this is legitimately evil

New research article

Genome-scale evolution and phylodynamics of swine #influenza A viruses in China: a genomic epidemiology study

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

#IDSky #ViroSky #ClinMicro #OpenAccess #OA

so much winning

And to think we could have had a sane, serious government run by an intelligent person who would have acted in the best interests of Americans, and not Vladimir Putin.

Any psychologist or psychiatrist (or former abused spouse) will tell you that President Zelensky gave a master class today on how to deal with a malignant narcissist.

He is an amazing man. We can all learn from him.

Anger. Righteous anger. We need more of it in this country.

Donald Trump has disgraced the United States of America in countless ways since he first entered political life ten years ago.

But he had never disgraced the nation as badly as he did today.

He has brought shame on this country to an extent I had never thought possible. And he has only just begun.

Lots of illegal news to sort through with @gtconway.bsky.social And signs of life from the legal community as we finally get some protest resignations in the face of the Trump administration’s naked corruption!

A Marine vet thought he found a 'home' working at the VA. Now he's one of 1,000 fired. Andrew Lennox, who was terminated from the VA, noted the irony of the VA claiming it had fired some veterans to help veterans.

I’m going to continue to work until my computer access is revoked,” Lennox said. “Then I’m going to volunteer. I’m going to keep working as best I can to support the veterans. That’s what I’m here for.”

taskandpurpose.com/news/veteran...

It’s been buried in all the news today, but every scientist in the US should pay attention to this:

Mike Lauer went out on a limb for us all, sending out a memo saying institutes should start awarding grants. And it looks like Trump/Musk fired him for that. 🧪

An all Bach concert with Gjelsten, Wollerman, Malov, Griffiths-Hughes & Ikematsu from Nelson - Schedule // - www.worldconcerthall.com Adam Chamber Music Festival. Rolf Gjelsten, cello, Jenny Wollerman, soprano, Sergey Malov, violoncello da spalla and violin, Rachael Griffiths-Hughes, organ, Hiroshi Ikematsu, double bass, and the…

Right now, an all #Bach concert with Gjelsten, Wollerman, Malov, Griffiths-Hughes & Ikematsu from #Nelson www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/an_all_bach_... #wch

CDC Posts, Then Deletes, Data on Bird Flu Transmission Between Cats and People (Gift Article) The data, which appeared fleetingly online on Wednesday, confirmed transmission in two households. Scientists called on the agency to release the full report.

For whatever stupid political reasons, the Trump administration took down information about avian flu transmission from cats to people (and vice versa). There are 74M cats in the US. This is endangering public health.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...

WTF is Artificial Intelligence Really? | Yann LeCun x Nikhil Kamath | People by WTF Ep #4 YouTube video by Nikhil Kamath

Excellent podcast with Nikhil Kamath in which we cover a lot of topics related to AI and deep learning.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAgH...

Think Tank Called ‘The Himmler Institute’ Assures Nation This All Legal

Think Tank Called ‘The Himmler Institute’ Assures Nation This All Legal
theonion.com/think-t...

Resisting AI Mania in Schools - Part II Here are more messages to push back on

“You have to prepare your students for the future!”
and
"Your students are already using AI, so you must teach them how to use it ethically!"

Two common messages used to push and pull teachers headlong into AI mania. I wrote about resisting these messages here:

We're just starting to understand how AI "think" during inference.

Current large models often abandon promising lines of reasoning too quickly, "underthinking". When they get math problems wrong, it's often because they jumped away from correct approaches too early. Lots of room to improve this.

#ai #siliconvalley #technology #China #machinelearning #geek

How China’s New AI Model DeepSeek Is Threatening U.S. Dominance YouTube video by CNBC

#DEEPSEEK, #AI #Chinese 𝘂𝗽𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 (𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯), 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗨.𝗦. 𝗔𝗜 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽.‼️
Watch CNBC in-depth report & implications for AI's future
— V3 outperformed several U.S. models in key benchmarks, like problem-solving, math, & coding
— high performances & lower computational resources (cheaper) — & 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝘆 𝗼𝗻⁉️

Green-banded broodsacs are parasitic worms infect snails. The worm grows through the snails body, inserting tentacles into the snails eye stalks, and pulsing those tentacles like lures. Birds see these tentacles, consume the snails and complete the parasites life cycle
🎥wiki
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"Researchers who have clinical trial participants ... said they weren’t able to order test tubes to draw blood as well as other key study components. If something doesn’t change, one researcher who was affected said his study will run out of key supplies by next week."

It’s somewhat simplistic to reduce it to “computers being given prescribing privileges” without mentioning the diagnostic advances in deep learning when compared to physicians’ capabilities.

Bonhoeffer 2024 Martin Niemöller's Sermon featuring August Diehl YouTube video by The Age of Conversation: Art and Culture

Martin Niemöller's sermon with the famous "When the Nazis first came for the socialists, I didn't speak out because I was not a socialist. When they later came for the trade unionists, I didn't speak out..." from 'Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin' - now in movie theaters.
youtu.be/_VGzqnQKhz8?...

It’s Article II. The Constitution has no “Title II.” Not a thing most DOJ lawyers would get wrong.

www.govexec.com/workforce/20...

Zuckerberg, Mrs. Bezos, Bezos, Pichai, Musk

a functioning opposition party that represented the working class could spike this photo in the end zone basically forever

BEST headline I’ve seen. Of course it’s not in the USA! 🤯

This piglet is looking outside at a world (s)he will never know

Instinctively looking towards the daylight of freedom

A freedom that will never be granted💔

(S)he is in a death camp with a set execution date

Why don’t you understand this wrongness?

#LiveVegan please ✌️

Did He Actually Do That? Elon Musk either had a slipped-mask moment or is supremely awkward.

Think @cwarzel.bsky.social is correct here — Elon is a heinous troll who does all to get reaction and attention, a bottomless well of need www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

Proud Boys back in DC today. Video by scootercaster.com