@keholsinger.bsky.social
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Scientists studied thousands of children born March 2020-May 2021.
Out of 800+ mothers diagnosed with COVID-19, 16.3% of their babies received a neurodevelopmental diagnosis by 3 years old, compared with 9.7% who weren’t exposed to COVID-19 in utero.
Out of 800+ mothers diagnosed with COVID-19, 16.3% of their babies received a neurodevelopmental diagnosis by 3 years old, compared with 9.7% who weren’t exposed to COVID-19 in utero.
Amid Confusing CDC Guidance About Vaccines, Study Highlights New Risk of COVID-19 During Pregnancy
A Harvard study found that the children of women who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant may be at an increased risk for autism and other diagnoses, raising new concerns about the CDC’s decision to sto...
www.propublica.org
November 30, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Scientists studied thousands of children born March 2020-May 2021.
Out of 800+ mothers diagnosed with COVID-19, 16.3% of their babies received a neurodevelopmental diagnosis by 3 years old, compared with 9.7% who weren’t exposed to COVID-19 in utero.
Out of 800+ mothers diagnosed with COVID-19, 16.3% of their babies received a neurodevelopmental diagnosis by 3 years old, compared with 9.7% who weren’t exposed to COVID-19 in utero.
The journal office is closed, but the servers are still running.
Got an email saying i'm a few days late with a manuscript review.
I emailed back an apology, while stating that it was Thanksgiving holiday week
Got an automatic reply saying the journal office is closed this week for Thanksgiving
I emailed back an apology, while stating that it was Thanksgiving holiday week
Got an automatic reply saying the journal office is closed this week for Thanksgiving
a young boy wearing a yellow shirt is smiling and making a funny face .
ALT: a young boy wearing a yellow shirt is smiling and making a funny face .
media.tenor.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:21 PM
The journal office is closed, but the servers are still running.
“In November 2023, Clarivate announced that it had excluded the entire field of mathematics from the latest edition of its influential list of ‘highly cited researchers’.” - There are problems with Clarivate’s list, but if it’s excluding the field of mathematics, that’s a very deep problem.
How to Fight Fraudulent Publishing in the Mathematical Sciences: Joint Recommendations of the IMU and the ICIAM
These recommendations were formulated by the authors in close collaboration with the IMU Committee on Publishing (chaired by Ilka Agricola) and have been endorsed by the Executive Committee of the…
arXiv.org
November 30, 2025 at 8:07 PM
“In November 2023, Clarivate announced that it had excluded the entire field of mathematics from the latest edition of its influential list of ‘highly cited researchers’.” - There are problems with Clarivate’s list, but if it’s excluding the field of mathematics, that’s a very deep problem.
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Leopards, faces, etc.
Major AI conference flooded with peer reviews written fully by AI
Controversy has erupted after 21% of manuscript reviews for an international AI conference were found to be generated by artificial intelligence.
www.nature.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Leopards, faces, etc.
Something tells me that @bcdreyer.social might get a kick out of this exchange from the other site.
November 29, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Something tells me that @bcdreyer.social might get a kick out of this exchange from the other site.
David Grann and the Deep Life - “[F]undamental to the art of deep accomplishment is the patient search for the right subject.” calnewport.com/david-grann-...
David Grann and the Deep Life - Cal Newport
Last year, the celebrated New Yorker writer David Grann spoke with Nieman Storyboard about his book, The Wager. The interviewer asked Grann how he manages ... Read more
calnewport.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
David Grann and the Deep Life - “[F]undamental to the art of deep accomplishment is the patient search for the right subject.” calnewport.com/david-grann-...
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Looking for a postdoctoral fellowship? Get in touch with me if you’re interested in joining my lab and applying to a Sintring 2-year fellowship. I’m particularly interested in developing applications on buzz pollination, floral evolution, and Mimulus eco-gen projects. www.uu.se/en/departmen...
The Birgitta Sintring Foundation
- Uppsala University
www.uu.se
November 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Looking for a postdoctoral fellowship? Get in touch with me if you’re interested in joining my lab and applying to a Sintring 2-year fellowship. I’m particularly interested in developing applications on buzz pollination, floral evolution, and Mimulus eco-gen projects. www.uu.se/en/departmen...
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“For the Kremlin, the Miami talks were the culmination of a strategy, hatched before Trump’s inauguration, to bypass the traditional U.S. national security apparatus and convince the administration to view Russia not as a military threat but as a land of… opportunity” www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:22 PM
“For the Kremlin, the Miami talks were the culmination of a strategy, hatched before Trump’s inauguration, to bypass the traditional U.S. national security apparatus and convince the administration to view Russia not as a military threat but as a land of… opportunity” www.wsj.com/world/russia...
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Please pass along - We've extended the CAMBIUM fellowship deadline to December 15! Our NSF NRT supports new grad students to harness biodiversity big data to adapt to & mitigate climate change impacts. Great fit for evolutionary genomics, bioinformatics, ecology & more. cambium.arizona.edu 🧬🌐🌎
November 26, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Please pass along - We've extended the CAMBIUM fellowship deadline to December 15! Our NSF NRT supports new grad students to harness biodiversity big data to adapt to & mitigate climate change impacts. Great fit for evolutionary genomics, bioinformatics, ecology & more. cambium.arizona.edu 🧬🌐🌎
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It's really hard to overstate the conservation significance of this, and what doors it unlocks for future conservation.
Mood among my global endangered species conservation colleagues is off-the-charts happy today.
Mood among my global endangered species conservation colleagues is off-the-charts happy today.
WCS Celebrates Historic and Sweeping Trade Protections for Sharks and Rays Adopted at CITES CoP20 > Newsroom | All CITES shark and ray proposals pass – marking the most comprehensive advance in global shark conservation in CITES history.
WCS Celebrates Historic and Sweeping Trade Protections for Sharks and Rays Adopted at CITES CoP20
Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Nov. 28, 2025 – The following statement was issued today from CITES CoP20, celebrating the adoption of sweeping and historic adoption of new international trade protections for…
newsroom.wcs.org
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
It's really hard to overstate the conservation significance of this, and what doors it unlocks for future conservation.
Mood among my global endangered species conservation colleagues is off-the-charts happy today.
Mood among my global endangered species conservation colleagues is off-the-charts happy today.
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I taught (and co-taught) a course on human population genetics from 2000-2024. Having retired, I'm now making all the course materials public: github.com/alanrogers/p... #popgen #evbio
GitHub - alanrogers/popgen: A course on population genetics
A course on population genetics. Contribute to alanrogers/popgen development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I taught (and co-taught) a course on human population genetics from 2000-2024. Having retired, I'm now making all the course materials public: github.com/alanrogers/p... #popgen #evbio
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A *huge* vaccine victory. I've been writing on this for years; Australia has seen remarkable progress in cervical cancer prevention with the HPV vaccine. I love seeing science triumph like this.
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A *huge* vaccine victory. I've been writing on this for years; Australia has seen remarkable progress in cervical cancer prevention with the HPV vaccine. I love seeing science triumph like this.
I’m honestly surprised that you got 60 to show up. That speaks well of you.
Attendance of about 60 people, compared to about 120 on a typical day.
I have a 4:10 - 5:30 large enrollment intro lecture class that meets today.
Somehow, I do not expect high turnout.
Somehow, I do not expect high turnout.
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I’m honestly surprised that you got 60 to show up. That speaks well of you.
When it Comes to AI: Think Inside the Box - “Language model-based AI is an impressive technology…accompanied by…risks that…require cool-headed responses….When it comes to AI, it’s time to start our most serious conversations by thinking inside the box.” calnewport.com/when-it-come...
When it Comes to AI: Think Inside the Box - Cal Newport
James Somers recently published an interesting essay in The New Yorker titled “The Case That A.I. Is Thinking.” He starts by presenting a specific definition of thinking, attributed in ... Read more
calnewport.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
When it Comes to AI: Think Inside the Box - “Language model-based AI is an impressive technology…accompanied by…risks that…require cool-headed responses….When it comes to AI, it’s time to start our most serious conversations by thinking inside the box.” calnewport.com/when-it-come...
American wokeness - “Americans accept a lot of inequality, but don't like anything that resembles a caste system, with hereditary groups at the top and bottom.”
American wokeness
A few years ago, I compiled information from a number of surveys and concluded that perceived discrimination against blacks increased shar...
justthesocialfacts.blogspot.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM
American wokeness - “Americans accept a lot of inequality, but don't like anything that resembles a caste system, with hereditary groups at the top and bottom.”
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Amazing, depressing article about RFK Jr by Michael Scherer in The Atlantic. This graf at the end stayed with me. Our national policy is now based on the difference between 17 and 21 outcomes out of populations of 22000. As usual, hard to know if it is stupidity or dishonesty.
November 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Amazing, depressing article about RFK Jr by Michael Scherer in The Atlantic. This graf at the end stayed with me. Our national policy is now based on the difference between 17 and 21 outcomes out of populations of 22000. As usual, hard to know if it is stupidity or dishonesty.
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This is concerning.
NIH is changing their policy so that staff have to prepare justification for every application that is funded BUT NO DOCUMENTATION FOR APPLICATIONS THAT ARE SKIPPED (BASED ON PERCENTILES).
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NIH is changing their policy so that staff have to prepare justification for every application that is funded BUT NO DOCUMENTATION FOR APPLICATIONS THAT ARE SKIPPED (BASED ON PERCENTILES).
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November 24, 2025 at 12:29 AM
This is concerning.
NIH is changing their policy so that staff have to prepare justification for every application that is funded BUT NO DOCUMENTATION FOR APPLICATIONS THAT ARE SKIPPED (BASED ON PERCENTILES).
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NIH is changing their policy so that staff have to prepare justification for every application that is funded BUT NO DOCUMENTATION FOR APPLICATIONS THAT ARE SKIPPED (BASED ON PERCENTILES).
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Fog, by Carl Sandburg
November 24, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Fog, by Carl Sandburg
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This is an amazing sentence: "The Peekskill Meteorite Car ("PMC"), a 1980 red Chevy Malibu, is one of the two most famous objects struck by a meteorite (the other, Ms. Ann Hodges, died in 1972). "
meteoritecar.com
meteoritecar.com
The Peekskill Meteorite Car Official Website
The official website of the Peekskill Meteorite Car, the most famous object to ever be struck by a meteorite.
meteoritecar.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:39 PM
This is an amazing sentence: "The Peekskill Meteorite Car ("PMC"), a 1980 red Chevy Malibu, is one of the two most famous objects struck by a meteorite (the other, Ms. Ann Hodges, died in 1972). "
meteoritecar.com
meteoritecar.com
#SilentSunday Charters Brook at the inlet to Shenipsit Lake
November 23, 2025 at 12:34 PM
#SilentSunday Charters Brook at the inlet to Shenipsit Lake
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I wrote a little bit about the "missing heritability" question and several recent studies that have brought it to a close. A short 🧵
The missing heritability question is now (mostly) answered
Not with a bang but with a whimper
theinfinitesimal.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I wrote a little bit about the "missing heritability" question and several recent studies that have brought it to a close. A short 🧵
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If this holds — and the midterms are a year away, so that’s a big if — the GOP is fuuuuuuuuuuuucked.
Generic Ballot Polling Among White Voters:
🔵 Democrats: 50%
🔴 Republicans: 46%
Marist / Nov 13, 2025
🔵 Democrats: 50%
🔴 Republicans: 46%
Marist / Nov 13, 2025
November 20, 2025 at 10:50 PM
If this holds — and the midterms are a year away, so that’s a big if — the GOP is fuuuuuuuuuuuucked.
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Absolutely. Even if he weren't a damaged creep, his approach to scientific evidence is completely disqualifying.
We know the answer; We just don't have the science yet
There is no study that says that it is not true.
Bye, bye Bobby. You've "gone wild" enough. You going to kill lots of people.
We know the answer; We just don't have the science yet
There is no study that says that it is not true.
Bye, bye Bobby. You've "gone wild" enough. You going to kill lots of people.
November 21, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Absolutely. Even if he weren't a damaged creep, his approach to scientific evidence is completely disqualifying.
We know the answer; We just don't have the science yet
There is no study that says that it is not true.
Bye, bye Bobby. You've "gone wild" enough. You going to kill lots of people.
We know the answer; We just don't have the science yet
There is no study that says that it is not true.
Bye, bye Bobby. You've "gone wild" enough. You going to kill lots of people.