Mark Gritter
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Math and startup geek. Software Engineer at Thirdlaw. Ex-Postman, Ex-HashiCorp, ex-Tintri. he/him
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His comments were not going out to nowhere. He directly told the brilliant and incredible grad students, postdocs, particularly people he had no reason to fear because they were in vulnerable and low power positions -- that they did not belong in science
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When I was a postdoc, CSHL held a Burns poetry night, which Watson attended.
I did a dramatic reading of Ice Ice Baby.
I hope he found it deeply offensive, and that the graduate students (many of whom he told didn't belong there) found it at least mildly entertaining.
This is a good day for CSHL.
I did a dramatic reading of Ice Ice Baby.
I hope he found it deeply offensive, and that the graduate students (many of whom he told didn't belong there) found it at least mildly entertaining.
This is a good day for CSHL.
Watson was a racist who, "near the end of his life, faced condemnation and professional censure for offensive remarks, including saying Black people are less intelligent than white people"
November 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
His comments were not going out to nowhere. He directly told the brilliant and incredible grad students, postdocs, particularly people he had no reason to fear because they were in vulnerable and low power positions -- that they did not belong in science
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Upwards of three-quarters of men marry and the divorce rate for first marriages, once as high as 50% has fallen to around 40%, so 60% of those marriages do, in fact, last forever.
So the modal straight man - 45+% of them - in the United States does, in fact, find a woman to stay with him forever.
So the modal straight man - 45+% of them - in the United States does, in fact, find a woman to stay with him forever.
November 8, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Upwards of three-quarters of men marry and the divorce rate for first marriages, once as high as 50% has fallen to around 40%, so 60% of those marriages do, in fact, last forever.
So the modal straight man - 45+% of them - in the United States does, in fact, find a woman to stay with him forever.
So the modal straight man - 45+% of them - in the United States does, in fact, find a woman to stay with him forever.
The ever-classy flip-top cloche. Just what all high-end restaurants use for their table settings.
November 1, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The ever-classy flip-top cloche. Just what all high-end restaurants use for their table settings.
I was trying to think what the Halloweeniest Lower Decks episode was. "Much Ado About Boimler" (107) seems to fit the bill.
October 31, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I was trying to think what the Halloweeniest Lower Decks episode was. "Much Ado About Boimler" (107) seems to fit the bill.
I am curious what you view as the unique inventions in the Dying Earth -- it's definitely the direct source for D&D but I think it's unlikely to be the first time magical incantations were named as distinct artifacts (others responding to my comment pointed at antiquity, but maybe not "titled".)
October 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM
I am curious what you view as the unique inventions in the Dying Earth -- it's definitely the direct source for D&D but I think it's unlikely to be the first time magical incantations were named as distinct artifacts (others responding to my comment pointed at antiquity, but maybe not "titled".)
Yeah, I wasn't able to find any reference to actual publication dates, but I think they are all late 1940s. His very first story is 1945.
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sfadb : Jack Vance Chronology
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October 26, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Yeah, I wasn't able to find any reference to actual publication dates, but I think they are all late 1940s. His very first story is 1945.
www.sfadb.com/Jack_Vance_C...
www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.c...
www.sfadb.com/Jack_Vance_C...
www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.c...