Can we imagine a world without plastics, or more accurately, where we address the mountains of poison already produced in a responsible manner? This report by @ejfoundation.org, with a quote from @mayaweeks.bsky.social, makes a strong case for why we should try. ejfoundation.org/reports/pois...

Poison Plastics: How chemicals in everyday plastics are harming your…

Plastics and the chemicals they contain have become deeply embedded in our lives within only a single generation. They are found in the vast majority of…

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@ucdfri.bsky.social tabled at @ucdavis.bsky.social Grad Fair and I left feeling so inspired by the incoming grad students. Their commitment to redressing historical biases in research is real and robust!

Future me watching temporary -productivity-burst me commit to meetings and calls.

A friend and colleague in LA alerted me to the alarming number of traffic deaths occurring there. The price for our car culture is too high. The least we can do is create better infrastructures and safeguards. ujoin.co/campaigns/42...

Welcome, @ucdfri.bsky.social to Bluesky!

Feminist approaches can make a real difference for professionals working with communities most impacted by environmental injustice. This is because they center process, care, and relationality. Come to this workshop to learn more! fri.ucdavis.edu/events/femin...

Feminist Approaches to Environmental Justice

Are you seeking to improve your skills and knowledge based to be a better collaborator or partner when working with communities impacted by environmental injustice?

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Many everyday technologies are not readily accessible to all. These are fixable problems and we need to advocate for change. substack.com/@sarahmccphd...

Exclusionary Technology Series: The Automated Soap Dispenser

I will periodically select a technology to highlight its exclusionary nature. Today I discuss the racialized eye of the automated soap dispenser.

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Eugenics is on the rise. We need to understand its past and ongoing role in science and culture to fully root out eugenics logics alive today. sarahmccphd.substack.com/p/legacies-o...

Legacies of Eugenics in Science

The rise of eugenics in contemporary US policy has roots in the history of science--a history that we have yet to fully redress.

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GOOD MORNING EVERYONE! Have you taken three minutes to save the political independence of the civil service? It’s easy! Here’s how you can do it: news.chanda.science/archive/urge...

Urgent: Take Action to Protect Public Services

Photo by Katie Rodriguez on Unsplash I have something you can do in five minutes or less that can help salvage the integrity of the federal civil service,...

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The hierarchical divide between hard science and soft science is a problem that I explore briefly here. sarahmccphd.substack.com/p/stories-of...

Stories of Hard Science and Soft Science

The consequences of valuing numbers over human experience

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UC Press is looking for a Program Manager to help launch and run our new University of California Publishing Services (UCPUBS) program. You'll work across departments to build scalable workflows and help grow the program. careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psc/ucop/EMP...

In the latest Ask a Feminist, @libbyadler.bsky.social & K.J. Rawson of Northeastern University speak w/ Carla Kaplan about the Trump Administration's anti-trans, anti-gender executive orders. Listen in your favorite podcast app or read the transcript on our website!

Trump’s Anti-Trans, Anti-Gender Executive Orders, A Conversation with Libby Adler and K.J. Rawson

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Taking a moment to honor my feminist predecessors, specifically Amina Mama at @ucdgender.bsky.social for receiving an honorary doctorate from Nelson Mandela University in South Africa for her work in African feminist theory. She was also the founding director of the UCD Feminist Research Institute!

@4sweb.bsky.social and fellow STSers invested in projects of liberation! We invite folks to submit to our open panel, Reverberations of Power and Justice in Critical Science and Technology Studies. #207 findable here: www.4sonline.org/accepted_ope...

#NWSA2024

I missed seeing Alexis Pauline Gumbs at #NWSA2024 because I felt under the weather. Sad, but I know I made the right choice. It just motivates me more to find another occasion.

Looking for a geological report on Murdoch glacier from 1968 or a leatherbound Steinbeck volume? This FOUR STORY used bookstore has you covered. At John K. King Used & Rare Books

Life is short. Write that novel. Paint that painting. Try new recipes. Learn black magic. Go into the forest at night. Summon a demon. Earn that demon's trust. Become best friends with it. Brag to everyone else about your new cool demon best friend. Knit that sweater.

I’m finding this zine on Just Transition by Movement Generation to be very helpful in envisioning through queer climate futures. movementgeneration.org/wp-content/u...

Is anyone working on a feminist STS (science and technology studies) starter pack? Should I work on one?

The starter packs are awesome. I just used a bunch to follow feminist, book lovers, and academics. I anticipate trimming down over time. But it’s just really cool to have a place to start.

Thanks for the button university of Madison library! #NWSA2024

Happy to be at NWSA in Detroit. A few shots from my run this morning along the river

Incredibly grateful to Alexis Pauline Gumbs for her wisdom on election day, and to Audre Lorde for writing the words that inspired Gumbs. See her Nov 6 livestream on Instagram to know what I'm talking about