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oddgoo @viriditax.bsky.social · 16h

I’m not getting fooled like that for a third time 😤

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oddgoo @viriditax.bsky.social · 16h

I’ll be around for a few days in early December, I’m descending the West Coast bit by bit for NeurIPS

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oddgoo @viriditax.bsky.social · 17h

thank you I do like to doodle

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oddgoo @viriditax.bsky.social · 21h

got a cool new pen so I redrew my pfp to match the Xitter one

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oddgoo @viriditax.bsky.social · 22h

related claim: without induced puberty periods, longevity escape velocity interventions will hit a functional limit fairly fast

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oddgoo @viriditax.bsky.social · 22h

quoting myself bc this is one of my bugbears: we have gotta find ways to increment recognition and remediation of mistakes in biomedicine in intervals so so so much shorter than current standard “three decade career” unit of effort

oddgoo @viriditax.bsky.social · 22h

only bc the institutions have been hollowed out by the coddled demanding more coddling

I reserve specific rafe for the NIAID: out of all institutions’ infra and recent history, it is uniquely poised to deliver massive R&D gains and yet! over a billion dollars vaporized w nothing to show on RECOVER

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oddgoo @viriditax.bsky.social · 22h

I’ve considered blacklisting Nextdoor for a relative

they have valid reasons for dreading going out (the built world can be really unkind if your mobility is tricky) but the doom doom doom on Nextdoor sure af ain’t helping

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oddgoo @viriditax.bsky.social · 22h

why do I store stress in the left glute med? who knows! but here are 7 new sutras to find out!

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oddgoo @viriditax.bsky.social · 22h

going to physical therapy has taught me more than I ever wanted to know about my pelvic floor and I am but a single step past the threshold of knowledge

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oddgoo @viriditax.bsky.social · 22h

you gotta crossref zillow w nextdoor posts for the zip code to get a real taste of the ultralocal weltanschauung

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oddgoo @viriditax.bsky.social · 22h

only bc the institutions have been hollowed out by the coddled demanding more coddling

I reserve specific rafe for the NIAID: out of all institutions’ infra and recent history, it is uniquely poised to deliver massive R&D gains and yet! over a billion dollars vaporized w nothing to show on RECOVER

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oddgoo @viriditax.bsky.social · 22h

yeah there are a ton of very clear lessons from it, like

+ run PCR on international flight wastewater
+ reform trial setup for faster multidrug testing
+ subsidize tests
+ standing vaccine research programs, especially on platforms
+ clean the air in schools, transit hubs, and medical settings!!!

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oddgoo @viriditax.bsky.social · 22h

remember: you are never powerless, you can always make a problem worse

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oddgoo @viriditax.bsky.social · 23h

worry wort is just low dose salvia