“If you share what you think is cool and intellectually interesting and touching and beautiful, the world organizes itself around that intent”

Doing good science is 90% finding a science buddy to constantly talk to about the project.

always a delight when a structural biology methodology wins a nobel prize, though i'll always think cryoem and xray crystallography are superior methods #justsayin #reallifeisbetterthanAI

Weil's "Need for Roots" Orlean's "The Library Book" Young's "What the Robin Knows" RFJ Jr's "Vax-Unvax"

Rollo May on creative people

Vivian Maier. Again. I have to refrain unless I bore you again with my passion and disbelief at her extraordinary vision.

Sorry but it's more Carl Jung

that fiber artistry and lacework and “women’s work” are what led to the invention of computer programming is so incredibly beautiful and makes me cry whenever i think about it

Don't tell the poets but I learned today that birds sing in their sleep, dreaming the notes of their birdsongs

love & agree with this, tho as a mom with a kiddo <1yo all of these besides sourdough is a challenge for me. one day, i shall weave and read those classic big boi philosophy texts.

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i want to read 10 books a day and consume all poetry and learn new languages and study different majors and pick up pottery and learn how to play instruments and own a bookstore and run a cafe and

C. S. Lewis, perspective reset

This sounds frivolous in the grand scheme of things but we need to support archivists, protect public libraries, protect journalists, writers, artists, photographers, and filmmakers. We need to continue to keep culture alive and educate our youth.

One more thought before I leave for my errands. If you want to survive and help others survive the next few years, you're going to have to think like an Appalachian. Let me explain:

Emily Zanotti 🦝 They give you a deeper understanding of childhood, one that you cannot gain from your own childhood because you yourself were too small to understand. They're quite fun. Many things you only really learn by trying to teach, and they give endless opportunity. and:

This is a beautiful ad and probably a good conversation starter, but unlikely tops DFW's #lobster essay of similar title. …om.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/magazine/2000s…

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