Dr. Vanessa Campanacho

Let me just make a few little adjustments to that title…

“How a scientist with a PhD in Geology and 25 years of experience is helping lead California’s earthquake work”

Way to devalue my experience.

We are living in a world where we have safe and effective vaccines against some of the most detrimental diseases in history.

And yet people choose not to give them to their children and protect them and others.

Measles could have been eradicated by now.

Yes class analysis is needed, but central to it all is misogyny … a feminist analysis is an absolute necessity

Incredibly powerful front page from the Sunday Post

‘These are the faces of the close to 200 women killed by men in Scotland over the last 16 years. Many were murdered in the one place they should feel completely safe - their own home. Today, we ask for your help in ending misogynistic violence’

Professor finds Iron Age coin hoard near Bury St Edmunds Tom Licence says he feels a personal connection to the coins, which are to be auctioned.

The other thing I've been thinking about that hoard - there was no opportunity, none at all, for the heritage community, the public to intervene to stop this. 1/4

#Archaeology #Detecting #Treasure

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Something that you might not know about mumps is that it can lead to a complication known as mumps orchitis, which is the inflammation and swelling of the testicles. It was such a problem in the military, pre-vaccine, leading to loss duty time, that they pushed for the development of a vaccine.

Screenshot of an email that reads “If you put as much energy in walking, therapy and trying to be a kind person - you may be able to help yourself On your last day, the way you spent you life spreading your anger about how fat people are treated instead of preaching hope and empowerment with the voice you have created But I suspect you have no self awareness. Addicts are narcissists and do not ever apologize or take personal responsibility You are fat because you choose to be fat.”

When we talk about the ~ozempic discourse~ it's easy to think about that as a kind of broad social or marketing pressure that's applied equally to everyone with a body.

It's worth noting that it shows up in more acute & targeted ways, too. I'm getting more emails like this one than I have in years.

Yesterday I had an 11th graders threaten to beat me 94 106 2 up I told his GF who I teach 2 periods prior after school Today the student apologized and said "I'll never do it again" What did we learn here??? ask_aubry 58m So as a teacher, you are putting the labor on a child? You are teaching a boy that he needs to depend on girls to regulate them? This is terrifying.

the replies showing why this a problem of not teaching boys to self regulate jpdbuchanan 1h You mean he empowered a girl to take action to defuse a situation by talking some sense into him? Part of growing up is taking your first steps without training wheels and guardrails. I think she did pretty well.

hexaa_decimal 58m Of course you're a man. Only a man would think putting the responsibility of the emotional regulation of a violent student on an underage girl is empowerment. Empowering her would be convincing her that she deserves better than some violent idiot who threatens the staff that teaches him. Empowered women know that we don't owe anyone emotional labour just because we're women.

he thinks the teacher passing off a violent boy to his girlfriend is "giving space" no that's passing off accountability jpdbuchanan 51m If he were that violent, he wouldn't have waited. Unregulated emotion would have exploded right then. The kid was talking shit, and the teacher understood that. He was angry, he gave him space to cool off rather than escalating.

This is how dudes have been taught to use girls and women to regulate their emotions rather than take accountability themselves.

They honestly think somehow this is empowering women.

"The abolition of gender studies is a way of further guaranteeing impunity to the elite men whose contempt for and exploitation of women & girls apparently knew no bounds, whether they actually slept with the women on offer or simply shared Epstein’s fantasies in order to gain influence or funding."

How the Western Middle Ages Shaped Modern Perceptions of Disability Hodie Mihi, Cras Tibi – Today Me, Tomorrow You Medicine has, in many ways, always been part of the debate in defining what it is to be human. Is it unique…

For anyone in London on 13th March 2026 and interested in my research - tickets are now available for my talk at @paulmelloncentr.bsky.social -
www.paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk/whats-on/for...

#disability #medhist #histmed #medievalsky #skystorians #medicine #history

Plus: The data centers for LLMs are consuming insane amounts of water along with the electricity required, and these environmental consequences disproportionately affect minority communities. And rather than democratizing, LLMs put more money/power into the hands of the same group of billionaires...

Chatbots are the engine of digital McCarthyism.

Trying to decide if I need to stay up until midnight to tell you that in Wales they don’t celebrate Valentine, they celebrate Dwynwen who wanted to be away from [a specific man] Maelon so SOULFULLY, she literally walked on water until an angel agreed to turn him into ice

She felt bad about it, so:

‘Handmaid’s Tale future’: Reform’s Matt Goodwin sparks outcry with fertility comments Byelection candidate accused of indulging ‘alt right fantasy’ by suggesting women need ‘biological reality’ check

All these right wing white men concerned about birth rates-look in the mirror & see why women choose not to give birth in the world of inequality you support; a world of virulent misogyny, racism, anti-migrant, anti environmentalism, & hate towards LGBTI kids. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Consultants Offered Epstein Access to Top N.Y. Democrats if He Donated

So much of the rot in this country stems from our failure to fund public goods and regulate private wealth. In that context, people who need your money won't care how terrible you are.

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I for one am *checks notes* deeply upset that a woman was spotted using her breast for the actual purpose it was designed for!!!

Joking aside. Breasts are for feeding babies. The fact that men have managed to make it all about them and their desires is their failing. Women should claim this back.

AOC and Warren join forces in high-profile child care push ahead of midterms As Republicans urge Americans to have more children but offer few supportive policies, Democrats believe reducing child care costs could be a winning message.

When only the wealthy can afford peace of mind for their children, we've turned childhood into a privilege, not a promise.

I am proud to lead the Child Care for Every Community Act with @warren.senate.gov to cap childcare costs and fight for universal childcare.

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She won a landmark discrimination case in Canada. An exhibit and play honour her legacy | CBC News Gloria Baylis, a Black nurse from Barbados, took a Montreal hotel giant to court in the 60s and won. It was the first Canadian case where an institution was found guilty of job discrimination based on...

A new exhibit at the SANAAQ centre is seeking to lift the veil on Baylis’s accomplishments and her dogged fight in the 1960s for her rights and the rights of Canadians. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Black Women Are Losing Jobs At Three Times The Rate Of Other Women | Essence New labor data shows Black women accounted for a disproportionate share of job losses across 2025, especially in federal, education, and care-sector roles.

"Racist people are firing and laying off Black women at three times the rate of other women."

😬Yikes! It sounds bad when you say it like that!

"Black women are losing jobs at 3 times the rate."

Much better! Makes it sound like the Black women just need to be more careful or better at their jobs!

Just more propaganda to destroy our public education and make women give up of their careers aspirations and be stuck at home...

There is no universe in which homeschooling actually gives a competitive edge in college admissions. This is just more “defund the schools and force women to stay at home and be teachers to their kids” bullshit.

So, the message here is: Moms, if you want your kids to have a good life, you have to quit your job and become your kids' teacher full-time.

1. No it doesn't give you an edge
2. There is no such thing as a hack for getting into college. Why is NYM doing Buzzfeed journalism?
3. F*ck your careers, women, just go home & teach algebra to your kids & make a sandwich
4. Even if you have a PhD in something, you are not equipped to teach it all.

And just a quick reminder for everyone boycotting the EAA that this doesn’t have to mean not presenting your research. Get in touch with us if you would like to host / help build an alternative space! We don’t have to wait for big subject orgs to get it, we can build alternatives. #boycottEAA

How Irish women can successfully start their own business in a system stacked against them Many girls in Ireland miss out on lucrative careers in science, technology, engineering, and maths thanks to legacy issues

How Irish women can successfully start their own business in a system stacked against them

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Mas deserve more! Why Maternal mental health is a feminist issue. Strength in Solidarity!

📆 Wednesday 4th March International Women's Day Mas event at 2 Royal Avenue, Belfast, 10-12

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"We aren’t taking very good care of [Earth], but that could change. For me, that’s what Star Trek is all about. Not the promise of a high-tech future where we escape our world, but rather one where we learn to respect the incredible spaceship that is our home planet." -Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

In her @newscientist.com column, Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein did not mince words: Elon Musk has misunderstood the point of Star Trek.

The idea that a heavily corporate and militarized approach to exploration will create a prosperous future? Illogical.

@chanda.blacksky.app

Apple’s AI-notification exhibits racial and gender bias, researchers find

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A graphic reading "AABA Art, Culture and Science Engagement Exhibition" with stylized DNA, skulls, and primate faces. Art by Michelle Bezanson

The Art/Culture/SciComm Expo returns for the 2026 @bioanth.org meeting! #Science -related #SciArt photography, poetry, needlepoint, painting, sculpture, games, posters about podcasts or local engagement work…all these and more are welcome! Submission deadline is Mar 7.
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On October 9, 2023, Claudia Goldin received the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, a landmark achievement that not only celebrates her outstanding contributions but also highlights the profound impact an economist can have on society. 1.1 The Nobel Prize Claudia Goldin received the prize for providing “the first comprehensive account of women’s earnings and labor market participation through the centuries. Her research intricately reveals the causes of change, as well as the main sources of the remaining gender gap” (Nobel Prize Committee, 2023). https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11698-024-00282-7#:~:text=1%20Introduction,Nobel%20Prize%20Committee%2C%202023).

🧪 Today is United Nations International Day of Women & Girls in Science. Claudia Goldin was awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for her research on gender pay gaps.

This year's Forbes 250 Innovators included only 3 women in the top fifty.

#WomenInScience
Via @nobelprize.org
#Pinks