And today in one of the stranger uses of my work ... "130 Academic Words Ref from "Jonathan Eisen: Meet your microbes | TED Talk""

Well, this is certainly a bit wacky.

I was, well, Googling myself today and found this.

130 Academic Words Ref from "Jonathan Eisen: Meet your microbes | TED Talk"

It seems like they took my Ted talk

and got key words from it, and then use it to teach about those words in some sort of automated way. And, well, they got a few words wrong but actually the words they chose kind of capture a lot of what my talk was about. So here are a few screenshots of some of these key words

Responses to requests for suggestions for quiet air filter for daughter's California dorm room

 So I posted a request for suggestions on various social media sites:

"Wanted - recommendations for good / not too expensive / not too loud air filter to get my daughter for her for a small dorm room in California (and thus to filter out pathogens, allergens and smoke ...)"

I am going to compile responses here

Twitter

Wanted - recommendations for good / not too expensive / not too loud air filter to get my daughter for her for a small dorm room in California (and thus to filter out pathogens, allergens and smoke ...)

— Jonathan Eisen (@phylogenomics) July 23, 2023

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