Mark Christie

1400 Wordles in a row! The streak is alive and well.

1300 straight Wordles! The streak is alive. Woot!

1200 straight Wordles and counting. Yahoo!

Trump is imposing a 10% tariff on the Heard and McDonald Islands.

The Heard and McDonald Islands are uninhabited.

Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERC) - Montréal, Quebec (CA) job with University of Montreal (UdeM) | 12838461 Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERC)

Fantastic opportunity if you are interested in moving your lab to Montreal, Canada! Through this program, Chairholders will be awarded up to $1 million per year for a period of 8 years.

Contact me if you are interested.

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Years of Climate Action Demolished in Days: A Timeline Trump’s environmental directives are gutting basic protections for Americans and the agencies designed to deliver them.

"Years of Climate Action Demolished in Days: A Timeline" by Mark Gongloff and Elaine He.

Me in the National Security team group chat

The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

What happened when the editor of @theatlantic.com was included on Mike Walz's group chat

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Séamas O'Reilly: We need to stop lying about what makes lost boys such easy marks for cons Economically depressed young men are aggressively targeted with the oldest, most seductive pitch there is — money for nothing — by bad faith actors with enormous wealth

I wrote this on young men, and why we need to stop lying about why they're easy prey for reptiles like Andrew Tate.

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The thing about scientific research is that it’s one of the few national investments that’s a clear public good even if you entirely discount the actual ostensible point of it.

YouTube video by Howie Hua Another way to think about the "greater than" and "less than" signs without relying on alligators

Another way to think about the "greater than" and "less than" signs without thinking about alligators

#math #ITeachMath #EduSky

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“Shot in the Arm”

A scientifically informed, yet compassionate Documentary on the curious and costly phenomenon of Vaccine Hesitancy

Now streaming (free) on PBS
[Video; 90 mins]
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Happy Robbie Burns Day

Happy Robbie Burns Day to my Scottish kith and kin. See ya’ at the Ship for some haggis! reddeernorth.ca/wp-content/u...

1100 straight Wordles! The streak continues.
Woot!

How did I not know about AHI until today? The guy’s music is amazing! Why didn’t you tell me?
Check him out if you haven’t already.

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Happy New Year, everyone!
Happy 45 squared.
May this year bring us comfort and joy.

Kudos to Santorini Greek Taverna! My lamb souvlaki was fantastic and everyone loved their meal. Great food with great friends. The perfect way to end 2024.

Blue speckled ball on a black background with larger white speckles on the outside. The ball appears to jiggle relative to the white speckles you shake the screen.

His jiggling is almost hypnotic

The moment I’ve been waiting for/dreading has finally arrived. My starter word in Wordle was the word of the day.
Now what do I do? 🙂

The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton.

if you made art this year, you did well. a sketch, even if it was scrapped ; a poem, even if it was deleted — mattered. you put thought to paper, you engaged with the creative alchemy of turning feeling to something tangible. doesn't matter if you weren't productive "enough." or good "enough."

YouTube video by Action for the Climate Emergency The Secret to Talking about Climate Change

As we head into holiday break (woo hoo!) here's a great refresher on How to Talk About Climate Change.

I like the tip about "listening until you learn something." 👍

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Wishing all who celebrate, a Merry Christmas.🎄
May this coming year bring you joy and peace.
Sending love and light. 🫶🏼

YouTube video by David Webb Orson Welles - War Of The Worlds - Radio Broadcast 1938 - Complete Broadcast.

I remember one Christmas Eve, many years ago, the dj at CJSW started playing the original recording of Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds at midnight and I stayed up way too late to listen.
Start your own new Christmas tradition: youtu.be/Xs0K4ApWl4g
Merry Christmas, everyone!

kulturmatinée: Weihnachtskonzert des SWR Vokalensembles aus der Kirche St. Michael in Stuttgart - hier anschauen Chefdirigent Yuval Weinberg, der lange in Norwegen gelebt und gearbeitet hat, erfüllt sich mit diesem Konzert einen Traum: Weihnachtliche Chormusik aus Dänemark, Schweden und Norwegen treffen in diese...

One of my favourite Christmas concerts was the SWR Vokalensemble performing Nordic carols in 2021.
If you have time, please enjoy: www.ardmediathek.de/video/kultur...

Sweet success!

Update: Licking the beaters full of icing is the cure for EVERYTHING.

About to make Christmas shortbread cookies with my son from a family recipe that has been handed down at least 5 generations.
Alas, I must alter it a touch due to being celiac, but the cookies are still amazing.
Time to turn up The Andy Williams Christmas Album like Mom used to play.
Ah, memories.

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