Tawny Mata

Breakfast lover. Dog fanatic. Natural resource policy nerd. Intersectional feminist. These views are my own.

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@librarycongress How do you differ from the National Archives?

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@and_cities @PhDVoice Yes. It is heinous.

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Though I’ve gone through rough patches with parts of my family, I continue to seek a relationship with them because I am one of the few trusted sources they have for exposure to new ideas. And I’m out for durable progress, not vanity.

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I think this Tweet from perfectly encapsulates why I spend very little time on Twitter: what is the end goal here? Is the quoted Tweet addressing racial injustice in any way whatsoever? Nope. It’s just a sloppy, incurious, bullying vanity Tweet. 🙃.

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what is the end goal here? genuinely asking

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@policyandpups I’m so, so sorry. I hope your mom pulls though. ❤️

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@origamicrab @NMNH It’s a totally achievable goal!

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@BringMeABiscuit 🤢 goddess bless this woman

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@origamicrab I refuse to like this because it’s gross. I’m sorry this happened to your family.

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@c_mckinley That’s a long, slow game, but I’m hopeful it will pay off.

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@c_mckinley I also put in a lot of one on one time with those change-advocating students to facilitate their path into future leadership positions. Rec letters, app editing, advice sessions, and interview coaching so they wouldn’t have to rely on the old guard for that.

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@KateLaskowski Get tough, Kate. He’s waiting for you to fall asleep so he can raid the trash.

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Update: refund received and they were very apologetic. I was able to reach them and get the refund through Twitter DMs.

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For those of your looking for high quality masks, I CANNOT recommend @projectn95. Masks ordered Dec 23, allegedly “shipped” Dec 30. They still haven’t reached the carrier, let alone me. Customer service contacted on Jan 6, still no official response. But they did take my $$.

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@priyology @projectn95 Thanks for the tip! Trying to have some grace here given the state of the world but this is beyond my capacity for that.

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Pro tip: the residents of your local red district are not buying antigen tests so head to those pharmacies. I’m 2/2.

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It is going to take a village of those in power to make it right. And don’t wait until it’s in the news to care.

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I spent a very brief time at STRI, but this story lines up with my experience. 23 years old, isolated from my classmates by one of these senior scientists and his colleagues in his apartment at night, the latter finding every opportunity to touch my leg in conversation.

[Katherine Sinacore @ksinacore]

“I just felt like what happened to my body wasn't important enough for them (@stri_panama) to think we should do something so this never happens to someone again.” How hard is it to put a lock on a door? https://t.co/FjfeG9CMbe @smithsonian @BerlinRosen @LLDunnLaw @LauraLDunnEsq

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Of course now, if a young scientist told me something similar happened to them, I would: