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Heidi Tandy (is not sharing/posting legal advice) 💫 @heidi8.bsky.social · Sep 1

Such great panels with @efforums.bsky.social at #dragoncon this year! One more today…..

Electronic Frontiers Forums at Dragon Con @efforums.bsky.social · Aug 31

“AI Chatbots and Privacy” panel

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Heidi Tandy (is not sharing/posting legal advice) 💫 @heidi8.bsky.social · Aug 5

I am extremely excited about how charming this is.

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Heidi Tandy (is not sharing/posting legal advice) 💫 @heidi8.bsky.social · Jul 15

How are you! We are all well. Japanese IP law is v different from the US when it comes to both copyright and trademark; they are more liberal re the former, and much more restrictive re the latter.

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Heidi Tandy (is not sharing/posting legal advice) 💫 @heidi8.bsky.social · Apr 15

How about we fight against dragging Americans to prisons in other countries sans due process, and continuing cancer & Alzheimer’s research? You’re not getting either of those things you’re fighting for on a federal level in this administration.

Heidi Tandy (is not sharing/posting legal advice) 💫 @heidi8.bsky.social · Apr 15

Fuckhead.

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Sam Halpert @samhalpert.bsky.social · Apr 15

Even accepting the premise that AI produces useful writing (which no one should), using AI in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you.

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Heidi Tandy (is not sharing/posting legal advice) 💫 @heidi8.bsky.social · Apr 11

Oh. Maths.

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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · Apr 11

Michigan numbers are brutal. But one amazing thing: Republicans still think Trump will magically end inflation. From Goldman Sachs:

Heidi Tandy (is not sharing/posting legal advice) 💫 @heidi8.bsky.social · Apr 11

Oh. Maths.

Matthew Facciani @matthewfacciani.bsky.social · Apr 11

Here’s a fun website that shows a variety of spurious correlations, and also generates fake papers that try to explain the relationship. Apparently, wind power in Uruguay predicts the number of breweries in the US!
www.tylervigen.com/spurious/cor...

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Heidi Tandy (is not sharing/posting legal advice) 💫 @heidi8.bsky.social · Mar 7

If someone has a free level, can you switch down to that?

Heidi Tandy (is not sharing/posting legal advice) 💫 @heidi8.bsky.social · Mar 4

I hope they don't realize that Eye of the Tiger was a Survivor song.

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Heidi Tandy (is not sharing/posting legal advice) 💫 @heidi8.bsky.social · Feb 26

Kudos re the purple!!

Heidi Tandy (is not sharing/posting legal advice) 💫 @heidi8.bsky.social · Feb 23

Transformative Work of the Day

Will Burrows 🖖🍞🥀 @reforest-kelley.bsky.social · Feb 23

Dear Manager,

1. I drank a whiskey drink.
2. I drank a vodka drink.
3. I drank a lager drink.
4. I drank a cider drink.
5. I sang the songs that remind me of the good times; I sang the songs that remind me of the better times.

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Heidi Tandy (is not sharing/posting legal advice) 💫 @heidi8.bsky.social · Feb 21

Does he know Kiev is closer to his Scottish golf course than Doral, florida to NYC, as the crow flies? Or a plane?

Heidi Tandy (is not sharing/posting legal advice) 💫 @heidi8.bsky.social · Feb 19

Love the pink!!

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · Feb 12

Scientific breakthroughs are hard without money for research infrastructure

America may not maintain its position as a global leader in biomedical research.

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John Higgins @jhigginswriter.bsky.social · Feb 14

"What is at stake is not conceptual or theoretical or ivory tower but instead intimate and personal. This is about the health of your grandmother and grandfather, your mother and father, your sister and brother, your children and grandchildren, and your spouse. This is realism, not alarmism."

JAMA @jama.com · Feb 14

Viewpoint: Recent disruptions and funding cuts at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) undermine the infrastructure and stability of US scientific research, threatening the nation's global leadership and scientific productivity.

ja.ma/41hBnoc

#MedSky

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Yan Leyfman, MD @yleyfman.bsky.social · Feb 14

Researchers from MD Anderson Cancer Center & Fred Hutch Cancer Center have uncovered how genome-wide hypertranscription, a hallmark of many cancers, may drive tumor progression & predict poor prognosis

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

#CancerResearch #PrecisionOncology #Hypertranscription #Genomics

RNA polymerase II at histone genes predicts outcome in human cancer

Genome-wide hypertranscription is common in human cancer and predicts poor prognosis. To understand how hypertranscription might drive cancer, we applied our formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE)–cl...

www.science.org

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Nicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · Feb 13

Another good piece on the impacts of NIH cuts on research by @inquirer.com, featuring @noranewcombe.bsky.social and yours truly.

www.msn.com/en-us/health...

Quote about impacts of NIH funding quotes by yours truely

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Heidi Tandy (is not sharing/posting legal advice) 💫 @heidi8.bsky.social · Feb 14

:gestures at Steve Jobs, his alternate cure approach, and their short memories:

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · Feb 14

This comment on r/fednews really stood out to me. Trump and Musk want people to think they're firing do-nothing "bureaucrats," but they're really getting rid of people dedicated to serving this country and keeping it operational. I hope these stories get told.

I lost my job. USDA Forest Service.

My probation was up next week.

I did everything right. I took a GS-7 role with a master’s degree just to get my foot in the door. I spent years doing seasonal fieldwork for low pay, working in remote places, gaining experience, and building skills, just for a chance at a permanent position. I was about to be a GS-9. I wrote NEPA reports. I conducted field surveys. I worked fire support. I dedicated myself to this work because I believed in it.

Public lands don’t manage themselves. The wildlife, watersheds, and forests we protect don’t just stay protected without people on the ground making it happen. My coworkers and I took on that responsibility, often in places most people never think about but that matter more than they know.

And now? Just like that, I’m out.

Edit: I’ve consistently supported progressive policies and have voted Democrat in every national and local election since I was 18. I do appreciate folks asking, I have some coworker having a serious 'leopards ate my face' moment right now.

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Heidi Tandy (is not sharing/posting legal advice) 💫 @heidi8.bsky.social · Feb 13

Bill Clinton got disbarred for lying under oath.

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Heidi Tandy (is not sharing/posting legal advice) 💫 @heidi8.bsky.social · Feb 13

Instead of what they are — grand projects to save and improve lives. Including, fwiw, his.

Steve Randy Waldman @interfluidity.com · Feb 13

“He’s ripping out important systems without understanding why they’re there, and then — because he doesn’t understand them, nor even wish to try — insisting that they must be part of some grand conspiracy for fraud.” @mmasnick.bsky.social www.techdirt.com/2025/02/13/s... ht @bananapantz.bsky.social

Some Follow Up Questions For Elon Musk, After He Admits He Gets Stuff Wrong Sometimes

Here’s a story about being wrong. Not just regular wrong — we’re all wrong sometimes! — but spectacularly, publicly, “I’m going to double down again and again and again on t…

www.techdirt.com

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Heidi Tandy (is not sharing/posting legal advice) 💫 @heidi8.bsky.social · Feb 13

Thank you, Moon, for being perfectly sized and located to have us eclipses of the sun!

wolf pupy @wolfpupy.bsky.social · Feb 13

the full moon is a perfect time to reflect on how great the moon is and all the things the moon has done for your life.

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Heidi Tandy (is not sharing/posting legal advice) 💫 @heidi8.bsky.social · Feb 12

Was about to say this!

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Heidi Tandy (is not sharing/posting legal advice) 💫 @heidi8.bsky.social · Feb 12

Transformative Work of the Omgwtfday

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