Matt
@mattaf30.bsky.social
PhD Biomechanics & Volunteer dog rescuer. Interested in exercise science, Sports injury epidemiology, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Operations Research. VCU Mason UVA UF #GoGators #VCUTrack #TripleJump #HighJump
@communiess.bsky.social Happy thanksgiving to you and your family 🦃
November 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
@communiess.bsky.social Happy thanksgiving to you and your family 🦃
@6seasonspodcast.bsky.social Happy thanksgiving to you and your family 🦃
November 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
@6seasonspodcast.bsky.social Happy thanksgiving to you and your family 🦃
@mpritchett.bsky.social Happy thanksgiving to you and your family 🦃
November 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
@mpritchett.bsky.social Happy thanksgiving to you and your family 🦃
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We wanted to understand how regular Americans feel about the Trump administration. So we talked to three Russia-funded content farmers at a tea house in Islamabad.
November 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
We wanted to understand how regular Americans feel about the Trump administration. So we talked to three Russia-funded content farmers at a tea house in Islamabad.
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Trying to learn more about fixed effects. I wrote this for me, maybe this is useful for you too dpananos.github.io/posts/2025-1...
Demetri Pananos Ph.D - How to Fit a Generalized Linear Model with Fixed Effects (Pt 1)
dpananos.github.io
November 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Trying to learn more about fixed effects. I wrote this for me, maybe this is useful for you too dpananos.github.io/posts/2025-1...
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Very happy with the first paper out of the Brussels Neuromuscular Biomechanics Lab!
We provide evidence that the #SENIAM #EMG guidelines are not appropriate for the LG and SOL muscles and that muscle-tendon decoupling needs to be considered!
50-days for free:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1m4ky3kurp...
We provide evidence that the #SENIAM #EMG guidelines are not appropriate for the LG and SOL muscles and that muscle-tendon decoupling needs to be considered!
50-days for free:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1m4ky3kurp...
November 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Very happy with the first paper out of the Brussels Neuromuscular Biomechanics Lab!
We provide evidence that the #SENIAM #EMG guidelines are not appropriate for the LG and SOL muscles and that muscle-tendon decoupling needs to be considered!
50-days for free:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1m4ky3kurp...
We provide evidence that the #SENIAM #EMG guidelines are not appropriate for the LG and SOL muscles and that muscle-tendon decoupling needs to be considered!
50-days for free:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1m4ky3kurp...
@dkthomp.bsky.social interesting episode in sports gambling. Any thoughts on the book Interference by Dan Moldea which claims to report of wide spread gambling and fixing in the NFL for generations?
November 4, 2025 at 9:35 PM
@dkthomp.bsky.social interesting episode in sports gambling. Any thoughts on the book Interference by Dan Moldea which claims to report of wide spread gambling and fixing in the NFL for generations?
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Sex differences in human skeletal muscle fiber types and the influence of age, physical activity, and muscle group: A systematic review and meta-analysis
physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.14814...
physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.14814...
Sex differences in human skeletal muscle fiber types and the influence of age, physical activity, and muscle group: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
Systematic review and meta-analysis observing sex differences in fiber type size and composition. Shown are the number of studies identified through to the studies and number of males and females inc...
physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Sex differences in human skeletal muscle fiber types and the influence of age, physical activity, and muscle group: A systematic review and meta-analysis
physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.14814...
physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.14814...
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Government investigators are gathering data to confirm what exactly cracked the windshield of a 737 Max aircraft at above 30,000 feet. www.wired.com/story/myster...
Mystery Object From ‘Space’ Strikes United Airlines Flight Over Utah
Government investigators are gathering data to confirm what exactly cracked the windshield of a 737 Max aircraft at above 30,000 feet.
www.wired.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Government investigators are gathering data to confirm what exactly cracked the windshield of a 737 Max aircraft at above 30,000 feet. www.wired.com/story/myster...
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Not sure the folks at NBC/Peacock thought this one through
October 18, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Not sure the folks at NBC/Peacock thought this one through
@dkthomp.bsky.social great pod on our food system. Would be interested in a follow up about how a “healthy diet” is in direct opposition to economic incentives on companies to produce ultra palatable food that lead to obesity & recent reports of companies reformulating food to counter GLP-1 effects
October 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
@dkthomp.bsky.social great pod on our food system. Would be interested in a follow up about how a “healthy diet” is in direct opposition to economic incentives on companies to produce ultra palatable food that lead to obesity & recent reports of companies reformulating food to counter GLP-1 effects
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Please repost! We have a second biomechanics faculty position!
This is an open rank clinical-track position in sports biomechanics at the University of Michigan. This is a largely teaching-focused position and we have outstanding resources to support teaching and student learning. #BiomechSky
This is an open rank clinical-track position in sports biomechanics at the University of Michigan. This is a largely teaching-focused position and we have outstanding resources to support teaching and student learning. #BiomechSky
September 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Please repost! We have a second biomechanics faculty position!
This is an open rank clinical-track position in sports biomechanics at the University of Michigan. This is a largely teaching-focused position and we have outstanding resources to support teaching and student learning. #BiomechSky
This is an open rank clinical-track position in sports biomechanics at the University of Michigan. This is a largely teaching-focused position and we have outstanding resources to support teaching and student learning. #BiomechSky
I’m a little late to the party but #MCU #Thunderbolts was fun. Florence Pugh is phenomenal!
August 31, 2025 at 4:29 AM
I’m a little late to the party but #MCU #Thunderbolts was fun. Florence Pugh is phenomenal!
@rocketgrrl.bsky.social I was a big fan of TNG, but never really got into DS9. Thinking about checking it out, does it hold up well?
July 21, 2025 at 2:15 AM
@rocketgrrl.bsky.social I was a big fan of TNG, but never really got into DS9. Thinking about checking it out, does it hold up well?
Mexico are a bunch of losers. Cant even beat the US C team with out help from the refs to cheat
July 7, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Mexico are a bunch of losers. Cant even beat the US C team with out help from the refs to cheat
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😃 In a new article published in J Biomech, Ashtiani et al found that both AnyBody Modelling System™ and OpenSim estimate that occupational back-support exoskeleton use significantly reduced spine loading during symmetric and asymmetric lifting tasks.
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#BiomechSky
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#BiomechSky
June 28, 2025 at 1:20 PM
😃 In a new article published in J Biomech, Ashtiani et al found that both AnyBody Modelling System™ and OpenSim estimate that occupational back-support exoskeleton use significantly reduced spine loading during symmetric and asymmetric lifting tasks.
👀 buff.ly/0ZdEr5q
#BiomechSky
👀 buff.ly/0ZdEr5q
#BiomechSky
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Treadmill control in Matlab with live-streamed marker-based perturbations ✅
Research project using this 🔜
Research project using this 🔜
June 26, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Treadmill control in Matlab with live-streamed marker-based perturbations ✅
Research project using this 🔜
Research project using this 🔜
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Finished the excellent LLM intro lesson from @carlbergstrom.com and @jevinwest.bsky.social . Accessible, fast paced, thought provoking and most recommended to everybody.
Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines: Introduction
A free online humanities course about how to learn and work and thrive in an AI world.
thebullshitmachines.com
June 22, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Finished the excellent LLM intro lesson from @carlbergstrom.com and @jevinwest.bsky.social . Accessible, fast paced, thought provoking and most recommended to everybody.
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📢The stretch–shortening cycle effect is not associated with cortical or spinal excitability modulations - Rissmann et al. - The Journal of Physiology - Wiley Online Library physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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The stretch–shortening cycle effect is not associated with cortical or spinal excitability modulations
Abstract figure legend Active muscle stretch before shortening increases force, work and power output compared with shortening only, which is known as the stretch–shortening cycle (SSC) effect. We ex....
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June 21, 2025 at 9:34 AM
📢The stretch–shortening cycle effect is not associated with cortical or spinal excitability modulations - Rissmann et al. - The Journal of Physiology - Wiley Online Library physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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NEW: For years, a powerful ‘Big Ag’ trade group served up information on activists to the FBI. WIRED went through hundreds of records that reveal a decade-long effort to see the animal rights movement labeled a legitimate terrorism threat.
Unpaywalled as part of our FOIA-based coverage.
Unpaywalled as part of our FOIA-based coverage.
How the Farm Industry Spied on Animal Rights Activists and Pushed the FBI to Treat Them as Terrorists
For years, a powerful ‘Big Ag’ trade group served up information on activists to the FBI. Records reveal a decade-long effort to see the animal rights movement labeled a legitimate terrorism threat.
www.wired.com
June 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM
NEW: For years, a powerful ‘Big Ag’ trade group served up information on activists to the FBI. WIRED went through hundreds of records that reveal a decade-long effort to see the animal rights movement labeled a legitimate terrorism threat.
Unpaywalled as part of our FOIA-based coverage.
Unpaywalled as part of our FOIA-based coverage.
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The Actual Math Behind DOGE’s Cuts.
If you thought Elon Musk was really trying to cut costs, you weren’t in on the joke. By Jessica Riedl
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
If you thought Elon Musk was really trying to cut costs, you weren’t in on the joke. By Jessica Riedl
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Actual Math Behind DOGE’s Cuts
If you thought Elon Musk was really trying to cut costs, you weren’t in on the joke.
www.theatlantic.com
May 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The Actual Math Behind DOGE’s Cuts.
If you thought Elon Musk was really trying to cut costs, you weren’t in on the joke. By Jessica Riedl
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
If you thought Elon Musk was really trying to cut costs, you weren’t in on the joke. By Jessica Riedl
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Andor is really good. We deserved 5 seasons of this show.
May 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Andor is really good. We deserved 5 seasons of this show.
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YES!
Muscle Power Versus Strength as a Predictor of Mortality in Middle-Aged and Older Men and Women www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S002...
Muscle Power Versus Strength as a Predictor of Mortality in Middle-Aged and Older Men and Women www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S002...
Muscle Power Versus Strength as a Predictor of Mortality in Middle-Aged and Older Men and Women
To assess whether muscle power (force times velocity) outperforms strength as a risk
indicator and predictor of mortality.
www.mayoclinicproceedings.org
May 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
YES!
Muscle Power Versus Strength as a Predictor of Mortality in Middle-Aged and Older Men and Women www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S002...
Muscle Power Versus Strength as a Predictor of Mortality in Middle-Aged and Older Men and Women www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S002...
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Yesterday, a top Trump Administration official made an apparent threat to arrest me.
Here’s my message to Wisconsinites. I encourage you to take a few minutes to watch. ⬇️
Here’s my message to Wisconsinites. I encourage you to take a few minutes to watch. ⬇️
Gov. Evers Releases Message to Wisconsinites Regarding Apparent Trump Administration Arrest Threats
YouTube video by Governor Tony Evers
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May 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Yesterday, a top Trump Administration official made an apparent threat to arrest me.
Here’s my message to Wisconsinites. I encourage you to take a few minutes to watch. ⬇️
Here’s my message to Wisconsinites. I encourage you to take a few minutes to watch. ⬇️