Kate Didier

I just want to say that you haven't lived unless you've casually said "6-7" at a 14-year-old's birthday party.

I think you've been visited by the entropy furniture fairy. :(

This will break you

Jesus christ

I love this thing!

RFK Jr. says HHS will determine the cause of autism by September

Science does not work like this. The only way you can set a timeline is if you have rigged the results in advance.

I’m finally entering the “had enough of your shit” era of my 40s that we were all promised.

Holy mackerel! I didn't think the pilot light would stop clicking. My kettle boiled over and drowned the stove lighter. 2.5 hours and it finally dried out. I've never valued silence so much.

Life is long.

Boyfriend: My dick is longer.

From my Christmas chocolates:

It often takes more courage to change your mind than to stay true to it.

— Christian Friedrich Hebbel

Trump is all about optics. Was his 90 minute address meant to highlight division? Besides the self-confirming conclusions each side will have about the other (the Democrats’ opinions being negligible because of Republican power in all branches), was this laying groundwork for civil war?

#1stofthemonth

LOUDER! 👏👏👏

thanks. found my new de facto response to political twits.

Nice! Finally have someone to pass along this business card to. The food was really good and the hospitality was better! :)

I was here in January! It's as cool as the photos.

Why is it called a fake laugh and not a ‘faux ha’

Boyfriend: chickens are predators.

« Final thought:
The best “fuck you” to fascists? Thriving. Publish that paper. Build that collaboration. Laugh with labmates. Science outlives dictators—but only if we stay in the fight. »

Don’t feed your problems with thoughts. Starve them with action. —Buddhist proverb

AfrAId (2024) was a pretty decent horror movie.

list of banned keywords

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

Behind every accent is a courageous person.

Yes. And women, homosexuals, people with disabilities, non-Christian religious affiliations...

Does the culture you grow up in shape the way you see the world? In a new Psych Review paper, @chazfirestone.bsky.social & I tackle this centuries-old question using the Müller-Lyer illusion as a case study. Come think through one of history's mysteries with us🧵(1/13):

With caveats, of course

We will be posting a link to a reputable program working on re-housing Trans migrants from Red States into California.

You can fill an application to house, you can donate or you can share with a friend who needs it. Please boost this message to support when we share this link.

Tracking Rental Price Gouging in LA

As a heads-up, “Price Gouging” is legally defined as raising the price of a thing (here, rent) by more than 10% over the pre-event price. If you see that happening in LA via, say, Zillow or somewhere, you can report it there, or(inclusive or) list it here:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Watch Duty - Wildfire Maps & Alerts Watch Duty, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, alerts you of nearby wildfires and firefighting efforts in real-time.

Pretty amazing that nonprofit Watch Duty -- which says it has 150 volunteers working around the clock to track wildfires -- has become the most trusted source of information on LA fires. Operated by retired/volunteer firefighters, dispatchers, and reporters. Real people.

www.watchduty.org

Back home in Los Angeles. That’s not snow. It’s ash from the homes of my friends and family, from our neighbors. And it’s still falling.