AMW
@workhardandbenice.bsky.social
Chemistry teacher, animal lover, karaoke slayer
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@nameshiv.bsky.social Sam Darnold runs like you had nine beers the night before and now they’re about to come out but if you can just make the sideline there’s some toilet paper there
January 6, 2025 at 2:33 AM
@nameshiv.bsky.social Sam Darnold runs like you had nine beers the night before and now they’re about to come out but if you can just make the sideline there’s some toilet paper there
I can't decide if this is horrifying or slightly hopeful.
January 6, 2025 at 5:46 AM
I can't decide if this is horrifying or slightly hopeful.
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sort of think it’s not even that, it’s that people, particularly younger people, have gotten used to eating something uniquely different every day and that’s hard to do with a single grocery haul
as someone on the zoomer/millennial boundary i feel there's a legit problem with people not knowing how to purchase groceries
January 4, 2025 at 10:28 PM
sort of think it’s not even that, it’s that people, particularly younger people, have gotten used to eating something uniquely different every day and that’s hard to do with a single grocery haul
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I wish there were more room in our lives for the idea that our identities are what they are for the moment. That might change, and it doesn’t invalidate what they were or what they become.
I am really, really sympathetic to the need to have a defensible communal narrative when under attack. But those of us who don’t fit, who didn’t always know, whose answers changed and may still change, are worth celebrating too!
December 7, 2024 at 1:18 AM
I wish there were more room in our lives for the idea that our identities are what they are for the moment. That might change, and it doesn’t invalidate what they were or what they become.
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Let’s run the government like a business, drive the car like a bicycle, and play the guitar like a piano
November 25, 2024 at 11:41 AM
Let’s run the government like a business, drive the car like a bicycle, and play the guitar like a piano
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I've been wrestling for nearly a decade now with how we play a game where the other side recognizes no rules. I never get how people can be so sure of the answers : |
December 2, 2024 at 3:31 PM
I've been wrestling for nearly a decade now with how we play a game where the other side recognizes no rules. I never get how people can be so sure of the answers : |
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Honest/practical prediction of the applicant's grad school trajectory:
() They'll shape your research program
() May not revolution your lab, but will Get. Things. Done.
() Perfectly solid student
() Won't break things; tons of potential with guidance!
() Can't guarantee they won't break things
() They'll shape your research program
() May not revolution your lab, but will Get. Things. Done.
() Perfectly solid student
() Won't break things; tons of potential with guidance!
() Can't guarantee they won't break things
December 2, 2024 at 3:20 AM
Honest/practical prediction of the applicant's grad school trajectory:
() They'll shape your research program
() May not revolution your lab, but will Get. Things. Done.
() Perfectly solid student
() Won't break things; tons of potential with guidance!
() Can't guarantee they won't break things
() They'll shape your research program
() May not revolution your lab, but will Get. Things. Done.
() Perfectly solid student
() Won't break things; tons of potential with guidance!
() Can't guarantee they won't break things
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I generally think that government should be hostile to corporations but if your business model is "we propel you through the sky at several hundred miles an hour" I want them FULLY up your ass at all times
November 21, 2024 at 4:50 PM
I generally think that government should be hostile to corporations but if your business model is "we propel you through the sky at several hundred miles an hour" I want them FULLY up your ass at all times
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I’d kill to see a McKinsey ROI case study on the NIH: “Imagine if we got all the hardest working, most self-motivated, brightest minds, at the peak of their careers to work for minimum wage round the clock for a decade. Project impact on GDP, assuming 1/1000 made a groundbreaking discovery.”
“NIH produces an astounding return on investment to the American taxpayer. In Fiscal Year 2022, NIH research funding supported 568,585 jobs and generated $96.84 billion in economic activity — that’s $2.64 of economic activity for every $1 of research funding.”
www.researchamerica.org/2023-oped-us...
www.researchamerica.org/2023-oped-us...
Research supported by NIH has led more than 100 Nobel Prizes and has supported more than 99% of drugs approved by federal regulators from 2010 to 2019.
But come January, NIH may face a wrecking ball
nytimes.com/2024/12/01/h...
But come January, NIH may face a wrecking ball
nytimes.com/2024/12/01/h...
December 2, 2024 at 3:33 AM
I’d kill to see a McKinsey ROI case study on the NIH: “Imagine if we got all the hardest working, most self-motivated, brightest minds, at the peak of their careers to work for minimum wage round the clock for a decade. Project impact on GDP, assuming 1/1000 made a groundbreaking discovery.”
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Bc I've mentioned fundraising, I'm going to put this here. The goal for this Giving Tues. for us is going to be increasing monthly donors. Monthly support is so helpful for keeping us stable. $5/month spread over hundreds of people is how we've stayed afloat for 8 years.
givebutter.com/SupportSAS
givebutter.com/SupportSAS
Support Skype a Scientist!
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December 1, 2024 at 5:10 AM
Bc I've mentioned fundraising, I'm going to put this here. The goal for this Giving Tues. for us is going to be increasing monthly donors. Monthly support is so helpful for keeping us stable. $5/month spread over hundreds of people is how we've stayed afloat for 8 years.
givebutter.com/SupportSAS
givebutter.com/SupportSAS
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Dune has the same plot as the Westminster Dog Show: After generations of careful breeding, we have produced this perfect little freak of nature and now it has behavioral issues
Mom: Let's pick out a Christmas movie to watch on Thanksgiving. Which one do you guys want to watch?
Family (in unison): DUNE!
Family (in unison): DUNE!
November 29, 2024 at 7:40 PM
Dune has the same plot as the Westminster Dog Show: After generations of careful breeding, we have produced this perfect little freak of nature and now it has behavioral issues
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If we going to have smart TVs, can we at least have keyboards and mice for them? Do I have to type everything in through a slow janky arrow button interface for the rest of my life like an idiot?
November 29, 2024 at 9:10 PM
If we going to have smart TVs, can we at least have keyboards and mice for them? Do I have to type everything in through a slow janky arrow button interface for the rest of my life like an idiot?
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When I was 5, I loved science, which I took to be planets and magnets and chemicals and shit.
Soon I realized science was a collective human activity, and these were just the objects of its attention.
Anyway, whenever I read an OpEd on how science isn't political, I think "Are you 5 years old?"
Soon I realized science was a collective human activity, and these were just the objects of its attention.
Anyway, whenever I read an OpEd on how science isn't political, I think "Are you 5 years old?"
November 22, 2024 at 4:32 AM
When I was 5, I loved science, which I took to be planets and magnets and chemicals and shit.
Soon I realized science was a collective human activity, and these were just the objects of its attention.
Anyway, whenever I read an OpEd on how science isn't political, I think "Are you 5 years old?"
Soon I realized science was a collective human activity, and these were just the objects of its attention.
Anyway, whenever I read an OpEd on how science isn't political, I think "Are you 5 years old?"
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An excellent clip from the 1986 Hollywood film “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” explains why raising tariffs on Chinese goods will hurt the U.S. economy.
In 1930 Republicans raised tariffs. As a consequence the U.S. economy suffered an even worse Great Depression.
Tariffs are taxes paid by consumers.
In 1930 Republicans raised tariffs. As a consequence the U.S. economy suffered an even worse Great Depression.
Tariffs are taxes paid by consumers.
November 22, 2024 at 10:00 AM
An excellent clip from the 1986 Hollywood film “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” explains why raising tariffs on Chinese goods will hurt the U.S. economy.
In 1930 Republicans raised tariffs. As a consequence the U.S. economy suffered an even worse Great Depression.
Tariffs are taxes paid by consumers.
In 1930 Republicans raised tariffs. As a consequence the U.S. economy suffered an even worse Great Depression.
Tariffs are taxes paid by consumers.
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So much of the shit people say about trans women is so transparently them projecting their weird shit onto other people. “They get horny from being in women’s bathrooms!” Buddy that’s a you thing
November 20, 2024 at 12:09 AM
So much of the shit people say about trans women is so transparently them projecting their weird shit onto other people. “They get horny from being in women’s bathrooms!” Buddy that’s a you thing
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Democrats will often look at something that doesn’t poll well and think “oh no, better move away from that!” but they’re getting their role backwards. parties influence public opinion. if you’re purely reactive, you’re just letting the GOP frame every debate.
the lesson of the election isn’t “we should give up on trans rights,” it’s that the GOP took an issue that negatively impacted almost no one and made it a headliner. why would it help to surrender on an issue if they can create a grievance from thin air?
November 20, 2024 at 9:24 PM
Democrats will often look at something that doesn’t poll well and think “oh no, better move away from that!” but they’re getting their role backwards. parties influence public opinion. if you’re purely reactive, you’re just letting the GOP frame every debate.
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“What radicalized you?” Bro I was told to treat people the way I would want to be treated in kindergarten and it made sense idk what else there is to say
November 19, 2024 at 3:56 AM
“What radicalized you?” Bro I was told to treat people the way I would want to be treated in kindergarten and it made sense idk what else there is to say
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Buffalo remains atop the hater standings. I respect it.
November 17, 2024 at 10:23 PM
Buffalo remains atop the hater standings. I respect it.
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Disease prevalence in US states before & after vaccine introduction
Graphic from Edward Tufte
More graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d... 🧪
Graphic from Edward Tufte
More graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d... 🧪
November 15, 2024 at 5:00 AM
Disease prevalence in US states before & after vaccine introduction
Graphic from Edward Tufte
More graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d... 🧪
Graphic from Edward Tufte
More graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d... 🧪
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I’ve seen a lot of people allude to frogs in slowly heated water lately, and I need to TELL YOU about that whole thing, because, hoooeee, it’s a story…
…a thread: 🧵🐸
1/9
…a thread: 🧵🐸
1/9
November 12, 2024 at 6:08 PM
I’ve seen a lot of people allude to frogs in slowly heated water lately, and I need to TELL YOU about that whole thing, because, hoooeee, it’s a story…
…a thread: 🧵🐸
1/9
…a thread: 🧵🐸
1/9
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Always 💖
Don't make me tap the sign
Don't make me tap the sign
November 6, 2024 at 5:42 AM
Always 💖
Don't make me tap the sign
Don't make me tap the sign
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The reason folks think we don’t need the EPA is because we have the EPA.
October 29th, 1948:
A historic smog event occurred in the town of Donora, Pennsylvania. The smog killed 20 people and sickened 7,000 more. The image, taken at noon on October 29th, shows the deadly smog blanketing Donora. The image is from the NOAA Ocean Service Education.
A historic smog event occurred in the town of Donora, Pennsylvania. The smog killed 20 people and sickened 7,000 more. The image, taken at noon on October 29th, shows the deadly smog blanketing Donora. The image is from the NOAA Ocean Service Education.
October 29, 2024 at 1:02 PM
The reason folks think we don’t need the EPA is because we have the EPA.
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Reminder to clench your jaw tighter; you fought hard for the squeaky toy and some biped isn't going to take it away now
November 6, 2024 at 1:48 AM
Reminder to clench your jaw tighter; you fought hard for the squeaky toy and some biped isn't going to take it away now
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Voting Hillary 2016 and Voting Kamala 2024
November 4, 2024 at 4:34 PM
Voting Hillary 2016 and Voting Kamala 2024