@lizzy217.bsky.social
Retired scientist. Dog lover. Nature lover. Let’s take care of our planet and each other.
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Dr. Millie Hughes-Fulford, the pioneering American molecular biologist, medical researcher, and NASA's first female payload specialist—who flew as the first woman scientist (non-career astronaut) in space aboard Space Shuttle Columbia on mission STS-40 in June 1991, conducting biomedical experiments on the effects of microgravity—poses thoughtfully in a classic NASA portrait. She has short blonde hair, blue eyes, and a gentle smile as she looks upward and to the side. Dressed in a light blue NASA flight suit with quilted texture, red "NASA" patch on the chest, dark collar and accents, she sits at a table with her hands resting near a detailed model of the Space Shuttle Columbia (featuring its orange external tank, white orbiter with "USA" and "Columbia" markings, and white solid rocket boosters). Behind her, a large American flag with prominent white stars on a blue field adds a patriotic backdrop, while the vibrant red wall highlights her focused, inspired expression and the shuttle model symbolizing her historic contribution to space life sciences research. #MillieHughesFulford #NASA #STS40 #SpacePioneer #Astronaut #BiomedicalResearch #SpaceShuttle
Molecular biologist Dr. Millie Hughes-Fulford died #OTD in 2021.
She was the first female payload specialist in space (Space Shuttle Columbia, STS-40, 1991) & spent her career studying the effects of spaceflight on the immune system at the cell molecular and systems biology level. #WomenInSTEM
At the end of the day, the Black Lives Matter era was about whether people should be killed in the street, and lots of people decided yeah and put those little blue flags on their cars. It spread to everyone because it stopped for no one.
24.01.2026 16:45 — 👍 20142 🔁 6999 💬 81 📌 184Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask:
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
Kamala was RIGHT ABOUT EVERYTHING! 👇
18.01.2026 17:03 — 👍 2285 🔁 709 💬 111 📌 25“Donald Trump is a man who represents all the things we teach our children not to be. He’s a liar. He’s a thief. He’s a molester. He has no remorse, no shame, no empathy. He has no loyalty to the law, to the Constitution. This man is the lowest character of all.”
12.01.2026 09:45 — 👍 13320 🔁 4095 💬 565 📌 259🤮🤮🤮
04.12.2025 12:35 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Me too
28.11.2025 23:56 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Lies as usual fns-prod.azureedge.us/sites/defaul...
05.11.2025 17:36 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Can we have a class action suit?
04.11.2025 20:16 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0A reporter should ask him to count backwards by 7s from 100. Just to check that.
27.10.2025 23:26 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Want to see how far right the Republican Party has gone?
Watch George H. W. Bush and Ronald Reagan answer a question about illegal immigration during a 1980 debate.
They wouldn’t even be allowed in today’s Republican Party.
The plan is take 2 Tylenol and call me in the morning … oh wait, that can’t be right.
11.10.2025 00:17 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0What the actual F—? I feel like we’re in the twilight zone. I guess Tylenol voted blue.
10.10.2025 10:55 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I'm raising funds and awareness to help #ENDALZ 💜 Will you support me by making a donation to my Walk to End Alzheimer's page?

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BINGO!
01.10.2025 10:41 — 👍 11309 🔁 4296 💬 263 📌 166Watch what a powerful gun lobby can do for your country👇🏻
01.10.2025 06:12 — 👍 65 🔁 45 💬 3 📌 4Talk about ratings
24.09.2025 13:13 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0This guy should never be allowed a presence in media or online ever again. Fox “news” should be shuttered.
14.09.2025 22:43 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Calling Black Children this….
UNACCEPTABLE
The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with one of his own states.
This is completely unhinged.
Happy Labor Day! Workers over billionaires.
01.09.2025 20:43 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Again
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