Yesterday was gloriously sunny in San Francisco!

Yesterday was gloriously sunny in San Francisco! Here are a few photos, including of the fog line, from before my retreat into the shade.

#sanfrancisco
https://photos.app.goo.gl/MaikMt7EMjeJRQ0H3

A good interview with a great author.

A good interview with a great author.

#margaretatwood #books
http://bostonreview.net/literature-culture-margaret-atwood-junot-diaz-make-margaret-atwood-fiction-again#.WV21tA2At0E.twitter

Mission Creek ends in McCovey Cove, which is famous for having baseball fans boating and floating for balls just...

Mission Creek ends in McCovey Cove, which is famous for having baseball fans boating and floating for balls just outside of AT&T Park (formerly Pac Bell Park).

I walked along it on a gloriously sunny day with my parents, to escape the fog in my own neighborhood just a short streetcar ride across town. It was lovely to feel the sun!

#missioncreek #mccoveycove #sanfrancisco
https://photos.app.goo.gl/42eqSFxa90WLzXXh2

I keep making brief visits to SFMoMA in its fancy new building.

I keep making brief visits to SFMoMA in its fancy new building... Here are just four pictures from that brief coffee-and-art stop.

#sfmoma #calder
https://photos.app.goo.gl/WZtQ1KI617UmwBbo1

It's been a good week for legal decisions on recording!

It's been a good week for legal decisions on recording!

It turns out you cannot pass laws in the US prohibiting the public from video recording an industry/profession's actual practices. Who knew?

#firstamendment
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/07/law-banning-filming-utah-slaughterhouses-ruled-unconstitutional/

The color-naming AI has been adjusted with better data. giggle

The color-naming AI has been adjusted with better data. giggle
#ai #color
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/07/new-experiments-reveal-that-ai-are-still-terrible-at-naming-paint-colors/

Every time I'm at San Francisco's Asian Art Museum, I find more details to admire and enjoy.

Every time I'm at San Francisco's Asian Art Museum, I find more details to admire and enjoy.

Here are a few details that caught my attention this visit.
#asianart #sanfrancisco
https://goo.gl/photos/6VD7UnCGjkGDBuGF6

I was in Los Angeles for a weekend wedding, and briefly braved the heat to walk around downtown and soak in some...

I was in Los Angeles for a weekend wedding, and briefly braved the heat to walk around downtown and soak in some culture (and food).

#losangeles
https://goo.gl/photos/CCR8KorRJfECDvAu6

Flying out of SFO's Terminal 2, I had a bit of time to enjoy the exhibit put on by the San Francisco Airport...

Flying out of SFO's Terminal 2, I had a bit of time to enjoy the exhibit put on by the San Francisco Airport Commission, which runs a full museum and many art displays in both the public and post-security areas of the airport.

"The Typewriter: An Innovation in Writing" is a really neat exhibit of how the machines evolved over time. Some started out as one-character-at-a-time machines (kind of like the rotary plastic tape embossers that were popular in offices and schools), some had full sets of separate upper and lower case keys... and yes, the exhibit includes a few non-western-character sets - the Asian sets are AMAZING!!

If you happen to be in T2 post-security, you should really check this out!

#sfo #flysfo #typewriter
https://goo.gl/photos/yjEUYrQ4o8YYvKoy6

This:

This:

"Expenditure Survey data from 2003-2013, the price of college tuition increased 80%, while the cost of women’s apparel increased by just 6% over the same period. Middle-class lack of investment in education doesn’t suggest a lack of prioritising as much as it reveals that, for those in the 40th-60th quintiles, education is so cost-prohibitive it’s almost not worth trying to save for."

#opportunity #education
http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20170614-the-new-subtle-ways-the-rich-signal-their-wealth

The names in the last graphic literally brought me to tears!

The names in the last graphic literally brought me to tears!
#robotuprising #color #ai
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/05/an-ai-invented-a-bunch-of-new-paint-colors-that-are-hilariously-wrong/

This is so beautiful!

This is so beautiful!
#jupiter #nasa #juno #space
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/a-whole-new-jupiter-first-science-results-from-nasa-s-juno-mission

Arctic stronghold of world’s seeds flooded after permafrost melts

Arctic stronghold of world’s seeds flooded after permafrost melts

Oops. The seeds are safe, but that was close.
#seedbank #climatechange
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/may/19/arctic-stronghold-of-worlds-seeds-flooded-after-permafrost-melts?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

The content isn't alarmist, but it is really interesting science.

The content isn't alarmist, but it is really interesting science. The persistence of organisms trapped in ice, underground cave crystals, and similar places is as intriguing as the search for life in other planets.

#biology #archeobiology #climate
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170504-there-are-diseases-hidden-in-ice-and-they-are-waking-up?ocid=ww.social.link.googleplus

Join a study to end heart disease! It's reasonably easy, and won't take much time. Put big data to good use!

Join a study to end heart disease! It's reasonably easy, and won't take much time. Put big data to good use!

#heartehealth #heartdisease #science
https://www.health-eheartstudy.org/

It feels like spring!

It feels like spring!
#xerochrysumbracteatum #strawflower
https://goo.gl/photos/UgMutBfhjteJbBYG7

Sandy King and John Lockhart an updated book out on the Carbon Process! Follow this link to read what it covers.

Sandy King and John Lockhart an updated book out on the Carbon Process! Follow this link to read what it covers.

#carbonprocess #sandyking #johnlockhart #altprocessphotography
http://www.alternativephotography.com/carbon-printing-getting-started/

Now, with a third red flower which waited until April to arrive in my garden!

Now, with a third red flower which waited until April to arrive in my garden!

#spring #red #flowers
https://goo.gl/photos/NH9gNagU2goYHQ7Z9

Ooooooh!

Ooooooh!

"In nearly every other animal, RNA—the middleman in that process—faithfully transmits the message in the genes. But octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish (but not their dumber relatives, the nautiluses) edit their RNA, changing the message that gets read out to make proteins."

They are able to self-edit brain-related biology!?!?! Oooooooh!

#cephalopods #rna #awesomeness
https://www.wired.com/2017/04/cephalopod-gene-editing/

I went to Budapest on business (again) in December, but didn't take the photos off my phone until now. sigh

I went to Budapest on business (again) in December, but didn't take the photos off my phone until now. sigh

Budapest was just as lovely as I remembered, but it snowed and was below freezing during much of my visit. I still feel exotically lucky to have a job that takes me there!

#budapest
https://goo.gl/photos/3rC9E9BuFVghi4xC7