Dennis Hazelett

The Far Side. We shall never see its like again

Living with a dog is 90%
following each other around, watching each other go potty, and wondering what the other has in their mouth.

Academia is basically a collection of people who got lucky early on and mistook it for genius. doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

Monarch butterflies’ mass die off in 2024 caused by pesticide exposure – study New peer-reviewed research found an average of seven pesticides in each of 10 butterflies tested

#ResistanceEarth
#BlueEarth

Pesticide exposure was the likely cause of the mass die-off of monarch butterflies in 2024.

By killing our pollinators, we're killing ourselves.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Room full of classic Macs. I have an SE and a Classic II. #vcfwest #mac

"I asked the AI" is not research You can't reliably fact-check or research obscure topics by asking an AI. It may know less about the topic than you do.

"I asked the AI" is not research.
clauswilke.substack.com/p/i-asked-th...

‘Clinton Plan’ Emails Were Likely Made by Russian Spies, Declassified Report Shows

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/u...

Still would love to hear your favorite paper(s)! So far 0 responses

To whom it may concern, and it should concern the editor: I was quoted in your publication: https://cosmosmagazine.com/earth/oceans/can-we-engineer-our-way-out-of-ocean-acidification/ Still, others aren't convinced that good intentions are enough. Dr. David Ho, Professor of Oceanography at University of Hawaii at Manoa, a cofounder and the Chief Science Officer of |C|Worthy, a non-profit that works on verifying ocean-based carbon dioxide removal, believes carbon removal efforts like ocean alkalinity enhancement shouldn't be left solely in the hands of private companies. "They have no way to prove that what they're doing is effective - that's a big problem," Dr Ho said. The crux of the dilemma, he explains, is that we are fighting a planetary-scale problem, but are doing it with tools that are still being built and tested. Geoengineering is not inherently good or bad, but it is inherently powerful. And power, especially when exercised in ecosystems as complex and fragile as the ocean, must be handled with caution. However, I have never spoken to your reporter, nor would I have said those things. I would like you to remove my quote from your story, and issue a public correction and apology. Furthermore, you should look into whether the other parts of the article are also factually correct. Thanks. d.

WTF? I was quoted in this story but I have never spoken to the reporter nor would I have said those things. Is everything just generated by LLMs these days?

cosmosmagazine.com/earth/oceans...

For the 12th year in a row, @smidtheart.bsky.social has been ranked #1 in California for Cardiology, Heart, and Vascular Surgery by @usnews.com!
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Postdocs get more equipment time when applications are anonymized Early-career researchers’ access to neutron-beam instruments jumped from 61% to 78% at one Australian facility.

More postdoctoral researchers secured access to neutron-beam instruments when an Australian facility made their application process anonymous. Success rates for the early career researchers rose from 61% to 78%. There's a similar scheme for the HST, which had great results.

Why I didn't retract this paper when I was Editor-in-Chief at Science (THREAD 🧵)

So, as I suspected, the police response to the shootings of Democratic elected officials in Minnesota was actually a complete disaster www.startribune.com/new-details-...

1/2 A reminder. The PREDICT breast web tool is free to use (and widely used - over 4 million accesses worldwide since launch), but we (I) have no funding to support maintenance or further development. If you are feeling philanthropic, or know someone who does drop me a DM.

breast.v3.predict.cam

What is the best #biology paper you ever read? Specifically looking for well written #science #ScientificWriting #cancer #developmentalbiology #genetics

The super-rich have done what protesters never could: taken over the US embassy in London In its new guise as a luxury hotel, the building – like so many others in London – will become a monument to the 1%, and their reluctance to pay taxes

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The most expensive rooms in this place is 6 months salary for most Londoners. Wealth disparity in modern western societies is grotesque.

they never realize that. instead they invent conspiracy theories that absolve them of culpability.

What is the best #biology paper you ever read? Specifically looking for well written #science #ScientificWriting #cancer #developmentalbiology #genetics

The irony is that real scientists are using AI appropriately to enhance their research just as these charlatans are proposing to replace them with nascent and immature language models.

1. From the FDA to the NSF’s new priorities to Chan-Zuckerberg’s recent pivot, there’s a massive push — particularly on they political right — to hand off as much of the scientific process as possible to AI.

It’s not about competing with China in AI. Not while gutting the US research ecosystem.

We each find our way through these times

As an academic, I am doing this:

Uplift those whose research you admire. Diversify the academy.

Many ways to do this:

-Nominate for awards (did 2 yesterday)
-If you are in an academy, nominate to it (did 3 this month)
-cite them in a paper and/or talk

Loving reading @erictopol.bsky.social’s book Super Agers. Only Eric could write such a smart, evidence-based summary of what we know about the key factors that matter for health and longevity. Read it! Here’s what we know about alcohol:

#BookSky

Bob Newhart - Wikipedia

RIP Bob Newhart. Thanks for all the smiles & laughs en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_New... #bobnewhart

"there is evidence that the use of AI tools has enabled Principal Investigators to submit more than 40 distinct applications in a single application submission round" grants.nih.gov/grants/guide... #grants #NIH #artificialintelligence

You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become Referee #2. #academicsky

Bioconductor: Planning a third decade of comprehensive support for genomic data science This opinion piece discusses the Bioconductor project for open-source bioinformatics and the engineering concepts underlying its effectiveness to date…

Bioconductor: Planning a third decade of comprehensive support for genomic data science www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #rstats #bioinformatics #bioconductor

cover of Bayesian Meta-Analysis: A Practical Introduction by Robert Grant and Gian Luca Di Tanna

I haven't read this book yet, but the authors (Grant & Di Tanna) know their stuff, and they provide code for every script/engine. Meta- and mega-analysis one of those places where Bayes is natural and often easier than non-Bayes. bayesian-ma.net

It's almost impressive just how blatantly corrupt they are. Why should people have to pay a $300 to $1000 additional 'tax' simply to pay their taxes if its just taking the standard deduction?

Scoop: House Democrats shrug off delay tactics to stall Mike Johnson's DOGE vote "People would be really unhappy after what he did on July 4," said one House Democrat.

Axios: House Dems have procedural tools to try to save PBS and NPR but refuse to use them.

“House Democrats are largely shooing away the idea of trying to make Republicans miss their deadline to codify around $9 billion in DOGE cuts to public broadcasting and foreign aid, Axios has learned...” 1/