katch wreck

@katchwreck
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partially-recovered workaholic ;) being myself and helping to build the world i want to see. contributing to human knowledge, and scientific knowledge in particular. problem-solving in biomedicine (e.g. noninvasive biomarker identification) is my career focus. i am in san francisco (cental richmond district) and i enjoy going to ocean beach and the presidio. i'm learning jazz bass and i also DJ once in a while, see https://mixcloud.com/katchwreck
#SilentSunday A real picture, not a hint of AI Slop, see Alt-Text for more.

The Dunmore Pineapple, one of Scotland's most remarkable buildings. Perhaps the largest stone pineapple anywhere, its top stands 45ft above the level of the walled garden to its south. It was built as a birthday present in 1761. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/airth/thepineapple/index.html

#Scotland #Stirling

"Music from the area spans many genres and territories. It’s more of a relaxed mood, a naturalistic calm that only makes itself felt outside of the city, in the changing seasons and the steady, inexorable flow of the great river that divides the eastern and western parts of the state."

The Hudson Valley Scene:

https://daily.bandcamp.com/scene-report/the-hudson-valley-scene-report?ref=thetonearm.com

Escape From New York: The Hudson Valley Scene

Here are some selected sounds from the contemporary Hudson Valley scene on Bandcamp.

Bandcamp Daily
Let's hold the Government to its promise! No new oil and gas in our seas. Offshore drilling causes toxic spills, deafens whales, and won't even lower our energy bills. It's time to stop letting Big Oil profit at the expense of our ocean. Add your name: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

Stop Big Oil billionaires poll...
Stop Big Oil billionaires polluting our seas for profit

The Government must keep its promise to ban new offshore oil and gas. Drilling harms marine wildlife, causes toxic spills, and won't lower our bills. Add your name to protect our ocean!

38 Degrees

I’ve been trying to understand what we know and don’t know so far about the concerning #Ebola outbreak in DRC.
Still lots of uncertainty at the moment but here‘s what I have been able to find out so far.
Story is here (thread coming later):

https://www.science.org/content/article/major-outbreak-rare-ebola-virus-species-northern-congo-alarms-scientists

Fir Forest I — Gustav Klimt, 1901–1902, Oil on canvas

#Art #Painting

If we're doing fertility decline discourse again, then I'm again going to repost my esteemed partner's work on the subject informed by her (and her coauthors') actual scholarly expertise. 1) DeJong Lecture, "How pro-natalist policies harm rural Americans" psu.mediaspace.kaltura.com/media/t/1_np...

Penn State University Presents...
Penn State University Presents: The 20th Annual DeJong Lecture - Penn State MediaSpace

not making any accusations, but "hantavirus" bears a striking resemblance to "santavirus" :-P
A very charming 18th century Persian manuscript on the wonders of the natural world. We get lots of teaching requests for our Islamic manuscripts but relatively little in the collection is at all accessible if you don't read the language. #NewAcquisition
Crimson Rose Butterfly #nature #butterfly #macro #photography