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Mercenary wordsmith you've probably read but didn't know it. HIST/GEOG once upon a time. Sooners fan. OU & OK State alum. Chased a few storms. Emcee/trivia host by night. Somehow still alive and employed.
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❝Nobody…took me seriously. They wondered why in the world I wanted to be a chemist when no women were doing that. The world was not waiting for me.❞ — Gertrude B. Elion, American pharmacologist, died #onthisday ✝️21 Feb 1999. See more of her #quotes at todayinsci.com/E/Elion_Gert...

❝Before we talk about ecosystem design, we have to talk about ego-system management.❞ — William McDonough, American environmental engineer, born #onthisday 🌟21 Feb 1951. Read more of his #quotes at todayinsci.com/M/McDonough_...

❝There is nothing which can better deserve your patronage, than the promotion of Science and Literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of publick happiness.❞ —U.S. President George Washington, born 🌟22 Feb 1732. More of his #quotes at todayinsci.com/W/Washington...

22 Feb 1946—#onthisday 🗓️Selman Waksman announced the discovery of streptomycin, the first specific antibiotic effective against tuberculosis. For more on this event, and others for today, read todayinsci.com/2/2_22.htm#e...

February 22 - Today in Science History - Scientists born on February 22nd, died, and events www.todayinsci.com/2/2_22.htm#e...

I love this for Brittany Mahomes.

The ASL version of “Not Like Us” is magnificent.

Please stop flushing your Chiefs jerseys down our toilets.

This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen. Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !” globalnews.ca/news/9793403...

At the Deathbed, by Edvard Munch, 1895

Never Forget

Evening on Karl Johan Street, by Edvard Munch, 1892

Silicon Valley be all like "You didn't want to buy our monkey jpgs and conduct meetings with VR headsets, I guess we have no choice but to start WW3"

The absolute worst thing about adjusting to a new laptop? Getting used to the new kketboard.

The Silicon Valley billionaires & techno-feudal lords who are waging a capitalists' coup right now are rebelling against the people & the "free market" for rejecting them & the tech they need us to become dependent on. They're taking over the government to ensure we have no more choice in the matter

“The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism - ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any…controlling private power." - FDR

For a good time, go to AO3 and do a search for date: > 30 years and sort: date posted, ascending. There's so much gold in the results. VCR era vids. Fic that was originally hand typed and passed person to person. Art that should honestly be in a museum. You're welcome, enjoy.

The three teams that miss the Big Ten tournament and the three teams that miss the ACC tournament should play a 6 team tournament

“I know Paige has been through a really difficult breakup but surely there has to be another song that can do some of the heavy lifting?”