Grumpy Scientist
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Scientist. Grumpy. Per aspera ad astra.
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I am just going to start posting our 3D prints and call it self-care.
Here I present my latest piece “Arriving to the afterlife”
Here I present my latest piece “Arriving to the afterlife”
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El escritor italiano Antonio Scurati advierte sobre el declive de la capacidad lectora. Mi última columna de este año, "Analfabetismo literario".
Analfabetismo literario
Se habla mucho sobre la importancia de la lectura, pero pocas veces se examina la profundidad y el alcance que tiene esta afirmación. Hay un discurso bonito y romántico en torno a esta actividad: leer te hace vivir otras vidas; leer te hace viajar; quien lee nunca está solo; leer te hace ser mejor persona; leer es mágico, etc. Sin despreciar dichas afirmaciones, que algunas personas sienten como verdaderas, hay otros aspectos que debemos conocer para promover la lectura en diversas edades, pero sobre todo en la niñez y la adolescencia.
jescudos.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
El escritor italiano Antonio Scurati advierte sobre el declive de la capacidad lectora. Mi última columna de este año, "Analfabetismo literario".
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#tdih 1960. W. Tenn. Black sharecroppers registered to vote (to break all-white juries which denied fair trial).
White landowners evicted them in cold of winter, “barred them from buying groceries or gas, & from receiving bank loans and medical services.” 💔 ⬇️ 🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/bl...
White landowners evicted them in cold of winter, “barred them from buying groceries or gas, & from receiving bank loans and medical services.” 💔 ⬇️ 🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/bl...
Dec. 28, 1960: Black Farmers in Tennessee Evicted for Registering to Vote
Black sharecroppers were evicted by white landowners simply for exercising their right to register to vote.
www.zinnedproject.org
December 28, 2025 at 1:32 PM
#tdih 1960. W. Tenn. Black sharecroppers registered to vote (to break all-white juries which denied fair trial).
White landowners evicted them in cold of winter, “barred them from buying groceries or gas, & from receiving bank loans and medical services.” 💔 ⬇️ 🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/bl...
White landowners evicted them in cold of winter, “barred them from buying groceries or gas, & from receiving bank loans and medical services.” 💔 ⬇️ 🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/bl...
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A movie shouldn’t be an all day event. Congress must act on this.
Avatar at 3+ hours, what are we even doing here?
December 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
A movie shouldn’t be an all day event. Congress must act on this.
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This is the "SEA SHEEP" (Costasiella kuroshimae) & it took the old axiom: "you are what you eat" VERY literally.
It eats algae & rather than just digest them, it harvests the chloroplasts & becomes PHOTOSYNTHETIC. Solar slug!
Also, some of its cousins can rip their own heads off.
It eats algae & rather than just digest them, it harvests the chloroplasts & becomes PHOTOSYNTHETIC. Solar slug!
Also, some of its cousins can rip their own heads off.
a close up of a green and white sponge with purple spots
Alt: A green and white sea sheep grazes on a green lawn of algae on a surface underwater.
media.tenor.com
December 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This is the "SEA SHEEP" (Costasiella kuroshimae) & it took the old axiom: "you are what you eat" VERY literally.
It eats algae & rather than just digest them, it harvests the chloroplasts & becomes PHOTOSYNTHETIC. Solar slug!
Also, some of its cousins can rip their own heads off.
It eats algae & rather than just digest them, it harvests the chloroplasts & becomes PHOTOSYNTHETIC. Solar slug!
Also, some of its cousins can rip their own heads off.
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Another foggy night, Chartres street, New Orleans
December 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Another foggy night, Chartres street, New Orleans
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A merry foggy Christmas from New Orleans
December 25, 2025 at 4:21 AM
A merry foggy Christmas from New Orleans
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Balance, Royal at Gov Nicholls, New Orleans
December 21, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Balance, Royal at Gov Nicholls, New Orleans
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Lost Music, II, by Agnes Pelton, 1950 (rotated), 📸 by Eric Hiller
December 21, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Lost Music, II, by Agnes Pelton, 1950 (rotated), 📸 by Eric Hiller
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I have an announcement to make. It's huuuge.....
December 20, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I have an announcement to make. It's huuuge.....
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Nebuchadnezzar, by William Blake, 1795-1805 (flipped) #NetflixPartner
December 20, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Nebuchadnezzar, by William Blake, 1795-1805 (flipped) #NetflixPartner
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www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/h...
Switching to the Danish vaccine schedule in 🇺🇸 would be insanity. (1) The US, unlike Denmark, does not have universal healthcare, and (2) the Danish vaccine schedule is very poor (e.g., no chickenpox & rota vax. I vividly remember having those as a kid in 🇩🇰. Just 👎).
Switching to the Danish vaccine schedule in 🇺🇸 would be insanity. (1) The US, unlike Denmark, does not have universal healthcare, and (2) the Danish vaccine schedule is very poor (e.g., no chickenpox & rota vax. I vividly remember having those as a kid in 🇩🇰. Just 👎).
December 19, 2025 at 10:08 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/h...
Switching to the Danish vaccine schedule in 🇺🇸 would be insanity. (1) The US, unlike Denmark, does not have universal healthcare, and (2) the Danish vaccine schedule is very poor (e.g., no chickenpox & rota vax. I vividly remember having those as a kid in 🇩🇰. Just 👎).
Switching to the Danish vaccine schedule in 🇺🇸 would be insanity. (1) The US, unlike Denmark, does not have universal healthcare, and (2) the Danish vaccine schedule is very poor (e.g., no chickenpox & rota vax. I vividly remember having those as a kid in 🇩🇰. Just 👎).
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A Christmas tree at the downstream end of the Marigny, New Orleans
December 19, 2025 at 1:30 AM
A Christmas tree at the downstream end of the Marigny, New Orleans
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The statistical concerns with the Bandim Health Project's work are very much real, but beyond that, that their claims about the harms of certain vaccines (e.g., DTP, the whole-cell pertussis vaccines) are not reproducible when others look:
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
December 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The statistical concerns with the Bandim Health Project's work are very much real, but beyond that, that their claims about the harms of certain vaccines (e.g., DTP, the whole-cell pertussis vaccines) are not reproducible when others look:
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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Stunning fluorite from Hunan Province! 🌈 Look at that gorgeous green core melting into deep blue-purple edges. The cubic crystal structure and perfect zoning make this specimen absolutely mesmerizing!
Vid: zouweiling
邹维玲
Vid: zouweiling
邹维玲
December 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Stunning fluorite from Hunan Province! 🌈 Look at that gorgeous green core melting into deep blue-purple edges. The cubic crystal structure and perfect zoning make this specimen absolutely mesmerizing!
Vid: zouweiling
邹维玲
Vid: zouweiling
邹维玲
This great painting was used as cover in one of the many editions of the fantastic novel “Pedro Páramo” by Mexican author Juan Rulfo.
Remedios Varo (Spanish, 1908-1963)
Naturaleza Muerta Resucitando [Still Life Reviving], 1963
Oil on canvas
110 x 80 cm. (43.3 x 31.5 in.)
The Art Institute of Chicago
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
Naturaleza Muerta Resucitando [Still Life Reviving], 1963
Oil on canvas
110 x 80 cm. (43.3 x 31.5 in.)
The Art Institute of Chicago
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
December 18, 2025 at 4:38 AM
This great painting was used as cover in one of the many editions of the fantastic novel “Pedro Páramo” by Mexican author Juan Rulfo.
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Night view through a gallery, Orleans street at Dauphine, New Orleans
December 18, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Night view through a gallery, Orleans street at Dauphine, New Orleans
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The word of the day is: “Equipoise”
This is one of the core ethical principles of clinical trials.
If there isn’t genuine uncertainty about the benefit of an intervention, the trial is not ethical.
I guess someone like RFK might have genuine uncertainty, but that’s only because he’s a fucking idiot
This is one of the core ethical principles of clinical trials.
If there isn’t genuine uncertainty about the benefit of an intervention, the trial is not ethical.
I guess someone like RFK might have genuine uncertainty, but that’s only because he’s a fucking idiot
Equipoise
Although the idea of equipoise is a philosophical concept, it’s important for reporters to understand because it underlies the bioethical…
healthjournalism.org
December 18, 2025 at 3:21 AM
The word of the day is: “Equipoise”
This is one of the core ethical principles of clinical trials.
If there isn’t genuine uncertainty about the benefit of an intervention, the trial is not ethical.
I guess someone like RFK might have genuine uncertainty, but that’s only because he’s a fucking idiot
This is one of the core ethical principles of clinical trials.
If there isn’t genuine uncertainty about the benefit of an intervention, the trial is not ethical.
I guess someone like RFK might have genuine uncertainty, but that’s only because he’s a fucking idiot
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Very sad to see the American Academy of Pediatrics lose vital funding support from HHS. This feels retaliatory in response to their stance defending Science and vaccines to protect children.
When your kid is sick remember pediatricians treat them not RFK. Jr
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
When your kid is sick remember pediatricians treat them not RFK. Jr
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
American Academy of Pediatrics loses HHS funding after criticizing RFK Jr.
HHS cuts key AAP grants, citing concerns about “identity-based language” and insufficient focus on agency priorities. The organization said the cuts could harm child health.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Very sad to see the American Academy of Pediatrics lose vital funding support from HHS. This feels retaliatory in response to their stance defending Science and vaccines to protect children.
When your kid is sick remember pediatricians treat them not RFK. Jr
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
When your kid is sick remember pediatricians treat them not RFK. Jr
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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As far as I can tell, RFK Jr.'s latest antivax stunt runs counter to the WMA Declaration of Helsinki. Withholding HepB vaccination clearly does not meet any definition of clinical equipoise. Doing it anyway, overseas, is straight up colonialist medicine.
Details in Dr. Jacobs's thread below.
Details in Dr. Jacobs's thread below.
December 17, 2025 at 9:32 PM
As far as I can tell, RFK Jr.'s latest antivax stunt runs counter to the WMA Declaration of Helsinki. Withholding HepB vaccination clearly does not meet any definition of clinical equipoise. Doing it anyway, overseas, is straight up colonialist medicine.
Details in Dr. Jacobs's thread below.
Details in Dr. Jacobs's thread below.
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It is also evidently #ctenophoreTuesday (shouldn't that be ctuesday?) and I love me some comb jellies, even if I could rarely get good pics of 'em. This is from Monterey.
December 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
It is also evidently #ctenophoreTuesday (shouldn't that be ctuesday?) and I love me some comb jellies, even if I could rarely get good pics of 'em. This is from Monterey.
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Some questions seem like they should have a simple answer.
Example:
When does winter begin in the Northern Hemisphere?
But there are at least two answers:
there's a METEOROLOGICAL winter & an ASTRONOMICAL winter.
Let's talk about it.
Example:
When does winter begin in the Northern Hemisphere?
But there are at least two answers:
there's a METEOROLOGICAL winter & an ASTRONOMICAL winter.
Let's talk about it.
December 17, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Some questions seem like they should have a simple answer.
Example:
When does winter begin in the Northern Hemisphere?
But there are at least two answers:
there's a METEOROLOGICAL winter & an ASTRONOMICAL winter.
Let's talk about it.
Example:
When does winter begin in the Northern Hemisphere?
But there are at least two answers:
there's a METEOROLOGICAL winter & an ASTRONOMICAL winter.
Let's talk about it.
Evidence #485892492 of how operations led by masked, unidentified, warrantless, abusive, undertrained, and racially biased agents affect regular legitimate law enforcement. This is not making us safer. It damages the relationship between law enforcement and communities.
www.nola.com/news/sports-...
www.nola.com/news/sports-...
New Orleans comedy club staff mistook agents making child porn arrest for ICE. It went viral.
The agents were later confirmed to be members of the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, which was in the area to arrest a man on 120 counts of child pornography.
www.nola.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Evidence #485892492 of how operations led by masked, unidentified, warrantless, abusive, undertrained, and racially biased agents affect regular legitimate law enforcement. This is not making us safer. It damages the relationship between law enforcement and communities.
www.nola.com/news/sports-...
www.nola.com/news/sports-...
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“A process which led from the amoeba to man appeared to the philosophers to be obviously a progress - though whether the amoeba would agree with this opinion is not known"
- Bertrand Russell, 1976.
Time-lapse video of Vampyrella lateritia eating Spirogyra algae from Science Source/Oliver Skibbe. 🦠
- Bertrand Russell, 1976.
Time-lapse video of Vampyrella lateritia eating Spirogyra algae from Science Source/Oliver Skibbe. 🦠
December 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
“A process which led from the amoeba to man appeared to the philosophers to be obviously a progress - though whether the amoeba would agree with this opinion is not known"
- Bertrand Russell, 1976.
Time-lapse video of Vampyrella lateritia eating Spirogyra algae from Science Source/Oliver Skibbe. 🦠
- Bertrand Russell, 1976.
Time-lapse video of Vampyrella lateritia eating Spirogyra algae from Science Source/Oliver Skibbe. 🦠