I’m happy that you could get what you needed and profoundly disturbed by the fact that others may not be able to.

You’re right that I can’t insulate myself literally forever (though, at 43, I don’t think I’ll live long enough for climate change to reach that point). But my friends, colleagues, and such, who arent in my position, are one of the things in the “stay and fight” column.

Ten years later, he’s still only got “concepts of a plan.” Now, they’ve got all the votes they need to undo the ACA. I don’t know what would stop it, if he wants it.

But that second one doesn’t make for a good sound-bite

Don’t give the Red Hats any ideas, dude!

I think the point they were trying to make is that the mechanisms underpinning muscle and bone homeostasis are different than those underpinning mitochondrial homeostasis.

Thing is, I’ll be fine no matter what. I’m a wealthy straight white man. I don’t have any real problems. I didn’t (and never have) voted for Democrats for myself. I do it for other people, because I believe that everyone should have the same rights and privileges as myself.

Excellent work

At this time, a friend shall lose his friend’s hammer, and the young shall not know where lieth the things possessed by their fathers, that their fathers put there only just the night before, ‘bout eight o’clock.

The nuclear option. If you build nice roads for people and some of those people use it for stupidly dangerous nonsense, make the roads so shitty no one can do stupidly dangerous nonsense. This feels oddly satisfying to me on this day.

Yeah, but 20 years ago, we at least had the illusion of being an honest broker.

This. I’ve lost my last reserves of empathy for the dipshits who voted for this. I don’t want innocent people hurt, but it’s going to happen. I will feel no sympathy for the red-hats whose daughters die from back-alley abortions. No sympathy for parents who lose children to easily-preventable childhood illnesses. No…

At this point, I immediately assume any statement by McConnell will be reversed the moment it becomes convenient.

Well, the thing is, all his dipshit acolytes are now going to run Congress, with no real checks on their power. I report data to the FDA so that it can make serious, life-or-death decisions about patient safety, and that organization is very likely going to be run by a man who does not believe in the fundamental…

The GR Toyota GR-86 GR-Four GR is rad as hell, but that name is dumb as shit. Rejoice, Bz4X, for you no longer have the stupidest name in the world. At least until they make the gRBz4GrX racing version.

Yeah, there is a lot to be said about the parliamentary model where snap elections can happen.

This is wholly beside the point, but I’m glad that there are at least a few people out there who still care about, like, actual facts and what is/is not nonsense. It’s been a rough day. And it’s gonna be a real rough time ahead for people who don’t look like me, which is really going to suck for everyone, including…

I feel you, I really do. I think it’s going to get pretty bad for a lot of people, real quick. It’ll probably take longer for things to get really bad for everyone. But I still have some faith in people to figure out new solutions.

Oh, I’m very much not forgetting that. I’m actively looking into the steps one needs to take to get a work permit in the UK. For a scientist like me, it’s surprisingly easy! I pretty much just need a passport and a job offer. I’ve already got the passport. Now I’m polishing my CV.

I object to your abuse of the term “rarely,” sir. That word doesn’t deserve that sort of treatment.