Seen in Midtown.

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Shana Tova!

Have a service appointment to rescue my ring. The person I talked to said this is nothing, they see all sorts of things stuck in pianos. Pencils... Cell phones... CELL PHONES??? So many questions.

7 days in, Jade plant mysteriously still lives.

Called my piano team. Bad news service department is closed over the weekend. Good news, apparently people get stuff stuck in their pianos all the time (???) and the service team can fix this for me. In 4 decades of playing the piano, this has never happened to me before.

In things I didn't think possible, my wedding band slipped and is currently stuck under a piano key and I have to call the piano company tomorrow to send out a technician to rescue it 😭

Three years have passed since the murder of Jina Mahsa Amini which sparked the social movement to draw global attention to the struggles of Iranian women, especially those from Kurdistan. Solidarity remains a regime’s greatest fear.

Fitbit said my heart rate was 114 bpm upon arrival to office. Who needs extreme sports when you can just try driving through Midtown right now.

In the early days of quantum chemistry, before we had computers to calculate the shapes of electron orbitals, one man invented a mechanical machine that simulated their shapes. My latest column for @chemistryworld.com www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/the-...

Well hidden in a small corner of the main building of ETH Zurich, they have made a mini museum for Einstein in his former locker 😍

The traffic situation in Midtown Atlanta is currently so apocalyptic this week that I arrived at work this morning after school drop off with 33 active minutes and a heart rate of 100 BPM on my Fitbit, just from the navigating traffic apocalypse situation.

Exploring the role of short peptide motifs (focusing on Walker A P-loop) at the origins of life using simulations. Discussion of collaborative work with the @liamlongo.bsky.social and other colleagues. What can molecular fossils teach us about the first proteins? theconversation.com/molecular-fo...

Based on feedback from applicants, reviewers and broader research community, the ERC Scientific Council decided to make changes in the 2026–27 calls for proposal for research funding. More details from the ERC President 👉 europa.eu/!hP3WWF What’s your take on this? Tell us! 👇

I bought a jade plant today thinking "this doesn't look high maintenance, how hard can it be?" Always Google first.

My group's research, according to Gemini.

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Available as an #openaccess accepted manuscript, the Roadmap for Animate Matter is now in JPCM. The roadmap presents expert perspectives across disciplines and scales, highlighting the interdisciplinary nature and potential applications in nanotechnology, robotics, and the built environment.

It's never too early for Halloween spirit.

Erm... Today is National Wiener Schnitzel Day in the US. ... @chhdellago.bsky.social

I will likely be recruiting a new postdoc early next year, working on protein allostery (can be either method development or applications). Please reach out to my GT email address if interested.

Goodbye, stranger. It's been nice. Hope you find your paradise. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

4yo has somehow figured out Gummibär and keeps blasting their music out of our speakers and dancing along. So apparently her jam is German punk and Eurodance.

Over half my work is in there, urgh.

Husband cleaned up our daughter's epic toy and crafts messes overnight. According to husband, this morning 4yo comes out: "No, don't clean up without my permission. ... If you do not clean up, I'll give you an award."

4yo just randomly said "koalas are nocturnal" out of nowhere.

Dogs are getting vaccinated less and rabies rates are rising, in part because 37% of Americans think vaccines will give their dogs... pawtism. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Today 4yo informed husband of the size of a camel cricket in her view, and I told husband if we ever see a camel cricket that size in our house forget pest control, it's time to call an exorcist 🪳

This is an amazing recording of Mozart's Requiem, performing only the parts Mozart himself put to paper. The unfinished Lacrimosa is particularly haunting. youtu.be/M_0wBTkkT7U?...

Happy According to Hoyle Day 🥳

Piano is freshly tuned and sounds all sparkly again ✨♥️ (The war against Atlanta humidity is real, this time the whole piano had gone sharp) Husband has to deal with my Mozart obsession.

We can't allow ourselves to become numb to mass shootings. What happened today in Minneapolis is heartbreaking, and Michelle and I are praying for the parents who have lost a child or will be sitting at their hospital bedside after yet another act of unspeakable, unnecessary violence.

4yo has been getting copious quantities of glitter and glue sticks out of me and forbidding me from entering her room. This has been her secret project, all unassisted.

Last night, 4yo confused me by suddenly demanding flamenco lessons. Further compounding my confusion was the fact that she presented it as "flamingo lessons". Me: "what?" Her: "flamingo lessons!!" Me: "???" Her: "You know, flamingo! It's a dance!"

If I were suffering from a plague of dark matter, I'd want to turn into a black hole, too. I mean, wouldn't everyone? 🧪⚛️🔭 physicsworld.com/a/exoplanets...

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This product looks like it actually contains catnip, just saying.

47 years ago today "Hong Kong Garden" is a song by English band Siouxsie and the Banshees, released as the band's debut single on this day in 1978. #punk #punks #punkrock #gothpunkrock #womenofpunk #siouxsieandthebanshees #history #punkrockhistory #otd

Newcastle upon Tyne, 1950, photo by Harry Morrison.

Waiting for the first routine screening mammogram after many serial surveillance mammograms followed by a biopsy 6 months ago. Needless to say I am not relaxed, but glad I could be downgraded back down to routine screening. Mammograms save lives, if you are 40+ get yours.

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Just out: we discuss generative AI techniques for studying the conformational diversity and evolutionary adaptation of proteins in #COSTBI. This is a rapidly moving field but hopefully it will provide you a useful window into this exciting area. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#climatechangepost: More trees, fewer deaths from the #heat, London study shows. Trees have reduced heat-related mortality in London by around 16% in recent years. www.climatechangepost.com/news/more-tr... www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

david rose grew up in our community. his mom was an icu nurse at emory. his wife is pregnant and he had two kids. please share this & help if you can.

Even on vacation, chemistry is with us (4yo got this from the OMSI Chemistry Lab)

Final Portland vegan treat: a cupcake from Petunia's Pies and Patries