JOY JOY JOY: NOT EVERYTHING IS TRASH - my office orchid now has a **sixth** flower emerging! May we all likewise find the energy to bloom #BenignNeglect #ItsAlive #Neuroscience #Academia #BloomBabyBloom #TimelineCleanse #CallYourRepresentatives

This orchid thrives despite my #BenignNeglect. **Our science agencies can't.** NIH, CDC, FDA & USDA communication/procurement restrictions aren't just red tape - they're harming research, public health & American lives. Find & call your reps: congress.gov/members/find-your-member 🧪​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Behold, an orchid I haven’t killed. Please clap. #benignneglect #neuroscience #academia

A Phalaenopsis orchid in a terracotta pot. The plant has deep purple blooms and thick green leaves. It is growing near a window with a Penn brick building visible in the background. The flowers are fully open, with one bud still developing at the end of the stem. The plant's aerial roots are visible.

Behold, an orchid I haven’t killed. Please clap. #benignneglect #neuroscience #academia

Neglect Level: Four blooms and counting 🌺🌺🌺🌺 #benignneglect #neuroscience 🧪👩‍🔬🧠

Two blooms now? Overachiever. 🌺🌺 #benignneglect #imnotdeadyet #neuroscience 🧠🧪👩‍🔬

The orchid from prior posts in this thread now shows two deep purple flowers on its dark stem. The blooms stand out against the brick building view through the window, with the plant's thick green leaves spreading from its clay pot. The morning light casts shadows across the scene.

Two blooms now? Overachiever. 🌺🌺 #benignneglect #imnotdeadyet #neuroscience 🧠 🧪👩‍🔬

Neglect status update: thriving ✨🌺 #benignneglect #imnotdeadyet #neuroscience 🧪🧠👩‍🔬

#procreate #drawing #cartoon #interview #benignneglect

An enclosed sunny garden space with trellis walls and a corrugated plastic roof. A mass of green climbing plant covers most of it, dangling with dozens of small orange fruits.

Anyone want a Birmingham Passionfruit? I, er, accidentally grew some… #GrowYourOwn #BenignNeglect

Benign Neglect and Planned Shrinkage The frequency and scale of the spectacular fires that consumed much of the South Bronx and other areas of New York City throughout the 1970s can in large part be blamed on the recommendations for fire service reduction made by the New York City-RAND Institute and HUD between 1969 and 1976. In 1973, urban epidemiologist

"By denying the existence of the community social fabric and by evoking dysfunctional poor families, he helped provide the intellectual basis for massive demolition of the housing of the poor."
#BenignNeglect #InstitutionalIndifference

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