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A black-and-white historical portrait photograph of Edmée Chandon, the pioneering French astronomer (1885–1944), shown as a young woman. She has short, curly dark hair styled in a bob with soft volume, adorned with a dark headband featuring two prominent vertical barrette-like pins or clips. Her expression is calm and direct, gazing straight at the camera with a subtle, composed demeanor. She wears a dark velvet or satin dress with a high neckline accented by a white lace ruffled collar or jabot, and a small decorative brooch or button at the center. The image has a classic early 20th-century studio style with soft lighting, a plain background, and slight vignetting, evoking elegance and determination.
Astronomer Edmée Chandon died #OTD in 1944.🔭
She was the first professional female astronomer in France, working at the Paris Observatory from 1908 until her retirement in 1941.
She is one of the 72 pioneering women whose names are to be engraved on the Eiffel Tower.
#WomenInSTEM #astronomy #WHM
As a congressman, Markwayne Mullin made not one but two solo trips to Afghanistan, ignoring State Department warnings so he could play action hero.
He’s a former amateur MMA fighter, not a veteran.
If he’d been captured or injured, American troops would’ve had to risk their lives to bail him out.
The Iowa House of Representatives passed a bill Tuesday that would increase income limits for Iowans with disabilities who rely on Medicaid for essential services and also put certain restrictions on nutrition assistance programs.
All Roads #oilpainting #art
Spring greens 🍃 for #WaterWednesday
📍Susquehanna River, PA
Great news! Three high school mariachi musicians and their parents have been freed from federal immigration detention facilities in Texas after lawmakers from both parties pushed for their release. Eighteen-year-old Antonio Gámez-Cuéllar had
Difficult times call for cooperation and dialogue. But our voting system keeps giving total power to parties that only a fraction of voters support.
On 30% of the vote, one party could win full control of our economy, health, foreign policy and defence.
We can't take that risk.
Miami Beach. Florida | Constantine Manos
This is clearly fine with the GOP.
A win! A federal judge in Oregon restricted federal officers from using tear gas at protests outside Portland’s ICE building, following an ACLU of Oregon lawsuit filed on behalf of protesters and freelance journalists.
BREAKING: Federal lawsuit over Jan 6 plaque will CONTINUE. Police argue plaque was hung in “hidden” location that’s no better than a basement storage room
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UPDATE: The Rep. Jody Barrett & Sen. Mark Pody abortion death penalty bill FAILED in the house
Georgia’s 14th District don’t forget to vote today. Polls are open until 7 p.m., so there’s still time. If you’re in line by 7, you can still cast your ballot!
🚨 Cops swarm on Epstein’s #NewMexico Zorro Ranch, searching for strangled girls
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Hey @azcebvus.bsky.social I'm hearing that assistants for the AZ Senators are getting "quite a few" calls on AZ HB2410, the chatbot bill. I put my 2 cents in to all on the committee members. Even got a friendly laugh from an R assistant when I compared it to Skynet.
Elizabeth Warren: "I am a hard no on a supplemental. This is not a war the American people want us to engage in. This is not a war that makes us safer ... No. No more money. The only thing Congress has the power to do is to stop actions like this through the power of the purse."
If your property taxes are used to pay for public schools in your area, remember that any reduction in them hurts kids in school. MAGA politicians are actively trying to hurt public schools in favor of private schools, and lower property taxes for some do that. Everyone should chip in. EVERYONE.
Jake is my neighbor and friend. We're all in shock that such a young man was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer.
Please, if you can, donate.
If you can't, a repost is free.
I can assure you that this is no scam. His parents started it, & @hardcover is Jake's roommate/my other neighbor.
#fuckcancer
SEVEN. That’s how many strikes hit near the Iranian girls’ school.
Video shows a tomahawk missile hitting a building next to the school. The kind of “precision” you get when an incompetent administration runs a war on outdated intelligence.
Don’t look away —we should all see the deadly destruction
I hear ppl on SM calling for the dismantling and prosecution of I.C.E. Go for it. Also, we NEED CPB, but it *shouldn't* be THIS CPB, who is often complicit. I think *these* federal workers should be fired, and face legal accountability for their actions. Murder & kidnapping are bad on a resume.
Rand Paul: "As far as reasons for the war, there have been many different ones floated, but none have been very convincing... we were told their nuclear weapons were obliterated, and now we're told their nuclear weapons are just moments away from being a bomb. I don't think the arguments are valid."
Elizabeth Gaskell: 1851 portrait by George Richmond. A chalk portrait drawing of a Gaskell, shown from the chest up against a plain light background. She has dark hair parted centrally and drawn back smoothly, with loose strands falling at the sides. Her features are delicate and her expression gentle and slightly smiling. She wears a light dress with a dark brooch or bow at the neckline. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Gaskell#/media/File:Elizabeth_Gaskell.jpg
Elizabeth Gaskell: The Unsung Author Jane Austen And Brontë Fans Will Love
The Victorian writer had the wit of one, and the friendship of the other.
By Amy Glover
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/read-g...
Gaskell at PG:
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#books #literature #womenhistoryMonth
Scientific Shot of a Peacock mantis shrimp eyes which are the most advanced in the animal world. Photo by Daniel Sasse.
the mantis shrimp has 16 types of color receptors.
humans have 3.
we see roughly 10 million colors and think that's impressive.
the mantis shrimp is sitting there processing a visual reality so hyperchromatic that scientists genuinely aren't sure what it's like to be one.
#addOcean
Op-ed: Children shouldn't have to defend themselves from climate change. "Policies that allow more pollution will only make it harder for children to breathe, learn, and thrive. The consequences will not fall evenly...This is why we urge policymakers to restore the endangerment finding and maintain science-based protections that safeguard the air Americans breathe." - Dr. Lisa Patel and Dr. Georges Benjamin.
Kids shouldn’t have to defend themselves from climate change.
In a powerful new op-ed, Drs. Lisa Patel and Georges Benjamin warn that the #EndangermentFinding repeal will worsen the health of our families and children.
➡️ www.apha.org/publications... @apha.org @lisapatel.bsky.social
#TimelessTuesday
Doctor my Eyes…
