Physicist Lise Meitner’s brilliance led to the discovery of nuclear fission. But her long time collaborator Otto Hahn, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry without her in 1944, even though she had given the first theoretical explanation.

Albert Einstein called Meitner “our Marie Curie." She also adamantly refused to work on the atomic bomb during WWII. https://whyy.org/articles/lise-meitner-the-forgotten-woman-of-nuclear-physics-who-deserved-a-nobel-prize/ #science #history

I see a number of new folks arriving from #Twitter so I’d just like to say:

Welcome! I’m glad you’re here. 👋

You’re going to like #Mastodon.

I joined last Fall & have been delighted at how friendly this place is. Make sure to use hashtags to share interests & you’ll find your community. And if you have questions, just ask.

You’ve probably heard of “The Unsinkable Molly Brown” bc of her heroism on the Titanic, but there’s so much more to her story.

Margaret Brown (her real name) fought for workers’ rights, women’s rights, education & even ran for the Senate - before women could vote.

She established Titanic’s Survivor's Committee & helped erect the DC memorial.

And yet, Brown wasn't allowed to participate in the congressional Titanic hearings simply bc she was a woman. #history #women #HistoryRemix

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To those insisting trump would have brought Paul Whelan home, explain to me why trump didn't bring Paul Whelan home.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/MuellerSheWrote/status/1600943416984027137

Dear Mr Ex-President who lost.

You say you want to do away with the Constitution. In America, to become President in the United States, you must swear to uphold the Constitution. Your entire Presidency should be negated. Your picture taking off the walls in the White House.

The collapse of Twitter for (basically) self-inflicted reasons makes a strong case for building online infrastructure structured as a non-profit or public utility.

People rely on these platforms for public information, use them for democratic debate and many invest their livelihoods in them.

These platforms are too important to public safety, peoples’ livelihoods and democracy to leave in the hands of eccentric billionaires or the whims of stock markets.