Conservative women who will happily trade their human rights and their autonomy for clicks and newspaper columns as right wing influencers will forever baffle me.

#MartinLutherKing convinced #NichelleNichols to stay on Star Trek. But did you know Nichelle played an important role helping to drive recruitment for #NASA in the years after playing #Uhura in #StarTrek?
She recruited #Sally Ride, #ColonelBluford & the first black female astronaut, #MaeJemison.
Watch this fun Drunk History video narrated by Ashley Nicole Black with Raven-Symoné as Nichols.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-uJOzkrJV4
I celebrate the power of black women & #ScienceFiction on #mlkday
@georgetakei

#Cats Use This Trick To Manipulate Their #Humans — An #Evolutionary #Biologist Explains A Cat’s #Meow
https://www.inverse.com/science/cats-trick-manipulate-humans-evolutionary-biologist-explains-meow

Holy crap, happy 39th, Buckaroo Banzai

"You are disruptive by refusing to be exploited" sure is an argument, yep.

Random thought: I bet some folks here see all these #trans girls posting selfies and sharing their joy at how great they look and think they're being arrogant or vain. It ain't that at all. We're in disbelief because we absolutely, positively hated ourselves before. 🤷‍♀️

I got laid off a few weeks ago and the job hunt is starting to hurt my soul. Is anybody out there #hiring #python software or data engineers?
#tech #jobhunt #FediHire #GetFediHired #fedijobs #fedihired

I see the old “too many people are going to university to do Mickey Mouse degrees” trope is doing the rounds again. My son did a degree in Comedy Writing and Performance. Did he get a job in the creative industries? No. Is he earning a good salary? Also no. But he was greatly enriched by studying something he was passionate about for three years. What is wrong with just learning for learning’s sake? Education is not supposed to be merely a mechanism for churning out workers