0 out of 10. Do not recommend this story. Minus about a billion out of 10 if like me you have an actual genuine leech-phobia 🤯😱😳😭
“Libraries will only exist for as long as we borrow from them. Consider it your civic duty” Excellent here - written in Aus but applies everywhere. Don’t forget borrowing is not just physical books - huge selection of digital audio, ebooks, magazines too. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In a world as noisy as ours, we need the quiet space of libraries. They are community hubs that serve whoever walks through the door
The Equity Compass is a new framework to help you reflect on 8 aspects of equity and how to more effectively include young people, especially those of marginalized groups, in STEM fields yestem.org/tools/the-eq...
Anyone interested in accessible genetics-sciencey podcasts? Yes? Here's one for you! 🧪
Prof Kevin Fong giving the most devastating and moving testimony to the Covid Inquiry of visiting hospital intensive care units at the height of the second wave in late Dec 2020. The unimaginable scale of death, the trauma, the loss of hope. Please watch this 2min clip. youtu.be/FPCztlID3Q0
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I think the only person qualified to adjudicate this important discussion on potatoes and the cooking thereof, is @darthbluesky.bsky.social
I loooove seeing all the different types of art people make on here! Just got myself a Lawetlat'la tissue box as a gift 😍(before resposting of course 😈 - get yer own! Hehehe!)
Oooh! What’s happening now?? I participated in a consultation about this a couple of years ago now… they came to UBC and we all said it was the Worst. They acknowledged that and said things would change but yeah that was ages ago… is there reason to actually hope now? :)