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Steve Munger

@stevenmunger.bsky.social

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Smell and taste scientist, EIC of Chemical Senses, repatriated Virginian, possessor of countless useless facts. Opinions belong to my friend who lives in another state…you’ll probably never meet them even though they are definitely real.

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Steve Munger @stevenmunger.bsky.social · May 20

Regular smell and taste testing could aid early detection of impairments that negatively impact health, safety, and quality of life, and could also reveal underlying disease. But how do we get there? This new whitepaper is out today:

Towards Universal Chemosensory Testing: Needs, Barriers and Opportunities

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 4d

I think colleges and universities are now seeing that their strategy of appeasement and collective silence is not working. www.aacu.org/newsroom/aac...

AAC&U Statement on the Trump Administration’s “Compact for… | AAC&U

AAC&U Statement on the Trump Administration’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”

www.aacu.org

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Steve Munger @stevenmunger.bsky.social · 7d

The truly tough guys don’t have to tell anyone that they are tough. The craven cowards, on the other hand…

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Stephen Miller: "All that bullshit is done, over, it's finished. The gangbangers you deal with- they think they're ruthless? They have no idea how ruthless we are. They think they're tough? They have no idea how tough we are. They think they're hardcore? We are so much more hardcore than they are"

Steve Munger @stevenmunger.bsky.social · 11d

I was disappointed you didn’t say The Rocky Horror Picture Show (given the 50th anniversary).

Steve Munger @stevenmunger.bsky.social · 13d

That’s not good, but unfortunately may not be unique. I’ve seen the expectation that employer plans are just going to be going up everywhere.

Steve Munger @stevenmunger.bsky.social · 13d

I haven’t seen it yet. But am now dreading looking.

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 15d

Ponderosa pine smells like butterscotch.

Go ahead, sniff one the next time you're in the western US. Some say "vanilla", some say "oh no, my nose is covered in sap."

Let's talk about birds, butterscotch, forest fires, blue wood, & boring beetles.

But mostly this thread is about terpenes.

From a blog called "CreationsDawn", a photo of the author smelling a ponderosa pine. The author wears a green cap, light blue-green shirt and red camel pack. They are sniffing a tree with pine bark, with a sort of red-orange color. More trees in the background.

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 16d

The @washingtonpost.com story on Tylenol & autism leaves out a MAJOR 2.5M sibling-controlled study of children in Denmark, which "found no evidence that acetaminophen use during pregnancy was associated with children’s risk of autism, ADHD or intellectual disability." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy and Children’s Risk of Autism, ADHD, and Intellectual Disability

This nationwide cohort study with sibling control analysis examines the association of acetaminophen use during pregnancy with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, and intellectual disability.

jamanetwork.com

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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 23d

Wow

✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 24d

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Steve Munger @stevenmunger.bsky.social · 28d

Due to Virginia state law, my daughter and I drove to Maryland yesterday to get the vaccine at a CVS. We just had to attest on the appointment site that we had high risk conditions (this is the case, but specifics weren’t required).

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Karen Hallion Kenney @karenhallionkenney.bsky.social · Sep 5

Hegseth is now the Secretary of War, which is fitting I guess as RFK jr is basically the Secretary of Pestilence. We just need Famine and Death to round it out.

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Steve Munger @stevenmunger.bsky.social · Sep 5

I had so much of that wrong

Michael Stipe @michaelstipe.bsky.social · Sep 5

Ok its ‘feed it off an aux, speak, grunt no strength, the ladder start to clatter with fear fight down height, wire in a fire representing seven games, a government for hire and a combat site’.

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · Sep 1

A few days ago I learned you can skip the AI summary feature in Google by adding "-AI" to your search. I love it!

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Steve Munger @stevenmunger.bsky.social · Aug 22

I am very tempted to apply…

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · Aug 18

this is so wonderfully weird, give her all the golds 🥇

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Steve Munger @stevenmunger.bsky.social · Aug 3

You should have sent yours across the country…

Steve Munger @stevenmunger.bsky.social · Aug 3

Thankfully, ours moved herself from old apartment to new apartment back in June (no gap in the leases helped there).

Ok, she did conscript a couple friends to help, but the key thing was no parental involvement.

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · Jul 31

Extremely into this YouTube channel. 13m views! youtu.be/tzLS4O7YaUg?...

All Christian denominations explained in 12 minutes

YouTube video by Redeemed Zoomer

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Steve Munger @stevenmunger.bsky.social · Jul 30

You prompted me to look. Mine dropped today, too. NIH grants staff are firing on all cylinders, for sure.

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Max Colbert @mc00.bsky.social · Jul 30

This is one of the best ideas I've heard in ages.

Reddit post on r/technology about young people and AI: "I recently heard about a teacher who instead of trying to circumvent students using AI, which is impossible, she made assignments by going "ask ChatGPT to write a report on this subject, and then research how and why it's wrong".

Not only did the students discover that ChatGPT is extremely wrong a lot of the time, it also lead them to realise that they should not use it as a primary source".

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Don't Fret. It Adores You @seed-corn-thoughts.bsky.social · Jul 27

Anyways, AIDS is going to be gone soon, this is a generic with FDA full approval.

The first 100% effective HIV prevention drug is approved and going global

An epidemic that's been sustained for 44 years might finally be quelled, with the milestone approval of the first HIV drug that offers 100% protection with its twice-yearly injections. It's a landmark...

newatlas.com

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Steve Munger @stevenmunger.bsky.social · Jul 25

The lighter shirt on the right

Steve Munger @stevenmunger.bsky.social · Jul 19

Already did

Talia Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · Jul 19

you are cool and everyone should buy your book

Mattslew Batberg-Mothfit (any/all) @mbrobergmoffitt.bsky.social · Jul 18

Whenever I’m feeling down and ignored on Bluesky…

Steve Munger @stevenmunger.bsky.social · Jul 18

The yellow tape!

Steve Munger @stevenmunger.bsky.social · Jul 16

Not that facts will get in the way of conspiracy theories, but yet another clear demonstration (in this huge study) that childhood vaccines are NOT associated with autism, ADHD, or nearly 50 other diseases is good to see.

Dr. Michael D. L. Johnson @copperbae.bsky.social · Jul 16

newatlas.com/health-wellb...

No link between childhood vaccines and 50 health conditions

A massive study of over 1.2 million children has found no link between aluminum-containing vaccines and 50 chronic childhood conditions, including autism, ADHD, asthma, and diabetes, delivering a reas...

newatlas.com

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Steve Munger @stevenmunger.bsky.social · Jul 13

It is not. High fructose corn syrup instead of sucrose, which then required some other formula adjustments. But if you buy “Mexican Coke” (comes in glass bottles and is in a lot more grocery stores nowadays), that is pretty close to original.

Well, not the really original with cocaine in it.

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