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Manasvini Singh @vinisingh.bsky.social · 13d

Crying (complimentary)

ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 14d

a new mRNA therapy apparently can cut the rate of Huntington's disease progression by ~75%. yet more miracle shit www.bbc.com/news/article...

Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time

One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.

www.bbc.com

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Manasvini Singh @vinisingh.bsky.social · 16d

JDM folk: please submit :)

Gordon Pennycook @gordpennycook.bsky.social · 16d

Excited to announce our amazing lineup of speakers for the 2026 JDM preconference at SPSP!

Conference date: Feb 26th
Location: Chicago
Deadline to apply: Oct 23rd.

Application link: spsp.wufoo.com/forms/2026-p...

cc: @sdellavi.bsky.social, @hirshmansam.bsky.social, @vinisingh.bsky.social

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 18d

A woman protesting outside the ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois, was brutally assaulted by goons who used mace and sting balls on her.

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Michael @fleerultra.bsky.social · 20d

so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining

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Nick Huntington-Klein @nickchk.com · Sep 5

New The Effect materials today: introductions to basic coding and data manipulation in R, Stata, and Python. Get the wheels turning on using these languages with data with these intro pages and exercises:
nickchk.com/Coding%20and...
nickchk.com/Coding%20and...
nickchk.com/Coding%20and...

Introduction to Working with Data: R Version

nickchk.com

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Manasvini Singh @vinisingh.bsky.social · Aug 31

For those still complaining -- in this day and age! -- about tables/figures at the end of the paper because it's a "hassle to scroll up and down", here's a tip.

If you click on a link on a page (e.g. to a fig/table), you can return instantly to that page by:

Preview: ⌘ + [
Adobe: ⌘ + left arrow

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Manasvini Singh @vinisingh.bsky.social · Aug 5

Haha no, I wish I was that smart

Manasvini Singh @vinisingh.bsky.social · Aug 5

*leans in to make sure #17 is really what it says*

Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · Aug 4

***Historians***

Check out who are listed as #2...

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Felicity Callard @felicitycallard.bsky.social · Jul 22

‘My position on OpenAI has hardened in recent months, as they have themselves recognized that their only path to profitability is to follow the models of…Meta (Facebook) & Alphabet (Google) by creating dependency and/or addiction for an entire generation’.

Always read @mattseybold.bsky.social

Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · Jun 20

“The logical conclusion of a technofeudal oligarchy combining forces with an authoritarian political movement is compulsory enrollment in the security state’s platform architecture of surveillance, indoctrination, and behavioral modification.”

Against Technofeudal Education

Pillars For Protecting Our "Core Infrastructure" From OpenAI

theamericanvandal.substack.com

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Manasvini Singh @vinisingh.bsky.social · Jul 23

lol he might need to update his examples! bsky.app/profile/thet...

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Jul 22

A Legal group founded by Stephen Miller calls for federal and Tennessee investigations into Cracker Barrel for its DEI policies — “because initiatives are focused on supporting workers who are women, Black, LGBTQ+, or Latino”

www.newsweek.com/cracker-barr...

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Manasvini Singh @vinisingh.bsky.social · Jun 30

2020: Thank god for healthcare workers, we would be dead without you

2025: Thank god for lawyers, we would be dead without you

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Adam Sacarny @asacarny.bsky.social · Jun 30

Trying to identify opioids and other drugs in pharmacy data (claims, PDMP, etc.)? Use my code to quickly build a list of national drug codes (NDCs) using the free public database RxNorm.

I wrote this code to replace the CDC's now-discontinued opioid NDC dataset.

github.com/asacarny/dru...

GitHub - asacarny/drug-ndc-rxnorm: Code to create a list of NDCs (National Drug Codes) for opioids, benzodiazepines, and other related drugs using RxNorm

Code to create a list of NDCs (National Drug Codes) for opioids, benzodiazepines, and other related drugs using RxNorm - asacarny/drug-ndc-rxnorm

github.com

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Manasvini Singh @vinisingh.bsky.social · Jun 25

What ... is this ... peculiar stirring ... within mine breast .... could it be -- aye -- hope?!

Andrew Heiss @andrew.heiss.phd · Jun 25

wait, is a Good Political Thing really happening???

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Manasvini Singh @vinisingh.bsky.social · Jun 8

Another one joins the list (though i can still count them on one hand) ... show us the way, Williams!

www.science.org/content/arti...

U.S. college is first to decline federal science grants because of new DEI language

Williams College says NSF and NIH requirement related to discrimination “undermines” academic freedom

www.science.org

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · Jun 7

The Republican Party has fully embraced fascism and destroyed American democracy. But some Democrats still say Latinx. I have never felt more politically homeless.

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · Jun 5

New piece! Media coverage of Kilmar Abrego Garcia hurt Trump, not Democrats. An actually data-driven analysis of some stale conventional wisdom.

Alt title: Matt Yglesias is wrong about Democrats and Abrego Garcia🧵

Media coverage of Kilmar Abrego Garcia hurt Trump, not Democrats

Public opinion on immigration has shifted — and pundits need to catch up

www.gelliottmorris.com

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Manasvini Singh @vinisingh.bsky.social · Jun 4

the brown representation in current US politics has been killing me day in and day out ... but this!!!!! omg my heart. PLZ NEW YORK ... plz. PLZ!!!!!!!

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Jun 4

Billionaires ke paas already sab kuchh hai. Ab, aapka time aageya.

Billionaires already have everything. Now, your time has come.

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Manasvini Singh @vinisingh.bsky.social · May 28

Today I gave a talk in Rome and choked up reflecting on the rare, incredible bonds that unite the global academic community. No matter where we're from, we speak the same language & believe in the same things (progress, truth, science). What an honor to belong here, even in these tumultuous times.

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Manasvini Singh @vinisingh.bsky.social · May 23

yes, same. "never trust and always verify" is an exhausting way to build community

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Manasvini Singh @vinisingh.bsky.social · May 23

Every day, they break things that will never be unbroken again. I grieve those, but I knew I would. What I didn't expect to grieve is my faith and belief in the good of my fellow people. Wondering if the person I nod to in the street *wanted* all this, is ok with it all. I mourn that loss deeply.

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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · May 21

🚨 Action alert: Two days left!!

Help protect NSF/NIH from political interference.

👎 A new rule (Sched. F) would allow for replacing career program officers with political appointees.

➡️ Action: Object here by THIS FRIDAY. Comments can be brief and/or anonymous. Helps future litigation.

Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing a rule to increase career employee accountability. Agency supervisors report great difficulty removing employees for poor performance or misconduc...

www.federalregister.gov

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Ted Underwood @tedunderwood.com · May 22

We need a culture of honoring the people and institutions who take the hit. Anyone who says they should have been savvier and sidestepped — shut that right down.

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Manasvini Singh @vinisingh.bsky.social · May 20

Thank you so much!

Manasvini Singh @vinisingh.bsky.social · May 20

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Manasvini Singh @vinisingh.bsky.social · May 20

Haha, soon that reference will be obsolete! I used to say my name is "Vini, like "My cousin Vinny"" but then in 2018 a teenage barista asked me if that was a band 😂

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