Martin Silbernagl

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@onhill.com painted this masterpiece for me

I think you would write great novels

YouTube video by MAGNIFY VENI VIDI VICI - Sundance Film Festival 2024 Teaser

Last week, I had the chance to preview Veni Vidi Vici by Daniel Hoesl, where a billionaire faces so little consequences for any of his actions that he starts murdering random people as a hobby (akin to "I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody"). Great movie! youtu.be/yJ2xCnkCMYs

Cover of The Vorrh by Brian Catling

In the realm of fiction, I greatly enjoyed The Vorrh Trilogy by Brian Catling. Like Alan Moore, he weaves real characters into his fictional story lines. And his English is so very enjoyable. Originally a successful sculptor, amazingly the Vorrh was his first novel, written at the age of 70

Cover of Color Atlas of Physiology by Stefan Silberangl and Agamemnon Despopoulos published by Thieme

The human body has recently captured my attention in a way that previously only computers have. So, this year, I finally read my uncle's Color Atlas of Physiology. It's great to understand how my body works

We will be to AI what our microbiome is to us

My very good friend Wolfgang conducting the Berlin Improvisers' Orchestra tonight

Great post! In tandem with the severe wealth disparity, this injustice promotes populism and leads to civil unrest, which is not great with all the firearms around. All happened before, but somehow we manage to repeat the cycle quite reliably

I like the DNS-based verification here, but hardly anyone seems to make use of it

As I remember, he postulates time as an emergent property, a limitation of our perception

Once I thought I had Eternalism figured out, but then I woke up

The Order of Time (book) - Wikipedia

Like this? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ord...

Cross-subtype Immunity against Avian Influenza in Persons Recently Vaccinated for Influenza Seasonal influenza vaccination may induce heterosubtypic immunity against avian influenza virus (H5N1). Keywords: Heterotypic immunity, vaccination, human influenza, avian influenza, research

There is evidence that a flu shot will help a bit against bird flu: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...