A lesson of World War II should be that a civilized society must be one that defends diversity of belief; if so, we seem to be becoming less civilized. Combining intolerance with the power of the weaponry born of contemporary technology is producing a lethal brew. We must learn the lessons of history lest we put our whole civilization at risk.
-- David Baltimore (American Scientist (Jan 2007))

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I do think that if I had to choose one word to which hope can be tied it is hospitality. A practice of hospitality -- recovering threshold, table, patience, listening, and from there generating seedbeds for virtue and friendship on the one hand -- on the other hand radiating out for possible community, for rebirth of community.
-- Ivan Illich (1996 Interview)

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Humans are allergic to change. They love to say, "We've always done it this way." I try to fight that. That's why I have a clock on my wall that runs counter-clockwise.
-- Grace Hopper

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The purpose of a system is what it does, not what its advocates claim it is supposed to do.
-- Anonymous

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Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer.
-- Charles Caleb Colton

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We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.
-- George Bernard Shaw

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If we strive to be happy by filling all the silences of life with sound, productive by turning all life's leisure into work, and real by turning all our being into doing, we will only succeed in producing a hell on earth.
-- Thomas Merton (No Man is an Island)

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New paper titled "A genomic perspective on the origins, evolution and adaptation of Galapagos iguanas" is currently under revision, but it is also available as pre-print here: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.13.648612v1

Give sorrow words. The grief that does not speak whispers the o'erfraught heart and bids it break.
-- William Shakespeare (Macbeth)

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"A senior United States official" is a political appointee over 30. "A senior agency employee" is a midlevel careerocrat looking out a Langley window and dreaming about a book contract. No confidential informant is ever identified as "junior," which would impugn the status of the source.
-- William Safire

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If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
-- Isaac Asimov

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Always assume the best about your audience.
-- Edward Tufte (Presenting Data and Information Short Course)

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Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
-- Vince Lombardi

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A starfish clings to a rock on San Cristóbal island, #Galápagos, #Ecuador

Which planet did it come from?

Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

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A giant tortoise snacks at #Galápagos national park, #Ecuador

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Sealing the bond

A sea lion joins in on a beach siesta on San Cristóbal island, #Galápagos, #Ecuador

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Auf einer #Galapagos Insel bekriegten sich 1934 deutsche Aussteiger:innen bis zum Tod. Nun kommt das Drama als Film "Eden" ins Kino. Für @tazgetroete habe ich mit Margit Niedermaier gesprochen, die eine der realen Protagonistinnen kannte. Eine Geschichte über starke Frauen. https://taz.de/Spielfilm-ueber-die-Galapagos-Affaere-1934/!6079645/ #Ecuador

Vogelverhalten auf den Galapagosinseln verändert sich! Lärmbelästigung durch zunehmenden Verkehr beeinflusst das Verhalten der Tiere. Ein wichtiges Thema für den Naturschutz. Mehr dazu hier: https://de.euronews.com/green/2025/03/24/rowdy-im-paradies-verkehrslarm-verandert-das-verhalten-der-vogel-auf-den-galapagos-inseln #Galapagos #Naturschutz #Umwelt #Vögel #newz