Former NASA astronauts launch new group to promote U.S. constitutional values More than 100 NASA astronauts have signed on to a nonpartisan effort to promote “the principles that have propelled our nation for 250 years”

"the rule of law, checks and balances and the peaceful transition of power..."

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How Aging Societies Are Putting Greater Pressure on Women Care for the elderly is falling disproportionately to women, affecting careers and family planning.

Care for the elderly is falling disproportionately to women, affecting careers and family planning.
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The Last Woman Who Knew Everything: The Omnivorous Mind of Clémence Royer. When Clémence Royer died on February 7, 1902, she took with her into oblivion perhaps the last human brain that believed in and aimed for Complete Knowledge. She had devoted her life to the propositio...

French polymath Clémence Royer was born 196 years ago today. Now she is most known for her 1862 translation of On the Origin of Species which pushed Darwin's ideas into the realm of human evolution, but in her day she was celebrated for her encyclopedic knowledge.

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#WomenInStEM

"They went door-to-door to tell their neighbors what the city had not told them: The data center would use twice as much electricity as all of Monterey Park."

The city’s notification in English reached only 40 people living within 500 feet. Activists worked in English, Chinese, Spanish & more!

Marital dividend: How CEO marriage drives long-term investor value appropriation This study examines the relationship between CEO marital status and long-term investor value appropriation (LIVA). Drawing on upper echelons theory an…

Marital status, reflecting differences in risk preferences and personal responsibilities, shapes CEOs' strategic decisions and affects long-term value creation.
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Violence against women is a major public health issue & human rights concern whose effects extend into women's midlife. Lifetime exposure to violence is associated with a more menopausal symptoms, diminished quality of life & significant long-term health risks.
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Trauma, Stress, and Reproductive Health: A Bio‐Psycho‐Social Perspective on Violence Exposure in Immigrant Women Marginalized women, particularly immigrants, face disproportionately high levels of violence that can adversely impact their physical and mental health. However, the interconnections among the variou...

Marginalized women, particularly immigrants, face disproportionately high levels of violence that can adversely impact their physical & mental health. Cumulative violence & everyday discrimination can lead to increased reproductive health complications.
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The constructed anxieties around the declining birth rate are deposited on people gendered as women, and not men, and thus we end up with a focus on “childless women” rather than childless men.
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Alice Perry in B&W head and shoulders photo #WomenInSTEM #WomenInEngineering

Alice Perry 1st woman in #Ireland to graduate w' engineering degree. Only woman to have been Irish County Surveyor (Engineer), but not allowed to do job permanently. Factory inspector, later published poet. Uni of Galway named building for her. d #OTD 21 Apr 1969 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_P...

This is your reminder that it's been ten months since the assassination of Melissa Hortman, her husband and her dog, and there hasn't been even a hint of justice for her family, friends or colleagues.

Prince passed away 10 years ago today.

RIP, your music lives on.

"This is an important thing to think about."

A mass shooting that took the lives of eight children should stop this country in its tracks. Instead, the Shreveport tragedy disappeared from the headlines in a day. We cannot allow this level of violence to fade into background noise. Ending America’s gun‑violence epidemic is a moral oblligation.

Influencers Are Spinning Nicotine as a ‘Natural’ Health Hack

As they say, you can't fix stupid
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Jessy Blackburn similing broadly, wearing a patterned 1920s/30s frock trimmed with white lace in B&W headshot photo #WomenInSTEM

Jessy Blackburn aviation pioneer 1 of 1st women to fly in British monoplane. Founded Blackburn Aircraft w' husband using her inheritance. Key in sales & marketing, hosted RAF officials politicians media & aviators in Leeds home. Flew in 1922/28 King's Cup Air Races b. #OTD 20 Apr 1894 bit.ly/3fEqXYq

April 20 - The Bravest of Conductors On this day in Labor History the year was 1853. That was the day that Harriet Tubman led her first trip on the underground railroad, the clandestine network that helped enslaved people escape slavery and move north to freedom. One of the most remembered ‘conductors’ on the railroad, Tubman had herself escaped slavery in eastern Maryland.

April 20 - The Bravest of Conductors

On this day in Labor History the year was 1853. That was the day that Harriet Tubman led her first trip on the underground railroad, the clandestine network that helped enslaved people escape slavery and move north to freedom. One of the most remembered ‘condu

This is a war based on lies

Curious about live apart together relationships? I wrote the definitive guide on how to make them work (and yes, they are more passionate).
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They’ve been happily married for nearly 20 years. They just live 3,000 miles apart. A couple that has been married for 17 years reflects on being long-distance for the majority of that time.

"Living apart is kind of even more romantic. The times we’re physically together are more passionate, more important."
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Today I turn 89. I’ve seen this country at its best and its worst, and I know how much community matters. For my birthday, I’m asking you to stand with PFLAG and support the work that’s helped so many in the LGBTQ+ community, including me. give.pflag.org/page/95493/d...

Happily Single? It’s About to Blow Up Conservative think tank’s report pushes marriage and children

That's going to penalize single people more than we already are.
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Conservatives Want the Government To Pay Americans To Get Married and Have Kids A Heritage Foundation report proposes tax credits and family accounts to incentivize family formation.

The Heritage Foundation is advocating a reorientation of the entire federal government toward favoring married parents above everyone else.
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Husband Kills Entrepreneurial Utah Mom in Murder-Suicide 1 Day After She Filed for Divorce Police have confirmed that a Utah mother who owned and operated a successful med spa was killed by her estranged husband on Friday, April 17, in an apparent murder-suicide that unfolded just one day a...

A reminder that the most dangerous time in a hetero woman's life is when she leaves a romantic relationship.
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Sarah Bagley.

#ResistanceRoots

Sarah Bagley was born on this day in 1806 in Candia, N.H. She was a labor leader and social reformer who spearheaded the first major union for working women in the U.S. She is best known for her activism on behalf of female mill workers in Lowell, Mass. /1

Absolutely incredible.

NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman, who commanded Artemis II, took this footage from the far side of the Moon with his iPhone.

Watch with sound on.

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From Oct. 1, 2014-Sept. 30, 2024, the US government released from immigration detention 427 minors to an adult sexual partner, 206 to a legal spouse & 221 to an informal partner.
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Quote of the day by Oscar Wilde: 'Men marry because they are tired, women, because they are curious: both are disappointed' - A timeless observation on marriage and human nature by the iconic author The Quote of the day by Oscar Wilde comes from his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray and reflects his sharp, often cynical view of relationships. Through this line, Wilde suggests that people sometimes...

'Men marry because they are tired, women, because they are curious: both are disappointed' —Oscar Wilde
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Julianne Moore Doesn’t Want to ‘Age Gracefully’ — Neither Should You The way society talks about aging is not only ableist, classist and shaming, but it’s all too often sexist

“Successful aging is a concept that says there’s a bad way to age, and there’s a good way to age. So I don’t want any adjective except to recognize that being old is as diverse and as interesting or boring as any age.”
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Why Fashion Suddenly Loves Older Women

“For all women, there’s that line between choosing to be malleable and pleasing and to conform with the collective norms or refusing it. More and more, they are saying, 'No, I’m not playing that game.'”
💯
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How Our Grandmothers Made Us and Saved Us - Orion Magazine What evolution owes aging women

“When scientists were focused on the importance of big game hunters [to explain how we became human], women were overlooked, especially older women—older women, grandmothers, might be responsible for everything we are today.”
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