Ellen Bolen

An ocean lover from the great coastal state of Oklahoma. Thoughts on science and sports, politics and people, marine life and music. Tweets are all my own.

[National Park Service @NatlParkService]

Virginia's @FortMonroeNPS has been designated by @UNESCO as a Slave Route Site of Memory that links the historic site to a global community committed to research, preserve, protect, & interpret the full history of slavery & freedom.

https://t.co/mNFvNWk9Gi
#BlackHistoryMonth

[RAY Diversity Fellowship Program @RAYFellowship]

The 2021 RAY Fellowship application cycle is open! 🎉 Visit our website to learn more and start your application: https://t.co/yTc48snc7Z ✏️

Know any emerging leaders of color who should join RAY? Share and nominate them here! https://t.co/jIxaAaLiIH 💥

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Amanda Gorman, 22, is the youngest inaugural poet ever in the U.S. She finished writing her poem late into the night of the Jan. 6 riots at the Capitol.

Here's an excerpt.
https://t.co/Jx6MYM8Ioa

[Ellen Bolen @ellenbolen]

@IvyNewFred Terrifying.

[Team Katie @TeamKatiePorter]

Journalists are pivotal to our democracy—they document history, even on our darkest of days. I’m thankful for reporters like @sarahdwire, who risked everything yesterday to report the truth to the American people. Please give her first-hand account a read:
https://t.co/OKE7h8yvbe

[Laurie Bertram Roberts @smartstatistic]

You can't endorse and elect people who think harassing people at #abortion clinics is a fun family activity then be surprised they also incite & support terroristic violence.

They have been doing it for decades you just didn't care to notice.
#DCRIOTS

[Stacey Abrams @staceyabrams]

While today’s terrible display of terror and meanness shakes us, let’s remember: @ossoff, Jewish son of an immigrant & @ReverendWarnock, first Black Senator from Georgia, will join a Catholic POTUS & the first woman, Black + Indian VP in our nation’s capital. God bless America.

[Ellen Bolen @ellenbolen]

@ghweldon @meenaharris you're in good company.

[Ellen Bolen @ellenbolen]

@GeorgeHLeonard @akornblatt Believe them the first time...this was the thousandth

[Ellen Bolen @ellenbolen]

@Conathan I have no words.

[Ellen Bolen @ellenbolen]

Very late to this thread, but a) this is amazing and b) you need to document this journey.

[Ellen Bolen @ellenbolen]

e) all of the above..

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

What’s the worst part of this?

(a) Ignorance that in too many fields, women don’t get the respect they deserve without titles like Dr.

(b) A man who calls a woman “kiddo” having the audacity to offer advice

(c) Equating honorary and actual doctorates

(d) WSJ publishing it

[Natalie Pavlatos @npavlatos]

he has santibodies

[The New York Times @nytimes]

What Dolly Parton has given the world:
• "Jolene"
• "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
• $1 million to fund research for a coronavirus vaccine
https://t.co/EW6fIwfMJ3

[Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris]

While I may be the first woman in this office, I will not be the last—because every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a country of possibilities.

[Ellen Bolen @ellenbolen]

Just going to watch this on a loop for the rest of the day with a glass of champagne in my hand.

[Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris]

We did it, @JoeBiden.

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Kamala Harris has made history. https://t.co/oaiZpnB1sB

[The Representation Project @RepresentPledge]

The VP elect. First woman, first Black person, first Asian American. #RepresentHer

[Ellen Bolen @ellenbolen]

@anthonomics @tim_env_econ @AndoAW I think surviving this week is reason enough.