I just snapped back from a multi hour time warp where I casually was working on a puzzle after dinner and now it’s 1am

Me RN deep in vorticity worm dynamics youtu.be/hlos8imBu7E?... journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...

Our goose overlords have returned

Down a weird rabbit hole listening to the recordings on Voyager golden disks and honestly, they’re kind of scary. Like the sound of a chimpanzee would be horrifying if you are an alien and don’t know what a chimpanzee is. Also just a long quiet period with heartbeats. I would not contact us.

Discovering (beyond the em dash) that my writing style is frequently detected as likely AI. Cool. Cool. A draft of a paper just threw 71% AI generated content. The supposed “fingerprints” were adverb-adjective pairing and consistent language styles across paragraphs. Wtf

Suddenly remembered how good Random Access Memories. My office is digitally funky today.

Sasha jump scare P.S. The sound is important to this video.

Can we go outside so I can eat snow?!

When you’re a grown up you can just make fireplace smores whenever you want

I’m sat. Be here till Monday, at least.

It’s me. I’m West Virklahoma.

When we’re all trapped with no power at least all my neighbors will have raw meat

You should be preparing now for a significant winter storm to impact you with a good chance of 6-12 inches of snow or significant ice, at times near white-out conditions, impassable roads, and life-threatening cold. ticker.mesonet.org #okwx #okmesonet

No one talk to me, I’m in mourning. My gay pride Mothman pin has disappeared from my lanyard. I still have his pride flag, but Mothman is gone!

Good morning tornadoes

Hey people! My son's science fair project is about how people visualize things when they read. It's very short and he'd appreciate it if you could fill it out, and share for more responses! (info: 'print books' also includes ebooks) Thank you! ☺️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Really planning to stick to reading in 2026. Using @thestorygraph.com has defintiely made reading fun for me again. Only downside: I’m finding excellent book recommendations that I can’t get easily from our library or other subscriptions. 💸 Also pls be my StoryGraph friend.

Wrapping up this shitshow of a year by melting my brain binging Traitors reality tv.

Another Christmas, another year closer to my full Todd and Margo form.

Merry Christmas, we had to turn on our upstairs AC.

Among all the other things, our museum is in a precarious place. kfor.com/news/local/n...

Nature asked readers about their favorite scientific gifts. Here’s what they said. What is your favorite scientific gift? 🧪

There’s a return grate in my office and for reasons unknown it is vibrating loudly.

Heads up Colorado: there’s a visibility event planned on Saturday in front of the NOAA building in Boulder to show your support for NCAR

I love the idea of seals

Fell down my own stairs so hard my Apple Watch tried to send out sos alerts 😭

I’m currently having a Rolling Stones renaissance.

Vibe coding is both the best and worst thing that has ever happened to me. Impressive code—no idea how it works now.

Balloon warfare

Our thoughts are with the descendants and community as Mother Fletcher has joined her late brother, Hughes ‘Uncle Redd’ Van Ellis, and the generations of survivors and descendants who left this world still waiting on justice.⁠ ⁠ #JusticeForGreenwood #MotherFletcher #ViolaFordFletcher

The OU Daily among other outlets is reporting the arrest of an OU Professor by ICE while boarding a flight at Will Rogers. Scary times. www.oudaily.com/news/ou-prof...

I swear all I have done since coming back from the shutdown is watch the little loading bar on my Mac.

Quite possibly the most visibly apparent northern lights I have ever seen — from my well lit neighborhood in a very light polluted metro area.

The witch of November— lyrics from The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Also what I might start calling myself. Anyway, 50 years ago the Edmund Fitzgerald sank.

Will I go back to work soon? Maybe. When I do I will mourn my furlough naps. I don’t usually wear my watch overnight, so my health data is now made of naps.

Thought: next year maybe we should decorate for Halloween in the theme of the Edmund Fitzgerald and then we can leave it up till time to decorate for Christmas.

Spooky Arlene judging the children

Trick or treat y’all 🍷

Getting on StoryGraph has really reignited my interest in reading for leisure. The recommendations plus data viz are just what I need. I’ve head half of these books just this month (thanks government shutdown). If you’re on StoryGraph, find me (same handle). I want to be nosy about your reading. 📖

Well now I have grey-green-dark hair. Before photo for comparison + cat butt.

Margo is zero percent interested in my bag-head

Found ~5 year old hair dye in the bathroom so this is where we are on shutdown day 22.

Furlough activity 80% finished… I have learned I am a speed-run Lego person. Forcing myself to stop to have at least one more day on this one.

Me reading the news notifications on my phone today in particular

Finally made it to Don’t Stress Meowt in OKC. It was everything I dreamed of. I took precisely zero photos in the cat lounge—I was too busy snuggling cats. Enjoy these views from the cafe portion. Look closely for Mr. Pancakes in his hairless glory.

Very interesting!

Tried to treat myself this morning with a dozen Shipley filled donuts. Got home and they are just regular donuts. Day ruined.