We’re pawsitively thrilled to welcome the furries to Pittsburgh for their annual Anthrocon, Inc. conference this weekend! Who’s heading downtown to check out the parade and block party on Saturday? #anthrocon #furries #pittsburghpa #anthrocon2023

My level of "fuck you" is really high today.

I finally got to open my windows up, and some asshat has a fire going.

@phgtransitcare transit is doing something weird with real time tracking. Red line is bouncing back and forth on stops. (O/b was at Stevenson, then Shiraz, then back to stevenson).

If you should happen to have a Bluesky invite, I'd love one.

Moved over. Hope to see you soon.

The current crop of grad students drinks a lot less than my cohort did. Labbie passed his comps today and is talking about a celebratory hike.

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New Publication from the New Lab! (I had nothing to do with the research)

Would it be weird to nominate myself for an alumni award? I want to do it just out of principle because it seems my alma mater usually gives them to performing arts majors.

First Sprint of (eventual) Lab Scrum today. Starting with one Labbie, and we will go from there. #PMP #Bioinformatics #SeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime

Guy in the next office is on the phone explaining to a collaborator that Pittsburgh and Philly aren't really close to each other.

New boss keeps apologizing for swearing in front of me. Because I’m trying to behave, I haven’t laughed yet.

I think everyone in science has written a "fuck you" reply to a grant not getting a good review/ a paper not getting accepted (looking at you reviewer # 3), when I'm stuck, I like to write the "OMG this is the best thing ever infomercial" version of something. Creativity helps.

Thursday is my day that I get to work from home. I have a delivery window from 7:30 to 11:30. Obviously I will get nothing done Because of imminent interruption.

Reviewing a chapter for something. States that most proteins are in the 300-400aa range. Is this true? Or am I biased by working on too many 12-TM proteins?

One of the students came in dressed all in pink because of the Barbie movie. He's my new favorite.

Do expired BinaxNOW #COVID19 rapid antigen tests still work? This Microbiology Spectrum study shows that expired kits retain their sensitivity. The findings have implications for waste management & supply chain resilience in pandemic readiness efforts. asm.social/1kQ

As I noted elsewhere, I can see why a lot of right wing dudes hate the Barbie movie, because unlike a lot of these right wing dudes, the Barbie movie can make a woman laugh and come away satisfied after a couple of hours in a dark room together.

This relates to a meeting I just had, but the misconceptions section of lemmings entry of wikipedia is gold. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemming