Maya Sollen-Norrlin

Moving to Bluesky: #PhD @CanterburyCCUni . #soilscience #orchards #ecology #climatechange. She/Her.

[Peter Tatchell @PeterTatchell]

Watch this moment of bravery! A fearless Bishop stands in front of Trump during the president’s service & urges him to show kindness & compassion. Trump’s reaction? Indifference

This is the kind of courage that sparks real change. Watch, feel the power & share if it inspires you

[Dr Joanne Littlefair @JELittlefair]

Join us in team #eDNA at the People and Nature Lab @UCLCBER @UCLEast! I am recruiting a NERC funded PDRA to research air sampling for terrestrial biomonitoring https://t.co/cGjatjrx2X application deadline 19 Aug

[The Pissed Off Lawyer @legaltweetz]

In a discussion with @jk_rowling, she brought up the idea of “militant trans activism” concerning why the LGB Alliance needs to exist. As someone that fought for gay rights for almost 30 years, sometimes quite militantly, that makes me laugh.

How the fuck do gay people think they got rights in the first place? By asking straight people politely? By sitting around quietly and just hoping? No. Absolutely not. We had to fight for that shit. And hard. And sometimes militantly.

Now I have to do it all over again as a trans person. I have no respect for LGB minus the T folks such as the LGB Alliance. They are a minority faction within the greater LGBTQIA+ community that doesn’t know its own history.

Further, and wow do I have receipts to back this up, as someone who spent the majority of my life fighting for LGB rights, it disgusts me that there’s a small faction of LGB people trying to divide the community. We need to stand together against right wing fascism.

I shared this pic with Rowling because it’s the truth. Trying to divide the LGBTQIA community is a horrid idea. It’s playing right into the right wing’s goal of divide and conquer. The LGB Alliance must be ok with rising fascism. They definitely do not speak for the majority of the LGBTQIA+ community.

I stand in solidarity with the WHOLE community. All of you. We are in this together 🏳️‍🌈✊🏳️‍⚧️

[Billy Bragg @billybragg]

Everyone knows Labour are going to win the election, but if you’re feeling like there’s no point in voting as the outcome is a foregone conclusion, I’d like to draw your attention to something really radical that is on offer tomorrow: 1/8

[Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys]

The Tories gave Michelle Mone £203m for useless PPE. She bought a yacht. Vote tactically. https://t.co/ae2i5YnpN0

[Adam Bienkov @AdamBienkov]

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[NERC Environmental Omics Facility @NERC_EOF]

How can we manage apple orchards for #climateresilient soil microbial communities supporting #EcosystemServices? NEOF visitor & PhD researcher @Maya_s_n is using eDNA metabarcoding to investigate that question #NEOFtraining

[Naomi Rintoul-Hynes @naomirintoul]

New publication with @crayfish_cath: #recreational footpaths do not affect terrestrial #invertebrate #biodiversity. Paths can encourage engagement with #nature and limit #ecological damage.

#ecology #ecosystemservices #greenspace #woodland #pitfalltrap

https://t.co/qiyW6d4Bb7

[Maya Sollen-Norrlin @Maya_s_n]

Super grateful for the sense of community and continuous learning provided at the #PGRAConf2023 at @CanterburyCCUni hosted by the wonderful @CCCUGrad and @pgracccu So many interesting presentations and a chance to chair my first panel in a friendly setting ☺️🙏🏻👩🏼‍🎓

[Janel Comeau 🍁 @VeryBadLlama]

apparently a lot of cis women need to hear this but a world where our faces, bodies, hair, breasts, clothing and voice are constantly scrutinized as "not feminine enough" is infinitely more dangerous than a world where trans women might also be in the bathroom and need to pee

[Product Hunt 😸 @ProductHunt]

If the code works, don't touch it

The code:

[Sara Petrita Bombaci (she/her) @SPBombaci]

After running a lab that centers inclusion for 4 years now, I’d like to share some of our lab practices that have really worked in case this info is helpful for others.

[Jaclyn A. Siegel, PhD @jacasiegel]

One of the best pieces of advice I can give to grad students is something that I learned from my time as a competitive swimmer: It's natural to want to see how fast others around you are going, but looking around slows you down and ruins your form. Focus on your own goals & time.

[c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance]

90% of molecular biology is pipetting very tiny amounts of clear liquids from one container to another. The other 10% is doing math on paper towels.

Some days I think I should have listened to my mother and become a wizard.

[Maya Sollen-Norrlin @Maya_s_n]

@ThePhDPlace @naomirintoul and @RoVega_Biology don't know how you do it but you're the best! ❤️

[Dr. Jessica Taylor @DrJessTaylor]

A reminder that Elsevier made $10.5 BILLION in 2022 from selling your academic journals and articles behind paywalls, and make more profit than Amazon, Google, and Apple every year…

And paid the academics who wrote the articles $0
And paid the reviewers of the articles $0