Wren

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[–] Wren@lemmy.today 12 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Curie was recognized in her lifetime, she won a ton of awards, including two nobel prizes. The enormity of her contribution to physics and chemistry compared to her co-winners has been slowly revealed over time, but she was considered a brilliant scientist during her life.

A better example could be Lise Meitner who, while in exodus from Nazi Germany, essentially figured out what fission was just by learning about the results of early nuclear physics experiments. But when people list the big names in nuclear physics, she's not one of them.

According to a number of sources on STEM statistics worldwide in 2025, women still occupy less than half of all STEM positions. A higher percentage of female nurses is why there's a majority in "life sciences." Women hold fewer higher level/higher paid positions than men in all STEM fields as well, and minorities are still demographically under-represented across the board.

[–] Wren@lemmy.today 28 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

The Dark Lady of DNA is a pretty good biography of Rosalind Franklin. Watson was a piece of shit.

Whenever someone asks why women haven't made any great contributions to science, he's part of the reason we don't hear about them.

Imma 'bout to go toss an irradiated, used tampon on his grave.

[–] Wren@lemmy.today 2 points 13 hours ago

Send him to pick flowers...

Guys, is farming gay?

[–] Wren@lemmy.today 2 points 15 hours ago

I thought this was "I'm 14 and this is deep."

[–] Wren@lemmy.today 9 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

The F-35s have been the kid in a toxic custody trial for fucking ever, already costing billions more than expected. The same shit happened over the F-22 and we're still using goddamn F-18s.

In the year 2125 we'll finally welcome in a new fleet of F-69's to retire a squadron of Hornets being held together by spit and glue.

[–] Wren@lemmy.today 5 points 1 day ago

Oh no thank you, they're not really my thing.

[–] Wren@lemmy.today 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

My life would be a lot better so it would make up for the rest.

[–] Wren@lemmy.today 12 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Everyone gets a bag of werther's original.

[–] Wren@lemmy.today 11 points 1 day ago

Speaking as someone with recurrent severe depression, my closest friends are the ones who harass me with their love. That said, I would never want someone to try to reach me through my family. Her situation might be different.

Depression is very isolating, it can make you feel unworthy of being around people because you can't be fun, and you get anxious about making "mistakes."

My favorite people are the ones who randomly show up, drag me out, ask me for help with something (introvert cheat code,) and buy me games without asking so we can play together.

If she's an adult, she's capable of telling someone to back off if it's too much.

[–] Wren@lemmy.today 62 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This is my favorite dick cheney deathpost so far.

[–] Wren@lemmy.today 2 points 3 days ago

I'd like to invest in your R&D

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