28 weeks pregnant today, which means I have entered the 3rd trimester and I am so not prepared. 😂🫠

Me to REDCap every day:

Every time I see artificial intelligence abbreviated as AI, I have to reframe because my brain sees "Al" as in Al Pacino and then all I can think of is gangster films and random shouting.

They are saying Kid Rock handed his Grammy to lil’ Kyle Rittenhouse during the halftime show. (Not true. Kid Rock has never won a Grammy).

The Super Bowl halftime show featuring Bad Bunny is expected to take place between 8:00 and 8:30 p.m. ET. The alternate halftime show by Turning Point USA featuring Kid Rock is expected to take place between 1930 and 1932.

"I am scared that girls are being redirected from the careers of their choosing and from positions of power within them, and that that loss is too great to quantify." msmagazine.com/2026/01/19/y...

Good Q @SarahKSilvermam

If you can remember a world before “lose yourself” from Eminem, you can remember a world without ICE. www.startribune.com/minnesota-im...

Finneas is better at political messaging than 99% of the Democratic consultants in DC.

MEMPHIS: “Memphis Safe Task Force” (U.S. marshal) caught KICKING A PUPPY 😳 as they arrested a guy for on a drug warrant “He was harmless. There’s no reason he should’ve done that.” @GovBillLee this is what we’re paying $1 Million a day for?🤔 Full: wreg.com/news/video-u...

There is no bottom. The Republican Party has sunk so low that even Robert Ballard wouldn’t be able to find them.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Me to immigrants always:

At least the third university I've seen in the last few weeks. Also U of Wisconsin Madison and Ave Maria (also Fl, 22(?) cases last I saw). Glad my university has an active #measles task force to prepare.

*CHILLS*

Got this same email, so not feeling great about it right now. Especially since I read that the FL DOH has been slow to update or share reports with the public and I have seen no mention of these 2 cases in Alachua County on their DOH website either. So it's likely even higher.

“Health officials in New Mexico are warning against consuming raw dairy products after a newborn baby in the state died from a listeria infection that they say was likely contracted when the baby's mother drank raw milk during pregnancy.” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social

Me over here as we enter February after a total shit show January that concluded with Catherine Comedy Goddess O'Hara's death:

Punxsutawney Phil is said to have seen his shadow, forecasting 6 more weeks of wintry weather

Great news!!! And there are so many other Liam’s and Adrian’s still in these inhumane detention centers. Free the rest!!!

Nevermind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college: Orientation to Funeral Service Embalming Anatomy/Pathology I Funeral Service Thanatology I Funeral Service Management I Death and Dying

She 💯 did. Orange County as a shining example. 😭❤️

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TAMU ended our women and gender studies program, degrees and certificates today. Apparently they aren’t allowed under the new don’t mention gender or sexuality in the classroom rules our board passed. I am so saddened by this. I worked as a grad asst to wmst (no gender in the 90s) for a few years

Citing fear of ICE, pregnant immigrants in Minnesota are -skipping prenatal care -requesting home births, even when not medically advised -going w/o adequate food Many are experiencing complications providers say can be stress-onset: diabetes, high blood pressure, and even water breaking early

Let us not forget that Catherine O'Hara was hired for "Saturday Night Live," spent a week there, decided it sucked, quit, and went back to Canada to make more shows with her friends.

Catherine O'Hara & Eugene Levy performing "A Kiss At The End Of The Rainbow" from A MIGHTY WIND at the 2004 Oscars🌈💔

I also just want it out in the world that Catherine O'Hara as the very eccentric and alcohol-dependent mother in Orange County (a very underrated movie) is a favorite of mine. 😭 "What happened, is Bob dead? *looks around* Oh my God, did something break?!" "I'd like to protose a toast."

Like, why? Wtf. Comedy Goddess. Love her endlessly. Jfc. I can't. Are we just cursed forever? 😭 RIP Catherine O'Hara

Catherine O’Hara died. I’m inconsolable.

Catherine O'Hara? Are you fucking kidding me? Fuck this year.

the vast majority of the Gen X men I went to high school with became conspiratorial right wing crackpots

You can find all the new links on my website at solomonkurz.netlify.app/book/ 2/3

I will have just submitted my Quals, and will be 34 weeks pregnant at that point. But I am still going to show up and exercise my 1st amendment rights. No person is illegal; ICE out; science rules; and LGBTQ+ folks matter. ✊🏼🫶🏼

HEAL Initiative, BRAIN initiative, Blueprint for Neuroscience Research, all now leaderless with Walter Koroshetz gone...

Watched the Mel Brooks documentary over the weekend and I think everyone should see it, especially now. Gave me all the good feels.

We are thrilled to announce Francis S. Collins, former director of the NIH, as the 2026 NAS Public Welfare Medalist for his pioneering research in human genetics and critical contributions to public welfare as the leader of the Human Genome Project! www.nasonline.org/news/francis... #NASaward

Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him. “When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."

ICE observers recording with phones are heroes, and are the reason we know the truth about the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. In public health, we make observations by collecting and analyzing data. But RFK Jr. is taking the equivalent of our “phone”. Without data, he can lie with abandon.

BREAKING: Two Republican senators, Thom Tillis and Lisa Murkowski, call for DHS Secretary Kristi Noem to resign.

Minnesota National Guard on why they’re giving out coffee and donuts: “It’s a demonstration of safety and security. We’re here to help.” 🥹

Me over here just trying to not slip into the deepest depths of despair by listening to the new Harry Styles single on repeat.

This is incredible. My MIL shared this article, "Perhaps you already read this but not to be missed." It came as my motivation feels low & the world seems impossible. I think of the younger Sam who felt so trapped and lost. I am glad for this reminder: our work is important. It matters. #VAW

Minnesota residents took to the streets of downtown Minneapolis to protest the federal government's immigration campaign in the state, after weeks of sustained resistance in their communities. Businesses across the region closed in solidarity.

California just joined the World Health Organization. I love it.

📸 in Los Feliz, CA #ICEOut

Brought a little slice of home back to Florida. It truly elevates my early morning coffee and toast to new delicious, nostalgic heights. Long live Boysenberry coated toast. #CaliLove #KnottsBerryFarm

I just thought everyone should see this

More news on the NIH front from @mmolteni.bsky.social NIH advisory committees, which serve as the second stage of review for grants, are operating with quite a few vacancies — threatening the agency's ability to spend its money going forward www.statnews.com/2026/01/22/n...