Aspiring Somnambulist
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Retired Health, Engineering and Well-Building Consultant. Waterborne Pathogens, Disaster/Conflict Epidemiology
Retired Health, Engineering and Well-Building Consultant. Waterborne Pathogens, Disaster/Conflict Epidemiology
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Scientists now believe that the human brain--a magic goo for worrying--can also be used to do other things
December 8, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Scientists now believe that the human brain--a magic goo for worrying--can also be used to do other things
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Deaths from heart disease down 75%, that’s NIH.
Deaths from stroke down 75%, that’s NIH.
HIV/AIDS no longer a death sentence, that’s NIH.
99% of FDA approved drugs in the last decade, that’s NIH.
Please show this video to anyone who doesn’t understand why the NIH is so important.
Deaths from stroke down 75%, that’s NIH.
HIV/AIDS no longer a death sentence, that’s NIH.
99% of FDA approved drugs in the last decade, that’s NIH.
Please show this video to anyone who doesn’t understand why the NIH is so important.
April 28, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Deaths from heart disease down 75%, that’s NIH.
Deaths from stroke down 75%, that’s NIH.
HIV/AIDS no longer a death sentence, that’s NIH.
99% of FDA approved drugs in the last decade, that’s NIH.
Please show this video to anyone who doesn’t understand why the NIH is so important.
Deaths from stroke down 75%, that’s NIH.
HIV/AIDS no longer a death sentence, that’s NIH.
99% of FDA approved drugs in the last decade, that’s NIH.
Please show this video to anyone who doesn’t understand why the NIH is so important.
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What, and I repeat, the fuck?
I trust any source Jeremy trusts and will be taking his advice tonight.
I trust any source Jeremy trusts and will be taking his advice tonight.
ATTENTION: NSF GRANT RECIPIENTS
We received a heads up from a trusted source that you should proactively download/print/screen shot any documentation on research.gov pertaining to your NSF awards, both those that are current and any that have closed in the last 5-6 years.
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We received a heads up from a trusted source that you should proactively download/print/screen shot any documentation on research.gov pertaining to your NSF awards, both those that are current and any that have closed in the last 5-6 years.
1/n
a cartoon of a man holding a frying pan and a spoon with red alert written above him
ALT: a cartoon of a man holding a frying pan and a spoon with red alert written above him
media.tenor.com
April 25, 2025 at 12:46 AM
What, and I repeat, the fuck?
I trust any source Jeremy trusts and will be taking his advice tonight.
I trust any source Jeremy trusts and will be taking his advice tonight.
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April 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Q: Did you personally approve the over $11B in cuts to local and state programs?
RFK Jr.: I'm not familiar with those cuts, they were mainly DEI.
Q: Did you know that $750K of a grant studying adolescent diabetes was cut?
RFK Jr.: I didn't know that
RFK Jr.: I'm not familiar with those cuts, they were mainly DEI.
Q: Did you know that $750K of a grant studying adolescent diabetes was cut?
RFK Jr.: I didn't know that
April 9, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Q: Did you personally approve the over $11B in cuts to local and state programs?
RFK Jr.: I'm not familiar with those cuts, they were mainly DEI.
Q: Did you know that $750K of a grant studying adolescent diabetes was cut?
RFK Jr.: I didn't know that
RFK Jr.: I'm not familiar with those cuts, they were mainly DEI.
Q: Did you know that $750K of a grant studying adolescent diabetes was cut?
RFK Jr.: I didn't know that
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I wrote about the modern intellectual poison of “knowningness,” in which people who don’t know something are a) convinced they do know; and b) are utterly incurious about seeking information that may correct their view. www.forkingpaths.co/p/knowingnes...
"Knowingness" and the Politics of Ignorance
Much ink has been spilled about "polarization." Most of it ignores a major cause: the widespread, misplaced faith that we already know that which we do not know.
www.forkingpaths.co
March 12, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I wrote about the modern intellectual poison of “knowningness,” in which people who don’t know something are a) convinced they do know; and b) are utterly incurious about seeking information that may correct their view. www.forkingpaths.co/p/knowingnes...
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About fifty years ago, NASA strapped a message in a bottle to a rocket and flung it into the deep dark
It wasn’t supposed to go this far, but it did. Long past its mission, it’s still out there so far away now that a simple hello takes a day to reach it, and another day to hear if it says hello back
It wasn’t supposed to go this far, but it did. Long past its mission, it’s still out there so far away now that a simple hello takes a day to reach it, and another day to hear if it says hello back
March 12, 2025 at 5:04 AM
About fifty years ago, NASA strapped a message in a bottle to a rocket and flung it into the deep dark
It wasn’t supposed to go this far, but it did. Long past its mission, it’s still out there so far away now that a simple hello takes a day to reach it, and another day to hear if it says hello back
It wasn’t supposed to go this far, but it did. Long past its mission, it’s still out there so far away now that a simple hello takes a day to reach it, and another day to hear if it says hello back
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Now that English is the official language of the United States, I look forward to everyone understanding the difference between “your” and “you’re,” “their” and “they’re,” and “to,” “two” and “too.”
March 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Now that English is the official language of the United States, I look forward to everyone understanding the difference between “your” and “you’re,” “their” and “they’re,” and “to,” “two” and “too.”
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Eisenhower Discusses Science Education 1957
YouTube video by historycomestolife
www.youtube.com
January 27, 2025 at 9:11 PM
January 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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"What I didn’t expect, and don’t think I could have foreseen, is how incredibly cringe it would all be. I have been prepared for evil, for greed, for cruelty, for injustice – but I did not anticipate that the people in power would also be such huge losers."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down – I just didn’t expect them to be such losers | Rebecca Shaw
Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s desperation to be cool as they suck up to Donald Trump is so cringe it makes my skin crawl
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2025 at 12:01 AM
"What I didn’t expect, and don’t think I could have foreseen, is how incredibly cringe it would all be. I have been prepared for evil, for greed, for cruelty, for injustice – but I did not anticipate that the people in power would also be such huge losers."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This editorial cartoon about unpasteurized milk making people sick is 146 years old
December 12, 2024 at 10:15 PM
This editorial cartoon about unpasteurized milk making people sick is 146 years old
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If you’re afraid that books might change someone’s thinking, you’re not afraid of books, you’re afraid of thinking.
December 3, 2024 at 9:02 PM
If you’re afraid that books might change someone’s thinking, you’re not afraid of books, you’re afraid of thinking.
Big Charity Island at sunrise
November 28, 2024 at 1:47 PM
Big Charity Island at sunrise
Neighbor came to visit. Didn't think I'd see one so close to the house mid-day.
November 28, 2024 at 1:44 PM
Neighbor came to visit. Didn't think I'd see one so close to the house mid-day.
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Your purpose on earth is not to argue with people who intentionally want to misunderstand you
November 22, 2024 at 10:33 PM
Your purpose on earth is not to argue with people who intentionally want to misunderstand you
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no better evidence that we’ve got a couple trillion-dollar squatters holding the internet back than the fact that a company with 20 employees can make a better platform than Meta
November 21, 2024 at 8:40 PM
no better evidence that we’ve got a couple trillion-dollar squatters holding the internet back than the fact that a company with 20 employees can make a better platform than Meta
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“The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.”
— Teddy Roosevelt
— Teddy Roosevelt
November 17, 2024 at 5:57 PM
“The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.”
— Teddy Roosevelt
— Teddy Roosevelt
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Welcome to everyone new to Bluesky! Here are 4 (illustrated) steps you can take to make your experience here more pleasant than what you left behind on X and/or Threads. A 🧵
November 7, 2024 at 10:11 PM
Welcome to everyone new to Bluesky! Here are 4 (illustrated) steps you can take to make your experience here more pleasant than what you left behind on X and/or Threads. A 🧵
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Since Twitter died, I wanted to post my most popular one. Something like 120k likes.
November 8, 2024 at 5:33 PM
Since Twitter died, I wanted to post my most popular one. Something like 120k likes.