Dr Sian Gramates

@DrGlam
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Biocurator, feminist, molecular neuroscientist, pagan, Drosophila geneticist, comics geek, cat adorer, coping with disability
DrGlam nearly everywhere

"The point is that certain labor markets are designed to eat evenings, weekends, and predictability — then pay you extra for surrendering your life. …

The ethical diagnosis is blunt: we have built an economy that depends on women’s labor, while continuing to behave as if care is an unlimited free resource that women will supply off the books."

#BirthRates #TeenMothers #TeenPregnancy #GreatReplacement #pronatalism #women #patriarchy
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RE: https://mstdn.science/@FlyBase/116404196136790537

Want to work with me? FlyBase is hiring!

This is some peak cat entertainment

A new preprint shows that deep learning can make a fly walk realistically using a worm’s brain — exposing a fundamental problem with how connectome models are being built and sold to investors.

By Natalia Mesa

https://www.thetransmitter.org/systems-neuroscience/digital-sphinx-raises-questions-about-connectome-models/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=org-social&utm_campaign=20260402-news-digital-sphinx-raises-question-about-connectome-models

Finally! Cambridge bans city departments from using X

https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/03/04/cambridge-x-twitter-ban

Cambridge bans all city departments from using the social media platform X

The Cambridge City Council unanimously passed a ban Monday on city agencies using X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, starting this May. Councilor Ayah Al-Zubi, who co-sponsored the measure, said it was an idea that "came directly from our constituents."

RE: https://ohai.social/@jascha/116165169216167770

Accurate. If left unchecked, scientists will talk incessantly about the things for days at a time.

Fly peeps: I can't attend #Dros26. Could someone grab a couple of this year's gorgeous Genesee Scientific Drosophila art postcards for me?
People. Who. Aren't. Good. With. Technology. Deserve. Security. And. Privacy. Too.

Zuck's assholes decided to bring facial recognition technology into the courtroom, thus providing the means for deanonymizing jurors.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/meta-trial-mark-zuckerberg-ai-glasses/

Judge scolds Mark Zuckerberg's team for wearing Meta glasses to social media trial

A Los Angeles judge ordered Meta officials to remove their AI glasses at a trial over the impact of social media on users.