Roland Goecke

I mean once you go a lot higher, you can definitely tell the difference when cooking/baking but at ~1000m altitude, the differences are minimal in my experience

Well, 3500 feet (~1000m) isn't exactly high altitude. That's about the same altitude as the Blue Mountains or other parts of Australia's Great Dividing Range and I have baked plenty of cakes at that altitude in my life. That is not to say that high altitude wouldn't affect cooking/baking.

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Once I found out that it could cross the brain blood barrier, thar was it for me. Respie on!

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
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Na, das geht ja schon gleich gut los mit der Aussage über das Ende der Pandemie... Da braucht man gar nicht weiter zu schauen.

That shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone who paid attention to the science but I have a feeling that the vast majority of the medical establishment will be in total and utter surprise... 🤦‍♂️

🤦‍♂️ The sorrow state of our public health system...

Our Westie loves the cold! Hates the coat 🤣

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COVID-19-associated neurological and psychological manifestations - Nature Reviews Disease Primers This Primer by Wilson and colleagues summarizes the epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment of neurological and psychiatric manifestations of COVID-19.

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Let's be specific and refer explicitly to Generative AI. With that caveat, I fully agree that it is a cancer in academia.

There are other forms of AI, for example Predictive AI, that are not BS machines and have perfectly valid and useful applications. Let's not throw out the good with the bad.

I asked ChatGPT to tell me what success rates for grant programs would be considered okay for researcher mental health.
A shocking embarrassment for Australia. Damage is being done on a daily basis. Urgent action is required.

Possibly under embargo but no public announcement yet AFAIK

SARS-CoV-2 Leaves a Lasting Mark on the Immune System A landmark new study shows COVID-19 isn’t ‘just a cold’: One infection left people with long-lasting immune damage, and those with heart disease lost up to 70% of key immune cells. Reinfections may wo...

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What If COVID Reinfections Wear Down Our Immunity? | The Tyee Dr. Anthony Leonardi is a lightning rod for debate. If he’s right, this pandemic poses a greater threat than widely assumed.

More or less as per AJ's predictions from early on in the pandemic #leonardieffect thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

Reminds me of AJ's predictions... #leonardieffect

Flowchart titled “Should you attend that meeting?” with decision nodes leading to “Decline!” in all cases.

Behold: a genuinely useful flowchart #AcademicChatter

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COVID-19 is “Airborne AIDS”: provocative oversimplification, emerging science, or something in between? COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 is often compared to other pandemics for its societal and global health impact, with some commentators drawing parallels to HIV/AIDS due to the immune dysfunction caused ...

COVID-19 is “Airborne AIDS”: provocative oversimplification, emerging science, or something in between?

While SARS-CoV-2 doesn’t cause HIV/AIDS, its immune dysfunction, T cell depletion, vulnerability to infections, accelerated aging, and systemic damage echo AIDS-like effects in a broader sense.

As AJ warned back in 2020... Repeat infections with COVID-19 are not your friend!

Oh, for goodness sake!