John
@gemiston.bsky.social
Eastern Shore, MD; husband(1), dad (5), father-in-law (3), grandad(4), best friend; two-wheeler, stumbling outdoorsman, ocean lover, counter of bluebirds, quondam consultant; haiku sophomore . . . . My tide goes in and out.
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Never change, WSJ www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
January 23, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Never change, WSJ www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
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Felix Klein lectured “On Hilbert’s first note on the foundations of physics" at the Mathematical Society of Göttingen #OTD in 1918. He included excerpts from letters in which he and Hilbert give priority to Emmy Noether’s results on conservation of energy in general relativity. (1/n) 🧪 ⚛️ 👩🔬
January 22, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Felix Klein lectured “On Hilbert’s first note on the foundations of physics" at the Mathematical Society of Göttingen #OTD in 1918. He included excerpts from letters in which he and Hilbert give priority to Emmy Noether’s results on conservation of energy in general relativity. (1/n) 🧪 ⚛️ 👩🔬
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Economist & sociologist Beatrice Webb was born #OTD in 1858
+ One of the founders, London School of Economics
+ Co-authored 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰-𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 & 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺 where she coined the term "collective bargaining"
+ First female fellow, British Academy, 1931
#WomenInSTEM
+ One of the founders, London School of Economics
+ Co-authored 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰-𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 & 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺 where she coined the term "collective bargaining"
+ First female fellow, British Academy, 1931
#WomenInSTEM
January 22, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Economist & sociologist Beatrice Webb was born #OTD in 1858
+ One of the founders, London School of Economics
+ Co-authored 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰-𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 & 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺 where she coined the term "collective bargaining"
+ First female fellow, British Academy, 1931
#WomenInSTEM
+ One of the founders, London School of Economics
+ Co-authored 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰-𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 & 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺 where she coined the term "collective bargaining"
+ First female fellow, British Academy, 1931
#WomenInSTEM
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Dr. Sophia Jex-Blake was born #OTD in 1840
+ Led the campaign to secure women access to a university education in the UK
+ First practicing woman doctor in Scotland
+ Founder, Edinburgh School of Medicine for Women, 1886
+ Helped establish the London School of Medicine for Women, 1874
#WomenInSTEM
+ Led the campaign to secure women access to a university education in the UK
+ First practicing woman doctor in Scotland
+ Founder, Edinburgh School of Medicine for Women, 1886
+ Helped establish the London School of Medicine for Women, 1874
#WomenInSTEM
January 21, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Dr. Sophia Jex-Blake was born #OTD in 1840
+ Led the campaign to secure women access to a university education in the UK
+ First practicing woman doctor in Scotland
+ Founder, Edinburgh School of Medicine for Women, 1886
+ Helped establish the London School of Medicine for Women, 1874
#WomenInSTEM
+ Led the campaign to secure women access to a university education in the UK
+ First practicing woman doctor in Scotland
+ Founder, Edinburgh School of Medicine for Women, 1886
+ Helped establish the London School of Medicine for Women, 1874
#WomenInSTEM
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Born #OTD 1931, Evelyn Owens was a true pioneer: the first female president of an Irish trade union for both sexes, the first woman to chair the Labour Court and, as a member of the presidential commission, the first woman to sign an Irish bill into law. www.dib.ie/biography/ow... #DIBLives
January 22, 2026 at 8:28 AM
Born #OTD 1931, Evelyn Owens was a true pioneer: the first female president of an Irish trade union for both sexes, the first woman to chair the Labour Court and, as a member of the presidential commission, the first woman to sign an Irish bill into law. www.dib.ie/biography/ow... #DIBLives
Trump’s “peace board” risks confusion, not clarity. It invites mixed signals abroad, weakens diplomacy, and sidelines many who really need to be in that process. Peace needs strategy, credibility, and allies—not branding.
January 22, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Trump’s “peace board” risks confusion, not clarity. It invites mixed signals abroad, weakens diplomacy, and sidelines many who really need to be in that process. Peace needs strategy, credibility, and allies—not branding.
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Thank you for your resilience, your persistent brilliance...it transformed how the world navigates & understands our planet. Your work touches nearly every modern device & journey and more people should know your name.
Goodnight and godspeed, Gladys West.🕯️
thezebra.org/2026/01/18/d... #WomenInSTEM
Goodnight and godspeed, Gladys West.🕯️
thezebra.org/2026/01/18/d... #WomenInSTEM
Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95
ALEXANDRIA, VA — Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She passed away
thezebra.org
January 20, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Thank you for your resilience, your persistent brilliance...it transformed how the world navigates & understands our planet. Your work touches nearly every modern device & journey and more people should know your name.
Goodnight and godspeed, Gladys West.🕯️
thezebra.org/2026/01/18/d... #WomenInSTEM
Goodnight and godspeed, Gladys West.🕯️
thezebra.org/2026/01/18/d... #WomenInSTEM
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Minnesota insurrection is a direct result of a FAILED governor and a TERRIBLE mayor encouraging violence against law enforcement. It’s disgusting,” Blanche said Wednesday.
Currying the favor of his craven leader in tone and format.
Minnesota insurrection is a direct result of a FAILED governor and a TERRIBLE mayor encouraging violence against law enforcement. It’s disgusting,” Blanche said Wednesday.
Currying the favor of his craven leader in tone and format.
January 17, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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Minnesota insurrection is a direct result of a FAILED governor and a TERRIBLE mayor encouraging violence against law enforcement. It’s disgusting,” Blanche said Wednesday.
Currying the favor of his craven leader in tone and format.
Minnesota insurrection is a direct result of a FAILED governor and a TERRIBLE mayor encouraging violence against law enforcement. It’s disgusting,” Blanche said Wednesday.
Currying the favor of his craven leader in tone and format.
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“We are now facing an urgent choice as to whether we submit to the entrenched hatred and abuse of women as a technological and cultural norm, or whether we fight for an alternative way forward,” @sophiegilbert.bsky.social argues.
The Unspeakable, Enabled
This year will decide whether gendered abuse in real life and online becomes the norm.
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January 16, 2026 at 11:45 PM
“We are now facing an urgent choice as to whether we submit to the entrenched hatred and abuse of women as a technological and cultural norm, or whether we fight for an alternative way forward,” @sophiegilbert.bsky.social argues.
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Democrats Will Lose in 2028 Unless They Change Course Now www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/o...
Opinion | Democrats Will Lose in 2028 Unless They Change Course Now
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Democrats Will Lose in 2028 Unless They Change Course Now www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/o...
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This is the first Trump affair I've ever been able to explain to my five-year-olds. "So someone else won a medal and he took it???" Outrage!
Grinning like a 5-year old getting his participation trophy at the post-season T-ball pizza party.
January 16, 2026 at 11:32 AM
This is the first Trump affair I've ever been able to explain to my five-year-olds. "So someone else won a medal and he took it???" Outrage!
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“Tomorrow the revolution will ‘rise up again, clashing its weapons,’ and to your horror it will proclaim with trumpets blazing: I was, I am, I shall be!”
Rest in power, Rosa Luxemburg.
(5 March 1871 - 15 January 1919)
Rest in power, Rosa Luxemburg.
(5 March 1871 - 15 January 1919)
January 15, 2026 at 2:38 PM
“Tomorrow the revolution will ‘rise up again, clashing its weapons,’ and to your horror it will proclaim with trumpets blazing: I was, I am, I shall be!”
Rest in power, Rosa Luxemburg.
(5 March 1871 - 15 January 1919)
Rest in power, Rosa Luxemburg.
(5 March 1871 - 15 January 1919)
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To France, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, thank you.
To President Trump, make peace before doing so becomes unnecessarily difficult.
To President Trump, make peace before doing so becomes unnecessarily difficult.
January 16, 2026 at 7:29 PM
To France, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, thank you.
To President Trump, make peace before doing so becomes unnecessarily difficult.
To President Trump, make peace before doing so becomes unnecessarily difficult.
The wicked become even worse when they are tolerated.
Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy
January 16, 2026 at 4:54 PM
The wicked become even worse when they are tolerated.
Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy
