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Sameer Ahmed
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Medical student Interested in a lot of things. Clinical Coordinator at the Share Clinic.
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Middle Eastern genomes: new references for disease and population diversity studies www.nature.com/articles/s41... (read free: rdcu.be/ekJVh) 🧬🖥️🧪
May 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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This preprint suggests the cerebellum instructs neocortical plasticity via the thalamus:

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Very cool if this holds, a really important finding!

I've said it before and I'll say it again: plasticity in the brain is less "local" than most people think.

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Cerebellum instructs plasticity in the mouse primary somatosensory cortex
Sensory experiences map onto distributed neural networks and may activate plasticity processes that in some brain areas are supervised by instructive signals. What remains unknown, however, is if such...
www.biorxiv.org
April 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Another good read and a useful corrective to some of the rather silly things one hears on the website about the United States' political and diplomatic position prior to December, 1941.

After 1939, the question was probably always 'when' America would join the Allies - not 'if' or 'on which side.'
NEW BLOG POST! You asked for it, and it is here; today we're looking at US attitudes and policy towards Nazi Germany prior to WWII, and why so many pop-leftist narratives of this era now feel the need to distort it.
Did the United States Almost Support Nazi Germany in WWII?
The Lend-lease Debate in Cartoon Form No. What, you wanted details? Ugh, fine. If you insist. If you’ve spent a lot of time in left-wing political discussion spaces online, this is an argumen…
nathangoldwag.wordpress.com
April 22, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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In the music business, 80 is the new 20. www.honest-broker.com/p/in-the-mus...
In the Music Business, 80 Is the New 20
It's never been better for dead and dying musicians
www.honest-broker.com
January 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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It's pretty wild, when you think about it, that the political press spent four years saying "Biden's real test: will Americans approve of his economy?" and then Trump's been president for three months and he's brutally murdering the economy and the political press is just not that focused on it
April 21, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Lots of interesting spenders on the list of 81 groups that dropped $20k+ to lobby the legislature in its short, 30-day session.

It includes your local 8-year-old's favorite pasttime: Roblox.

We've got em all here.

www.kentucky.com/news/politic...
From the KY Chamber to Roblox: Who spent big to lobby Kentucky’s legislature?
Even in a short 30-day session, hundreds of groups spent more than $8.7 million to influence the 2025 Kentucky General Assembly as it passed 173 bills into law.
www.kentucky.com
April 21, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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The NCAA Division I Board of Directors cleared the way Monday for schools to begin directly paying college athletes by signing off on nine proposals that will rewrite the NCAA rule book.

(Pending approval…)

Details: www.nytimes.com/athletic/629...
April 21, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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“A recent YouGov poll found Ocasio-Cortez had a +61 approval rating among Democrats — the highest of any Democrat polled who hasn't run for president or vice president.”
AOC seizes the moment as Democrats seek a new identity
Tapping into the backlash against Trump, she's building her own progressive political machine.
www.axios.com
April 21, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Had a lot of fun doing this. And just days after recording discovered some evidence I’d missed, confirming that Cornelis Drebbel’s perpetual motion worked the way I suspected, using expanding mercury to rewind its springs!
April 15, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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I'm so honored to be on this list!
We believe that these thinkers, drawn from academia, policymaking, civil society, and the private sector, will drive progress on key global issues for years to come.

Meet the Forward Thinkers: bit.ly/42hWWWt
April 18, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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This was so much fun!! ☺️
April 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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A #squirrel gets gently brushed and clearly enjoys it.
When the scratching stops, it taps for more. This reaction is common in #mammals, as grooming and gentle touch can trigger calming responses and even release endorphins.
April 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Irrigation canals across the Eridu region of southern Mesopotamia. Eridu is traditionally considered the earliest city in southern Mesopotamia and discovery of thousands of irrigation canals provides a rare direct example of intense agricultural management in the region 🏺

🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
April 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Happy Easter from Embankment Gardens in London, where the flowers are looking splendid.
April 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Cutting $880 billion from Medicaid is going to have a lot of devastating consequences for a lot of people
February 26, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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Want an unvarnished opinion on all things NHL? Ask an agent.

While players have limited exposure to organizations outside their own, agents work across multiple teams and divisions. And they’re experts on the business side of hockey.

Our anonymous NHL agent poll ⤵️

www.nytimes.com/athletic/615...
NHL agent poll: Best and worst owners, Connor McDavid’s contract, future GMs
Who is the toughest team to deal with? Should the NHL have a play-in round? We polled 19 agents, who represent hundreds of players.
www.nytimes.com
February 27, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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NFL officials drew strong criticism and came under scrutiny at various points during the 2024 season because of apparent struggles with accurate ball placement during key junctures of games.

However, help is on the way for the 2025 season.

Details ⤵️
www.nytimes.com/athletic/616...
February 27, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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How will cuts to USAID affect the world's poorest?

Insights from my research in Zambia

www.youtube.com/shorts/e59VL...
How will cuts to USAID affect the world’s poorest? Insights from my research https://t.co/RPlsMDYU0u
YouTube video by Alice Evans
www.youtube.com
February 26, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Today we have a new issue of Works in Progress!

Articles on:

- Animals as chemical factories
- How Madrid built its metro so fast & cheaply
- How big data created the modern dairy cow
- Where the glamour of progress went
- Solving homelessness
- The urbanism of cruise ships
- Functionalism!
December 5, 2024 at 3:22 PM
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“Horses bled for antivenom, crabs drained for endotoxin tests, and silkworms boiled for silk.

Science can now replace these practices with synthetic alternatives — but we need to find ways to scale them.”

The lead article in our latest issue of Works in Progress:
Animals as chemical factories - Works in Progress
Horses bled for antivenom, crabs drained for endotoxin tests, and silkworms boiled for silk. Science can now replace these practices with synthetic alternatives — but we need to find ways to scale the...
worksinprogress.co
December 5, 2024 at 3:35 PM
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How to Promote Equality without Backlash?

This is a major challenge, exacerbated by social media.

I welcome critique and would love to see further research

www.ggd.world/p/how-to-pro...
December 5, 2024 at 2:50 PM
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It has been a long while since I've read a book I disliked as much as the one I just finished, and it's a good reminder that not every book is for everyone. And that's okay! Read what you like and write what you need to--someone out there might hate it, but others will love it.
December 5, 2024 at 3:04 PM
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December 5, 2024 at 3:58 AM