John Borghi

15h

This is 40.

11h

Sorry to the future researcher who stumbles across this while cleaning their EHR dataset.

Meatball has (not) learned a valuable lesson, don’t eat q-tips. He’s ok, but has to be a little orange slice for a few weeks.

Many years ago I had a philosophy of science professor that expressed a hope that we wouldn’t be completely swayed by subjectivism. I thought about this a lot while watching “You Can See Everything”.

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youtube.comCollective Soul - Shine (Official HD Music Video)YouTube video by Collective Soul

Pheonix 200

Got some film back and discovered I accidentally did some double exposure.

A life sciences campus, now abandoned.

Caaaaaaaaat

fusiforms.beehiiv.comSeptember 26th, 2026Split Diopter

This week: Lots of NIH news! fusiforms.beehiiv.com/p/september-...

The old internet@theoldinternet.bsky.social

What was your first computer growing up?

My grandfather wrote me the most sentimental email this morning. I was getting very emotional while reading. …Then Gmail automatically drafted a complete response on my behalf.

21 Sept

The latest household stop motion production. We made a Star War.

youtu.beBambi Meets Godzilla (1969) Short Film [4K] [FTD-0942]YouTube video by FT Depot

21 Sept

Star Wars borrows liberally from serials, samurai movies, etc. We took inspiration from this. youtu.be/sN3odvIelNw?...

18 Sept

For when your pipes are clogged or not clogged, who is to say? (Yes, I know that’s not *exactly* the point of Schrödinger’s cat, but I am an expert in neither quantum mechanics nor plumbing)

14 Sept

I love it when somebody makes constructive comments on my writing. Because then I get to: 1. Roll my eyes at their suggestions. 2. Decry every decision both they and I have ever made. 3. Admit their suggestions are good and make the writing better. 4. Ask them to make comments on the next draft.

14 Sept

I don't find AI to be an effective writing partner because only a human can highlight a whole passage and then comment with just "?" in a way that makes me spiral into self doubt.

10 Sept

I’m listening to the latest episode of @unclearpod.bsky.social and I will always maintain that the best way to experience The X Files is through scattered episode recaps on the late 90s internet.

10 Sept

I wasn’t allowed to watch it during its peak, but boy did it hit as something to read about on the computer at the library.

8 Sept

Holga 120GCFN | Harman Switch Azure

8 Sept

5 Sept

The algorithm is being cheeky.

fusiforms.beehiiv.comSeptember 4th, 2026Ontarí'io means Great Lake

This week in summarizing the news in science and higher education: News out of NIH, the Department of Defense (?), the Treasury (??), and the Department of Homeland Security (???). Also: California heads to the polls, the Ig Nobels leave the country, and more. fusiforms.beehiiv.com/p/september-...

Every time I mention Cabbage Night to people who were not raised in New England they look at me like I am from Mars.

My experience is that the New England accent is fading. My grandparents have distinct Mainer (Mainah) accents. My dad has a very clear eastern Massachusetts accent. My accent is less detectable unless I’m yelling about Greek style pizza.

I have an idear, let’s pahk in the yahd.

science lab

30 Aug

Omg

ori.hhs.govORI's Guidance on Generative Artificial Intelligence Released | ORI - The Office of Research IntegrityThe mission of the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) is to preserve the integrity of scientific advancements that improve public health in the U.S. and across the globe. In September 2024, the Depart...

19 Aug

New guidance from ORI on the use of AI. * Doing a House of Leaves [1] [2] to your bibliography (mostly) falls out of scope. * Does AI count as plagiarism? 🤷‍♂️ ---- 1. Yes the citations are fake, but also we know they're fake. That's the point. Check out this House. (The eds). 2. ̶ƃ̶u̶ᴉ̶s̶s̶ᴉ̶W̶ ̶u̶o̶ᴉ̶ʇ̶ɐ̶ʇ̶ᴉ̶Ɔ

10 Aug

Spent the weekend making stop motion movies with my kid. I love the two posters they made for their features and the quote they gave for the one we worked on together.

10 Aug

The Chase Credits redacted, but I’m in there only as “Camera Owner”.

10 Aug

Coffee Dreams Credits redacted, but this was a co production. My kid thought of the art direction and I drank the coffee.

4 Aug

Vannevar Bush's The Endless Frontier is worth a read for anyone who works in or around science. It's not a perfect document, of course. But it adds a heck of a lot of context for our current research enterprise. Also, occasionally there is a line like this. nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/2023-04/Endl...

31 July

Wading into the Odyssey discourse with screenshots from Nostos: Il Ritorno (1989), an Italian avant-garde adaptation where all the dialogue is in an untranslated made up language. If nothing else, it is absolutely striking to look at. It's on Youtube.

29 July

Resources will be mofified. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

29 July

Grand Moff Tarkinified

20 July

Welcome to my 2 second research workshop. Ready? "Just because you have access to information for business reasons does not mean you can use it for research reasons." Thank you for your attention.

20 July

The most cat who ever catted.

7 July

fusiforms.beehiiv.comJuly 3rd, 2025Today's Problems

4 July

This week’s update includes some reporting on NIH grant making and financial aid news out of the department of education. Also Captain America is there. fusiforms.beehiiv.com/p/july-3rd-2...

2 July