Several years ago, I wrote for a popular sci pub. With more space to think about larger science and industry again, I'm back to writing: melissas-newsletter-f18607.beehiiv.com/p/people-are...

We’re not skirting around DEI to protect our spaces. This is a full fronted assault on our homes, our families, etc. I am not willing to compromise who I am to make anyone feel safe. But if you’re just looking for a hug I’m still here.

I got disinvited to an event because of…Charlie. Because I wont apologize that science should be a space for thoughts and not liars trying to advance their careers. I’m sorry, I’m always Isis.

Leafcutter ants are the DoorDashers of the animal kingdom. 🐜 🌱

Oh, fuck off Forbes. Putting out an article that reads like AI to talk about the relevance of college professors without an attempt to understand how deeply moving digital has impacted student mental health. This one gives you a generous C- www.forbes.com/sites/sergei...

I didn't realize The Onion was scooping up other domain names... www.dukechronicle.com/article/2025...

How is TD just such a great kid? Everything she's dealt with as a kid with the loss of her brother, I couldn't blame her if she became a real hellion. But, she's just becoming such a gracious, classy young woman.

Ive been tracking these hilarious animals on my phone and was so emotionally invested in whether the polar bear would make it back to land for the summer and get enough time at sea. Whew, Barbara. You were giving me the vapors.

Pennyworth is checking every single box for me right now.

I just learned that I am apparently three degrees from Kevin Bacon? 🤣

Same. Maybe he's building his chest for a presidential run? 🤞

In all the mess, there is a euphoria to remembering that I was born in & live in a city that has my family's back. My parents were undocumented teenagers when they came to LA from Mexico. My mom had me at 17 in a hospital-turned-parking-lot in the San Fernando Valley. I love you, Los Angeles.

It could almost be an onion article. “Los Angelenos surprised to learn their city was invaded and is on fire.” But that might be too wacky, even for the onion.

I mean, that’s literally where “Fuck Tha Police” came from…

There is so much in the world, I just need to think about something happy for a few. TD plays a game where she tries to get in the last “I love you” as she’s walking away from you. Tonight’s round on the way to her room went 20 min. Just us yelling “I love you” at each other. My heart could burst.

Major revisions!!!! I’m just going to focus on that bit of good today.

The pope scheduling a live broadcast mass at 2:30 on 6/14 is exactly the pettiness I am ready to see come back to the church.

Oh, Joni….

Universities higher than corporations. Just let that sink in for a minute…

Remember all the stuff Bob Jr said he wouldn’t do and the Senate bought it? How’s that going?

I finished my last MBA assignment about how bias impacts communication biases. It included communities many of us recognize - race, ethnicity, and 🏳️‍🌈. They’re not always seen but I felt compelled to add a a slide that sometimes you can’t see people’s differences and have autism as an example.

All crew, Again, please do not insert unknown USB drives from random planets into computer ports on the Enterprise. Worf

is it safe to time travel to yesterday

OK, journal. That was pretty ballsy to ask for a manuscript review with a three day turnaround time. Who plans their life less than a week in advance?

Thanks to the state of Iowa for continuing to support the development of Pneumero and our path to market! corridorbusiness.com/iowa-city-me...

Thread on the dangers of learning from AI and how ChatGPT’s positive reinforcement is bad for calibration of knowledge.

We are...

Wait, wait, wait. I thought we were building and buying American?

Im still on this in the morning. I need more Tracy Morgan nature shows during the dark times. I hope they have Octopuses a 100 episode budget.

I'm glad we're going after public enemy #1, Barbie www.newsweek.com/trump-threat...

I just discovered that Tracy Morgan loves octopuses and I have a little more hope than before.

Me: "I absolutely can't do any housework today because I need to finish this project so I can enjoy Mothers Day tomorrow." Also Me, spending an hour explaining how to do a household chore

My article in The Physiologist on why we need the National Institutes of Health, including a very personal perspective, is out www.physiology.org/publications...

Do you think he can re-enter the US as a citizen since the name on his passport won’t match the one on his birth certificate?

It really is this simple. #TransRightsAreHumanRights

An American pope?!?!

I will never understand, given the high level of system connectivity, why hospital based medical device companies put the alarm on the monitor instead of sending it to a staff member.

Is he going to miss Rocco? Let’s get rid of the rock and keep the puppets.

Wanda is lost without Vision

NIH, NSF, NASA… If it funds science it’s under attack.

And physiology. Remind me why we left FASEB?

If you haven’t called your congressperson to advocate for NIH, today’s the day.