django
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Alex, the Hearth Fire
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Happy birthday to Kathleen Lonsdale DBE FRS (née Yardley, 1903-1971) who solved a longstanding #chemistry conundrum of the shape of benzene, here with her drawing of electron density for hexachlorobenzene (green) & model of hexamethylbenzene explore shape in different forms. Her husband said, “Before prison it might have bothered her to go to Buckingham Palace. Afterwards, Holloway or Buckingham Palace were all the same.” 🧵
https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/1399683976
Most hashtags are pretty obvious, you just put # in front of a topic. For example if a post is about coffee it might have the tag #Coffee
However, many popular hashtags have difficult-to-guess names, so I've started a list to help people discover them:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/fun-and-useful-hashtags-to-follow-on-mastodon-and-the-wider-fediverse
Copy-paste a hashtag into the search box in Mastodon if you want to browse or follow it.
If you have suggestions for non-obvious hashtags that should be added to the list, let me know in the replies 🙂
@FediTips if it was not added yet: #JobAlert #histodon #academicChatter #makersHour #writingCommunity #solarpunkSunday #standingStones and #standingStonesSunday #phantastikPrompts #FotoVorschlag #FiberArts #textileArts #visibleMending #thickTrunkTuesday #naturelovers #FediHire #fediHelp #FediGive #askFedi #HerStory #WomenInHistory #WomenInSTEM #indigenousPeople #BlackMastodon #BlackFedi #blackHistory
Happy birthday to Kathleen Lonsdale DBE FRS (née Yardley, 1903-1971) who solved a longstanding #chemistry conundrum of the shape of benzene, here with her drawing of electron density for hexachlorobenzene (green) & model of hexamethylbenzene explore shape in different forms. Her husband said, “Before prison it might have bothered her to go to Buckingham Palace. Afterwards, Holloway or Buckingham Palace were all the same.” 🧵
https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/1399683976
Sascha Foerster :bonndigital:
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I heard last week that the physics teacher of the daughter of one of my colleagues told the daughter that girls who do their nails don’t do physics. Sigh.
So, here are the nails of an internationally leading particle physics professor. My nails.
Don’t believe the gatekeepers! #womeninSTEM
Andreas Wagner
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Gladys West, mathematician whose work paved the way for GPS, dies at 95
She navigated segregation to become an esteemed mathematician — and today, her work helps billions of people navigate the world.
By Bill Chappell
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/23/nx-s1-5685027/gladys-west-gps-mathematician
Gladys West, mathematician whose work paved the way for GPS, dies at 95
She navigated segregation to become an esteemed mathematician — and today, her work helps billions of people navigate the world.
By Bill Chappell
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/23/nx-s1-5685027/gladys-west-gps-mathematician
Quixoticgeek
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And in all the excitement, I also forgot to mention that I've now been officially announced as a speaker for the local International Women's Day event in Groningen.
The marketing team made up a nice intro, so here's the quote from LinkedIn:
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🗣 Talk title: “Wandering the Man’s Plane: Remaining true to yourself as the only woman in the team.”
💡 What to expect: A reflection on what it means to build a career as a woman in a male-dominated tech industry, and how to navigate, challenge, and reshape that space.
And in all the excitement, I also forgot to mention that I've now been officially announced as a speaker for the local International Women's Day event in Groningen.
The marketing team made up a nice intro, so here's the quote from LinkedIn:
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🗣 Talk title: “Wandering the Man’s Plane: Remaining true to yourself as the only woman in the team.”
💡 What to expect: A reflection on what it means to build a career as a woman in a male-dominated tech industry, and how to navigate, challenge, and reshape that space.
Quixoticgeek
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I just went on a follow-fest for women with a PhD, but realized I'm already mutuals with almost everyone who shows up in the limited search results 😋
If you're a Dr. Gal or other female science communicator type, pop into the thread, say hi!
I'd love to learn about what you do 💜
(and I'm sure lots of others would too)
#WomenInStem #FollowFriday (on Tuesday) #WomenInMedicine #Dr #PhD