Stephanie - [email protected]

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aka @stephaniekays (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
👩🏻‍🔬🧪#scientist - my degree is in #chemistry but HR says I’m in #biology #medicine #patents 💊💉 
mom 👦🏻🐶 
#baseball #cooking and other things🍺🌮⚾️🖖🧶 
#BlackLivesMatter #StopAsianHate
ViewsMy own, not my employer's
Twitter@stephaniekays
Dog@HobieDog
Dang, the air in NYC smells toxic. Mask up if you have to go outside tonight, friends.
Due to smoke from Canadian wildfires, New York City AQI has risen to almost 200, making it the worst air quality of a major city in the world right now.
When people tell me I'm overreacting to the threat posed our lack of regulations on motor vehicle size

Some Mastodon tips I've learned:

- You need a fit, young hunting party
- They are not easy to bring down, so make sure your spears have extremely sharp tips
- Ensure you have a supply line and pack animals available to transport the meat and pelt back to the cave

I have been working in a toxic workplace for several months, and then hostility ratcheted up several notches when I gave my notice. I asked HR if I could use some of my accrued leave to take time off before my official last day, and I am thankful they agreed.

It just dawned on me that I don't have the Sunday scaries today. I've been so accustomed to checking my email several times over the weekend and working on Sunday nights to brace myself for the week ahead.

The government of Iran is waging an all-out war against its citizens, especially those from ethnic minority groups. The latest example is what they are doing in Mahabad.

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRQg1BKK/

Dr. Arghavan Salles on TikTok

Targeted unaliving of people in Mahabad, Iran. November 19, 2022. #iran #iranrevolution #iranrevolution2022 #iranprotests2022 #mahabad #mahsaamini

TikTok

How does owning an electric car affect your car insurance policy? Does the manufacturer impact the rate?

Does owning an electric vehicle impact your home insurance policy? If so, does the make of electric vehicle affect your home insurance?

(Not being snarky, I genuinely want to know)

Kickstarter for a documentary about Ben Barres: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/askthequestionmovie/ask-the-question

Based on his memoir, The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07109-2

“The suggestion that women are not advancing in science because of innate inability is being taken seriously by some high-profile academics. Ben A. Barres explains what is wrong with the hypothesis.”
#https://www.nature.com/articles/442133a

ASK THE QUESTION

A biopic about a transgender scientist who revolutionized neuroscience and fought for women, LGBTQ+, and the disadvantaged in STEM.

Kickstarter
I just discovered Literature Clock and it is giving me joy and delight in what is otherwise a sea of despair https://literature-clock.jenevoldsen.com/
Literature Clock

The search for lost X-patents, by the USPTO historian https://www.uspto.gov/blog/director/entry/the-search-for-lost-x

"Chronically overtasked, #patent examiners of the later 19th century had little time to look for the Patent Office’s missing documents"

Director's Blog: the latest from USPTO leadership