Ed

Nobel No Problem

The sad thing is that on some level this is true: nutrition, exercise, general health do help, but it’s so obviously an insincere and inadequate excuse for a political attack on real science and good government.

In their view, fundamentally, the law protects them and binds us

Where is this? Looks great

Trillion

Chris (Simpsons Artist) has answers to this and many other questions

Primary cell cultures from the single-chromosome ant Myrmecia croslandi - PubMed The number of chromosomes varies tremendously across species. It is not clear whether having more or fewer chromosomes could be advantageous. The probability of non-disjunction should theoretically decrease with smaller karyotypes, but too long chromosomes should enforce spatial constraint for their …

There is a species of ant with just one chromosome! (in the haploid males)

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39034331/

I know I know, and they’re totally wrong and in bad faith. I just feel like there are so many ways to enjoy music without understanding words, or even having words.

And how much great music is instrumental!

I don’t want to yuck anyone’s yum but our current admin’s actions are definitely not my jam

Last year I traveled all the way to rural Vietnam to officiate a friend's wedding. It was a beautiful ceremony that mixed cultures and language, and was a celebration of the best of humanity.

He just sent me this post and said "this is how you lost the war."

Imagining all the different possible contexts for this. Kids complain about pancakes? Harsh review of a paper/grant? People whining about halftime show, or the low scoring game? Or “the current environment” generally 🤣

Or the lyrics to Louie Louie

I work in synthetic biology so this literally what we do every day

It’s all spelt out in the Teas and C’s

You pay the landlord a security deposit, they’re obligated to provide a securitea deposit meant to cover your first and and last month’s tea consumption.

I only tried Potbelly a few times and what really turned me off was that the hot peppers came in oil, which made the whole sandwich too greasy. I’m all for a drizzle of olive oil, but Potbelly served grease bombs.

Experience: I am the Excel world champion I have been called the LeBron James of spreadsheets, but I try not to take myself too seriously

Who knew ? Excel work championships 🤯

I know him! Wonderful guy 🥰

Early summer… 2026, right?

We have one in NY now! (In a neighborhood that was really lacking for a basic doughnut shop with good opening hours)

“offensive” players indeed

In that Empire, the Art of Cartography attained such Perfection that the map of a
single Province occupied the entirety of a City, and the
map of the Empire, the entirety of a Province. In time,
those Unconscionable Maps no longer satisfied…

Pie is hard to do really well though, so I’d agree that the median pie is not good

Page from Harold and the Purple Crayon showing Harold’s picnic: “there was nothing but pie. But there were all nine kinds of pie that Harold liked best”

I’m definitely with Harold on this one

Maybe you just haven’t had good pie?

What’s with the typography of that little bean for the dot on the i?
If “cross your t’s and dot your i’s” means: “do careful work that withstands scrutiny”, this suggests the opposite

Many of my science colleagues are not speaking out-I suspect due to the fear Phil notes, that they'll targeted for loss of funding. I hope they read this account of what happened at a faculty meeting at Frankfurt University in 1933 as the Nazi's took control 🧪
www.facinghistory.org/resource-lib...

I think my big, puffy Bluetooth headphones are the best, especially at work - too big to fall off or lose, and no cord dangling or dragging over the lab bench.