Maria E. Orive

Scientist, educator, parent . . . not necessarily in that order. All opinions are mine, mine, mine.

[Maria E. Orive @MEOrive]

Remaining on this hellsite feels a bit like having a supporting role in an old school war drama.

“I’ll find you there!” I call out bravely across the widening distance between us, as your train pulls away towards Bluesky.

I smile through my tears. We will see each other again.

[Barb McQuade @BarbMcQuade]

We already have a process for determining whether accusers are credible. It’s called a trial. And a jury already decided they believed E Jean Carroll. THIS is weaponization.
https://t.co/wKl1B9YX4v via @NYTimes

[Shin Kiyohime @FoilingMothra]

@artwithinpod Pope Leo becoming the leader of the Butlerian Jihad was not on my bingo card.

[Ms D 🌈 @msdwrites]

@artwithinpod @AndrewBartlett If you’d told me last century that I would be wholeheartedly agreeing with the Pope and utterly ideologically opposed to the US Health Secretary, I’d have checked your tea for LSD.

[Rep. Hank Johnson @RepHankJohnson]

Same Fight. New Generation. All Roads Lead to the South -- National Day of Action For Voting Rights! Help in any way you can. https://t.co/ubbQgUzc5Q

[Norm Eisen @NormEisen]

The VRA is being dismantled piece by piece
& we are going back to where it was born to fight for it

May 16, Edmund Pettus Bridge & AL State Capitol
Join us - TN 👉https://t.co/BneItIyaqr

[Maria E. Orive @MEOrive]

Almost forgot to post this - Happy John Brown’s birthday to those who celebrate.

Try not to be the sort of person John Brown would have shot.

[Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta @malcolmkenyatta]

The new Jim Crow will be defeated like the old Jim Crow.

We were tired then, but not defeated.
We are tired now, but we will not be defeated.

Weeping may endure for a night, but the morning is coming.

[Erin Risch Zoutendam @erin_zoutendam]

Well, well, well. You were all laughing when I made my students do their exams with quills and parchment, but looks like I'm the one laughing now

[Maria E. Orive @MEOrive]

The State will tell you what is the Truth, and you will Believe It.

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: The FDA has blocked publication of research that found widely used Covid-19 and shingles vaccines were safe. https://t.co/P4ZNeIfvPV

[Maria E. Orive @MEOrive]

I’ve never shown ID to eat in a restaurant (sure, when I was young and fresh, I showed my ID if I was drinking alcohol).

But nowadays? Nope.

Where does this dude eat?

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Blanche: "There's a lot of things we can be doing, like voter ID. Every time you walk into a restaurant you have to show ID. How about you have to show your idea to vote? That's not anything that's crazy."

[Maria E. Orive @MEOrive]

First of this spring’s peonies!

[Maria E. Orive @MEOrive]

@C4nnibalC4nid @gragarciaap @leshaami Also, there is no reality in which a pregnant 13-year old is not a crime. The fact that she was pregnant at that age is evidence or rape or criminal neglect.

[MP Arizona☀️🏳️‍🌈💙🌵🐕🐕‍🦺🫂💦🏜🐟🌴🎙🌎🌻♍️🌊 @AzPetrich]

Whoever invents an AI blocker is going to be a quadrillinair and I'm ready to PAY.

[Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree]

I wrote about this in my newsletter. The Weather Service didn't launch balloons recently and got surprised by tornadoes in Kansas. DOGE cuts at NWS cut out weather balloon launches which gather data for storm prediction. You are less safe because of that choice.

[Jenni @hashjenni]

“if you’re concerned about how much water data centers use, it’s way less than agriculture”

YES BUT WE HAVE TO EAT. WE DONT HAVE TO USE AI

[Maria E. Orive @MEOrive]

@KeruboSk Yes, my great uncle was born in the late 1890s, he died in the 1980s when I was in college.

[University of Kansas @UnivOfKansas]

Demonstrating KU’s prowess in the field of astrophysics, Hayley Beltz, a KU postdoc researcher, has won a highly competitive NASA Hubble Prize Fellowship that will support her research into the magnetic fields of planets beyond our solar system. 🪐 https://t.co/uNdaNd6IrG

[Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 @cmclymer]

“You just wanna see the Anne Hathaway movie about a tradwife influencer being dropped into the 19th century because it gives you a chance to mock and sneer at tradwife influencers.”

Well… yeah. That’s exactly why I want to see it. I’m sorry, do you think I’m hiding that motivation?

Let me break it down real simple:

A woman who enthusiastically chooses to be a stay-at-home wife and mother is fine with me. None of my business, actually. My opinion on it doesn’t matter, nor would I offer it. That’s her choice. If she’s happy, who gives a shit?

A woman who performs as a stay-at-home wife and mother in order to build an online brand that pushes gender essentialist politics—and shames other women—deserves to be mocked for her hypocrisy and weirdo misogyny.

Yeah, I’m gonna have a lot of fun watching this movie. You’re absolutely right about that.

[Maria E. Orive @MEOrive]

@Mollyploofkins Seems like maybe Catholicism, with the whole Vicar of Christ thing, isn’t for her.

[University of Kansas @UnivOfKansas]

Congratulations to the 2026 University Research Awards recipients. Your determination and discoveries help make the world a better place. 🌎 Thank you for exemplifying the creativity, ingenuity, and might that power KU’s legacy as a leading research institution. Rock Chalk!