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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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Oh, now it all suddenly becomes clear.
November 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Oh, now it all suddenly becomes clear.
PSA a little wastewater microbiologist clarified for me that measles is also un-erradicated here, in case you were wondering how Canada has more measles- they just have more testing.
UPDATE: Canada has announced that it has lost its measles elimination status.
This is a direct result of the increase in anti-vax disinformation, which has caused large, sustained outbreaks in the country over the last year.
This is a direct result of the increase in anti-vax disinformation, which has caused large, sustained outbreaks in the country over the last year.
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
PSA a little wastewater microbiologist clarified for me that measles is also un-erradicated here, in case you were wondering how Canada has more measles- they just have more testing.
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The Long-Term Evolution Experiment has returned home. Led by Professors Richard Lenski (@relenski.bsky.social) and Jeffrey Barrick, this groundbreaking work continues to reveal how bacteria evolve in real time. 12 flasks. 1 legacy.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/f6vjyjvr
🔗https://tinyurl.com/f6vjyjvr
November 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The Long-Term Evolution Experiment has returned home. Led by Professors Richard Lenski (@relenski.bsky.social) and Jeffrey Barrick, this groundbreaking work continues to reveal how bacteria evolve in real time. 12 flasks. 1 legacy.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/f6vjyjvr
🔗https://tinyurl.com/f6vjyjvr
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Bluesky, a reintroduction!
I’m an investigative reporter @chicagotribune.com covering big stories. Now focused on immigration. But I’ll take any tips about people being hurt by government, junk science, healthcare, business or anybody else. Reach out gpratt@chicagotribune.com or Signal grp.27
I’m an investigative reporter @chicagotribune.com covering big stories. Now focused on immigration. But I’ll take any tips about people being hurt by government, junk science, healthcare, business or anybody else. Reach out gpratt@chicagotribune.com or Signal grp.27
November 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Bluesky, a reintroduction!
I’m an investigative reporter @chicagotribune.com covering big stories. Now focused on immigration. But I’ll take any tips about people being hurt by government, junk science, healthcare, business or anybody else. Reach out gpratt@chicagotribune.com or Signal grp.27
I’m an investigative reporter @chicagotribune.com covering big stories. Now focused on immigration. But I’ll take any tips about people being hurt by government, junk science, healthcare, business or anybody else. Reach out gpratt@chicagotribune.com or Signal grp.27
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It's a good obit and all, but missing the Epstein connection bit, which kind of buries the lede these days
The definitive obituary of James Watson, written by the late, great Sharon Begley @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
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 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
It's a good obit and all, but missing the Epstein connection bit, which kind of buries the lede these days
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have you seen the video about teaching an octopus to play piano yet
it contains the breadth of human/cephalopod experience
youtu.be/PcWnQ7fYzwI?...
it contains the breadth of human/cephalopod experience
youtu.be/PcWnQ7fYzwI?...
November 9, 2025 at 4:15 AM
have you seen the video about teaching an octopus to play piano yet
it contains the breadth of human/cephalopod experience
youtu.be/PcWnQ7fYzwI?...
it contains the breadth of human/cephalopod experience
youtu.be/PcWnQ7fYzwI?...
We need folk songs about all those rockets space X blows up
November 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
We need folk songs about all those rockets space X blows up
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Ah, so the crew were killed by capital as much as the storm
October 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Ah, so the crew were killed by capital as much as the storm
Fast forward a few years from now:
"Why will the AI always recommend physical therapy for depression??????!"
"Why will the AI always recommend physical therapy for depression??????!"
a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Fast forward a few years from now:
"Why will the AI always recommend physical therapy for depression??????!"
"Why will the AI always recommend physical therapy for depression??????!"
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This is what the band of the Milky Way would look like at night if your eyes could see radio waves. A hidden beauty.
It's a new image created by the Murchison Widefield Array, which scanned the sky in 20 radio "colors" over frequencies from 72 to 231 megahertz. 🧪🔭
www.icrar.org/gleam-x-gala...
It's a new image created by the Murchison Widefield Array, which scanned the sky in 20 radio "colors" over frequencies from 72 to 231 megahertz. 🧪🔭
www.icrar.org/gleam-x-gala...
November 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
This is what the band of the Milky Way would look like at night if your eyes could see radio waves. A hidden beauty.
It's a new image created by the Murchison Widefield Array, which scanned the sky in 20 radio "colors" over frequencies from 72 to 231 megahertz. 🧪🔭
www.icrar.org/gleam-x-gala...
It's a new image created by the Murchison Widefield Array, which scanned the sky in 20 radio "colors" over frequencies from 72 to 231 megahertz. 🧪🔭
www.icrar.org/gleam-x-gala...
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Very well done story on 60 Minutes about the harms of grant terminations and freezes at Harvard with Joan Brugge, Don Engbar, David Liu, and a very compelling young cancer patient, now cured with Liu's technology.
Transcript and video here
www.cbsnews.com/news/researc...
Transcript and video here
www.cbsnews.com/news/researc...
Battle between Trump and universities hurting scientific research in need of federal funding
Federal research funding to universities has fueled breakthroughs for years. The White House is pressuring universities to align with the president's political agenda, or risk losing their funding.
www.cbsnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Very well done story on 60 Minutes about the harms of grant terminations and freezes at Harvard with Joan Brugge, Don Engbar, David Liu, and a very compelling young cancer patient, now cured with Liu's technology.
Transcript and video here
www.cbsnews.com/news/researc...
Transcript and video here
www.cbsnews.com/news/researc...
Covid made Republicans so much money they wanted to figure out a way to manufacture just as much chaos.
just throw on “clawing back Food Stamp money” on top of that for one of the biggest and most preventable post-war societal shocks the country has seen
FEDWATCH: “.. The chaos is escalating, with 3,800 flight cancellations since Thursday, and some states reporting a 40- to 60% increase in visits to food banks. Some of the disruption is evident in private sector weekly economic indicators .. and even the price of electricity.”
November 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Covid made Republicans so much money they wanted to figure out a way to manufacture just as much chaos.
You can share it with the fake news clarification though. Cause its funny
This is a parody account. This is not a real quote.
Stop sharing it.
And if you say, "well, it's ok because it might as well be real," I will block you.
Stop sharing it.
And if you say, "well, it's ok because it might as well be real," I will block you.
November 9, 2025 at 6:43 PM
You can share it with the fake news clarification though. Cause its funny
Hot take: alpha fold was not a breakthrough in structural bio OR computation. It was a breakthrough in gameifying biology- in carefullt defining a particular (narrow but useful) definition of succes
"Some participants have already found a way to hack the score, exposing fundamental flaws in how bio-foundation models are evaluated."
𝐄𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝. 𝐈𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬.
1/2
𝐄𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝. 𝐈𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬.
1/2
November 9, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Hot take: alpha fold was not a breakthrough in structural bio OR computation. It was a breakthrough in gameifying biology- in carefullt defining a particular (narrow but useful) definition of succes
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“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
this has been a good few weeks to reassure yourself you will outlive a lot of the b*stards.
Not saying certain billionaires closer to my age couldn't take more high risk Titanic visits. But progress and funerals march on!
Not saying certain billionaires closer to my age couldn't take more high risk Titanic visits. But progress and funerals march on!
November 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
this has been a good few weeks to reassure yourself you will outlive a lot of the b*stards.
Not saying certain billionaires closer to my age couldn't take more high risk Titanic visits. But progress and funerals march on!
Not saying certain billionaires closer to my age couldn't take more high risk Titanic visits. But progress and funerals march on!
I mean, somebody should tell him he promised people a public option and see how it goes
November 8, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I mean, somebody should tell him he promised people a public option and see how it goes
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The most corrupt administration in American history.
November 7, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The most corrupt administration in American history.
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Our pediatrician does something I love: They’ll give parents flu shots at the same appointment as the kids. It’s so convenient and I’m sure helps with uptake. Plus you can get a rad bandaid with skateboarding dinosaurs.
November 6, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Our pediatrician does something I love: They’ll give parents flu shots at the same appointment as the kids. It’s so convenient and I’m sure helps with uptake. Plus you can get a rad bandaid with skateboarding dinosaurs.
TFW you read a seminar title and get excited about smushed nuclei and then realize it's not HI-C but atomic
a drawing of a cat in the rain with a black background
ALT: a drawing of a cat in the rain with a black background
media.tenor.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:35 PM
TFW you read a seminar title and get excited about smushed nuclei and then realize it's not HI-C but atomic
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it is necessary to invent Hell so that Elon Musk can be sent there
The man who ended USAID is the world's first trillionaire
November 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
it is necessary to invent Hell so that Elon Musk can be sent there
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"the Perl of bioinformatics formats" 🤣🤣
VCF, like SAM, is a properly specified format; the INFO fields are intended to be liberal and it’s unclear how a sensible format is to blame for a lot of crappy parsers
This isn’t BED or bigwig or god forbid GTF, the Perl of bioinformatics formats
This isn’t BED or bigwig or god forbid GTF, the Perl of bioinformatics formats
November 7, 2025 at 12:40 AM
"the Perl of bioinformatics formats" 🤣🤣