DavBatz
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🦋 #Energy / #Security / #Technology / #Privacy / Voting rights / #Democracy / #Humor ;RT/Fav ≠ endorsement ≠Rep employer, YMMV, Never start a land war in Asia. him/he BLM Each day I post about amazing people who have been leaders in arts, science, etc.
Scottish activist Flora Drummond was a fearless operational leader of the British militant suffragette movement. Nicknamed "The General," she famously marshaled massive #WomensRights parades thru London & Edinburgh on horseback & wearing a military-style uniform. She was born #OTD in 1878.
Computer scientist Frances Allen was a pioneer in the field of optimizing compilers. + 1st woman to win the Turing Award + Her research directly shaped compiler design, code optimization & automatic parallel processing Born #OTD in 1932 & died #OTD in 2020. #WomenInSTEM #CompSci
Japanese artist Tomoko Sato, known for her carving skills as a food sculptor, often using fruit such as melons and apples #WomensArt
Sibyl Rock US mass spectrometry & computing pioneer. 1940s key part of CEC's team as mass specs commercialised 4 researchers/scientists use. Developed maths techniques for analyzing results, an analog computer & early digital computer Datatron #WomenInSTEM b Aug 1909 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sibyl_M...
Good Morning! It is Tuesday August 4. In 1920 Helen Thomas was born. She was an American reporter and author, and a long serving member of the White House press corps. She covered the White House during the administrations of ten U.S. presidents: from Kennedy-Obama #Herstory
#OTD in 1992 at the Barcelona Olympic Games, Jackie Joyner-Kersee won the gold medal in the heptathlon, becoming the first person in history to win back-to-back Olympic titles in the multi-event sport. She is widely considered one of the greatest female athletes of all time. #WomenInSport #champion
Good Morning! It is Monday August 3. In 1905, Maggie Kuhn was born. She was an American activist known for founding the Gray Panthers movement, after she was forced to retire from her job at the then-mandatory retirement age of 65. #Herstory
Good Morning! It is Sunday August 2. In 1907, Mary Hamman was born. She was an American writer and editor. She was an editor for Pictorial Review, Good Housekeeping, Mademoiselle, as well as the modern living editor for LIFE and editor-in-chief for Bride & Home. #Herstory
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/c...
Trump’s Fixation on Arctic Ships Led to Billions in No-Bid Contracts (Gift Article)
The president decided to buy 11 polar icebreakers after a game of golf with Finland’s president. Experts say it’s far from clear the United States needs so many.
nytimes.com
In Iran, the U.S. Appears Headed for a Strategic Defeat, Allies Fear www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/w...
In Iran, the U.S. Appears Headed for a Strategic Defeat, Allies Fear (Gift Article)
With none of President Trump’s aims accomplished and the Strait of Hormuz closed, U.S. allies see dysfunction and vulnerability from the war.
nytimes.com
Based on lies and falsehoods you say?
Antfarmer@antfarmer.bsky.social · 4d agoWhen even uber shill TV ‘lawyer’ Jennie Pirro can’t carry on arguing the sky isn’t blue to feed Trump’s diseased ego you know it’s bad. What a time. 🤦🏻♂️ In Dropping Reflecting Pool Case, Pirro Draws Trump’s Wrath www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/u...
Good Morning! It is Saturday August 1. In 1911, Jackie Ormes was born. She was an American cartoonist. She is known as the first professional Black woman cartoonist and creator of the Torchy Brown comic strip and the Patty-Jo 'n' Ginger panel. #Herstory
Pediatrician Dr. Mildred Stahlman revolutionized the care of premature infants (incl a miniature iron lung). She spent her career at #Vanderbilt U. Med Center & is credited w/ establishing the world's first modern Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Born #OTD in 1922. #WomenInSTEM #MedSky (1/3)🧵
Evonne Goolagong Cawley (b. #OTD in 1951) broke systemic barriers as one of the most prominent #Indigenous Australian athletes in history. #tennis + 14 Grand Slam titles (1971-1980) + World No. 1 ranking, 1976 + First mother to win Wimbledon in the Open Era, 1980 #WomenInSport
Dorothy Spicer UK aviatrix, 1st woman to gain advanced qualification in #aeronauticalengineering. Amy Johnson teased her @wes1919.bsky.social event "amidst much laughter...to admit or deny...that she held every licence that it was possible to hold" b #OTD 31 Jul 1908 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy...
I’m pretty sure that I was told multiple times that the damage was caused by very liberal, elite saboteurs using sharp knives 🤔
Scott MacFarlane@macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 5d agoFLASH: Justice Dept seeks to dismiss Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool criminal case against former Olympian David Hearn Trump Admin acknowledges: "Damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in June 2026 was the result of flawed installation by the contractor"
Grift idea: Drive a church into bankruptcy, then move to a new town, and do it again. ….Megachurch pastor Tavner Smith is raising funds to renovate a church building in Rossville, Georgia, four years after the church he led in Chattanooga, Tennessee, filed for bankruptcy…..
Roys Report@roysreport.bsky.social · 5d agoFour years after Venue Church in Chattanooga, Tennessee, collapsed into bankruptcy amid scandal and Tavner Smith's divorce, the former megachurch pastor is raising money for a new church in Georgia. roysreport.com/disgraced-te...
I was told that “Affordability” is a made up word. 🤷
Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01)@repstansbury.bsky.social · 5d agoWhile you were over here trying to figure out how you were going to cover the rent and food—this guy was over there using $5.1 million in taxpayer money YOU paid into the system to cover these statues in 23 karat gold. Yeah, he did that.
Mandrake is a hero -- everyone should know his story. A gift link to a feature about an ordinary guy with a secret identity who saw something that was wrong and inspired the whole country to fix it. slate.com/life/2026/07...
In 1990, a Man Saw Something He Didn’t Like in His Neighborhood. His Response Changed History—but It’s Been All but Forgotten.
“Mandrake the Magician” fought crime—just not the usual kind.
slate.com
Good Morning! It is Friday July 31. In 1923, Stephanie Kwolek was born. She was a Polish-American chemist who is known for inventing Kevlar. Her career at the DuPont company spanned more than 40 years. She discovered the first of a family of synthetic fibers of exceptional strength. #WomeninSTEM 🧪
