Scott Givan

Parkinson's disease links to ultra-processed foods and pesticides
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And I’ll just say, I am grateful for a partner who pulled me back in some places, but few pieces get me out of bed to write immediately. Berk’s piece did that. And whatever shade is evident in the piece of mine you read here, know there was more.

Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt after the Warriors’ win tonight: “Yes, this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully.”

I don’t think a better headline could have been written about what happened yesterday.

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AI models miss disease in Black and female patients Analysis of chest x-rays underscores need for monitoring artificial intelligence tools for bias, experts say

AI models still miss disease in Black and female patients. My new story in @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...

benion Grieving a wasted life At a point in life when there are far too many days behind than ahead, one tends to re-elected in contrast to standing up for the reflect on a life lived. In my lifetime decades greater good? were devoted to protecting America. Sacri A compromised Supreme Court recently fices were made both by myself and my fam- trotted out a shallow token standards of Ily in military service. The tip of the spear: conduct for themselves. Apparently it's Countless weeks over the years were spent not a bribe to accept favors after a deci-sion; only before. Corporations are people? living at the end of a runway on alert with an Really? Whatever happened to Superman's armed B-52 as generations of aviators have motto of "truth, justice, and the American done before and since. way?" The purpose: if required, be airborne Pay-to-play is the theme of the day. Un- in minutes on a one-way trip bringing a challenged and uncontested blatant conflicts nuclear Armageddon to an adversary. Fly: of interest abound. The rule of law is situ- ing the unfriendly skies over North Viet- ational if adhered to at all. America can no nam provided a brief interlude, but overall, longer be trusted. The unbridled pursuit of this long line of silent sentinels stood firm power and wealth driven by unquenchable to protect America by deterring external greed has left service above self and Con- threats to our freedoms and way of life stitutional norms in the dustbin of a quaint across the decades. I was privileged to serve past. with men and women of integrity imbued Recently the VA said exposure to Agent with a sense of service. Orange is the probable cause of the can- I'm truly grateful that the B-52s we flew, which were built tough, were engineered cers I live with. Actually I suspect it's more from yet unspecified sources, which cause on scientific principles and fabricated by experienced, skilled workers rather than military pilots to have significantly higher founded on mere beli…

This letter appeared in the Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise this morning. I am assured the writer is who he purports to be, an Air Force veteran.

Only in America could a Ketamine-infused South African oligarch call a navy captain, astronaut and sitting US senator "a traitor" for supporting our allies and standing up to Russia...

Dicks sporting goods sign outside store says WE DO NOT ACCEPT RACISM OR DISCRIMINATION OF ANY KIND.

Dicks Sporting Goods is one of the good guys! 🏆

Why "alias" is my last resort for aliases I prefer scripts to real aliases when defining a custom command.

I agree -- I think `alias` is overused. #bash #linux #linuxshell

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Was it super loud?

There are no rules anymore!

Functions in CSS?! | CSS-Tricks Arguments?! Return values?! What's crazier, you can use functions right now in Chrome Canary! So, after reading and playing around, here are my key insights on what you need to know about CSS…

What?! Man, I've been away too long ... #CSS Functions in CSS?! buff.ly/M6Vmn4g

Judge Issues Preliminary Injunction Blocking NIH Indirect Cost Cuts for Research Grants Imminent risk to clinical trials and medical research "warranted the issuance of a nationwide temporary restraining order to maintain the status quo," the judge wrote.

Judge Issues Preliminary Injunction Blocking NIH Indirect Cost Cuts for Research Grants

Alina Habbard posted: NOTHING CAN STOP THIS MAN FROM FIGHTING FOR HIS COUNTRY.
David Simon had a succinct 2-word response: “Bone spurs.”

If you bully someone into calling you a "strong leader" and showering you with gratitude and praise, are you actually a strong leader? Or just an average megalomaniac?

Medical Error Is Not The Third Leading Cause Of Deaths The bad science behind a commonly-cited statistic

Medical error is not the "third leading cause of death". This is a lie based on a truly woeful paper.

I've unlocked the piece because apparently this disinformation is now being shared by RFK Jr. and the US federal government. Feel free to share!

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I don't know how else to say this except for bluntly:

It is not normal to have outbreaks of preventable diseases in wealthy countries.
It is not normal to have children dying from preventable diseases in wealthy countries.

This is the first US measles death in 10 years. There should be none.

It is worth paying close attention to the new bill "Dangerous Viral Gain of Function Research Moratorium Act" introduced by Senator Roger Marshall.

If enacted, it will effectively stop all of virological research, including for vaccines.

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Here's the thing. What if you "cancel" something that we need in 6 months, 2 years, 4 years or 10 years? What happens then?

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AI cracks superbug problem in two days that took scientists years The lead researcher has told the BBC he was so astounded he assumed his computer had been hacked.

This article bugs me (Ha!). Saying that #AI can solve in 2 days something that took a human 10 yrs is misleading. AI has the benefit of that 10 yrs of research!

AI cracks #superbug problem in two days that took scientists years

Biases in machine-learning models of human single-cell data - Nature Cell Biology This Perspective discusses the various biases that can emerge along the pipeline of machine learning-based single-cell analysis and presents methods to train models on human single-cell data in order ...

Biases in machine-learning models of human single-cell data

A nice overview that appropriately focuses on how important biases exist at the data level. If your data is not representative of what you really care about (e.g. everyone) no fancy ML model can save you.

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The state of Vim [LWN.net] https://buff.ly/3CtIFMl

If you don't trust your employees to work remotely then you probably hired the wrong people and that is on you.