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Zane Mitrevica
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Neuroscience PhD (UCL) | Data Analyst @ RSU | Climatematch volunteer
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erosalie.infoepi.com
Imagine, if you will, that NASA updated its website to suggest gravity might not exist, prompting CalTech and CERN to release statements saying, "With great sadness, we can no longer recommend listening to NASA."

This is what's happening in epidemiology.
November 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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brianckeegan.com
Training data rules everything around me
November 22, 2025 at 4:41 AM
zanemit.bsky.social
Mans #108: brūnie griķi. Bez tiem klātos sūri gan ikdienā, gan ceļojot. Brūno griķu pagatavošana ūdenī bez vārīšanas ir mans iecienītākais life hack.

Valstis, kuru veikalu plaukti aprobežojas ar zaļajiem griķiem, don't know what they're missing.
satorilv.bsky.social Satori.lv @satorilv.bsky.social · 4d
33. Ar dzeju viss ir kārtībā. Tiešām.
34. "Google" tulkuotuojs saprūt ari latgalīšu volūdu.
35. Pagājušajā gadā dzemdībās mirusi nav neviena māte.

Sveicam valsts svētkos, publicējot sarakstu ar 107 lietām, kas mūs Latvijā nomierina. Aicinām dalīties arī ar savām.
107 lietas, kas Latvijā liek justies mierīgāk
Viss nāk un aiziet tālumā.
satori.lv
November 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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dannykay68.bsky.social
EXCELLENT graphic on the drain of scientific publishing! zenodo.org/records/1759...
November 15, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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guntasloga.bsky.social
Vispirms sagrābs medijus, pēc tam – demokrātiju.

www.lsm.lv/raksts/arpus...
Gunta Sloga: Vispirms sagrābs medijus, pēc tam – demokrātiju
Valsts svētku nedēļa Baltijas Mediju izcilības centrā (BMIC) ir īpaša, jo esam dibināti tieši Lāčplēša dienā. Šogad mēs atzīmējam savu desmitgadi un varam lepoties, ka ar savām mediju attīstības, medi...
www.lsm.lv
November 14, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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charlescmann.bsky.social
Shameless plug:

For a year, I've been working on a series about the vast systems that underlie life in most of the world. Built up over generations, these systems are the cathedrals of our time--but all too few of us know anything about them, and they're all at risk of failing. Here's the latest:
Two Hundred Years to Flatten the Curve
How generations of meddlesome public health campaigns changed everyday life — and made life twice as long as it used to be
www.thenewatlantis.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Reposted by Zane Mitrevica
hansonmark.bsky.social
We wrote the Strain on scientific publishing to highlight the problems of time & trust. With a fantastic group of co-authors, we present The Drain of Scientific Publishing:

a 🧵 1/n

Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Strain: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
Oligopoly: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
A table showing profit margins of major publishers. A snippet of text related to this table is below. 1. The four-fold drain 1.1 Money Currently, academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it. The dominant four are Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley and Taylor & Francis, which collectively generated over US$7.1 billion in revenue from journal publishing in 2024 alone, and over US$12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024 (Table 1A). Their profit margins have always been over 30% in the last five years, and for the largest publisher (Elsevier) always over 37%. Against many comparators, across many sectors, scientific publishing is one of the most consistently profitable industries (Table S1). These financial arrangements make a substantial difference to science budgets. In 2024, 46% of Elsevier revenues and 53% of Taylor & Francis revenues were generated in North America, meaning that North American researchers were charged over US$2.27 billion by just two for-profit publishers. The Canadian research councils and the US National Science Foundation were allocated US$9.3 billion in that year. A figure detailing the drain on researcher time. 1. The four-fold drain 1.2 Time The number of papers published each year is growing faster than the scientific workforce, with the number of papers per researcher almost doubling between 1996 and 2022 (Figure 1A). This reflects the fact that publishers’ commercial desire to publish (sell) more material has aligned well with the competitive prestige culture in which publications help secure jobs, grants, promotions, and awards. To the extent that this growth is driven by a pressure for profit, rather than scholarly imperatives, it distorts the way researchers spend their time. The publishing system depends on unpaid reviewer labour, estimated to be over 130 million unpaid hours annually in 2020 alone (9). Researchers have complained about the demands of peer-review for decades, but the scale of the problem is now worse, with editors reporting widespread difficulties recruiting reviewers. The growth in publications involves not only the authors’ time, but that of academic editors and reviewers who are dealing with so many review demands. Even more seriously, the imperative to produce ever more articles reshapes the nature of scientific inquiry. Evidence across multiple fields shows that more papers result in ‘ossification’, not new ideas (10). It may seem paradoxical that more papers can slow progress until one considers how it affects researchers’ time. While rewards remain tied to volume, prestige, and impact of publications, researchers will be nudged away from riskier, local, interdisciplinary, and long-term work. The result is a treadmill of constant activity with limited progress whereas core scholarly practices – such as reading, reflecting and engaging with others’ contributions – is de-prioritized. What looks like productivity often masks intellectual exhaustion built on a demoralizing, narrowing scientific vision. A table of profit margins across industries. The section of text related to this table is below: 1. The four-fold drain 1.1 Money Currently, academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it. The dominant four are Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley and Taylor & Francis, which collectively generated over US$7.1 billion in revenue from journal publishing in 2024 alone, and over US$12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024 (Table 1A). Their profit margins have always been over 30% in the last five years, and for the largest publisher (Elsevier) always over 37%. Against many comparators, across many sectors, scientific publishing is one of the most consistently profitable industries (Table S1). These financial arrangements make a substantial difference to science budgets. In 2024, 46% of Elsevier revenues and 53% of Taylor & Francis revenues were generated in North America, meaning that North American researchers were charged over US$2.27 billion by just two for-profit publishers. The Canadian research councils and the US National Science Foundation were allocated US$9.3 billion in that year. The costs of inaction are plain: wasted public funds, lost researcher time, compromised scientific integrity and eroded public trust. Today, the system rewards commercial publishers first, and science second. Without bold action from the funders we risk continuing to pour resources into a system that prioritizes profit over the advancement of scientific knowledge.
November 11, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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lienera.bsky.social
aicinu atbalstīt aicinājumu Saeimai izstradāt Manabalss.lv līdzfinansēšanas mehānismu no valsts budžeta līdzekļiem

manabalss.lv/i/3815
Par ManaBalss.lv turpmāku pastāvēšanu | ManaBalss.lv - līdzdalības platforma
manabalss.lv
November 11, 2025 at 8:04 AM
zanemit.bsky.social
Mani pārsteidza AS regulārās atsauces uz "lielo konservatīvo mandātu", jo pirms 2022.gada vēlēšanām biju viņus uztvērusi kā drīzāk centrisku spēku.

Biju kļūdījusies. Vērtējot tā laika Partiju šķirotavas atbildes, AS nudien nonāk vienā bariņā ar NA un ZZS.

👉 zanemit.github.io/party-plotti...

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A 3D projection of Latvian political parties' responses to pre-election questions
November 10, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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runewberg.bsky.social
New preprint:

Neural manifolds that orchestrate walking and stopping

Here we develop a new theory for neural generation of walking and how it can stop- Next we test the theory using Neuropixels probes in the lumber spinal cord of freely moving rats. See more:

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 9, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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unabergmane.bsky.social
According to the police, around 10,000 people took to the streets of Riga tonight to protest against the (so far unsuccessful) attempts to withdraw Latvia from the Istanbul Convention.
November 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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aikazoks.bsky.social
Te vietā atgādināt jau hrestomatizējušos amerikāņu rakstnieka Sinklēra Lūisa(Sinclair Lewis) citātu: "Kad fašisms ienāks Amerikā, tas būs ietīts karogā un nesīs krustu." To der pielāgot arī LV norisēm. Un tieši par to arī būs šodienas protests - pret neofašistiskām pazīmēm varas izpausmēs.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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rebaltica.bsky.social
💡Platforma www.manabalss.lv parakstus reģistrē pēc personas koda, tāpēc viens cilvēks nevar parakstīties vairākas reizes – arī tad, ja izmanto vairākas internetbankas un pārlūkprogrammas.

👉🏻 Skaidrojam: rebaltica.lv/2025/11/par-...
November 4, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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kasparszellis.bsky.social
Ļoti precīzi.
Kultūras akadēmijas rektors: Deputāti rāda piemēru, kā ar trulu politisku aprēķinu izrīkoties ar sabiedrību un valsti tā, kā viņiem ienāk prātā
"Šobrīd mums ir unikāla iespēja pieredzēt to, kā cilvēki, kuriem mēs esam deleģējuši politisko varu, izvēlās rādīt piemēru, kā būt bez kultūras, bez domāšanas, bez idejām, tikai ar aukstu, trulu polit...
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November 4, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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unabergmane.bsky.social
After receiving a petition signed by more than 62,000 citizens President Edgars Rinkēvičs has exercised his constitutional right to return the law on Latvia’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention to the Parliament for reconsideration.
Big protests in support of Convention planned on Nov 6.
November 3, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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elinareitere.bsky.social
Viens no Austrijas lielajiem laikrakstiem par Latvijas soli izstāties no SK: "Nekādu Eiropas Savienībai raksturīgo brieduma pazīmju."
julyarabinowich.bsky.social Julya Rabinowich @julyarabinowich.bsky.social · 20d
einserkastl! Lettland,EU&Nato-Mitglied, möchte aus Istanbul-Konvention aussteigen.Gewalt gegen Frauen, ja schlimm.Aber traditionelle Familienwerte!Die werden durch dieses Abkommen gefährdet, untergraben! Eigentlich nur, wenn man einen Talibanstaat errichten möchte. www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
Traditionelle Familienwerte
Lettland möchte aus der Istanbul-Konvention, die Gewalt gegen Frauen als Menschenrechtsverletzung einstuft, aussteigen. EU-Reife sucht man da vergeblich
www.derstandard.at
November 3, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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zarinstoms.bsky.social
"Pasaule, kurā arī citas valstis izstājas no konvencijām un organizācijām, līdzko dalība tajās šķiet apgrūtinoša, ir pasaule, kurā Latvija nevar izdzīvot." satori.lv/article/spek...
Artis Svece | Spēka vājums
Uzbrukumi jēdzienam "sociālais dzimums" šķiet absurdi tikai tad, ja burtiski uztveram to, ko Stambulas konvencijas kritiķi saka. Tomēr viņu teikto nevajag uztvert burtiski, jo patiesībā viņi neuzbrūk ...
satori.lv
November 3, 2025 at 8:05 AM
zanemit.bsky.social
Monologs par to, ka "sabiedrība" (=AS deputāti) tagad pirmo reizi lasa SK...

Šo apliecinājumu, ka AS ciniski pārstāv savas, nevis valsts intereses, ir jāatceras vēlēšanās, tomēr šobrīd mūsu interesēs, šķiet, nav viņus kaunināt. Lai vairāk šādu pārbēdzēju! Lai otrreizējai caurlūkošanai būtu jēga!
November 3, 2025 at 8:48 AM
zanemit.bsky.social
For a country of just 1.86m people, this is huge.

And the number of signatures keeps growing, having now exceeded 54,000.
unabergmane.bsky.social Una Bergmane @unabergmane.bsky.social · 20d
More than 50,000 people have signed the petition urging President Rinkēvičs @edgarsrinkevics.bsky.social not to sign the law on Latvia's withdrawal from Istanbul Convention. It seems our populists politicians have completely misunderstood the society they claim to represent and try to manipulate
November 3, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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lienera.bsky.social
vērtīga antropoloģes un psihiatra saruna, populārzinātniski izskaidrots dzimuma koncepts, ko veido vairāki slāņi un kas izpaužas kā spektrs, kuru prezentējam caur sociālo dzimumu.

par hromosomām, primārām un sekundārām dzimumpazīmēm, hormoniem, smadzenēm, disforiju.
no 6min
youtu.be/sMOzUecQTJ8?...
Podkāsts "K punkts" |S1E3| Ņikita Bezborodovs "Bērnu un jauniešu dzimtes identitāte un seksualitāte"
YouTube video by Skalak RSU
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November 1, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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vaivarei.bsky.social
The next protest to defend human rights, freedom and democracy will take place on November 6 in Dome square. People from regions plan to come, many professionals who stayed at home on Wednesday are ready to voice their concerns. We will not let democracy of Latvia die in silence. #latvia #protest
November 1, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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terezahendl.bsky.social
“Historically, anti-Istanbul Convention disinformation has been one of the tools in Russia’s propaganda arsenal”

Gender studies scholars & social justice advocates across Europe’s East have been raising alarms about the synergies of anti-gender, fascist and imperial mobilisation for a long time now
October 31, 2025 at 2:53 PM
zanemit.bsky.social
"Mums jādara viss, kas ir mūsu spēkos, lai aizstāvētu pašus neaizsargātākos. [..]Mums, globālajai sabiedrībai, ir pienākums aizsargāt sieviešu un meiteņu tiesības." tinyurl.com/2t4we425

Ceru, ka šie ANO delegātiem veltītie vārdi ietilps "valstiskajos apsvērumos". Ir pagājušas 5 nedēļas.
Valsts prezidenta Edgara Rinkēviča uzruna ANO Ģenerālās asamblejas 80. sesijā
24. septembrī Apvienoto Nāciju Organizācijas (ANO) galvenajā mītnē Ņujorkā, Amerikas Savienotajās Valstīs (ASV) Valsts prezidents Edgars Rinkēvičs ar uzrunu…
www.president.lv
October 31, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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mhirss.bsky.social
Sauklis "ideoloģisks jautājums" nav brīvbiļete konservatīvajiem izmest ārā loģiku, pierādījumus un ticēt jebkurai muļķībai.

Jebkurai ļaunai, cietsirdīgai muļķībai.
Mārtiņš Hiršs: PSRS konservatīvo galvās*
Mums nav modernu, rietumniecisku konservatīvo partiju. Sauklis "ideoloģisks jautājums" nav brīvbiļete konservatīvajiem izmest ārā loģiku, pierādījumus un ticēt jebkurai muļķībai.
www.delfi.lv
October 31, 2025 at 12:45 PM