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@saladcookies.bsky.social
haruspex he/him
Cover art is by Lightcrush
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Cover art is by Lightcrush
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One day I should probably make an actual intro post if I'm intending to use this platform for science stuff but today is not that day lol
Anyways here's my ORCiD:
orcid.org/0000-0002-39...
Anyways here's my ORCiD:
orcid.org/0000-0002-39...
I'm finally doing this and all it took was my follower count increasing by an order of magnitude lol
Hi! I'm Thomas! I work at the University of Michigan, where our lab does translational critical care illness research (primarily in sepsis and ARDS)! We're "primarily" a metabolomics lab 😅
Hi! I'm Thomas! I work at the University of Michigan, where our lab does translational critical care illness research (primarily in sepsis and ARDS)! We're "primarily" a metabolomics lab 😅
Listening to mellon collie because hideo Kojima told me to
November 25, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Listening to mellon collie because hideo Kojima told me to
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A Sandhill Crane with a small splash strolls towards the shoreline.
November 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM
A Sandhill Crane with a small splash strolls towards the shoreline.
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A Sandhill Crane couple strolling along the shoreline on a Fall morning.
November 21, 2025 at 10:24 PM
A Sandhill Crane couple strolling along the shoreline on a Fall morning.
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re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"
November 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"
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A Pileated Woodpecker tips her head back after getting a beakful of water. Most birds, like this woodpecker, drink by scooping up water with their beaks and then tilt their heads back to send the water down their throats.
November 20, 2025 at 11:29 PM
A Pileated Woodpecker tips her head back after getting a beakful of water. Most birds, like this woodpecker, drink by scooping up water with their beaks and then tilt their heads back to send the water down their throats.
Just got wall cling and I think I'm like. 30 hours into silksong
November 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Just got wall cling and I think I'm like. 30 hours into silksong
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wait i made a meme for this back in the day
November 20, 2025 at 9:56 PM
wait i made a meme for this back in the day
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People who use this technology do not want to be taught about a topic; they want the end result of having learned, without learning. I would guess for many this describes a feature, not a bug, of the technology.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
People who use this technology do not want to be taught about a topic; they want the end result of having learned, without learning. I would guess for many this describes a feature, not a bug, of the technology.
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Anyone: How are you?
Me, waking up every day in 2025:
Me, waking up every day in 2025:
November 21, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Anyone: How are you?
Me, waking up every day in 2025:
Me, waking up every day in 2025:
new paper by Sean Westwood:
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
November 18, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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One of my favorite Winter birds, the cute and round Winter Wren. They look very similar to the Eurasian Wren and the Pacific Wren. These three birds were considered the same species until a split in 2010.
November 18, 2025 at 10:59 PM
One of my favorite Winter birds, the cute and round Winter Wren. They look very similar to the Eurasian Wren and the Pacific Wren. These three birds were considered the same species until a split in 2010.
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Fucking up my back by playing ~12 hours of magic the gathering
November 15, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Fucking up my back by playing ~12 hours of magic the gathering
Incredible time to be offline btw highly recommend it
November 14, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Incredible time to be offline btw highly recommend it
Chavar sending a pneumatic to Maia to be a bitch
getting a text in the middle of the night and it's just my loathsome vizier saying "Your enemies lie in wait, my lord!!" what am I supposed to do with that. its four in the morning
November 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Chavar sending a pneumatic to Maia to be a bitch
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One of the funner moments from my South Africa trip occurred when these two little borbs decided to chase each other on the edge a lagoon.
(They're Black Crakes, btw.)
(They're Black Crakes, btw.)
November 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
One of the funner moments from my South Africa trip occurred when these two little borbs decided to chase each other on the edge a lagoon.
(They're Black Crakes, btw.)
(They're Black Crakes, btw.)
I started re-reading The Witness For The Dead today and @pennyvixen.bsky.social has such a gift for worldbuilding - these books are captivating in a way I don't know how to describe. (Also I can indulge in the fantasy of commuting by tram to the 600 year old building I work in)
November 8, 2025 at 4:06 AM
I started re-reading The Witness For The Dead today and @pennyvixen.bsky.social has such a gift for worldbuilding - these books are captivating in a way I don't know how to describe. (Also I can indulge in the fantasy of commuting by tram to the 600 year old building I work in)
If I'm the same height as him I feel like I should also have access to his stylist
November 7, 2025 at 11:26 PM
If I'm the same height as him I feel like I should also have access to his stylist
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Sandhill Cranes flying past on a foggy morning.
November 7, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Sandhill Cranes flying past on a foggy morning.
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from now until the end of time i have my answer to why i hate chatgpt: a million people discuss suicide with the suicide-encouraging robot a WEEK. a MILLION a WEEK
November 7, 2025 at 10:59 PM
from now until the end of time i have my answer to why i hate chatgpt: a million people discuss suicide with the suicide-encouraging robot a WEEK. a MILLION a WEEK
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Check out this cover paper and its related perspective in @science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
November 7, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Check out this cover paper and its related perspective in @science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Ope lemme just scootch by ya there
Check out this sneaky lamin A knockdown cell (pink dot) swimming against the tide (migration into gap) & slithering between its sisters.
It also slides over another nucleus that deforms underneath it.
MCF10A cells, #Spirochrome SPY650-DNA, 20 min time-lapse, taken on a #Zeiss #CellDiscoverer7.
It also slides over another nucleus that deforms underneath it.
MCF10A cells, #Spirochrome SPY650-DNA, 20 min time-lapse, taken on a #Zeiss #CellDiscoverer7.
November 7, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Ope lemme just scootch by ya there
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Bad AI supplanting human expertise is an issue that transcends any one field, but man—not many people on earth whose knowledge and dedication deserves respect like LIBRARIANS.
The long-running ideological war on libraries, education, and government workers is not separate from AI boosterism. It is the same ideological war on human knowledge and expertise. In some cases AI is being used to directly supercharge this effort:
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
www.404media.co
November 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Bad AI supplanting human expertise is an issue that transcends any one field, but man—not many people on earth whose knowledge and dedication deserves respect like LIBRARIANS.
Globules of what Ishmael 😏
I found myself unwittingly squeezing my co-laborers’ hands in it, mistaking their hands for the gentle globules.
November 5, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Globules of what Ishmael 😏