#LesbianVisibiltyWeek Barbara Gittings was a key, major figure in the nascent LGB or homophile movement of the 1950s. Barbara founded the NYC Daughter of Bilitis chapter in 1958 and edited the first lesbian group publication, The Ladder. DOB function as a lesbian social... 1/8
The largest warm temperature anomalies are expected today over a large portion of the #Arctic Ocean (exceeding 20°C above average in spots).
[Map: https://t.co/3ktgI4YE1j]
Can we STOP with the "some females don't get their period!"
Girls who don't get their period are having a VERY FEMALE issue. When this happens, the girl is taken to the gynecologist multiple times for pelvic exams, blood tests, ultrasounds, etc.
It's a VERY FEMALE EXPERIENCE!
Some thoughts on models in thread form:
Climate models are based on physics. Their code describes the fundamental processes that we know drive atmospheric processes: radiative transfer, thermodynamics, the idea gas law, etc. 1/
As the economic slow-down due to the coronavirus pandemic shutters industry, air pollution and carbon emissions are dropping. A lot of people have asked what this means for carbon emissions and climate change. Here is a short explainer. (thread)
I wish people had been such sentimentalists when sick & disabled people were being ruled fit-to-work & died within weeks. In their thousands & thanks to the measures pushed by the Tory Govt. Up close, it was a cruelty seldom witnessed. When will we clap for them? #ClapForBoris
Just a quick thread about ethics of Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) decisions during covid-19 pandemic. We first look at what chances the person has of surviving whatever illness caused the cardiac arrest that we need to resuscitate them from.
@mikejason73 And King County (Seattle) does it postage paid. Love it. We sign the return envelope making it a legal document. 6-8 statements affirming our eligibility to vote with awarning about penalties for perjury.
Unsurprisingly, #Arctic sea ice extent is more than 2 standard deviations below the climatological average once again. Data from @NSIDC.
Graphs: https://t.co/FUU9OT6IeN
Colder than average temperatures were found in the eastern #Arctic during March 2020, especially near Svalbard.
Once again, above average temperatures were observed across all of northern Eurasia.