Laura BA

Independent school teacher, chemist, writer, runner, nerd. Cisgender woman using she/her pronouns.

[Ayanna Pressley @AyannaPressley]

Horrific and gut wrenching images coming out of Rafah last night.

How much longer will the U.S. stand by while the Israeli military slaughters and mutilates Palestinian babies?

Where is our humanity? #CeasefireNOW

[Jorts (and Jean) @JortsTheCat]

If I get rabies the CDC is going to make me go to work and bite everyone. Like old yeller but capitalism

[Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @RepPressley]

A child is killed every 15 minutes in Gaza. When will this cruelty end?

We cannot look away while the Israeli govt plans its unconscionable invasion of Rafah, the last designated safe zone in Gaza.

We cannot bomb our way to peace, and we must have a #CeasefireNOW.

[Laura BA @LBarrosse]

Tell Congress: Open humanitarian access to Gaza now! https://t.co/QTA4tFqY6g

[FCNL (Quakers) @FCNL]

Today’s historic #ICJ ruling urges #Israel to act to protect civilian life in #Gaza. FCNL welcomes the decision which underscores the imperative to reach a permanent #ceasefire to end the suffering. Here's what happened and why it matters... 1/ https://t.co/MphNtjqEyc

[FCNL (Quakers) @FCNL]

"To those opposing an end to this war, I would pose a simple question: Where, and at what cost, do you draw the line?"

ICYMI, check out FCNL's @OdeliyaMatter's powerful recent piece in @inkstickmedia. #CeasefireNOW

https://t.co/P7DqcflwLP

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

In Gaza, Palestinian children are given sedatives to alleviate their pain while dying -as they cannot be treated. 80days of heavy Israeli bombing have devastated the health system.

This level of horror is unmatched in our lifetime.

#CeasefireNOW.

[FCNL (Quakers) @FCNL]

"With the Middle East on fire over #Gaza, there is an urgent need for multilateral diplomacy to address root causes of violence," @HassanElTayyab said.

📢 "More war is not, and has never been, the answer."
https://t.co/TuWL6j7xaF

[Laura BA @LBarrosse]

“Israel’s offensive has been one of the most devastating military campaigns in modern history, displacing nearly 85% of Gaza’s people... More than half a million people in Gaza — a quarter of the population — are starving, according to a report Thursday” https://t.co/F4CpJufdya

[Janeese Lewis George @Janeese4DC]

Mr. David Ashmore was a remarkable, funny, deeply kind person who deserved better than what DC gave him. He was one of 90 people who died in DC this year without the dignity of a home. Last night I joined People for Fairness Coalition to honor their memory. #WashingtonPFFC (1/3)

[FCNL (Quakers) @FCNL]

💯 Day after day, we hear of more horrors in #Isreal & #Gaza, confirming that violence will not bring peace. @POTUS must call for a permanent #ceasefire to end this devastating war & protect innocent lives--lives that will already never be the same. #WarIsNotTheAnswer

[Laura BA @LBarrosse]

“If being “woke” means actively considering the available data and analyses and responding to them by considering the social contexts, histories, and processes that facilitated and created them, then being woke is just doing good 21st-century science.”

[Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine]

The data for systemic racism in science are robust, @Anthrofuentes argues in a new #ScienceExpertVoices article. Intentionally disregarding such data “is not something one should expect from those who practice science.” https://t.co/kbWL6k0nJG

[Laura BA @LBarrosse]

Do you believe in science? Then you also must believe in racism in science.

[Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine]

The data for systemic racism in science are robust, @Anthrofuentes argues in a new #ScienceExpertVoices article. Intentionally disregarding such data “is not something one should expect from those who practice science.” https://t.co/kbWL6k0nJG

[Peps @PepsMccrea]

How does time spent in direction instruction vs peer interaction vs practice/assessment impact learning? And does the answer differ by subject?

@profsimonb et al analysed the performance and data from 250+ teachers to answer these Qs.

Here's what they found:

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[Laura BA @LBarrosse]

Sometimes I think about never signing on to twitter again. Then this happens.

[Jorts (and Jean) @JortsTheCat]

I don’t want to alarm you but something terrible happened. My toe got hurt and I screamed and cried so loudly the vet had to come. I had to get wrapped in a towel and then she pinched me with a tweezers and THEN she said I’m totally fine even though I was literally still crying

[Laura BA @LBarrosse]

“What were the main reasons for not adopting successive relearning as a learning strategy? The main theme that came up here was “Time Management”. Students reported that they did not manage their time effectively and – consequently – resorted to less-effective strategies”

[Laura BA @LBarrosse]

Don’t love this potential (hah) addition to my chemistry unit on charge interactions…

[Science News @ScienceNews]

You don’t need to touch a tick for it to find you.
https://t.co/d76Qccl0kh

[Laura BA @LBarrosse]

@Doc_Hux I can’t imagine being on the college side of this and trying to figure it out!

[Laura BA @LBarrosse]

Ending affirmative action is wrong. To quote Justice Sotomayor, the decision “cements a superficial rule of colorblindness as a constitutional principle in an endemically segregated society where race has always mattered and continues to matter.” https://t.co/24MR58SLEH