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Hi Reddit! I'm Holly Bastin, owner of Roast Ratings, former Barista Champion Coach and espresso expert at Curated.com. I'll be hosting an AMA on October 5th @11am CST to talk all things coffee and espresso.
A little about me- I've been in coffee since 1999 and in that time I've worn many hats! ⛑️🎩👒🥳🎓🧢 Barista, cafe manager, espresso trainer, espresso blend creation & management, consultant, competitive barista, head judge and, most notably, coach of 3 world champs 🏆🏆🏆💜🥰
And I'm down to talk about any or all of it 🤙☕
My favorite coffee job of all is helping folks get the coffee experience that THEY want 💜🙏✌️
All good things must come to an end - if I didn't get to your question, I'm sorry <3 I had so much fun. y'all! Great questions! I promise will be doing this again.
If you have questions in the meantime, you can check out my profile and chat with me on Curated at - curated.com/e/holly.bastincurated.com/e/holly.bastin I'm available on there, off and on, but will answer as soon as I can :)
2Traditionally, women tend to have been denied access to positions in many areas of scientific endeavour, including limnology (or freshwater science).
Sadly, this means their unique perspectives are missing from critical solutions to environmental problems.
But there is a bright side; just look at us!
We are four female scientists taking part in an exciting new program to encourage and champion women in freshwater science working on Africa’s Great Lakes—currently travelling and working in Canada to discover how researchers are doing things here, and to share experience and knowledge with other scientists across the pond.
We are happy to answer your burning questions on the role of women in science in Africa, tell you about our experiences and hopes for the future, and offer up any advice for any burgeoning female scientists anywhere in the world.
Go on and ask us anything. We dare you…
We are Catherine Fridolin, an M.Sc. candidate at the University of Dar es Salaam, focused on fisheries and aquaculture; Gladys Chigamba, a research scientist at Lilongwe University working on an economic valuation of river ecosystems in Malawi; Elizabeth Wanderi, working on fisheries on Lake Turkana at Kenya Fisheries Services; and Margret Sinda, with a focus on Aquaculture in Malawi.
My Proof: https://twitter.com/AGL_ACARE/status/1577674217155620865
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We are so excited to have an AMA for the second time. (feels like a full circle moment)
We are The critics, a filmmaking collective based in Kaduna, Nigeria. We are popularly known for making sci-fi films with smartphones.
For the past three years, we have been working on a short film inspired by the god of iron in Yoruba mythology called Ogun. The film was produced in association with Morgan Freeman's company (Revelations Entertainment) and it follows the story of Ola, a brash teenager who discovers he is the reincarnate of a demi-god.
Working on this film has been a very inspiring and worthwhile ride for us as filmmakers.
We got morgan freeman to do a voice-over for the Trailer and we put out the film a few days ago.
You can see the film HERE
We know that some of you might not be familiar with the language Yoruba, its mythology, gods, or even not know it existed. We are here to answer any questions you might have about the film, our lives e.t.c
So let's get this ball rolling, LOL!
Hi, we are the Scientific Advisory Board of the Food Packaging Forum, a diverse group of researchers investigating how chemicals in consumer products affect our health, green chemistry, plastic and chemical pollution, microplastics, endocrine disruption, and so much more!
The Food Packaging Forum (FPF) is a science- based NGO investigating how food packaging, especially packaging's chemicals, affects human health. FPF is organizing this AMA to provide the unique opportunity for Redditors to ask questions of a room full of scientists dedicated to this and related subjects. Participating scientists include:
Pete Myers, Leonardo Trasande (u/leotrasande), Olwenn Martin, Maricel Maffini, Ksenia Groh, Jane Muncke (u/BetterDecision8918), Martin Wagner, Lisa Zimmermann, Birgit Geueke, and more!
You may have seen FPF's research on r/Science in May which hit the front page: >1500 chemicals detected migrating into food from food packaging (another ~1500 may also but more evidence needed) | 65% are not on the public record as used in food contact | Plastic had the most chemicals migration | Study reviews nearly 50 years of food packaging and chemical exposure research
Proof! EDIT: Better Proof!
EDIT: We are heading out. Thank you so much for hanging out with us and asking such great questions! We hope to do this again! Bye!
EDIT 2: Hi All- It has been a few hours and I see more questions are coming in. Thank you for your continued interest! It's almost 11pm in Zurich so we are all heading to bed but I (Lindsey, FPF communications person) am copying questions into a document that I will email to the scientific advisory board to try and get a few more answers! Thank you for making this event a success!
EDIT 3 (10:30am Zurich):
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Hi Reddit. Louis Theroux here, ready to answer all your most pressing questions about my new show Forbidden America, my career, the places I’ve been and the people I’ve met.
I’ve been making documentaries for 25＋years from Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends to Forbidden America and it’s allowed me to travel the world and meet so many interesting people. And yes, you may also know me from my ‘Jiggle jiggle’ rap over on TikTok or working with Jason Derulo.
If you’re in the US or Canada, you can watch my series 'Louis Theroux: Forbidden America' on BBC Select: https://bit.ly/3y3hAKo
PROOF: https://i.redd.it/d6ophx0tj1r91.jpg
Edit: Thank you all so much for joining me today - I really appreciate all your questions!
The other border - a third gender struggle in the world's most militarized place
Hi Reddit! I'm Simone Mestroni, an Italian filmmaker and anthropologist. I’m working on a documentary project about the life conditions and the struggle for emancipation of transgender people in the conflict-affected territory of Kashmir. As you can imagine, there are quite a few challenges facing the transgender community in the area and it’s a topic I’m very passionate about raising more awareness around.
The film is now in the development stage and it's based on long-term ethnographic research I have been carrying out in the valley. I’m here answering questions together with my colleague and producer Luigi Conte.The project is part of the Documentary Campus Masterschool this year.
Ask us anything about the transgender community in Kashmir, about our filmmaking process, about the general issues we are tackling or the specific condition of this community in such a controversial context. Or anything else! We’ll be here to answer everything at 9pm Central European Time.
Hey! Time to wrap it up! Thank you for the really interesting questions and if you wish to ask I'll be back online tomorrow! Goodnight ;-)
Proof: https://i.imgur.com/fVjWHLR.jpg (Simone) and https://i.imgur.com/rJdzUn8.jpg (Luigi)
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