Shannon Carroll

Screenshot of Essay from Martin Schwartz on 'Why would anyone want to be a scientist'. An anniversary article from The Company of Biologists published in Journal of Cell Science. The first few lines are: It is difficult to fathom why anyone intelligent enough to be a scientist would actually choose to be one. Doing good science requires the utmost exertion of body, mind and spirit, yet is consistently filled with failure and rejection. But, strange even to myself, I not only don't question the unfavorable risk-to-reward ratio but consider myself astonishingly lucky to be a scientist. There are three fundamental pleasures that have sustained me through 50 years of this madness.

Why would anyone want to be a scientist?

Check out our new Essay from Martin Schwartz: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

It’s a furry slinky!

'Dandelions,' was painted by the Danish artist Bertha Wegmann around 1910. It wasn't an arbitrary choice of a plant to paint: the dandelion was used to promote the women’s liberation movement in Scandinavia because of its capacity for uncontrolled, strong-willed growth.

My kid has a bleeding disorder and we just received an email from the National Bleeding Disorders Foundation that yesterday "nearly all staff within the CDC’s Division of Blood Disorders and Public Health Genomics" will be fired, so fuck you, RFK Jr, and all the senators who approved his nomination.

Mister Rogers and Big Bird on the set of Sesame Street. Photo courtesy: Muppet History.

Today is Mister Rogers' birthday.
Today is Big Bird's birthday.
And spring has officially sprung.

A beautiful day in the neighborhood, indeed.

Hahahaha!

Anyone else feeling like they’re polishing the brass on the Titanic?

A screenshot of an X post by Nerdy Pursuit (@nerdypursuit ) posted on March 7, 2025. The post highlights the popularity of Pete Buttigieg's recent Colbert interview, noting that two of the three clips have already surpassed one million views on YouTube. The text mentions that it’s unusual for a guest interview to garner such views, based on scrolling through the YouTube channel. The post includes three thumbnail images of the interview clips: 1) "Fmr. Sec. Pete Buttigieg On How Democrats (And Republicans) Can Resist Tru..." with 616K views, 4 days ago; 2) "Helping Russia And Fighting Canada, It’s Upside Down - Buttigieg On Trump’s Foreign..." with 1M views, 4 days ago; and 3) "Let's Be Clear: Tariffs Are A Tax - Fmr. Sec. Pete Buttigieg" with 1M views, 4 days ago. Each thumbnail shows Pete Buttigieg, former Transportation Secretary, speaking on the Colbert set with the "LATE SHOW" logo.

People are hungry for the new voice of the Democratic Party.

Puscifer album

“Raise a glass to our heterogeneity. Our remarkable resilience to calamity”
#puscifer

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Yay! Thanks to all the organizers and speakers! #standupforscience2025

This Sunday, the whole country needs to spring forward from 1939.

Had the honor of speaking at today’s @standupforscience.bsky.social rally in Philly.

I spoke about the importance of breaking the right rules and harnessing chaos for the greater good.

Great speakers! Philly proud!
#standupforscience2025

Statue of Benjamin Franklin

Ok Philly let’s make Ben proud!
#standupforscience2025

Unfortunately I think we’re about to find out how long childhood immunizations last

Yay!

I’ll be there! And at least some of my lab mates

For the zebrafish people:

If Danny-O is trans shouldn’t they be expressing GFP or something? Or am I confusing terms?

Dinosaur in a Haystack by Stephen Jay Gould

I’d rather be reading
#worldbookday

This is a poor argument. Normal was never good enough

I’ll be standing up in Philly. For Science and for American values
#standupforscience2025

“You are increasing the volume of your voice but not the logic of your argument.”

Wake up, parents of teens and toddlers. New comeback just dropped.

a tabby and white cat is pictured sitting on her haunches, looking directly at the camera. Behind her is her is the blue and gold Ukrainian flag.

Have courage
Stand up to bullies
Be like President Zelenskyy

Forwarding to my Trump-voting family members

This is perfect for my next presentation

Everyone Else Is An Asshole Reel Big Fish · Candy Coated Fury · Song · 2012

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a woman wearing sunglasses and red lipstick is looking down at something . ALT: a woman wearing sunglasses and red lipstick is looking down at something .

And to my fellow mouse researchers: