'Labyrinth is just one of several of my novels that have been scraped by Meta’s large language model. This has been done without my consent, without remuneration, without even notification. This is theft.'

Great piece by @katemossewriter.bsky.social in the FT on AI. www.ft.com/content/f26b...

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!

A tour-de-force of scholarship and detective work: Fara Dabhoiwala reveals that a portrait of an 18th-century Black scientist, long dismissed as a caricature, is in fact a record of the man's mastery of Newtonian physics—and the only painting made in 1759 of the return of Halley's comet.

If AI is going to put some out of business, why doesn't it start with companies that are harmful to public health?

#AI #PublicHealth #CDoH

Today marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. From Iraq to Afghanistan to the U.S., basic freedoms are under threat as regressives undo protections, fueling hatred & violence against women. A woman is killed every 10 minutes worldwide. #stopviolenceagainstwomen

Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Epidemiologist: The cup is both a case and a control

Impoverished countries, exploited by resource corporations & most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, are being told there is no funding to assist them. Meanwhile, billionaires in rich nations continue to hoard resources amassing wealth.
#opcanary

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#Measles infections rising globally, with 20% increase in cases since 2022, according to new WHO figures

Ben Kasstan-Dabush explains family-friendly #vaccine initiatives may be key to tackling surge as economy & deprivation link to lower vaccine rates. #PublicHealth

www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...

I was once in a band called Homeopathy. We were like Placebo, but charged more.

Look at all the lives saved by vaccines (right column) — 97, 99, 100% decrease in all these preventable diseases. Yet RFK Jr anti vax nonsense threatens them all.

Me, leading people from the other place to #Bluesky!

Welcome, newbies! I'm a medical historian who likes to remind people the past was pretty awful.

If you ever wondered what would happen if you needed a leg amputated in 1832, or if you had a toothache in 1765 - look no further.

Any Dutch folks here who can shed some light on how legitimate "earthquake scientist" Frank Hoogerbeets is? People in Pakistan are panicking over his recent predictions, but as far as I know earthquakes can't be predicted...

I'm delighted to release the first half of my new textbook in human genetics:
web.stanford.edu/group/pritch...

"An Owner's Guide to the Human Genome: an introduction to human population genetics, variation and disease"

Katalin Karikó’s career story is amazing. Phenomenal to see her, and Drew Weissman win the Nobel for Medicine for their pioneering mRNA work. www.statnews.com/2023/10/02/n...

🧪 A new study reports a deep-brain stimulation device that detects neural activity was used to find a biomarker indicating the absence of depression.

This discovery may help pave the way for tailoring treatments, foreseeing depression relapse, and finding more biomarkers.

#HiSciSky

I'm a doctor working towards my MPH in Hungary with a thesis focus on the genomics of mental health 🧠 🧬
(hope to be as accomplished as the people on these feeds some day)

#PublicHealth #Genomics #MedSky