I’m ruined because at this point any jokes about AppleCare immediately replay the “I was told by AppleCare that I could walk in the store and pick up the part” line in my head and the lady hitting the stroller offbeat when she screams it.

To update: I played as Ellen Ripley briefly and I lasted for about thirty minutes. I hid under a table and got scared to come out. Eventually I accepted my destiny and ran out and the alien got me. Hiding/stealth games are truly the greatest fear inducer, but what a game Alien: Isolation is. 👏

This picture so far however is one of my favorites so far. It’s of my mom and dad several years before I was born. Not sure who the kid is in the picture as it most definitely is not me and I’m the eldest of my generation. Going to treasure this collective surprise for sure.

First thing I did this morning when I woke up was play that song, haha

Absolutely beautiful work!

I had a chance to play around with this recently and the Colab notebooks they provide are great ways to get up and started on your own. While not ready for clinical reliance of course, this is incredibly exciting already, and I'm paying attention to where this work continues in the future.

Congratulations!! So happy to hear this for you!!!

This was really fun to do, and I'm hoping as I continue to work with other uses of Ensembl VEP to build other helpful utilities. This is my first solo open source project I've published, not to mention a Shell script at that! I had fun with it and if it helps anyone beyond me, I'm happy with that!

I hope anyone that reads this little thread has some little bit of hope to hold onto too, even if it's just a tiny bit during these days. I know how hard it is. Hang in there.

These little things have been the highlight of the past month. That, and staying optimistic about the future I hope for, in the ways I can. It's not that things aren't hard for us all, in differing ways, but if I don't hold on to some hope, it would be hard when heartbreak happens. ❤️

Horror games are just a lifelong enjoyment. Watching someone play is far different than playing them myself. Dead Space Remake was fantastic, I loved it, and it remains a favorite. Alan Wake 2, while I'm early on in the game, it has been SUCH a journey. What a masterpiece already. Memorable.

Spending time with people who care about the same issues, and learning about how people have self-advocated for themselves has been informative to me, and also helped me realize that I am not alone in my own journey. It's a struggle many face, and clearly further indictment of a broken system.

The bioinformatic experimentation has been interesting. Part of it has been problem solving on my own and figuring out how to onboard to tools I've never used before, but the outcome has been powerful. Some tools have been replaced and figuring out what's available vs not has been harder to discern.