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AJ Lauer @ayjaylauer.bsky.social · 1d

Halloween costume sewing day 1.. good progress on Prince Sidon's jacket.
We've got some legit Zelda cosplay happening this year!
Epaulettes on an 8 yo amuse me.

#sewing #parenthood #motherhood #videogames

Prince sidon, a humanoid hammerhead shark in a red jacket and carrying a trident.
Why does he have a feather on his head? We will never know

A child wearing a white shirt and red jacket. The jacket has yellow and blue epaulettes. His face is hidden by a red heart

A child's back. He is wearing a red jacket with blue and yellow "scales" showing under the hem.

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AJ Lauer @ayjaylauer.bsky.social · 4d

These are so cute! My kids have me making Zelda costumes for them this year- Prince Sidon and Tulin. 😅

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AJ Lauer @ayjaylauer.bsky.social · 8d

This homemade pistachio paste is quite a bit of work to make but y'all.. it's SO good!
For real though it took an hour to peel the pistachios after blanching. 😅
www.seriouseats.com/homemade-pis...
@seriouseatsbot.bsky.social
#Food #baking #homemade

A glass Tupperware full of bright green pistachio paste sits on the edge of a brown quartz counter top

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AJ Lauer @ayjaylauer.bsky.social · 11d

RIP Jane Goodall
You taught us all so much about humanity.

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AJ Lauer @ayjaylauer.bsky.social · 11d

Oh. Bummer! Sell them for Halloween?

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AJ Lauer @ayjaylauer.bsky.social · 13d

Will a school theater group take them?

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AJ Lauer @ayjaylauer.bsky.social · 15d

Recent favorites: The Naturalist Society, A Tribute of Fire, and This Impossible Brightness.

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AJ Lauer @ayjaylauer.bsky.social · 15d

3 months after breaking my ankle and subsequent surgery... I just went for my first walk without a brace or crutches or a scooter or a cast or a boot!!
And I wore different shoes than the poor destroyed tennis shoes I've been wearing since the break!

a woman is walking down a sidewalk wearing white pants and a pink shirt .

Alt: a woman is walking down a sidewalk wearing white pants and a pink shirt .

media.tenor.com

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AJ Lauer @ayjaylauer.bsky.social · 18d

That's lovely!

AJ Lauer @ayjaylauer.bsky.social · 18d

Haha good point!

AJ Lauer @ayjaylauer.bsky.social · 19d

That is a fabulous recommendation! And a water bottle, too!

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AJ Lauer @ayjaylauer.bsky.social · 19d

Ooh yes that's a good one!
I (still) always just bring a protein bar for breakfast, and often will keep sandwich fixings in my hotel room, to leave budget available for the inevitable dinners.

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AJ Lauer @ayjaylauer.bsky.social · 19d

Featuring an exceptionally cute photo from SC21, the last time we were in St. Louis!

#SC25 #HPC @womeninhpc.org

AJ Lauer @ayjaylauer.bsky.social · 19d

What’s your #1 survival tip for scientific conference season? 👀

Mine: update LinkedIn, sponsor others, and do something fun off-site

Read more about why these 3 strategies work on the Thriving Ibis blog: www.thrivingibis.com/post/3-must-...

#AcademicSky #WomenInSTEM #WomenInTech #WomenInScience

3 Conference Preparation Tips for Science and Tech Events

In addition to making last-minute updates to your talk 👀 Update your LinkedIn profile before you go!Make it easy for new connections to find and follow your work.Make sure everything is current. Doubl...

www.thrivingibis.com

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AJ Lauer @ayjaylauer.bsky.social · 19d

What’s your #1 survival tip for scientific conference season? 👀

Mine: update LinkedIn, sponsor others, and do something fun off-site

Read more about why these 3 strategies work on the Thriving Ibis blog: www.thrivingibis.com/post/3-must-...

#AcademicSky #WomenInSTEM #WomenInTech #WomenInScience

3 Conference Preparation Tips for Science and Tech Events

In addition to making last-minute updates to your talk 👀 Update your LinkedIn profile before you go!Make it easy for new connections to find and follow your work.Make sure everything is current. Doubl...

www.thrivingibis.com

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AJ Lauer @ayjaylauer.bsky.social · 21d

"the scientific system was never designed for equity. For people whose privilege stems from geography, institutional reputation and inherited networks, the system works perfectly the way it is."

Perfectly= expansion for privileged researchers, extraction from historically excluded ones.
Yup.

Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 21d

“Many scholars from historically overexploited countries (often referred to as the global south) expected that exposing the problem would trigger change. Four years on, I see it clearly: the scientific system was never designed for equity,” writes Dolors Armenteras in Nature. #Academicsky 🧪

Equity in science is a beautiful lie — and I’m done pretending

Science isn’t really moving towards equity; institutions are just perfecting the appearance of equity. We need to build an alternative system.

go.nature.com

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AJ Lauer @ayjaylauer.bsky.social · 21d

Today's completed sewing project: reusable snack bags.
A friend had made us some truly lovely ones with zippers, and the kids lost all but 2 😖
These just fold over to close (like the sandwich bags) and were a snap to make. We'll see how they hold up!

Five cloth snack bags sit on a gray cutting mat. Three have a cute house pattern on the outside and green on the inside, two have airplanes on the outside and the same green inside.

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AJ Lauer @ayjaylauer.bsky.social · 22d

Thank you for the response. This was a thoughtful way to start my day.

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AJ Lauer @ayjaylauer.bsky.social · 22d

Also, I feel like this is a persistent ? in STEM. Women's orgs have done much to promote gender =, but when they recognize they are excluding trans and NB ppl, they do more inclusive language and programming but don't change their name due to brand rec. ## are more fluid but similar issue i think.

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AJ Lauer @ayjaylauer.bsky.social · 22d

Y'all absolutely are in the gender minority in STEM (SO much, obvs). I used those feeds as an example of where people might be looking, and because there often is inspirational content there.
Is there a better feed to mention for trans men and NB folks in STEM?

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AJ Lauer @ayjaylauer.bsky.social · 22d

I'm happy to offer my new FREE Mid-Career Visibility Boost workbook to help you out!
It's got 5 activities that I do with my STEM clients ALL the time to help them go from unseen to undeniable at work.
Learn more: www.thrivingibis.com/visibility-l...

A white background with workbook pages strewn across it. The front page reads "The Mid-Career Visibility Boost"

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AJ Lauer @ayjaylauer.bsky.social · 22d

Are you in the gender minority in STEM and wondering how the heck you're going to move your career forward? Perhaps revenge procrastinating by scrolling the #WomenInSTEM or #WomenInTech feeds trying to get some inspo to get back to work on Monday? 🧵

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AJ Lauer @ayjaylauer.bsky.social · 24d

Had a pretty magical night at my signing at the @boulderbookstore.bsky.social last night!
Thank you to the Bookstore and everyone who attended ☺️

#booksky #author #event #boulder

AJ Lauer smiles next to her book My Monster Mungo, with many books behind her

A crowd in chairs in a bookstore watch as AJ Lauer speaks at the front of the room

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AJ Lauer @ayjaylauer.bsky.social · Sep 12

Did I put my book on the shelf at @boulderbookstore.bsky.social before they had copies just so I could take this picture?
Yes, yes I did.
Was it fun? Yes, yes it was.

Signing event is next week!
Lauerbbs.eventbrite.com

#Booksky #author #event #Boulder #entrepreneur #leadership

AJ Lauer, a white woman with brown hair, a black shirt, and red necklace, cheeses at the camera while pointing excitedly at her book, My Monster Mungo, on a shelf at the Boulder Bookstore.

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AJ Lauer @ayjaylauer.bsky.social · Sep 12

I have so been there!

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AJ Lauer @ayjaylauer.bsky.social · Sep 11

Yes!! I can't wait for my signing event at the Boulder Bookstore next week!
If you are in the Front Range please join us!
Tickets:
LauerBBS.eventbrite.com

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