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PMP for an academic lab. I dabble in image analysis. PhD in Virology. Certified Cytometrist. Live Music enthusiast. I am an indoor cat. 🧬 🖥️🧪 Life long Yinzer. Kobo-enthusiast. My online presence does not reflect that of my employer.
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Yeti kept a good eye out while I was gardening.

This is going to sound obscure/esoteric but it is not: NSF Unidata announced it is furloughing "nearly all" of its staff today because of the NSF funding freeze. They provide weather forecasting infrastructure/server hosting/and more that NOAA as well as academia and companies use.

This lab meeting is going on foreeeeevvvvveeeerrr and I need to pee.

And this is the nail in the coffin for me using any data from my watch and phone to track health things. I'm going to have to find my watches and get new batteries.

Da Pope. Online now, in Chicago soon. #raygun www.raygunsite.com

Were the odds on the new pope 25 or 6 to 4?

The Lombardi trophy is in my office.   No, I didn’t drop it.

Anyone else yell at the roomba like it's one of your pets?

If you have a yard that produces sticks/twigs as waste, I cannot recommend enough getting a small wood chipper. It's so satisfying that chipping some stuff is going to be my "i did work today" treat.

today is a WFH day, which means instead of commuting I: put plants out to harden, went into scary basement to get lawn tools, did 2 loads of laundry & hung to dry, cleaned litter box, took our some recycling & did some life admin. Now it's time to create a workable plan for my big project.

In a recent meeting with PA teachers union leaders, Fetterman “began repeating himself, shouting and questioning why “everybody is mad at me,” “why does everyone hate me, what did I ever do” and slamming his hands on a desk…” This man should not be in office. buckscountybeacon.com/2025/05/penn...

I have a hair appointment this evening and I don't know if I just want a trim, or if I want to do something with it.

Keep Pittsburgh Seasonally Flooding