Scourge Virus ftw

The evidence now available appears to support an earlier origin of the recombined H1N1 strain that propelled the 1918 pandemic, perhaps as early as 1915 in NYC. See previous

The origins of the great pandemic Abstract. The timing and location of the first cases of the 1918 influenza pandemic are still controversial, a century after the pandemic became widely rec

Said “Spanish” flu almost certainly originating in the USA: academic.oup.com/emph/article...

Deanold Trump? 🤔

(The evidence for an origin in Kansas is disputed, given the cycles of more virulent H1N1 strains circulating and observed in NYC.)

The origins of the great pandemic The timing and location of the first cases of the 1918 influenza pandemic are still controversial, a century after the pandemic became widely recognized. Here, we critically review competing hypothese...

Trivia: the 1918 “Spanish” flu almost certainly originated in the United States around 1915

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Let’s ask American Samoa why they ran out of child-sized coffins last time RFK visited

Every department has a few dinosaurs, some more bitter than others

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It’s an ongoing process, like taking “a” breath. Many opportunities arise to not interrupt the process

4/1/25 or 4/1/26?

Trump yelling out of focus in the foreground as Xi Jinping smiles knowingly. Caption: “Never interrupt your enemy when he’s making a mistake”

Pretty much

Oh those wacky Free Speech Absolutists! 🤪

Yeah that’s kind of the assumption. PR (independent or otherwise) likely benefits from sane US policy (foreign and domestic) given its location within the US sphere of influence. But if Puerto Ricans wish to be independent then that seems like the correct path (obviously?)

Sure, unless a halfway decent blue wave with some loud progressives rolls into Congress. Say, a supermajority. But if DC is willing to have some representation for its taxation, it could work.

California and Texas routinely threaten to partition and/or secede…

What a time to be alive (probably for a shorter duration than expected)

I was going to push back, but if we merge some mostly-dirt states and add DC then PR can keep its independence without ill effect from the US’ sphere

(Interlude: “they don’t go to heaven where the angels fly”)

That’s what Puerto Rico and DC are for!

Also RAM prices just fell again! The invisible hand doing its thing

Imagine how cheap they’ll get after the Allbirds, I mean, AI bubble pops!

🤌

Yeah. The sort of thing that’s accessible to mortals in LMICs without a fat AWS grant. I think that’s super cool!

Throw in some public or consortium or clinical or eDNA short read data and you’re really cooking with gas

Arguably this isn’t a supercomputer, just a regular machine running Ubuntu for $0/seat

Which IMHO is much much cooler than expensive exclusive barriers to entry for science.

A minION plus a Linux shitbox and some decent experimental design enables things not even conceivable a few decades ago ✊

Observe that Doudna and others who actually know WTF they’re doing have no interest in this despite being in the epicenter of techbro circlejerking. Must be a coincidence

How does Mills help him get more AIPAC $$$?

The single thread linking all Chuck Schumer decisions is how to make AIPAC happy

My condolences to you and the rest of the family. It seems cosmically unjust, I hope everyone finds peace.

“You do a bunch of cool stuff but have severe and sometimes permanent side effects!”

Apparently I should come with a black box warning for severe side effects. This tracks with my trainees

Far too many people underestimate doxycycline to their detriment

The karaoke scene?