Oh hey, it's a Very Fucked Paper.
See the pubpeer thread, it's a fun one:
pubpeer.com/publications...
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Oh hey, it's a Very Fucked Paper.
See the pubpeer thread, it's a fun one:
pubpeer.com/publications...
Awesome dataviz 🤩 So interesting how much variation there is in phrases like "Realistic possibility" compared to "About even"
No wonder it's so difficult to use experimental survey data as strong evidence in research. People are too varied at interpreting scales!
🧪 #psychscisky
There's a common misconception that zoonotic viruses require significant adaptation to jump from animals to cause human epidemics.
Not so 👇.
Further, we see clear signs of 1977 flu experiencing cell passage, prior to epidemic.
SARS-CoV-2? Business as usual.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Three years ago we set out to visualize and quantitatively examine the movement of SARS-CoV-2 leading up to the first two major COVID-19 waves in the US. Today all that hard work "hit the shelves" at PLOSCompBio. 🛟 Watch the spread (we have movies) and read more here: dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
Calling AI "slop" has been one of the most effective instances of the public rebranding a product and it pisses them off.
the HPV vaccine is fucking incredible, period end of that's it
How are asymptomatic COVID-19 cases tracking? virologydownunder.com/how-are-asym...
A highly complex website showing two betting accounts earning nearly $500,000 and $120,000 on a minimal number of positions.
In case you were wondering, Polymarket had yet another spate of likely inside traders betting that the US would strike Iran by February 28.
Per the due diligence investigation service Bubblemaps, the wallets used were created 24 hours earlier.
The Pentagon Pizza Index has been replaced.
I have found the same. Great at building functioning code, not great at methods. Concerning given the volume at which I am watching this get deployed in public health
Influenza epidemic peak height is not the best measure of season size. How severe the season is is a separate issue again.
virologydownunder.com/another-way-...
I don't have anything I can say on here except that I want everyone, especially the kids, to be safe and well, and that my heart hurts for so many people I care about who are terrified for their loved ones tonight
Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment.
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
Television pioneer Fred Rogers, gone 23 years ago today.
His acceptance speech for the Lifetime Achievement Emmy Award is always worth a watch.
#RIP 💔
"despite high apparent transmissibility, there is no evidence to date of a clinical severity signal with K viruses."
A good piece by a great team.
www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2...
I have a hard time watching old movies and tv shows but the Twilight Zone absolutely zips by and is fun as hell because they essentially do what a show on Apple TV takes two seasons to accomplish in a half hour
I can't be the only one who is made /uncomfortable/ by the way that razor clams burrow into sand, right?
The final moments of this video by Kate Crump on the Oregon coastline are sort of the crowning glory of horror. 😬
But how does this even work?
Let's talk about bivalve mobility (if we must).
Cancelling plans is okay. Putting yourself first is okay. Going for a long walk is okay. Abandoning society is okay. Moving into a cave with a family of raccoons is okay. Giving them tiny swords & shields is okay. Do what you need to do to cope.
The Atlantic: The Deaths Doctors Never Thought They’d See in the U.S.
by Katherine J. Wu bit.ly/3N0Flxi @theatlantic.com
Hello, dplyr 1.2.0! Join us with Davis Vaughan to explore new functions! Tuesday, Feb 24 at 12pm ET pos.it/dslab
I'm beyond excited for tomorrow's Data Science Lab with @davisvaughan.bsky.social!
dplyr 1.2.0 is now out. There are many new functions in this release, and you will see them in action, live. You won't want to `filter_out()` this info 😉
Join us, we can't `replace_*` you 🧡 pos.it/dslab
It really is fascinating how overt it now is that there are certain - really not controversial - ideas that you aren’t allowed to say on television.
The last part abt how measles disrupts immunity vs other infections is, imo, underappreciated (& mechanism was recently clarified). It's part of why measles vaccination was seen to help beyond just reducing measles complications - not getting measles reduces severity of subsequent infections too.
They committed outright fraud to get this study approved. My god.
A lot of people, including me, were wondering how an IRB could ever approve this study.
The answer is that no IRB did. The person who “signed off” on approval from the only ethics board that reviewed it had resigned three years earlier. His signature was used without his knowledge.
Structural Equation Modeling [2026, colourized]
#rstats
Imagine if they got more competitive about curing diseases or some shit like that instead of this stupid shit that sucks
Remember that these people make/do/produce nothing. Their productivity martyrdom, their bullshit asceticism, it’s all busywork nonsense in this empty edifice that exists to prop up a fake economy they expect you and your planet to die for haaa
feels cruel for Bluesky to have a Popular With Friends tab, if any of us were popular with friends we wouldn't be on Bluesky
NYT headline Shivering Americans Snap Up Firewood as Winter Grinds On
Editor pounding the desk: Bleaker. Bleaker!
