After running out of letters in the Latin Alphabet, they're calling the youngest generation - my children - Gen Alpha.

I'm flattered. But I'll feel badly if they call the generation after them 'Gen Beta'.
abcnews.go.com/GMA/Family/gen…

After a total of ten hours (see my previous post) untangling Lorien's hair (mostly Tinuviel's work - she's more skilled and patient than I am)

Mortified by the rat's nest in my daughter's hair

1/2 Our paper titled 'Sea anemone Membrane Attack Complex/Perforin Superfamily demonstrates an evolutionary transitional state between venomous and developmental functions' led by Joachim Surm is finally published in Molecular Biology and Evolution

academic.oup.com/mbe/article/do…
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Yikes - clearing out Jackson Square is not what you want to do during #JazzFest
#NOLA #GazaProtests

Very disturbing to watch. I'm in Jackson Square every other week. I love the people and the place. #NOLA #GazaProtests

The ICC and Accountability in Gaza: Growing indications point to a possibly impending arrest warrant being issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for senior Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Netanyahu, over the excessive use of force during the war and…

#KeepEyesOnSudan news.google.com/articles/CBMib…

Congratulations Jeff!

The International Criminal Court (ICC), which prosecutes individuals accused of war crimes and other abuses, is different from the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which adjucates disputes between nations. nytimes.com/2024/04/28/wor…

This says a lot about how our brains process visual stimuli. We see one image when presented with detail, and a totally different image when the visual input is reduced by an order of magnitude.

Perhaps the greatest joy of parenthood is reading the books you loved as a child to your kids

The importance of the looming Battle for El Fashir, a short thread🧵
El Fashir is significant for several reasons. Firstly it’s the cultural and historic capital of Darfur, being the capital of the Sultanate of Darfur hundreds of years before Darfur war incorporated in to Sudan…

Today’s quick update [Apr 25]:

- Tensions are high amidst reports that RSF forces are gearing up for another attack on Elfashir, North Darfur.

- Activists and experts have warned of the catastrophic consequences that such an attack will have.

#KeepEyesOnSudan

These takes are wild because I was literally at a vigil on Tuesday that Morehouse men were a part of with speakers from Haiti AND Sudan AND the Congo AND Palestine

If you spent 5 minutes in these spaces in real life you wouldn’t be asking these questions

I feel like it would be more normal for colleges to have nothing to do with arms manufacturers.

Protests by students & professors at Columbia, 1968 vs 2024.

I'm teaching a class on the history of the Nobel Prize and we've talked a lot about the 1960's. A sense of history is vital to any education worthy of the name. npr.org/2024/04/26/124…

Please watch this video that communicates the sense of urgency that's needed with the developing catastrophe in El Father. The genocide in Darfur, Sudan is systemic. Many things had to happen for this to be a reality. There's a national army - SAF, that's allowing this to happen.…