Dave Fernig
@davefernig.bsky.social
Biochemist, views entirely unconsidered and my own.
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It doesn't actually cite the Bible, either. "My preacher says the Bible says..." is like "my high-school chemistry teacher says a paper was published in a journal that says..."
December 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
It doesn't actually cite the Bible, either. "My preacher says the Bible says..." is like "my high-school chemistry teacher says a paper was published in a journal that says..."
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If you can stomach going into TPUSA's X feed, they have the essay and the TA's response posted. The essay is ... bad. It's repetitive, doesn't address the subject and doesn't cite any sources beyond the Bible. The TA's response is entirely reasonable. OU should be ashamed of themselves for caving.
I have not read the paper nor the assignment but I think the question here has to be, given a serious factual dispute concerning discrimination, is administrative leave appropriate?
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
December 1, 2025 at 2:27 PM
If you can stomach going into TPUSA's X feed, they have the essay and the TA's response posted. The essay is ... bad. It's repetitive, doesn't address the subject and doesn't cite any sources beyond the Bible. The TA's response is entirely reasonable. OU should be ashamed of themselves for caving.
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Genuinely hilarious. Please send it to China.
November 30, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Genuinely hilarious. Please send it to China.
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Friend of mine (EU citizen) has son studying (for free) in an university in Prague
The son just won a 2 months internship over the summer in Athens and gets a top up of €2,000 from Erasmus as part of the EU youth mobility initiative.
Incredible how many opportunities the British youth are missing.
The son just won a 2 months internship over the summer in Athens and gets a top up of €2,000 from Erasmus as part of the EU youth mobility initiative.
Incredible how many opportunities the British youth are missing.
December 1, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Friend of mine (EU citizen) has son studying (for free) in an university in Prague
The son just won a 2 months internship over the summer in Athens and gets a top up of €2,000 from Erasmus as part of the EU youth mobility initiative.
Incredible how many opportunities the British youth are missing.
The son just won a 2 months internship over the summer in Athens and gets a top up of €2,000 from Erasmus as part of the EU youth mobility initiative.
Incredible how many opportunities the British youth are missing.
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@eddavey.libdems.org.uk said “Brexit is “why we have the highest taxes ever, that is why we have sky-high bills, that is why we have a cost of living crisis.” He urged Labour to drop its red lines and negotiate a new customs union with the EU…”
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bre...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bre...
Brexit costing UK as much as £90bn in lost tax revenue every year, analysis finds
Brexit is costing the UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenues every year, according to new analysis.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:39 PM
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk said “Brexit is “why we have the highest taxes ever, that is why we have sky-high bills, that is why we have a cost of living crisis.” He urged Labour to drop its red lines and negotiate a new customs union with the EU…”
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bre...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bre...
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Grey and dreary on both sides of the Channel this afternoon.
#TrainLife
#TrainLife
December 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Grey and dreary on both sides of the Channel this afternoon.
#TrainLife
#TrainLife
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Homeland Security Relaxes Species Requirements To Join ICE
Homeland Security Relaxes Species Requirements To Join ICE
WASHINGTON—In an effort to expand recruitment for President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, the Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday that it would waive the species requirements for...
theonion.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Homeland Security Relaxes Species Requirements To Join ICE
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1/2 Guerre d'Ukraine | 30/11/25
Secteurs :
🌐 Vovchansk🔹U251130-1408
🌐 Dvorichna Nord-Dvorichanske🔹U251130-1411
🌐 Lyman-Zarichne🔹U251130-1415
🌐 Kostiantynivka🔹U251130-1418
#UkraineRussianWar #GuerreEnUkraine
Secteurs :
🌐 Vovchansk🔹U251130-1408
🌐 Dvorichna Nord-Dvorichanske🔹U251130-1411
🌐 Lyman-Zarichne🔹U251130-1415
🌐 Kostiantynivka🔹U251130-1418
#UkraineRussianWar #GuerreEnUkraine
December 1, 2025 at 2:05 PM
1/2 Guerre d'Ukraine | 30/11/25
Secteurs :
🌐 Vovchansk🔹U251130-1408
🌐 Dvorichna Nord-Dvorichanske🔹U251130-1411
🌐 Lyman-Zarichne🔹U251130-1415
🌐 Kostiantynivka🔹U251130-1418
#UkraineRussianWar #GuerreEnUkraine
Secteurs :
🌐 Vovchansk🔹U251130-1408
🌐 Dvorichna Nord-Dvorichanske🔹U251130-1411
🌐 Lyman-Zarichne🔹U251130-1415
🌐 Kostiantynivka🔹U251130-1418
#UkraineRussianWar #GuerreEnUkraine
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Both acknowledging the disaster, neither really accepting any responsibility…
Pretty striking to see these two pieces, side-by-side, in the Telegraph and Times last week. ~AA #BrexitDisaster
December 1, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Both acknowledging the disaster, neither really accepting any responsibility…
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I would counter that end user pressure is a real reason. You can't just flip a switch and expect everyone to be able to cope. For a change that major, you need a lot of prep work, training, and gradual changes. A full, successful changeover of that scale could take a year or two.
November 30, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I would counter that end user pressure is a real reason. You can't just flip a switch and expect everyone to be able to cope. For a change that major, you need a lot of prep work, training, and gradual changes. A full, successful changeover of that scale could take a year or two.
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🚨 Fungi + viruses + mammalian lungs? Buckle up! Our new paper in
@natmicrobiol.nature.com
uncovers the story of a deadly fungus and its gnarly viral hitchhiker — and how this duo may change how we diagnose & treat fungal disease 🍄🫁🚨 doi.org/10.1038/s415... ⬇️
@natmicrobiol.nature.com
uncovers the story of a deadly fungus and its gnarly viral hitchhiker — and how this duo may change how we diagnose & treat fungal disease 🍄🫁🚨 doi.org/10.1038/s415... ⬇️
Aspergillus fumigatus dsRNA virus promotes fungal fitness and pathogenicity in the mammalian host - Nature Microbiology
A mycovirus infecting the pathogenic fungus Aspergillus fumigatus enhances its stress tolerance and virulence in mice.
doi.org
August 14, 2025 at 9:46 AM
🚨 Fungi + viruses + mammalian lungs? Buckle up! Our new paper in
@natmicrobiol.nature.com
uncovers the story of a deadly fungus and its gnarly viral hitchhiker — and how this duo may change how we diagnose & treat fungal disease 🍄🫁🚨 doi.org/10.1038/s415... ⬇️
@natmicrobiol.nature.com
uncovers the story of a deadly fungus and its gnarly viral hitchhiker — and how this duo may change how we diagnose & treat fungal disease 🍄🫁🚨 doi.org/10.1038/s415... ⬇️
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OTD in 1991 Ukrainians, including those in Crimea, voted overwhelmingly for independence from USSR.
I don't like that vote result, so I am changing the voters and having new votes.
I don't like that vote result, so I am changing the voters and having new votes.
December 1, 2025 at 7:30 AM
OTD in 1991 Ukrainians, including those in Crimea, voted overwhelmingly for independence from USSR.
I don't like that vote result, so I am changing the voters and having new votes.
I don't like that vote result, so I am changing the voters and having new votes.
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“Those Muslims must assimilate to our way of life. Like we did when we ‘visited’ other countries.”
December 1, 2025 at 10:13 AM
“Those Muslims must assimilate to our way of life. Like we did when we ‘visited’ other countries.”
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A cross-party group of lawmakers will urge the European Parliament to ditch internal use of Microsoft’s ubiquitous software in favor of a European alternative
www.politico.eu/article/get-...
#digitalsovereignty #digitalesouveränität
www.politico.eu/article/get-...
#digitalsovereignty #digitalesouveränität
Get us off Microsoft! Lawmakers press EU Parliament to change in-house IT.
“We cannot afford this level of dependence on foreign tech,” lawmakers say in letter obtained by POLITICO.
www.politico.eu
November 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
A cross-party group of lawmakers will urge the European Parliament to ditch internal use of Microsoft’s ubiquitous software in favor of a European alternative
www.politico.eu/article/get-...
#digitalsovereignty #digitalesouveränität
www.politico.eu/article/get-...
#digitalsovereignty #digitalesouveränität
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New thread: stupid spellfucker moves. Every time I catch software trying to change a properly-spelled, properly-used word into nonsense, I'll add it here.
I'm going to start with the one I use for an example: it invariably attempts to change "trumps" into "Trump's".
I'm going to start with the one I use for an example: it invariably attempts to change "trumps" into "Trump's".
November 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM
New thread: stupid spellfucker moves. Every time I catch software trying to change a properly-spelled, properly-used word into nonsense, I'll add it here.
I'm going to start with the one I use for an example: it invariably attempts to change "trumps" into "Trump's".
I'm going to start with the one I use for an example: it invariably attempts to change "trumps" into "Trump's".
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This is great. More please! The more folk who rely on LLMs for funding planning means my chances go up even before I submit!
November 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
This is great. More please! The more folk who rely on LLMs for funding planning means my chances go up even before I submit!
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One of the arguments for PFI: the private sector would deliver better quality hospitals. The reality? A litany of dangerous failures. 🏥⚠️
Swipe through the evidence ⬅️
Now they want to try again with 250 new centres.
Full story 👉 bit.ly/Why-PFI-Aban...
Swipe through the evidence ⬅️
Now they want to try again with 250 new centres.
Full story 👉 bit.ly/Why-PFI-Aban...
November 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
One of the arguments for PFI: the private sector would deliver better quality hospitals. The reality? A litany of dangerous failures. 🏥⚠️
Swipe through the evidence ⬅️
Now they want to try again with 250 new centres.
Full story 👉 bit.ly/Why-PFI-Aban...
Swipe through the evidence ⬅️
Now they want to try again with 250 new centres.
Full story 👉 bit.ly/Why-PFI-Aban...
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"To achieve this, whether in Russia or elsewhere in the world, the same tool is always used by those in power: self-censorship."
"Self-censorship is far more effective than censorship."
https://inews.co.uk/news/world/exiled-russian-journalist-sees-worrying-parallels-trump-putin-4062823
"Self-censorship is far more effective than censorship."
https://inews.co.uk/news/world/exiled-russian-journalist-sees-worrying-parallels-trump-putin-4062823
I'm an exiled Russian journalist – I see worrying parallels between Trump and Putin
Vladimir Putin throttled free speech in Russia. The US must not sleepwalk into the same kind of situation
inews.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 8:15 PM
"To achieve this, whether in Russia or elsewhere in the world, the same tool is always used by those in power: self-censorship."
"Self-censorship is far more effective than censorship."
https://inews.co.uk/news/world/exiled-russian-journalist-sees-worrying-parallels-trump-putin-4062823
"Self-censorship is far more effective than censorship."
https://inews.co.uk/news/world/exiled-russian-journalist-sees-worrying-parallels-trump-putin-4062823
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Alongside declining polls for Reform, the good news about the Telegraph’s volte face on Brexit is that it gives Labour political cover from the far right to reapply to rejoin the EU. www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/the...
Told you so! The Telegraph denounces Brexit as 'unmitigated economic disaster'
We've now got The Telegraph joining the Brexit resistance, after the formerly pro-leave paper ripped into its 'near-disastrous' consequences.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Alongside declining polls for Reform, the good news about the Telegraph’s volte face on Brexit is that it gives Labour political cover from the far right to reapply to rejoin the EU. www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/the...
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🇺🇸‼️ American companies and investors with close ties to Donald Trump have already begun negotiations on acquiring assets or jointly exploiting Russian natural resources as part of the proposed U.S.–Russia “peace plan.”
November 30, 2025 at 9:31 AM
🇺🇸‼️ American companies and investors with close ties to Donald Trump have already begun negotiations on acquiring assets or jointly exploiting Russian natural resources as part of the proposed U.S.–Russia “peace plan.”
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Huge thank you to everyone who made this happen! Over 5,000 of you emailed complaints!
November 30, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Huge thank you to everyone who made this happen! Over 5,000 of you emailed complaints!
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You would think the alleged indiscretions of the schoolboy Nigel Farage would have drawn outrage from a just, impartial British media. Strangely, it seems they have not.
This week’s column by Stewart Lee
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
This week’s column by Stewart Lee
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
November 30, 2025 at 11:37 AM
You would think the alleged indiscretions of the schoolboy Nigel Farage would have drawn outrage from a just, impartial British media. Strangely, it seems they have not.
This week’s column by Stewart Lee
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
This week’s column by Stewart Lee
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
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OTD in 2013 CIA began its “coup” by sending group of unarmed students to repeatedly headbutt the batons & boots of peaceful riot policemen so as to start Euromaidan so Nyland could give them cookies.
November 30, 2025 at 1:48 PM
OTD in 2013 CIA began its “coup” by sending group of unarmed students to repeatedly headbutt the batons & boots of peaceful riot policemen so as to start Euromaidan so Nyland could give them cookies.
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twice in 24 hours I have had to empty my bottle of water outside an event then fill it up again the moment I got in, are we sure this is necessary and not a stupid pointless waste of time for all involved
November 30, 2025 at 2:49 PM
twice in 24 hours I have had to empty my bottle of water outside an event then fill it up again the moment I got in, are we sure this is necessary and not a stupid pointless waste of time for all involved