Born in 1919, Isabella Aiona Abbott became the first native Hawaiian woman to earn a PhD in #science.

A preeminent marine botanist, Abbott became the 1st woman & 1st person of color to become a full professor in Stanford’s Biology dept. She wrote 8 books, >150 articles & was awarded the Gilbert Morgan Smith Medal by the National Academy of Sciences.

In 2005, Abbott was named a “Living Treasure of Hawaii” by the Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii. https://woc.aises.org/content/isabella-aiona-abbott-becoming-“first-lady-limu” #HistoryRemix #history

Don't be afraid to study technique. Don't be afraid to study how what you love works.

It's not going to take away from your voice. It's just going to enable you to put what's in your heart into your medium even better. #CreateIt22

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De’Shawn Charles Winslow: On Adding Mystery to a Literary Novel

Award-winning author De’Shawn Charles Winslow discusses the process of writing his new literary thriller, Decent...
https://www.writersdigest.com/be-inspired/deshawn-charles-winslow-on-adding-mystery-to-a-literary-novel

Moving out of Ohio to keep my #TransKid safe and my current employer won't let me take my hybrid job full remote, despite the reason.

Anyone got any full remote #CyberSecurity jobs open? I'm a blue teamer with experience in incident response, endpoint protection, email security, and SIEM engineering. Can probably settle in to #ThreatHunting or #ThreatIntel pretty quickly too!

#InformationSecurity

[Edit 2/19/23: I got a job! Fully remote, and they know I'm moving to a different time zone. Better title and a significant raise! Thanks to the DOZENS of people who responded with tips and leads.]

[Edit 7/10/23: We've relocated to Oregon and are getting settled into a lovely Portland suburb with more pride flags than cars. Cheers to a new life!]

Shaking some branches: Does anyone have leads on disability advocacy resources/legal support options in New England, esp. New Hampshire? Asking for good friends who need support.

(Please boost if you can!)

A couple folks asked why I share bios & links about women & underrepresented groups in science instead of “everyone.”

Well, we already hear a lot about famous men like Einstein & Darwin. But there are so many wonderful stories of other amazing individuals who have made significant contributions in #science #tech & beyond but haven’t been celebrated as widely.

And when we don’t see ourselves in the #history of STEM, we may not recognize we are capable of great achievements too. #HistoryRemix

Finally read "Sparrow" in Liberation Day, the latest George Saunders collection. It did not turn out the way I thought it would and I am delighted to have been wrong.

Couldn't find a link to it's being online, but it is a treat. And I read it on exactly the right day as an antidote.

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Here are 30 books by debut authors and old favorites coming to my TBR list this year. Join me in reading them!

https://bookshop.org/lists/2023-reading-list-455b0184-b0fb-462f-a945-ece3697b63ff

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