| Age | Probably way too old |
| Preferred pronouns | Anything you like |
| Location | Not the last place I'll be, I hope |
| Alt: | @chiasm@venera.social |
I think I managed to give a coherent talk to the Open Brain Science meeting in Taiwan, even thought it's a few hours past when I am usually snoring. 😁 We will find out for sure when I get the link to the recording...
I hope it was coherent, though, since I have to do another one for Korea next week at an even more ungodly hour. 😆
But I still remember one of my previous bosses giving a talk remotely to Paris at 4 am local time, showing up with a candle and nightcap. 🤣 🤣 For science!
Cluster scientist spotlight!
Otto Lang, PhD PhD Candidate, Geography, University of Utah
What advice do you have for students interested in science?
"Study something you feel a personal connection with and are passionate about. Don't be afraid to reach out to others."
Some of Otto's work: https://bit.ly/3QACXvk
More scientist spotlights: https://bit.ly/4huMS0U
This is truly horrible. But we have a responsibility to not look away and to acknowledge the effects of the community's choices, unfortunately.
#CovidIsNotOver #CovidLong
https://www.thegauntlet.news/p/long-covid-is-now-the-number-one
LGBTQ Nation showing the national outlets how to write an accurate headline:
"Police arrest anti-LGBTQ+ pastor suspected of murdering pro-equality Democratic politician"
What we need to do is get very good at spotting this & rejecting the premise from the outset, and then choosing a better frame.
*What is a woman?*
False premise. A woman is not a what. A woman is a who.
Fascists do not want to see people as "whos." That isn't their venue.
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By now you've probably seen this unedited footage of Trump's birthday parade with the mostly empty bleachers so quiet that all you can hear is the squeaking of the tank.
And as funny as this is, I want to call your attention to another aspect of this that seems to have not been reported on so widely - and that is how utterly joyless MAGA people and gatherings are.
I live in Seattle, where the No Kings protest was basically a non-stop party in Cal Anderson Park all day long. There were musicians, dancers, performers, my god people put on fully acted PLAYS about Lady Liberty beating the shit out of "King" Donald. People were laughing and singing and chanting. There were jokes told, some people were handing out free snacks and bottled water. It was a party! No, strike that, it was a HANGOUT. It was like hanging out with 50,000 of your best friends.
Now, watch the clip I posted again. Look at the people in the stands. Really LOOK. Zoom in if you have to. They're TIRED. They're wet, they're exhausted, some of them are angry. Most of them are just standing there immobile, miserably filming the one tank driving past them on their mobile phone as some droning voice gives them instructions about how to spend money at Coinbase from offscreen. There's no music. There's no laughter. There's no JOY.
This is Trump's America. A joyless, artless tiresome wet blanket filled with the squeaking of tank treads and the cold sound of boots on asphalt.
We could have had joy. But we got this instead.
In Georgia, today marks 200 days of continuous protests against their illegitimate government. They will be there, every day, until the end.
A lot of the Father's Day images out there show a mustache and glasses, which admittedly fits my dad. But I didn't like the missing face--that hits on the "missing dad" theme which was not the case.
But he did take us out to fly kites when we were kids, and that's a memory from when I was 5 or 6 that I still cherish.
Happy Father's Day to all the hard-working dads out there, who would rather be flying a kite! ❤️
#fathersday
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