Microbial ecologist and R geek. First generation college. Former solo parent. #queerSTEM I run a DNA sequencing lab that tweets as @UconnMars she/her
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Workshop announcement. I'll be teaching Introduction to Microbial Ecology again! Aug 14-17 @uconnhealth
Learn amplicon sequence processing with mothur and ecological stats with R. No command line experience required. Open to all participants! mars.uconn.edu/workshops/
Need to insulate my uninsulated house. @USAInsulation do you have lab reports or case studies to back up the (great sounding) claims sales reps make? Esp on what is offgassed during install and cure. And longevity of the material.
#ASMmicrobe popped over to twitter to say thanks to all who came to talk full length 16s on Nanopore this morning. It was a great session, looking forward to this afternoon ay MBP-651
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@uconn peeps! Want to come talk to a bunch of facility scientist all at once? Plus get lunch? We're having an open house Monday in the student union. core.uconn.edu/2023-open-hou…
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I grew up on an Ogallala well. We knew that it was being used up when i was a kid in the 80s because wells had to be redrilled deeper and deeper. This overuse isn't new it's just been ignored for decades.
Unchecked overuse is draining and damaging aquifers in the U.S., a New York Times data investigation found, threatening millions of people and the nation’s status as a food superpower. nyti.ms/3OWtldf
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As a UNC Chapel Hill student who is currently still sheltering in place with no updates other than the sound of sirens and helicopters, thoughts and prayers aren’t enough. This shouldn’t happen. We shouldn’t have to go to class in fear of our lives. We need legislative change.
How does your org handle vehicles for groups that only rarely need them? Please tell me if you're academic, govt (fed/state/local), nonprofit, or corporate.
I'm tagging this as science because logistics is part of science 🧪
10%No share, each dept owns
50%Mix dept owned and share
40%Almost all shared
10 votes • Final resultsAny Canadians get passports recently? I read and reread the guidelines for guarantor and understand that the occupations list doesn't apply anymore, just need a valid passport. But kid1's app was just rejected because his guarantor (his dad) doesn't have an approved occupation?
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TW: sexual abuse
The reason why M4L want to ban healthcare in schools is multi faceted but it boils down to this:
School nurses have access to children’s medical files and are MANDATORY REPORTERS.
If you reorient your lens, you realize that their every action is to
Successful vacation day with the fam. Fizzy is absolutely my tide pool buddy. I found this tiny starfish, he was very careful to be gentle as we examined it. Then put it back where we found it.
He also took the "take only pictures" directive very seriously.
Did a little cultural exchange this morning with Au Pair (from South Africa). She'd seen chatter on the gram about the new fl whitewashed history requirements. So I got to explain that many Americans justify slavery because better to be a slave in the US, than left in Africa
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Federal authorities opened an investigation into a Mississippi chicken plant after a 16-year-old boy died following a workplace accident there, officials said.
The death put a spotlight on the rising number of child labor violations across the U.S. nyti.ms/3Q09sUM
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Let these words sink in: the Texas abortion ban has led to an 11.5% increase in infant deaths over the previous year. Infant deaths had been declining since 2014 - now they are increasing.
Women are dying. Infants are dying. What about that is "pro-life"?
Thanks to all who have singed up so far. We already have enough that this workshop will run. But there are still seats left.
Workshop announcement. I'll be teaching Introduction to Microbial Ecology again! Aug 14-17 @uconnhealth
Learn amplicon sequence processing with mothur and ecological stats with R. No command line experience required. Open to all participants! mars.uconn.edu/workshops/
End qualified immunity. Force police forces to pay these settlements out of their budgets, not general budgets.
Taxpayers are paying bigger and bigger settlements for police abuse during 2020 protests against police brutality. Forensic video reconstruction has made it easier to prove misconduct, and NYC will pay millions to protesters tear gassed and kettled by cops theintercept.com/2023/07/20/…
Fizzy (4.5yo) is in a naturalist phase which i want to encourage. He loves playing with seek on my phone (but i don't trust him to hold onto it all day). I'm considering putting @inaturalist on an old phone and let him take pics with that while in @AcadiaNPS. Other ideas?
