Hundreds of kids walked out of Brooklyn Tech today to protest the continuation of in person school during the Omicron wave and to call for a remote option
I’m on a zoom call and two of my black colleagues have the same surname. My white colleague thought it was amusing to ask “oh are you two related? Haha” until one of them said “nah but our ancestors probably worked the same plantation” and now everyone is sitting in silence. 🥲
One of the biggest honors of my career is to have the opportunity to interview Dr. Anthony Fauci for the @ResearchAmerica 2021 National Health and Research Forum! Watch our interview on Sept 14th and check out the other awesome events. Registration is free! ⬇️
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Learn what inspired the stories in the recently published "Black Sci-Fi Short Stories" in a Q&A with the authors (including me!).
It's available at B&N and many other places. But you can buy local here: https://t.co/jSrxg9kyfw
Enjoy #JuneTeenth2021!
The anthology I'm published in came out today! (And I'm definitely excited about it.)
It's available online at Barnes and Nobles, Amazon, Target, and probably a bunch of other places.
Check out my short story "The Pox Party" if you grab a copy.
https://t.co/k6EQtEP87O
Our DC writers group is looking for a fourth member. If you live in the area and want to work with a group that celebrates and critiques writers developing short stories or works in progress, feel free to sign up.
More info at the link.
https://t.co/EoOexHrCXm
New study in Scientific Reports from Brody
& colleagues ( Bethesda campus NINDS) describes llama nanobodies that could be a versatile new tool in the fight against COVID-19. The nanobodies block the interaction that permits SARS-CoV-2 to enter human cells.
The announcement is finally out!
I'm super hyped about being published with other talented #authors and skinfolk soon in this upcoming Black #scifi@flametreetweet anthology.
Check out the blog post below for the full update and visit my new website: https://t.co/ZRAwT4IZ66
Had a great critiques meeting with agent Erin Casey about my developing YA Sci-Fi/FA novel thanks to office hours at #FIYAHCON2020. I couldn't stop repeating "this is super helpful" and it's the absolute truth.
Big shout out to @FIYAHCON and @erin_michelle_C for all their help.
I think it should be obligatory for all scientists to study the history and philosophy of their science and face the horrors of the things that have been done in the name of ‘science’ and engage with this horror explicitly in their ethics forms before they practice science.
In the midst of everything, my fellow writing group member, @tracycwrites, is getting the recognition she deserves.
She's been published in a book with Neil Gaiman and a host of other amazing authors.
Show her the love she deserves and check out the book.
Using blueprints that help it hijack your cells, create virus-producing factories inside them, and escape detection, the #coronavirus genome really is 'bad news wrapped in protein.'
https://t.co/fDB1upPFDz