Jennifer Shortreed
@jshortreed.bsky.social
Career educator. Science is cool. I think there is always something to learn and something to teach.
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A woman discovered the greenhouse effect 168 years ago.
Her male colleagues refused to let her present her findings. Then they erased her from history.
This is the story of Eunice Newton Foote, the scientist who predicted climate change before anyone believed it was possible.
Her male colleagues refused to let her present her findings. Then they erased her from history.
This is the story of Eunice Newton Foote, the scientist who predicted climate change before anyone believed it was possible.
September 6, 2025 at 11:49 PM
A woman discovered the greenhouse effect 168 years ago.
Her male colleagues refused to let her present her findings. Then they erased her from history.
This is the story of Eunice Newton Foote, the scientist who predicted climate change before anyone believed it was possible.
Her male colleagues refused to let her present her findings. Then they erased her from history.
This is the story of Eunice Newton Foote, the scientist who predicted climate change before anyone believed it was possible.
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Andrea C. Love, PhD - #cdnpoli
mRNA vaccines are safe, have been in development for decades, & have far broader applications than older vaccine technologies.
New vaccine technologies evolve when scientists have tools & knowledge to make something more elegant or complex that wasn’t possible before.
mRNA vaccines are safe, have been in development for decades, & have far broader applications than older vaccine technologies.
New vaccine technologies evolve when scientists have tools & knowledge to make something more elegant or complex that wasn’t possible before.
August 31, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Andrea C. Love, PhD - #cdnpoli
mRNA vaccines are safe, have been in development for decades, & have far broader applications than older vaccine technologies.
New vaccine technologies evolve when scientists have tools & knowledge to make something more elegant or complex that wasn’t possible before.
mRNA vaccines are safe, have been in development for decades, & have far broader applications than older vaccine technologies.
New vaccine technologies evolve when scientists have tools & knowledge to make something more elegant or complex that wasn’t possible before.
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Fantastic yarn by @chloehadj.bsky.social this: about the falsehoods at the heart of a bestselling series of nature books:
The real Salt Path: how a blockbuster book and film were ...
Penniless and homeless, the Winns found fame and fortune with the story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. We can reveal that the truth behind it is ve...
observer.co.uk
July 6, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Fantastic yarn by @chloehadj.bsky.social this: about the falsehoods at the heart of a bestselling series of nature books:
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This is how to have difficult conversations with vaccine sceptics
July 2, 2025 at 3:07 PM
This is how to have difficult conversations with vaccine sceptics
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63 studies: women who assert their ideas, make direct requests, and advocate for themselves are liked less.
They're also less likely to get hired—and it hasn't improved over time.
When will we stop punishing women for violating outdated gender stereotypes?
They're also less likely to get hired—and it hasn't improved over time.
When will we stop punishing women for violating outdated gender stereotypes?
March 22, 2025 at 1:26 PM
63 studies: women who assert their ideas, make direct requests, and advocate for themselves are liked less.
They're also less likely to get hired—and it hasn't improved over time.
When will we stop punishing women for violating outdated gender stereotypes?
They're also less likely to get hired—and it hasn't improved over time.
When will we stop punishing women for violating outdated gender stereotypes?
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This story is fucking bonkers
I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky
www.theguardian.com
March 20, 2025 at 12:59 AM
This story is fucking bonkers