bryangitschlag.bsky.social
Evolutionary biologist | postdoctoral fellow at Cold Spring Harbor Lab | predictive modeling | cooperation & conflict | animal physiology & behavior | evolution of biological diversity & complexity š§¬š³ļøāšā
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There are other options.
Mark & John could have heard the Mary Magdalene detail from a common source (e.g. oral tradition not known to Paul).
Mark could've made it up singlehandedly and John repeated it.
Or a combination of these: Mark heard it from somewhere and John repeated it from Mark.
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And who knows what he means by 'out'? I've had jobs where it wasn't in my best interest to be out to coworkers. But there was always at least a friend or 2 who knew. If I were a rightwing conservative I might be tempted to spin it as "I was out & it was no big deal," to pull the ladder up after me.
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Trans liberation need not be
"extreme" or "alienating"
Dems can avoid being put on the defensive over this, via campaigns that draw everyone's attention to issues affecting most of usāworker rights & standard of living, access to healthcare & education, etc.
That's all you needed to say, Cowan.
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Advocating for parental consent (for medical care), or for sports to be safe & fair?
What is that sorta stuff doing in an op-ed aimed at talking Dems down from an "extreme" position?
What are you insinuating, Cowan?
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It is good to know that the young scholars will still be able to continue their research at other institutions. Still inexcusable that the rŠµgŃmŠµ is focused on punishing academic institutions like this. But thank you for the context.
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The new(ish) Terminator (Dark Fate) is definitely up there, probably tied with Terminator 2: Judgment Day and True Lies.
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Reminds me of when I was new to Maulikās lab, I discovered a promiscuous primer sequence, as clearly evidenced by the smear-rather-than-band in the gel. Just to be safe, yāknow before getting too excited, decided I should rerun it on a gel made with TAE instead of the one I had made with water š š¤¦āāļø
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Were the talks recorded?? š
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From what I can tell this seems to be the original paper (in preprint form)
assets-eu.researchsquare.com/files/rs-598...
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Very cool!
Youāve got me wondering if this represents a form of bet hedging, like if the same selfish genetic elements often carry dual latent capacities to harm or help their hosts.
In any case congrats on the study, and best of luck on peer review!
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Made this one in April 2017 for the first March for Science. So disheartening to think it would be relevant again.
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You & @fallen-denpa-angel.bsky.social deserve a follow for that. <3
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Yeah I suppose you could look at it that way. This may be semantic but in the context of religious proselytizing I tend to think of "prophecy" as the idea that someone is privy to some sort of mystical or supernatural revelation. Figuring things out by studying the patterns in nature wouldn't count.
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I thought they do mention the templeās destruction, at least indirectly by way of explaining why the templeās ātime had comeā so to speak (it wasnāt the season for figs and such).
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Interesting exploration of the subject and seems like a reasonable response to Wallace. Not sure the 5 criteria are stringent enough to constitute āprophecyā though. Like, wouldnāt the prediction of eclipses by ancient astronomers meet those criteria?
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Do you know if āEntwickā shares an etymological common ancestor with āonticā?
(sitting in a coffee shop right now thinking about the linguistic evolution of that word on the MPI sign)
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Thatās really cool. I love contemplating animal minds and trying to understand them.
As a brief aside, looking at the fish silhouette going from panels A to B to C, I couldnāt help but be reminded of the falling whale from Hitchhikerās Guide to the Galaxy.
Anyway congrats on the fascinating study!
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I loved visiting EMBO and Heidelberg. The castle there also has wild parrots š„°
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One (4) moreā¦
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As long as weāre sharing our favorite psychonaut memesā¦
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Flower
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Really cool little animal! Not sure I would promote evolutionnews though. They peddle a lot of pseudoscience and evolution denial.
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5. My first job out of college (before starting my phd) was in commercial fishing in Alaska.
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Maybe Iām seeing things but these look like they could be vertically flipped versions of each other.
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š³ You let me down, Mother Nature!
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The Hubble constant? š¤·āāļø
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The Birdcage (arguably one of the best rom-coms).
Armand: "Katie Archer, or is it Mrs. Something?"
Katharine Archer:
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Woah! Thatās super interesting!
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Since some of this research was also not included in the Cass "review" I'll be sure they get included on the spreadsheet linked above. Anyway, not really interested in arguing back & forth. This info is mostly for anyone else who might like to know. āļø
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They don't evaluate all the research. Some of the studies I mention in the below response (Chen et al.; Skorochod et al.) are not cited. And some of the papers that are cited (e.g. Tordoff et al.) are merely cited but their key findings are not discussed or reported.
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In other words it's good for young patients to know what their long-term options & prospects look like, based on adult research and research that specifically compares younger vs older cohorts. Also, some of these studies were also not discussed in the Cass Review. 6/
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And while the literature often reports improved mental health with gender-affirming care in adults, some studies (e.g. Chen et al. 2020; Skorochod et al. 2023) reported benefits that were associated specifically with having access to gender-affirming care at an earlier point in adolescence. 5/
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Understanding the statistics of gender-affirming care as people grow up also helps providers & patients with managing expectations. Some studies (e.g. Gupta et al. 2023; Elkadi et al. 2023) report that most youth seeking gender-affirming care continued to do so upon follow-up, years later. 4/
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ā¦especially since the purpose of puberty blockers is to give the patient time to develop before making these decisions. Knowing the outcomes in adults can help adolescent patients and their healthcare providers develop and manage their long-term expectations and make more informed decisions. 3/
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Research concerning adults is still relevant. For healthcare providers who work with trans youth, it can be helpful (and informative for the patients) to know how adults generally respond to gender-affirming care,ā¦ 2/
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So, being cited is not the same as being discussed. So for example the Nolan et al. study shows up in the "references" section of the Cass "review" but its findings are not discussed in the text. Similar story for Tordoff et al. in the systematic reviews you mention. 1/
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NOTE: I compiled this list myself from exploring the literature. I am not a professional researcher on gender-affirming care (or mental health generally). I do not claim this is a comprehensive or systematic analysis of the research. It is only what I have found (so far) of the relevant research.
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These include studies of various type (cross-sectional, longitudinal, randomized trial) plus published reviews of the research, systematic reviews and meta-analyses. All of these were published before the final Cass "review" so they were available for discussion.
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docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Heck, "Privatization of public goods can cause population decline" is literally the title of a *drumroll* microbiology studyā¦
www.nature.com/articles/s41...