Scott Givan
@sag99.bsky.social
Director of the Van Andel Institute #Bioinformatics and #Biostatistics Core. @sgivan on X.
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Parkinson's disease links to ultra-processed foods and pesticides
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May 9, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Parkinson's disease links to ultra-processed foods and pesticides
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/w...
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And I’ll just say, I am grateful for a partner who pulled me back in some places, but few pieces get me out of bed to write immediately. Berk’s piece did that. And whatever shade is evident in the piece of mine you read here, know there was more.
April 23, 2025 at 12:35 AM
And I’ll just say, I am grateful for a partner who pulled me back in some places, but few pieces get me out of bed to write immediately. Berk’s piece did that. And whatever shade is evident in the piece of mine you read here, know there was more.
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Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt after the Warriors’ win tonight: “Yes, this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully.”
April 16, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt after the Warriors’ win tonight: “Yes, this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully.”
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I don’t think a better headline could have been written about what happened yesterday.
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April 15, 2025 at 5:48 AM
I don’t think a better headline could have been written about what happened yesterday.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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AI models still miss disease in Black and female patients. My new story in @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...
AI models miss disease in Black and female patients
Analysis of chest x-rays underscores need for monitoring artificial intelligence tools for bias, experts say
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March 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM
AI models still miss disease in Black and female patients. My new story in @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...
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This letter appeared in the Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise this morning. I am assured the writer is who he purports to be, an Air Force veteran.
March 11, 2025 at 10:04 PM
This letter appeared in the Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise this morning. I am assured the writer is who he purports to be, an Air Force veteran.
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Only in America could a Ketamine-infused South African oligarch call a navy captain, astronaut and sitting US senator "a traitor" for supporting our allies and standing up to Russia...
March 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Only in America could a Ketamine-infused South African oligarch call a navy captain, astronaut and sitting US senator "a traitor" for supporting our allies and standing up to Russia...
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Dicks Sporting Goods is one of the good guys! 🏆
March 11, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Dicks Sporting Goods is one of the good guys! 🏆
I agree -- I think `alias` is overused. #bash #linux #linuxshell
Why "alias" is my last resort for aliases buff.ly/GJBoap1
Why "alias" is my last resort for aliases buff.ly/GJBoap1
Why "alias" is my last resort for aliases
I prefer scripts to real aliases when defining a custom command.
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March 9, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I agree -- I think `alias` is overused. #bash #linux #linuxshell
Why "alias" is my last resort for aliases buff.ly/GJBoap1
Why "alias" is my last resort for aliases buff.ly/GJBoap1
What?! Man, I've been away too long ... #CSS Functions in CSS?! buff.ly/M6Vmn4g
Functions in CSS?! | CSS-Tricks
Arguments?! Return values?! What's crazier, you can use functions right now in Chrome Canary! So, after reading and playing around, here are my key insights on what you need to know about CSS…
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March 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
What?! Man, I've been away too long ... #CSS Functions in CSS?! buff.ly/M6Vmn4g
Judge Issues Preliminary Injunction Blocking NIH Indirect Cost Cuts for Research Grants
Judge Issues Preliminary Injunction Blocking NIH Indirect Cost Cuts for Research Grants
Imminent risk to clinical trials and medical research "warranted the issuance of a nationwide temporary restraining order to maintain the status quo," the judge wrote.
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March 6, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Judge Issues Preliminary Injunction Blocking NIH Indirect Cost Cuts for Research Grants
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Alina Habbard posted: NOTHING CAN STOP THIS MAN FROM FIGHTING FOR HIS COUNTRY.
David Simon had a succinct 2-word response: “Bone spurs.”
David Simon had a succinct 2-word response: “Bone spurs.”
March 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Alina Habbard posted: NOTHING CAN STOP THIS MAN FROM FIGHTING FOR HIS COUNTRY.
David Simon had a succinct 2-word response: “Bone spurs.”
David Simon had a succinct 2-word response: “Bone spurs.”
If you bully someone into calling you a "strong leader" and showering you with gratitude and praise, are you actually a strong leader? Or just an average megalomaniac?
March 6, 2025 at 1:46 AM
If you bully someone into calling you a "strong leader" and showering you with gratitude and praise, are you actually a strong leader? Or just an average megalomaniac?
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Medical error is not the "third leading cause of death". This is a lie based on a truly woeful paper.
I've unlocked the piece because apparently this disinformation is now being shared by RFK Jr. and the US federal government. Feel free to share!
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I've unlocked the piece because apparently this disinformation is now being shared by RFK Jr. and the US federal government. Feel free to share!
gidmk.substack.com/p/medical-er...
Medical Error Is Not The Third Leading Cause Of Deaths
The bad science behind a commonly-cited statistic
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February 28, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Medical error is not the "third leading cause of death". This is a lie based on a truly woeful paper.
I've unlocked the piece because apparently this disinformation is now being shared by RFK Jr. and the US federal government. Feel free to share!
gidmk.substack.com/p/medical-er...
I've unlocked the piece because apparently this disinformation is now being shared by RFK Jr. and the US federal government. Feel free to share!
gidmk.substack.com/p/medical-er...
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I don't know how else to say this except for bluntly:
It is not normal to have outbreaks of preventable diseases in wealthy countries.
It is not normal to have children dying from preventable diseases in wealthy countries.
This is the first US measles death in 10 years. There should be none.
It is not normal to have outbreaks of preventable diseases in wealthy countries.
It is not normal to have children dying from preventable diseases in wealthy countries.
This is the first US measles death in 10 years. There should be none.
February 28, 2025 at 11:15 AM
I don't know how else to say this except for bluntly:
It is not normal to have outbreaks of preventable diseases in wealthy countries.
It is not normal to have children dying from preventable diseases in wealthy countries.
This is the first US measles death in 10 years. There should be none.
It is not normal to have outbreaks of preventable diseases in wealthy countries.
It is not normal to have children dying from preventable diseases in wealthy countries.
This is the first US measles death in 10 years. There should be none.
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It is worth paying close attention to the new bill "Dangerous Viral Gain of Function Research Moratorium Act" introduced by Senator Roger Marshall.
If enacted, it will effectively stop all of virological research, including for vaccines.
www.marshall.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
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If enacted, it will effectively stop all of virological research, including for vaccines.
www.marshall.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
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February 27, 2025 at 7:37 PM
It is worth paying close attention to the new bill "Dangerous Viral Gain of Function Research Moratorium Act" introduced by Senator Roger Marshall.
If enacted, it will effectively stop all of virological research, including for vaccines.
www.marshall.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
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If enacted, it will effectively stop all of virological research, including for vaccines.
www.marshall.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
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Here's the thing. What if you "cancel" something that we need in 6 months, 2 years, 4 years or 10 years? What happens then?
Elon Musk speaks at the Cabinet meeting:
“When we make mistakes, we'll fix it very quickly. For example…USAID, one of the things we accidentally canceled very briefly was Ebola prevention. I think we all want Ebola prevention, so we restored the Ebola prevention and there was no interruption.”
“When we make mistakes, we'll fix it very quickly. For example…USAID, one of the things we accidentally canceled very briefly was Ebola prevention. I think we all want Ebola prevention, so we restored the Ebola prevention and there was no interruption.”
February 26, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Here's the thing. What if you "cancel" something that we need in 6 months, 2 years, 4 years or 10 years? What happens then?
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This article bugs me (Ha!). Saying that #AI can solve in 2 days something that took a human 10 yrs is misleading. AI has the benefit of that 10 yrs of research!
AI cracks #superbug problem in two days that took scientists years
AI cracks #superbug problem in two days that took scientists years
AI cracks superbug problem in two days that took scientists years
The lead researcher has told the BBC he was so astounded he assumed his computer had been hacked.
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February 25, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Biases in machine-learning models of human single-cell data
A nice overview that appropriately focuses on how important biases exist at the data level. If your data is not representative of what you really care about (e.g. everyone) no fancy ML model can save you.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A nice overview that appropriately focuses on how important biases exist at the data level. If your data is not representative of what you really care about (e.g. everyone) no fancy ML model can save you.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Biases in machine-learning models of human single-cell data - Nature Cell Biology
This Perspective discusses the various biases that can emerge along the pipeline of machine learning-based single-cell analysis and presents methods to train models on human single-cell data in order ...
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February 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Biases in machine-learning models of human single-cell data
A nice overview that appropriately focuses on how important biases exist at the data level. If your data is not representative of what you really care about (e.g. everyone) no fancy ML model can save you.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A nice overview that appropriately focuses on how important biases exist at the data level. If your data is not representative of what you really care about (e.g. everyone) no fancy ML model can save you.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The state of Vim [LWN.net] https://buff.ly/3CtIFMl
February 22, 2025 at 11:27 PM
The state of Vim [LWN.net] https://buff.ly/3CtIFMl
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If you don't trust your employees to work remotely then you probably hired the wrong people and that is on you.
February 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
If you don't trust your employees to work remotely then you probably hired the wrong people and that is on you.