#lost women of science podcast

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My media this week (26 Feb-4 Mar 2023)

📚 STUFF I READ 📚

😊👂‍Death Around the Bend (Lady Hardcastle Mysteries #3) (T.E. Kinsey, author; Elizabeth Knowelden, narrator) - more fun with Emily & Flo, racing cars and solving murders in 1909

🥰👂‍Cabin Pressure: The Complete Series 2 (Gdańsk to Limerick) (John Finnemore, author; Stephanie Cole/Roger Allam/Benedict Cumberbatch/John Finnemore, cast) - back at it again with MJN Air & Co

😊👂‍A Picture of Murder (Lady Hardcastle Mysteries #4) (T.E. Kinsey, author; Elizabeth Knowelden, narrator) - more fun with Emily & Flo, making/watching films and solving murders in 1909

🥰Bewitched (BootsnBlossoms, Kryptaria) - 51K, 00Q - Q's ordered to take a holiday with Bond as bodyguard & elects to go to his sister's farm in Wales. But Q's real name is Adam Stephens, his sister is Tabitha, his mother is Samantha & his grandmother is Endora, so there's a lot he's trying NOT to have to explain to James while also enjoying this holiday fling. Fluffy & charming af!

💖💖 +108K of shorter fic so shout out to these I really loved 💖💖

if you could redirect my day (lady_ragnell) - Ted Lasso: Keeley/Roy/Jamie, 11K - Jamie ends up staying with Roy for a few weeks in Marbella and Roy…doesn't hate it

Four Days on a Farm in Kansas (FabulaRasa) - DCU: SuperBat, 28K - getting together ->bumps in the road->finally figuring it all out (i.e. bruce pulls his head out of his ass)

i can actually see it (i'm glad that you stayed) (BelmotteTower) - Ted Lasso: Keeley/Roy/Jamie, 7K - pt 4 of thats what i want series aka 'How to proactively date in public with London's favourite polyamourous triad.'

Sweet Sugar (this_wayward_life) - MCU: Stucky, 8K - no powers, age difference AU with subby sugar daddy Bucky - reread 'cause this is a fave, love the characterizations in this one

📺 STUFF I WATCHED 📺

All Creatures Great and Small - s3, e1-7

Poker Face - s1, e8

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Artificial Intelligence

Maine Cabin Masters - s7, e1-8

🎧 PODCASTS 🎧

You Must Remember This - 1987: Fatal Attraction and Dirty Dancing (Erotic 80s Part 10)

You're Dead To Me - The Indus Civilisation

Lost Women of Science - A Complicated Woman: Leona Zacharias

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Nellie Mae Rowe’s Playhouse

Big Gay Fiction Podcast - A Trip to "Liar City" with Allie Therin

⭐Vibe Check - Dupe Fiasco

ICYMI Plus - Selena Gomez Loves Logging Off

Switched on Pop - Chartbreakers: Jersey Club, Complicated Country, and 50s Crooners

99% Invisible #527 - RoboUmp

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - The Hampton House

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - The Discovery Tree

⭐Into It - Sex, 'Cocaine Bear,' and 'You'

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - The A. Everett Austin Facade House

⭐Welcome to Night Vale #223 - Big Rico's Pizza Band

Ologies with Alie Ward - Field Trip: An Airport Full of Neuroscientists

🎶 MUSIC 🎶

Rebel Girls: '90s Visionaries

My Mix #1 {Journey, Toto, Heart, Bon Jovi, Ozzy}

Polyphia

Joan Jett

Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones [Madonna]

On The Prowl [Steel Panther]

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Lost Women of Science podcast showcases scientists who haven't gotten enough credit for their outstanding work Lost Women of Science is a podcast that showcases "groundbreaking women who never got the full recognition they deserved—until now." The podcast just put out a call, seeking ideas for future episodes. They tweeted, "Here at Lost Women of Science, it is our goal to rescue female scientists from the jaws of obscurity. — Read the rest https://boingboing.net/2023/02/20/lost-women-of-science-podcast-showcases-scientists-who-havent-gotten-enough-credit-for-their-outstanding-work.html

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This gentleman was a college professor in political science. He gives some intriguing insights here...

"Friends,

A political disaster such as what occurred Tuesday gains significance not simply by virtue of who won or lost, but through how the election is interpreted.

This is known as The Lesson of the election.

The Lesson explains what happened and why. It deciphers the public’s mood, values, and thoughts. It attributes credit and blame.

And therein lies its power. When The Lesson of the election becomes accepted wisdom — when most of the politicians, pundits, and politicians come to believe it — it shapes the future. It determines how parties, candidates, political operatives, and journalists approach future elections.

There are many reasons for what occurred on Tuesday and for what the outcome should teach America — about where the nation is and about what Democrats should do in the future.

Yet inevitably, one Lesson predominates.

Today, I want to share with you six conventional “lessons” you will hear for Tuesday’s outcome. None is or should be considered The Lesson of the 2024 election.

Then I’ll give you what I consider the real Lesson of the election.

None of these are The Lesson of the 2024 election:

1. "It was a total repudiation of the Democratic Party, a major realignment."

Rubbish. Harris would have won had there been a small, less than 1 percent vote shift in the three main battleground states. The biggest shift from 2020 and 2016 was among Latino men. We don’t know yet whether Latino men will return to the Democrats; if they don’t, they will contribute to a small realignment.

But the fact is America elected Trump in 2016, almost reelected him in 2020, and elected him again in 2024. We haven't changed much, at least in terms of whom we vote for.

2. "If the Dems want to win in the future, they have to move to the right. They should stop talking about 'democracy,' forget 'multiculturalism,' and end their focus on women’s rights, transgender rights, immigrants’ rights, voting rights, civil rights, and America’s shameful history of racism and genocide. Instead, push to strengthen families, cut taxes, allow school choice and prayer in public schools, reduce immigration, minimize our obligations abroad, and put America and Americans first."

Wrong. Democrats shouldn’t move to the right if that means giving up on democracy, social justice, civil rights, and equal voting rights. While Democrats might reconsider their use of “identity” politics (in which people are viewed primarily through the lenses of race, ethnicity, or gender), Democrats must not lose the moral ideals at the heart of the Party and at the core of America.

3. "Republicans won because of misinformation and right-wing propaganda. They won over young men because of a vicious alliance between Trump and a vast network of online influencers and podcasts appealing to them. The answer is for Democrats to cultivate an equivalent media ecosystem that rivals what the right has built."

Partly true. Misinformation and right-wing propaganda did play a role, particularly in reaching young men. But this hardly means progressives and Democrats should fill the information ecosystem with misinformation or left-wing propaganda. Better messaging, yes. Lies and bigotry, no.

We should use our power as consumers to boycott X and all advertisers on X and on Fox News, mount defamation and other lawsuits against platforms that foment hate, and push for regulations (at least at the state level for now) requiring that all platforms achieve minimum standards of moderation and decency.

4. "Republicans cheated. Trump, Putin, and election deniers at county and precinct levels engaged in a vast conspiracy to suppress votes."

I doubt it. Putin tried, but so far there’s no sign that the Kremlin affected any voting process. There is little or no evidence of widespread cheating by Republicans. Dems should not feed further conspiracy theories about fraudulent voting or tallying. For the most part, the system worked smoothly, and we owe a huge debt of gratitude to election workers and state officials in charge of the process.

5. "Harris ran a lousy campaign. She wasn’t a good communicator. She fudged and shifted her positions on issues. She was weighed down by Biden and didn’t sufficiently separate herself from him."

Untrue. Harris ran a good campaign, but she had only a little over three months to do it. She had to introduce herself to the nation (typically a vice president is almost invisible within an administration) at the same time Trump’s antics sucked most of the oxygen out of the political air. She could have been clearer about her proposals and policies and embraced economic populism (see below on the real lesson), but her debate with Trump was the best debate performance I’ve ever witnessed, and her speeches were pitch perfect. Biden may have weighed her down a bit, but his decision to step down was gracious and selfless.

6. "Racism and misogyny. Voters were simply not prepared to elect a Black female president."

Partly true. Surely racism and misogyny played a role, but bigotry can’t offer a full explanation.

--

Here’s the real Lesson of the 2024 election:

On Tuesday, according to exit polls, Americans voted mainly on the economy — and their votes reflected their class and level of education.

While the economy has improved over the last two years according to standard economic measures, most Americans without college degrees — that’s the majority — have not felt it.

In fact, most Americans without college degrees have not felt much economic improvement for four decades, and their jobs have grown less secure. The real median wage of the bottom 90 percent is stuck nearly where it was in the early 1990s, even though the economy is more than twice as large.

Most of the economy’s gains have gone to the top.

This has caused many Americans to feel frustrated and angry. Trump gave voice to that anger. Harris did not.

The real lesson of the 2024 election is that Democrats must not just give voice to the anger but also explain how record inequality has corrupted our system, and pledge to limit the political power of big corporations and the super-rich.

The basic bargain used to be that if you worked hard and played by the rules, you’d do better and your children would do even better than you.

But since 1980, that bargain has become a sham. The middle class has shrunk.

Why? While Republicans steadily cut taxes on the wealthy, Democrats abandoned the working class.

Democrats embraced NAFTA and lowered tariffs on Chinese goods. They deregulated finance and allowed Wall Street to become a high-stakes gambling casino. They let big corporations gain enough market power to keep prices (and profit margins) high.

They let corporations bust unions (with negligible penalties) and slash payrolls. They bailed out Wall Street when its gambling addiction threatened to blow up the entire economy but never bailed out homeowners who lost everything.

They welcomed big money into their campaigns — and delivered quid pro quos that rigged the market in favor of big corporations and the wealthy.

Joe Biden redirected the Democratic Party back toward its working-class roots, but many of the changes he catalyzed — more vigorous antitrust enforcement, stronger enforcement of labor laws, and major investments in manufacturing, infrastructure, semiconductors, and non-fossil fuels — wouldn’t be evident for years, and he could not communicate effectively about them.

The Republican Party says it’s on the side of working people, but its policies will hurt ordinary workers even more. Trump’s tariffs will drive up prices. His expected retreat from vigorous antitrust enforcement will allow giant corporations to drive up prices further.

If Republicans gain control over the House as well as the Senate, as looks likely, they will extend Trump’s 2017 tax law and add additional tax cuts. As in 2017, these lower taxes will benefit mainly the wealthy and enlarge the national debt, which will give Republicans an excuse to cut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid — their objectives for decades.

Democrats must no longer do the bidding of big corporations and the wealthy. They must instead focus on winning back the working class.

They should demand paid family leave, Medicare for all, free public higher education, stronger unions, higher taxes on great wealth, and housing credits that will generate the biggest boom in residential home construction since World War II.

They should also demand that corporations share their profits with their workers. They should call for limits on CEO pay, eliminate all stock buybacks (as was the SEC rule before 1982), and reject corporate welfare (subsidies and tax credit to particular companies and industries unrelated to the common good).

Democrats need to tell Americans why their pay has been lousy for decades and their jobs less secure: not because of immigrants, liberals, people of color, the “deep state,” or any other Trump Republican bogeyman, but because of the power of large corporations and the rich to rig the market and siphon off most of the economy’s gains.

In doing this, Democrats need not turn their backs on democracy. Democracy goes hand-in-hand with a fair economy. Only by reducing the power of big money in our politics can America grow the middle class, reward hard work, and reaffirm the basic bargain at the heart of our system.

If the Trump Republicans gain control of the House, as seems likely, they will have complete control of the federal government. That means they will own whatever happens to the economy and will be responsible for whatever happens to America. Notwithstanding all their anti-establishment populist rhetoric, they will become the establishment.

The Democratic Party should use this inflection point to shift ground — from being the party of well-off college graduates, big corporations, “never-Tumpers” like Dick Cheney, and vacuous “centrism” — to an anti-establishment party ready to shake up the system on behalf of the vast majority of Americans.

This is and should be The Lesson of the 2024 election.

What do you think...?"

Robert Reich...

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Round 6

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Diggory Graves

Convinced they only lost the deadguydeathmatch because not enough people knew about them. A bit of a Frankenstein's monster scenario. Uses they/them pronouns, is dating a ghost trans man. Despite their intimidating appearance they are lovely and would go to the ends of the Earth for their friends. Their arms are for hugs and their claws are for fighting

Cyber 6

She's a science experiment. She's a women. She sees herself more as a creature than a human. She cross dress as a man to hide from Nazi's. She teach literature to troubled youths. Her brother is a super panther now. She's constantly having 10 existential crisis's. She's in love with her coworker who may be in love with both of her identities? but also in a love triangle with them too. She dresses like a leather vampire. She lives in Argentina. She's only out for her own safety and those she comes to love. She's a super hero. Character of all time. [additional propaganda 1] [additional propaganda 2]

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ARC REVIEW: The Stars Too Fondly by Emily Hamilton

4/5. Releases 6/11/24.

Vibes: everyone is queer, pretty much, grumpy x sunshine, grieving and falling in love, BIG MYSTERY--HUGE

Heat Index: 5/10

Cleo is obsessed with space--which is what leads to her friends accidentally launching a ship towards Proxima Centauri (and it will take... seven years there and back for them to return to Earth; if they survive). But in her defense, she was just trying to find out what happened to the crew that disappeared on launch day twenty years ago! And the the dark matter engine kicked off on its own! Fortunately (?) they're quickly joined by a hologram of Billie, the ship's vanished captain. Unfortunately, she doesn't remember exactly what happened. Or what's going to happen now. Also, she seems to really dislike Cleo--or does she?

OH, this was a lot. Both in terms of genres--it's like, sci-fi with some pretty hard science, I think, knowing nothing about science, plus a bit of magic, plus romcom, plus like... a treatise on loss and loving again?--and plot. This is definitely, ultimately, a romance. And it it's really quite beautiful. Yes, there are jokes, yes there's a mystery that actually gave me a bit of the creeps (in a good way), but ultimately this is about one woman who's gone through this massive loss having her heart cracked open by someone who's sort of given up on everything that seems to matter to her and is trying to ignore that by charging into space.

It bit off a lot. Like, this is a big swing of a book, and it's not perfectly perfect. But it is really good.

Quick Takes:

--This is a textbook grumpy/sunshine book. Billie is a take-no-prisoners alpha bitch, and even in hologram form (to be clear: the hologram is fully sentient, the "real" Billie essentially uploaded her consciousness into the ship right before disappearing) she isn't afraid to boss people around. She has a hard shell, and she's not easy to get through to.

Cleo, on the other hand, is bright and curious and perhaps doesn't take life seriously enough (which is definitely in part a coping mechanism for how badly the Earth is doing... which uh, hit pretty close to home!). Billie puts her in order and forces her to face shit head on; Cleo forces Billie to be a kinder, gentler person and breaks through her walls in a way she really needs. Their love story is really touching, and if you're the type of person who loves to see a hardened person get broken down by falling in love (like me) you'll love this.

--There's so much representation in this cast of characters! The "crew" is made up of an Asian man, Abe, whose partner (also in the group) Kaleisha is a Black trans woman. You also have Rose, who's non-binary, Cleo, who's a Black lesbian, and Billie, a bi woman, making up the primary team. It's all woven in very naturally, and you get the sense that everyone cares for each other and has this sense of solidarity. Just little things, like everyone checking to see if the ship has the hormones Kaleisha needs (don't worry, it does).

I also actually really appreciated the way that Billie was implied to be a woman who primarily dated women and then had her sexuality questioned after she got engaged to a man. Her relationship with the fiance she lost, Neil, is a huge part of who she is--and it's not invalidated by her falling in love with Cleo, or vice versa. In fact, so much of Billie's arc is informed by her grief and pain. She literally ran to space to escape her grief, and it's like--you just can't. And you also can't avoid the reality of moving on, and the fear that comes with loving people you may lose. Oof.

--The mystery was so eerie? Like, the idea of an entire crew of astronauts just disappearing right when they were meant to be launched into space... can you imagine the podcasts?

Hamilton wove this in really well--you get news articles, and especially comms between members of the crew, most of them involving Billie. Which is... man. It feels so sinister, and it also feels a bit separate from the Billie you see in the active present, because this is the "disappeared" Billie, not the hologram. It was a little stomach-churning for me, because, though I knew this was a romance and therefore would have an HEA, I still felt so worried for her and worried about what she was withholding.

--My one critique would be that I do feel like the story goes on a bit long, and could have had the ending shortened a bit. You kind of have this big climactic moment, and then we have to pick up the pieces and hurry to tie up loose ends. Which couldn't be entirely avoided, given the plot of the novel, but could have been a bit tidier. Not a huge issue at all, though, and it was nice to sort of bask in Billie and Cleo's relationship at that point.

The Sex:

So like. Billie is a hologram. Therefore, she can't touch or be touched. Which does put a hold on the physical sex in the novel, but doesn't stop it from being sexy and sexual. I mean, in a lot of ways I found the tension between Billie and Cleo hotter than some of the klutzy sex scenes I've read recently--and that's saying something coming from me, Little Miss Write More Sex.

That said, there is one full sex scene in the book, and it is quite hot. Won't tell you how it comes about, but you won't be dissatisfied. Neither were they.

I am not a sci-fi person. I'm not against it, but I often find it difficult to follow and a bit too cerebral for me to get emotionally involved, even when it's a sci-fi romance. This is the kind of sci-fi that works for me. It exists to serve the characters, and while the science is definitely fairly involved, it's not difficult to understand. (At least for me.)

I keep coming back to this, but I just found the emotional themes of the novel really moving in a way I didn't expect. It felt kind of heartbreaking at points. But thanks to the magic of a romance novel, it comes back to this circle of love and warmth (which really does transcend romantic love, too--the platonic bonds in this novel are great). My heart was full.

Thanks to NetGalley and Harper Voyager for providing me with a copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

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Geek Girl Crush of the Week: CAROL PELETIER

Noetta HarjoContact: Noetta.Harjo@geekgirlauthority.com

News Editor, Senior Contributor, and Press Editor. Coordinate breaking news, trailers and press releases. I also contribute reviews, recaps and interviews. Creator of the Indigenerd Wire, a column dedicated to the Indigenous creatives in pop culture.

GGA's resident Indigenerd, a little bit rez, a little bit classy...with a love for all things Star Wars, zombies, science fiction, and Indigenous. My ultimate goal is to start my own podcast.

Welcome to this week’s installment of Geek Girl Authority Crush of the Week. Here, we shine a spotlight on our favorite ladies in genre culture who inspire us. Our crushes range from fictional female characters in our favorite genre shows, movies and books…to women behind the scenes in geeky media.

DISCLAIMER: The following contains spoilers for The Walking Dead. If you are not caught up with the show, then you may not want to read on, but if you don’t care about spoilers either way, then continue!

Carol Peletier

Fast Facts:

Carol Peletier (played by Melissa McBride) is a survivor, a loving friend, and fierce warrior. She has set the bar high for the women of The Walking Dead. Rick (Andrew Lincoln) called Carol a “force of nature” that will do anything to protect the people she loves. Before the zombie apocalypse, Carol was timid, submissive and always apologetic. Her resiliency came from years of abuse at the hands of her husband Ed (Adam Minarovich). She tried to make a good life for her daughter Sophia (Madison Lintz), despite the circumstances. Since the world collapsed, Carol has learned to fight back against anyone who oppressed her. She has become a chameleon and a deadly ally for Team Family.

The Real Deal:

Carol’s world is dangerous, whether she’s fighting off the dead or the living. She experienced the dark side of humanity early on. She learned that people will go to great lengths for the things they want. So Carol goes to those same lengths to protect herself and her family. She also learned that losing loved ones is hard. She’s lost a husband, a daughter, an adopted son, and a couple of close friends. Though she is close to friends like Daryl (Norman Reedus) and Maggie (Lauren Cohan), Carol keeps her walls up to protect her heart.

Carol’s intuition gives her the ability to spot the bad people. She is adaptable to any situation, that gives her an upper hand. For example, when Team Family were practically forced to live at the Commonwealth, Carol knew immediately it was too good to be true. She found that the leaders of the community were up to no good. For the good of her family, she set out to find the secrets the leaders where hiding and expose them. It didn’t take long for Carol and Daryl to take over the Commonwealth and turn it into a truly safe community for Team Family.

A true leader, Carol is able to make the hard decisions. And is willing to carry out the hard tasks for the group. It took a her a while, but Carol learned to forgive herself for past mistakes. And to let go of regrets that she carried with her for far too long. She is a loyal friend, making sure her friends are always safe. She trusts her close friends, knowing they can take care of themselves; but keeps a close eye on them. And if a friend is in trouble, Carol will go to any lengths to help them.

Why Does She Matters:

Carol’s transition from battered housewife to stealth killer was unexpected. In a world where she should have died, Carol has defied the odds and become a great leader. At times she lost her faith in the world, in the goodness of people, and in herself. With help from her family, Carol emerged stronger and smarter.

Carol represents the bravery it takes to overcome adversity. Though she has lost much, she has gained so much more. In addition to her new family, Carol gained self awareness. She knows when to be ruthless and when to appear delicate. She battled her demons and won. There isn’t much that Carol hasn’t faced that could send her back to the frail woman she once was. Melissa McBride beams at the opportunity to play Carol. At the season nine premiere, McBride said, “I feel honored to play a character like that. To end up in a place of courage and taking initiative helping other people, finding her path or truth. I want that for everyone.”

We should all be more like Carol. Trust your gut when something doesn’t feel right, stand up for yourself and your family, and never let anyone make you feel inferior.

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This day in history

Next Tuesday (December 5), I'm at Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill, NC, with my new solarpunk novel The Lost Cause, which 350.org's Bill McKibben called "The first great YIMBY novel: perceptive, scientifically sound, and extraordinarily hopeful."b

#20yrsago What happens when you give gamers intellectual property rights? https://web.archive.org/web/20031205163841/https://research.yale.edu/lawmeme/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1290

#15yrsago Little Nemo in Slumberland, Many More Splendid Sundays — a new gigantic collection of Winsor McCay’s lush and surreal comics https://memex.craphound.com/2008/12/03/little-nemo-in-slumberland-many-more-splendid-sundays-a-new-gigantic-collection-of-winsor-mccays-lush-and-surreal-comics/

#15yrsago What is non-commercial use? Creative Commons survey https://web.archive.org/web/20081210100702/https://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/11045

#15yrsago Women in science group want a female Doctor Who https://web.archive.org/web/20081204091523/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/3538551/Doctor-Who-should-be-a-woman-say-female-scientists.html

#15yrsago US military interrogator decries torture — worse than useless https://www.democracynow.org/2008/12/3/us_interrogator_in_iraq_says_torture

#10yrsago UN counter-terrorism rapporteur announces investigation into NSA and GCHQ surveillance https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/dec/02/guardian-terrorism-snowden-alan-rusbridger-free-press

#10yrsago Podcasting Lawful Interception, a Little Brother story https://ia800903.us.archive.org/6/items/Cory_Doctorow_Podcast_257/Cory_Doctorow_Podcast_257_Lawful_interception_01.mp3

#10yrsago Terabyte laptop SSDs for $435! https://memex.craphound.com/2013/12/03/terabyte-laptop-ssds-for-435/

#5yrsago Med students are being paid to act as Instagram “influencers” on behalf of cosmetics and other products https://slate.com/technology/2018/11/medical-students-instagram-influencers-ethics-debate.html

#5yrsago Spiegel claims ties between Germany’s neofascist movement and secretive billionaire https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/billionaire-backing-may-have-helped-launch-afd-a-1241029.html

#5yrsago A seemingly ingenious, simple solution to nonrepresentative government and gerrymandering https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevensalzberg/2018/11/12/the-problem-with-our-democracy-isnt-gerrymandering-its-integers/?sh=5bd7e9f2899c

#5yrsago We don’t know how much Village Roadshow paid to buy Australia’s new censoring copyright law https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/dec/02/village-roadshow-donates-millions-to-major-parties-while-lobbying-on-piracy

#5yrsago The best Christmas computer and electronics ads of 1980 https://paleotronic.com/2018/12/02/paleotronics-12-years-of-christmas-year-one-1980/

#5yrsago An appreciation of the long-lost MP3 player skins of yesteryear https://twitter.com/fart/status/1069312730249650176

#1yrago The urinary tract infection business-model https://pluralistic.net/2022/12/03/painful-burning-dribble/#law-of-intended-consequences

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i've listened to A LOT of podcasts and here are some not on your master list yet:

YKS Your Kickstarter Sucks, and Howell Dawdy's Fast Track (in the extended bigsofttitty universe)

Nymphowars, Straightiolab

Baby Geniuses, POOG

Unexplained *with Richard Mclaine Smith, Otherworld, Radio Rental, Spooked (by Snap Judgement)

ADDitude and Food Psych

Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay

Queens of Adventure, 3 Black Halflings and Dark Dice

Gaylords of Darkness, Faculty of Horror, Switchblade Sisters, Horror Queers, and Girls, Guts and Giallo

White Lies and S-town (very Alabama-core)

My Momma told Me (part of the Why Won't You Date Me/Scam Goddess EU)

The History of Rome

In Our Headphones, The Runcast, El Cancionero de Kurt

Todo Chido, Everything's Cool

The Toni and Ryan Podcast (tumblr would love these two)

Lost Women of Science, The History Chicks and The Curious History of your Home, The Art History Babes

Nice White Parents

Added to the list!

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The TRUTH About ADHD in Adults | The Mel Robbins Podcast

More and more adults are being diagnosed with #ADHD, so today, we are unpacking the 6 surprising signs of ADHD. I also tell you why so many women, in particular, go undiagnosed.

 In this episode, we go deep into what ADHD is: a neurological disorder that affects the #brain structurally and chemically. I explain the signs and the #science behind what is going on in your brain to help you live a better life.

If you ever wondered if you have ADHD, if you feel like menopause is making it worse, or if you struggle with #anxiety, an eating disorder, or low self-esteem, you have to listen. All these might be symptoms of ADHD. This episode goes way beyond an inability to focus, because ADHD is so much more. This is an education in how your brain works, how focus works, and how to help yourself or someone in your life who may have ADHD.

Today you’ll learn: - Why women have been profoundly underdiagnosed - Four key differences between genders with ADHD - Why my diagnosis was both a blessing and a curse - The surprising way most women find out - Six symptoms of ADHD that most people don’t catch - The connection between anxiety and depression and ADHD - Resources and hacks to help you take charge over your symptoms

In addition to:

5:20: The surprising backdoor way I was diagnosed with ADHD.

8:34: What I learned about the “lost generation” that has blown me away.

10:41: A terrifyingly important statistic that led to this podcast episode.

11:45: The definition of ADHD that may make you feel better about yours.

13:51: Why are women underdiagnosed?The differences in symptoms.

23:25: This is how ADHD impacts your brain.

25:51: A really clear metaphor to explain how your brain silences noise, or doesn’t.

36:52: How is it I have ADHD, yet I can hyper-focus?

42:42: More surprising symptoms of ADHD that might make your relationships hard.

43:55: This one hack helps me get birthday gifts for others on time.

45:14 The jobs I loved because they worked well with ADHD.

49:06: Now here’s the good news!

53:06: A predictive statistic about children that you’re going to want to hear.

[bookgeekgrrl]

My media this week (19-25 Feb 2023)

📚 STUFF I READ 📚

🥰 Or Be Nice (charlottemadison) - 151K, Good Omens human AU, enemies-to-friends-to-lovers/boyfrenemies; love the characterizations and the dialogue/banter is A+++

🥰👂‍ The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings #2) (J.R.R. Tolkien, author; Andy Serkis, narrator)

🥰👂‍ Lavender House (Lev AC Rosen, author; Vikas Adam, narrator) - '50s set historical mystery with noir vibes but hella queer. I quite enjoyed this; I liked the characters and the melodramatic noir-ness, and would happily read another of Evander Mills' adventures if any are forthcoming.

😊 Cinderfella (GoldenTruth813) - 43K, Sheith AU, Keith has a crush on YT'er Shiro, then there's a chance meeting, attraction, angst and finally getting together

💖💖 +195K of shorter fic so shout out to these I really loved 💖💖

The Ghost of You (min_T) - Stranger Things: Steddie, 15K - solidly good ghost/monsterfucking fic

(After)life (AidaRonan) - Stranger Things: Steddie, 4K - reread; my fave ghostfucking fic!

thats what i want series 1-3 (BelmotteTower) - Ted Lasso: Roy/Keeley/Jamie, 44K - fantastic TLot3 series

📺 STUFF I WATCHED 📺

Interview with Sarah Gailey (discussing American Hippo) [Romancing The Gothic]

Queering Heyer (My Poor Devil Panel with Rose Lerner, Olivia Waite, Cat Sebastian & KJ Charles) [Romancing The Gothic]

Queering Jane Eyre: Author Visit with Rose Lerner [Romancing The Gothic]

Hot Ones - Anna Kendrick

Hot Ones - Bryan Cranston

Hot Ones - Lenny Kravitz

🎧 PODCASTS 🎧

⭐ Vibe Check - Welcome to the Deep End

⭐ ICYMI Plus - Tumblr Revived the Welcome to Night Vale Fandom

Ologies with Alie Ward - Environmental Toxicology (POISONS + TRAIN DERAILMENT) with Kimberly K. Garrett

Switched on Pop - Five years later, the legacy of Nipsey Hussle's "Victory Lap"

99% Invisible #526 - Orange Alternative

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - The Gankutsu Hotel

Shedunnit - The Death Of The Country House

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Jadeite Cabbage

Lost Women of Science - Of Chestnuts, Cherry Trees, and Mushroom Catsup: Flora Patterson, the Woman who Kept Devastating Blights from U.S. Shores

⭐ Into It - The Wave Returns to the Ocean (Plus: What Are Michelle Buteau and Jordan Carlos Into?)

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Thomas Merton's Hermitage

Twenty Thousand Hertz+ - Golden

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Newtown Creek Nature Walk

You Must Remember This - 1986: 9 ½ Weeks, Mickey Rourke & Zalman King (Erotic 80s Part 9)

Endless Thread - Aftershocks Online

Hit Parade Plus - The Bridge: Losing Hootie’s Religion

🎶 MUSIC 🎶

'80s Rock Ballads

Tapestry: '70s Queens

Yacht Rock Classics

[mentallyamagpie]

A great non fiction podcast for you to listen to if you like women in science and a little bit of history. The change from season one to the most recent season is subtle and beautiful for people who like to see a podcast get better when it was already good

[coffin-flop]

Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements is a fantastic collection of short scifi stories written by a variety of social justice activists

Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson is so intricately plotted, I really enjoyed the world building in it, the back of book blurb says "The rich and privileged have fled the city, barricaded it behind roadblocks, and left it to crumble. The inner city has had to rediscover old ways — farming, barter, herb lore. But now the monied need a harvest of bodies, and so they prey upon the helpless of the streets. With nowhere to turn, a young woman must open herself to ancient truths, eternal powers, and the tragic mystery surrounding her mother and grandmother. She must bargain with gods, and give birth to new legends."

Dread Nation by Justina Ireland is a YA alternative historical fiction zombie novel in which the American Civil War is interrupted by a zombie apocalypse, and a young Black woman must find her way in a world where the living may be more dangerous than the undead. (it's the first of a duology)

Everfair by Nisi Shawl is a steampunk alternative history, which explores the question of what might have come of Belgium's disastrous colonization of the Congo if the native populations had adopted steam technology as their own. (also part of a series)

The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline is a great ya dystopian book about a world where people have lost the ability to dream and the dreamlessness has led to widespread madness. The only people still able to dream are North America's Indigenous people, and it is their marrow that holds the cure for the rest of the world. But getting the marrow, and dreams, means death for the unwilling donors.

The Getaway by Lamar Giles is a very intense YA dystopian horror that takes place in the future, in which a teen boy and his family work and live at a Disney-esque resort, which provides safety from the upheaval in the outside world.... until the trouble in the outside world gets worse and the most rich members of the board and up moving in and locking the resort down, leaving the families who live & work on the resort at the mercy of the wealthy board owners who control it.

Not a book and not exactly scifi (although some of the stories are scifi) and not always anti-colonial (but a lot of the stories have anti-colonial themes) , I really love the Nightlight Podcast hosted by Tonia Ransom, which is a podcast of horror stories by Black writers and performed by Black actors

not fiction, but semi-related nonfiction I'd rec is Bodyminds Reimagined: (Dis)ability, Race, and Gender in Black Women's Speculative Fiction by Sami Schalk

PLEASE for the love of the universe read anti-colonial science fiction and fantasy written from marginalized perspectives. Y’all (you know who you are) are killing me. To see people praise books about empire written exclusively by white women and then turn around and say you don’t know who Octavia Butler is or that you haven’t read any NK Jemisin or that Babel was too heavy-handed just kills me! I’m not saying you HAVE to enjoy specific books but there is such an obvious pattern here

Some of y’all love marginalized stories but you don’t give a fuck about marginalized creators and characters, and it shows. Like damn

[tsmom1219]

Lost Women of Science

The Lost Women of Science podcast tells the remarkable stories of groundbreaking women who never got the full recognition they deserved – until now. The website also includes resources they use to tell each woman’s story.

[spacenutspod]

Quick: Name a woman scientist. Chances are the name you came up with is Marie Curie, the physicist and chemist who won two Nobel Prizes more than a century ago for the discoveries she and her husband Pierre made about radioactivity. But who else? In a new book titled “Her Space, Her Time,” quantum physicist Shohini Ghose explains why women astronomers and physicists have been mostly invisible in the past — and profiles 20 researchers who lost out on what should have been Nobel-level fame. “This issue around having low representation of women in physics is something that’s common all around the world,” Ghose says in the latest episode of the Fiction Science podcast. “And I’ve certainly faced it in my own experiences as a physicist growing up. I really didn’t know of any woman physicist apart from Marie Curie.” The road to “Her Space, Her Time” began with a TED talk that Ghose gave in India in 2019. That talk highlighted the case of Bibha Chowdhuri, an Indian physicist who played a key role in unraveling the mysteries of subatomic particles and cosmic rays in the 1940s. She wasn’t able to follow up on her findings, in part due to shortages brought on by World War II. Instead, it was a British physicist named Cecil Powell who won the Nobel Prize in 1950 for discovering particles known as pions. Chowdhuri’s work went largely unrecognized. Shohini Ghose is a professor of physics and computer science at Wilfrid Laurier University. (Photo via Perimeter Institute) That’s the way it typically went with the other women researchers profiled in Ghose’s book. The litany includes Annie Jump Cannon, who in the early 1900s came up with a stellar classification system that’s still in use today. (The Star Trek saga gives a nod to Cannon’s letter-based system every time it references an “M-class star.”) Another woman on Ghose’s list is Henrietta Leavitt, who figured out how to use variable stars as a cosmic measuring stick, calibrated by their periodicity and apparent brightness. Leavitt’s research opened the way for Edwin Hubble to discover that there was more than one galaxy in the observable universe, and that the universe was expanding. NASA celebrated Hubble’s legacy by naming a space telescope after him. Leavitt’s work was recognized — but not widely celebrated. “None of the major space telescopes have a woman’s name attached to it,” Ghose says. “So when the James Webb [Space Telescope] was being planned, before it was called James Webb, I was very excited. I was hoping they would name it after Leavitt or any of the other women who have contributed. But you know, that didn’t happen.” NASA’s decision to go with Webb, who was the space agency’s first administrator, drew criticism because of his reported connection to government discrimination against employees in the 1950s and ’60s based on sexual orientation — the so-called “Lavender Scare.”  After a review of the historical record, NASA decided to stick with the JWST name. But Ghose still wants to see a Leavitt Space Telescope. “There are many reasons why we can do better with our naming,” she says. “Hopefully NASA will learn and do better next time.” You could argue that NASA executives and other leaders of the scientific community already have learned their lesson, at least when it comes to naming telescopes. The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, a wide-angle survey telescope that’s expected to revolutionize ground-based astronomy starting in the mid-2020s, pays tribute to one of the women astronomers profiled in “Her Space, Her Time.” And NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, due for launch in 2027, honors an astronomer who led the charge for the Hubble Space Telescope — so much so that she became known as the “Mother of Hubble.” Ghose approves of the trend, but says efforts to elevate the status of women in science shouldn’t be limited to naming telescopes. “That’s just part of a much bigger issue that women have been facing for a long time,” she says. “I’d say there’s basically some very specific practical barriers that we still see. For example, there’s still a gender wage gap. There are issues around fair hiring practices.” “Her Space, Her Time,” by Shohini Ghose. (The MIT Press) Studies have shown that women in physics and astronomy continue to face discrimination and harassment, and tend to be given fewer resources than their male counterparts. “They have slower paths on their career journeys, so they don’t get promoted as much,” Ghose says. “They don’t get invited as much to give talks at major conferences, which are really important if you want to get those promotions. Grant funding levels are lower for women. So there is this whole series of issues, and these are structural problems.” Ghose argues that scientific institutions have to increase their efforts to address those structural problems. “Unfortunately, what often happens is that instead we focus on things like mentoring women or having science camps for girls … or we have work-life balance kids of approaches to, you know, help women balance their family time vs. work better,” Ghose says. “If you think about it, the common pattern in all of this is that we’re aiming at the women, as in ‘fix them, make them somehow better,'” she says. “We have to fix all these structural issues, and not just focus on ‘fix the women.’ Let’s fix the system instead.” In addition to Cannon, Chowdhuri, Curie, Leavitt and Rubin, the women physicists and astronomers highlighted in “Her Space, Her Time” include Anna Draper, Williamina Fleming, Antonia Maury, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, Margaret Burbidge, Mary Golda Ross, Joyce Neighbors, Dilhan Eryurt, Claudia Alexander, Harriet Brooks, Lise Meitner, Marietta Blau, Hertha Wambacher, Elisa Frota Pessoa, Maria Mitchell and Chien-Shiung Wu. My co-host for the Fiction Science podcast is Dominica Phetteplace, an award-winning writer who is a graduate of the Clarion West Writers Workshop and currently lives in San Francisco. To learn more about Phetteplace, visit her website, DominicaPhetteplace.com. Check out the original version of this report on Cosmic Log for reading and viewing recommendations from Shohini Ghose, and stay tuned for future episodes of the Fiction Science podcast via Apple, Google, Overcast, Spotify, Player.fm, Pocket Casts and Radio Public. The post ‘Her Space, Her Time’ Reveals the Hidden Figures of Physics appeared first on Universe Today.

[ear-worthy]

Pod-Alization: Rap Radar Season Two; Matter Of Opinion Debates “Old”; God Particle Podcast

Season two of Rap Radar premieres with Tyler, the Creator The season two premiere of Interval Presents’ Rap Radar podcast featuring Tyler, the Creator, dropped last week. Tune in HERE to catch Tyler’s thoughts on his Grammy-winning album, rap debates, social issues, and his family and friends.  

Two years after releasing his Grammy Award-winning album, Call Me If You Get Lost, Tyler repackaged it as The Estate Sale. Tyler has also opened the market up to television, clothing, and fragrances. Here, the Odd Future frontman discusses his latest project, rap debates, NBA Youngboy, and DJ Drama. Hosted by Elliott Wilson and Brian 'B.Dot' Miller, Rap Radar is the home of hip-hop’s most revealing interviews. Both Wilson and Miller are true journalists who do an immense amount of research, know how to listen, and are driven to get the answers to the questions hip-hop fans want to know. NYT's Matter Of Opinion discusses how old is too old" Matter of Opinion is a relatively new weekly podcast from The New York Times (NYT), features four of NYT's Opinion’s signature voices as they talk through an issue in the news, culture or in their own work, and try to make sense of what is a weird and fascinating time to be alive.

It's one of those rare opinion and debate podcasts where people aren't screaming at one another or demonizing people with opposing views, as is common on the Cumulus podcast network where Bognino, Levin, and Shapiro find enemies everywhere, from the deep state to your neighbor who own a Toyota Prius. Hosts Michelle Cottle, Ross Douthat, Lydia Polgreen, and Carlos Lozada open up to each other’s ideas and challenge listeners’ views to bring listeners the kind of smart analytical conversations you should expect from an opinion show. The first six episodes of Matter of Opinion are out now. In the most recent episode, the four hosts discuss America’s gerontocracy, retirement, age limits and when Biden and Feinstein should retire — and when you should. In search of "The God Particle" This is a terrific science podcast from “Seneca Women to Hear: The Search For the Next Great Female Podcasters” awardee, writer, director, actor, and entrepreneur Dahlia Wilde. Join Wilde on Oh My God Particle Show! for a fascinating show about science, art, creativity, particle physics and the responsiveness of the universe. Each episode follows her journey back to the Large Hadron Collider at the Centre for Research Nuclear (CERN) in Geneva, Switzerland to meet with the genius female scientists who are doing mind-boggling original work there. The show is science-rich, yet playful, and it has women in science for a welcome change. Explore the universe every Wednesday with Dahlia Wilde on “Oh My God Particle Show!”