Job has been rough lately. Applied to some things and waiting to hear back. Ton of new jobs posted already this year so hopefully they're real and not ghost jobs.

My partner had a short PhD phone call interview yesterday (Advisor on maternity leave) and it went well. So gearing up for the possibility of losing 40% of our household income in the Bay area. That would be an interesting ride for sure. But damn I'm really hoping she gets in. She'd have a ton of fun and do incredible things both during and after the program. And since she's got a Masters degree already she thinks she can do it in 3-4 years.

We went hiking last weekend and saw some California Condors. They're incredibly rare and wonderful birds. Gigantic, very social, very important carrion disposers in food chains, and in general a super interesting comeback story. One of the biggest causes of harm to them has continued to be lead poisoning. Technically in CA lead ammunition can't be used for hunting of wildlife but it's still allowed for everything else, and even some wildlife is exempt from the ban. It'd be a great state law to just ban lead ammunition in general. Better for wildlife, better for human health (parents' hobbies are a huge cause of childhood lead poisoning!), and also might make gun use slightly more expensive, which I'm okay with. Looked briefly into how to get a prop on the ballot, but I don't think I could do that. So I'll be reaching out to my representatives soon to say "make a law that bans the use, purchase, sale, and possession of lead ammunition". I know it'll go nowhere, but I can dream.