Gaythia Weis @Gaythia@social.cleverlibre.org
Retired Analytical Chemist
League of Women Voters -voting methods, election security
Board Member Colorado Citizens for Science
Joined Oct 2022
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The Physics of Fizz
If an estimated 360 million glasses of champagne or sparkling wine are consumed on New Year’s Eve, how many bubbles would they release? For #ScienceSunday, let’s turn to physics for the answer. 🧵
It’s a Gas! Did you know that an uncorked bottle of champagne can release 6 times its volume of CO2! This gas is generated in a 2nd fermentation by adding sugar and yeast to blended wine. The sugar breaks down to ethanol (alcohol) and carbon dioxide. C6H12O6 —> 2C2H5OH + 2CO2
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Here's my hello world tweet for the mastoverse! Hoping to connect on #sotl #highered pedagogy, #learningdesign, #writing, & #books. More about me here: https://www.jenaecohn.net
@gerrymcgovern Or simply technology more wisely applied. Certainly the advent of fossil fuel use and the industrial revolution gave rise to soaring climatic impacts, but every technical advance by humans has driven serious ecosystem impacts. There are no mastodons, and the Fertile Crescent isn't very fertile anymore.
@gerrymcgovern Typical of mainstream media to frame this as an all or nothing proposition, when even the interviews and statistics suggest much more nuance. Much more about using technology in a healthier more socially aware manner. Perhaps not a message that NYT wants to convey?
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I thought it might be time for #introductions again.
I teach high school biology, anatomy, science research, and I teach and mentor future science teachers at the University of Colorado. I also bike, hike, run, swim, bird husband, parent, and walk and run with a dog named Ida. I occasionally blog at mrdrscienceteacher.wordpress.c...
#scicomm
#teachereducator
#teachersfollowteachers
#STEM
#edutooter
#dogsofmastodon
#datascience
#birdsofmastodon
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In 2023, I will write a book.
This is not so much a "New Year's resolution" as an "actual contract." (1/n)
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This is the post that blocked on c.im for being *about* racism.
It's a really nice post, relatable. Ironically enough it's about how one can feel left out-- even when those making it happen might not be aware of what they are doing.
This isn't the first time this kind of misguided block has occurred on this server.
Check your friends and let them know, it's just not a place where this is welcome.
(I reached out to the admin, no response.)
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This should be interesting for #FrontRange #Colorado #AirQuality research. I wonder if the improvement will be significant.
Anyone know which charts and data to watch?
https://www.dailycamera.com/2022/12/29/suncor-shutdown-cold-equipment-commerce-city/
> Motorists in Colorado should get ready to pay more at the pump after Suncor Energy announced this week it would shut down its Commerce City oil refinery for as long as three months due to equipment being damaged at the sprawling facility by last week’s “extreme and record-setting weather.”
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In schools, we teach science through the lens of single subjects - biology, chemistry & physics - but it’s the ways they interact with economics, psychology & more that shape our world.
Ultimately, science is related to every significant challenge we face. It’s written into the agricultural policies that sustain us. It ensures we have clean drinking water & enough energy to keep the lights on. At is core, #science is fundamental to our health, safety & future. https://sheril.substack.com/p/a-dissertation-on-democracy
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The Santos/fraud situation is bad news for journalism on two grounds, but the Washington Post noticed only one of them.
The Post's coverage highlight's Big Journalism's utter failure to do its job in a timely way even when a smaller news org had blown the whistle on some of Santos' lies weeks before the election.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/12/29/north-shore-leader-santos-scoop/
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@dangillmor There is no introspection here on the part of the Washington Post, as to why large media outlets such as themselves are not monitoring the genuine and active local ones. It could be part of a system that rewards strong local reporting. There is no indication here that WaPo plans any changes.
@rgrunbaum There is no introspection here o the part of the Washington Post, as to why large media outlets such as themselves are not monitoring the genuine and active local ones. It could be part of a system that rewards strong local reporting.
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CW: Native genocide 🧵
Today is the anniversary of the largest mass shooting in American history, Wounded Knee, a massacre on December 29, 1890 that has been relegated to history as a "battle".
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As Southwest CEO Bob Jordan pretends to apologize—remember—SW got a $7B federal bailout, spent $5.6B of that on Stock Buybacks, gave their CEO a raise to $9.1M, & forced frontline workers into 16 hour shifts under threat of termination—while spending $0 updating SW software😳
Southwest’s debacle isn’t an accident. It’s the predictable result of billionaire & corporate corruption & greed—& thousands of workers & travelers are paying the price.
In a just world SW execs will face criminal charges.
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It's about time! This is the best news for the new year.
👉 #sesame will join the major food allergens list on January 1, FDA says
https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/29/health/sesame-joins-major-food-allergens-list-fda-wellness/index.html
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I’m somewhat surprised how much the expression ‘explaining something so simple that one’s mom can understand it’ has persisted. It’s so obviously sexist and condescending, and I cringe every time I hear it, especially from people who should know better.
@pkrugman But every airline ought to know that conditions are not always normal. Storms coinciding with peak holiday traffic have happened before and will happen again.
In general, Greedy Corporations should not be allowed to rake in profits in the easy situations w/o also being held accountable for having contingency plans in place for the more difficult situations and for the long term consequences of their actions.
@charlesornstein To be clear: The Marshall Colorado fire did not spread by first burning one house, traveling along a wooden fence to the next. Rather, the tinder dry, bleached by the sun, fences became significant components of flying fragments and embers, which then ignited new spot fires along the trajectory of the over 100mph winds. In some cases, embers blasted into the attic via soffit vents burning the home from within.
It is worth noting that the prairie itself is happily rejuvenated.
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A handful of billionaires now have unprecedented control over banking, the food we eat, the health care we can access and, now, the information we receive.
This is what oligarchy looks like.
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The waxing, setting moon tonight not long after sunset. When it's this close to new, it tends to get this "earthshine" that allows the viewer to see the dark of the moon. @kimmnunez
Retired Analytical Chemist
League of Women Voters -voting methods, election security
Board Member Colorado Citizens for Science
Joined Oct 2022
