Fenris Lorsrai @FenrisLorsrai@awoo.space

Henrietta Lacks was a poor, Black, young mother diagnosed cervical cancer in 1951. When her cells were collected w/o consent, scientists saw they multiplied fast.

“HeLa” cells changed #science. They’re used globally to study viruses, drugs, hormones, genes, diseases & develop vaccines. Lacks passed away at 31 w no recognition.

Rebecca Skloot’s beautiful book about her life & legacy is changing that. Now her statue will replace Robert E. Lee in VA. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/20/us/henrietta-lacks-statue-roanoke-virginia.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare #history #HistoryRemix

Quick reminder that if you fancy a classic #ghost story this Christmas, my free, annotated, illustrated PDF edition of M.R. James's "A Warning to the Curious" is available at https://sarahkmarr.com. (Boosts welcome.)
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#GhostStory #GhostStoryForChristmas #NoDigginEre #MRJames #horror #photography #cartography #history #literature

Fission is in the news, but few recognize that a woman physicist was behind the discovery.

Lise Meitner’s brilliance led to the discovery of nuclear fission. But her long time collaborator Otto Hahn, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry w/o her in 1944, even though she had given the first theoretical explanation.

Albert Einstein called Meitner “our Marie Curie." She also adamantly refused to work on the atomic bomb during WWII. https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201502/physicshistory.cfm #women #history #science #HistoryRemix

Alan Turing was a mathematician & cryptographer who was a leading code-breaker in the team that decrypted Nazi Germany’s Enigma machine during WWII. He inspired modern computing & what became AI.

Instead of being hailed as a genius & hero, Turing was convicted as a homosexual & forced to endure chemical castration. He died by suicide at 41 in 1954.

The British government didn’t apologize until 2009 & Queen Elizabeth II finally pardoned him in 2013. #history #science #HistoryRemix

In addition to sculpture, I love to draw. Have over time settled into a style of ink crosshatching that I keep coming back to because of/despite its lovely/maddening constraints. This particular drawing ended up leading to a sculpture commission…more about that later! #introduction #drawing #ink #crosshatching #sketchbook #insects #mantis

the dream of release
Taken at the abandoned Holmesburg Prison
Gallery/info: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/holmesburg-prison

#art #photography #history

The mostly-abandoned Old Town Mall in Baltimore - a pioneering attempt at an urban pedestrian mall that failed badly. Find out why: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/kaufmans-department-store

#art #photography #abandoned #Baltimore

If you begin #StarTrek: Voyager episode Spirit Folk at exactly 11:49:35 on #NewYearsEve, Ensign Harry Kim will kiss a cow as the clock strikes midnight. Join the annual Star Trek Minus Context tradition and start 2023 on the right hoof.

Miss Ukraine giving off huge Carly Rae Jepsen vibes here

When she saw this tweet a few years ago, a friend in Texas said, "I've never been so offended by something I agree with 100%.

Found a spare black watercolor from high school. If i recall well, this Lupo Alberto mint box was given me by my mom. Sort of moved rn

It's actually very weird to me the way so much discussion of queer community and liberation seems to revolve around "are these people cool and good" and not "do these people deserve basic human rights"

We’ve always needed safe infrastructures for people, but that need is even greater as vehicles have gotten bigger.

More cars, bigger cars, more and more space surrendered in cities to cars.

In 2000, a bike-rider next to a Toyota Camry had 18 inches on either side. Today a bike-rider next to a Ford F-150 has just 4 inches.

Stolen space.

Via #TransAlt

#cities #urbanism #cars #transportation #bike

might be a good time to take a brief internet break after I severely misread this headline

So in 5e do you think there are a bunch of poor wizard students out there Pirating spell books and selling them for nothing..

Ring-tailed lemurs enjoy sunbathing in the morning, a behavior described as "sun-worshipping", and most often seen following a cold night.

Photo Credit: FPNW / Welsh Mountain Zoo

#animals #nature #sunrise #lemur

Hey, folks, LEAVE COMMENTS ON THE FICS AND ART YOU LIKE.

Views are good. Kudos and Likes are good. Telling your friends to read it is good.

Actually commenting so the author knows you have read this fic a dozen times and love it with all your heart? Incomparable.

please can people not share pirate links to Mira's zine.

It's just $10.
http://fuckingtranswomen.org/

It was her pride of work, she was working on a sequel and together we had another written project that was 90% finished for a first chapter in a series.

The money goes to the bellwether family as we figure out things like funeral arrangements, medical bills and all the extras.

Whoooopsies!
No fear, Santa's reindeers are immortal, they'll rise back from their bones, like Thor's rams...
And the girls will be happy to pull the sled after dinner, no kids will remain with no gifts this Christmas.
Gift for
Umpherio, thanks for everything!

MIL gave me the cutest kitty tea infuser mug! I love that the holes in the infuser are tiny paw prints.