I’ve been a smart Black girl all my life. I’m now a grown Black woman with years of experience , an Ivy League degree and ….

Being smarter than people doesn’t mean much if you are not resourced .

Being smarter doesn’t make you more virtuous

And smart .. helps less than aware

In all fairness, Trump uses IQ in the most historically accurate way possible, as a way to do a racism in service of eugenics.

It kills me to think of all the malnourished kids in poorer countries we stopped feeding so we could give another tax cut to the richest creeps in the entire world. Even the kids who survive might suffer from permanent developmental problems for no reason, just hollow greed and cruelty. It's awful.

Not even a controversial statement to say that if white people wanted this to stop badly enough it would. Not even a controversial statement to say that among the voting populace it is white people's fault it's gone this far.

And if you're white and that offends you it's because a hit dog hollers.

The hilarity of today's foolishness? Black people aren't saying "Stop calling the Obamas" because they're Black. They're saying it because it isn't a fucking solution. If you wanted a better America you would have listened when we told you enabling a police state was a terrible idea.

Apropos of nothing:

A lot of white women are trained to see everything as a club, and exclusion as punishment. It’s part of how white supremacy controls us.

That includes Black culture and Black community.

But our abandonment/rejection trama is not on Black people to coddle or fix.

Hey another thing

Not being able to show up until you’re somewhat stable

Is good community management and let no one tell you different

A lot of people new to things will demand your urgency

If you do not have it say no but be HONEST

How does this not destroy you

I actually think a nation run by a bunch of childless cat women would be doing a whole lot better than what the fuck white dudes did.

Same WSJ columnist, two weeks apart:
(via @parkermolloy www.readtpa.com/p/when-pundi...)

The "Alfred Nobel forbid posthumous prizes" thing is a myth.

The rule is self-imposed by the Nobel Committee, and was only codified in 1974 -- well after the Watson and Crick prize!

Also, three prizes have been awarded after the recipient died, including in 2012.

#WormWednesday Our @PlantNeuro team turned off-the-shelf equipment into a platform that can study how C. elegans roundworms respond to dozens of chemicals in <2.5 hours. 1/4

With four days remaining before voting is closed, a final plea: please vote for the October Daye books for Best Series. The beautiful irony of a series that began because I couldn't figure out how else to make a living off a folklore degree and a thesis about "Tam Lin" would be glorious.

Spent 5 hours cross-stitching a QR code to Rickroll my brother with. Time well spent.

*sigh*

*Deeper sigh*

*Sighs so deeply, exhales all breath and falls off couch*

The levels of irony here: A news headline saying that most Black Americans believe "conspiracy theories" about US institutions, including the news. But then those cited "conspiracy theories" are supported by data.
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@relfal.bsky.social you're the Janet I used to be in lab with, aren't you???

@glorifiedlabrat.bsky.social your username is sending me! 😆

Things I've learned about myself while thesis writing. 1) presence of music is critical (calm instrumentals for high-focus brain work, loud/high-energy for fussing with figures, sea shanties for finding/reviewing literature and editing😆).