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The virus possesses a biological characteristic that is not found in nature. 2. Data shows that all COVID-19 cases stem from a single introduction into humans. This runs contrary to previous pandemics where there were multiple spillover events. 3. Wuhan is home to China’s foremost SARS research lab, which has a history of conducting gain-of-function research (gene altering and organism supercharging) at inadequate biosafety levels. 4. Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) researchers were sick with COVID-like symptoms in the fall of 2019, months before COVID-19 was discovered at the wet market. 5. By nearly all measures of science, if there was evidence of a natural origin it would have already surfaced. But it hasn’t.

The White House has turned COVID.gov from a public health resource into a politically charged platform promoting the lab-leak theory and attacking specific scientists and the pandemic response in general. Let’s fact check its 5 headline claims… 🧵

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#LecceRoma ovvero la sfida tra lupi giallorossi e lupi giallorossi 🟨🟥🐺

“A nonna, m’hanno fatto ‘n buono! Che vor dì?”

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...

I had to make tea by heating the water with the microwave, due to a breakdown in the kitchen. The British are right, it doesn’t taste as good 🇬🇧

What model exactly?

YouTube video by CriminOlly Amazon are changing the way you own your Kindle books - you have 10 days to react

Amazon are changing the way you own your Kindle books - you have 10 days to react
youtu.be/KMoCzeGnIss

Radon xkcd.com/3037

Anyway if you'd like a lightweight primer on all things quantum, you can check out the series of short intro videos I made with the Perimeter Institute, Quantum 101: perimeterinstitute.ca/quantum-101-... Just because quantum mechanics isn't spooky doesn't mean it's not really, really cool.
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Comprensibilmente, fanno di tutto per non pagare il danno. Fatico a capire come si possa pensare che affidargli la pelle delle persone, letteralmente, sia una buona idea. È come usare un contenitore forato per i liquidi, semplicemente non è adatto

Io non sono pratico di assicurazioni sanitarie, anche se visto lo stato della sanità italiana temo lo diventerò in futuro. Tuttavia, ho visto assicurazioni all’opera ad esempio in caso di incendi, più di una volta.

MAKE PROTOINDOEUROPEO GREAT AGAIN

Non faccio progetti per le vacanze di Natale perché temo le passerò a leggere e-mail (la posta di lavoro è a zero non lette però)

Happy Festivus everyone. Always amazed this crazy episode birthed a real celebration that seems to be enjoyed by so many around the world. So may your feats be strong and your grievances few. Enjoy.

Also: prescription names are great names for D&D characters. I used to play Maalox the barbarian 😅

Nothing angers me more than to see people who were born into money arguing against government assistance as "handouts"

That's not an opinion you've earned the right to hold.

Your entire life was built on a handout.

People sometimes make fun of science that sounds stupid and random.

Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea

Bio says he’s a veteran. I guess he fought in the Battle of Yavin

New type of lithium battery can drive EVs over 5 million miles Li-ion batteries that last beyond the life cycle of the EV can be bundled into energy storage solution for renewable energy projects.

Breakthrough EV Li-ion battery with single crystal electrode breaks record EV range of 5 million miles, lasts over 20,000 cycles

interestingengineering.com/energy/li-io... @intengineering.bsky.social

(Chimico come me, ogni categoria ha i suoi fenomeni 😃)

Greenland shark with “I am not a toy, I am a 400 year commitment” text

Think carefully before buying a Greenland shark for the holidays. They are, after all, the world’s longest-living vertebrate.

sono stato da Pizzium giusto l'altra sera: in effetti il bicchiere che ti danno per la "media" è microscopico. non oso immaginare quello della piccola

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A photo I posted of graffiti in Syria in 2014.
"One day the war will be over and I will return to my poem"
I hope they will return to their poem

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“Protoindoeuropeo”

Sometimes the combination of arrogance and ignorance is breathtaking. Yes, US health care has high admin costs; that's because it relies so much on private insurers. Govt-run health insurance has much lower overhead

agevolo infografica

YouTube video by Le più belle battute in clip Lino Banfi - Vieni avanti cretino - Ce l'ha una scopa?

guardando il calendario di lavoro delle prossime due settimane, potrei averlo riempito un po' troppo youtu.be/aave1eOGeYU?...

Se questo virus dovesse confermare certe percentuali di mortalità vivremmo “tempi interessanti”, come nel celebre detto