So if you want to argue that we need poltiical diversity on campus, that we need to allow “conservative” views, please be clear. Be specific.

By “conservative,” do you mean we need to make sure there’s room for people to argue for market economics? Or low tax rates? Yes, we need room for that. I will fight to make room for that that debate even if I disagree.

Or by “conservative,” do you mean we need to accept white supremacists? Or that it should be OK to tell people they’re going to hell for being queer or whatever? No. Piss off into the sun.

Tell me which one you mean.

/end

I haven't done a post on the weirder side of life in Glasgow for a while, so here's a great, if rather surreal, bit of street art I came across today on Park Drive in the West End of Glasgow.

#glasgow #streetart #kelvingrovepark #banana #glasgowstreetart #keepglasgowweird #glasgowtoday #scotland #humour #scottishhumour #glasgowhumour

Detox Doodles!

This is a habit of drawing something every time I feel the urge to scroll unnecessarily. It helps stop the bad habit and start a new good habit of sketching daily!

This page is all about opossums, who are absolutely the coolest!

#art #opossum #sketch #DetoxDoodles #sciart #inkart

"In a moment where machines churn out mediocrity, make something yourself. Make it imperfect. Make it rough. Just make it."
https://dansinker.com/posts/2025-05-23-who-cares/

#3GoodThings

1. Won a 4-player game of Hardback.
2. Watched a hovering kestrel.
3. Homemade veggie pizza on a whole wheat crust for dinner.

#food

#3GoodThings

1. Passenger train ride to Albany was comfortable and on time.
2. Orange slices.
3. Four people harmoniously collaborating to finish a jigsaw puzzle in one sitting.

#food

Hank Green on vaccines, the Clean Air Act, smoke detectors, etc.

“The tragedy of prevention goes like this: The most effective way to save lives (prevention) is the least noticeable, which leads us to undervaluing it in our individual choices, in what we celebrate, and in public policy, and that undervaluing of prevention leads to a great deal of needless death and suffering.”

"This is the weird, frustrating, beautiful thing about prevention. When it works, nothing happens. There's no story. There are no first responders, no Hank Beat Measles party, no documentary films. Just a bunch of parents taking their kids to school, who in another world, wouldn't be doing that."

I appreciated Hank's short video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndeB_BpsRGk

h/t @kottke
#vaccines #measles #pollution #science

#3GoodThings

1. Being able to see blue skies with puffy white clouds from my office desk.
2. Lunch with a friend I hadn't seen in a long time.
3. Banana bread.

#food

#3GoodThings

1. Traffic was much better than expected for my drive to the off-site meeting.
2. Presentation at said meeting went fine.
3. Pushed myself to treadmill despite the exhaustion.

#3GoodThings

1. Talked to many people I hadn't seen in a while at the annual, all hands, in-person meeting.
2 .Someone kinda wished I would switch to be their team's manager.
3 .Segovia to keep me company during evening work.

“Describe yourself in three words.”

“Excellent with instructions.”

A bit shocked, but the zipper thing actually worked

#Quilting #InarticulateZip

She Double Blinded Me With Science - Thomas Dolby

My wife's suggestion.

#ClinicalTrialASongOrPoem
#HashTagGames

#3GoodThings

1. Was immediately sucked into Polaris Rising by Jessie Mihalik, to the point that I accidentally got on the wrong bus at my morning transfer!
2. Realized I was on the wrong bus fairly quickly and lucked into a later run of the right bus, heading in the right direction, so was only about 15 minutes late.
3. A long afternoon meeting was canceled, so I was able to keep my head above water for a second day during a jam-packed week.

@ChrisJagged I hear that! Sandwich is much less risky. (Our microwave is at eye level, above our stove. One of these days, I know I'm going to dump a bowl full of hot soup down my front. Thus I will never, ever substitute soup for that last step.)

#3GoodThings

1. My timing was coincidentally perfect for a few small configuration changes I will make tomorrow.
2. Tried out a new "Fancy Ramen" concept for dinner that needs some tinkering still, but was promising.
3. Chicken and dressing are prepped for tomorrow's dinner salads.

#food

You know what? Owning a huge shelf-full of printed encyclopedias doesn't actually seem like such a terrible idea now.

Trainbow!

Because today you really needed to see a corgi skateboarding. Just trust me on this ...

Love this. In his “I Agree” installation Dima Yarovinsky-Yahel took the content from terms of service statements for companies like Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, Tinder and printed them out on A4 paper with a standard font size for legal contracts to demonstrate the length of these agreements.