An updated #Introduction for 2025:

I’m a mom, #cat whisperer, #maker, avid #reader, #gamer, and #dice goblin. I’m a #chemistry #professor and #education #researcher. I love #traveling, #cooking, #photography, #tattoos and #3Dprinting. Ich spreche und lese etwas Deutsch. I use #Mac and #Linux machines and bought a mechanical keyboard for my birthday. I love #DnD and my #SteamDeck. #Masotodon is my primary social media and I love it here.

I contain multitudes. So do you.

I'm not shocked, just disappointed. When I asked my local #faculty union president how the #union would respond if I was fired etc. for speaking up about the Palestinian #genocide, I got a response significantly different from the Union's "we protect academic freedom" line.

I think I'm being told I'm on my own if I say anything publicly about #Gaza.

Edit: Asked if this was different from if I were targeted for protesting on behalf of nonwhite, LGBTQ, etc. students. The president said, "No, each case is unique and depends on the circumstances."

I got back with the third image. I'll post some response when the president responds. I'm cautiously hopeful, but only a little. This union has never missed a chance to say "That's not in line with our current objectives" or similar.

With a bunch of new folks likely coming into the fediverse in the coming days, it is time for a re- #introduction

I am a #Professor of #Physics at #QueensUniversity in Ontario, on secondment to #SNOLAB to serve as the Research Group Manager. SNOLAB is #Canada's deep underground science lab.

I am a #writer, mostly of non-fiction science books for general and specialized audiences.

I love federated social media. I love #teaching, #astronomy, #astrophysics, #DarkMatter, and #neutrinos.

Hello! New introduction because I'm moving here from my old instance.

I'm a #poet, #professor, #translator, #artist, and #fiction writer.

I work in experimental #poetry & #eliterature (including #videopoetry, #videogames, #glitch, and #erasure) and #FlashFiction, #Horror, #Fantasy, #SciFi.

I'm also an avid D&D player and Dungeon Master.

#Trans in the Heart of #Texas

A #math #professor in #Uvalde finds that the #roots of #hate are surprisingly shallow.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Texas #Uvalde #HigherEducation #Transitioning #ComingOut #Representation #Culture

https://www.texasobserver.org/uvalde-trans-acceptance/

What #Research on ‘#SundownTowns’ Can Teach Us About #Racism

Fifty years ago, a #college #professor started studying #communities that #excluded #Black #people. His #work is still helping us understand racism.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Mississippi #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Racism #WhiteSupremacy #BlackMastodon

https://capitalbnews.org/sundown-towns-research-racism/

"It's about the #cruelty": #Experts #worry #SCOTUS #transrights #case could "creep into other areas"

#USvSkrmetti could have "enormous #impact" for the "whole field of #SexDiscrimination" #law, #professor #warns

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.salon.com/2024/12/10/its-about-the-cruelty-experts-worry-scotus-trans-rights-case-could-creep-into-other-areas/

#Homecoming #Cancelled After #White #Students At #Oklahoma #HighSchool #Spew #Racist #Vitriol.

According to #KarlosHill, a #professor of #African and #AfricanAmerican #Studies at the #UniversityofOklahoma, “#racism is #normalized by #political #leaders inside and outside #Oklahoma.”

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Oklahoma #Education #HigherEducation #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.blackenterprise.com/homecoming-cancelled-white-students-oklahoma-n-word/

#Ahwatukee #Professor Dr. #NealLester’s #ProjectHumanities at #ArizonaStateUniversity partners with #ChangingHands #Bookstore for two #events honoring Black author-activist #JamesBaldwin’s 100-year #legacy.

“Baldwin explored #race, #identity, #love, and #class with searing insight.”

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Arizona #Phoenix #HigherEducation #Entertainment #TheArts #Literature #Books #Reading #Representation #Culture #RoleModels #BlackMastodon

https://www.ahwatukee.com/community_focus/ahwatukee-prof-hosts-2-events-on-major-black-author/article_8b4b1a58-5368-11ef-a8bf-0fe42b9cf729.html

#JoeLocke #gushes over #JonathanBailey’s #hunky #Heartstopper #professor: ‘Perfect #casting’

Bailey, who this week earned his first #Emmy #Award #nomination for his #role in #gay #historical #drama #FellowTravelers, will be joining the #staff at #TruhamGrammarSchool in season three of the #queer #teen series.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TV #Representation #Culture
https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/07/19/joe-locke-jonathan-bailey-heartstopper-season-three-jack-maddox/

"#Intentional": #Harvard #legalscholar says #Corrupt #Partisan #SCOTUS "deliberately #delayed" #Trump #immunity #ruling to delay his trial beyond the election.

"The delay that has occurred here is intentional, and it is destructive of our #democratic #process," #professor says

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #SoftOnCrime #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.salon.com/2024/06/20/intentional-harvard-legal-scholar-says-scotus-deliberately-delayed-immunity-ruling/

The #rich get richer and the #poor get poorer, all is well in the world as it has always been, except that resources are running out and #climate is warming. I wonder when the #workingclass will do something about it? The #MD, the #doctor, the SME, the #engineer, the #teacher, the #professor, the #construction #worker, the #nurse, the graduate engineer, the #foreman etc etc are all just working class. Working people. There is no middle class. #capitalist #class is a something else.
#capitalism