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I remember seeing the clouds in front of the Flatirons from near my home, approximately 20 miles away. I rushed home and grabbed my camera and got out to the meadow before they cleared.
#photography #landscapephotography #ColoradoPhotographer
#photography #landscapephotography #ColoradoPhotographer
December 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I remember seeing the clouds in front of the Flatirons from near my home, approximately 20 miles away. I rushed home and grabbed my camera and got out to the meadow before they cleared.
#photography #landscapephotography #ColoradoPhotographer
#photography #landscapephotography #ColoradoPhotographer
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There were fears 2025-26 might be a bad #flu year because of a new #H3N2 variant called subclade K. Looks like the jury is in; it is making a lot of people sick. (The timing surely contributes.) NY State has never recorded as many flu cases in 1 week as it has now. www.statnews.com/2025/11/20/f...
December 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
There were fears 2025-26 might be a bad #flu year because of a new #H3N2 variant called subclade K. Looks like the jury is in; it is making a lot of people sick. (The timing surely contributes.) NY State has never recorded as many flu cases in 1 week as it has now. www.statnews.com/2025/11/20/f...
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Number one source of forecasting errors for experts as well as lay people? Mistaking what we want for what we should expect. Which is why pessimists are pretty consistently more accurate in their predictions.
Hi All, Its the annual column of ritual humiliation, where I dissect, with quotes, the biggest mistakes I made in the past year. There are some great ones where I was wrong. This year, to make the column more helpful, I have even included a lessons learned analysis. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Annual Review 2025: What I Got Wrong
Complete with quotes!
open.substack.com
December 26, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Number one source of forecasting errors for experts as well as lay people? Mistaking what we want for what we should expect. Which is why pessimists are pretty consistently more accurate in their predictions.
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Chateau Noir, 1904
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/13452
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/13452
December 25, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Chateau Noir, 1904
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/13452
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/13452
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Day 23 of my #ArtAdventCalendar 🎨
A peek at a work in progress - still finding its way. Layer by layer, this forest & water scene is coming together.
I love sharing these in-between moments as much as the finished pieces.
#torilart #artistonbluesky #landscapeart #waterreflections
A peek at a work in progress - still finding its way. Layer by layer, this forest & water scene is coming together.
I love sharing these in-between moments as much as the finished pieces.
#torilart #artistonbluesky #landscapeart #waterreflections
December 23, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Day 23 of my #ArtAdventCalendar 🎨
A peek at a work in progress - still finding its way. Layer by layer, this forest & water scene is coming together.
I love sharing these in-between moments as much as the finished pieces.
#torilart #artistonbluesky #landscapeart #waterreflections
A peek at a work in progress - still finding its way. Layer by layer, this forest & water scene is coming together.
I love sharing these in-between moments as much as the finished pieces.
#torilart #artistonbluesky #landscapeart #waterreflections
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Update on that work in progress. Still in progress, but close! Gonna sleep on it.
#painting #art #acrylicpainting #landscapepainting #landscape
#painting #art #acrylicpainting #landscapepainting #landscape
December 24, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Update on that work in progress. Still in progress, but close! Gonna sleep on it.
#painting #art #acrylicpainting #landscapepainting #landscape
#painting #art #acrylicpainting #landscapepainting #landscape
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There's solid evidence that a FFP2/N95 masks keep filtering for at least 40 hours. By then, they're probably starting to smell even if the straps haven't broken but as you say, the reuse makes them a lot more affordable.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Can disposable masks be worn more than once?
Disposable facemasks are a primary tool to prevent the transmission of SARS-COV-2 during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, plastic waste generated from …
www.sciencedirect.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
There's solid evidence that a FFP2/N95 masks keep filtering for at least 40 hours. By then, they're probably starting to smell even if the straps haven't broken but as you say, the reuse makes them a lot more affordable.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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One way to thank them? Wear a mask near them so you don’t get them sick on the job. You can be contagious and have zero symptoms.
This Christmas Eve, let us remember that it wasn’t the CEOs and billionaires who saved us during COVID-19. It was the janitors, nurses, cleaning crews, grocery and food workers with their hard, often invisible labor.
December 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM
One way to thank them? Wear a mask near them so you don’t get them sick on the job. You can be contagious and have zero symptoms.
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Watching families and friendships fall apart because infection control did not want to admit disease transmission is airborne.
December 23, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Watching families and friendships fall apart because infection control did not want to admit disease transmission is airborne.
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A reshoot of Sunday's photo, this time in color and just as the sun was coming up for some different lighting...
#photography #LandscapePhotography #ColoradoPhotographer
#photography #LandscapePhotography #ColoradoPhotographer
December 23, 2025 at 9:17 PM
A reshoot of Sunday's photo, this time in color and just as the sun was coming up for some different lighting...
#photography #LandscapePhotography #ColoradoPhotographer
#photography #LandscapePhotography #ColoradoPhotographer
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This is my wife's favorite photo of mine from 2025. She convinced me to include it in our photography club show and sale and it's one of the photos that sold.
December 23, 2025 at 11:21 PM
This is my wife's favorite photo of mine from 2025. She convinced me to include it in our photography club show and sale and it's one of the photos that sold.
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Study of an Apple, 1885
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/12551
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/12551
December 24, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Study of an Apple, 1885
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/12551
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/12551
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Turns out to be a pretty average flu year that started a bit earlier.
NHS and Govt have a responsibility to communicate data responsibly and they failed this winter.
NHS and Govt have a responsibility to communicate data responsibly and they failed this winter.
December 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Turns out to be a pretty average flu year that started a bit earlier.
NHS and Govt have a responsibility to communicate data responsibly and they failed this winter.
NHS and Govt have a responsibility to communicate data responsibly and they failed this winter.
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SARS-CoV-2 Leaves a Lasting Mark on the Immune System
johnsnowproject.org/primers/sars...
johnsnowproject.org/primers/sars...
SARS-CoV-2 Leaves a Lasting Mark on the Immune System
A landmark new study shows COVID-19 isn’t ‘just a cold’: One infection left people with long-lasting immune damage, and those with heart disease lost up to 70% of key immune cells. Reinfections may wo...
johnsnowproject.org
December 7, 2025 at 9:24 PM
SARS-CoV-2 Leaves a Lasting Mark on the Immune System
johnsnowproject.org/primers/sars...
johnsnowproject.org/primers/sars...
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I wanted to finish this before year's end & I did. 😁
I LOVED it.
Such a pleasure to read, information-rich, fascinating but accessible. 🎁🎅
Air-Borne by Carl Zimmer
www.scientificamerican.com/article/book...
@carlzimmer.com
Plant pathogens covered as well as human 💚
Even Norman Bourlag!
I LOVED it.
Such a pleasure to read, information-rich, fascinating but accessible. 🎁🎅
Air-Borne by Carl Zimmer
www.scientificamerican.com/article/book...
@carlzimmer.com
Plant pathogens covered as well as human 💚
Even Norman Bourlag!
December 20, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I wanted to finish this before year's end & I did. 😁
I LOVED it.
Such a pleasure to read, information-rich, fascinating but accessible. 🎁🎅
Air-Borne by Carl Zimmer
www.scientificamerican.com/article/book...
@carlzimmer.com
Plant pathogens covered as well as human 💚
Even Norman Bourlag!
I LOVED it.
Such a pleasure to read, information-rich, fascinating but accessible. 🎁🎅
Air-Borne by Carl Zimmer
www.scientificamerican.com/article/book...
@carlzimmer.com
Plant pathogens covered as well as human 💚
Even Norman Bourlag!
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Strongly agree. Here's my review from last May: thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
Here’s an Inconvenient Truth: Disease Is in the Air | The Tyee
We ignored the science of airborne transmission for a century. Carl Zimmer tells us why.
thetyee.ca
December 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Strongly agree. Here's my review from last May: thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
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PMC COVID Update, Dec 22, 2025 (U.S.)
All indicators are that million of Americans are about to get COVID-19 "surprise" holiday infections.
pmc19.com/data
All indicators are that million of Americans are about to get COVID-19 "surprise" holiday infections.
pmc19.com/data
December 22, 2025 at 8:25 PM
PMC COVID Update, Dec 22, 2025 (U.S.)
All indicators are that million of Americans are about to get COVID-19 "surprise" holiday infections.
pmc19.com/data
All indicators are that million of Americans are about to get COVID-19 "surprise" holiday infections.
pmc19.com/data
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If a key part of your job is getting information right and ferreting out falsehoods and untrustworthy sources, and the tool that’s supposed to help you do that keeps throwing you obvious errors, than yeah, you’re probably not going to *trust* it and may end up deciding it’s not all that useful.
December 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
If a key part of your job is getting information right and ferreting out falsehoods and untrustworthy sources, and the tool that’s supposed to help you do that keeps throwing you obvious errors, than yeah, you’re probably not going to *trust* it and may end up deciding it’s not all that useful.
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If you point out shortcomings of AI, they’ll tell you AI is a tool and you are not holding the tool correctly.
Well… If it’s a tool to be used intelligently by intelligent people, maybe don’t call the tool itself intelligent.
Duh.
Well… If it’s a tool to be used intelligently by intelligent people, maybe don’t call the tool itself intelligent.
Duh.
December 21, 2025 at 11:20 PM
If you point out shortcomings of AI, they’ll tell you AI is a tool and you are not holding the tool correctly.
Well… If it’s a tool to be used intelligently by intelligent people, maybe don’t call the tool itself intelligent.
Duh.
Well… If it’s a tool to be used intelligently by intelligent people, maybe don’t call the tool itself intelligent.
Duh.
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suspect a big reason why many academics and others who work in areas where getting facts RIGHT is key are disinterested in using LLMs for research:
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
December 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
suspect a big reason why many academics and others who work in areas where getting facts RIGHT is key are disinterested in using LLMs for research:
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
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We recently spotted a few California condors shaking off and drying their wings as the fog moves away from the Henrietta Peak 2 camera. This is a great camera to watch for condors, especially in the summer months.
December 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We recently spotted a few California condors shaking off and drying their wings as the fog moves away from the Henrietta Peak 2 camera. This is a great camera to watch for condors, especially in the summer months.