…’that would be cool‘ but they do nothing about it. You get an idea and you’re like ‘Catch me if you can, motherfuckers!‘ and you just fucking do it. And it’s what I love most about you.”
Friends, let’s be honest: I can be… a lot. So him loving this about me (for 18 years now) is pretty wonderful.
Scientists are making tremendous progress; it's mostly in areas that tend to require larger teams b/c a lot of the low-hanging fruit has been picked (as Dan notes). Also: student-led projects have become much more of a priority within the academy & places like Bell Labs don't exist any more. But:
BREAKING:
New from Haberman and Swan:
Secret memos show that the Trump White House debated last year, to a greater degree than previously known, whether to limit a constitutional right — suspending habeas corpus rights for undocumented immigrants to accelerate mass deportation efforts.
Just my old friend @amutepiggy.bsky.social absolutely crushing bluesky tonight 😂😂😂
Today at the end of a long day my husband said the kindest thing anyone has ever said to me. I was updating him on a new insane project I’ve been working on tirelessly for the last two months. When I finished he said: “This is why I fell in love with you. Most people have an idea and they say…
I am imaging he is standing at the edge of the White House lawn.
It's so wild reading posts from colleagues in Europe where science continues to be funded and social science, in particular, continues to thrive and be celebrated. Meanwhile, here in America we're watching our research pipelines dry up & NIH & NSF are just... not issuing grants. What a weird time.
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Grew up in a small suburb and a small town. Thought I would only thrive in a rural place b/c it’s what I knew. I was afraid of cities until I actually lived in one. Then after two years in Philadelphia I remember thinking one day “wow that’s weird, my depression and malaise have vanished.” 🤷♀️