Mileva Marić Einstein was a physicist born in Serbia in 1875.

We remember her husband, Albert Einstein, as one of the most celebrated physicists of the 20th century, but I suspect most folks haven’t heard of her.

However, Albert & Mileva’s letters & other accounts suggest they worked together on his groundbreaking scientific contributions. They collaborated from the time they met in 1896 until their separation in 1914.

This is her story: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/the-forgotten-life-of-einsteins-first-wife/?fbclid=IwAR2O8bwlDiEBgJLYbjKo-Kdy_3jhi7tvyCl2edzpzpI_pIcPv7iVOc1zC-E #science #history #HistoryRemix

I love that a country founded by men in wigs, tights, high heels & powdered faces, is trying to ban drag shows.

The irony & hypocrisy is amusing & infuriating.

Here is your reminder that a majority of naturalized immigrants (including those Europeans who immigrated to the US early on - yes your white ancestors) lied through their teeth.

My family and I told the visa agent in the US consulate that we DEFINITELY planned to go back to Iran.

Let’s not pretend that we are somehow more ethical or law abiding than undocumented folks.

My mom would have gone to any length to get us out of Iran. She got the job done and changed our lives.

#immigration

I very recently learned that the term “boycott” comes from someone’s actual name: Charles Boycott. Boycott was an English land agent who tried, in 1880, to collect unpayable rents from Irish peasants on behalf of an English aristocrat landlord. When he failed to collect the rents, he tried evicting the tenants. The Irish Land League responded with a campaign to ignore Boycott’s orders and isolate him socially and economically.

They not only ignored his eviction orders and threw manure at his process servers, but refused to deliver his mail or sell him food.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Boycott

It was pretty effective—the British government eventually had to deploy a thousand soldiers (naturally, because the state works for the propertied class and none more than the 19th century British state) at a cost of some £10,000 to harvest £500 worth of crops. Boycott had to be evacuated by the soldiers, who even had to drive him out, as no locals would agree to drive his carriage out of the region.

Imagine being cancelled so hard that your name becomes permanently associated with getting cancelled.

Did the NYT really publish an Opinion speculating that young girls today are more depressed than ever because of _phones_?

In a world where they lost the right to control their own reproductive healthcare? Where states are pondering making them report their periods? In a world debating genital inspections to play school sports? While banning books? Where they practice school shooting drills? With climate change? Where sexual assault isn’t disqualifying for public office?

Sure, it’s the phones.

As far as I know, I've only ever known one #trans person. When I met him, he was a beautiful blond boy. When she died 10 years later, she was a beautiful young woman.

But she's not the reason I care this much about trans issues. I care about them because I care about me.

Every one of us is a member of some minority group - black, trans, female, ginger, gay, short, whatever. Just because your group isn't society's enemy today doesn't mean it won't be tomorrow.

#TransRightsAreHumanRights

“You always told me it takes time. It has taken my father’s time, my mother’s time, my uncle’s time, my brothers’ and my sisters’ time, my nieces’ and my nephews’ time. How much time do you want for your ‘progress’?” —James Baldwin

#BlackFriday #Mastodon #BlackMastodon #JamesBaldwin