Jupiter, Venus, and a SpaceX launch. From our bedroom in Santa Barbara.
A depressingly thorough description of the "death by a thousand cuts" that is well under way regarding NIH peer review. Luck has always been a key element of funding success, but its importance has ballooned in the last year and a half.
I gave up on the WaPo years ago. I'd hate to also give up on the NYTimes. But this guy is a decorated army surgeon who literally saved the life of a (now) US Senator and worked as a volunteer trauma surgeon in Bosnia, Haiti, and Gaza. Contrast that with their paper-thin guilt-by-association lede.
A PSA to my younger academic colleagues: you should absolutely be listing terminated grants and well-scored, but unfunded (due to administration fuckery) proposals on your CV, with a short explanation. This is important evidence that we senior colleagues will use in writing your promotion letters.
Without downloading new pics what is it like to date (and/or be married to) you?
While I liked and donated to Ossoff during his first, failed run for congress in 2017, he was a bit wooden back then. His oratorical skills have improved.
A compelling (and encouraging) review of the status of COVID in the UK.
I never got around to forming an opinion about Hunter Biden. Didn't really see the point. But damn if he's not suddenly forcing me into an opinion of "increasingly high esteem." Below is one of his many recent gems.
