David Colquhoun
@davidcolquhoun.bsky.social
Likes #biophysics and #statistics, especially stochastic processes, dislikes pseudo-science.
Twitter refugee: undecided between BlueSky and Mastodon @david_colquhoun@mstdn.social
Blog: https://www.dcscience.net/
Work: https://onemol.org.uk/
Twitter refugee: undecided between BlueSky and Mastodon @david_colquhoun@mstdn.social
Blog: https://www.dcscience.net/
Work: https://onemol.org.uk/
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Tax the rich, pay the people, & spread the power. That's the mission of @patrioticmillionaires.org.
Founder Erica Payne joins me to talk about eliminating the US wealth disparity & making sure that politicians know who really holds the power in this country: the PEOPLE
youtu.be/1xOxtVvNTOA?...
Founder Erica Payne joins me to talk about eliminating the US wealth disparity & making sure that politicians know who really holds the power in this country: the PEOPLE
youtu.be/1xOxtVvNTOA?...
FED UP Millionaires FLIP THE SCRIPT With SHOCKING Proposal
YouTube video by Katie Phang
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Tax the rich, pay the people, & spread the power. That's the mission of @patrioticmillionaires.org.
Founder Erica Payne joins me to talk about eliminating the US wealth disparity & making sure that politicians know who really holds the power in this country: the PEOPLE
youtu.be/1xOxtVvNTOA?...
Founder Erica Payne joins me to talk about eliminating the US wealth disparity & making sure that politicians know who really holds the power in this country: the PEOPLE
youtu.be/1xOxtVvNTOA?...
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Dorothy Vaughan | NASA mathematician, programmer & manager died #OTD in 2008
First Black female supervisor at NACA (precursor to NASA), expert programmer, Scout Launch Vehicle Program contributor & more. #WomenInSTEM
Learn more about this "Hidden Figure:" nasa.gov/people/dorot...
First Black female supervisor at NACA (precursor to NASA), expert programmer, Scout Launch Vehicle Program contributor & more. #WomenInSTEM
Learn more about this "Hidden Figure:" nasa.gov/people/dorot...
November 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Dorothy Vaughan | NASA mathematician, programmer & manager died #OTD in 2008
First Black female supervisor at NACA (precursor to NASA), expert programmer, Scout Launch Vehicle Program contributor & more. #WomenInSTEM
Learn more about this "Hidden Figure:" nasa.gov/people/dorot...
First Black female supervisor at NACA (precursor to NASA), expert programmer, Scout Launch Vehicle Program contributor & more. #WomenInSTEM
Learn more about this "Hidden Figure:" nasa.gov/people/dorot...
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A Fullerton police officer intervened when he saw a man in plain clothes pointing a gun at a female driver on a busy street in Santa Ana. The man later identified himself as an immigration agent and accused the driver of "following him" during an "operation"
Fullerton police stop man pointing gun at female driver, only to learn he is ICE agent
A Fullerton police officer told the agent he couldn't help 'with someone following or recording him if no crime had occurred.' Under state law, local police cannot enforce federal immigration law.
www.latimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
A Fullerton police officer intervened when he saw a man in plain clothes pointing a gun at a female driver on a busy street in Santa Ana. The man later identified himself as an immigration agent and accused the driver of "following him" during an "operation"
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A uniquely grotesque marriage of lawfare and the telegraphed robbery of state coffers to pad the pockets of the wealthy nomenklatura. An apt metaphor for this entire low era.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:58 AM
A uniquely grotesque marriage of lawfare and the telegraphed robbery of state coffers to pad the pockets of the wealthy nomenklatura. An apt metaphor for this entire low era.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
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The lardass that golfs constantly and is robbing America blind is yelling at people to get to work with no pay or benefits. How much longer are we just going to take it?
November 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The lardass that golfs constantly and is robbing America blind is yelling at people to get to work with no pay or benefits. How much longer are we just going to take it?
Please BBC -do not cave.
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Please BBC -do not cave.
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For over 50 years, this bedrock environmental law has significantly decreased water pollution, helped preserve our waterways, and protected public health. With these long-standing protections under attack, we won’t give up on fighting for our basic right to safe, clean water. 🧵👇
November 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
For over 50 years, this bedrock environmental law has significantly decreased water pollution, helped preserve our waterways, and protected public health. With these long-standing protections under attack, we won’t give up on fighting for our basic right to safe, clean water. 🧵👇
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Needs more gold.
November 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Needs more gold.
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Apparently, Times Higher Education has already made substantial efficency gains by having its opinion pieces written by an LLM. The next step is presumably to dispense with the services of Ian Richardson altogether.
November 11, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Apparently, Times Higher Education has already made substantial efficency gains by having its opinion pieces written by an LLM. The next step is presumably to dispense with the services of Ian Richardson altogether.
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Meta AI continues to soil itself in public.
November 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Meta AI continues to soil itself in public.
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The disturbing escalation of the assault on the BBC should be alarming to anyone who cares about truth, accountability and democracy.
Influential board member, Robbie Gibb, former GBNews adviser, Brexit endorser and previous owner of the Jewish Chronicle, is orchestrating this assault from within.
Influential board member, Robbie Gibb, former GBNews adviser, Brexit endorser and previous owner of the Jewish Chronicle, is orchestrating this assault from within.
‘Make no mistake – this was a coup’: the extraordinary downfall of the BBC’s top bosses
The whirlwind that started when Deborah Turness came under attack at a board meeting is part of a wider political story, some say
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:11 AM
The disturbing escalation of the assault on the BBC should be alarming to anyone who cares about truth, accountability and democracy.
Influential board member, Robbie Gibb, former GBNews adviser, Brexit endorser and previous owner of the Jewish Chronicle, is orchestrating this assault from within.
Influential board member, Robbie Gibb, former GBNews adviser, Brexit endorser and previous owner of the Jewish Chronicle, is orchestrating this assault from within.
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A real president does this.
Thank you to every veteran who’s worn the uniform and carried the weight for the rest of us — just respect 🇺🇸
Thank you to every veteran who’s worn the uniform and carried the weight for the rest of us — just respect 🇺🇸
November 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
A real president does this.
Thank you to every veteran who’s worn the uniform and carried the weight for the rest of us — just respect 🇺🇸
Thank you to every veteran who’s worn the uniform and carried the weight for the rest of us — just respect 🇺🇸
Nobody understands these post-viral syndromes. It's sad, but not surprising, that these wild guesses at treatments turn out not to work.
Three so-called "evidence-based interventions" for Long COVID - online cognitive training, a structured cognitive rehabilitation program, or transcranial direct current stimulation - failed to improve cognitive LC symptoms in a randomized controlled trial.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Interventions for Cognitive Symptoms in Long COVID
This randomized clinical trial investigates if evidence-based rehabilitation strategies improve cognitive symptoms in persons with long COVID.
jamanetwork.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Nobody understands these post-viral syndromes. It's sad, but not surprising, that these wild guesses at treatments turn out not to work.
This is really important, I hope that the BBC fights Trump in court if he tries to sue them. Paramount acquiesced in Trump's extortion racket. The BBC must not do the same, because of 12 seconds of bad editing that were never shown in the USA.
1/3 For years now a nexus of well funded right wing groups has been trying either to capture or undermine one of the world’s, & certainly the UK’s most effective media organisation with an impartiality ethic.
November 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM
This is really important, I hope that the BBC fights Trump in court if he tries to sue them. Paramount acquiesced in Trump's extortion racket. The BBC must not do the same, because of 12 seconds of bad editing that were never shown in the USA.
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Dictator admits he reached out to Trump to save him from election doom: report
www.rawstory.com
Dictator admits he reached out to Trump to save him from election doom: report
twp.ai
November 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Dictator admits he reached out to Trump to save him from election doom: report
I Invented Gilead. The Supreme Court Is Making It Real.
I thought I was writing fiction in The Handmaid’s Tale.
By Margaret Atwood
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
I thought I was writing fiction in The Handmaid’s Tale.
By Margaret Atwood
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
I Invented Gilead. The Supreme Court Is Making It Real.
I thought I was writing fiction in "The Handmaid’s Tale."
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I Invented Gilead. The Supreme Court Is Making It Real.
I thought I was writing fiction in The Handmaid’s Tale.
By Margaret Atwood
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
I thought I was writing fiction in The Handmaid’s Tale.
By Margaret Atwood
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Welcome To Gilead—The Creeping Threat Of Christian Nationalism
thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/christian-...
thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/christian-...
Welcome To Gilead—The Creeping Threat Of Christian Nationalism
A recent survey shows over half of Republicans support Christian nationalism.
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Welcome To Gilead—The Creeping Threat Of Christian Nationalism
thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/christian-...
thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/christian-...
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It’s all projection with that fascist bunch of assholes in our WH, & the MSM propping him up!
November 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM
It’s all projection with that fascist bunch of assholes in our WH, & the MSM propping him up!
I love this cartoon.
In my experience, if you know enough to write a detailed description of a problem, it's quicker to write the code yourself, rather than writing screeds of description AND checking the AI code. At best, AI can be helpful in reminding youj about the rules of R, Python etc.
In my experience, if you know enough to write a detailed description of a problem, it's quicker to write the code yourself, rather than writing screeds of description AND checking the AI code. At best, AI can be helpful in reminding youj about the rules of R, Python etc.
10 years old and maybe never more relevant than in contemporary software development
www.commitstrip.com/en/2016/08/2...
www.commitstrip.com/en/2016/08/2...
November 10, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I love this cartoon.
In my experience, if you know enough to write a detailed description of a problem, it's quicker to write the code yourself, rather than writing screeds of description AND checking the AI code. At best, AI can be helpful in reminding youj about the rules of R, Python etc.
In my experience, if you know enough to write a detailed description of a problem, it's quicker to write the code yourself, rather than writing screeds of description AND checking the AI code. At best, AI can be helpful in reminding youj about the rules of R, Python etc.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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This kind of influence by a political appointee of the Johnson government, with a strong partisan record and reputation, appeared a Faustian pact imposed on the BBC by the government of the day. Its striking that this attempt continued after a change of government
www.theguardian.com/media/ng-int...
www.theguardian.com/media/ng-int...
‘Make no mistake – this was a coup’: the extraordinary downfall of the BBC’s top bosses
The whirlwind that started when Deborah Turness came under attack at a board meeting is part of a wider political story, some say
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
This kind of influence by a political appointee of the Johnson government, with a strong partisan record and reputation, appeared a Faustian pact imposed on the BBC by the government of the day. Its striking that this attempt continued after a change of government
www.theguardian.com/media/ng-int...
www.theguardian.com/media/ng-int...
November 10, 2025 at 10:51 PM