Mike
@mickeydough.bsky.social
Software engineer by day, car enthusiast by night
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A look at the example of the 2 diets!
April 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM
A look at the example of the 2 diets!
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A randomized trial of the Western diet vs African heritage diet finds the former is pro-inflammatory, leads to impaired immune response to microbial stimulation, and changes are persistent for weeks after a short duration
@naturemedicine.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@naturemedicine.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
April 3, 2025 at 1:50 PM
A randomized trial of the Western diet vs African heritage diet finds the former is pro-inflammatory, leads to impaired immune response to microbial stimulation, and changes are persistent for weeks after a short duration
@naturemedicine.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@naturemedicine.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Cough treatment is digital and based on evidence-based cognitive behavioral therapy. Participants will use the CoughMonitor smartwatch, which tracks cough frequency and patterns, to assess the treatment’s impact. The device will be provided via express mail, learn more below👇
April 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Cough treatment is digital and based on evidence-based cognitive behavioral therapy. Participants will use the CoughMonitor smartwatch, which tracks cough frequency and patterns, to assess the treatment’s impact. The device will be provided via express mail, learn more below👇
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It's time to stop pretending DOGE is about efficiency and trimming expenses. The difference between a haircut and a visit to the guillotine matters, and this is all going to be very expensive for all of us (if not for them). Notably gutting CFPB. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
DOGE-Backed Halt at CFPB Comes Amid Musk’s Plans for ‘X’ Digital Wallet
Government-efficiency team’s initial ‘read-only’ access expanded quickly to encompass closely guarded data, internal emails say.
www.bloomberg.com
February 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
It's time to stop pretending DOGE is about efficiency and trimming expenses. The difference between a haircut and a visit to the guillotine matters, and this is all going to be very expensive for all of us (if not for them). Notably gutting CFPB. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Private-jet flights, tuition and even snacks are among more than 140 expenses big multistrategy hedge funds pass through to investors, a Bloomberg analysis of regulatory filings shows
Hedge Funds Are Pocketing Much of Their Clients’ Gains With ‘No Limit’ Fees
A Bloomberg analysis of the major hedge funds’ regulatory filings shows their passthrough fees have exploded in recent years.
www.bloomberg.com
February 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Private-jet flights, tuition and even snacks are among more than 140 expenses big multistrategy hedge funds pass through to investors, a Bloomberg analysis of regulatory filings shows
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Someone has to say it - the fastest way to detect early lung complications is by leveraging continuous cough monitoring💡
Drug-induced lung damage - whether DI-ILD, chemotherapy-induced pneumonitis, or radiation-induced lung injury - often develops and shows cough as an early...
Drug-induced lung damage - whether DI-ILD, chemotherapy-induced pneumonitis, or radiation-induced lung injury - often develops and shows cough as an early...
February 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Someone has to say it - the fastest way to detect early lung complications is by leveraging continuous cough monitoring💡
Drug-induced lung damage - whether DI-ILD, chemotherapy-induced pneumonitis, or radiation-induced lung injury - often develops and shows cough as an early...
Drug-induced lung damage - whether DI-ILD, chemotherapy-induced pneumonitis, or radiation-induced lung injury - often develops and shows cough as an early...
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For anyone curious about civilian life in North Korea, Starbucks is offering its customers in the south a peek into the world’s most reclusive country while sipping a favorite brew
Starbucks Offers Glimpse of North Korean Life From New Cafe
For anyone curious about civilian life in North Korea, Starbucks is offering its customers in the south a peek into the world’s most reclusive country while sipping a favorite brew.
www.bloomberg.com
November 29, 2024 at 9:17 AM
For anyone curious about civilian life in North Korea, Starbucks is offering its customers in the south a peek into the world’s most reclusive country while sipping a favorite brew
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I was deeply disappointed by the lack of nature/science/climate/enviro on many major end-of-year book lists—so I decided to make my own!
Introducing: ✨🎁📚 The 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to Nature & Science Books ✨🎁📚
Please share: Let's make this go viral in time for Black Friday / holiday shopping!
Introducing: ✨🎁📚 The 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to Nature & Science Books ✨🎁📚
Please share: Let's make this go viral in time for Black Friday / holiday shopping!
November 27, 2024 at 7:08 PM
I was deeply disappointed by the lack of nature/science/climate/enviro on many major end-of-year book lists—so I decided to make my own!
Introducing: ✨🎁📚 The 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to Nature & Science Books ✨🎁📚
Please share: Let's make this go viral in time for Black Friday / holiday shopping!
Introducing: ✨🎁📚 The 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to Nature & Science Books ✨🎁📚
Please share: Let's make this go viral in time for Black Friday / holiday shopping!
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I happen to be writing several books now, so if this could just be put in 3 dimensions it would be perfect.
November 27, 2024 at 9:19 PM
I happen to be writing several books now, so if this could just be put in 3 dimensions it would be perfect.
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Cars no longer define Italy’s Motor City with growing investments in bike and transit infrastructure
In Italy’s Motor City, Car-Free Options Are Growing
The manufacturing hub is the home of Italy’s biggest automaker. But as the industry recedes, the city has been expanding its bike and transit infrastructure.
www.bloomberg.com
November 27, 2024 at 9:37 PM
Cars no longer define Italy’s Motor City with growing investments in bike and transit infrastructure
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Neuralink to study BCI controlling assistive robotic arm. The new trial evaluates the use of the Elon Musk-backed company’s N1 BCI implant to control an investigational assistive robotic arm.
www.massdevice.com/neuralink-st...
www.massdevice.com/neuralink-st...
Neuralink to study BCI controlling assistive robotic arm
Neuralink says it received approval in the U.S. to launch a new feasibility trial for its brain-computer interface (BCI) technology.
www.massdevice.com
November 27, 2024 at 9:42 PM
Neuralink to study BCI controlling assistive robotic arm. The new trial evaluates the use of the Elon Musk-backed company’s N1 BCI implant to control an investigational assistive robotic arm.
www.massdevice.com/neuralink-st...
www.massdevice.com/neuralink-st...
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As Elon Musk prepares to wield more power in Washington, the state where he built his fortune is girding for a fight
California’s Newsom Sets Himself Up as a Foil to Musk and Trump
As Elon Musk prepares to wield more power in Washington, the state where he built his fortune is girding for a fight.
www.bloomberg.com
November 26, 2024 at 3:27 PM
As Elon Musk prepares to wield more power in Washington, the state where he built his fortune is girding for a fight
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Hey BSKY, I need your magic again!
I've seen multiple Digital Health Starter Packs (one is pinned to my profile), and I'm now curating a Starter Pack on folks into Digital Therapeutics (DTx)!
Who should I add? Please nominate/share - thank you!!
go.bsky.app/BU3xj41 #DigitalHealth #DTx #Innovation
I've seen multiple Digital Health Starter Packs (one is pinned to my profile), and I'm now curating a Starter Pack on folks into Digital Therapeutics (DTx)!
Who should I add? Please nominate/share - thank you!!
go.bsky.app/BU3xj41 #DigitalHealth #DTx #Innovation
November 22, 2024 at 3:21 PM
Hey BSKY, I need your magic again!
I've seen multiple Digital Health Starter Packs (one is pinned to my profile), and I'm now curating a Starter Pack on folks into Digital Therapeutics (DTx)!
Who should I add? Please nominate/share - thank you!!
go.bsky.app/BU3xj41 #DigitalHealth #DTx #Innovation
I've seen multiple Digital Health Starter Packs (one is pinned to my profile), and I'm now curating a Starter Pack on folks into Digital Therapeutics (DTx)!
Who should I add? Please nominate/share - thank you!!
go.bsky.app/BU3xj41 #DigitalHealth #DTx #Innovation
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What better way to broaden your horizons than to follow a bunch of scientists on Bluesky? www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘A place of joy’: why scientists are joining the rush to Bluesky
Researchers say the social-media platform — an alternative to X — offers more control over the content they see and the people they engage with.
www.nature.com
November 22, 2024 at 2:33 PM
What better way to broaden your horizons than to follow a bunch of scientists on Bluesky? www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Want to get up to speed with Sustainable Health Care? We run a course in #Oxford:
www.conted.ox.ac.uk/courses/sust...
www.conted.ox.ac.uk/courses/sust...
Sustainable Health Care
Exploring how to deliver health care that is sustainable for people and the planet
www.conted.ox.ac.uk
November 22, 2024 at 2:54 PM
Want to get up to speed with Sustainable Health Care? We run a course in #Oxford:
www.conted.ox.ac.uk/courses/sust...
www.conted.ox.ac.uk/courses/sust...
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Former Congressman Matt Gaetz’s campaign committee has reported spending millions of dollars on Stripe’s payment-processing services in recent years, though it now says that those funds ultimately went somewhere else — and campaign-finance watchers say that’s a problem
Gaetz Campaign’s Reports of Vast Spending on Fees Are Scrutinized
The former Florida lawmaker disclosed millions in payments to financial middleman Stripe, drawing an FEC complaint by an advocacy group.
www.bloomberg.com
November 22, 2024 at 3:05 PM
Former Congressman Matt Gaetz’s campaign committee has reported spending millions of dollars on Stripe’s payment-processing services in recent years, though it now says that those funds ultimately went somewhere else — and campaign-finance watchers say that’s a problem
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The unprecedented boom in highly leveraged MicroStrategy ETFs is testing the risk appetite among some of Wall Street's key players
Booming, Risky MicroStrategy ETFs Testing Wall Street’s Limits
Amid a red-hot run in the shares of MicroStrategy Inc. last month, Matt Tuttle got some bad news from the prime brokers for his booming leveraged ETF linked to the shares of the crypto-centric company...
www.bloomberg.com
November 22, 2024 at 3:20 PM
The unprecedented boom in highly leveraged MicroStrategy ETFs is testing the risk appetite among some of Wall Street's key players
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US inspectors found Tom’s of Maine toothpaste was made with water containing multiple strains of dangerous bacteria and sold to consumers anyway, according to a warning letter
Tom’s of Maine Toothpaste Has a Bacteria Problem, FDA Finds
US inspectors found Tom’s of Maine toothpaste was made with water containing multiple strains of dangerous bacteria and sold to consumers anyway, according to a warning letter posted Tuesday.
www.bloomberg.com
November 21, 2024 at 3:24 PM
US inspectors found Tom’s of Maine toothpaste was made with water containing multiple strains of dangerous bacteria and sold to consumers anyway, according to a warning letter
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we should expect chaos and evil from trump. yes. but we need to recognize that we still have a lot of levers to resist with, and part of that means out-organizing him within existing institutions of power.
www.liberalcurrents.com/a-practical-...
www.liberalcurrents.com/a-practical-...
A Practical Program for Resisting a Trump Second Term
How to fight back against the implementation of fascism in America.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 19, 2024 at 2:45 PM
we should expect chaos and evil from trump. yes. but we need to recognize that we still have a lot of levers to resist with, and part of that means out-organizing him within existing institutions of power.
www.liberalcurrents.com/a-practical-...
www.liberalcurrents.com/a-practical-...
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Gautam Adani is one of Asia’s richest men who controls a vast empire of companies. Here is what you need to know about him and the charges he faces in the US
Who Is Gautam Adani and Why Has the US Charged Him With Bribery?
Gautam Adani is one of Asia’s richest men and at one point last year was second in wealth in the world only to Elon Musk. Now, his spot as Asia’s second-richest person is under threat after US prosecu...
www.bloomberg.com
November 21, 2024 at 7:34 AM
Gautam Adani is one of Asia’s richest men who controls a vast empire of companies. Here is what you need to know about him and the charges he faces in the US
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Nvidia's implied earnings stock move could create or destroy billions in value, and banks see further gains for gold
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Nvidia Sets a High Bar After This Year’s 200% Rally
It’s hard to overstate how big Nvidia’s third-quarter earnings are for the short-term direction of the stock market. The chipmaker is the world’s biggest company, with a $3.6 trillion market value aft...
www.bloomberg.com
November 20, 2024 at 1:23 PM
Nvidia's implied earnings stock move could create or destroy billions in value, and banks see further gains for gold
📩 Stay informed with the Markets Daily newsletter:
📩 Stay informed with the Markets Daily newsletter:
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“When I heard they were going to be cut down, I knew I had to protect them."
Trees are increasingly becoming a flashpoint in Tokyo, as record temperatures and large-scale redevelopment projects put the loss of greenery on residents' minds.
Trees are increasingly becoming a flashpoint in Tokyo, as record temperatures and large-scale redevelopment projects put the loss of greenery on residents' minds.
Tokyo’s Scorching Summers Focus Public Anger Against Tree Cutting
A group of elderly residents who guard a row of ginkgo trees from being cut down are part of a wave of such activism in the Japanese capital.
www.bloomberg.com
November 20, 2024 at 8:16 AM
“When I heard they were going to be cut down, I knew I had to protect them."
Trees are increasingly becoming a flashpoint in Tokyo, as record temperatures and large-scale redevelopment projects put the loss of greenery on residents' minds.
Trees are increasingly becoming a flashpoint in Tokyo, as record temperatures and large-scale redevelopment projects put the loss of greenery on residents' minds.
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Indeed - wearables data offers amazing predictive insights!
Similarly, I've seen continuous cough monitoring detecting new-onset nighttime cough days before a person became aware, sought care, and was diagnosed with a respiratory infection. #DigitalHealth
Similarly, I've seen continuous cough monitoring detecting new-onset nighttime cough days before a person became aware, sought care, and was diagnosed with a respiratory infection. #DigitalHealth
How my watch knew I was getting sick before I did
A thread on heart rate variability (HRV) and resting heart rate predicting illness
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A thread on heart rate variability (HRV) and resting heart rate predicting illness
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November 20, 2024 at 9:37 AM
Indeed - wearables data offers amazing predictive insights!
Similarly, I've seen continuous cough monitoring detecting new-onset nighttime cough days before a person became aware, sought care, and was diagnosed with a respiratory infection. #DigitalHealth
Similarly, I've seen continuous cough monitoring detecting new-onset nighttime cough days before a person became aware, sought care, and was diagnosed with a respiratory infection. #DigitalHealth
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In >60,000 UK Biobank participants an association between higher cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and less Alzheimer's disease (AD) and dementia during 12-year follow-up, mitigating genetic predisposition (w/high CRF, reduced by 35%) bjsm.bmj.com/content/earl... open-access; PRS-polygenic risk score
November 20, 2024 at 2:10 AM
In >60,000 UK Biobank participants an association between higher cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and less Alzheimer's disease (AD) and dementia during 12-year follow-up, mitigating genetic predisposition (w/high CRF, reduced by 35%) bjsm.bmj.com/content/earl... open-access; PRS-polygenic risk score