She lets him off too lightly, but it's elegantly done:)

His sexism is pretty openly expressed in his famous book, which all molecular biologists of my generation had read as teenagers. Unfortunately that sexism was quietly shared by many male scientists of his generation, so he got a pass for it, at least in those days.

This was before widespread knowledge of his racism, obviously, since he was invited as a speaker to Oxford university. But I and several colleagues were struck by the cruel humour and the ableism behind it, so unsurprised when his reputation began to unravel.

I was physically present at a talk he did in early 1990s in the big Oxford Uni Zoology lecture theatre, when discussing prenatal DNA testing he sniggered as he mused that one day disabled people with congenital conditions might sue parents for not having aborted them. 😑

i remember reading from coldharbor employees that he and crick were also shit colleagues, not cleaning after themselves, waltzing in, just being very self centred and I can believe that 100%

What a writer! Wish she was still here 💔

Very funny to simultaneously learn that this random name rattling around from 9th grade biology was still kicking until last week and that he was also a huge piece of shit. Onward and upward.

I really don't think he had a brilliant mind. It looked like it. I was taught that. I read all kinds of stuff that said he was brilliant. But now... I believe he had a moment of luck because he cheated. He spied on the work of a woman more brilliant than he could ever imagine. Literally.

www.bbc.com/news/world-u... For such a brilliant mind, it is disappointing that he held fast to his belief that blacks were less intelligent and therefore inferior due to genetics.

Thank you for posting this, Brittany! I would never have seen it, otherwise.

Masterful and excoriating indeed.

He basically stole the discovery of DNA from Franklin, talked about her like she was a glorified secretary in his book, and was generally an awful person.

Almost like he turned in someone else’s homework and couldnt much expound upon it.

Wouldn't be surprised if all air transportation gets canceled. Will be a good preview of what a national general strike can really do - shut down the country.

This Trump Flight Cancelations situation isn’t sustainable. Up to 4.5 hour delays at JFK on a clear sunny day AFTER FAA put its flight cap in place. The national aviation system will grind to a halt soon with these ATC staffing issues.

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There are now nearly 40 aircraft waiting to depart JFK.

It's Saturday morning with absolutely no weather to speak of for probably a thousand miles.

I remember the eighties. Greed is good. How quickly we forget the past. Wealth is an addiction. Drug addicts don't usually last long.

The desire for extreme capital concentration at the expense of everyone else is sociopathy.

It should never have been taught in business schools, normalized as competition, idolized to the point of electing leaders of corruption.

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