Lucibee
@lucibee.bsky.social
Science defender and eco-worrier.
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hi, can you do me a favor?
take a picture of your pet and then take a picture again while you sing to them
thank you, this is for science
here is my contribution
take a picture of your pet and then take a picture again while you sing to them
thank you, this is for science
here is my contribution
November 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
hi, can you do me a favor?
take a picture of your pet and then take a picture again while you sing to them
thank you, this is for science
here is my contribution
take a picture of your pet and then take a picture again while you sing to them
thank you, this is for science
here is my contribution
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At 22 US sites, a trial with 328 adults tested 3 remote therapies for cognitive long COVID.
None outperformed computer games on self-reported cognition.
All groups improved slightly over time, suggesting a placebo or natural recovery effect.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
None outperformed computer games on self-reported cognition.
All groups improved slightly over time, suggesting a placebo or natural recovery effect.
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 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
At 22 US sites, a trial with 328 adults tested 3 remote therapies for cognitive long COVID.
None outperformed computer games on self-reported cognition.
All groups improved slightly over time, suggesting a placebo or natural recovery effect.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
None outperformed computer games on self-reported cognition.
All groups improved slightly over time, suggesting a placebo or natural recovery effect.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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well that's a useful chart
AI could end scarcity, end humanity - or boost trend growth by 0.2 percentage points
November 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
well that's a useful chart
Hmmm... Done a bit of searching to find the source, but I think this might be one for @hoaxeye.bsky.social
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"Sweden just changed the way they salt winter roads, and it's saving thousands of birds every single year. When engineers discovered that traditional rock salt was poisoning wildlife during the harshest months, they did something incredible."
via Daniel Peliculas
ifeg.info/2025/11/10/s...
via Daniel Peliculas
ifeg.info/2025/11/10/s...
November 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Hmmm... Done a bit of searching to find the source, but I think this might be one for @hoaxeye.bsky.social
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A 2020 Covid sign that still cracks me up
![LET'S JOIN HANDS TOGETHER To "INFECTION FREE" MAKE OUR HOSPITAL "INFECTION FREE" [pic of like 10 people putting their hands all in]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dbzmdmsaz6lkhb4tv3culzme/bafkreiete43oqfgux7z42b3oi72sbm4g3hvvmdoltiokrak2vof7xn2hdm@jpeg)
November 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM
A 2020 Covid sign that still cracks me up
It arrived just now! Love how they’ve classified it as “science fiction” 🤣
November 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
It arrived just now! Love how they’ve classified it as “science fiction” 🤣
Given the UK obsession with respiratory infections being spread via fomites in hospitals, why oh why oh why are there touch screens everywhere, and nowhere to *easily* wash your hands???
#CleanTheAir 😷
#CleanTheAir 😷
November 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Given the UK obsession with respiratory infections being spread via fomites in hospitals, why oh why oh why are there touch screens everywhere, and nowhere to *easily* wash your hands???
#CleanTheAir 😷
#CleanTheAir 😷
Good to see the issue of hyperventilation and abnormal breathing patterns in ME/CFS being reexamined.
Although whether it is actually a "therapeutic target" or not is quite another matter.
Although whether it is actually a "therapeutic target" or not is quite another matter.
1) A new study by the group of Benjamin Natelson reports abnormal breathing patterns in ME/CFS patients during an exercise test.
42% met the criteria for dysfunctional breathing compared to 16% in controls.
42% met the criteria for dysfunctional breathing compared to 16% in controls.
November 10, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Good to see the issue of hyperventilation and abnormal breathing patterns in ME/CFS being reexamined.
Although whether it is actually a "therapeutic target" or not is quite another matter.
Although whether it is actually a "therapeutic target" or not is quite another matter.
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As of November 5th, it estimated that U.S.A.I.D.’s dismantling has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
#USAID
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
#USAID
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
As of November 5th, it estimated that U.S.A.I.D.’s dismantling has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
#USAID
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
#USAID
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October 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
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People w/ schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or major depression may be at elevated risk of #LongCovid, a large US study found. The research involved 1.6 million patients & found that adults w/ serious mental illness had increased risk of postacute sequelae of SARSCoV2, more commonly called #LongCovid👇
Postacute Sequelae of COVID-19 Among Patients With Serious Mental Illness
This cohort study evaluates the risk of developing postacute sequelae of COVID-19 in patients with schizophrenia, bipolar, or major depressive disorder.
jamanetwork.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
People w/ schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or major depression may be at elevated risk of #LongCovid, a large US study found. The research involved 1.6 million patients & found that adults w/ serious mental illness had increased risk of postacute sequelae of SARSCoV2, more commonly called #LongCovid👇
*Sir* Alan Bates: I’ve finally got a payout and I’m splashing out on a shed
[note the absence of quotes for that Times headline 🙄]
#PostOfficeScandal #HorizonScandal
archive.ph/byIAa
[note the absence of quotes for that Times headline 🙄]
#PostOfficeScandal #HorizonScandal
archive.ph/byIAa
archive.ph
November 8, 2025 at 11:13 PM
*Sir* Alan Bates: I’ve finally got a payout and I’m splashing out on a shed
[note the absence of quotes for that Times headline 🙄]
#PostOfficeScandal #HorizonScandal
archive.ph/byIAa
[note the absence of quotes for that Times headline 🙄]
#PostOfficeScandal #HorizonScandal
archive.ph/byIAa
Well I did say my glass is nearly empty (not just half empty).
It was today. I made it (4 hour round trip). I nearly chickened out. But I persisted...
And prevailed! The lovely consultant Mr B was pretty much writing out the prescription as I walked though the door.
Oh the relief!
It was today. I made it (4 hour round trip). I nearly chickened out. But I persisted...
And prevailed! The lovely consultant Mr B was pretty much writing out the prescription as I walked though the door.
Oh the relief!
This is next on my list for things to try.
I'm currently on a waiting list (for over a year now).
What's the betting I get to the top of it and am told, "Nah, we don't do that"?
Meanwhile, motivation, confidence is rock bottom.
I'm constantly amazed at how much I don't do every day.
I'm currently on a waiting list (for over a year now).
What's the betting I get to the top of it and am told, "Nah, we don't do that"?
Meanwhile, motivation, confidence is rock bottom.
I'm constantly amazed at how much I don't do every day.
November 8, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Well I did say my glass is nearly empty (not just half empty).
It was today. I made it (4 hour round trip). I nearly chickened out. But I persisted...
And prevailed! The lovely consultant Mr B was pretty much writing out the prescription as I walked though the door.
Oh the relief!
It was today. I made it (4 hour round trip). I nearly chickened out. But I persisted...
And prevailed! The lovely consultant Mr B was pretty much writing out the prescription as I walked though the door.
Oh the relief!
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Your 'bonus moment of doom' for today:
"If, as now seems likely, crucial Earth systems cross tipping points and suddenly collapse, the effects on human life, let alone the survival of other life forms, would destroy the smooth and steady progress he foresees."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"If, as now seems likely, crucial Earth systems cross tipping points and suddenly collapse, the effects on human life, let alone the survival of other life forms, would destroy the smooth and steady progress he foresees."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he’s a billionaire, so we can’t | George Monbiot
Money talks – and his essay denouncing ‘near-term emissions goals’ at Cop30 mostly argues the case for letting the ultra-rich off the hook
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Your 'bonus moment of doom' for today:
"If, as now seems likely, crucial Earth systems cross tipping points and suddenly collapse, the effects on human life, let alone the survival of other life forms, would destroy the smooth and steady progress he foresees."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"If, as now seems likely, crucial Earth systems cross tipping points and suddenly collapse, the effects on human life, let alone the survival of other life forms, would destroy the smooth and steady progress he foresees."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Starmer says "the consensus is gone".
But wtf does that actually mean?
It just seems like a remarkably stupid thing to say. 🤦
#ClimateChaos #Cop30
But wtf does that actually mean?
It just seems like a remarkably stupid thing to say. 🤦
#ClimateChaos #Cop30
Starmer: 'Consensus is gone' on global push to tackle climate change as Cop30 begins
Sir Keir Starmer and Prince William called for the world to tackle our rapidly warming oceans at the UN's Cop conference in Belém in Brazil.
buff.ly/IPaMH4p
Sir Keir Starmer and Prince William called for the world to tackle our rapidly warming oceans at the UN's Cop conference in Belém in Brazil.
buff.ly/IPaMH4p
buff.ly
November 8, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Starmer says "the consensus is gone".
But wtf does that actually mean?
It just seems like a remarkably stupid thing to say. 🤦
#ClimateChaos #Cop30
But wtf does that actually mean?
It just seems like a remarkably stupid thing to say. 🤦
#ClimateChaos #Cop30
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Horrified but not surprised to learn that the predatory pseudoscience known as the Lightning Process is alive and well in Canada, and being targeted at (the bank accounts of) people with Long Covid who are desperate to return to their old lives.
simonspichak.beehiiv.com/p/cbc-flagsh...
simonspichak.beehiiv.com/p/cbc-flagsh...
CBC’s Flagship Program Platforms “Quackery” for Long COVID
CBC's national broadcast aired an interview with Gill Deacon about her Long COVID recovery. Deacon used an unproven program called the Lightning Process that's been criticized for exploiting patients ...
simonspichak.beehiiv.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Horrified but not surprised to learn that the predatory pseudoscience known as the Lightning Process is alive and well in Canada, and being targeted at (the bank accounts of) people with Long Covid who are desperate to return to their old lives.
simonspichak.beehiiv.com/p/cbc-flagsh...
simonspichak.beehiiv.com/p/cbc-flagsh...
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James Watson has died. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
James Watson, Co-Discoverer of the Structure of DNA, Is Dead at 97
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
James Watson has died. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
New paper in Cell on immune and sex-hormone dysfunction asks whether HRT may need to be a treatment consideration in females with Long Covid ME.
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Integrated immune, hormonal, and transcriptomic profiling reveals sex-specific dysregulation in long COVID patients with ME/CFS
Shahbaz et al. find that female long COVID patients with ME/CFS exhibit heightened
inflammation, altered hematopoiesis, disrupted hormone levels, and neuroinflammatory
gene signatures. In parallel, ou...
www.cell.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
New paper in Cell on immune and sex-hormone dysfunction asks whether HRT may need to be a treatment consideration in females with Long Covid ME.
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
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Going down a rabbit hole of mistaken prison releases. They've definitely got up recently, but between 40 and 115 offenders were incorrectly released *every year* from 2011 to 2024 (so over 800 while the Tories were in government).
It just doesn't normally make the news
news.sky.com/story/how-ma...
It just doesn't normally make the news
news.sky.com/story/how-ma...
How many prisoners are released by mistake?
Politicians and the public have reacted with fury after it emerged a second and third prisoner had been released in error from HMP Wandsworth - but it's not as rare as some might think.
news.sky.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Going down a rabbit hole of mistaken prison releases. They've definitely got up recently, but between 40 and 115 offenders were incorrectly released *every year* from 2011 to 2024 (so over 800 while the Tories were in government).
It just doesn't normally make the news
news.sky.com/story/how-ma...
It just doesn't normally make the news
news.sky.com/story/how-ma...
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Call me controversial, but technology that leads vulnerable people into crisis and even holds their hand as they die by suicide should not be endorsed by schools and universities, we should not be giving discounted subscriptions to this monstrous tech to young people AT ALL
The boyfriend of a friend of my son's has spent several weeks in a psych ward due to Chat GPT induced psychosis. He isn't suicidal but AI encouraged him down a toxic and paranoid wormhole until he became completely delusional. Evil stuff.
1.This is not the only known example we know of ChatGPT cheering on a vulnerable young person to die by suicide, this time it is a recent Texas A&M grad
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Call me controversial, but technology that leads vulnerable people into crisis and even holds their hand as they die by suicide should not be endorsed by schools and universities, we should not be giving discounted subscriptions to this monstrous tech to young people AT ALL
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Three children were killed by lawn darts in the 70’s and they were banned in the US.
ChatGPT has caused how many deaths at this point?
If corporations are people, why aren’t we holding them criminally liable?
ChatGPT has caused how many deaths at this point?
If corporations are people, why aren’t we holding them criminally liable?
November 7, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Three children were killed by lawn darts in the 70’s and they were banned in the US.
ChatGPT has caused how many deaths at this point?
If corporations are people, why aren’t we holding them criminally liable?
ChatGPT has caused how many deaths at this point?
If corporations are people, why aren’t we holding them criminally liable?
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Any suggestions for high background memory use (70-80%)?
I've rebooted a couple of times, done Malwarebytes scan, Task Manager says all the top users are Windows and Dell.
Thanks.
I've rebooted a couple of times, done Malwarebytes scan, Task Manager says all the top users are Windows and Dell.
Thanks.
November 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Any suggestions for high background memory use (70-80%)?
I've rebooted a couple of times, done Malwarebytes scan, Task Manager says all the top users are Windows and Dell.
Thanks.
I've rebooted a couple of times, done Malwarebytes scan, Task Manager says all the top users are Windows and Dell.
Thanks.
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This is a total outrage and has crippled SARS-CoV-2 variant tracking and evolutionary analysis.
Updating a file and giving access to Nextstrain & Cov-Spectrum does not require extensive resources, so the official justification is a lie. There has to be an ulterior motive here.
Updating a file and giving access to Nextstrain & Cov-Spectrum does not require extensive resources, so the official justification is a lie. There has to be an ulterior motive here.
Nextstrain's daily-updated tree of SARS-CoV-2 genomes was my gateway into the world of viral phylogenetics in early 2020, and Nextstrain's beautiful interactive tree display is crucial to making usher.bio results usable. GISAID cutting off data harms global surveillance efforts. 🧵👇
On Oct 1, 2025, GISAID informed us that they had ended updates to the flat file of SARS-CoV-2 genomic sequences and associated metadata that we had used to update Nextstrain analyses since Feb 2020. GISAID's stated rationale was that their "resources are limited". 1/5
November 7, 2025 at 12:18 PM
This is a total outrage and has crippled SARS-CoV-2 variant tracking and evolutionary analysis.
Updating a file and giving access to Nextstrain & Cov-Spectrum does not require extensive resources, so the official justification is a lie. There has to be an ulterior motive here.
Updating a file and giving access to Nextstrain & Cov-Spectrum does not require extensive resources, so the official justification is a lie. There has to be an ulterior motive here.