Ben Holmes
@benholmeshumb.bsky.social
Cancer research, searching for imo
As soon as I switched to bluesky, something just unhitched in my brain and twitter became X.
i saw some light mocking aimed at someone for saying x instead of twitter, but nah, sorry, it's x now. twitter's dead
January 23, 2025 at 7:28 PM
As soon as I switched to bluesky, something just unhitched in my brain and twitter became X.
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A new mechanism for cancer-induced immune evasion. We knew about cancer cells hijacking mitochondria. Now we learn about how their mitochondrial transfer to T cells impairs the tumor immune response.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
January 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
A new mechanism for cancer-induced immune evasion. We knew about cancer cells hijacking mitochondria. Now we learn about how their mitochondrial transfer to T cells impairs the tumor immune response.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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This week I’ve watched my friends who have spent their lives working on DEI and accessibility lose their jobs, or be told to erase everything they’ve built.
Not just people in gov work, but in other companies too.
I am scared for my livelihood at the minimum, and dont know what to expect
Not just people in gov work, but in other companies too.
I am scared for my livelihood at the minimum, and dont know what to expect
January 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
This week I’ve watched my friends who have spent their lives working on DEI and accessibility lose their jobs, or be told to erase everything they’ve built.
Not just people in gov work, but in other companies too.
I am scared for my livelihood at the minimum, and dont know what to expect
Not just people in gov work, but in other companies too.
I am scared for my livelihood at the minimum, and dont know what to expect
Extremely bad
Devastating for scientists and their research, and everyone who benefits from that research.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research.
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
January 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Extremely bad
Man, the XGBoost library picked a heck of a time to start having a "blow up when called" conflict with sklearn, 5 days before the pediatric sepsis challenge initial models are due
January 5, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Man, the XGBoost library picked a heck of a time to start having a "blow up when called" conflict with sklearn, 5 days before the pediatric sepsis challenge initial models are due
Depressingly, seeming more like I was wrong, and I DIDN’T delay the ivermectin video for so long it became a moot point
January 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Depressingly, seeming more like I was wrong, and I DIDN’T delay the ivermectin video for so long it became a moot point
The thing that blows me away the most about the meta profiles thing is how the profiles are just straightforwardly talking about fake things they “did”.
No links to like “here’s how to do your own coat drive” or anything, just, “I did this thing and you should be inspired”
No links to like “here’s how to do your own coat drive” or anything, just, “I did this thing and you should be inspired”
Meta tried to convince everyone to hold business meetings in VR with cartoonish legless avatars. Now they think we want to interact with a.i. bots on social. Do these people
(a) ever use their own products
(b) ever talk to actual human people
(a) ever use their own products
(b) ever talk to actual human people
January 4, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The thing that blows me away the most about the meta profiles thing is how the profiles are just straightforwardly talking about fake things they “did”.
No links to like “here’s how to do your own coat drive” or anything, just, “I did this thing and you should be inspired”
No links to like “here’s how to do your own coat drive” or anything, just, “I did this thing and you should be inspired”
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Hello, weekend!
January 4, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Hello, weekend!
What’s the point in posting a good reads summary where you claim you read a hundred and sixty books last year?
Why do you want me to know you as a liar?
Why do you want me to know you as a liar?
January 4, 2025 at 12:03 AM
What’s the point in posting a good reads summary where you claim you read a hundred and sixty books last year?
Why do you want me to know you as a liar?
Why do you want me to know you as a liar?
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the answer to a question in a headline is always "no", but never has the answer to a question in a headline been MORE "no" than how much "no" it is here
January 3, 2025 at 12:06 PM
the answer to a question in a headline is always "no", but never has the answer to a question in a headline been MORE "no" than how much "no" it is here
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We gotta reject “Well, RFK jr. is right about some things” and accept “if we don’t confront the real problems with our systems, it becomes much easier for con artists like this guy to manipulate people.”
January 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
We gotta reject “Well, RFK jr. is right about some things” and accept “if we don’t confront the real problems with our systems, it becomes much easier for con artists like this guy to manipulate people.”
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Friends, this week marks a monumental step forward in my path towards pushing for a greater ecology of accountability in the age of AI. Thrilled to officially announce the AI Accountability Lab (AIAL) @theaial.bsky.social at Trinity College Dublin is launching today, Thursday Nov 28, 2024 aial.ie
AI Accountability Lab
Stewarding a greater ecology of accountability in the age of AI
aial.ie
November 28, 2024 at 10:16 AM
Friends, this week marks a monumental step forward in my path towards pushing for a greater ecology of accountability in the age of AI. Thrilled to officially announce the AI Accountability Lab (AIAL) @theaial.bsky.social at Trinity College Dublin is launching today, Thursday Nov 28, 2024 aial.ie