Who was the best Violeta (in La Traviata)? Any favorite recordings? (This is in prep to go see it at San Francisco Opera )

Proposed sequel to On The Origin of Species: “On the Destination of Species.” And then you open the book and it’s just a centerfold of a crab.

People in the group chat trying to figure out where they're going after Twitter like it's the last scene in Fiddler and everyone's been kicked out of Anatevka.

The FUCK?

Is TikTok good for discovering new science papers? Asking for me.

Children dying from Strep throat and other immune consequences This virus season has been like no other with high hospitalization rates from RSV, Influenza and now more children are dying from Strep A bacterial infections. This long thread looks at what might be going on.🧵1/

Stop telling depressed people to reach out to you for help… On my most depressed days I could barely get out of bed to feed my dog and get my child to school. What makes you think I have the energy or will power to reach out for help?? 😤

10 things that shocked me when I moved from academia into my first industry role: (a 🧵)

4 of 5 stars to For Blood and Money by Nathan Vardi goodreads.com/review/show/52…

4 of 5 stars to I Didn't Come Here to Make Friends by Courtney Robertson goodreads.com/review/show/53…

5 of 5 stars to Humble Pi by Matt Parker goodreads.com/review/show/54…

5 of 5 stars to Y/N by Esther Yi goodreads.com/review/show/54…

Opera companies can keep trying to make opera singers more like pop stars, commission flashy productions, do bug marketing campaigns, if the only way to do opera is to continue retelling the same terrible misogynistic stories (like Strauss’ Die Frau Ohne Schatten) opera will die.

3 of 5 stars to God, Human, Animal, Machine by Meghan O'Gieblyn goodreads.com/review/show/56…

I’ve said it before and l’ll say it again, neglect is a form of trainee abuse. If you don’t have the bandwidth to effectively mentor, don’t take trainees. And if you see neglect, don’t say it’s due to busy PIs or big labs - that’s excusing bad behavior & discounting the trainee