It is a sad day for conservation.

Moral support fell asleep 😴

„Listening in wild places, we are audience to conversations in a language not our own.” ~Braiding sweetgrass, Kimmerer

I come up with my best writing while commuting on the bus, so instead of going to work and staring at a page I should find the longest route and go back and forth. Clearly other places are too distracting.

gothamist.com/news/two-cyc... If you bike to Far Rockaways be aware of the invisible line that seems to be hung around the bridge. We also run into this on Sunday but this turns out to be a serious issue. I saw this article today and realized we could have been seriously injured…

What happened to all the insects this year..

Jamaica Bay Jamaica Bay never disappoints. As you enter the path that circles the bay you are greeted by beautiful grasses growing from the shore. They shelter numerous animals and are common hanging places for birds. Grasses As you continue to walk down the path, a majestic osprey nest appears.…

Martian sky view in Queens.

Great quote

Forest tent and Western tent caterpillars. Moths have the most stunning caterpillars.

Came across 4 snakes and 3 lizards in the Harriman State Park today. Those are likely Western black rat snake, Northern redbelly snake, and five-lined skink.

Amazing!

Super proud of my nephew for graduating college summa cum laude with a major in Philosophy, Politics and Law. Amazing job!

When you think it can’t get better

There is some light at the end of the day 🥰

First outside bike ride in nearly a year! The goal now is not to overdo it too quickly.

At what other conference can you also see bunnies and tadpoles #BOG25 🐰🐸

One more day and even better views. #BOG25

Amazing science with even more amazing views. #BOG25

Dead baby humpback whale washed on Far Rockaway beach. State troopers watching over it. Such a sad view. Whales are amazing.

Proposed cuts to NIH and CDC alone and their justification…😨

Apparently it takes 2 weeks, algae, and calcium tablets to get snails 🐌 Plan B for model organism 😁

Bye Boston. It was a great conference. #MutationsInTimeAndSpace

Didn’t know there are wild rabbits in Central Park.

Follow your data, it always tells a story. Clearly see the recovery milestones. 😊

www.science.org/content/arti... scientific approach to cooking 🥚 🥚 I don’t have that kind of patience

If you ever wonder why we need to support all kinds of scientific voices, consider this quote: ”Sometimes it is the people no one can imagine anything of who do the things no one can imagine.” Alan Turing.

2PM. Me: looks like I won’t get jet lag this time. 2:10PM. Jet lag: What were you saying?

“They're trained to believe, not to know. Belief can be manipulated. Only knowledge is dangerous." Dune Messiah, Frank Herbert.

Happy 100th birthday to my grandma!

www.npr.org/2025/01/16/n... how did I miss that…Twin Peaks is iconic.

First micro run and few jumps! 🏃‍♀️Testing hip 2.0.

Blanket cave

PhD defense anniversary! This name misspelling is legendary 😃

Let it snow. ⛄️

Viruses 🦠 never stop

Over 30,000 acres burned…stay strong LA!

It’s after 9 and the express bus is full once more…congestion pricing may help Manhattan, but it’s failing Queens so far.

The darkness of this piece is terrifying, and it’s not the dark colors of this etching…quite a self-portrait. Still, it’s amazing.

Art speaks volumes, when nobody listens. This is a great piece currently at the Met painted by Firelei Báez, Olamina (How do we learn to love each other while we are embattled). 2022.

Testing my hip became a part-time job. Fingers crossed this wasn’t too much for one day.

Game time 😊

Mitochondrial DNA variant detection in over 6,500 rare disease families by the systematic analysis of exome and genome sequencing data resolves undiagnosed cases https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.22.24319370v1

For a year in review article, Nature Medicine asks experts to explain the research priorities for the field of GLP-1 receptor agonists such as semaglutide, from sex differences to how they might treat addiction. 🧪

www.cell.com/neuron/abstr... 10bits m/sec raises more questions than answers about our brains.

Methylation and DNA sequencing at the same time is really challenging.

www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/g... 🐈🧬 ginger cats are even more special. Arhgap36 gene a suspect.

That’s some long DNA…

Walking freely There are moments in our lives that change us, define a new aspect of our personality, and illuminate our lives in a new way. For months, I have felt hopeless. I have missed the simple joys of life, like biking, hiking, and taking long walks around the city. I couldn’t sleep at…