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Amusing how 99% of people using LLMs forget how these things work:

They are advanced probability machines. They generate the next most likely token (word) based in the input and their training.

Under the hood, it’s a giant matrix multiplication that has eerily good output.

bug ou feature?

You might be wondering why we haven't updated outbreak.info for months.

Well, the reason is that GISAID cut our access in January - as they did others. Without telling us.

After a ♾️ back and forth, that is now permanent.

More on that soon - and why GISAID should not be trusted with critical data.

The spread of Mpox in Sierra Leone is unlike anything we have ever seen - and we have been keeping an eye on this bug in the region for >15 years.

Given geographical spread, 50/50 men vs women, this is no "sexual network".

This could be the next one.

clt.npha.gov.sl/outbreak.aspx

> This is how they’ll tamp down on leaks.

tl;dr — Pierbattista Pizzaballa didn't add his brother and lawyer to the "New Pope, Biatches !!1!" signal chat

"this is more of a comment than a question"

A Second Child Dies of Measles in Texas It is the second confirmed measles death in the U.S. in a decade. If the outbreak continues at the current pace, the nation may lose its “elimination” status.

Breaking News: A second child has died of measles in West Texas amid an escalating outbreak. It is the second confirmed measles death in a decade in the U.S.

Anyone who works in ML/AI knows it is doomed to failure without knowing a thing about the domain. Design for useful predictions/behavior cannot happen in a vacuum, and the objective isn't a fixed point either. There's too much nonsense from deep thinkers about "replacing jobs"

Had a great time at #CROI2025! As a first-time attendee, it was a fantastic opportunity to be exposed to different topics in HIV research. Got great feedback from our work at Ribeiro’s lab. Can’t wait for next year!

com a ressalva de que um previne a doença a ponto de erradicar, o outro trata e exige uso contínuo. apesar da importancia dos dois acho que o paralelo nao funciona mt bem

Francis Collins, the NIH Director for 12 years, led the Human Genome Project and other NIH efforts for 32 years, resigned today. Key words from his resignation letter
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u...

Combatting Chronic Disease An overview of the chronic disease research based out of the Rollins School of Public Health.

🔬 Research saves lives! 🧪

Rollins researchers are dedicated to promoting human health and making people’s lives better. Chronic disease surveillance and prevention research has long been part of that work, and includes research in cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and more.

Learn more:

Mark Zuckerberg’s charity confirms support for DEI despite Meta’s overhaul Exclusive: Chan Zuckerberg Initiative workers express concern, as recent changes there similar to those at Meta

I think this cancellation addresses very well some points in this article www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... by @kalihays.bsky.social

“Só mais um pocinho de petróleo e o Brasil vai virar uma potência” Qual o motivo do Lula insistir tanto em fontes poluentes e não renováveis quanto o Brasil tem tantas outras opções?

One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!

In GEORGIA:

NIH AWARDS FUNDING: $780 M

JOBS SUPPORTED: 11,816

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY SUPPORTED: $2.18 B

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...

good news, finally submitted my grant to nsf on Technical biases in quantifying the inclusive fitness of minority alleles under diversifying selection in diverse microbial communities

The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here.

HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻

archive.org/details/2025...

EXCLUSIVE: NSF starts vetting all grants to comply with Trump’s orders Grantee accounts remain frozen, while union accuses NSF of ignoring rules governing peer review

This is not business as usual.

It’s not just a change in funding priorities going forward; it is the reneging on funding agreements and is profoundly disruptive for even those grants that will be found to be compliant.

Meanwhile, trainees who often live paycheck to paycheck are going unpaid.

In case you missed it: 2024 was the world's warmest year since @noaa.gov records began in 1850.

Global surface temperature was 2.32°F (1.29°C) above the 20th-century average. The 10 warmest years since 1850 have all occurred in the past decade.

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A site that many uses to seek information. A site that is still free and not owned by the far-right - such as the Apartheid kid Nazi-Musk.

Institut Pasteur decides to leave X The Institut Pasteur, a research organization which for more than 130 years has been committed to tackling infectious diseases, sharing knowledge and defending science, has decided to leave X because ...

The Institut Pasteur has decided to leave X (formerly Twitter) to join BlueSky! 🦋
The Institut Pasteur made this decision due to several serious issues observed on the X platform since its acquisition. Join us here to continue advocating for science. www.pasteur.fr/en/home/pres...

One of the most important initiatives on the internet since its conception. Happy birthday Wikipedia!

A chart in three parts showing data on child mortality to make the points that "The world is awful. The world is much better. The world can be much better. All three statements are true at the same time."

The world is awful. The world is much better. The world can be much better.

All three statements are true at the same time. Understanding this is key to solving big global problems.

We believe data & research can help us understand both the problems we face & the progress that’s possible. 🧵

Sankey chart showing that most people who leave their home country stay on the same continent, rather than moving to a new one.

For most people, international migration means crossing a nearby border, not an ocean

Wuhan lab samples hold no close relatives to virus behind COVID Shi Zhengli, the virologist at centre of COVID lab-leak theory, reveals coronavirus sequences from Wuhan institute.

"Wuhan lab samples hold no close relatives to virus behind COVID"

That should settle it, right? The problem, of course, it won't because we're dealing with conspiracy theories and not scientific inquiry - no amount of additional data will change un-evidenced beliefs.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

🚨 Experts are being deployed to Panzi, in the southwest of the Democratic Republic of the #Congo, to support health authorities in investigating a yet undiagnosed disease. Laboratory tests are underway to identify the cause.

Fala Guga, já migrou de vez pra cá? O Twitter virou o antigo Facebook, só tio e tia com umas conversas nada a ver por lá. E robôs.