I spoke to a talented junior scientist who just got a good faculty job offer in the US and they told me “well I wouldn’t move to 1930s Germany either” so that’s how that’s going

Yeah, I'm not doing the Red Note thing. Why? The law removing tiktok is worded in such a way it will be easy for the government to continue banning apps from outside the U.S. I'm not building up on an app that would be the next domino to fall. I'm not dealing with this loss again if I can help it.

me at 16: my stomach is an indomitable furnace on a steam engine anything I throw in there will be annihilated into fuel

me at 38: I have to actively maintain the bacterial balance on my gut biome or I don't get to poop right

Kids are out of school this week. Time for movies.

Also fyi since my October was deleted by election stress I’ll be doing a little trick or treating for Thanksgiving this year, so if I show up at your door with an empty plate just whack some mashed potatoes or stuffing on there for me okay? No need to be weird about it.

i either read for 8 hours straight or don’t touch a book for 8 months there is no in between

I'm totally OK with being called woke. It just means that I'm showing off my green flags. Happy to follow others with green flags.

#woke

Word of the day. Or week. Or next four years.

I'm hungry and I can't sleep.

My life is pretty mundane. Idk how many updates I'll post, but I'm here. Hello people.