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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 8h

Tasneem Zehra Husain is a theoretical physicist, science writer, educator and the first Pakistani woman to earn a PhD in string theory. She also works to make theoretical physics more accessible.
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Dr Tasneem Zehra Husain, Physicist

Tasneem Zehra Husain is a theoretical physicist, science writer, educator and the first Pakistani woman to earn a PhD in string theory.

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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 10h

Mexico, Zacatecas: Día de Ada Lovelace en la UAZ-2025. A series of short talks about the work of women in science and technology. 10 Oct, 7:30am - 14 Oct, 4:30pm, free. findingada.com/event...

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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 17h

Asima Chatterjee was a pioneering organic chemist and India's first female scientist to be awarded a doctor of science degree. She helped develop drugs to treat epilepsy and malaria based on biologically active compounds in medicinal plants.
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Prof Asima Chatterjee, Chemist

Asima Chatterjee was a pioneering organic chemist and India's first female scientist to be awarded a doctor of science degree. She helped develop drugs to treat epilepsy and malaria.

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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 20h

and setting up shop in smaller communities of interest.

So, if I were to set up a paid membership community, what would you want it to provide you? Access to training? Speakers? Career info? Mentoring? Advice? Access to experts? A Slack community?

What would help you develop your career?

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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 20h

harder than ever to sell, social media is a mess making it much harder to reach our audience, and DEI has become a dirty word in a lot of places.

Looking at how the world is changing, and particularly people's online habits, its notable that we seem to be moving away from big platforms...

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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 20h

Ada Lovelace Day is next Tuesday, and this is the first year that I've not run an event since, well, the first day in 2009. I've spend the last year wondering what ALD needs to become. I ended the event not because women suddenly reached parity, but because funding dried up, events are...

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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 19h

UK, Online: Skills for the future. Suw Charman-Anderson, Kate Whyles and Sue Stack talk about the importance of continuous learning in STEM subjects, the need to adapt to career changes and the essential role human perspectives play in STEM. 14 Oct, free #ALD25 findingada.com/event...

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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 20h

and setting up shop in smaller communities of interest.

So, if I were to set up a paid membership community, what would you want it to provide you? Access to training? Speakers? Career info? Mentoring? Advice? Access to experts? A Slack community?

What would help you develop your career?

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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 20h

harder than ever to sell, social media is a mess making it much harder to reach our audience, and DEI has become a dirty word in a lot of places.

Looking at how the world is changing, and particularly people's online habits, its notable that we seem to be moving away from big platforms...

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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 20h

Ada Lovelace Day is next Tuesday, and this is the first year that I've not run an event since, well, the first day in 2009. I've spend the last year wondering what ALD needs to become. I ended the event not because women suddenly reached parity, but because funding dried up, events are...

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Melissa Terras @melissaterras.bsky.social · 21h

Short BBC podcast about the history of Tippex, invented by Bette Graham 😍 - will be of interest to history of the book, and history of tech folks... www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Witness History - The secretary who made millions from her typos - BBC Sounds

In the 1950s, secretary Bette Graham invented correction fluid to cover up her errors

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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 21h

Mexico, Zacatecas: Día de Ada Lovelace en la UAZ-2025. A series of short talks about the work of women in science and technology. 10 Oct, 7:30am - 14 Oct, 4:30pm, free. findingada.com/event/dia-de...

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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 1d

Hao Yichun was a pioneer in the fields of stratigraphy, micropaleontology and paleoceanography. She co-authored Paleontology, China’s first textbook on the subject, and deepened understanding of foraminifera, single-celled organisms found in seawater.
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Prof Hao Yichun, Palaeontologist

Hao Yichun was a Chinese geologist who was a pioneer in the fields of stratigraphy, micropaleontology and paleoceanography, and a co-author of China’s first palaeontology textbooks.

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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 1d

UK, Online: Meet today’s Tech Heroes! (KS2/7-11). Meet three incredible female role models working in tech and find out what they do day-to-day, what skills they use and how they use computing to improve our lives! 14 Oct, 9-9:45am free #ALD25 findingada.com/event...

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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 1d

I was delighted to hear @laurenlaverne.bsky.social celebrating #ALD25 early on BBC 6 Music. She picked 6 women who've embraced digital technology in their music, incl Imogen Heap, Laurie Anderson, Ela Minus & Marie Davidson. Listen from 37m20s, for the next 28 days:
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Lauren Laverne - Lively anthems and unexpected gems for your midweek morning - BBC Sounds

Lauren gets your Wednesday going with the most magnificent music.

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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 1d

Tsai-Fan Yu was a renowned Chinese-American medical doctor whose pioneering research helped make gout a curable disease, linked gout to hypertension and diabetes, and established one of the first systematised lab tests for diagnosing rheumatoid arthritis. adalovelaceday.subst...

Prof Tsai-Fan Yu, Physician and Researcher

Tsai-Fan Yu was a renowned Chinese-American medical doctor whose pioneering research helped make gout a curable disease.

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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 1d

UK, London: Unfolding Futures: Power of Visibility in STEAM. Join Stemettes in celebrating Ada Lovelace Day with the launch of our latest trifold report, showcasing the power and influence of STEAM. 16 Oct, 6-7:30pm, free #ALD25 findingada.com/event...

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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 2d

Lina Stern, a biochemist and neurophysiologist, was one of the first researchers to identify what is now known as the blood-brain barrier, and conducted pioneering research on the central nervous system. adalovelaceday.subst...

Prof Lina Stern, Neurophysiologist and Biochemist

A world-renowned scientist during her lifetime, Lina Stern was one of the first researchers to identify what is now known as the blood-brain barrier.

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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 2d

Colombia, Antioquia: Ada Lovelace y mujeres en ciencias. Divulgando y aprendiendo sobre diferentes mujeres en ciencias a partir de Ada Lovelace. Exposiciones de los astromatemáticos. 10 Oct, 10am-12pm, free. findingada.com/event...

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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 2d

Aotearoa NZ, Auckland: STEM Happy Hour Auckland. Dive into food science, explore technology, uncover engineering, and marvel at creative mathematics with some remarkable women in STEM. With video guest, Suw Charman-Anderson.

14 Oct, 5.30-7pm, free #ALD25 findingada.com/event...

Text says: Free Tickets. STEM WAna x Mr Murdoch's presents: Ada Lovelace Day STEM Happy Hour. Tuesday 14th October 2015, Auckland, 5:30pm - 7:30pm. Mr Murdoch's, Level 1, 16 Fort Street, Auckland.

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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 2d

Lin Lanying was an engineer and physicist who developed semiconductor and aerospace materials, particularly monocrystalline silicon, a key semiconductor used as a component in virtually all modern electronic equipment.
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Dr Lin Lanying, Materials Engineer

Dr Lin Lanying was an engineer and physicist who contributed to the development of semiconductor and aerospace materials, particularly silicon.

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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 2d

Michiyo Tsujimura was an agricultural scientist, biochemist and the first woman to earn a doctoral degree in agriculture in Japan. She discovered that green tea contains vitamin C and is credited with helping to popularise the drink internationally. adalovelaceday.subst...

Prof Michiyo Tsujimura, Agricultural Scientist and Biochemist

Prof Michiyo Tsujimura was an agricultural scientist, biochemist and educator, and the first woman to earn a doctoral degree in agriculture in Japan.

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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 3d

Helen Quinn, a particle physicist and educator, co-developed a theory to explain why the symmetry between matter and antimatter breaks in weak interactions, which drive nuclear decay, but not in strong interactions, which hold matter together.
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Prof Helen Quinn, Particle Physicist and Science Educator

Prof Helen Quinn is professor emerita of particle physics and astrophysics at Stanford University and has made momentous contributions to theoretical physics.

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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 3d

Australia, Clayton: Ada LoveLace Day @ Monash University. Hear from top voices in AI research and industry as they unpack how emerging technologies are reshaping women’s roles in the workplace. 14 Oct, 11am-12:30pm, free #ALD25 findingada.com/event...

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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 3d

Canada, Ottawa: Ada Lovelace Day Celebration 2025 at Nokia Canada. Enjoy an inspiring talk on Women Pioneers in Computing by Anne Lee (CTO, AI Research Lab, Nokia Bell Labs Solutions Research) and a biographical video on Ada Lovelace. 14 Oct, 1-2pm, free.
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