“But beyond these explicit signs of moral injury, there was the ubiquitous specter of war. It lingered around every corner, reminding everyone of its presence in every tradition, every training, every taboo. It hovered over students training to bandage the war wounds their fellow sailors would suffer and inflict, and over staff members burdened with the dehumanizing work of teaching teenagers how to kill people. It permeated a military culture that strips people of their individuality – and often their moral reasoning – as they learn to assimilate, conform, and above all, obey. It undergirded an entire system designed to use lethal force to deter evil despite how evil lethal force is.”
Happy birthday to Kathleen Lonsdale DBE FRS (née Yardley, 1903-1971) who solved a longstanding #chemistry conundrum of the shape of benzene, here with her drawing of electron density for hexachlorobenzene (green) & model of hexamethylbenzene explore shape in different forms. Her husband said, “Before prison it might have bothered her to go to Buckingham Palace. Afterwards, Holloway or Buckingham Palace were all the same.” She was a #physicist, #crystallographer, #pacifist & prison reformer. 🧵1/
For #ArtAdventCalendar Day 2, #scientist Kathleen Lonsdale DBE FRS (née Yardley, 1903-1971) who solved the longstanding #chemistry conundrum of the shape of benzene. Here with her drawing of electron density for hexachlorobenzene (green) & model of hexamethylbenzene explore shape in different forms. Her husband said, “Before prison it might have bothered her to go to Buckingham Palace. Afterwards, Holloway or Buckingham Palace were all the same.” 🧵1 #womenInSTEM#linocut#printmaking#histstm
She was a #physicist, #crystallographer, #pacifist & prison reformer. She was the 1st to employ Fourier spectral methods & used them to solve the structure of hexachlorobenzene in ‘31. In ‘45 she was one of the 1st 2 women elected Fellow of the Royal Society & was the 1st woman: tenured professor at UC London, president of the International Union of Crystallography & president of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. 🧵2/n
▪️"Arm Britain - prolong the war";
▪️ "Lend-Lease - loss of lives";
▪️"Why not make peace with Hitler?";
▪️"Hitler didn't attack us. Why attack Hitler?".
Are you a so called self-proclaimed #pacifist? Are you against providing arms to a country defending itself? Are you crazy enough to believe a democratic country is willing to cause a nuclear disaster in their own territory? Are you purposely toning down one of largest ecocides in history because your are afraid? Then, you support #Terrorism. #RussiaIsATerroristState
One day they will come for you, and then there will be nobody left to speak for you.
I'm an #anarchist who votes.
I'm a #socialist who invests money into good causes.
I'm an #antifascist who wouldn't punch a #nazi.
I'm an anti-#racist without "many of my best friends being black".
I'm a #feminist who is against a #HeadscarfBan.
I'm a #FreeSpeech advocate who is pro deplatforming of hate speakers.
I'm a #SocialJustice activist who has #SocialAnxiety.
I'm a #vegan who doesn't do it for the animals.
I'm an #activist who spends a lot of my time being passive.
I'm someone who wouldn't board a plane, but dreams of flying.
I'm a #ClimateJustice activist who loves the heat.
I'm a #FreeSoftware enthusiast who can't code.