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Ken Gareau
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December 15, 2024 at 2:12 PM
Heroes & Monsters of Geek Myth by Evslin, Evslin, & Hooped

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Day18
#BookSky💙📚
#BookChallenge
#GreekMyth
#IReadThisTooMuchInThe3rdGrade
December 13, 2024 at 3:07 AM
Baking experiments might be back on the docket.

Cheddar Jalapeño soda bread

#bread #cheese #ExperimentalRecipe #IWingItMoreThanIShouldWithBaking
#TastyScience
December 12, 2024 at 7:45 PM
It’s really fun how LinkedIn is starting to show me grocery store position ads in my “Senior Scientist” search as my unemployment is slowly ticking down to zero.

Super, super helpful and non anxiety inducing. Thanks guys.
December 12, 2024 at 4:20 PM
The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Day17
#BookSky💙📚
#BookChallenge
#Tao
#HonestlyImMoreLikeRabbit
December 12, 2024 at 1:18 AM
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Day16
#BookSky💙📚
#BookChallenge
#WhenWasThastTimeYouThoughtAboutTheRomanEmpire
December 11, 2024 at 1:53 AM
Not vax related, but I butted up against this when I was helping a local politics campaign for an override to fund schools, and was just exhausted by people who couldn’t take three seconds to pause and consider factual information instead of their knee jerk reaction.

Good insights to noodle on.
some discourse happening on Threads about Science Communication

as someone who teaches SciComm, I feel like some of the disdain some scientists have for the subject is rooted in the fact that communication operates under epistemologies diametrically opposed to what they see as “good science”
December 10, 2024 at 4:24 PM
This is an excellent #StormlightArchive recap/history lesson for anyone who wants a shorter than 4,000 page reread. Or just timed their reread poorly like me.

#Stormlight
#Cosmere
#WindandTruth
#TruthwatchersRepresent

m.youtube.com/watch?v=uU9Q...
Stormlight Archive - FULL STORY RECAP BEFORE WIND AND TRUTH
YouTube video by Wizards and Warriors
m.youtube.com
December 10, 2024 at 2:09 AM
I swear I’m way more thrilled with this shirt than my face gives on, but I have such joy as a molecular biologist to have a Jurassic Park Mr. DNA shirt.

Even if dinosaur DNA half-life is only like 500 years and I’ll never get my pet stegosaurus.
December 9, 2024 at 5:21 PM
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Day15
#BookSky💙📚
#BookChallenge
December 9, 2024 at 4:17 PM
Got to see three nice nidan exams tonight! Some of the time from being upside down and in mid air, even!

#aikido #ukemi #OuchINeedABathAndAleve
December 9, 2024 at 12:09 AM
Seen on my way to sushi last night. What a happy little pair.
December 8, 2024 at 7:17 PM
Speaker For The Dead by Orson Scott Card

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Day14
#BookSky💙📚
#BookChallenge
December 8, 2024 at 3:35 PM
Foundation by Isaac Asimov

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Day13
#BookSky💙📚
#BookChallenge
December 8, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Saturday morning at the gym is an introvert lifter’s idea of hell: crowded, loud, and with every piece of equipment you need for your workout taken by someone magically using it in a way to exercise the totally opposite way it’s supposed to be.

No reason why I’m posting this now. None at all.
December 7, 2024 at 6:12 PM
Summer Knight by Jim Butcher

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Day12
#BookSky💙📚
#BookChallenge
#FaeAF
December 7, 2024 at 1:04 AM
Also I explicitly put down my Rhythm of War reread for something lighter because Kaladin’s arc triggered my brain a bit too hard so now I need to rest before I can finish that AND then tackle Wind and Truth.

Unless I just skip RoW and launch in but I want fabrial lessons…
December 6, 2024 at 4:15 PM
Happy Wind and Truth Day for all who celebrate! My D&D group made this with a very explicit attack on my soul. Rude. #Cosmere #StormlightArchive #WhatDidIDoToDeserveThis #Truthwatcher
December 6, 2024 at 4:08 PM
I know it’s a dinky little fake tree but I do love this little thing. Bonus that is the first time I’ve put it in the front of my middle bay window and I delight in being able to see it twinkle when I come home at night.
#XmasTrees
#RecoveringCatholicTraits
#ItsMyHolidayNowICanDoWhatIWant
December 5, 2024 at 9:48 PM
Relax, You’re Already Home by Raymond Barnett

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Day11
#BookSky💙📚
#BookChallenge
#Taoism
December 5, 2024 at 9:40 PM
Circe by Madeline Miller

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Day10
#BookSky💙📚
#BookChallenge
December 5, 2024 at 2:29 AM
But I did at least make it
December 4, 2024 at 11:45 PM
My current vibe as I’m supposed to go to aikido exams+potluck tonight 😭
December 4, 2024 at 10:50 PM
Those tunes sustain me
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My 2024 Wrapped - Get yours
2024 Wrapped
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December 4, 2024 at 6:43 PM
But as usual have my typical group of crazies who #JustShowUp and are #Weatherproof. #NP_BOS #MyButtIsStillColdThough
December 4, 2024 at 12:44 PM