Seriously the most fun I’ve had in ages! See this show!

Cats the Jellicle Ball playbill in front of the stage

Happy #caturday !

Sugar cookies and gingerbread cookies in the shape of pterosaurs and decorated as Christmas cookies

Christmas pterosaur cookies!

A colorful día de muertos ofrenda with a table cloth patterned with skulls. The table has fruit, booze, water, salt, pictures of relatives who have passed, and a wreath of skulls and flowers. Also featured is an American girl doll dressed up in a colorful Mexican dress wearing a skull mask.

Two loaves of pan de muerto. Round loaves with two crossed bread “bones” and a round top.

This year’s pan de muerto and ofrenda with @annevazquez.bsky.social! I feel like we finally figured out how to make the pan de muerto good.

Also featured is our daughter’s American Girl doll dressed up for Día de Muertos!

NYC Queens and Halloween voting stickers

Love the Queens and Halloween early voting stickers!

ACS announces millions in funding for students affected by terminated grants The grants will help students within 1 year of completion of their degree

The American Chemical Society announced that the ACS Board of Directors has approved $2.5 million to be granted to graduate students who have been impacted by the termination or cancellation of their adviser’s research grant(s) cen.acs.org/acs-news/acs... #chemsky

Black cat sitting looking at the camera

Black cat laying on a table looking at the camera

Today is Black Cat Appreciation Day! Cheers to our awesome cat, Clover!

Picture of a black cat sitting and looking at the camera.

Love this! Here’s our girl, Clover.

Colorful sunset.

Beautiful sunset tonight on campus. Almost makes having to stay late to proctor an exam worth it.

Unbelievable cowardice at HHMI. This is awful.

National Science Foundation freezes grant review in response to Trump executive orders The National Science Foundation has canceled all grant review panels this week. It's unclear how long the pause could last.

I plan to call my representatives between classes tomorrow. I hope you do the same.

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This is a real problem! If you are in the US, you need to call you senator and representative (not email) and explain to them how fucked this is.