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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 7h

Hundred of large well done studies from all across the world vs 1 deeply flawed assoc study? www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...

Amazing how antivaxxers ignore large body of evidence & expert opinion, but when they find something that they think supports their view?

Cognitive bias fest.

COVID Vaccines and Cancer Risk: Experts Dissect Flawed Study

Retrospective study from Korea proves nothing about COVID shots and cancer, experts say

www.medpagetoday.com

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Zamin Iqbal @zaminiqbal.bsky.social · 8h

Amazing thread

Anne Carpenter @drannecarpenter.bsky.social · 13h

15 years in the making, we confirmed that mitochondria - the powerhouse of the cell - have an unusual localization in patients who experience psychosis (including schizophrenia and bipolar disorders). You’ll never guess what kind of patient cells we used to make this discovery… 🧵

mitochondria from bipolar patients are closer to the nucleus in these images; control patients' are spread out further

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Lucilla Piccari @lucillapiccari.bsky.social · 8h

Kakistocracy is a goos definition

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Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 23h

Jacques Miller?

“It started by taking a thymus out of a mouse,” said Jo Handelsman, the director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “Who would have thought that would be an exciting idea for the future of medicine?”

Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 23h

'All three awards (...) honored achievements rooted in fundamental research from decades ago. Some experts interpret the selections by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences as representing the importance of slow, basic science, work pursued out of a desire to better understand the world.'

Nobel Prizes This Year Offer Three Cheers for Slow Science

www.nytimes.com

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Cas Ⓜ️udde @casmudde.bsky.social · 16h

Among support for Trump, calling Milei a good friend in an interview with Trump Jr, she also signed the Madrid Charter of Spanish far-right party Vox.

ecrgroup.eu/files/CartaD...

ecrgroup.eu

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 10h

Oh, so now these sociopaths trust science and our ability to measure trace amounts of chemicals.

Under Trump, E.P.A. Explored if Abortion Pills Could Be Detected in Wastewater

www.nytimes.com

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 10h

“There's been a responsibility for world leaders including Canada to uphold International Humanitarian Law and that doesn't simply go away at the flip of a switch or the announcement of a peace agreement,” says @sana.msf.ca, Executive Director of MSF.

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Naomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social · 14h

Excited to announce the Brasilian edition of Merchants of Doubt!
quinaeditora.com.br/livro/mercad...

Mercadores da dúvida – Quina Editora

Site da Quina Editora - São Paulo, Brasil

quinaeditora.com.br

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 14h

We could be treating Canada Post as not just an essential delivery service, but an essential social infrastructure in our communities.

Instead the government prefers to treat it as a costly burden that must be subject to death by a thousand cuts.

For isolated seniors, Canada Post delivers more than mail | CBC News

As the Canada Post strike hits the one-week mark, there are growing concerns for one group of Canadians who typically rely on the delivery service more than most — seniors.

www.cbc.ca

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Nicholas Whithorn @nickwhithorn.bsky.social · 14h

Trump to be awarded the Buddy Peace Prize.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Rep. Buddy Carter: "Donald Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. That's why I'm introducing a resolution today that will honor him with the Nobel Peace Prize."

(It doesn't work like that lol)

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American Thoracic Society (ATS) @atscommunity.bsky.social · 15h

Message from the Florida Thoracic Society
“As clinicians who treat patients with critical illness and serious respiratory disease, we at the Florida Thoracic Society know first-hand the essential role that vaccines play in keeping Floridians safe. Vaccines are safe and effective." (1/2)

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J. Nathan Matias @natematias.bsky.social · 3d

Genuine question - what are OpenAI’s Sora and other video generation tools good for?

I am honestly trying to understand what is so important that it’s worth the cost. If you have examples, I would be interested to hear them.

futurism.com/artificial-i...

People Are Making Sora 2 Videos of Stephen Hawking Being Horribly Brutalized

People are using OpenAI's Sora 2 to generate videos of theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking being brutalized in ghoulish ways.

futurism.com

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Craig @craig.nikolic.co.uk · 18h

I find it unfair that I was yet again not awarded the Nobel Peace Prize this year.

Nearly 12 years in the NHS and I have not sworn at any of the people who really needed it over that time.

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Mete Sefa Uysal @metesefauysal.bsky.social · 17h

This is an amazing opportunity for those seeking a PhD programme in Exeter: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/pg-res...

If you’re interested in a PhD in social psychology on the following topics, feel free to contact me
- Activism
- Social movements
- Resistance
- Solidarity
- Leadership
- Intergroup conflict

ESRC SWDTP | Postgraduate Study - PhD and Research Degrees | University of Exeter

www.exeter.ac.uk

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Rupert Beale @bealelab.bsky.social · 16h

Do you want to do a PhD with me and Mike Devine? Of course you do! Or if not, maybe you know someone who does? @devinelab.bsky.social www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...

Beale & Devine Lab | Role of the V1H subunit of the V-ATPase in neurons and cell-autonomous immune responses

www.crick.ac.uk

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 16h

so it goes... another day, another example of elon musk being inexplicably let off the hook for crimes

ProPublica @propublica.org · 18h

NEW: Nevada could’ve fined Elon Musk’s Boring Co. more than $3 million, but regulators are seeking a reduced penalty of $242,800, citing an “extraordinary number of violations.”

Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Accused of Nearly 800 Environmental Violations on Las Vegas Project

Nevada could’ve fined the company more than $3 million, but regulators are seeking a reduced penalty of $242,800, citing an “extraordinary number of violations.”

www.propublica.org

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 16h

One of the cartoons in my new book 'Physics for Cats' which is out now in the UK, USA, Canada, France and Germany. Order from your local bookshops or online: www.tomgauld.com/

Two beetles on a stick.
One beetle says to the other "Do you ever get the feeling we are being observed by another lifeform"
Zoom out to reveal that they are in a glass case with two scientists studying them.
One scientist says to the other "Do you ever get the feeling we are being observed by another lifeform"
Zoom out into space. Abouard a spaceship, two aliens watch the scientists on a screen.
One alien says to the other "Do you ever get the feeling we are being observed by another lifeform"
The aliens turn to look out at the reader.

Text below the cartoon reads:
From 'Physics for Cats' by Tom Gauld. Preorder it at www.tomgauld.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 18h

Trump, a vocal war crimes enthusiast for more than a decade, is mad he didn’t get the nobel so his aides are gonna spend all day humiliating themselves in competition over who can kiss his ass better

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Lucilla Piccari @lucillapiccari.bsky.social · 18h

Yes, I agree
Except the regulations are those imposed by the technobros
And the figure using his power to exert control on people is himself

Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 18h

Conservative tech lord Thiel said tighter financial regulations “were a sign that a singular world government has begun to emerge that could be taken over by an Antichrist figure who could then use it to exert control over people.” Via WashPost

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 18h

Conservative tech lord Thiel said tighter financial regulations “were a sign that a singular world government has begun to emerge that could be taken over by an Antichrist figure who could then use it to exert control over people.” Via WashPost

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Dr. Vanessa Campanacho @vcampanacho.bsky.social · 18h

Yes!

womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 1d

"I just decided, when someone says you can't do something. DO MORE OF IT."

-Faith Ringgold (1930-2024)

#WomensArt #FridayFeeling

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 18h

Important reminder here that the US is not the only place where fossil fuel interests are pushing back hard against climate science and clean energy 👇

Saint Vice @savic.bsky.social · 18h

BBC decided to cancel a podcast on heat pumps deeming the topic "controversial" because it presented that the technology could contribute to net zero reducing carbon emmissions.

In 2025 an anti-science posture is not only valid, but required in any debate to be considered "balanced" 😬

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Lucilla Piccari @lucillapiccari.bsky.social · 18h

But this is *literally* her field of expertise...

The Merchants of Doubt never stop
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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 19h

When a collaborator is targeted because her scientific findings that attribute extreme weather to human-caused climate change is being used (effectively) in climate lawsuits against oil companies, you know times are dark indeed.

ICYMI @davidho.bsky.social

www.eenews.net/articles/cli...

Climate critics try to discredit IPCC author for linking disasters to global warming

Roger Pielke Jr. and oil industry supporters are attacking climate scientist Friederike Otto, whose work has been used in lawsuits against polluters.

www.eenews.net

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 1d

New from 404 Media: the Discord hack is every users' worst nightmare. Yesterday the hackers started posting Discord users' selfies, identity documents, email addresses, phone numbers, more. I watched in real time. This is risk of tech storing ID for age verification
www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

www.404media.co

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 18h

All these anxious billionaires....

“It’s become quite difficult to hide one’s money,” Thiel said, according to the recordings. “An incredible machinery of tax treaties, financial surveillance, and sanctions architecture has been constructed.” Wealth gives the “illusion of power and autonomy,” Thiel added, according to the recordings, “but you have this sense it could be taken away at any moment.”

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