Jeffrey Townsend
@jeffreytownsend.bsky.social
Elihu Professor of Biostatistics @yalesph.bsky.social--Cancer, Infectious disease, Evolutionary biology, Fungi, sometimes running
Pinned
Just out in Lung Cancer:
KRAS G12C-associated immunotherapy benefit in NSCLC
is substantially mediated by tobacco-induced tumor mutation burden—not allele-specific effects.
authors.elsevier.com/a/1ls3ocYZOi...
KRAS G12C-associated immunotherapy benefit in NSCLC
is substantially mediated by tobacco-induced tumor mutation burden—not allele-specific effects.
authors.elsevier.com/a/1ls3ocYZOi...
Events do not exist: they happen.
My inexpert coda: not only does the human-centered desire for events to exist commonly cause confusion in the interpretation of relativity, it is the primary cause of ontological confusion in quantum mechanics as well.
My inexpert coda: not only does the human-centered desire for events to exist commonly cause confusion in the interpretation of relativity, it is the primary cause of ontological confusion in quantum mechanics as well.
Does space-time really exist?
That idea has shaped physics for over a century. But when you look closely, it doesn’t hold together.
This article explains what goes wrong.
Read here: cosmicave.org/links/
That idea has shaped physics for over a century. But when you look closely, it doesn’t hold together.
This article explains what goes wrong.
Read here: cosmicave.org/links/
November 26, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Events do not exist: they happen.
My inexpert coda: not only does the human-centered desire for events to exist commonly cause confusion in the interpretation of relativity, it is the primary cause of ontological confusion in quantum mechanics as well.
My inexpert coda: not only does the human-centered desire for events to exist commonly cause confusion in the interpretation of relativity, it is the primary cause of ontological confusion in quantum mechanics as well.
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Nothing to see here. Just the White House needing to reassure the public that Piggy doesn't want to murder members of Congress. 😩
November 21, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Nothing to see here. Just the White House needing to reassure the public that Piggy doesn't want to murder members of Congress. 😩
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Is Piggy referring to his attempted coup on January 6th?
November 20, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Is Piggy referring to his attempted coup on January 6th?
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My new doc SANDPIPERS' LAST SUPPER is now on the CBC's Nature of Things YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMo0...
The film tells the story of the western sandpiper’s long-distance migration powered by an invisible mud-based superfood that supports the species’ survival. #shorebirds #birdwatching
The film tells the story of the western sandpiper’s long-distance migration powered by an invisible mud-based superfood that supports the species’ survival. #shorebirds #birdwatching
April 7, 2025 at 2:31 PM
My new doc SANDPIPERS' LAST SUPPER is now on the CBC's Nature of Things YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMo0...
The film tells the story of the western sandpiper’s long-distance migration powered by an invisible mud-based superfood that supports the species’ survival. #shorebirds #birdwatching
The film tells the story of the western sandpiper’s long-distance migration powered by an invisible mud-based superfood that supports the species’ survival. #shorebirds #birdwatching
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What do #soil, #fastfashion, housekeeping, health & #microplastics have in common? This great article by @phoebeweston.bsky.social & Tess McClure explains how they're interlinked.
Unfortunately these topics also hardly feature in the national curriculum 🙄
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Unfortunately these topics also hardly feature in the national curriculum 🙄
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
The life of microplastic: how fragments move through plants, insects, animals – and you
Microplastics have been found in the placentas of unborn babies, the depths of the Mariana Trench, the summit of Everest and the organs of Antarctic penguins. But how do they travel through the world,...
www.theguardian.com
July 28, 2025 at 12:27 PM
What do #soil, #fastfashion, housekeeping, health & #microplastics have in common? This great article by @phoebeweston.bsky.social & Tess McClure explains how they're interlinked.
Unfortunately these topics also hardly feature in the national curriculum 🙄
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Unfortunately these topics also hardly feature in the national curriculum 🙄
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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Quanta contributing writer @maxlevy.bsky.social has received a Kavli Gold Award from @aaas.org and @kavlifoundation.org for “The Hidden World of Electrostatic Ecology,” a detailed account of how small organisms use static electricity to their advantage.
www.quantamagazine.org/quantanews/q...
www.quantamagazine.org/quantanews/q...
Quanta Contributor Max G. Levy Wins AAAS Kavli Gold Award for Science Journalism | Quanta Magazine
Judges from the American Association for the Advancement of Science and The Kavli Foundation recognized Quanta Magazine contributing writer Max G. Levy with a Gold Award in the Magazine category for “...
www.quantamagazine.org
November 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Quanta contributing writer @maxlevy.bsky.social has received a Kavli Gold Award from @aaas.org and @kavlifoundation.org for “The Hidden World of Electrostatic Ecology,” a detailed account of how small organisms use static electricity to their advantage.
www.quantamagazine.org/quantanews/q...
www.quantamagazine.org/quantanews/q...
Expanding access to new, highly effective weight-loss medications could prevent more than 40,000 deaths a year in the United States, according to a new study led by researchers @yalesph.bsky.social and the @ufresearch.bsky.social.
medicine.yale.edu/news-article...
medicine.yale.edu/news-article...
Expanding Access to Weight-Loss Drugs Could Save Thousands of Lives A Year, Study Finds
Expanding access to weight-loss medications could prevent more than 40,000 deaths a year in the United States, according to a 2024 study led by researchers at
medicine.yale.edu
November 14, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Expanding access to new, highly effective weight-loss medications could prevent more than 40,000 deaths a year in the United States, according to a new study led by researchers @yalesph.bsky.social and the @ufresearch.bsky.social.
medicine.yale.edu/news-article...
medicine.yale.edu/news-article...
Join me in supporting the American Association for Cancer Research (@theaacr.bsky.social) for their signature 5K run/walk in San Diego, CA, supporting the prevention and cure of ALL cancers. Please donate today.
#Runners4Research
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#Runners4Research
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2026 AACR Runners for Research 5K Run/WalkI'm fundraising for American Association for Cancer Research and cancer research!
2026 AACR Runners for Research 5K Run/WalkEvent landing page for 2026 AACR Runners for Research 5K Run/Walk
do.nr
November 13, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Join me in supporting the American Association for Cancer Research (@theaacr.bsky.social) for their signature 5K run/walk in San Diego, CA, supporting the prevention and cure of ALL cancers. Please donate today.
#Runners4Research
do.nr/a06ftutx
#Runners4Research
do.nr/a06ftutx
You can tell them to tear down that wall because a biostatistician at Yale thinks you're right.
😂
😂
Hey thanks for reading and sharing! I’m honestly curious if anyone thinks I skipped a beat in my logic. Unfortunately, “I think Penrose and Hawking misunderstood black holes” tends to hit a brick wall with my colleagues.
November 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
You can tell them to tear down that wall because a biostatistician at Yale thinks you're right.
😂
😂
It isn't my field—just a "pet hobby"—but for the record, I 100% conceive that black holes "never form".
cosmicave.org/2025/11/06/w...
cosmicave.org/2025/11/06/w...
Six decades of black-hole physics built on sand.
The fallacy: mistaking inevitability for actuality, ignoring GR’s most basic rule.
Many will hate this, but:
“You don’t have to like the truth for it to be true.” — Gloria Burgle (@carriecoon.bsky.social)
🧪 ⚛️ 🔭 #cosmology
cosmicave.org/2025/11/06/w...
The fallacy: mistaking inevitability for actuality, ignoring GR’s most basic rule.
Many will hate this, but:
“You don’t have to like the truth for it to be true.” — Gloria Burgle (@carriecoon.bsky.social)
🧪 ⚛️ 🔭 #cosmology
cosmicave.org/2025/11/06/w...
What if black holes never actually form?
For the better part of a century, physicists have treated the inevitable collapse of stars as proof that black holes already exist. But inevitability is not actuality—and confusing the two has prod…
cosmicave.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
It isn't my field—just a "pet hobby"—but for the record, I 100% conceive that black holes "never form".
cosmicave.org/2025/11/06/w...
cosmicave.org/2025/11/06/w...
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
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November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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You don't have to move here but I would not recommend staying there.
#ScienceSky journals, seriously, get rid of the "X" button, that place isn't safe to direct ANYONE. #MedSky journals and #AcademiaSky do the same.
Ain't worth keeping a toe in poison waters. 🧪🩺
#ScienceSky journals, seriously, get rid of the "X" button, that place isn't safe to direct ANYONE. #MedSky journals and #AcademiaSky do the same.
Ain't worth keeping a toe in poison waters. 🧪🩺
October 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
You don't have to move here but I would not recommend staying there.
#ScienceSky journals, seriously, get rid of the "X" button, that place isn't safe to direct ANYONE. #MedSky journals and #AcademiaSky do the same.
Ain't worth keeping a toe in poison waters. 🧪🩺
#ScienceSky journals, seriously, get rid of the "X" button, that place isn't safe to direct ANYONE. #MedSky journals and #AcademiaSky do the same.
Ain't worth keeping a toe in poison waters. 🧪🩺
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A man was arrested for playing Darth Vader's theme music, "The Imperial March," behind National Guard troops walking through Logan Circle.
Now the ACLU is suing on his behalf. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Now the ACLU is suing on his behalf. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
October 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
A man was arrested for playing Darth Vader's theme music, "The Imperial March," behind National Guard troops walking through Logan Circle.
Now the ACLU is suing on his behalf. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Now the ACLU is suing on his behalf. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
One of these is the White House @whitehouse-47.bsky.social . The other is Dnipro, Ukraine.
What are the common factors?
What are the common factors?
October 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
One of these is the White House @whitehouse-47.bsky.social . The other is Dnipro, Ukraine.
What are the common factors?
What are the common factors?
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The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
October 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
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Breaking News: Paul Ingrassia, President Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, said he planned to formally withdraw his nomination due to lack of Republican support. His path began to unravel after a report that he sent a series of racist text messages.
Trump Live Updates: Latest on Government Shutdown and Putin Meeting Reversal
nyti.ms
October 22, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Breaking News: Paul Ingrassia, President Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, said he planned to formally withdraw his nomination due to lack of Republican support. His path began to unravel after a report that he sent a series of racist text messages.
NO KiNGS protest in New Haven made it onto Rachel Maddow. Check it out at 3:25—
youtu.be/WjSCy54LqaI?...
And yes, @JEFFREYTOWNSEND.BSKY.SOCIAL (bsky.app/profile/jeff...) is me.
youtu.be/WjSCy54LqaI?...
And yes, @JEFFREYTOWNSEND.BSKY.SOCIAL (bsky.app/profile/jeff...) is me.
Maddow: 'No Kings' protests send message to Trump from EVERY state in the nation
YouTube video by MSNBC
youtu.be
October 21, 2025 at 10:34 PM
NO KiNGS protest in New Haven made it onto Rachel Maddow. Check it out at 3:25—
youtu.be/WjSCy54LqaI?...
And yes, @JEFFREYTOWNSEND.BSKY.SOCIAL (bsky.app/profile/jeff...) is me.
youtu.be/WjSCy54LqaI?...
And yes, @JEFFREYTOWNSEND.BSKY.SOCIAL (bsky.app/profile/jeff...) is me.
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October 19, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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October 19, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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No Kings Willimantic. 3500 or so.
October 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
No Kings Willimantic. 3500 or so.
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Hell yes, Pittsburgh. Love Yinz. No Kings.
October 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Hell yes, Pittsburgh. Love Yinz. No Kings.
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No Kings-Los Angeles, CA
October 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
No Kings-Los Angeles, CA