I've had these periodically for like 20 years. The onset is terrifying every time

Research animals are precious and we owe a lot to them. This isn't the bright spot you think it is, though. These animals are just going to be euthanized and animal research will continue in places that have less supervision.

Nice. Earlier this year, I created a tab called "Idle scroll" in my browser that links to things like the Public Domain Image Archive.

I've also been getting books from the library because it puts me on a timeline to finish them. "Can't doomscroll right now--gotta finish my books!"

You've got two hands. Mash'em both at the same time!!

Oh nice, an extra layer of performative authoritarian garbage to cut through as I spend my weekend finishing reviews that are due tonight. The people who wrote these applications deserve to have them reviewed. Monitor away!

Yeah! Pretty sure it's at 10sec in this song:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ia6q...

Fun fact: the "No More Mosquitoes" sample is from Sharon, Lois and Bram's elephant show!

Yo that album is amazing. What does 1982 refer to? Release time frame is def late 90s, early 2000s Warp Records

As someone who still listens front-to-back, I think this is on you rather than the music, but maybe that's why you have time to decipher NIH funding policies and trends for us :-)

Oh yah -- I listened to "The New Abnormal" at least 100 times from front to back during pandemic lockdowns

Yes and "spin up" is a close second for me.

"Yo -- just gotta spin up a little extra compute for the product launch!" 🤮

Planning to resubmit something sitting at 9%. Makes me want to look for another job.

Hehe, part of what makes it a great band name :-)

You can search "history of industrial music" to satisfy your curiosity!

Ugh yeah ... Even in predictable times, this process often ends with soft commitments and memos of understanding that can be rescinded. On the other hand, funding new PIs still seems super important and like a high-value investment

totally -- I already feel like I strain pre-award folks with all of my failed and resubmitted applications, which is nowhere close to this number

"... 40 distinct applications in a single application submission round" is wild!

The 6 / year limit seems like a lot, but I can see immediate changes in decision-making for soft money folks who have ~3 simultaneous R01-level grants (e.g. really consider those multi-PI apps...)