Daniel Dvorkin @medigoth@qoto.org
Bioinformaticist / biostatistician, veteran USAF medic and Army infantryman, armchair paleontologist, occasional science fiction author, long-ago kickboxer, oldbat goth, vaccinated liberal patriot.
Joined Oct 2022
I still get much more interaction on #Facebook than on #Bluesky and #Mastodon combined. Hell, I get more on #Quora, despite that site's demise supposedly being imminent for years. I love the idea of everybody moving to #decentralized social media, but—
Maybe the Russkies would sell #LiveJournal cheap?
@Kierkegaanks @MeanwhileinCanada ... so far. There are European-built engines that could substitute pretty much one-for-one, as I understand it. And I guarantee *Sweden* is going to be finding a non-US supplier ASAP, so any other Gripen customers could presumably get the same.
I wonder if #Schumer was credibly threatened with window cancer.
And honestly, I kind of hope so, because otherwise he has less than no excuse.
"But remaking the JAG Corps is a priority for #Hegseth, who on Friday commissioned his personal lawyer and former naval officer Tim #Parlatore as a #Navy #Commander to oversee the effort carrying the weight and authority of the #Defense #Secretary’s office."
I see we've reached the "give the hatchetmen shiny uniforms" phase of operations.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/13/pete-hegseth-pentagon-lawyers-rules-of-war
This is really neat. I'm kind of surprised, though, that none of the students ever looked at the rock and said "those sure look like #dinosaur #tracks to me!" Or maybe they did and were roundly mocked for it: I don't claim to know anything about #Australian #highschool culture, but that's likely what would happen at a lot of #American schools. Either way, I'm glad it's finally been identified for what it is.
"Something much worse than asteroids" is hype: the late-#Devonian and end-#Ordovician were less severe that the end-#Cretaceous, which was definitely† caused by an #asteroid. But this is good work that may help nail down the cause of the earlier #extinctions ... which were still pretty bad!
†Yes.
It's the #bacteria's world, you know. Always has been. We're just the scum floating on the surface.
Maaaybe we should stop poisoning the lake.
#Antarctic #microbes reveal #climate impact on #marine #ecosystems #genomics #eDNA #global_warming #community_structure #phytoplankton #funded_by_...
#VitaminA does not prevent #measles. In patients who are deficient—most aren't—*supervised* supplementation may help lessen the severity, and that's all. It's easy to overdose. The best protection is #vaccination.
Our brains keep us alive. Use yours.
https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/vitamin-a-and-measles-what-the-data
"My #arguments are #logical, yours are #emotional" is a sure sign that you're dealing with someone who operates on pure #toddler-level #rage.
We knew this was coming, and we know what they'll "find." But it's still sad to see the day actually arrive.
#antivax #massmurder
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-cdc-plans-study-into-vaccines-autism-sources-say-2025-03-07/
A request: if you want me to know something, please don't send me a #video or #podcast link. For me, watching and listening are for #entertainment, while #reading is for #learning (and entertainment too, of course). I don't really like this, but it's the way my brain works and unlikely to change.
Some #Tories are starting to approach the beginning of a shred of self-awareness. Let's see if it lasts. I know which way I'm betting.
@attilakinali It's like the boss fight of murderous vegetables.
@jwz I don't know if I've ever been so eager for history to repeat itself.
@LuciaG I seem to start right before awful things happen. It looks like everything is going well on the surface, but tension is building, and the reader knows sooner or later it's going to snap. This isn't something I do on purpose, but it's how the stories come out. My readers seem to like it, so I guess I'll keep doing that.
Another one bites the dust. The #RoyalSociety used to be the world's premier #scientific organization. Now "#FRS" means as much as a blue checkmark.
Seen in the wild: "worth its weight in eggs."
Bioinformaticist / biostatistician, veteran USAF medic and Army infantryman, armchair paleontologist, occasional science fiction author, long-ago kickboxer, oldbat goth, vaccinated liberal patriot.
Joined Oct 2022
