Unfortunately I can't actually read the paper because [gestures broadly at the state of academic publishing,] but I contributed to science! Perhaps I will go to the University library for it at some point.

I haven't been active in academia in six years but today I was delighted to come across a very specific niche research paper, wonder if they cited my work in it, and upon checking discover that they *did*.

Congrats on your cat mandated naptime! I'm not sure when I'll be free tonight but I'll try to drop by

It didn't use to be a weather. Past few summers with the massive fires and the garbage AQI's... yeah, it's kind of a weather now. 🫠

Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy - Reactor Perihelion and its crew embark on a dangerous new mission at a corporate-controlled station in the throes of a hostile takeover… Novelette | 7,540 words They were still three hours out when Perihelion...

New Murderbot short story! Takes place shortly after book 2, features ART and its favorite human, Iris. (Show folks will meet ART next season.) reactormag.com/rapport-mart...

This is a new Murderbot short story, coming out later this week on Reactor Magazine. It’s about ART and its crew, set before Network Effect, and how ART finally decided to tell them about meeting a rogue SecUnit.

Hoo boy, moving is a lot of work. But today we got the last bits and bobs out of the old place, cleaned it, and turned in our keys. Very large step completed!

a woman with red hair is screaming and says i see all Alt: Magenta from The Rocky Horror Picture Show sings a line from Time Warp: "I see all"

I actually don't think I've seen any of the easy mode stuff more than six times. But there is a clear winner for movie I've seen the most.

I only have one book in the dataset, and a couple dozen co-authors on that book, but I wouldn't say no to $20k for an academic text that my previous payment for was a free copy of the book

Moderna's combo Covid and flu mRNA shot outperforms current vaccines in large trial A combination shot would make it easier for people to get vaccinated against Covid and the flu at the same time.

Moderna's combo Covid and flu mRNA shot outperforms current vaccines in large trial
A combination shot would make it easier for people to get vaccinated against Covid and the flu at the same time.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

As he began speaking on the Senate floor Monday night, Cory Booker said that he intended to disrupt “the normal business of the Senate for as long as I am physically able,” citing his belief that “our nation is in crisis.”

He wasn’t kidding.

🔗 www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Yes. Short is good with alt text! Don't fuss with extra details unless they're important to understanding what the picture is about.

Folks, they have less than 1k comments so far. Posts arguing about which way to hang toilet paper have more comments in facebook groups. If you are in any way involved in art: writing, music, acting, film MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD

Photograph of a warehouse in Kinshasa where unboxed tuberculosis medications are going undistributed due to the stop work order by the Trump Administration.

Just received this photo from a friend of a warehouse in Kinshasa. These are tuberculosis medications--ALREADY PAID FOR--that aren't being distributed due to the Trump Administration's stop work order.
TB treatment is being interrupted in SO many patients around the world. What does that mean? (1/2)

If you're mad and find yourself yelling that you want someone launched into the Sun, take a moment, calm yourself, and remember that it takes a lot less Delta v to launch them out of the Solar System instead.

You can be mad, but that's no excuse to be inefficient with propellant.

I saw this cover at the library when I was a kid and checked the book out based almost entirely on the strength of the cover art. It... probably wasn't the best place to start the series actually. No regrets.

Bee in the tree is pretty much a given at this point

Sometimes I get really sad and hopeless and I think about the gardasil vaccine and it makes me happier for a minute because it is one of the best things humanity has done in awhile.

A literal cancer vaccine.

'Overpopulation' Is A Racist Trope. It's Time We Laid It To Rest A new movie satirises the myth that climate change is a consequence of too many people. In the real world, our overpopulation obsession must be euthanised.

🚨I'm seeing some climate accounts posting overpopulation stuff, so I've removed the paywall from my article on the subject: Overpopulation Is A Racist Trope.