@klostergaard.bsky.social
Men han har jo ikke noget paa!
Eppur si muove!
Denali forever.
ᐊᒡᒐᐃᑦ ᐲᕐᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᑯᑭᑦᑐᑦ, ᐊᐅᐸᔮᖅᑐᖅ ᑲᑉᐱᐊᓇᖅᑐᖅ.
Eppur si muove!
Denali forever.
ᐊᒡᒐᐃᑦ ᐲᕐᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᑯᑭᑦᑐᑦ, ᐊᐅᐸᔮᖅᑐᖅ ᑲᑉᐱᐊᓇᖅᑐᖅ.
With the glaring exception of opera.
Henry James, The Bostonians: "As all the world knows, the opportunities in Boston for hearing good music are numerous and excellent..." Our Symphony Hall has "so much eloquence and so much melody," as James said of the old Music Hall. Nowhere like Boston for classical music.
Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall
November 24, 2025 at 1:42 AM
With the glaring exception of opera.
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A nice article, highlighting the important work our collaborators in South Africa are doing using wastewater to surveil a bunch of different vaccine preventable diseases (and finding a lot more of them than other reports would make you believe…).
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www.nature.com/articles/d44...
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www.nature.com/articles/d44...
Wastewater surveillance reveals disease trends in South Africa
From COVID-19 to measles, scientists are showing how wastewater surveillance can expose underreported infections and strengthen national health monitoring.
www.nature.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:28 AM
A nice article, highlighting the important work our collaborators in South Africa are doing using wastewater to surveil a bunch of different vaccine preventable diseases (and finding a lot more of them than other reports would make you believe…).
💪🇿🇦
www.nature.com/articles/d44...
💪🇿🇦
www.nature.com/articles/d44...
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Let’s not get confused about science.
Many studies have looked for a link between vaccines and autism — none has found one.
“We haven’t ruled it out” is a logic loop; by that logic we also haven’t ruled out peanut butter, bedtime stories, or blue socks.
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Many studies have looked for a link between vaccines and autism — none has found one.
“We haven’t ruled it out” is a logic loop; by that logic we also haven’t ruled out peanut butter, bedtime stories, or blue socks.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Let’s not get confused about science.
Many studies have looked for a link between vaccines and autism — none has found one.
“We haven’t ruled it out” is a logic loop; by that logic we also haven’t ruled out peanut butter, bedtime stories, or blue socks.
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Many studies have looked for a link between vaccines and autism — none has found one.
“We haven’t ruled it out” is a logic loop; by that logic we also haven’t ruled out peanut butter, bedtime stories, or blue socks.
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Yeah right. An accident?
So they just took the dog's word for it?
So they just took the dog's word for it?
November 17, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Yeah right. An accident?
So they just took the dog's word for it?
So they just took the dog's word for it?
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The Vatican returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada, a historic restitution that is part of the Catholic Church's reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture. n.pr/43T2xmD
Pope Leo returns 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada
The Vatican returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada, a historic restitution that is part of the Catholic Church's reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture.
n.pr
November 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The Vatican returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada, a historic restitution that is part of the Catholic Church's reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture. n.pr/43T2xmD
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Mildred Dresselhaus | Renowned physicist known as the "Queen of Carbon." Key figure in nanotechnology. First woman Institute Professor at MIT, and champion for #WomenInSTEM. Recipient, Presidential Medal of Freedom, 2014. She was born #OTD in 1930.
physics.mit.edu/faculty/mild...
physics.mit.edu/faculty/mild...
November 12, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Mildred Dresselhaus | Renowned physicist known as the "Queen of Carbon." Key figure in nanotechnology. First woman Institute Professor at MIT, and champion for #WomenInSTEM. Recipient, Presidential Medal of Freedom, 2014. She was born #OTD in 1930.
physics.mit.edu/faculty/mild...
physics.mit.edu/faculty/mild...
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Support Penzeys
November 8, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Support Penzeys
SOo true!
Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
www.science.org
November 8, 2025 at 12:46 AM
SOo true!
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Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
www.science.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
George is in a roll!
The jurors did not swallow the government's case
They had no appetite to convict
The government tried to get them to bite, but couldn't
So the jurors spit out an acquittal
They had no appetite to convict
The government tried to get them to bite, but couldn't
So the jurors spit out an acquittal
November 7, 2025 at 12:11 PM
George is in a roll!
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"Beyond being the 24th consecutive grant of emergency relief to the Trump administration, the cryptic ruling in Orr is a reminder of just how bankrupt the Court’s proffered justifications are in these cases—both legally and in other ways, too."
Me on today's ugly #SCOTUS ruling in Trump v. Orr:
Me on today's ugly #SCOTUS ruling in Trump v. Orr:
189. The Breezy Inequity of Trump v. Orr
The Supreme Court's latest grant of emergency relief to the Trump administration illustrates in technicolor the direct (and ugly) consequences of the two different ways it keeps messing up "equity."
www.stevevladeck.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:28 AM
"Beyond being the 24th consecutive grant of emergency relief to the Trump administration, the cryptic ruling in Orr is a reminder of just how bankrupt the Court’s proffered justifications are in these cases—both legally and in other ways, too."
Me on today's ugly #SCOTUS ruling in Trump v. Orr:
Me on today's ugly #SCOTUS ruling in Trump v. Orr:
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Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
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School lunches get a bad rap, but they're healthier than the average packed lunch. And making them free for all amplifies academic and health benefits for low-income kids by removing stigma/shame.
So I'm glad Colorado voted to raise taxes on high-income households to make school meals free for all.
So I'm glad Colorado voted to raise taxes on high-income households to make school meals free for all.
November 6, 2025 at 11:30 AM
School lunches get a bad rap, but they're healthier than the average packed lunch. And making them free for all amplifies academic and health benefits for low-income kids by removing stigma/shame.
So I'm glad Colorado voted to raise taxes on high-income households to make school meals free for all.
So I'm glad Colorado voted to raise taxes on high-income households to make school meals free for all.
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This NYT story about how Mamdani dealt with the opposition by the city's elites fails to mention one particular elite institution: The NYT editorial page, which last June railed against him as "uniquely unsuited to the city’s challenges... lacks political savvy"
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n...
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www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n...
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How Zohran Mamdani Beat Back New York’s Elite and Was Elected Mayor
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:16 PM
This NYT story about how Mamdani dealt with the opposition by the city's elites fails to mention one particular elite institution: The NYT editorial page, which last June railed against him as "uniquely unsuited to the city’s challenges... lacks political savvy"
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n...
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www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n...
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That's how you talk about immigration as a progressive politician. None of the "we need to listen to legimate concerns" nonsense.
Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
November 5, 2025 at 7:42 AM
That's how you talk about immigration as a progressive politician. None of the "we need to listen to legimate concerns" nonsense.
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WHY IS IT ALREADY DARK
I know I complained about this yesterday, but it hasn't gotten better and I just find that rude
I know I complained about this yesterday, but it hasn't gotten better and I just find that rude
November 3, 2025 at 10:10 PM
WHY IS IT ALREADY DARK
I know I complained about this yesterday, but it hasn't gotten better and I just find that rude
I know I complained about this yesterday, but it hasn't gotten better and I just find that rude
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The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
November 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
Since "lab leak" conspiracy is still a "thing" in some circles ( of Dante's inferno?) this news might distrub them ( though they're not really known to be bothered by facts). For the rest of us, some with limited backgrounds in biology, this is interesting and welcome news.
“Furin cleavage site”, that is. Just casually, and naturally, sitting there in one of the most evolutionarily active parts of the genome.
Mystery solved.
Mystery solved.
CIDRAP: New coronavirus subspecies with SARS-CoV-2–like mutation discovered in Brazilian bat
by Mary Van Beusekom
@cidrap.bsky.social
bit.ly/4hHRfam
by Mary Van Beusekom
@cidrap.bsky.social
bit.ly/4hHRfam
November 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Since "lab leak" conspiracy is still a "thing" in some circles ( of Dante's inferno?) this news might distrub them ( though they're not really known to be bothered by facts). For the rest of us, some with limited backgrounds in biology, this is interesting and welcome news.
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I would love to see a breakdown of how much it costs to increase police patrols in grocery stores versus how much it would cost to compensate stores to give SNAP recipients free food while benefits are suspended
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
www.foxla.com
November 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I would love to see a breakdown of how much it costs to increase police patrols in grocery stores versus how much it would cost to compensate stores to give SNAP recipients free food while benefits are suspended
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Reuters: U.S. JUDGE PERMANENTLY BLOCKS EXECUTIVE ORDER REQUIRING VOTERS TO SUBMIT PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP - COURT RULING
October 31, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Reuters: U.S. JUDGE PERMANENTLY BLOCKS EXECUTIVE ORDER REQUIRING VOTERS TO SUBMIT PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP - COURT RULING
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Saw a similar collection at Whole Foods yesterday. Looked like an outbreak of smallpox!
October 31, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Saw a similar collection at Whole Foods yesterday. Looked like an outbreak of smallpox!
Never forget!
I do not forgive. Nor forget. and if anything radicalized me on topics like free software and digital rights, then it is this story. Kid just wanted taxpayer funded researchpapers to be free and publicly available.
October 29, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Never forget!
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POV you’re still not married and your grandparents just found the nicest boy with a good job they want you to meet
October 29, 2025 at 2:36 AM
POV you’re still not married and your grandparents just found the nicest boy with a good job they want you to meet