reblog so your followers won’t forget to drink water
People, please be careful. There are also people tracking children and people and putting bids on them based on their profile pictures on whatsapp, tracking and kidnapping them. Especially young children, so please be cautious, especially parents who have their children as their profile pictures.
Please pass this on to everyone so that they are aware of the danger. I don’t how it is all around the world but I know it can’t just be here so please please spread the word. Thank you.
things that happened to me when i was a woman in STEM:
an advisor humiliated me in front of an entire lab group because of a call I made in his place when he wouldn't reply to my e-mails for months
he later delegated part of my master's thesis work to a 19-year old male undergrad without my approval
a male scientist at a NASA conference looked me up and down and asked when i was graduating and if i was open to a job at his company. right before inquiring what my ethnicity was because i "looked exotic"
a random male member of the public began talking over me and my female advisor, an oceanographer with a pHD and decades of experience, saying he knew more about oceanography than us
things that have happened to me since becoming a man in STEM:
being asked consistently for advice on projects despite being completely new to a position
male colleagues approaching me to drop candid information regarding our partners / higher ups that I was not privy to before
lenience toward my work in a way I haven't experienced before. incredible understanding when I need to take time off to care for my family.
conference rooms go silent when I start talking. no side chatter. I get a baseline level of attention and focus from people that's very unfamiliar and genuinely difficult for me to wrap my head around.
like. yes some PI's will still be assholes regardless of the gender of their subordinates but, I've lived this transition. misogyny in STEM is killing women's careers, and trans men can and do experience male privilege.
The last days of the petition against conversion therapy are FASCINATING to watch. I have been following it pretty closely for almost a year now, and the progress was, above all, steady. There was this jump when some algorithm in Finland picked it up, but even that was local.
And now, everyone is panicking.
Which really shows.
These past three or four days, multiple countries have reached the threshold. Even more notably, the number of signatures in total, the ones that we need to get one million of, are growing rapidly. There are only 400'000 signatures missing. Two days ago, it was closer to 600'000.
You can see the progress here:
Consider joining the fun by making everyone around you sign it!
Most of these parents have the vaccines. The adults were manipulated by junk science peddled by fellow vaccinated morons.
The children deserve a better life.
Do you have freckles?
Do you drink tea or coffee? How do you take it?
What was the last song you listened to?
Do you sleep on your back, stomach or side?
Do you sleep with a stuffed animal?
Do you prefer drawing or writing?
What’s your ideal number of blankets to sleep with?
What’s your favorite band/artist?
When is your birthday?
How tall are you?
What color are your eyes?
Who are five (or more) people you want to hug right now?
Fears?
What’s your favorite color?
What’s your favorite season?
Want any tattoos? What of?
Want any piercings? Where?
Who is the last person you texted?
Do you have a best friend? How long have you been friends?
What/who do you miss?
How was your day today?
How much sleep did you get last night?
Do you believe in aliens?
When was the last time you cried? Why?
What’s your favorite decade?
What are some seemingly childish things you like?
What’s your favorite book? Or just one you’ve read a few times?
How are you, really?
Does it take you a long time to make decisions?
What are you looking forward to in the near future?
What are you looking forward to in the distant future?
If you could go anywhere right now, where would you go?
Do you sleep with your door open or closed?
What’s your favorite flower?
Do you currently have a squish?
Do you like your middle name?
Do you prefer dogs or cats?
Do you have any phobias?
Do you stay up late?
Do you like the beach? Do you prefer it sunny or cloudy?
What’s your favorite cartoon?
Tag 5 of your favorite blogs
Do you have siblings? How many?
Who was the last person you said “I love you” to?
Is there anyone you would die for?
What do you need when you’re sad?
Have you memorized your phone number?
Who’s someone you can trust with your life?
What does your last text say?
Wild Card. Any question, ask away.
the reason healthcare is free in the Pokemon world is because every time some corporation starts hoarding all the wealth some 13 year old comes in with a team of literal gods to stop them