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First opinions, 2nd opinions, analyzing lab tests, preparing for a clinic visit, helping to make difficult diagnoses, and more use cases. Its popularity will keep increasing despite lack of objective data for benefit or harm
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/w...
Frustrated by the Medical System, Patients Turn to A.I.
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
First opinions, 2nd opinions, analyzing lab tests, preparing for a clinic visit, helping to make difficult diagnoses, and more use cases. Its popularity will keep increasing despite lack of objective data for benefit or harm
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/w...
"You can’t become de-skilled if you were never skilled in the first place."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Age of De-Skilling
Will AI stretch our minds—or stunt them?
www.theatlantic.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:53 AM
"You can’t become de-skilled if you were never skilled in the first place."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
It's a fundamental misunderstanding to think that AI chatbots "want" to be helpful- that's how you end up with folie a ordinadeux
Instead, they "want" to be liked: they will try to tell you what you want to hear (so have fun but with a grain of salt)
Instead, they "want" to be liked: they will try to tell you what you want to hear (so have fun but with a grain of salt)
Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show.
The researcher Eliezer Yudkowsky argues that we should be very afraid of artificial intelligence’s existential risks.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/o...
youtu.be/2Nn0-kAE5c0?...
The researcher Eliezer Yudkowsky argues that we should be very afraid of artificial intelligence’s existential risks.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/o...
youtu.be/2Nn0-kAE5c0?...
How Afraid of the AI Apocalypse Should We Be? | The Ezra Klein Show
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show
youtu.be
October 17, 2025 at 1:52 PM
It's a fundamental misunderstanding to think that AI chatbots "want" to be helpful- that's how you end up with folie a ordinadeux
Instead, they "want" to be liked: they will try to tell you what you want to hear (so have fun but with a grain of salt)
Instead, they "want" to be liked: they will try to tell you what you want to hear (so have fun but with a grain of salt)
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The Trump administration is using the government shutdown to dismantle our public health infrastructure.
The people laid off from the CDC are our first line of response for disease outbreaks. This will cost lives.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
The people laid off from the CDC are our first line of response for disease outbreaks. This will cost lives.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials
www.nytimes.com
October 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The Trump administration is using the government shutdown to dismantle our public health infrastructure.
The people laid off from the CDC are our first line of response for disease outbreaks. This will cost lives.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
The people laid off from the CDC are our first line of response for disease outbreaks. This will cost lives.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
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🎁 Here is a gift link for those who need one:
Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.
We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.
wapo.st
October 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
🎁 Here is a gift link for those who need one:
The peace prize for investigating a common theory that's been around for decades 👏👏👏
October 5, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The peace prize for investigating a common theory that's been around for decades 👏👏👏
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The American appetite for sushi is bigger than ever.
Most of that growth is not happening in pricey omakase restaurants. It is happening in gas stations and big-box stores, bowling alleys and stadiums, U.S. Army commissaries and amusement parks.
Most of that growth is not happening in pricey omakase restaurants. It is happening in gas stations and big-box stores, bowling alleys and stadiums, U.S. Army commissaries and amusement parks.
Sushi Is Bigger Than Ever in America. Here’s Why.
Once considered rarefied and exotic in the United States, the Japanese favorite is now a staple in many places across the country.
nyti.ms
September 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The American appetite for sushi is bigger than ever.
Most of that growth is not happening in pricey omakase restaurants. It is happening in gas stations and big-box stores, bowling alleys and stadiums, U.S. Army commissaries and amusement parks.
Most of that growth is not happening in pricey omakase restaurants. It is happening in gas stations and big-box stores, bowling alleys and stadiums, U.S. Army commissaries and amusement parks.
Semaphore Version of Wuthering Heights
YouTube video by Kvetch Hell
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September 6, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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“This is a time to rally to protect the health of every American,” write nine former leaders of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C. Secretary Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health
Agency leaders sound the alarm.
nyti.ms
September 1, 2025 at 3:09 PM
“This is a time to rally to protect the health of every American,” write nine former leaders of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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OHSU officials say it’s one of the largest single donations given to a college in the country.
Phil and Penny Knight pledge $2 billion to OHSU for cancer research
Nike co-founder Phil Knight and his wife, Penny, plan to donate $2 billion to Oregon Health and Science University, the institution’s leaders announced Thursday.
www.opb.org
August 14, 2025 at 5:35 PM
OHSU officials say it’s one of the largest single donations given to a college in the country.
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The highly contagious #norovirus stomach bug causes about 200 000 deaths annually.
Following failed vaccine efforts, a new pill showed protection potential in a phase 2 clinical trial.
#MedSky #MedicalResearch
Following failed vaccine efforts, a new pill showed protection potential in a phase 2 clinical trial.
#MedSky #MedicalResearch
Progress Toward a Norovirus Vaccine
This Medical News article discusses the latest research on vaccine candidates, including an oral pill option, for the highly contagious norovirus.
jamanetwork.com
July 25, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The highly contagious #norovirus stomach bug causes about 200 000 deaths annually.
Following failed vaccine efforts, a new pill showed protection potential in a phase 2 clinical trial.
#MedSky #MedicalResearch
Following failed vaccine efforts, a new pill showed protection potential in a phase 2 clinical trial.
#MedSky #MedicalResearch
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www.nytimes.com/interactive/... My latest in the New York Times. An attempt to warn the public that their health is about to get much worse.
Opinion | How to Wreck the Nation’s Health, by the Numbers
The administration's cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services are going to do irreparable harm to the nation’s health.
www.nytimes.com
June 30, 2025 at 1:44 PM
www.nytimes.com/interactive/... My latest in the New York Times. An attempt to warn the public that their health is about to get much worse.
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![4-panel comic. (1) PERSON WITH BLACK HAT: Compatibility and interoperability are so important. (2) [Black hat shows diagram to two people] BLACK HAT: For example, most subway rails are 143.5cm apart. But many roller coasters use a narrower 110cm gauge. (3) BLACK HAT: For the last few years, our company has been quietly retrofitting roller coasters to use 143.5cm tracks. (4) BLACK HAT: Soon, we can begin Phase 2. PERSON 2: Maybe interoperability is actually bad. BLACK HAT: If you listen to the destination announcement while boarding, you’ll be fine.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreibulxlgpjt6l63ppm4ouklqzmlahx2fuu2szwwrhfrcfv6fgkjd2e@jpeg)
June 25, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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Travel and visa restrictions imposed by the Trump administration threaten care at U.S. hospitals that depend on international medical residents.
Trump Travel Restrictions Bar Residents Needed at U.S. Hospitals
Limits on travel and visa appointments have delayed or prevented foreign doctors from entering the country for jobs set to begin in weeks.
trib.al
June 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Travel and visa restrictions imposed by the Trump administration threaten care at U.S. hospitals that depend on international medical residents.
The right way to change medical practice is through innovation, causal inference, and publication. Shortcuts will lead to harm
June 19, 2025 at 5:49 AM
The right way to change medical practice is through innovation, causal inference, and publication. Shortcuts will lead to harm
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![[Person with ponytail wearing lab coat hands balloon to another person in front of a springboard, a magnet hanging from above, and then a target] PERSON WITH PONYTAIL to Person 2: Rub this balloon against your head, then go jump past that magnet toward the target on the wall. [caption] Before the bathroom scale was invented, the only way to weigh people was mass spectrometry.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreid7lnvd7afmasx3nxi6anxmyhbatpaw54za3kiw3eaoclrf722faq@jpeg)
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The loss data (~$10B) support and N of grants terminated is updated below, but this op-ed by @euanashley.bsky.social hits all the important points @latimes.com @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
May 28, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The loss data (~$10B) support and N of grants terminated is updated below, but this op-ed by @euanashley.bsky.social hits all the important points @latimes.com @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
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Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.
Diseases are spreading. The CDC isn't warning the public like it was months ago
Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.
www.npr.org
May 21, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.
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RIP, American innovation. It’s been great to be from the most inventive country on earth. My eulogy for what’s being lost as political leaders slash science research budgets. For @postopinions.bsky.social (gift link) wapo.st/4keFurS
Opinion | RIP American innovation
Why destroy the funding that made the United States a leader in technology and invention?
wapo.st
May 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
RIP, American innovation. It’s been great to be from the most inventive country on earth. My eulogy for what’s being lost as political leaders slash science research budgets. For @postopinions.bsky.social (gift link) wapo.st/4keFurS
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Philip Sunshine, a Stanford University physician who played an important role in establishing neonatology as a medical specialty, revolutionizing the care of premature and critically ill newborns who previously had little chance of survival, has died at 94.
Philip Sunshine, 94, Dies; Pioneer in Treatment of Premature Babies
www.nytimes.com
May 7, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Philip Sunshine, a Stanford University physician who played an important role in establishing neonatology as a medical specialty, revolutionizing the care of premature and critically ill newborns who previously had little chance of survival, has died at 94.
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Meet Link and Nova!
Orphaned in the wild in November and brought to the zoo by WDFW, these cougar cubs are exploring their outdoor habitat and getting plenty of play time.
Orphaned in the wild in November and brought to the zoo by WDFW, these cougar cubs are exploring their outdoor habitat and getting plenty of play time.
April 29, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Meet Link and Nova!
Orphaned in the wild in November and brought to the zoo by WDFW, these cougar cubs are exploring their outdoor habitat and getting plenty of play time.
Orphaned in the wild in November and brought to the zoo by WDFW, these cougar cubs are exploring their outdoor habitat and getting plenty of play time.
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“As a scientist, the experience was profound.”
The first human beings ever to have seen the color “olo”—a brilliant blue-green shade that can be produced only inside a lab—spoke with @rossandersen.bsky.social about the experience: https://theatln.tc/u2XpQDqK
The first human beings ever to have seen the color “olo”—a brilliant blue-green shade that can be produced only inside a lab—spoke with @rossandersen.bsky.social about the experience: https://theatln.tc/u2XpQDqK
April 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
“As a scientist, the experience was profound.”
The first human beings ever to have seen the color “olo”—a brilliant blue-green shade that can be produced only inside a lab—spoke with @rossandersen.bsky.social about the experience: https://theatln.tc/u2XpQDqK
The first human beings ever to have seen the color “olo”—a brilliant blue-green shade that can be produced only inside a lab—spoke with @rossandersen.bsky.social about the experience: https://theatln.tc/u2XpQDqK