I am home after a long flight, and Hili will be late today. The good news is that on my flight I almost finished Nick Cohen’s What’s Left? How the Left Lost Its Way, which I recommend, along with his You Can’t Read This Book: Censorship in an Age of Freedom, which is even better. Both are must-reads if you’re interested in the decline of the Left and it’s increasing covergence with the right.
On this day in 1953, the most important biology paper of our time appeared in Nature: “Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid”, and of course you know the authors. (The pdf is free here.) Here’s its famous last sentence, an understatement in which Watson and Crick note that their suggested (and correct) structure of DNA, a double helix with specifically paired basis, automatically allows the molecule to be perfectly copied during cell division or gamete formation:
Wolfgang Pauli was born on this day in 1900.
Meanwhile in Dobrzyn, Hili is being a spoiled brat with her First World problems:
Hili: I’m depressed.
Cyrus: What is the reason for that?Hili: I’m standing on the threshold of satisfaction but I don’t know what to do next.
Hili: Jestem w depresji.
Cyrus: Z jakiego powodu?
Hili: Stoję na progu satysfakcji i nie wiem co dalej.
And, courtesy of Matthew, here’s a tw**t showing his favorite birds, swifts, mating on the wing.
Swifts mating on the wing, Portugal @Quintabarranco #Swifts @SaveourSwifts pic.twitter.com/zCBFgS8c1g
— Sula (@sjried) April 23, 2016
It will not have escxaped notice, I hope, that Monday the 6th of June will be the 100th anniversary of Francis Crick’s birth…
I will expect some sort of WEIT commemoration! No pressure! 😉
I also recently read You Can’t Read This Book and agree completely – a must read. As I Tw**ted at the time – brilliant from start to finish.
Look at those wet paw marks, Cyrus had been jumping back & forth waiting for Hili. 🙂
Cat’s usually hold a pose of confidence, even when not warranted. I think they instinctively try to give the impression they are not vulnerable. Like gazelles pronking
Dogs are apparently less prone to existentialist crises and pondering than are cats.