Emily Moin
@emilymoin.com
Intensivist, ethicist, epidemiologist, math enthusiast. Es könnte auch anders sein. (I call them tweets and they're my own)
I apparently don't post about this as much as I thought because I had to go into the wayback archives but suffice it to say I sidestepped that particular scourge of middle age
January 9, 2026 at 10:32 PM
I apparently don't post about this as much as I thought because I had to go into the wayback archives but suffice it to say I sidestepped that particular scourge of middle age
Not sure if the news is breaking through to normies? This is r/knitting today:
January 8, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Not sure if the news is breaking through to normies? This is r/knitting today:
I've written before about the claims in the "deskilling" article and the press that surrounded it. bsky.app/profile/emil...
January 7, 2026 at 4:37 PM
I've written before about the claims in the "deskilling" article and the press that surrounded it. bsky.app/profile/emil...
There is virtually no evidence to support any nutritional guidance for cancer patients, period, so why would an LLM be able to generate personalized nutritional guidance and, more importantly, how could we possibly assess whether it's beneficial to the patient?
January 7, 2026 at 4:36 PM
There is virtually no evidence to support any nutritional guidance for cancer patients, period, so why would an LLM be able to generate personalized nutritional guidance and, more importantly, how could we possibly assess whether it's beneficial to the patient?
To my knowledge there are no commercial products that draw from "only vetted medical sources," although there are several high profile VC-backed companies that market themselves as such because physicians (and institutional buyers and the WSJ) don't know what RAG is.
January 7, 2026 at 4:34 PM
To my knowledge there are no commercial products that draw from "only vetted medical sources," although there are several high profile VC-backed companies that market themselves as such because physicians (and institutional buyers and the WSJ) don't know what RAG is.
I give the authors some credit for including this figure, which demonstrates that their model is not infrequently beaten by one that only uses age, sex, race/ethnicity, and BMI.
January 7, 2026 at 5:31 AM
I give the authors some credit for including this figure, which demonstrates that their model is not infrequently beaten by one that only uses age, sex, race/ethnicity, and BMI.
Hello darkness my old friend…
January 3, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Hello darkness my old friend…
Bryan Cranston all-time great reaction shot at the 2019 Tony Awards
December 29, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Bryan Cranston all-time great reaction shot at the 2019 Tony Awards
I held myself back from correcting someone who was being an asshole because I did not want to engage with them so I just have to say in public here that just because an article is on PubMed Central does not mean it is the position of the NIH. Do they need to change this to bright red or something?
December 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I held myself back from correcting someone who was being an asshole because I did not want to engage with them so I just have to say in public here that just because an article is on PubMed Central does not mean it is the position of the NIH. Do they need to change this to bright red or something?
The melting face emoji didn't even exist until 2021!!!
December 27, 2025 at 3:27 AM
The melting face emoji didn't even exist until 2021!!!
I was in the mood to knit so I picked up a second sock I've had in progress for, apparently, almost ten years.
December 25, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I was in the mood to knit so I picked up a second sock I've had in progress for, apparently, almost ten years.
If you're not on ballet YouTube you're missing out on some of the most hilariously hypercritical observations on the planet
December 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
If you're not on ballet YouTube you're missing out on some of the most hilariously hypercritical observations on the planet
Ever since reading that article that made the rounds a few weeks ago about bad reading pedagogy I can't help but view everything happening in consumer tech through the lens of "for most people, reading is very effortful now."
December 16, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Ever since reading that article that made the rounds a few weeks ago about bad reading pedagogy I can't help but view everything happening in consumer tech through the lens of "for most people, reading is very effortful now."
Yeah I have a question can I have 20% of my screen back so I can RTFA
December 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Yeah I have a question can I have 20% of my screen back so I can RTFA
The woman who is smiling beatifically in the background while RFK Jr and Sean Duffy advance this extraordinarily anti-woman agenda is none other than Isabelle Brown, an influencer who can also be seen in this screen capture (from her own TikTok account) enjoying a, in her words, "hilarious meme."
December 8, 2025 at 10:24 PM
The woman who is smiling beatifically in the background while RFK Jr and Sean Duffy advance this extraordinarily anti-woman agenda is none other than Isabelle Brown, an influencer who can also be seen in this screen capture (from her own TikTok account) enjoying a, in her words, "hilarious meme."
I'd love to understand how special Fitbits for women came to be an NHLBI strategic priority
December 3, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I'd love to understand how special Fitbits for women came to be an NHLBI strategic priority
I did not make this but it is perfect
November 29, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I did not make this but it is perfect