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Apgar scores came from a woman. m&NA vacinces came from a woman. CRISPR gene editing came from a woman. Modern nursing came from a woman. Hospital sanitation standards came from a woman. Leukemia chemotherapy drugs came from a woman. Malaria treatment breakthroughs came from a woman. Hormone blood tests came from a woman. Disposable medical syringes came from a woman. Antifungal antibiotics came from a woman. DNA structure imaging came from a woman. Genetic "jumping genes" came from a woman. Stem cell isolation came from a woman. Medical statistics in hospitals came from a woman. Pediatric anesthesia safety came from a woman. Life-saving vaccine research came from a woman. Cells used for modern medical research came from a woman. Breakthroughs in human genetics came from a woman. You came from a woman. Women in Medicine

Belated happy international women’s day!

Tweet by Philip Proudfoot saying Switzerland stopped being neutral after condemning U.S.–Israeli attacks on Iran as a violation of international law, quoting an Al Jazeera Breaking News headline.

A Swiss kick in the ass.

Women on the moon posters - Kronecker Wallis A Map of Overlooked Genius The Moon’s surface contains over 9,000 named features—craters, valleys, mountains, and maria. Yet fewer than 1% honor women’s contributions to science, mathematics, and spac...

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I say this every year, but:

The uni students I'm teaching are thoughtful, intelligent, will make everything they encounter better.

With a new addition for 2026:

They deeply hate AI.

"Mankind is on the right road going in the wrong direction"
Sun Ra

Nike Is Moving Jobs to Low-Wage Regions of Indonesia After moving manufacturing to the developing world to save on labor, Nike and other apparel brands are shifting employment in their Indonesian supply chain away from high-wage parts of the country and...

After moving manufacturing to the developing world to save on labor, Nike and other apparel brands are shifting employment in their Indonesian supply chain away from high-wage parts of the country and into less-developed areas.

With @oregonian.com

I like this cartoon so much we paid the New Yorker the fee it requested to include it in my book.

We’ve not even had the vote 100 years. Let’s not let thing backslide.

Happy International Women’s Day, one and all.

London Blossom Garden Visit the London Blossom Garden to witness the spectacular bloom of 33 blossom trees.

The London Blossom Garden in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park offers a place of reflection for Londoners to remember those lost during the Coronavirus pandemic, and pays tribute to London’s brave key workers who risked their lives to help others.

Aerial satellite photo labelled in bright yellow letters: 1. Fountain of Noise 2. Sea of Nepo Babies

Transmission #220 from NROL-111 (USAP)

1. Fountain of Noise
2. Sea of Nepo Babies

If big tech seems invincible, try fighting the distribution system you depend on for everything. In the early 20th century, Americans fought to break the grip of the railroads. Now the antimonopoly movement is back.

Great to be on the cover of Prospect w my old friend @davidsonofaaron.bsky.social

Heute ist Weltfrauentag - morgen auch. #S04 #Schalke #Football #Womensday YouTube video by FC Schalke 04

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Weltfrauentag ist heute. Und morgen. Und übermorgen. 🤝

@schalke04.de Danke für das Video 💙🤍

@michaelspicer.bsky.social has a brilliant take on this type of programme:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wjnm...

I need every single male artist that follows me to read this. It's not very long. You need to bear witness to this shit. You have to see it with your own eyes because you never will in your everyday life.

I'm serious, read it all please

After their defeat, the far right is already spinning the result: accusing the left of “buying” the campaign.

Yes, the opposition did mobilize significant resources, a record number of small donors.

The irony? The far right remains by far the best-funded force🇨🇭 , backed by super wealthy donors

Throw back to 2022 when @caitoz.bsky.social informed us that you were in a self-reinforcing echo chamber if you thought Ukraine had any chance of stopping Putin from taking Kyiv.

After first saying we would not invade, she later said we made no attempt to do what she said was certain to happen.

The single most succinct, true, honest summary of our time & task. From @barackobama.bsky.social. No-one can say it any better.

To quote Michelle: When they go low, we go high.

[speech at Jesse Jackson's funeral service]

Churchill: "Americans can always be trusted to do the right thing, once all other possibilities have been exhausted."

Tech bro oligarch: The AI is... real... sentient.... it's feeling real feelings... we must do everything we can to protect it and give it rights
Also tech bro oligarch: Human females are basically cattle made to push out as many babies as possible, all of which I will neglect

Panama Papers: Geständnis im Prozess um Steuerhinterziehung Ein Ex-Mitinhaber der Skandalkanzlei Mossack Fonseca räumt im Zusammenhang mit den Panama-Papers Beihilfe zur Steuerhinterziehung ein.

From ZDFheute: Nearly ten years after the Panama Papers, a former co-owner of law firm Mossack Fonseca, Christoph Zollinger, admitted through his lawyers to aiding and abetting tax evasion. He denies forming a criminal organization.

In my U.S. Civil Rights Movements class, we spend a lot of time thinking about historical memory. When movements get reduced to a few iconic leaders, the collective labor that made change possible disappears from view. It also obscures an important lesson: collective action is effective & difficult.

Rep. Dan Crenshaw says culture of misinformation fueled his primary loss: "The truth didn't matter" The fourth-term congressman, who lost decisively to state Rep. Steve Toth, said baseless attacks about his alleged insider trading and gun stances fueled the upset. BY GABBY BIRENBAUM MARCH 6, 2026, 4:25 P.M. CENTRAL REPUBLISH SHARE

"Fire hurts," complains arsonist

www.texastribune.org/2026/03/06/d...

Once again, the “sovereigntists” suffer from being strapped to the foreign policy of not one but two other powers.

Christopher Harborne has cemented Reform’s status as a mo... New political donation rules won’t stop him giving as much as he likes

In the second half of 2025, one man accounted for almost 40% of all money donated to political parties in the UK: a crypto-billionaire who lives in Thailand.

Britain desperately needs to rewrite its party funding rules.
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Major Gowen from Fawlty Towers pulling a puzzled face

Germans now own the Daily Telegraph and Britain’s Eurovision entry is called “Eins zwei drei”

BP’s new boss will take home at least £11.7m this year, more than double her predecessor Meg O’Neill will be first woman to serve as CEO of 117-year-oil firm when joining from Woodside Energy in April

BP’s new CEO to take home £11.7m this year, more than double her predecessor.

Daily pay > annual median pay of UK employee.

CEO pay at one company is a benchmark for another. Others will want more.

Govts, BOE, CBI and other neoliberals talk about wage inflation, but silence on fat-cattery.

“In my career, and to my surprise, I have learnt that success does not overcome bias. Women are doubted until they overdeliver. Women in leadership positions are doubted even beyond that.”

Great piece about being a senior woman in science.

I recognise all of this, sadly.

#AcademicSky

People Are Calling Meta Ray-Bans "Pervert Glasses" On Bluesky, users quickly embraced the term "pervert glasses" to refer to Meta's Ray Ban smart glasses, following a shocking investigation.

Make it stick.

I'm not offened by how stupid they are*.

I am offended by how stupid they think everyone else is.

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* Ok maybe I'm a little offended by how stupid they are.

"regain its image as a fun place to shop for stylish clothing, housewares, beauty products and packaged food at affordable prices" lmao is this sponcon?

the journalism way to write that would have been "improve its image after destroying its brand by pandering to Donald Trump."