelALT: Shawshank Crawling Through Dark Tunnel 031
Reposted by Dr. Christine BeaversT'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights @truahrabbis.bsky.social · 11hThree years ago, our world was torn open. We mourn the Israelis and people of other nationalities murdered by Hamas, in their homes and at a music festival, and the hostages who never came home alive. Parents, children, grandparents, friends. Each person an entire world. 21610
Reposted by Dr. Christine BeaversBeth @bethpdx.bsky.social · 9hAntiabortion Politics Blocks Research on Fibroids, Endometriosis and Breast Cancer. The Media Is Finally Paying Attention. msmagazine.com/2026/10/01/a...msmagazine.comAntiabortion Politics Blocks Research on Fibroids, Endometriosis and Breast Cancer. The Media Is Finally Paying Attention.Mifepristone is known as the abortion pill, but it has other uses most Americans have never heard about. For more than three decades, scientists have known this medication could do far more than end a... 01812
Reposted by Dr. Christine Beaversanil oza @aniloza.bsky.social · 9hanother year where all the science nobels went to men, as was the case in 2024 much of this piece, about the structural barriers women face in doing innovative research and receiving credit for it, holds up (I think) www.statnews.com/2024/10/11/n...statnews.comMen won all the science Nobels this year. There's an even bigger problemThe Nobel's gender gap reflects larger barriers faced by women in science 410139
Reposted by Dr. Christine BeaversSamit Sarkar @samitsarkar.bsky.social · 9h"If you look at the population of — well, all people in cities, particularly people who come to cities from elsewhere, but particularly homeless and other vulnerable people in cities [...] a pretty large chunk of those people who end up in cities were failed in some other parts of this country." 434759
Dr. Christine Beavers @xtalgrrl.bsky.social · 9hIf you're a nerd like me, consider supporting Nerds For Literacy. Help underprivileged kids find the magic of reading! nerdsforliteracy.comnerdsforliteracy.comNerds for Literacy 000
Reposted by Dr. Christine BeaversErica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The French police are so militarized they blew up a 15-yr-old’s hand and took the eye of another one. Why are grenades being used to quell student protestors who are unarmed? Now the labour unions are stepping in to protect the students 6228391034
Dr. Christine Beavers @xtalgrrl.bsky.social · 10hHow i arrived on Blueskystatic.klipy.comSurprised Raccoon in DumpsterALT: Surprised Raccoon in Dumpster 080
Reposted by Dr. Christine BeaversStefano Canossa @stecanossa.bsky.social · 11hA few episodes later they do go there: that's how they imagined SPring-8 would look like in 2032 ...✍️ 021
Reposted by Dr. Christine BeaversDr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"By using AI, tasks like essays that used to take hours can be completed in minutes!" Sure, like how if I arrive at the gym and immediately go for a shower, my workout is done in record time. And if I throw my sandwiches straight in the bin, I can finish my lunch in under 10 seconds. 6868021876
Reposted by Dr. Christine BeaversUnited Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026We are aware of multiple stops conducted today by federal agents in the Madera and Fresno areas. We remind the public to stay calm, to verify information, and to exercise one’s rights, including the right to not answer questions. If detained, do not sign anything without speaking to a lawyer. 1/ 13554251
Reposted by Dr. Christine BeaversDaniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Just did some number crunching using latest (Oct 1) ECMWF seasonal data, and I must say that I've never seen such high predictive confidence in a very wet California winter. This is a truly extraordinary forecast amid a record-strength El Niño event. [Thread: please read to end.] 15514208
Reposted by Dr. Christine BeaversProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026NEW: The Trump administration keeps denying and downplaying that immigration agents have been detaining Americans. It’s wrong. We’ve found more than 500 U.S. citizens have been held against their will, including handcuffed or held at gunpoint.projects.propublica.orgMore Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublicaThe government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati... 5827411561
Reposted by Dr. Christine BeaversHenry Gilbert (Beloved Podcast Personality) @talkinghenry.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Skydance now owns Nick, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Comedy Central, and MTV, effectively ending US TV animation as we know it. Countless jobs will be lost, and fewer new shows will be created. An apocalyptic scenario for cartoons, yet it's maybe the 5th-worst thing about the Paramount-WB merger! 332716899
Reposted by Dr. Christine BeaversAda Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Love this news but hate the "surprise comeback" framing. Teams around the globe worked incredibly hard to protect & expand mangrove forests & it worked! Please just say, "We tried and we succeeded! Go team Earth!" We must admit our victories to give people the heart to keep trying! #ShareGoodNewsToo 121947773
Reposted by Dr. Christine BeaversChemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 06/10/2026In the 1950s, Lipscomb & colleagues unpicked the structures of several boranes using low-temperature x-ray crystallography, determining they shared two electrons across three atoms. This accounted for boranes’ unusual geometry & unexpected dipole moment. www.chemistryworld.com/news/fifty-y...chemistryworld.comFifty years after he won the Nobel, Lipscomb’s insights into boranes continue to pay dividendsFrom fundamental bonding theory to practical applications, William Lipscomb's influence can still be felt across chemistry 043
Reposted by Dr. Christine BeaversProf Chris Jackson @seismatters.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I absolutely LOVE learning cool new facts about the earth and sharing them with people 🤩 This year at @latitudefestival.bsky.social, @cosmicshambles.com gave me the chance to briefly talk about LLSVPs (Large low-shear-velocity provinces), areas in the Earth’s mantle that may have a 😱 origin… 511123
Reposted by Dr. Christine BeaversLaura Howes @laurahowes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026IceCube is very cool. Also neat to see how things have developed since the 2015 win for Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B. McDonald for showing that neutrinos have mass. Also, for those keeping score, we're 4:0 on the old gender split so far this year 052
Reposted by Dr. Christine BeaversSolomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 06/10/2026Heads up Eyes open www.heraldsun.com/news/nation-...heraldsun.comICE arrests father on college campus in what may be unprecedented action in California“When ICE started showing up ... I promised my dad I would protect him. I couldn’t. I broke my promise, today.” 04314
Reposted by Dr. Christine BeaversErin Purcell @erinpurcell.bsky.social · 06/10/2026KNOBS, KNOBS, KNOBS! 052
Reposted by Dr. Christine BeaversI'm Uni :3 @unicouniuni3.bsky.social · 26/09/2026He looks like he’d listen to anything I say 182025348
Reposted by Dr. Christine BeaversEconomic Policy Institute @epi.org · 05/10/2026From 1979-2007, Black women with bachelor’s degrees were the only group of women to maintain labor force participation rates above 80 percent. Yet, despite their high labor force participation, highly educated Black women have been—and continue to be—systematically held back from upward mobility.iwpr.orgCollege-Educated Black Women Appear “Well-Positioned” for Labor Market Success, but Still Have Limited Opportunities for Leadership - Institute for Women’s Policy Research 15940
Reposted by Dr. Christine BeaversMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 06/10/2026dennis hastert and jim bakker in the same day feels like an apology for dolly and tim curry 25486521182
Reposted by Dr. Christine BeaversElizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026never the wrong time for this classic 56119413540
Reposted by Dr. Christine Beaversderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/10/2026incredible this will get little to no coverage 47290611938
Reposted by Dr. Christine Beaverswwxwashere.bsky.social @wwxwashere.bsky.social · 05/10/2026my grandma, who raised me as if she was my mother, died today. my heart is so crushed but i am an immigrant and i can’t be there, so i’m requesting any help my family cover her funeral proceedings: ko-fi.com/wwxwashere 2215990
Reposted by Dr. Christine BeaversDavid Gerard @davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026 30127193965
Reposted by Dr. Christine BeaversMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 05/10/2026It’s confusing that @theatlantic.com described this man as a “a lifelong Democrat who had voted for Trump for the first time in 2024” who when these are some of his very easily findable FB posts: 17271891489
Reposted by Dr. Christine BeaversJessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This should be so obvious that it doesn’t need to be said, but given what kind of weekend it’s been on here, apparently it does: If you don’t want old rapists running the world, in office, in the board room, making decisions for all of us get comfortable with “ruining” young rapists’ lives 1851821378
Reposted by Dr. Christine BeaversSameer Ashar @sameer-ashar.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This is my nephew, please forward to your networks, esp any University of Maryland students. 2016381587
Reposted by Dr. Christine BeaversShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 04/10/2026people who got angry about those buddha statues should be even angrier about this 16873286
Reposted by Dr. Christine BeaversHari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Listening to the racist podcast about the “Indian Question” and wow mediocre 2026 white guys jealous of an Indian with a tech job is very much the new mediocre Central Valley white guys in 1941 jealous of Japanese with a thriving farm. 8735152
Reposted by Dr. Christine BeaversIndrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Life in an ethnostate. This is normal in India, and now it's normal in my home state, which was one of the few places in India where it wasn't normal (before the BJP captured it). Lots and lots of problems in Bengal, but weekly lynchings of Muslims and attacks on churches wasn't among them. 15215
Reposted by Dr. Christine BeaversDr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Having seen the Joyce Carol Oates very bad, not good tweet about romance and AI, I can't help thinking about the way that romance has been treated as a punching bag for so long and always by people who are completely unwilling to engage with the genre and know little about it. 8423131
Reposted by Dr. Christine BeaversDr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I am sick to death of reading sad men having bad sex in literary fiction pretending its deep. Or sad women. I am an equal opportunity hater. Give me a romance which explores kink dynamics. Which explores what asexual intimacy looks like. Which includes neurodivergence, queerness, disability 217216
Reposted by Dr. Christine BeaversStefano Canossa @stecanossa.bsky.social · 04/10/2026When I first watched Ghost in the Shell, in 2007 or so, I really wasn't ready to get this detail... #SPring-8 161
Reposted by Dr. Christine BeaversMother Jones @motherjones.com · 03/10/2026Americans are increasingly aware of the surveillance systems used by almost 80 percent of police departments to trace vehicles and drivers without a warrant—and they are pissed.motherjones.comWelcome to the Flock electionsCandidates across the spectrum are suddenly campaigning against the spread of license plate cameras. 16402141