BodlingFeb 11, 2025

“It’s a culture that moves fast but breaks people,”

Prof. Ariel Anbar, quoted in the NY Times today and speaking about internet culture (although the phrase also applies to the 'culture' [for lack of a better word] of the current Musk-Trump regime based in DC).

It's from a very interesting article about the experience of one woman in science, her team's article in Science, and the intense backlash she suffered afterwards: Dr. Felisa Wolfe-Simon #arseniclife

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/science/arseniclife-felisa-wolfe-simon-retraction.html

#WomenInScience #InternetCulture

Her Discovery Wasn’t Alien Life, but Science Has Never Been the Same

The internet erupted in controversy over Felisa Wolfe-Simon and colleagues’ claim of a microbe thriving on arsenic. Nearly 15 years later, she’s pursuing new research on the boundaries of life.

The New York Times
Paulette Vincent-RuzNov 19, 2022

Ok #ChemTwitter let's take a trip through memory lane and remember the iconic hashtags of our community:

@[email protected] suggested #bengusezen for the OGs
What about #arseniclife, #chemophobia