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Christos Argyropoulos MD, PhD, FASN 🇺🇸 0kale/acc @christosargyrop.bsky.social · 17h

AI is our century's tulip bubble

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Andrew Noymer @andrewnoymer.bsky.social · 1d

Road runner. Roadrunner.

Andrew Noymer @andrewnoymer.bsky.social · 1d

Shout-out to The Modern Lovers.

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Punk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social · 1d

4 Proto-Punk debut albums tha5 significantly Influenced punk rock

MC5 – Kick Out the Jams
The Stooges – The Stooges
New York Dolls – New York Dolls
The Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground & Nico

Do you have a favorite album?

#rocklegends #protopunk #punkrockhistory

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Andrew Noymer @andrewnoymer.bsky.social · 1d

Shout-out to The Modern Lovers.

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Andrew Noymer @andrewnoymer.bsky.social · 1d

There are still monovalent measles vaccines, for example MeasBio®.

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Andrew Noymer @andrewnoymer.bsky.social · 1d

Merck already makes a monovalent measles vaccine, Attenuvax®.

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Andrew Noymer @andrewnoymer.bsky.social · 1d

Only need four to grant cert.

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Andrew Noymer @andrewnoymer.bsky.social · 2d

Ange: Greek when he's hired, Aussie when he's fired. #EPL #NFFC

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Andrew Noymer @andrewnoymer.bsky.social · 2d

And there is an absolutely wonderful version of Ceremony, by Galaxie 500.

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Andrew Noymer @andrewnoymer.bsky.social · 2d

Is The Onion evolving into more of a Stateside version of Le Canard Enchaîné?

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 3d

listen. when dolly parton’s sister says it’s time for us all to be prayer warriors for dolly. you fucking pray for dolly

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Andrew Noymer @andrewnoymer.bsky.social · 4d

The only Arsenal players still with the squad, who won the #FAC 🏆 in 2020, are Saka 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 and Martinelli 🇧🇷. (Saliba 🇫🇷 was with the club but on loan.)

#AFC #Arsenal #FACup #Arteta ⚽

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Andrew Noymer @andrewnoymer.bsky.social · 4d

The only Arsenal players still with the squad, who won the #FAC 🏆 in 2020, are Saka 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 and Martinelli 🇧🇷. (Saliba 🇫🇷 was with the club but on loan.)

#AFC #Arsenal #FACup #Arteta ⚽

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ʕᵔᴥᵔʔ Milla Lorelei Mélomane 💙 ʕᵔᴥᵔʔ @britpoptarts.bsky.social · 5d

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The Athletic | Football @theathleticfc.bsky.social · 4d

Arsenal are in discussions over extending their sponsorship deal with Visit Rwanda.

Arsenal fan group Gunners For Peace said discussions over extending the deal brought the club’s values into question.

✍️ @gunnerblog.bsky.social and @dansheldon.bsky.social

🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/668...

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Michael Weissman @mbweissman.bsky.social · 8d

The corrections to the Pekar 2022 Science paper claiming multiple SARS-CoV-2 introductions are factorizable and simple, using data contained in the paper and minimal assumptions. Their data and model imply that a single introduction was more likely.
arxiv.org/abs/2510.01484

Bayesian Re-Analysis of the Phylogenetic Topology of Early SARS-CoV-2 Case Sequences

A much-cited 2022 paper by Pekar et al. claimed that Bayesian analysis of the molecular phylogeny of early SARS-CoV-2 cases indicated that it was more likely that two successful introductions to human...

arxiv.org

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Andrew Noymer @andrewnoymer.bsky.social · 7d

Don't worry, they'll become your local cops after the Army service.

Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 8d

“What Trump, Hegseth, and MAGA are hoping to build is a military that instead reflects the violent, racist nationalism they espouse.” www.liberalcurrents.com/war-fighters...

War Fighters and the Enemy Within: Trump, Hegseth, and the Assault on The American People

Trump and Hegseth are cultivating a military that sees liberals and minorities as enemies to be fought and is willing to follow orders to do so.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Carolyn Johnson @carolynyjohnson.bsky.social · 7d

AI can design toxic proteins. They’re escaping through biosecurity cracks. wapo.st/4nxxeFv

AI can design toxic proteins. They’re escaping through biosecurity cracks.

Artificial intelligence can design toxic proteins that escape biosecurity cracks, sparking concerns over potential misuse.

wapo.st

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Punk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social · 9d

Remembering Kim Shattuck, lead singer, guitarist and primary songwriter of the American punk rock band The Muffs, member of The Pandoras and short-term bassist for the Pixies, died far too early 6 years ago today at the age of 56

#punk #punkrock #womenofpunk #kimshattuck #otd

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Andrew Noymer @andrewnoymer.bsky.social · 9d

Surprised Kepa isn't getting a runout.

Andrew Noymer @andrewnoymer.bsky.social · 10d

Annual flu jab email from the campus administration. #MedSky

“The COVID-19 vaccine will not be part of the seasonal vaccination campaign. Due to changes in FDA eligibility, co-workers are not required to report receipt or declination of the COVID-19 vaccine.”

email from UC Irvine administration, re: vaccination.

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Andrew Noymer @andrewnoymer.bsky.social · 10d

Whooping cough.

Data Report @datareport.bsky.social · 10d

An endangered whooping crane named Ducky has died from avian influenza, according to officials at the International Crane Foundation in Wisconsin.
www.seehafernews.com/2025/09/30/e...

Endangered Whooping Crane Dies from Bird Flu in Wisconsin

An endangered whooping crane named Ducky has died from avian influenza, according to officials at the Internat...

www.seehafernews.com

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Stephen Gutowski @stephengutowski.bsky.social · 10d

Has anyone even tried to make the positive case for this yet? Why would it be good to be able to easily generate videos like this?

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 10d

OpenAI employees are very excited about how well their new AI tool can create fake videos of people doing crimes and have definitely thought through all the implications of this

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