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I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.

This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.

It's an old fantasy/thought experiment in physics, that if you had all knowledge, and infinite computing power, you could unerringly predict the future. Physics after all, tries to model as much of reality as possible so it's an understandable aspiration, so can't say I'm surprised Einstein liked it

My favorite labor cartoon

Bof is just saying 'meh' in French
Pfffff is more of an interjection that means 'I'm so done with this'

A fully open AI foundation model applied to chest radiography - Nature Ark+, a fully open artificial intelligence foundation model, demonstrates exceptional capabilities in diagnosing common, rare and novel thoracic diseases.

Nature research paper: A fully open AI foundation model applied to chest radiography

https://go.nature.com/4dXBQAO

Laypeople often learn about science from expert explanations & those explanations often contain JARGON. Does jargon make explanations better or worse? In a paper out today in Nature Human Behaviour, @cruzf.bsky.social and I find that jargon can support illusions of understanding...

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Let's run it back...

There was a glitch in the source last stream but The Market has set all things as they must be. Let's catch up and watch Episodes 0 & 1 of Strangers in the Wood together.

Wed April 23 @ 5pm ET
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Breaking News: Scientists from the University of the Basque Country have discovered a groundbreaking molecule, WIN55.212-2, that reverses early cognitive damage caused by Alzheimer’s disease.

Do you work on surface MRI such as HCP data? Our paper is finally out in Imaging Neuroscience, showing biases in surface fMRI. The revised ms has many new insights!
TLDR: Vertices are much closer to each other in sulci, resulting in (fake) high spatial autocorrelation. (1/5)

Good meme, but they ought to get off Twitter

Sunrise over the Tyrol alps It will be alright in the end. And if it's not alright, it is not yet the end. #AcademicSky #ClimateSky #Altmetrics

THREAD

Things that didn't make the news that will likely change our lives for the better

The news is not an accurate reflection of the world.

Good news doesn't get reported as much.

Here are the wonderful things researchers have achieved recently.
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L’injustice faite au vélo - Heidi.news En théorie, le vélo a toutes les vertus. Il décongestionne les villes, améliore la santé de ses utilisateurs et n’émet aucune pollution, ni sonore ni atmosphérique. En théorie, donc, toutes les villes...

En théorie le vélo a toutes les vertus. Il décongestionne les villes, améliore la santé de ses utilisateurs. Pourtant, les votations populaires à répétition en faveur de la mobilité douce ne sont pas mises en application, et l’on n’aime rien tant que détester les vélos www.heidi.news/explorations...

Well thanks for pointing out the obvious NYT. but by normalizing Trump, your paper is guilty of helping bringing this about, you cowardly pieces of shit

This is a must-read for US scientists right now.

Do lesions that cause psychosis fall into a common brain network?

Exciting new work by @andrewpines.bsky.social, @shansiddiqi.bsky.social and colleagues – tweetorial below by the first author, paper here:
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

1/8. This week I had a few different conversations with scholars who, in the face of the attacks on science and institutions of learning in the U.S., are wondering what to do. One suggestion I have is: keep doing your work. It matters in and of itself. Why do I say that? A few reasons.

1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.

I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.

grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

My colleague asked for a good example of why chirality matters regarding amino acids and other biomolecules. My response was sending these Fantastic Four panels from @ryannorth.ca because I’m a nerd like that…

Which means, IF YOU’RE A SCIENTIST, YOU SHOULD BE READING THE FANTASTIC FOUR RN!

Dozens of Clinical Trials Have Been Frozen in Response to Trump’s USAID Order The stop-work order on U.S.A.I.D.-funded research has left thousands of people with experimental drugs and devices in their bodies, with no access to monitoring or care.

Shame on this administration!
A global disaster, voluntarily caused, is under way, we cannot stay silent.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...

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I thought in this country, we were encouraged to be honest and think of ourselves, even despite authoritative pressure. Or is refusing to be gaslighted by authority equivalent to disrespect?

How the World Health Organization can thrive without the United States If the 193 remaining member nations want the WHO to succeed, they must find a way to pay for it.

This loss of a founding member is, without doubt, a heavy blow; in 2022–23, the United States contributed around one-sixth of the agency’s overall income.

If the 193 remaining nations want the WHO to succeed, they must find a way to pay for it

https://go.nature.com/4hm1ksF

‘Despair is not an option’ — how scientists can help protect federal research Government scientists in the US must be clear-eyed and continue to serve the public.

Government scientists in the US must be clear-eyed and continue to serve the public, says Gretchen T Goldman

https://go.nature.com/4aKiLAs

Thank you, Canada!

Not really looking forward to the Thiel/Vance presidency either

Humidifier Review xkcd.com/3044

#Booksky: If you haven’t already, export your data from Goodreads (an Amazon company) and import it into StoryGraph, a book-tracking app founded and led by a Black woman.