Kenny Gruchalla

Guest column: Why science funding matters to Indiana Last week the government cut “indirect costs” to universities and medical centers, which cover shared resources like buildings, utility bills, computer networks, and support staff. Indiana will los…

I wrote a column in my hometown newspaper about the importance of keeping SCIENCE FUNDING in our community 🧪
More soon about the power of writing back HOME 🏠
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/15/g...

Happy to report that this morning I misspelled “bureaucratic” close enough that the spell checker recognized it on the first try!

Those were never good-faith arguments, just diversionary tactics. They never actually cared about egg prices, insecure email servers, state’s rights, fair markets, …

I typically do, but there is nothing magical about the new year. It is just a convenient time for reflection, often motivating a course correction. Long hikes also have a similar effect on me.

"So far, so good."

Reports coming in from Australia and New Zealand on 2025,

* 𝙾𝚕𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚓𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝙸 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚑: 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝟸𝟶𝟶𝟿 (𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚊𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚍).

I feel seen.

Just the command line.

When I hear things like this, I’m struck by the underlying mathematical structure of music that allows this to work.

One of the reasons Bluesky is seeing more engagement: other platforms have adopted the behaviour of de-prioritising external links (like, say, to research papers) due to Ad models.

See this: bsky.app/profile/alt...

Here links can be freely shared without being drowned out or de-emphasized

UHC delayed my CT for weeks—a CT that would reveal that I was suffering from a ruptured appendix. They pre-authorized my appendectomy and then subsequently denied the claim. Also, I have an alibi.

Often an outlier among reviewers, I view judging significance as an inherently subjective role for the community to consider through citation. My role should be as a more objective garbage filter: does the paper support its claims, appropriately build on prior work, and use sound methods/analyses?

Agrivoltaics can increase grape yield by up to 60% French agrivoltaics company Sun'Agri says that two of its facilities increased grape yields by 20% to 60% in 2024, compared to areas without solar panels. The PV modules helped regulate temperature fl...

Growing wine grapes under solar panels can increase yields by 60%.
That seems like the definition of unalloyed good news
www.pv-magazine.com/2024/11/29/a...

I skeet; therefore, I am.