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📉📈 Work Cohorts

Americans with the same education, income, work hours, and commute as you do.

https://flowingdata.com/2025/01/27/work-cohorts/

#LaborMarkets #dataviz #rstats #EconSky

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January 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
tlwh.bsky.social
Deirdre Bosa 27 days ago...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EYK...
Chinese start-up DeepSeek threatens American AI dominance
YouTube video by CNBC Television
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January 27, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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@WSJ: Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek said it was the victim of "large-scale malicious attacks" on its services and is temporarily limiting new registration
Main link in OG tweet
https://on.wsj.com/4avLvgp
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January 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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dlingenfelter.bsky.social
SARS-CoV-2 was made, not found.

The likelihood of SARS-CoV-2 having a natural origin is very low based on the observed restriction site pattern.

The genome's characteristics are more consistent with those of viruses engineered for research purposes.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The document presents a study suggesting that SARS-CoV-2 may have a synthetic origin based on its genomic characteristics. Here are the main points: 1. Synthetic Fingerprint: The genome of SARS-CoV-2 contains a pattern of unique restriction endonuclease recognition sites, which are typical for synthetic viruses created in laboratories. These sites allow for efficient dis- and re-assembly of the viral genome. 2. Anomalous Pattern: The restriction map of SARS-CoV-2 is consistent with many previously reported synthetic coronavirus genomes and differs significantly from its closest natural relatives. The pattern of synonymous mutations in these sites is unlikely to have evolved naturally. 3. In Vitro Genome Assembly (IVGA): Researchers use IVGA to create synthetic viruses by assembling smaller DNA fragments into a full-length viral genome. This process leaves a distinct genetic fingerprint, which is observed in SARS-CoV-2. 4. Likelihood of Synthetic Origin: The study finds that the likelihood of SARS-CoV-2 having a natural origin is very low based on the observed restriction site pattern. The genome's characteristics are more consistent with those of viruses engineered for research purposes. 5. Research Implications: Understanding the origin of SARS-CoV-2 is crucial for preventing future pandemics. The study suggests that more transparency and global coordination on biosafety are needed to reduce the risks of laboratory escapes of infectious clones. 6. Further Research: The study calls for further research to confirm the findings, including examining databases of coronaviruses collected and studied by relevant researchers and analyzing laboratory notebooks for evidence of genome modifications. 7. Limitations: The study acknowledges several limitations, including the need for more comprehensive data and analysis of the evolution of restriction maps in coronaviruses. Overall, the study provides evidence supporting the hypothesis that SARS-CoV-2 may have origina…
January 24, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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Movie reviews on www.filmwalrus.com

Where are you Brian?
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January 20, 2025 at 10:46 PM
tlwh.bsky.social
Good thing I rewatched Severance Season 1 before Season 2 ep 1.
January 20, 2025 at 10:35 PM
tlwh.bsky.social
Becoming a woman of substance takes work. Michelle Obama is showing it takes integrity. Well done!
January 16, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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dlingenfelter.bsky.social
Around 2018, US and Chinese virologists proposed inserting furin cleavage sites into coronaviruses.

Around the same time, virologists in China cooked up some modified SARS coronaviruses that efficiently infected and replicated in human cells.
www.firstpost.com/world/covid-...
The new evidence presented by Rutgers scientist Richard Ebright includes the following key points: 1. **Furin Cleavage Site (FCS)**: The presence of a furin cleavage site in SARS-CoV-2, which is rare in nature, suggests it was developed in a laboratory. 2. **Research Proposals**: Chinese scientists and their US collaborators had proposed inserting furin cleavage sites into coronaviruses in 2018, just a year before the pandemic. 3. **Genetically Modified Viruses**: In 2017-2018, the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) constructed genetically modified SARS coronaviruses that efficiently infected and replicated in human cells. 4. **Emergence of Virus**: In 2019, a novel SARS-related coronavirus with features proposed in the 2018 NIH and DARPA proposals emerged near the Wuhan Institute of Virology. These points collectively make a strong case for the lab-origin of the Covid-19 pandemic. : [Firstpost](https://www.firstpost.com/world/covid-originated-in-china-wuhan-lab-there-is-now-smoking-gun-evidence-says-rutgers-scientist-richard-ebright-13849981.html) Here are the main points from the article: 1. **Smoking Gun Evidence**: Rutgers scientist Richard Ebright claims there is now "smoking gun" evidence that Covid-19 originated from a lab in Wuhan, China. 2. **Furin Cleavage Site**: The presence of a furin cleavage site (FCS) in SARS-CoV-2, which is rare in nature, suggests it was developed in a laboratory. 3. **Research Proposals**: Chinese scientists and their US collaborators had proposed inserting furin cleavage sites into coronaviruses in 2018, just a year before the pandemic. 4. **Gain of Function Research**: Ebright discusses the risks of gain-of-function research, which involves creating new health threats by giving pathogens characteristics they do not naturally have. 5. **Failures of Biodefence Programs**: Ebright criticizes biodefence programs like PREDICT, stating they have been failures and may have contributed to the pandemic. 6. **Importance of Knowing the Origin**: Understanding the origin of Covid-19 is crucial for accountability and to inform policy changes to reduce the risks of future pandemics. 7. **Trust in Science**: Ebright believes that trust in science and scientists has fallen since the outbreak due to misleading information from both Chinese and Western scientists.
January 6, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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dlingenfelter.bsky.social
The article discusses the most promising treatments for long COVID as of late 2024. Here are the main points:
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
The main points of the article.
December 30, 2024 at 6:48 AM
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dlingenfelter.bsky.social
SARS-CoV-2 was made, not found.

"SARS-CoV's form as it emerged is likely a precursor, deliberately virulent, humanized recombinant SARS-CoV that was to be reverse engineered into a live attenuated SARS-CoV bat vaccine."
DARPA SARS-CoV-2 origins investigation memorandum.
December 31, 2024 at 2:34 AM
tlwh.bsky.social
Why am I inundated with feeds from WWE and others I have zero interest in or selected ?
December 31, 2024 at 1:38 AM
tlwh.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books
Day 5
November 21, 2024 at 8:02 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚
#books
Day 4
November 20, 2024 at 9:48 PM
tlwh.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚
#books
November 19, 2024 at 7:14 PM
tlwh.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
💙📚
Day 2
November 18, 2024 at 10:46 PM
tlwh.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚
#Booksky
Day 1
November 18, 2024 at 2:21 AM
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Tribune editorial: "A sophomoric joke that falls flat can be forgiven. An institutional culture that openly mocks, harasses and punishes those who try to enforce the rules cannot."
Tribune editorial: Problems at Utah Tech go beyond sophomoric pranks
“The cascade of institutional failures that has apparently troubled Utah Tech University goes far beyond a tasteless joke involving an erotic and sophomoric arrangement of veggies,” writes the editori...
www.sltrib.com
November 16, 2024 at 7:46 PM