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Yesterday morning, we had some of the best weather models in the world; apparently today we have not got any because the whole team that ran them is no longer employed by the federal government. I haven't been looking up any of this, but while I heard about scrambles to un-fire the team working on bird flu & the nuclear weapons minders, I have heard no such thing about the team that tracked down food safety recalls. Whether there will be flu vaccines in the fall is now in question also. (You're all here, you're seeing this stuff...) I have a long essay about how human innovation works, greatness, and the things my father taught me about research somewhere in my head that I'm not entirely sure what to do with.
We hosted a small birthday party for the Megatherium (who is now 12!!! And old enough to sign up for a webtoons account, much to her gratification) with a smorgasboard of art supplies that devolved into 3 of the 4 kids watching anime (while the 4th sat with the adults & painted a bluejay) which means the downstairs has been declared sufficiently not a mess that I can also perhaps invite a few people over. I'm still working on optimal positioning for the giant air filter, and grauwulf is working on not freaking out about the existence of people in this space, but it's a start.
In lieu of calling, I have taken to writing lists of top 5 concerns of the day to send to my government representatives, which is a bit scattershot, but probably better than silence. And I was just invited to contribute little clay creatures to a fundraiser that's going to send out tea pets to people who donate to trans-helpful organizations which is a delightful brick in my little tower of "hey, I can make something better!" (more details, presumably, when there's publicity & stuff)
Wishing all of you safety & enough good things to get on with as well.
We hosted a small birthday party for the Megatherium (who is now 12!!! And old enough to sign up for a webtoons account, much to her gratification) with a smorgasboard of art supplies that devolved into 3 of the 4 kids watching anime (while the 4th sat with the adults & painted a bluejay) which means the downstairs has been declared sufficiently not a mess that I can also perhaps invite a few people over. I'm still working on optimal positioning for the giant air filter, and grauwulf is working on not freaking out about the existence of people in this space, but it's a start.
In lieu of calling, I have taken to writing lists of top 5 concerns of the day to send to my government representatives, which is a bit scattershot, but probably better than silence. And I was just invited to contribute little clay creatures to a fundraiser that's going to send out tea pets to people who donate to trans-helpful organizations which is a delightful brick in my little tower of "hey, I can make something better!" (more details, presumably, when there's publicity & stuff)
Wishing all of you safety & enough good things to get on with as well.