It’s “Washington’s Birthday,” officially.

But the tapeworm text is mocking the raw guy? At least that’s what I’m hoping. I can’t believe that folks would intentionally get parasites.

I have to believe that the original video was done in jest.

Now we’ll get people complaining how it’s inappropriate to send reminders so early in the new year. 🤣

Will you and @theatlantic.com publish a follow-up story that the dangers were 10x lower than the scientific paper originally claimed?

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Why shouldn’t we be 10x less concerned now?

Some folks are saying that authors can upload the author versions (not the journal-formatted version) to PMC before the embargo ends. Not sure what’s true.

Yes, that was my question. Seems like some folks are complaining that this is an “unfunded mandate,” but this seems like a free solution. :)

So isn’t that a free solution?

Can’t author just upload to Pubmed Central for free themselves? Or do journal policies forbid that?

What happens if a journal’s policies don’t allow posting before the embargo is up? Is that a thing?

Attending one of the MBL courses would be a better fit for a PhD. :)

If it is a typical scientific camera, the signal has been linearized by the manufacturer, but one could confirm that in the spec sheet of their particular camera.

The net gamma would be 2.2, because of the computer monitor. The system needs a 0.45 gamma correction to display a linear image again.