I downloaded all the data Amazon has on me, and honestly the creepiest thing about it is that they sent me the *actual audio files* of every time I spoke* to Amazon Alexa
*years ago when I was young and foolish about surveillance
THREAD is a must-read: "Having ~40% of the population infected by a single pathogen in the span of 8 weeks is remarkable and I can't think of an obvious modern precedent."
#Omicron
Well that's a first:
Just received an email from a colleague that referred to all the men in the thread as "Dr." and the women by their first names.
Time to update my #WomaninSTEM bingo card
For anyone who missed this in December, as I did, pure, brief brilliance once again from Calvin Trillin:
Florida Woman Bites Camel https://t.co/HEOGASP9jV via @NewYorker
TOMORROW at 4PM ET, join us for an exciting webinar presentation featuring Rodney Stotts, a master falconer and licensed raptor specialist. RSVP here: https://t.co/9wMJNsScwQ
An outbreak of the Delta variant linked to a pet shopworker in the shop prompted officials to test hundreds of animals there - with 11 hamsters Covid positive.
#Covid19 https://t.co/4M9yWMgPHM
This is absolutely #stunning! I didn't think much about #seeds until I volunteered in a lab at UofT Forestry sorting seeds. It was incredible how each species was different!
The Hidden Beauty of Seeds & Fruits: The Botanical Photography of Levon Biss
https://t.co/OxxnqJ1F4B