The founding father of neuroscience on the 6 "diseases of the will" that keep the talented from reaching greatness brainpickings.org/2017/03/17/dis…

PSA for non-coffee drinkers: if a coffee drinker says they want coffee, they probably don't mean decaf.

What we need today are universal values based not on faith but on scientific findings, common experience and common sense.

Just FYI: the following are not compliments: "Wow, you don't LOOK like a scientist!" "Pretty AND smart!" "A girl with a brain!"

Same sex marriage legal today in #Germany #Deutschland - Wunderbar!

Study shows that there is bias in treatment of women vs men in the workplace: hbr.org/2017/10/a-stud… #fb

This winter, let's finally stop being assholes, and become the people Mr. Rogers told us we could be.

The best technical design advice I've ever received is you will get it wrong, optimize for making your code easy to modify in the future.

The holiday season is coming up, friends. If you want to get that special lady in your life the thing she's always wanted, you better start hunting for Skulls to add to her Skull Pile right now.

Right, we've got to clear up all this nonsense about "women" versus "trans people". A loud and obsessive minority of people are claiming to speak for all women so please retweet if you're a woman who supports trans rights 100% and see no conflict between trans rights and feminism

#FridayFeeling

A reminder of the 13th century word ‘forswunk’: exhausted from too much work. To be ‘foreswunk’ is to be exhausted before you even begin. Morning.

The Mental Health All-Stars: Allies in the fight against the void.

On making fun of "my weird path", you know how people keep saying there is a skills shortage? And there's a gender gap in tech? If more women knew that they didn't have to take a straight forward path, then maybe they'd join us over here security land. Where we need people.

As gary taubes has uncovered, the US healthcare industry has been lacking in scientific rigor for some time. More here on vitamins. People still think “everyone” can’t get it wrong. But they can. Older Americans Are ‘Hooked’ on Vitamins nyti.ms/2q3PN8H

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