"Do what sets you on fire," Dr. Turner urged her students."'If you do what you love, you'll succeed."https://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/09/us/ruth-d-turner-85-expert-on-the-wood-eating-mollusk.html …
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brb learning everything i can about Ruth D. Turner, Titanic researcher and expert on the wood-eating mollusk "WHO WAS AFFECTIONATELY CALLED LADY WORMWOOD" OH MY GOD https://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/09/us/ruth-d-turner-85-expert-on-the-wood-eating-mollusk.html …pic.twitter.com/QJE83qgVqU
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there is a lot to unpack here.pic.twitter.com/vxzkXioJrZ
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here is Ruth's wikipedia page which is tragically small https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Turner …
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next stop on our rabbit hole: Ruth-who-helped-solve-Titanic-riddles was the first woman to be tenured in biology at Harvard https://guides.library.harvard.edu/WomenInScience/biology …
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annnnnyway back to the Titanic. In 1987, two years after the discovery, The Times was displeased at plans to raid the watery grave. "A Texas oilman in cahoots with a French Government research institute plans a return to the Titanic for treasure and live TV."pic.twitter.com/2dsQjz4vUf
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'On July 27, the French brought up dinner plates and wine bottles from the wreck. The next week, the United States Senate voted to ban the sale for profit of anything from the Titanic.' That is some quick work for the Senate.https://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/14/us/french-will-raise-titanic-strongbox.html …
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VERY LITTLE to do with the Titanic but wow this story about SeaQuest DSV as NBC's silver bullet to take on Murder, She Wrote's monster ratings. https://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/09/arts/review-television-nbc-and-abc-take-on-cbs-and-lansbury.html …pic.twitter.com/hv0HDTYnWR
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saaaaaame. then mark hamill showed up and it was suddenly about space aliens? things got weird.
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