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Barrett Davis
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Biosensors and Computational Systems Bio • PhD Candidate • Proponent for cleaner air • Here for science and photography
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How else then are scientists and engineers (SNE) ever to meet their self-enforced quotas (SEQ) for three letter acronyms (TLA) and three plus letter acronyms (TPLA)?

Intended readers (IR), from children and young people (CYP), on all appreciate the efficiency boost (EfB) of TLA and TPLA (nLA)!
December 1, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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Before Wald's plane arrives...

Shared information and normalcy biases!
Lead time vs action and omission biases!

Too many to choose a single favorite.
November 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Also took some photos in ultraviolet, to varying degrees of success in humid air and under cloudy skies #uv #uvp
A black and white photo taken with an ultraviolet filter stack on a full-spectrum camera. Protesters stream down a bridge holding signs and chanting. Skin is rendered in darker gray tones. The sky is blown out. A blackened white ultraviolet photo of a protester in an alien costume. A black and white ultraviolet photo of protesters holding up flags marching beneath the courthouse in Lafayette. A team of police observe from the courthouse balcony. A color ultraviolet photograph of protesters crossing the pedestrian bridge after most of the march had dispersed. Taken from a parking garage. The scene looks nearly two-toned between cyan concrete and dark cherry clothing and foliage.
October 18, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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... as well as inflatable costumes galore. In a nod to the 2017's Women's March and ongoing protests against ICE in Portland, some protesters also sported crocheted frog eye hats (not pictured).
A protester dressed in a pink pig costume holds up a white sign with sharpie'd text reading "Hoosier hogs stand with Portland Frogs". Two protesters dressed in inflatable panda costumes stand and smile for camera while holding signs that read "The only thing I kneel for is bamboo!" and "Pandas don't do thrones". A protester in an inflatable green alien costume stands for camera holding a sign that reads "The constitution guarantees due process for everyone. Even aliens." A woman in an inflatable unicorn costume, holding a "NOPE" flag jumps to high five a protester in an inflatable t-rex costume holding a US flag.
October 18, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Numbers easily into the thousands with live music, dancing, and plenty of colorful signs...
A man looks into camera while holding up a sign that reads "STOP FASCISM" in red text on a white background. A man stands in a three-quarter turn to camera holding a cardboard sign that reads "Trump can't find Indiana on a MAP anyway". A panoramic crop of a police officer looking onto protesters below from atop a parking garage. A pair of binoculars is perched on the wall. A low angle photo of a woman looking on with a smile at a stream of protesters walking the opposite direction. The Lafayette courthouse is visible in the background.
October 18, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Just published, a study describing a taste-based flu test yes, chewing gum that could tell you if you have influenza. The gum contains a sensor that detects the flu enzyme neuraminidase & releases a compound called thymol that changes taste when the virus is present.
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
A Viral Neuraminidase-Specific Sensor for Taste-Based Detection of Influenza
Influenza has caused the deadliest pandemics in history, thereby prompting advances in our ability to ensure vigilance at all stages of future outbreaks. Quarantining patients early is crucial when it...
pubs.acs.org
October 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM