Michael Hoffman
@michaelhoffman.bsky.social
Chair, Computational BIology and Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network.
Associate Professor, Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto.
Disclosures: https://github.com/michaelmhoffman/disclosure/
Associate Professor, Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto.
Disclosures: https://github.com/michaelmhoffman/disclosure/
Amazing how people work for Trump and don't think this is going to happen to them eventually
January 13, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Amazing how people work for Trump and don't think this is going to happen to them eventually
I would like this to be true but I would also like to see the data.
January 12, 2026 at 9:04 PM
I would like this to be true but I would also like to see the data.
How do you get citation counts from PubMed?
January 12, 2026 at 9:00 PM
How do you get citation counts from PubMed?
Ohhhhh.
You're a good egg.
Also, bet you will reap way more career benefits from your "competitor" knowing you did them a big solid here than you would have otherwise.
You're a good egg.
Also, bet you will reap way more career benefits from your "competitor" knowing you did them a big solid here than you would have otherwise.
January 12, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Ohhhhh.
You're a good egg.
Also, bet you will reap way more career benefits from your "competitor" knowing you did them a big solid here than you would have otherwise.
You're a good egg.
Also, bet you will reap way more career benefits from your "competitor" knowing you did them a big solid here than you would have otherwise.
What? They were going to publish the other one first?
January 12, 2026 at 8:20 PM
What? They were going to publish the other one first?
Lol. Threaten with what?
January 12, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Lol. Threaten with what?
It seems like most of that is due to the complexity of the King Street rules rather than the MUTCD regime. Different signals for four different mobility modes are not going to be simple no matter what system is used.
January 12, 2026 at 7:55 PM
It seems like most of that is due to the complexity of the King Street rules rather than the MUTCD regime. Different signals for four different mobility modes are not going to be simple no matter what system is used.
Would love to see switching from ANSI/ASME Y14.1 to ISO 216 paper sizes first.
January 12, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Would love to see switching from ANSI/ASME Y14.1 to ISO 216 paper sizes first.
Why? This does not seem like it would be a top candidate for an international standard to sign up for to move away from the U.S. Elevators are much better.
January 12, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Why? This does not seem like it would be a top candidate for an international standard to sign up for to move away from the U.S. Elevators are much better.
In general, having the paper public for months or years = more chances for people to cite the paper and then have that snowball into more citations.
January 12, 2026 at 7:20 PM
In general, having the paper public for months or years = more chances for people to cite the paper and then have that snowball into more citations.
A non-academic recently told me they were excited to ask a humanities academic friend how her book was going and I was like 😱
January 12, 2026 at 5:58 PM
A non-academic recently told me they were excited to ask a humanities academic friend how her book was going and I was like 😱
Reposted by Michael Hoffman
Played this scenario out a few years ago. We preprint everything.
January 12, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Played this scenario out a few years ago. We preprint everything.
The "my competitor will see my preprint and replicate/rush their story to a journal" = their competitor has to have already done at least the rate-limiting parts of the work.
To me, this is about someone wanting to receive exclusive credit for work that other groups were doing simultaneously.
To me, this is about someone wanting to receive exclusive credit for work that other groups were doing simultaneously.
January 12, 2026 at 5:42 PM