Birds are fed by their parents in their infancy. When the time comes to feed themselves, there can be some confusion when the food does not go into their mouth by itself.

A 392 year old Greenland Shark in the Arctic Ocean, wandering the ocean since 1627.

In McSweeney's again with these unhelpful mnemonic devices you should avoid memorizing: “Points are three, then feel free. Point is one, flee and shun.” Remembering which end of a fork to bite down on. mcsweeneys.net/articles/pleas…

Last year, a lot of people seemed to appreciate a cleaner schedule of #ISMB2024 so I updated it this year ismb-schedule.luispedro.org

All of the US right now

“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

He's thinking: "What if I went two spaces forward... 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦."

Academics: "As you will clearly observe in the following figure..." The figure:

Mine in the September 9, 2024 issue of The New Yorker

Calling everyone who works in or with a #bioinformatics core facility! We’d like to get your input on the skills core facility scientists need at different levels (I, II, III or manager). Survey here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Ah yes, I remember buying that textbook

Very helpful! But consider colorblind-friendly color palettes 🎨 ggpubfigs only supports colorblind-friendly color palettes, so it is something users don't even need to think about :D github.com/JLSteenwyk/ggp… x.com/tangming2005/s…

Did you have a terrific birding trip to Iceland in May, but then lose your SD card with your 3,700 bird photos in Norfolk? I have it!

last week of the election

*this* is how you text someone who just had a baby

not one woman who lived through 2016 is allowing herself to be fully excited right now. the body remembers.

not saying things are tense, but all the characters from Les Miserables are gradually gathering out side my window to sing a song