Everyone's least favorite evolutionary biologist
extirpation.bsky.social
Everyone's least favorite evolutionary biologist
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Simulations, fossils, morphology, intra-and interspecific interactions, the most nonparametric statistics imaginable
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the four words she wants to hear
August 19, 2023 at 10:40 PM
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Agent-based modelling in R, Julia, Python? I have tried each of these languages and if you are interested, here are some code examples for a simple Rock, Paper, Scissor ABM: tinyurl.com/rpsinr, tinyurl.com/rpsinjulia, tinyurl.com/rpsinpython
GitHub - marcosmolla/rockpaperscissors: A simple rock paper scissors simulation in python
A simple rock paper scissors simulation in python. Contribute to marcosmolla/rockpaperscissors development by creating an account on GitHub.
tinyurl.com
October 2, 2023 at 11:34 AM
I despise eLife's new publishing model and was hoping to see the whole thing crash and burn. And now eLife is flailing in the worst, stupidest possible way.

There simply is no hope.
absolutely fucking unreal
October 23, 2023 at 10:14 PM
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Will be pretty cool when you get denied pain meds because the machine didn’t like the face you were making. www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
AI pain recognition system could help detect patients’ pain before, during and after surgery
<p>An automated pain recognition system using artificial intelligence (AI) holds promise as an unbiased method to detect pain in patients before, during and after surgery, according to research presen...
www.eurekalert.org
October 15, 2023 at 2:12 AM
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“2 autonomous Cruise vehicles & an empty San Francisco police vehicle were blocking the only exits from the scene, according to one of the reports, forcing the ambulance to wait while first responders attempted to manually move the Cruise vehicles or locate an officer who could move the police car.”
Well it's a good thing they didn't listen to the many first responders who have been saying this exact thing would happen for a long time and just let company PR spin some shit about "but it's safer!! (maybe....someday.....)"

"Injured person reportedly dies after Cruise cars block first responders"
www.sfgate.com
September 2, 2023 at 4:01 PM
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A funny thing that everyone missed in the chaos of Covid waves was The Offspring firing their drummer because he was anti-vax and the lead guy is a PhD in Molecular Biology and didn’t have time for that shit and then the drummer ended up joining Tim Pool’s midlife crisis band
August 12, 2023 at 2:58 AM
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Executives want workers back in the office so badly because 50 year old VP's want to sexually harass their junior employees
Honest question: Why do execs want their workers back in the office so badly? Isn't work from home cheaper/easier for them too? It feels like it would be.
People are going to be more productive if they go back to the office

Source: I made it up
August 5, 2023 at 5:20 PM
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Just as Tariq bin Ziyad burned his ships after landing the Muslim invasion force in Spain, I throw out the lid after opening a pint of ice cream
August 3, 2023 at 8:52 PM
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Big: Henrietta Lacks’ living relatives reached a historic settlement with the multi-billion-dollar biotech company accused of stealing her cells without her consent

Her “HeLa” cells were the world’s first capable of replicating outside the body
Henrietta Lacks’ family reaches historic settlement for her stolen cells
The success of the legal strategy increases the likelihood that this becomes the first in a series of complaints seeking compensation for, and control of, Lacks’ cells.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com
August 1, 2023 at 11:11 AM
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this is the big bang theory in a nutshell. an entire hit tv series about racist and sexist humor that gets a pass because they're nerds
All of this has been classic nasty nerd racism, which is very similar to nasty nerd misogyny, etc etc decades of portraying nerds as little smol bean’s fighting the world has genuinely convinced people nothing they do can be wrong because they’re under “underdogs” of life.
July 14, 2023 at 2:46 PM
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the most annoying thing is how they think playing by the rules is a viable strategy for defeating cheaters
Seeing some twitter libs respond to the 9 lifelong appointment warlocks destroying affirmative action by yelling “elections matter” is what I imagine a using a screwdriver as a q-tip feels like
June 29, 2023 at 9:25 PM