Drew Sloan

The absolute best response to this is the one thought up by some genius prankster at the DFW airport. Professional-looking stickers are so, so cheap.

moistlouis.com.

in the city of St. Louis, Missouri, there is a museum called the Museum of Illusions, and it has come to my attention that this is the URL of their website

GAPPLab_LabTech_2025 The GAPP Lab is looking for a full-time research technician for 1-year to assist with two new projects. This OPS position reports to Professor Tracy Centanni. Please contact her with questions and/or ...

#JobPosting for a full-time OPS Laboratory Technician. This position will mainly support two projects, both of which evaluate the effect of non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation on speech in noise perception. Please share!

For more details, please see bit.ly/4jdiEjs

Oh my gosh, a good thing happening to a good person! Anyone in VNS-land know someone looking for a postdoc job?

a man with dreadlocks is holding a stack of money in his hands . ALT: a man with dreadlocks is holding a stack of money in his hands .

Watching my 8-year-old, proudly learning to make his own breakfast, put THREE eggs in the ham and eggs he won't finish.

To whoever's putting these up at DFW Airport: A+, no notes.

Reminder that a study on lizard saliva eventually led to the development of Ozempic so be real wary of the criticism of studies and funding that sounds non-sensical when presented with no context.

Opinion | Flattening the Truth on Coronavirus (Published 2020) All your questions about the pandemic, answered. Sort of.

The phrase "Fast and Loose and Dumb and Wrong" has been in my head ever since I read this Dave Eggers piece five years ago, and it was screaming through my head today.

If we can't get paid back for the work we did on these projects in January, we can't make payroll in February. If this executive order stands, we will have to furlough employees in TX, UT, and CO at the beginning of February.

My company gets the majority of its revenue from engineering services contracts to assist with federally-supported clinical trials and from direct federal small business R&D grants. We're a small business doing mostly R&D work, and we don't have significant cash reserves.

Donald Trump's executive order from last night seems to say that as of 5PM today, all recipients of federal grants and contracts will not be able to be reimbursed for money they've already spent for at least two weeks, perhaps longer, maybe never.

The National Institutes of Health's Payment Management Service (PMS) is currently down due to what is essentially a bank run. Most federal grants and contracts are set up as "cost-reimbursible," which means you draw the money from a federal account AFTER you spend it.

I should probably just get her her own account.

Here's the best prompt I've found so far:

"Have a single host. Assume the listener is already knowledgeable about the field in general, but wants specific details about this particular topic."

Anybody got any good prompt tips for making NotebookLM audio overviews without the AI talking to you like you're an idiot? I tried "assume I'm not an idiot" and it didn't work.

Don't google translate it unless you're prepared to get a little sad.

Also, if I didn't etch this into the back of it, the image is figure 437 from Ramón y Cajal's "Textura del sistema nervioso del hombre y de los vertebrados." The caption is "Cellules nerveuses et néurogliques de la protubérance; enfant àgé de quelques jours."

If not the original, one of the first. I forget exactly who the first ones went to. It feels like a million years ago.

A little bit of self-promotion for the hobby I don't often have enough spare time for.

Labyrinth Gift Box by sneakypoo Time for Christmas, time for a less boring package for the cash my nephews will get. Last year it took them all of 5 seconds to get at their cash, hopefully this one will take them a little bit longer...

Thanks to all my teenage nieces and nephews who are asking for money for Christmas because it is such a massive time-saver, but I do feel bad just giving them an envelope. So I've been putting the money in 3D-printed puzzle boxes, and this one is my favorite so far.

https://www.amazon.com/AFA-Tooling-Deburring-Blade-Blades/dp/B01L2XR4P2/

#DadGiftSuggestions: Got a 3D-printering dad? These deburring tools are perfect for trimming adhesion rafts off of prints without stabbing yourself. Or just let your dad keep using an Xacto knife and buy him a Costco pack of bandaids.

https://www.amazon.com/Uelfbaby-Crampon-Traction-Protect-Walking/dp/B07VJD3474

#DadGiftSuggestions: Hot take on a cold weekend: winter hikes are way better than skiing. But you'll have zero fun (and maybe never get home) if you're sliding all over the packed snow. These super-effective slip-on snow cleats are insanely cheap ($20!) relative to the frustration they'll save you.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078XTBBQ3/

#DadGiftSuggestions: Skip over all those wimpy headlamps in the stocking stuffer bins and get this one instead. Rechargeable and insanely bright with a super-wide beam, I swear sometimes I just put it on in the house because I don't feel like turning on the overhead lights.

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/714055/chain-gang-all-stars-a-read-with-jenna-pick-by-nana-kwame-adjei-brenyah/

#DadGiftSuggestions: Chain Gang All Stars was one my favorite books I read lately (in the too-little time I find to read). The Running Man meets "This is America". Sneak a little bit of social consciousness into your sci-fi-loving dad's reading list.

https://www.globalindustrial.com/c/storage/bins_totes_containers/bins/hang_stack_bins

#DadGiftSuggestions: I've gone a little crazy on stackable bins lately. Everything in the garage, my son's Legos, even the Halloween candy gets a bin. The name brand ones (Global Industrial, Akro Mils, Uline) really are best, but don't buy them new. You'll find plenty on Craigslist/Marketplace/etc.

https://www.amazon.com/TITACUTE-Headphone-Magnetic-Microphone-Canceling/dp/B09BFFGQ5N

#DadGiftSuggestions: I love some wireless earbud headphones, but then you get the "low battery" voice halfway through a dumb movie on a 4-hour flight. My big drawer of 3.5mm corded headphones is useless now, so I try to always keep a cheap pair of corded USB-C headphones in my laptop bag.

https://www.amazon.com/Deluxe-Strainer-Sauce-VICTORIO-VKP250/dp/B001I7FP54

#DadGiftSuggestions: Between our fruit trees and ever-expanding garden, I was doing so much apple/tomato/pepper processing that it kinda stopped being fun, but then I got a Johnny Apple Sauce Maker. It shaves HOURS off of applesauce making, and makes perfect, seedless tomato/pepper sauce for salsa.

https://www.amazon.com/Leffis-Magnifying-Illuminated-Construction-Collecting/dp/B08HYS4BLP

#DadGiftSuggestions: I finally gave in and got reading glasses a couple years ago, but they're still not strong enough for the tiny, tiny print I sometimes need to read, like markings on microchips. So I keep a lighted jeweler's loupe in my laptop bag, and I use it with surprising regularity.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07GJX5QST/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1

#DadGiftSuggestions: Nasal Dilators! My snoring can be biblical if I don't try to mitigate it. Breathe Right strips are worthless, always falling off. But these little stents you jam up the INSIDE of your nose. Definitely takes some getting used to, but my wife swears they make a huge difference.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08CVR49Y4/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

First up in my #DadGiftSuggestions: I didn't realize when we bought a house that came with fruit trees that I'd have a 2nd job picking apples & pears every September. This front-wearing canvas foraging bag makes it so much easier, letting you really use both hands efficiently. Ergonomics!