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A superficially similar picture has been published by Reuters. In both pictures, abandoned shoes can be read metonymically for missing bodies: an established visual trope, legible as an allegory of human suffering. But while the Reuters photographer documented a scene of real-life suffering … 2/

Licensable picture: Migrants cross into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta

A float and shoes belonging to migrants float in the sea at El Tarajal beach, amid mass crossings of migrants on foot and by sea from Morocco into Spanish...

reutersconnect.com

This image has been widely shared on social media as a document of the human tragedy that has unfolded in Ceuta and an indictment of the EU's murderous border regime in the Mediterranean. The problem is: It's AI-generated. It has a SynthID watermark, as can be checked with OpenAI's Verify tool 1/

A photographic looking image of shoes floating in the water. It's crossed out with two red lines

Die Temperaturen, die wir in meiner Kindheit als Hitzewelle am See gefeiert haben, waren übrigens dieselben, bei denen man heute um zwei Uhr Nachts verzweifelt die Fenster öffnet, weil es draußen jetzt endlich so weit erträglich ist, dass man die Wohnung durchkühlen kann.

Schon mal von den #Bananenfrauen gehört? Ihr Kampf für bessere Löhne und Arbeitsbedingungen für die Arbeiter*innen auf den Bananenplantagen Lateinamerikas hat in den 1970ern die Anfänge von Public Eye (ehemals «Erklärung von Bern») geprägt. Ein spannendes Stück (Frauen-)Geschichte!

It would be terrific if engineers were added to that list. My BFF invented two new forms of speakers for a famous audio company and her creations were immediately handed over to a male engineer who then received the credit, kudos and bonuses that should have been hers. She soon left in disgust.

Excellent article from the Smithsonian: "Women Scientists Were Written Out of History. It’s Margaret Rossiter’s Lifelong Mission to Fix That' The historian has devoted her career to bringing to light the ingenious accomplishments of those who have been forgotten #MatildaEffect

Women Scientists Were Written Out of History. It's Margaret Rossiter's Lifelong Mission to Fix That

The historian has devoted her career to bringing to light the ingenious accomplishments of those who have been forgotten

smithsonianmag.com

The term now applies to female mathematicians, inventors & more. Prominent examples include: Rosalind Franklin, Lise Meitner, Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Nettie Stevens, Esther Lederberg, Marie Tharp, Elizabeth Bugie, Marthe Gautier, Chien-Shiung Wu, Alice Ball, and countless others. #WomenInSTEM 2/3

Historian of science Margaret Rossiter (d #OTD in 2025) coined the term #MatildaEffect (1993). Named after suffragist Matilda Joslyn Gage, the Matilda Effect describes a systemic bias where women's scientific achievements are ignored, minimized, or directly attributed to their male colleagues. 1/3

A black-and-white photograph of the pathbreaking American historian of science, Margaret Walsh Rossiter (1944–2025), renowned for coining "the Matilda effect" and documenting the buried history of women in science. Seated in an indoor setting with a soft, blurred background, Rossiter is positioned from the waist up, facing forward with a warm, open smile. She has short, curly gray hair and wears dark, thick-rimmed glasses. She's wearing a light-colored, long-sleeved shirt patterned entirely with small, dark polka dots. She holds a heavy, open book resting on her lap or desk, her left hand steadying the right-hand pages while her right hand rests on the left-hand pages, lightly gripping a pencil. The overall composition is intimate and studious, casting her as an approachable yet deeply focused scholar. The mood is intellectually vibrant and welcoming, reflecting a life dedicated to uncovering the truth.