The Woman the Mercury Astronauts Couldn’t Do Without
Katherine Johnson negotiated the dynamics of both race and space.
By Margot Lee Shetterly, Illustrations by Richie Pope (from the archives)
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Happy birthday to botanist & photography trailblazer Anna Atkins (1799-1871), née Children!
Atkins’ mother died when she was still an infant, but she was close with her naturalist father & received a much more scientific education than was common for women in her time. Her 250 detailed engravings of shells were used to illustrate her father’s translation of Lamarck’s ‘Genera of Shells’; 
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Happy birthday to Caroline Herschel (1750 – 1848) a trail blazing woman in #astronomy. Hers was a real life Cinderella story, where rather than marrying a prince, she made a life and career for herself. Marriage her expected role but she was deemed unmarriageable, since a childhood bout of typhus stunted her growth. Her mother thought she should train to be a servant, & purposely stood in the way of her learning French, or music,
Having difficulties loading up my #astrophotography image of the day from #Centaurus
So, instead, how about my favorite fun fact from this week's #astronomy episode on the #constellation Centaurus?
Ptolemy's first name? Claudius.
Listen to the pod here: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/centaurus-cosmic-background/
Mercury, final prompt for #printerSolstice2425, made me think of #alchemy. It is an element the alchemists favoured & felt was fundamental in their efforts to transmute base into precious metals, both in western & Chinese alchemy (from whence western alchemy emerged).
This is my #linocut portrait of an #alchemist known as Master Geng (before ~975, 耿先生; Gěng Xiānshēng, sometimes Kêng Hsien-shêng). 1/n
Fakt ist: Es gibt zu wenige weibliche Fachkräfte im IT-Sektor. Fakt ist auch: Viele Frauen verlassen ihn nach einiger Zeit wieder.
Im Vorhaben #Tech2stay stellen wir uns der Frage: Wie gestalten Unternehmen die Bedingungen so, dass Frauen in der IT bleiben und ihr volles Innovationspotenzial entfalten?
#opencall Auf der #INFORMATIK25 kommen Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft zusammen: Bis 7.4. können Beiträge für den Workshop eingereicht werden 
https://informatik2025.gi.de/programmuebersicht.html?action=detail¶ms%5Bid%5D=15
#WomeninSTEM
More Centaurus A -- this time zoomed out & from the #Spitzer Space Telescope!
Check out our #podcast on the #astronomy of the #constellation #Centaurus here: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/centaurus-cosmic-background/
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So happy to share good news! 
The first paper from Cristina Parada's thesis is finally out.
It is a big step towards her Ph.D. in #biology
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/arch.70048
Yep, it is #paywalled but the #preprint out there in #biorxiv saves the day.
“Since my goal was to solve a problem no one had ever solved before, it required a creative and flexible approach, one that emphasized the exploration, experimentation, and steady refinement of ideas. But perhaps the most important lesson I learned was that there is no single “correct” way to be a mathematician.” - Katy Micek
Find the full story at https://hermathsstory.eu/catherine-micek/
Seeing dark matter in the Andromeda galaxy
By Vera Rubin, from the archives, via @physicstoday
This is a story of why and how Kent Ford and I studied the orbital velocities of stars in the Andromeda galaxy 40 years ago. Our study was influential in the later conclusion that most of the matter in the universe is dark.
https://pubs.aip.org/physicstoday/article/59/12/8/387114/Seeing-dark-matter-in-the-Andromeda-galaxy
~eva~ @winterschon@bsd.cafeit's funny because it's not just a cartoon making a point, but very literally the majority of every interview I've had in tech sectors. There have been some stand-outs, very few and very far between.
nearly as often I've had their type tell me that my experience surely couldn't be this way, simply because they've never considered life from another's shoes. well, surely they must be right, right?
after some time one gets used to the layers of self-censorship, of maintaining a type of professionalism and expressive-pefection and poise so consistently that it becomes not second nature but a long-forgotten absorbed rule of existing once inside the corporate doors.
since the diagnosis I've let down a lot of those walls, those perfections, just to see how life would be. it did not make life easier, that can be said politely.
Centaurus keeps on givin' -- this is NGC 5307, a planetary nebula, 8,000 LY in the #constellation #Centaurus
To learn more about the fascinating #astronomy of the constellation Centaurus, check out our #podcast: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/centaurus-cosmic-background/
Its been a while but I did a blog post! As a side note I'm impressed with the WordPress app on my phone, maybe I'll post more often 
Some things I've been thinking about regarding #iwd and #womeninstem:
https://veronikach.com/uncategorized/not-international-womens-day/
Dr Veronika CH · Not International Women’s DayI’ve seen many events and initiatives celebrating IWD and women on LinkedIn. This is of course great, but why should it be just once or a few times per year? I posted the above on LinkedIn an…
#JWST at it again!
This is Lynds 483 -- two protostars putting on a show!
.. also in re: #InternationalWomensDay -- Lynds refers to Beverly T. Lynds (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Turner_Lynds)
..."der Verbesserung gar sehr bedürftig" ist weltweit leider noch sehr vieles. Seien es Bildungschancen, Berufschancen, Lohngefälle, politische Teilhabe, Eigentumsrechte, Zugang zu Gesundheitsversorgung, Schutz der sexuellen und reproduktiven Rechte, Schutz vor häuslicher und sexualisierter Gewalt, Menschenhandel, Zwangsheirat, Ehrenmorde, Genitalverstümmelungen, diskriminierende Rechtsprechung, soziale Normen, Zugang zu Finanzdienstleistungen, Vertretung in Medien, Zugang zu Technologie, Rechte und Schutz von Transfrauen und weitere.
Gerade in einer Zeit, in welcher weltweit Gruppierungen mit einem patriachalen Frauenbild wieder auf dem Vormarsch sind und reaktionär antifeministische Politiker und Parteien auch in Deutschland an Zulauf gewinnen.
Bezüglich des Zitates könnte die anthroposophische Bewegung und die Träger ihrer Einrichtungen sich anlässlich des #weltfrauentag fragen, woran es liegen könnte, dass der Initiator der Anthroposophie, welcher in teilweise engem Austausch zu bedeutenden Persönlichkeiten der ersten Frauenbewegung wie Rosa Meyreder, Gabriele Reuter, Bertha von Suttner und Hedwig Dohm stand, schon Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts progressivere Ansichten vertrat, als der Durchschnitt der anthroposophische Bewegung in den Jahrzehnten hiernach.
Auch hier, in den heutigen gelebten anthroposophischen Zusammenhängen und Einrichtungen, sind diesbezüglich Verbesserungen noch "gar sehr bedürftig" und die Anthroposophie bezüglich ihrer wahrnehmenbaren feministischen Position und Lautstärke nicht da, wo sie ausgehend von ihrem Begründer seien könnte.
#weltfrauentag #internationalwomensday #anthroposophie #rudolfsteiner #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2024 #Gleichberechtigung #Frauenrechte #EmpowerWomen #EqualityForAll #EachForEqual #BreakTheBias #EndGenderGap #TransWomenAreWomen #ProtectTransWomen #TransRightsAreHumanRights #GirlsJustWannaHaveFundamentalRights #StopViolenceAgainstWomen #EndFemicide #NoMeansNo #WomenInSTEM #WomenInPolitics #RepresentationMatters
Gerade in einer Zeit, in welcher weltweit Gruppierungen mit einem patriachalen Frauenbild wieder auf dem Vormarsch sind und reaktionär antifeministische Politiker und Parteien auch in Deutschland an Zulauf gewinnen.
Bezüglich des Zitates könnte die anthroposophische Bewegung und die Träger ihrer Einrichtungen sich anlässlich des #weltfrauentag fragen, woran es liegen könnte, dass der Initiator der Anthroposophie, welcher in teilweise engem Austausch zu bedeutenden Persönlichkeiten der ersten Frauenbewegung wie Rosa Meyreder, Gabriele Reuter, Bertha von Suttner und Hedwig Dohm stand, schon Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts progressivere Ansichten vertrat, als der Durchschnitt der anthroposophische Bewegung in den Jahrzehnten hiernach.
Auch hier, in den heutigen gelebten anthroposophischen Zusammenhängen und Einrichtungen, sind diesbezüglich Verbesserungen noch "gar sehr bedürftig" und die Anthroposophie bezüglich ihrer wahrnehmenbaren feministischen Position und Lautstärke nicht da, wo sie ausgehend von ihrem Begründer seien könnte.
#weltfrauentag #internationalwomensday #anthroposophie #rudolfsteiner #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2024 #Gleichberechtigung #Frauenrechte #EmpowerWomen #EqualityForAll #EachForEqual #BreakTheBias #EndGenderGap #TransWomenAreWomen #ProtectTransWomen #TransRightsAreHumanRights #GirlsJustWannaHaveFundamentalRights #StopViolenceAgainstWomen #EndFemicide #NoMeansNo #WomenInSTEM #WomenInPolitics #RepresentationMatters
On #InternationalWomensDay (and all other days) -- let's celebrate the amazing #women #astronomers who often get left out of history books & pushed to the margins
Learn more (and feel free to comment with others!):
: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/asterism-annie-jump-cannon-spectral-types/
: https://daily.jstor.org/eight-women-astronomers-you-should-know/ : https://www.space.com/trailblazing-women-in-astronomy-astrophysics : https://astrosociety.org/education-outreach/resource-guides/women-in-astronomy-an-introductory-resource-guide.html : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Mink : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Oppenheimer
Looking for some #astronomy or #mythology or #zoology or #comedy / #chaos content created by women on #InternationalWomensDay??
Check out our pod here or wherever you listen to podcasts 
: https://starrytimepodcast.com/episodes
If you're looking for:
astronomy --> Cosmic Background 
myths --> Myths & Retcons(tellations)
animal fun facts --> Creature Corner
Chaos/comedy/ "Pop Culture" --> Pop Culture Superstar
STARRY TIME PODCASTEpisodesYou want to hear the pod? Excellent! You can listen to Starry Time on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, YouTube , and a few other services, or you can listen below!
CALLING ALL SPEAKERS!
Hey BSidesChicago fam, our neighbors to the east—BSidesPGH— has opened their CFP, and YOU should absolutely submit! 
Did you rock the stage at BSidesChicago? Want to take your talk on the road? Or maybe you were inspired by our amazing speakers and want to give your first-ever conference talk? #BSidesPGH is the place to do it!
Today is International Women’s Day, so if you’ve ever wanted to see more diverse voices in infosec, now is the time to be that voice. BSides events are community-driven, welcoming, and the perfect launchpad for first-time and seasoned speakers alike.
Submit your talk now: https://sessionize.com/bsidespgh-2025
Show Pittsburgh that Chicago supports our neighbors! Let’s make sure their CFP is stacked with 
talks, just like ours. 
#BSidesChicago #CyberSecurity #CFP #WeAreBSides #infosec #WomenInSTEM #InternationalWomensDay @bsidespgh
sessionize.comBSidesPGH 2025: Call for Speakers
My ongoing series of portraits of #womenInSTEM for #iwd2025
For #InternationalWomensDay a short thread of my ongoing series of portraits of women in science through history. If you look for them, they’re there. I’m up to 67 now! Here’s to the day when a scientist’s sex is no longer remarkable in any field!
