David Dvorkin @DavidDvorkin@qoto.org

I have learned two very important lessons in life. I don't remember the first one, but the second one is to write down everything. 😉

They should call themselves “alfalfa males” because everything about them is pretty much eventually horseshit.

Before you marry a person, you should first make them use a computer with a slow Internet connection to see who they really are.

It's that time of the year where I teach our 1st year #DataScience students about data *in the wild*

I'm too tired to come up with any witty commentary about this. Just sad and disgusted.

Brief summary: paleontologist Robert #DePalma, who shares his cousin Brian's cinematic instincts, made a big spash a few years ago with the discovery of the "Tanis" site, which appears to preserve the day of the #Chicxulub impact. Since then he's milked it in the media for all it's worth. Well, as much as most scientists dislike that kind of behavior, it's how you keep the grant money rolling in. #Dinosaurs are maybe more popular than ever, but they're lousy at paying their own bills.

He's made many dubious claims before about the site, many carefully hedged so he could retract them later. It's a dangerous game. This time, it very much looks like he's done something much worse.

#Tanis is real, and it's a remarkable discovery. DePalma's inability to distinguish between flashy PR and outright fraud will accomplish nothing but tarnishing all the real #paleontology work done at the site, by anyone, for years to come. Good scientists like #During will suffer the consequences.

Yeah. Don't do that.

https://www.science.org/content/article/paleontologist-accused-faking-data-dino-killing-asteroid-paper

@luckytran
I no longer care what anyone thinks about me answering my door masked, or pumping gas masked, or anything else. I know I'm an "at risk" person, but as an old RN, I believe pretty much everyone is 'at risk' in this pandemic. I know many who've had Covid at least twice, young folks w/long Covid - all vaxxed/boosted/cautious. This should have been a global public health emergency; mandatory masking in public should have been the rule from the start.

If you see this toot (yeah this one right here), can you boost it for me? It will help my new server federate with the wider Mastodon network. 🚀 🙏

Thanks to anyone who can do this. It is really appreciated! This server is small but will be hosting several #peace #SocialJustice and #Humanistic groups, so it is for a good cause.

Elon Musk both-sidesing literal nazism.