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Valentin Rodionov

@arbitraryeffect.bsky.social

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Chemist. Neurodivergent. Orcophobe. Hand-tool woodworker. Faculty @ CWRU Macro. Lab website: rodionovlab.org

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Valentin Rodionov @arbitraryeffect.bsky.social · Mar 27

I think I should start identifying as an orcophobe.

By the way, orc ideology is quite popular in Russia:

www.tolkienguide.com/modules/newb...

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 13h

I got nothin'.

The Verge @theverge.com · 17h

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

buff.ly

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 13h

Enshittification, explained

Cory Doctorow at CF 25: How Enshittification Conquered the 21st Century and How We Can Overthrow It

YouTube video by CloudFest

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Nicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · 14h

A thought-provoking piece in Nature Neuroscience by many neuroscience colleagues: "Science must break its silence to rebuild public trust". Lots to think about here.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Public engagement: building common ground
How can we help to bridge this divide? Simply producing more excep tional science will not be enough to rebuild public trust. Rather, we must adopt a new model that recognizes communication and advocacy as core pillars of science, on a par with rigor and reproducibility. Public engagement efforts should be valued for faculty promotions, much like obtaining grants and publishing our findings in scientific journals. Researchers should be recognized and rewarded for activities such as giving public talks, working with local schools, engaging with policy makers, developing social media campaigns and platforms or writing accessible articles for general audiences. Developing these skills must be an integral part of scientific training, reinforcing the notion that the responsibility to champion science lies with us. Courses that teach graduate students and postdocs to communicate complex ideas clearly, to use social media effectively and to advocate for evidencebased policies must be deemed critical and supported by our universities. These efforts should not be viewed as distractions from research but woven into the fabric of what we do as scientists. Rebuilding public trust requires a cultural paradigm shift: scientists must see themselves not just as producers of knowledge, but also as its ambassadors and translators. Such a fundamental change will occur only if it is embraced by our scientific leaders and institutions, emphasizing the critical role of public engagement for science to succeed.

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Tombmas Spooks @thomasfuchs.at · 14h

Another option to upgrade from Windows 10 is Windows 95.
It's 85 versions ahead, it will blow your mind how advanced it is.

New installation of Windows 95 on a 1990s ThinkPad

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 9d

Jane Goodall offers sage advice for the rest of us. #3E

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For Better Science @forbetterscience.bsky.social · 17h

Climate change is a Chavez/Maduro scam??? I didn't know!!!
Thank you Nobel Prize!

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 18h

Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado… ⬇️

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 19h

Trump tweets advertising the book, and they added a label with his “review”

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 20h

Officials from several US government agencies are investigating the incident, but not the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB), as that is in the process of being shut down.

16 dead in US munitions factory explosion

Plant levelled by blast, whose cause remains under investigation

www.chemistryworld.com

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Mike Okuda @mikeokuda.bsky.social · 19h

I’m actively blocking & ignoring antiscience fools, including those who use lotsa science-y technobabble, some of whom really should know better, at least judging from their claimed credentials. They show themselves to be immune to facts, thus aren't worth the time to refute.

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Alex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦 @merz.bsky.social · 1d

This is Vought’s dream, his fantasy, his fondest wishes, come true.

NPR @npr.org · 2d

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 1d

Holy crap. This is terrible.

The article states it's "not related to the current U.S. government shutdown". But of course it is: they are both connected by the GOP destroying everything good about this country from the top down and the bottom up.

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers reut.rs/4302N2L

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said on Monday it will cut nearly 550 jobs as part of a restructuring, not related to the current U.S. government shutdown.

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Valentin Rodionov @arbitraryeffect.bsky.social · 1d

I see repeats in the baseline for "GO" past ~50° 2θ.
However, some of these patterns are also nonsensical. For example, that razor-sharp "001" peak at ~6-7° corresponds to a whopping 12.6 Å. That's unphysically sharp for GO, and an unphysical d-spacing. Similar arguments apply to "GO-Cys."

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Elisabeth Bik - Perpetrator 5, a fraudulent microbiologist @elisabethbik.bsky.social · 1d

#ImageForensics, XRD edition.
Do you spot something of concern?
#ResearchIntegrity

$Figure from a scientific paper showing three X-ray diffraction plots. They look like nearly horizontal wiggly plots with some peaks and hills. The top one is blue and has only 1 big peak. The middle one is red and has a 'hill' on the left and is more noisy than the top one. The bottom one is in purple and shows some small peaks.$

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Sara Partridge, PhD @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 3d

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 3d

Per CDC source: At internal leadership meeting this afternoon, it was shared that 1,257 people were RIF'd at CDC. Number may not be final. Apparently, chief of staff was unaware that RIFs were going to occur so not clear who is making decisions. (Short 🧵)

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Sun-headed Deity of Tamgaly @oscarfranklin.bsky.social · 3d

The old joke: what did Watson and Crick discover?

Rosalind Franklin's notes!

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Cohen is a Ghost @skullmandible.bsky.social · 3d

"even if it's AI, it's at least true" hard to overstate the damage this stuff is doing to people's brains. we're gonna be cleaning the slop out of archives for decades

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Matt Hartings @matthartings.bsky.social · 3d

Stupid. Evil. Fucking dangerous.
I really feel for these dedicated public servants.
We are much less safe as a country than we were yesterday.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 4d

FULL STORY HERE: Emails began flooding CDC inboxes late Friday night announcing dozens of layoffs. HR people brought back from furlough to oversee the RIFs. Disease detectives, entire Washington office, global health, injury prevention, MMWR staff among those hit.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

www.nytimes.com

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 3d

this entire clip is fuckin comedy gold

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 5d

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 4d

What she posted

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Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 4d

Education is broken. Maybe an idiot can fix it.

#Satire

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 3d

UK “Universities have collectively announced more than 12,000 job cuts in the last year, new analysis from the University and College Union (UCU) suggests”

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...