Helio Felix
@heliocfelix.bsky.social
PhD in Philosophy @unb_oficial - Neuroscience, Free Will, Language, Mind - curious anesthesiologist
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I know it's hard to keep up morale. But I also know that some day the history books discuss RFK Jr. in the same section as Trofim Lysenko.
If we're lucky, they'll be *our* history books. If not, at least someone, somewhere, will read about what happened "in the once-great American Republic…"
If we're lucky, they'll be *our* history books. If not, at least someone, somewhere, will read about what happened "in the once-great American Republic…"
May 29, 2025 at 5:01 AM
I know it's hard to keep up morale. But I also know that some day the history books discuss RFK Jr. in the same section as Trofim Lysenko.
If we're lucky, they'll be *our* history books. If not, at least someone, somewhere, will read about what happened "in the once-great American Republic…"
If we're lucky, they'll be *our* history books. If not, at least someone, somewhere, will read about what happened "in the once-great American Republic…"
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For years I’ve contrasted the way that US science allocates cognitive effort from the bottom up via individual scientists responding to career incentives with the way things were done in the Soviet Union, from the top down, by the Party setting rear b priorities.
I can’t do that anymore.
I can’t do that anymore.
In an unprecedented move, the US National Institutes of Health has begun mass terminations of research grants that fund active scientific projects because they no longer meet “agency priorities”.
https://go.nature.com/4bpG2It
https://go.nature.com/4bpG2It
Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants
Studies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature.
go.nature.com
March 6, 2025 at 12:18 PM
For years I’ve contrasted the way that US science allocates cognitive effort from the bottom up via individual scientists responding to career incentives with the way things were done in the Soviet Union, from the top down, by the Party setting rear b priorities.
I can’t do that anymore.
I can’t do that anymore.
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100 years ago Saturday the NYT ran a story that did not hold up well at all.
www.nytimes.com/1924/12/21/a...
www.nytimes.com/1924/12/21/a...
December 20, 2024 at 5:13 PM
100 years ago Saturday the NYT ran a story that did not hold up well at all.
www.nytimes.com/1924/12/21/a...
www.nytimes.com/1924/12/21/a...
Aprovado no Plenário da Câmara dos Deputados
Em 11/12/2024, o Plenário da Câmara dos Deputados aprovou a inserção do nome de Frei Orlando no Livro dos Heróis da Pátria. É a primeira vez em que um destacado membro de um movimento de viés fascista, o integralismo, recebe tal homenagem. Projeto do Dep. Prof. Paulo Fernando, um líder integralista.
December 13, 2024 at 2:46 PM
Aprovado no Plenário da Câmara dos Deputados
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We're supposed to be the smartest creatures on the planet...
But..."we":
Allow infection when vaccines are available
Ignore airborne transmission
Pretend chronic disease doesn't matter
Convince ourselves kids are invulnerable
Believe conspiracy over sequencing and PCR when virus hunting
But..."we":
Allow infection when vaccines are available
Ignore airborne transmission
Pretend chronic disease doesn't matter
Convince ourselves kids are invulnerable
Believe conspiracy over sequencing and PCR when virus hunting
December 9, 2024 at 11:18 PM
We're supposed to be the smartest creatures on the planet...
But..."we":
Allow infection when vaccines are available
Ignore airborne transmission
Pretend chronic disease doesn't matter
Convince ourselves kids are invulnerable
Believe conspiracy over sequencing and PCR when virus hunting
But..."we":
Allow infection when vaccines are available
Ignore airborne transmission
Pretend chronic disease doesn't matter
Convince ourselves kids are invulnerable
Believe conspiracy over sequencing and PCR when virus hunting
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Hey folks - with the holidays approaching and my still being unemployed - I’m taking a shot at doing some work that could help raise some $$.
If you have a resume or cover letter you’d like someone with professional experience to review, edit and give notes, hit me up!
If you have a resume or cover letter you’d like someone with professional experience to review, edit and give notes, hit me up!
November 24, 2024 at 5:48 PM
Hey folks - with the holidays approaching and my still being unemployed - I’m taking a shot at doing some work that could help raise some $$.
If you have a resume or cover letter you’d like someone with professional experience to review, edit and give notes, hit me up!
If you have a resume or cover letter you’d like someone with professional experience to review, edit and give notes, hit me up!
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Henry Wallace talking about American fascism:
November 21, 2024 at 8:07 PM
Henry Wallace talking about American fascism:
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I have read enough about quantum mechanics to know that this is definitely not how it works… www.nytimes.com/2024/10/19/o...
October 19, 2024 at 2:57 PM
I have read enough about quantum mechanics to know that this is definitely not how it works… www.nytimes.com/2024/10/19/o...
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This graph is astonishing. The people that bang on about “natural birth” and “women have been doing this forever without help” need to be forced to stare at this until their eyes water.
September 28, 2024 at 6:34 PM
This graph is astonishing. The people that bang on about “natural birth” and “women have been doing this forever without help” need to be forced to stare at this until their eyes water.
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In "Soccer and Politics" we discussed "sexuality" yesterday and I showed this short COPA 90 video. Despite help by Brazilian grad student, I still don't understand what makes deer, and antlers in particular, "gay", but then again, homophobia is irrational! 🦌
www.youtube.com/watch?v=638F...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=638F...
The Number 24: Brazil's Forbidden Shirt
YouTube video by COPA90
www.youtube.com
September 18, 2024 at 1:13 PM
In "Soccer and Politics" we discussed "sexuality" yesterday and I showed this short COPA 90 video. Despite help by Brazilian grad student, I still don't understand what makes deer, and antlers in particular, "gay", but then again, homophobia is irrational! 🦌
www.youtube.com/watch?v=638F...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=638F...
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Brasília viveu hoje cenas que a gente só tá acostumado a ver em filmes de apocalipse.
September 16, 2024 at 10:19 PM
Brasília viveu hoje cenas que a gente só tá acostumado a ver em filmes de apocalipse.
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Resultados:
PIB 1945-64: 6,9% (contas nacionais); Bacha (5,8%); per capita (2,9%)
PIB 1964-85: 6,4% (contas nacionais); Bacha (5,3%); per capita (2,8%)
Seria saudável parar de associar ditadura militar com milagre de crescimento.
PIB 1945-64: 6,9% (contas nacionais); Bacha (5,8%); per capita (2,9%)
PIB 1964-85: 6,4% (contas nacionais); Bacha (5,3%); per capita (2,8%)
Seria saudável parar de associar ditadura militar com milagre de crescimento.
September 11, 2024 at 11:36 PM
Resultados:
PIB 1945-64: 6,9% (contas nacionais); Bacha (5,8%); per capita (2,9%)
PIB 1964-85: 6,4% (contas nacionais); Bacha (5,3%); per capita (2,8%)
Seria saudável parar de associar ditadura militar com milagre de crescimento.
PIB 1945-64: 6,9% (contas nacionais); Bacha (5,8%); per capita (2,9%)
PIB 1964-85: 6,4% (contas nacionais); Bacha (5,3%); per capita (2,8%)
Seria saudável parar de associar ditadura militar com milagre de crescimento.