Topher
@anisotoph.bsky.social
Scientist, science communicator, mead maker, droid builder, leather crafter, nerd. Emotional support human to a PAIR of walking rugs called Huxley and Una. Most creations are on IG at @northsidedroids, some at @anisotoph. He/him.
Reprehensible. arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
Trump admin axed 383 active clinical trials, dumping over 74K participants
It’s a “violation of foundational ethical principles of human participant research.”…
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Reprehensible. arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
It’s really easy—and sometimes important—to complain to a supervisor. But have you taken the time to praise a job well done? How many times have you left a situation happy and not bothered to tell anyone?
Find someone great and make their day better. Praise is a powerful tool to improve the world.
Find someone great and make their day better. Praise is a powerful tool to improve the world.
October 30, 2025 at 1:11 AM
It’s really easy—and sometimes important—to complain to a supervisor. But have you taken the time to praise a job well done? How many times have you left a situation happy and not bothered to tell anyone?
Find someone great and make their day better. Praise is a powerful tool to improve the world.
Find someone great and make their day better. Praise is a powerful tool to improve the world.
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🦠Some infections can be prevented or significantly attenuated through vaccines. One of mankind's greatest triumphs.💉
Check out all the infections, vaccine-preventable & not, on the Epipocalypse: Bug Detectives Kickstarter going on now.
#IDSky #MedSky #EpiSky
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pha...
Check out all the infections, vaccine-preventable & not, on the Epipocalypse: Bug Detectives Kickstarter going on now.
#IDSky #MedSky #EpiSky
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pha...
October 29, 2025 at 12:13 AM
🦠Some infections can be prevented or significantly attenuated through vaccines. One of mankind's greatest triumphs.💉
Check out all the infections, vaccine-preventable & not, on the Epipocalypse: Bug Detectives Kickstarter going on now.
#IDSky #MedSky #EpiSky
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pha...
Check out all the infections, vaccine-preventable & not, on the Epipocalypse: Bug Detectives Kickstarter going on now.
#IDSky #MedSky #EpiSky
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pha...
If millionaires can afford to buy a new wing for the WH or fund the military out of pocket, they can afford to pay taxes.
October 27, 2025 at 5:35 PM
If millionaires can afford to buy a new wing for the WH or fund the military out of pocket, they can afford to pay taxes.
My opinion: the leadership of a publicly traded company should be required to disclose any golden parachute they hold.
You’re asking the public to invest in your leadership. It’s only fair those investors know if you’re actually motivated to lead effectively.
You’re asking the public to invest in your leadership. It’s only fair those investors know if you’re actually motivated to lead effectively.
October 21, 2025 at 9:56 PM
My opinion: the leadership of a publicly traded company should be required to disclose any golden parachute they hold.
You’re asking the public to invest in your leadership. It’s only fair those investors know if you’re actually motivated to lead effectively.
You’re asking the public to invest in your leadership. It’s only fair those investors know if you’re actually motivated to lead effectively.
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“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
October 7, 2025 at 11:47 AM
“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Stealing from Wizards Volume 4 is coming November 4th.
Canadian misfit kids learning about life, love, and larceny at wizard school
📚🪐
Preorder on amazon and Kobo now:
www.amazon.com/Stealing-Wiz...
www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
#writingcommunity
Canadian misfit kids learning about life, love, and larceny at wizard school
📚🪐
Preorder on amazon and Kobo now:
www.amazon.com/Stealing-Wiz...
www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
#writingcommunity
Stealing from Wizards: Volume 4: Arson
Stealing from Wizards: Volume 4: Arson - Kindle edition by Consell, R. A.. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Stealing from Wizards: Volume 4: Arson.
www.amazon.com
October 4, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Stealing from Wizards Volume 4 is coming November 4th.
Canadian misfit kids learning about life, love, and larceny at wizard school
📚🪐
Preorder on amazon and Kobo now:
www.amazon.com/Stealing-Wiz...
www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
#writingcommunity
Canadian misfit kids learning about life, love, and larceny at wizard school
📚🪐
Preorder on amazon and Kobo now:
www.amazon.com/Stealing-Wiz...
www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
#writingcommunity
Welcome Felix Nonius, Guardian of the Locked Cupboard.
September 29, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Welcome Felix Nonius, Guardian of the Locked Cupboard.
Fun fact. The chainsaw was patented for wood around 1883. It was first used in surgery around 1785.
Surgeons invented the chainsaw, folks. #medsky
Surgeons invented the chainsaw, folks. #medsky
September 28, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Fun fact. The chainsaw was patented for wood around 1883. It was first used in surgery around 1785.
Surgeons invented the chainsaw, folks. #medsky
Surgeons invented the chainsaw, folks. #medsky
“Among those with known [vax] status who were [vax]-eligible, 186 (89%) had not been fully [vaxed] … during the ‘24–25 season. … the % of children who were not fully [vaxed] was slightly lower among children with medical conditions (86%) than … those without (95%).”
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
Influenza-Associated Pediatric Deaths ...
This report describes pediatric deaths during the 2024–25 influenza season.
www.cdc.gov
September 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
“Among those with known [vax] status who were [vax]-eligible, 186 (89%) had not been fully [vaxed] … during the ‘24–25 season. … the % of children who were not fully [vaxed] was slightly lower among children with medical conditions (86%) than … those without (95%).”
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
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Was talking to my MD spouse about the Tylenol-autism kerfuffle. Her take was insightful. Now, pregnant women with fevers will be afraid to take Tylenol to stop their fevers. And ironically, it's the fevers that might be responsible for fetal neurological maldevelopment.
September 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Was talking to my MD spouse about the Tylenol-autism kerfuffle. Her take was insightful. Now, pregnant women with fevers will be afraid to take Tylenol to stop their fevers. And ironically, it's the fevers that might be responsible for fetal neurological maldevelopment.
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Acetaminophen/paracetamol use in pregnancy doesn't cause autism, no matter what RFK says this week. This is not an unsettled question. Evidence summarized here: sciencebasedmedicine.org/tylenol-and-...
Tylenol and Autism
Earlier this year, HHS secretary RFK Jr. predicted that, "By September, we will know what has caused the autism epidemic and we'll be able to eliminate those exposures." Scientists have been researc
sciencebasedmedicine.org
September 21, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Acetaminophen/paracetamol use in pregnancy doesn't cause autism, no matter what RFK says this week. This is not an unsettled question. Evidence summarized here: sciencebasedmedicine.org/tylenol-and-...
In Jan, the US-Canada trade deficit was about $70b. Due to crashing trade, it is now $6b. BUT Canadian tourism has also tanked, and they previously spent about $20b. So the US is in fact now down by $14b.
Trump is doing great at turning friends into enemies.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Trump is doing great at turning friends into enemies.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Canadians are taking a big step back from the U.S. — and here's the data to prove it | CBC News
In the weeks after U.S. President Donald Trump sparked a trade war with his punishing tariffs, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada’s "old relationship" with the U.S. would be "over" soon — and now ...
www.cbc.ca
September 19, 2025 at 4:18 PM
In Jan, the US-Canada trade deficit was about $70b. Due to crashing trade, it is now $6b. BUT Canadian tourism has also tanked, and they previously spent about $20b. So the US is in fact now down by $14b.
Trump is doing great at turning friends into enemies.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Trump is doing great at turning friends into enemies.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
I see the people who claim Jan 6 was “Freedom of Expression” hate freedom of expression.
September 18, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I see the people who claim Jan 6 was “Freedom of Expression” hate freedom of expression.
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An antisemite shot two kids in Colorado, at least one of whom is Jewish.
The White House “fighting antisemitism” doesn’t care, because the shooter was a student radicalized online into far right beliefs, which the regime is cool with, rather than a student verbally criticizing Israeli govt policy.
The White House “fighting antisemitism” doesn’t care, because the shooter was a student radicalized online into far right beliefs, which the regime is cool with, rather than a student verbally criticizing Israeli govt policy.
‘Radicalized’ Evergreen High School shooter appeared to hold antisemitic, violent views in online accounts
Social media accounts that appear to be connected to the 16-year-old shooter are littered with references to mass shootings and antisemitic views, The Denver Post found.
www.denverpost.com
September 12, 2025 at 12:22 PM
An antisemite shot two kids in Colorado, at least one of whom is Jewish.
The White House “fighting antisemitism” doesn’t care, because the shooter was a student radicalized online into far right beliefs, which the regime is cool with, rather than a student verbally criticizing Israeli govt policy.
The White House “fighting antisemitism” doesn’t care, because the shooter was a student radicalized online into far right beliefs, which the regime is cool with, rather than a student verbally criticizing Israeli govt policy.
When you’ve barked and barked and your humans just won’t listen. Great Pyrenees have the hardest lives.
September 8, 2025 at 12:25 AM
When you’ve barked and barked and your humans just won’t listen. Great Pyrenees have the hardest lives.
Una, bad dog. No photos on the sky bridge! #dragoncon
September 1, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Una, bad dog. No photos on the sky bridge! #dragoncon
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I ran into Murderbot earlier at DragonCon (@anisotoph.bsky.social) ! I hope you all are coming to my Murderbot panel — people are already lining up so better get over to the science track room soon if you want to get in!
August 31, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I ran into Murderbot earlier at DragonCon (@anisotoph.bsky.social) ! I hope you all are coming to my Murderbot panel — people are already lining up so better get over to the science track room soon if you want to get in!
A few snaps from Dragon Con
August 31, 2025 at 12:45 AM
A few snaps from Dragon Con
Is it Dragon Con yet?
August 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Is it Dragon Con yet?
Anyone who objects to wind and solar energy should be forced to live immediately downwind from a fossil fuel power plant. Preferably coal.
August 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Anyone who objects to wind and solar energy should be forced to live immediately downwind from a fossil fuel power plant. Preferably coal.
Anybody else wondering when Trump will hit the panem et circenses stage?
August 24, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Anybody else wondering when Trump will hit the panem et circenses stage?
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I’m afraid to say this is very attractive. Got to love a passionate nerd. He knows his shit.
August 22, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I’m afraid to say this is very attractive. Got to love a passionate nerd. He knows his shit.