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@atheistbot
Since when has racism been unacceptable? It is alive and well in MAGAland, the Congress and among white nationalists.
Big Journalism is a corporate enterprise. It doesn't give a damn about democracy.
"Big Journalism" is a corporate enterprise. It doesn't give a damn about 'democracy'.

Women weren't allowed into Princeton's graduate astronomy program when Vera Rubin applied in 1948, so she attended Cornell instead.

Her groundbreaking work on galaxy rotation rates provided the first evidence for the existence of dark matter, a seminal breakthrough that led to the creation of a whole new field of astronomy.

Initially criticized for her theories, she was eventually awarded the National Medal of Science.

https://www.themarginalian.org/2013/07/23/vera-rubin-berkeley-commencement-address/

#WomensHistoryMonth

photo: Carnegie Institute

Trailblazing Astronomer Vera Rubin on Science, Stereotypes, and Success

“We need senators who have studied physics and representatives who understand ecology.”

The Marginalian

@anneapplebaum

The podcast that led me to "Twilight of Democracy" which I am 132 pages into.

@rbreich

And what is the Biden Administration doing? Are they supporting the Railway Corporation against law suits?

@petewalkden

On my back deck this AM. Only the 2nd one I've seen.

@RollingStone

I'm no psychiatrist, but I do believe that Gosar suffers from some kind of mental derangement.

@DeanObeidallah

C'Mon, Garland is sitting on his hands, the monster is back on FB, nothing has changed.

@QasimRashid

These people are driving w/out a license? Are these cars registered and insured? At the minimum, they have to take driver's ed, pass the test, and get registration and insurance. Seems to me.