So it was worse than we thought

[cornerofmadness]

Not only did three dozen shingles go flying, the top vent of the garage went bye bye too leaving a hole in the garage's roof. Luckily the roofer's been here already got half of it finished. Will finish tomorrow. I also head back home tomorrow. I wonder if any of my apartment is even there after all this weather (tornados were in my area)

I picked up the branches blown down into the yard plus 2 birch trees. Well kinda. There were WAY too many to get on my own but I got a lot. Gonna have a bonfire eventually with all that stuff (it's all too small to do much else with)


Went to see my aunt and collected another of my grandparents' things from the house (while I can). I didn't know this old Bavarian cuckoo clock was one of my grandfather's prized possessions until today. The cuckoo no longer works (thankfully) but it's a pretty clock with some damage besides that. Those weights for it are so heavy you could brain someone with them.

Went to my brother's and his wife, played with the cats, drank some rye. It was nice.

Wow finally watching an Inspector George Gently mystery where I don't want Bacchus dead. It's S4E1, its taken him four seasons to not say something misogynistic, racist or homophobic. eye rolls.

I also sent in two stories to different places, the latter of which evil_little_dog and justphoenix were huge helps with. Thank you very much. It's very appreciated.

So I was looking around for today's mention for Women's History and I remembered picking up my non-major biology book and seeing Rosalind Franklin in regards to DNA and thinking WTH is this? The answer is another woman written out of her discoveries for years and along with her there's Marthe Gautier someone I had not heard of until today but did most of the work to illuminate the genetic component to Down's syndrome, and another woman with stolen research. And while I'm mentioning Rosalind, want to know when I found out there was an university named for her, yeah today.


Dr Rosalind Franklin

Dr Marthe Gautier


And have some links for Science Saturday

ChatGPT as a cognitive crutch: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial on knowledge retention

1,900-year-old double Scythian burial in Ukraine contains toxic red mineral

'Blackwater' lakes and rivers in the Congo Basin are now emitting ancient carbon into the atmosphere

'Interstellar messenger' 3I/ATLAS could be nearly as old as the universe itself, James Webb telescope observations reveal

2,000-year-old Phoenician coin was used as bus fare in England, but 'how it got there will always be a mystery'

'More advanced' farming women married hunter-gatherer men in Europe thousands of years ago, ancient DNA reveals

Scientists tracked faint signals from the stars — and may have turned up hundreds of undiscovered planets

Could gut microbes hold the secret to aging well? A researcher unpacks the emerging science If you haven't looked at all the gut microbe articles coming out, you should. It's fascinating

Comments

[kitarella_imagines]

I'm sorry the storm was really bad, but glad you are okay.

That link about ChatGPT and knowledge retention is interesting. I was actually just discussing this with someone else- he said he was summarising his notes himself, and his boss told him to use ChatGPT. We agreed that wouldn't help him learn or remember the subject! Humans are delegating their learning and memory to AI😬

The DNA article is really interesting too.

[barbaratp]

Bom ouvir atualizações sobre as telhas. Espero que esteja tudo bem na sua casa quando voltar. Um relógio cuco bávaro antigo? Lindíssimo deve ser. Depois nos dê uma imagem por favorzinho

[suzume]

Wow! That story about gut microbes is fascinating!

[cornerofmadness]

The whole gut-brain axis is amazing. I wish I had time to teach more on it (or that they gave a damn when I do)

[suzume]

It IS amazing! I'm sorry you don't have the time to teach more on it. :(

[cornerofmadness]

There are some special topics I'd love to teach on, this is one of them

[cmk418]

Many moons ago when I lived in LA, there was a guy that I met at a screenwriting workshop and we'd meet up and write. He actually wrote a screenplay about Rosalind Franklin, so anytime I hear a Watson & Crick clue on Jeopardy, I say some less than complimentary words about them. I hadn't heard about Dr. Gauthier til today though. Thanks for the insight!