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@Myoldpiano@mastodon.online  ·  activity timestamp 8 months ago

Women, non-whites, lgbtq people:
The dark matter of the universe.

Vera Rubin, the astronomer who pioneered research in Dark Matter (the new Vera Rubin Telescope was named after her)—they just altered her website to remove references to her work in bringing more diverse minds into the field.

So, she pioneered work in dark matter...and now a major tenet of her endeavor becomes...dark matter?

https://www.propublica.org/article/vera-rubin-astronomer-dei-trump

#astronomy #dei #darkmatter #diversity

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