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PI NSF RCN: ROOT&SHOOT.
Features Editor: The Plant Cell & Plant Physiology.
#PlantScience
https://linktr.ee/PlantTeaching
PI NSF RCN: ROOT&SHOOT.
Features Editor: The Plant Cell & Plant Physiology.
#PlantScience
https://linktr.ee/PlantTeaching
The Peter Pan of Nerdery™
AkaSci 🛰️Rachel Carson from her book "Silent Spring" -
"As crude a weapon as the cave man’s club, the chemical barrage has been hurled against the fabric of life—a fabric on the one hand delicate and destructible, on the other miraculously tough and resilient, and capable of striking back in unexpected ways.
The question is whether any civilization can wage relentless war on life without destroying itself, and without losing the right to be called civilized."
https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/15332.Rachel_Carson
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Rachel Carson Quotes (Author of Silent Spring)
197 quotes from Rachel Carson: 'The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction.', 'Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature -- the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.', and 'It is a curious situation that the sea, from which life first arose should now be threatened by the activities of one form of that life. But the sea, though changed in a sinister way, will continue to exist; the threat is rather to life itself.'
Linda McIverReminder that chatbots do not return facts, they return statistically plausible, pattern matching text. Asking them questions and believing the answers is a mistake, even though it's what the tech industry tells you, and in some cases forces you, to do.
https://adsei.org/2024/06/27/the-little-chatbot-that-couldnt/?amp=1
Join ROOT & SHOOT for an exciting Student Symposium workshop featuring Molly Edwards, PhD. This will be an interactive workshop on science communication, focused on short-form video production. May 13th 11am EDT.
More information & free registration link here https://rootandshoot.org/planting-the-seeds-of-change-communicating-science-with-purpose/
More information & free registration link here https://rootandshoot.org/planting-the-seeds-of-change-communicating-science-with-purpose/
CarveHerName#OnThisDay, 11 Mar 1959, Lorraine Hansberry's play, A Raisin in the Sun, is the first play by a Black woman to debut on Broadway.
Hansberry was a rising star when she died young of cancer. Her posthumous play, Young Gifted and Black, inspired her friend Nina Simone to write the song of the same name. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hdVFiANBTk
#WomensHistoryMonth #LiteraryWomen #AmericanHistory #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons
Nina Simone: To Be Young, Gifted and Black
Dr. Lucky Tran 
Stand Up For Science organizer Dr. Colette Delawalla was asked if she's worried about risking her career by getting involved in political organizing as a young scientist. Her answer is🔥
"Frankly, I don’t know that there’s going to be a job market if we don’t take some pretty extreme action. This is a five-alarm fire"
Smári McCarthyAlright, let's be clear here. Contrary to what Trump just said:
- 🇪🇺 The European Union was NOT founded to "screw with" the United States. It was founded to strengthen European countries through cooperation.
- 🚙 The EU does NOT reject American cars in general, just ones that fail to meet EU safety requirements.
- 🐔 The EU does NOT reject American agricultural products in general, just ones that fail to meet EU safety requirements.
... if you're seeing a theme, good.
The EU is not about the US.
- 🇪🇺 The European Union was NOT founded to "screw with" the United States. It was founded to strengthen European countries through cooperation.
- 🚙 The EU does NOT reject American cars in general, just ones that fail to meet EU safety requirements.
- 🐔 The EU does NOT reject American agricultural products in general, just ones that fail to meet EU safety requirements.
... if you're seeing a theme, good.
The EU is not about the US.
Peter GleickI'm a scientist because 52 years ago the National Science Foundation supported me, as a high school student, to do real research at a university summer science program.
The destruction of US science by Trump and the Republicans today will weaken the country for decades.
The destruction of US science by Trump and the Republicans today will weaken the country for decades.
You want to know why I support DEI efforts?
1. I understand and acknowledge the long history of severe racist and sexist discrimination.
2. I understand and support explicit efforts to overcome and correct that sordid history.
3. I'm not an asshole.
1. I understand and acknowledge the long history of severe racist and sexist discrimination.
2. I understand and support explicit efforts to overcome and correct that sordid history.
3. I'm not an asshole.
Ada PalmerLGBTQIA+ As we resist those who claim diversity distorts scholarship, let’s run through the acronym & show how easy it is to find the rainbow in every era. We don’t even need to look beyond the Renaissance celebrities that are household names today!
(Countdown to Inventing the Renaissance) 1/?