Hans Nesse

A digital CAPTCHA verification window titled "Select all squares with PIPES" against a plain white background. The window contains a 3×3 grid of numbered squares, mixing literal hardware, smoking pipes, and programming syntax.

These captchas just keep getting harder #rstats

I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to

Dental Formulas

This is going to be a slide in every primatology and comparative mammalian osteology class for the foreseeable future.

xkcd.com/3213/

You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.

"But I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody & everything. One lives only to make blunders." -Charles Darwin

Happy birthday. We all can relate.

www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter?docId...

ICE claim that a man shattered his skull running into wall triggers tension at a Minnesota hospital Nurses in Minneapolis doubted federal immigration officers' claims about a Mexican immigrant's severe injuries.

apnews.com/article/immi...

ICE claim that a man shattered his skull running into wall triggers tension at a Minnesota hospital

Alex Pretti, wearing a green sweater with his VA badge on.

This is Alex Pretti.

This morning he was murdered by ICE. Six ICE agents held him down and shot him at point blank range. Alex was a nurse and researcher at the VA.

Our thoughts are with his loved ones and we stand united in action calling for the abolishment of ICE.

#ScientistsAgainstICE

Be Careful When Using Ai

I suppose the upside to OpenAI introducing in-response ads to ChatGPT is kids using it for homework is going to be way easier to spot.

Appeals court agrees that NIH cannot reduce overhead payments to academic institutions Judges uphold injunction by lower court against a 15% flat rate for indirect costs

Some good news for research: www.science.org/content/arti...

Ensures that all the diseases covered by the previous immunization schedule will still be available to anyone who wants them through Affordable Care Act insurance plans and federal insurance programs, including Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and the Vaccines for Children program. Families will not have to purchase them out of pocket. Among peer nations, the U.S. will continue to offer the most childhood vaccines for free to those who want them.

Copy Editing Matters, from HHS's release on the new childhood vaccine schedule: All the diseases will still be available to anyone who wants them

Follow me as I fulfill my New Years resolution to train for a marathon. I just have to remember

* Pain is temporary

* Adversity builds toughness

* Coffee is hot

* Cheese is delicious

* Netflix is streaming

* Blankets are cozy

... Damn.

Bear and rabbit are making a popcorn garland. Top: bear says “you know, I don’t even think the garland needs popcorn. I think it looks nice like this.” Bottom: rabbit says “Do you want me to make you some extra popcorn you can eat?” Bear replies “Yes please.”

I'm not sure at what age the holidays changed from playing board games with cousins to eating charcuterie boards with cousins. But I am definitely now in that second group.

Christmas Ships in Seattle

Merry Christmas

YouTube video by acapellascience Seven Science Carols (Vertical Animated Version)

@acapellascience.bsky.social is always a delight.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=efXG...

Forget Spotify or YouTube, I want to see my medRxiv/bioRxiv "year wrapped."

(So long as it doesn't look at all the pdfs I have downloaded and "will totally get to when I get a chance.")

Great breakdown of the situation at UNL (which is a breakdown of a different sort). They are eliminating multiple programs, including statistics. Absurd

i know i know christmas is over but the last video i posted was really good and not enough people saw it. i'll put the link below

Today is a dark day for our babies and public health.

Salmon, sea lions, Hallmark movies... It all makes sense.

A chart showing cancelled clinical trials by category

Halted NIH Clinical Trials List Reveals Slashed Treatments for Cancer, COVID and Minority Health. By @danvergano.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/halt...

Woman looking up concerned at little free library lodged under eaves of home's roof

Family Finds Little Free Library Under Their Eaves: tinyurl.com/y5z3ywcw

Panorama of buildings on Eastlake across South Lake Union.

Busy bunch of buildings

Rainbow over South Lake Union

There's something about this time of year I just like.

I'm optimistic that we can at least walk back from any plan to actually detonate nuclear weapons, if test detonations were indeed what Trump was trying to communicate.

Well, this is terrifying. Even if this is only referring to testing delivery vehicles, not nuclear devices themselves, leaving this sort of ambiguity is irresponsible.

Greenlake looking out over the lake.

Greenlake looking quite autumnal. Despite the blue sky, I was caught in an autumn downpour shortly after this was taken.

Saint Rat makes an appearance at No Kings.

View of Seattle skyline from Kerry park, with trees in the foreground.

Kerry park is a Seattle gem.