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When patients refuse cancer treatment “When I think of patients who refuse treatment, I don't automatically assume they're uninformed. I kind of assume that they're just informed by different facts.”

When patients refuse cancer treatment www.statnews.com/2025/10/08/b... via @statnews.com

I use the word shenanigans with my granddaughter and she’s adopted it.

Good news I guess, but I hope they have plans for dissemination and implementation #implementationscience

The Human Genome Project cost taxpayers $3 Billion.

Two decades on, it has generated a staggering return on investment of $1 Trillion, with benefits in medicine, agriculture, energy, the environment, & more.

If you want to boost the economy, funding science is one of the best things you could do.

YouTube video by Alberta Tech The IRS is holding ... a hackathon...?

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YouTube video by Alberta Tech Elon Musk vs SQL 😭

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This is gold I tellya! Gold!! 😂🫶🥳🎉

Whatever scintilla of hipness I possess, I owe to your posts, Libby 🥳🙏 And my granddaughter helps too

Sad but true

N.B. I believe my generation would brand Fanum as something like a TikTokker, as we consider our own selves to be streamers just by watching free TV or waving bands of tissue paper around

Sharing how i leverage #AI with some #GenAlpha slang decoded:
- Delulu: Playfully delusional-believing in wild dreams or unlikely crushes.
- Fanum Tax: When someone “taxes” (steals) your snacks, named after streamer Fanum.

Credit 4 slang breakdown goes 2 Perplexity AI. 🎤✨ #Slang #LanguageFun

Seems like everyone who sends me a dm on #bluesky deletes their account shortly thereafter. Is it my fault for ignoring them? They often say the nicest things, like “hello handsome…”

Are we talking potato or silicon? Either way, your point is well taken

Hundreds of Beavers | Official Website Watch the trailer, find screenings & book tickets for Hundreds of Beavers on the official site. Directed by: Mike Cheslik. Starring: Ryland Brickson Cole Tews, Olivia Graves, Wes Tank, Doug Mancheski,...

www.hundredsofbeavers.com This has quickly become my favorite movie of all time 🦫

Investigating Cat Behavior Through Genetics With the help of cat owners, a new project investigates cats’ biology and aims to link some of their behaviors to their genes.

Scientists are asking cat owners nationwide to submit a tuft of fur and share details about their cat’s appearance, personality, and behavior. Dr. @elinork.bsky.social joins us to discuss the project and what we do and don’t know about #cat genetics.

Supreme Court to hear challenge to Obamacare rule on free preventive care The Affordable Care Act requires insurers to cover a range of preventive services, including cancer screenings, statins and HIV-prevention medications.

www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

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I agree. It also bothers me how clinicians record “pt denies …” when we respond to a question in the negative. Seems to imply that we are suspected of being untruthful

Hang in there! 😅

Happy Friday to you and your bab(y/ies) Gabriella! 🐶🐶🐶 Happy weekend too

Today’s a good day to remember that outdoor tornado sirens are NOT meant to be heard indoors.

This is why it’s important to have a way to receive alerts on your phone (a weather radio works great too!)

FEMA’s app, along with local tv station weather apps, will send you warnings.

I am but a humble cable news host with a bachelor’s in philosophy, but I feel like at some point the bond market is also going to notice that the GOP is going to pass a deficit financed 5 trillion dollar tax cut. Maybe?

Cohen’s d and so much more!
I♥️Normal Curves podcast!
🧮🪩💃📻🌹🥳 #stats #epidemiology

There's Now a Third Way to Inherit Traits That Isn’t Your DNA or RNA, Scientists Say And they discovered it completely by accident.

www.popularmechanics.com/science/heal...

Loathe thy neighbor: Elon Musk and the Christian right are waging war on empathy Trump’s actions are irreconcilable with Christian compassion. But an unholy alliance seeks to cast empathy as a parasitic plague

www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Inside arXiv—the Most Transformative Platform in All of Science Modern science wouldn’t exist without the online research repository known as arXiv. Three decades in, its creator still can’t let it go.

Modern science wouldn’t exist without the online research repository, arXiv. Wired has a nice in depth piece with its creator, Paul Ginsparg, who did something very clever in the early days that ensured its long-term survival. buff.ly/hUGuLcv
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Five years on: how COVID was the catalyst for Africa’s genomic revolution “We built a culture of collaboration, not competition,” Read more of this piece in Nature at the gem - issuu.com/the.gem/docs... #Genomics #Africa #Fellowship

👋 Hi Bluesky. We’re the Centre for Data and Statistical Science for Health (DASH) at @lshtm.bsky.social

We are the hub for data and statistical science in LSHTM, applying our expertise and data science resources to the biggest problems in global health

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Opinion: Universities play a vital role in the future of AI Universities can bridge the gap between those who develop AI systems and those who will use and be affected by them. We must step up to deliver this role, say Neil Lawrence and Jess Montgomery.

As a flagship mission of the University of Cambridge, there is plenty of research going on around AI.
In this 5 minute read, @lawrennd and Jess Montgomery from @ai_cam_mission argue universities play a vital role in the future of AI. #ShapingAIForEveryone Read on 👇
www.cam.ac.uk/stories/Neil...