Dr. Kate Shirk

physics professor, engineer, sometimes stagehand, cyclist, connoisseur of inexpensive wines (she/her)

[Dr. Kate Shirk @KateCuke]

@sarah_reaves @LifeAtPurdue I'm also an alumna of Purdue engineering, and I was very involved with WIEP GMP while enrolled. Your open letter is spot on. Thanks for writing it.

[Sarah @sarah_reaves]

my open letter to @LifeAtPurdue & Mitch Daniels after the incredibly misogynistic section of his annual letter titled: “Where Are All the Men?”

[Dr. Kate Shirk @KateCuke]

@pchh @bhardymon I heard Disturbed cover "The Sound of Silence" (Simon and Garfunkel) live 🤨 Super interesting (and better live than on the album).

[Dr. Kate Shirk @KateCuke]

@DrEricDing @CDCgov @DrEricDing - here in central Pa, people are using the breakthrough infections as a reason not to get vaccinated 🤦🏼‍♀️😭

[Dr. Kate Shirk @KateCuke]

Philly Philly

[Stephanie Farr @FarFarrAway]

And today, I have a story about the release of a Four Seasons Total Landscaping beer called Lawn Jawn, which continues the greatest troll in Philly history.

“They messed with us and now we’re going to mess with them for the rest of their lives."

https://t.co/rqs4IwBiQW

[LeviforOffice@bsky @LeviForOffice]

voting matters
turnout matters
ballot questions matter

maybe 2 of 9 registered voters turned out

[Dr. Kate Shirk @KateCuke]

@DrEricDing Any data on cycling? Missing cycling with friends 😔 but I assume there is a similar slipstream problem. Speeds are around 12-14 mph for me.

[Dr. Kate Shirk @KateCuke]

@danteshepherd Goals

[Dr. Kate Shirk @KateCuke]

Fair funding is a big deal, AND the Nellie Bly Tuition Program is in the plan 🎉

[Governor Josh Shapiro @GovernorShapiro]

Pennsylvania’s education system is unfair for our students, our teachers, and our communities.

It’s time to restore fairness to school funding to ensure every community can provide the quality education students need to succeed in life.

My full plan: https://t.co/q5MyO0sTjb

[Dr. Kate Shirk @KateCuke]

@ColbyPenadios @maatkare67 @samsanders Cilantro tastes a bit like metal to me. Hoppy stuff tastes like old lady perfume - I guess that is what they mean by "floral notes" 🤢

[Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton]

It delights me to think that what feels historical and amazing to us today—a woman sworn in to the vice presidency—will seem normal, obvious, "of course" to Kamala's grand-nieces as they grow up. And they will be right.

[Dr. Kate Shirk @KateCuke]

@lindaholmes My pets are more prone to GACK, but I immediately knew what HORK referred to 😂

[Luke Landherr @danteshepherd]

In two weeks, Fox News will run a chart showing:

Trump 2017 - 0 deaths from COVID-19 per day
Biden 2021 - 5000 deaths from COVID-19 per day

and them using that to prove that Trump was clearly already the better president

[Dr. Kate Shirk @KateCuke]

Quite a few covid express buses headed to DC tomorrow. Images stolen from a friend's post:

[Dr. Kate Shirk @KateCuke]

@FirstGenPhys I learned to crochet as a kid and find it pretty easy to do simple things. Video tutorials are a great help. I learned to knit recently as an adult, and tried out this knit purl hunter book to learn new techniques https://t.co/YpW9xw4nyH Highly recommend.

[Dr. Kasey Faust @KaseyFaust]

How engineering students think engineers should contribute to the pandemic response—a snapshot of our work on undergraduate engineering ethics https://t.co/PlEMox03eP @ut_caee @thearkaives

[Dr. Kate Shirk @KateCuke]

@FernetOnTheRock @samsanders My bf was on hold yesterday, and said, "wtf is this?!" As he put his phone on speaker. It was... Dinosaur growls ? Lions ? Something like that for about a minute. Then bad easy listening 😳

[Dr. Kate Shirk @KateCuke]

@lindaholmes Our dog does the same "you like it when I sit" move 😆🐕

[Dr. Kate Shirk @KateCuke]

I had a student withdraw from my class (and the university) last spring because he was PA National Guard, and he was overwhelmed when called up for morgue duty. Breaks my heart. We still aren't handling it...

[Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing]

⚠️Crap crap—El Paso morgue crisis escalated fast. First it was jail inmates moving deceased bodies for $2/hour, then $27/hour job posting, and now Texas National Guard summoned up to help at El Paso’s overflowing morgue.

[Dr. Kate Shirk @KateCuke]

@DrEricDing Pennsylvania has a mask mandate, but compliance here in the great red middle is terrible. What then?