STEMSister

Great science, great hair. My science-only account now. Mostly... Women's issues (actual women) and race issues creep in too.

[Calum McNicholas @CalMcN1]

Quite a lot of misinformation about this sentence from the usual suspects.

A brief thread explaining the sentencing powers available to the Judge 🧵

[Wings Over Scotland @WingsScotland]

“Openly non-binary”, what a load of absolute pish.

Has there EVER been a single person who was “non-binary” who didn’t immediately tell everyone they met about it? Can you even BE “non-binary” if you don’t tell people? Isn’t telling people the only way to manifest it?

[James Dreyfus @DreyfusJames]

“Openly non-binary”

🙄

Might as well say “Openly Aquarius”.

Meaningless.

[Damian Peach🔭🪐 @peachastro]

Twenty years of Venus & Jupiter conjunctions.

Various shots through the years...

[STEMSister @sister_stem]

@worstall @fionaharvey Well, thanks to #theguardian's commitment to white guilt, she's certainly not going to blame me for emissions resulting from my driving.

[Black Things UK @Blackthingsuk]

The CEO and founder of the MOBO Awards, Kanya King, has died at the age of 57 following a battle with cancer.

Kanya founded the MOBO Awards in 1996 at the age of 27 after recognising that mainstream UK music awards often overlooked Black music genres and artists.

[Zohar Komargodski @ZoharKo]

RIP a very nagging and longstanding mismatch with the Standard Model. The Standard Model wins again.

https://t.co/dLL5RQ9rZw

[Venice Allan @roseveniceallan]

Went for my first ever mammogram today, was nervous but it was fine. Could’ve done without this cult bullshit on the door tbh

[STEMSister @sister_stem]

“Someone, somewhere, has taken the decision to defund astrophysics research in the UK, but no-one seems quite sure who that was, or why.”

The same story with every decision under Starmer's govt (except in the very rare cases when it works, then they all fight over credit).

[Brian Cox @ProfBrianCox]

This is indeed a superb letter from The Astronomer Royal of Scotland. “Someone, somewhere, has taken the decision to defund astrophysics research in the UK, but no-one seems quite sure who that was, or why.” I agree - my colleagues in particle physics have also tried, without success, to discover who owns the decision to damage physics research in the UK, perhaps irreparably, at a time when our economy desperately needs the skills and knowledge we develop and teach. @UKRI_News need to get a grip urgently and fix the problem someone, somewhere, has created.

[Lucien Heurtier @LucienHeurtier]

I couldn't say it better than the Astronomer Royal of Scotland, in her letter to Nature.

"...whoever made this decision failed to foresee the disastrous and damaging repercussions for UK science and the economy."

🧪🔭 #UKRI #DSIT #STFC #ScienceFunding

https://t.co/fHYfqzasAV

[STEMSister @sister_stem]

@TSHamiltonAstro Ok. I sorta lied. I wanted that in my 20s too :-).

[STEMSister @sister_stem]

@TSHamiltonAstro True fact!:
I used to want a room in my house when I grew up with beautiful units of drawers containing well-organised type.
The reality: I bought a British terrace :-D

That is amazing!!

[STEMSister @sister_stem]

@TSHamiltonAstro I love that!
Congrats!

[STEMSister @sister_stem]

Stylish, actually

[Innocence Project @innocence]

A titan of the civil rights movement, Dr. Clarence B. Jones, has died at 95. Dr. Jones was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s attorney, advisor, and draft speechwriter. In 2022, we were honored to receive The Communications Network's Clarence B. Jones Impact Award for our campaign to free #PervisPayne. We carry his legacy forward.
https://t.co/2cycmxaEVA

[Sara Wahedi @SaraWahedi]

Made it my life’s mission to become the Taliban’s worst nightmare:

A highly educated Afghan woman.

First, Columbia University at the top of my class, and now Oxford University.

Give Afghan girls one chance and see what they can achieve.

[STEMSister @sister_stem]

"Equality is not conditional. Dignity at work is not negotiable."
Unless you are a woman.
An actual woman.
Then the UCU puts the demands (not rights) of certain men first.

[UCU @ucu]

Equality is not conditional. Dignity at work is not negotiable.

The EHRC Code of Practice has been published. UCU is examining it urgently.

This is a significant and unsettling moment and we will not leave branches to navigate it alone.

Employers' duties under equality and employment law remain in force; this does not change that.

We've written to @UniversitiesUK: universities and colleges are responsible for protecting staff and students, not putting them at risk through rushed or inconsistent decisions.

UCU will organise, defend, and fight for the rights of trans and non-binary people.

[Nova Exhibition @novaexhibition]

London, we are open.

The Nova Exhibition London has officially arrived in East London.

Thank you to everyone who joined us for opening week.

The journey begins now. Purchase your tickets here: https://t.co/Hb3W0Vk5DD

[Women's Sports Union @wsusportsunion]

BREAKING: We welcome that the Government has finally laid the EHRC Code of Practice.

Sporting bodies have run out of excuses. #TheLawIsTheLaw #ProtectWomensSport

[Rosie Duffield MP @RosieDuffield1]

259 days to tell organisations that the Supreme Court ruling happened over a year ago, that they have to comply with *the law* as it stands (since 2010), and that they may have been getting aspects of it wrong on single sex provision...