Doc Nicholson
@oqidaun.bsky.social
I’m the weird kid from your west Texas third grade class who grew up and got a Ph.D. in terrible things, germs, and dirty hospitals. Some might even consider me a leader of erstwhile honorable mentions and organizer of noble schemes. Texas Tech Alum!
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I support the skilled trades.
March 13, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I support the skilled trades.
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I mean yes, there is such a concept in Christianity. It appears quite notably in the letters of Paul, for instance, where it’s a concept he *relentlessly* argues against, and in the Gospel where it’s a concept Jesus very much repeatedly scorns. So it is technically in there!
January 30, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I mean yes, there is such a concept in Christianity. It appears quite notably in the letters of Paul, for instance, where it’s a concept he *relentlessly* argues against, and in the Gospel where it’s a concept Jesus very much repeatedly scorns. So it is technically in there!
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Please don’t neglect @caulfieldtim.bsky.social, @drsturg.bsky.social, and especially @matthewfacciani.bsky.social! ✊ #misinformation
Speaking of healthcare. Let's make @bsky.app the platform that fights misinformation. Some great follows are @drsusanoliver.bsky.social @jsm2334.bsky.social @therealtruther.bsky.social
Let's get them more followers and engagement than other platforms and let health science accounts find a home
Let's get them more followers and engagement than other platforms and let health science accounts find a home
January 25, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Please don’t neglect @caulfieldtim.bsky.social, @drsturg.bsky.social, and especially @matthewfacciani.bsky.social! ✊ #misinformation
@sparkthesun.bsky.social hey there, ninja!
January 20, 2025 at 11:10 PM
@sparkthesun.bsky.social hey there, ninja!
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I fear there is deep truth here.
January 11, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I fear there is deep truth here.
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This JAMA Special Communication presents the 2024 World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki: Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Participants.
https://ja.ma/3BUSP8u
https://ja.ma/3BUSP8u
January 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
This JAMA Special Communication presents the 2024 World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki: Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Participants.
https://ja.ma/3BUSP8u
https://ja.ma/3BUSP8u
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Please don't wait for those mythical golden times, don't postpone joy until you achieve perfect health, don't delay until you've secured your dream career, don't hold back until you've found the ideal partner- take action now. NOW is the perfect time to begin your journey of finding joy.
Gurdeep.org
Gurdeep.org
January 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Please don't wait for those mythical golden times, don't postpone joy until you achieve perfect health, don't delay until you've secured your dream career, don't hold back until you've found the ideal partner- take action now. NOW is the perfect time to begin your journey of finding joy.
Gurdeep.org
Gurdeep.org
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Fact-checking wasn’t “biased” against conservatives. Conservatives just shared more false content. If there’s a sportsball game and one team fouls four times as much, it’s not “biased” for the ref to call four times as many fouls against that team.
🚨In Nature🚨
Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias?
We this test empirically & find that conservatives
* ARE suspended more
* BUT share more misinfo
So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias?
We this test empirically & find that conservatives
* ARE suspended more
* BUT share more misinfo
So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Differences in misinformation sharing can lead to politically asymmetric sanctions - Nature
We find that conservatives tend to share more low-quality news through social media than liberals, and so even if technology companies enact politically neutral anti-misinformation policies, political...
www.nature.com
January 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Fact-checking wasn’t “biased” against conservatives. Conservatives just shared more false content. If there’s a sportsball game and one team fouls four times as much, it’s not “biased” for the ref to call four times as many fouls against that team.
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As climate change increases the risk of dry conditions and fire weather, fires across western NAm are bigger, more dangerous, and burning greater area.
It’s the difference between accidentally dropping a match into a pile of green, wet wood versus dropping it into a stack of bone dry kindling.
It’s the difference between accidentally dropping a match into a pile of green, wet wood versus dropping it into a stack of bone dry kindling.
January 8, 2025 at 1:42 AM
As climate change increases the risk of dry conditions and fire weather, fires across western NAm are bigger, more dangerous, and burning greater area.
It’s the difference between accidentally dropping a match into a pile of green, wet wood versus dropping it into a stack of bone dry kindling.
It’s the difference between accidentally dropping a match into a pile of green, wet wood versus dropping it into a stack of bone dry kindling.
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Trying to approach 2025 the way St. Margaret is approaching Beelzebub
January 2, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Trying to approach 2025 the way St. Margaret is approaching Beelzebub
I have a Ph.D. in history—granted the focus is the history of medicine, but still I had never heard of this until today and I’m taken back by the gap in my own knowledge. Just another good example we all have room to grow in our education. www.whitehousehistory.org/the-pearl-in...
"Running from the Temple of Liberty": The Pearl Incident
On April 15, 1848, the Pearl schooner was docked at the wharf located at the foot of Seventh Street in Washington, D.C., waiting for passengers to arrive. The wharf was situated...
www.whitehousehistory.org
December 31, 2024 at 4:06 PM
I have a Ph.D. in history—granted the focus is the history of medicine, but still I had never heard of this until today and I’m taken back by the gap in my own knowledge. Just another good example we all have room to grow in our education. www.whitehousehistory.org/the-pearl-in...
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Excited to share my completely rebuilt* Climate & Health starter pack featuring 130+ researchers, writers, medical professionals, and orgs dedicated to exploring the intersection of climate change & human health. Click here to follow some (or all) ⬇️
* the original pack got over-written by Bluesky
* the original pack got over-written by Bluesky
December 31, 2024 at 12:57 AM
Excited to share my completely rebuilt* Climate & Health starter pack featuring 130+ researchers, writers, medical professionals, and orgs dedicated to exploring the intersection of climate change & human health. Click here to follow some (or all) ⬇️
* the original pack got over-written by Bluesky
* the original pack got over-written by Bluesky
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I'm currently building a starter pack on a critical topic: the role of finance in driving climate resilience, mitigation, and a circular economy.
Investors, financial experts, development banks, researchers, innovators: who’s leading the charge in this space? Give me your top recommendations!
Investors, financial experts, development banks, researchers, innovators: who’s leading the charge in this space? Give me your top recommendations!
December 31, 2024 at 1:12 AM
I'm currently building a starter pack on a critical topic: the role of finance in driving climate resilience, mitigation, and a circular economy.
Investors, financial experts, development banks, researchers, innovators: who’s leading the charge in this space? Give me your top recommendations!
Investors, financial experts, development banks, researchers, innovators: who’s leading the charge in this space? Give me your top recommendations!
I can’t look at a picture of these two without getting all the feels…
December 30, 2024 at 11:20 PM
I can’t look at a picture of these two without getting all the feels…
At the dealership waiting for a software update to finish because my car hasn’t been recognizing me lately. I guess this is like couple’s therapy for my Subaru.
December 30, 2024 at 6:37 PM
At the dealership waiting for a software update to finish because my car hasn’t been recognizing me lately. I guess this is like couple’s therapy for my Subaru.
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Some reading recommendations from the @TexasObserver, including @christabrown.bsky.social's BAPTISTLAND: A Story of Abuse, Betrayal, and Transformation
www.texasobserver.org/books-list-2...
www.texasobserver.org/books-list-2...
Booked Up in 2024: What to Read from a Strong Year in Texas Letters
Some Texas nonfiction, novels, and poems to get through those long winter nights.
www.texasobserver.org
December 30, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Some reading recommendations from the @TexasObserver, including @christabrown.bsky.social's BAPTISTLAND: A Story of Abuse, Betrayal, and Transformation
www.texasobserver.org/books-list-2...
www.texasobserver.org/books-list-2...
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Even if we live to be 100 years old, our entire lifetime is just a blink of an eye compared to Earth's 4.5 billion years of existence. Why waste our precious time on negativity and hating our fellow travellers who share this brief journey with us? Let's find joy instead.
December 13, 2024 at 4:42 PM
Even if we live to be 100 years old, our entire lifetime is just a blink of an eye compared to Earth's 4.5 billion years of existence. Why waste our precious time on negativity and hating our fellow travellers who share this brief journey with us? Let's find joy instead.
Holy cow! There’s a lot more folks over here since I last poked my head in the door.
December 15, 2024 at 12:31 AM
Holy cow! There’s a lot more folks over here since I last poked my head in the door.
This is my second post.
November 19, 2024 at 2:12 AM
This is my second post.
Crap, gotta learn another new social media. Oh well, let’s just kick it off like we did back in the hey day of live journals and my spaces and say…”The oqster rides again!”
November 16, 2024 at 6:24 PM
Crap, gotta learn another new social media. Oh well, let’s just kick it off like we did back in the hey day of live journals and my spaces and say…”The oqster rides again!”