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Monica Sircar (she/her)

@phenomonica

Science Ed PhD Candidate @ Stanford GSE| NSF GRFP Fellow | Knowles Senior Fellow| Here to wonder, learn, and grow.

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To all the radical women who have made the world better, especially those women who radicalized us, thank you.

10.03.2026 01:23 πŸ‘ 2821 πŸ” 872 πŸ’¬ 118 πŸ“Œ 72

Double double CHEESE burger animal style excuse me

10.03.2026 03:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The burgers - yes - double double animal style. The fries are meh - though if you ask for them well done extra salt they are better.

10.03.2026 03:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A photo showing the American Robin and its scientific name Turdus migratorius. Referencing the US fish and wildlife service

A photo showing the American Robin and its scientific name Turdus migratorius. Referencing the US fish and wildlife service

Blue Jay: My scientific name is Cyanocitta cristata

American Robin: Oh that's beautiful, I don't know mine, not sure if I have one

09.08.2025 14:42 πŸ‘ 2122 πŸ” 367 πŸ’¬ 31 πŸ“Œ 25

When my kids were brand new, 14 years ago, the other moms I found myself online with were about 50% antivax. 3 moms in that group created a community to encourage vaccination with facts and compassion, and I watched a dozen women or more change their minds and get their kids on a catch-up schedule.

08.03.2026 13:50 πŸ‘ 67 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3
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Slyngstad always gets it right…

07.03.2026 17:00 πŸ‘ 759 πŸ” 253 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 6
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Coffee, straight out of my nose.

06.03.2026 19:28 πŸ‘ 11132 πŸ” 2055 πŸ’¬ 301 πŸ“Œ 191

I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.

25.11.2025 23:07 πŸ‘ 9658 πŸ” 3866 πŸ’¬ 69 πŸ“Œ 143
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Florence ICE detainee dead after untreated tooth infection, official says An ICE detainee, who had been at a Florence detention center for four months, died Monday following an untreated tooth infection.

An ICE detainee in Arizona has died of a TOOTH INFECTION after it went untreated for weeks, a local official says. He was a Haitian asylum seeker imprisoned in Florence, Arizona. @emilybregel.bsky.social reports.
tucson.com/news/local/b...

04.03.2026 16:24 πŸ‘ 2934 πŸ” 1783 πŸ’¬ 168 πŸ“Œ 339

ANOTHER
PROOFTEXT
FOR
WHY
BILLIONAIRES
(aka not Ms. Parton)
SHOULD
NOT
EXIST

(ps still believe Ms. Parton is a lamed vavnik)

(tradition teaches that there are 36 unidentified righteous people at any given moment whose actions hold up the whole world.)

02.03.2026 22:38 πŸ‘ 264 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 1
The Children Speaking 
from the Rubble

Tell us, what do the living do? 
Do you dance? Do you make bread
with each other? Do you walk in the parks
in autumn, smelling the late summer flowers?
Is it true that some things get to grow old?
What is the world doing now? Are you fighting
with sticks and stones? Do you remember 
us? Do you lie down under the stars 
and listen to the birds passing overhead, 
and do you get to feel the little wings of your own 
wild heart be opened? You have somewhere 
to go then, don't you? Go. Don't let us keep you. 
We have names. We are safe. We're at school.
We are hiding in our favorite little places, waiting
for you to tap us on the shoulders, to tell us
it was just a joke, come home now, 
and the bombs and boots are just a game we're playing,
and the bread and milk are waiting on the table,
and the moon is new, and the gardens are in blossom. 
This sentence is the length of one of our shoes.

β€”Joseph Fasano

The Children Speaking from the Rubble Tell us, what do the living do? Do you dance? Do you make bread with each other? Do you walk in the parks in autumn, smelling the late summer flowers? Is it true that some things get to grow old? What is the world doing now? Are you fighting with sticks and stones? Do you remember us? Do you lie down under the stars and listen to the birds passing overhead, and do you get to feel the little wings of your own wild heart be opened? You have somewhere to go then, don't you? Go. Don't let us keep you. We have names. We are safe. We're at school. We are hiding in our favorite little places, waiting for you to tap us on the shoulders, to tell us it was just a joke, come home now, and the bombs and boots are just a game we're playing, and the bread and milk are waiting on the table, and the moon is new, and the gardens are in blossom. This sentence is the length of one of our shoes. β€”Joseph Fasano

When will we ever learn?

02.03.2026 19:15 πŸ‘ 122 πŸ” 50 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 1

with alt text (hell yeah gorillaz baybeeee)

02.03.2026 04:25 πŸ‘ 104 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Pentagon tells Congress no sign that Iran was going to attack US first, sources say Trump administration officials acknowledged in closed-door briefings with congressional staff on Sunday that there was no intelligence suggesting Iran planned to attack U.S. forces first, two people familiar with the matter said.

Pentagon tells Congress no sign that Iran was going to attack US first, sources say reut.rs/4aYKAFU

02.03.2026 04:30 πŸ‘ 353 πŸ” 199 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 17

I can’t imagine how complicated today has been for folks who are Iranian and Iranian American. My heart is with you as you and your families navigate the complexities and the challenges your people face today and in the coming weeks.

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02.03.2026 02:32 πŸ‘ 109 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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From the labrats community on Reddit Explore this post and more from the labrats community

I thought I was having a rough day but then I read this post about someone debating whether to check on their mouse experiment while sirens were blaring and missiles were entering the airspace in Kuwait and you know what? This headache isn't that bad.

www.reddit.com/r/labrats/s/...

01.03.2026 22:20 πŸ‘ 42 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

The entire millennial identity is being prepared and groomed for a version of the world that stopped existing by the time we reached it

we slammed into a horizon painted on a brick wall like fucking looney tunes

01.03.2026 03:42 πŸ‘ 6392 πŸ” 1948 πŸ’¬ 49 πŸ“Œ 80

things every single republican president of your lifetime has done

- started a war in the middle east
- completely destroyed the economy

28.02.2026 14:20 πŸ‘ 26305 πŸ” 8896 πŸ’¬ 290 πŸ“Œ 334
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Iran says death toll in strike on elementary school rises to 85

abcnews.com/Internationa...

28.02.2026 19:15 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

"And our governments are very much the same."πŸ’₯

28.02.2026 19:10 πŸ‘ 153 πŸ” 46 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We need to move the Democrats from β€œyou’re doing war wrong” to β€œthis illegal wars is like all the crimes Trump has committed and he’ll pay.”

28.02.2026 18:25 πŸ‘ 63 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

What an honor it was to be in conversation with @berondam.bsky.social about When Trees Testify! Watch us on Book TV! #BookSky πŸ§ͺ

www.c-span.org/program/book...

28.02.2026 18:06 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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28.02.2026 12:47 πŸ‘ 15610 πŸ” 4746 πŸ’¬ 379 πŸ“Œ 347
Congress Call List - Contact Your Representatives Complete contact information for all members of Congress. Find phone numbers, emails, and addresses for Senators and Representatives.

I know this feels pointless but everyone has to call their congressional reps and say they oppose war with Iran and they oppose Trump illegally starting one without congressional approval β€” both

congresscalllist.com

28.02.2026 13:11 πŸ‘ 344 πŸ” 238 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 24

So anyway I guess this is what it feels like to be one of the tiny humans running through the streets while the giant supervillain monsters are fighting by throwing passengers trains and apartment buildings at each other

28.02.2026 03:26 πŸ‘ 1901 πŸ” 289 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 5

We don't even get a Colin Powell-style PowerPoint preso anymore.

28.02.2026 07:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I continue to be fascinated by the phenomenon whereby an expert engages with any of the LLMs on their field of expertise and is instantly horrified by the wrong answers, and then goes on to use it for things they are not experts in as though it won’t be just as bad for those.

27.02.2026 14:15 πŸ‘ 3164 πŸ” 933 πŸ’¬ 54 πŸ“Œ 91

Anthropic: We lost a contract because we refuse to build Skynet.

OpenAI: We'll do it

28.02.2026 03:14 πŸ‘ 1586 πŸ” 514 πŸ’¬ 70 πŸ“Œ 28
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STEM should feel like home.

In β€œWelcome Home,” Kareem Edouard introduces the PACE model, centering belonging and care in informal STEM with Black boys.

doi.org/10.1002/sce....

#ScienceEducationWiley

27.02.2026 16:59 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

When a company in an industry built on hype tells you that a use case is a bad ideaβ€”and actually dangerousβ€”that means it’s a *catastrophically* bad idea.

28.02.2026 02:36 πŸ‘ 1626 πŸ” 473 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 13
Screenshot of an X post by journalist Sam Stein stating that DHS claimed it left a man at a coffee shop described as a β€œwarm, safe location,” but video later showed it was the middle of the night, cold, and the coffee shop was closed.

Screenshot of an X post by journalist Sam Stein stating that DHS claimed it left a man at a coffee shop described as a β€œwarm, safe location,” but video later showed it was the middle of the night, cold, and the coffee shop was closed.

Screenshot of an X post from the official Homeland Security account titled β€œHere are the FACTS.” The statement says Buffalo Police alerted Border Patrol about a non-citizen, that Mr. Shah Alam entered the U.S. as a refugee in December 2024, was not amenable to removal, and accepted a courtesy ride to a coffee shop described as a warm, safe location. It adds that he showed no signs of distress or disability requiring assistance.

Screenshot of an X post from the official Homeland Security account titled β€œHere are the FACTS.” The statement says Buffalo Police alerted Border Patrol about a non-citizen, that Mr. Shah Alam entered the U.S. as a refugee in December 2024, was not amenable to removal, and accepted a courtesy ride to a coffee shop described as a warm, safe location. It adds that he showed no signs of distress or disability requiring assistance.

This is negligent homicide. We demand justice for Shah Alam and his family. He was nearly blind, and they left him five miles from his home, forced to try to walk home alone in the dark and the freezing cold.

27.02.2026 22:45 πŸ‘ 3929 πŸ” 1225 πŸ’¬ 141 πŸ“Œ 44