Kate McAlpine

Communicator and research enthusiast @UMengineering. Has opinions. Does Twitter wrong. She/they. (Why they? See @sciam:

[Kate McAlpine @kmca43]

This is true. A loved one faced with a fetus that was already dead had excellent support when she chose induction. She would have had nothing if she'd chosen a D&E. She wouldn't have been allowed to see the remains. Women should not be coerced into labor.

[Jessica Valenti @JessicaValenti]

Finally, the hospital informs you that if you go through with the birth, they’ll provide you with therapy, financial help and remembrances like ultrasound pictures and a teddy bear with your baby’s name embroidered on it.

You’ll get no such mementos if you end the pregnancy.

[Kate McAlpine @kmca43]

@funky49 Hahaha, nice! I like the discussion in the comments 😂

[Kate McAlpine @kmca43]

@PsionicPsittacc And a pleasure, sir.

[Kate McAlpine @kmca43]

I think I might be done here. It's been real, folks.

[Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones]

Chattel slavery was not a jobs or apprenticeship program. It was a system of violently enforced stolen labor and a crime against humanity and the fact that enslaved people resisted, used their minds, had skills, lived and survived does not in one bit diminish the crime.

[Paul Fairie @paulisci]

The Long History of Nobody Wants to Work Anymore

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[Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones]

I know many of you who have that option have moved on from the affirmative action ruling, but I can't stop obsessing over that Sandra Day O'Connor said that after four centuries racism would be over in 25 years, as if that were an indisputable fact, and the Court said:absolutely!

[Kate McAlpine @kmca43]

@ADiaz_PhD Not first gen but my parents didn't get PhDs and didn't know anything about the research landscape. I ended up in an REU at a professor's suggestion, and it seemed a solid half of us weren't sure we deserved to be there.

[Cristina Riso @DrCristinaRiso]

As a NextProf (Engineering) alumna, I definitely recommend this opportunity to eligible #engineering grad students. The PathFinder program is unique in targeting early-stage grad school students instead of students close to graduation/postdocs.

[Kate McAlpine @kmca43]

I never fully understood "work wife" until I called one of my closest colleagues by my husband's name 😆

[Kate McAlpine @kmca43]

@philipcball I know how that goes. Thanks for your commitment to clarity!

[Kate McAlpine @kmca43]

@philipcball Thanks for making the limitations so clear. I'm curious how you view ISSCR guidelines. Did your editor choose the headline "synthetic human embryos"? (I know a lot of publications ran with "synthetic embryos")

[Kate McAlpine @kmca43]

A forced birth is a form of sexual violence. Pregnant people are traveling as far as a thousand miles and more to escape that violence. This is the state of human rights in the US for those in female bodies.

[Kate McAlpine @kmca43]

A state government demanding medical records so it can go after those it deems deviant. This isn't a slide toward fascism - we're in it now.

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

WATCH: “It really does feel like a betrayal by a friend.”

A mom whose daughter received the “lifeline” of gender-affirming care at Vandy says @VUMChealth giving their medical info to the partisan @AGTennessee hurts because they trusted Vandy.

PODCAST: https://t.co/l8z7mimCqJ

[Kate McAlpine @kmca43]

@pauldauenhauer Gee, sounds like a death panel at work there.

[Sophia Chen @sophurky]

Happy Pride Month! A big thank you to the trans scientists, ranging from early career to emeritus professor, who shared their stories with me. Thread:
https://t.co/7fjPMAbPbX

[Sophia Chen @sophurky]

(4/n) Computer scientist Lynn Conway (1938- ), who invented dynamic instruction scheduling, a way for computers to execute commands out of order, which pioneered the development of supercomputers. IBM fired her when she transitioned in 1968.

https://t.co/vkd6cnubNP

[Michigan Engineering @UMengineering]

Bring on the sun 😎 ☀️ @umichece researchers created a solar panel that can convert water into hydrogen & oxygen as opposed to using methane. This new method can also reduce carbon emissions [article] https://t.co/9dUJjPgNsv

[Michigan Engineering @UMengineering]

You and your solar panels could soak up the sun at the same time 🌞 @umichece Professor Stephen Forrest’s research has gotten even closer to the production of semitransparent solar cell windows [article] https://t.co/AGi6PhixoG