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Strong from MIT prez, Sally Kornbluth: orgchart.mit.edu/letters/toda...

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These times have proved that it is good to have something like Section 16.3 of Finland's Constitution: 'The freedom of science, the arts and higher education is guaranteed'.

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This chart is not since the middle ages, it's (coincidentally) exactly in my lifetime. Almost 1 in 4 kids born died before 5 in low income countries! Let's have more of humanity crushing it, and less of whatever we have in 2025, please.

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This is a magisterial write-up of this near-miraculous scientific & medical achievement.

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My grandmas were immigrants, my mum & sisters in law are immigrants; my sister & nephews are migrants. My kids study maths, Shakespeare, dance, act & score tries alongside the kids of immigrants. My dad’s life was saved by immigrants. Immigrants have made us richer, wiser, stronger Win the fight

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Thanks to everybody who chimed in! I arrived at the conclusion that (1) there's a lot of interesting stuff about interactions and (2) the figure I was looking for does not exist. So, I made it myself! Here's a simple illustration of how to control for confounding in interactions:>

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Powerful moment: leaders of France (Macron), Germany (Merz) and U.K. (Starmer) arrive in Kyiv together, to be joined by Poland’s leader (Tusk) In support of Ukraine In defiance of Russian aggression Together as Europeans, west to east 🇫🇷🇩🇪 🇬🇧🇵🇱🇪🇺🇺🇦

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Looking to advance your research career? Choose Europe. Practical information: europa.eu/!B8hjh3 Register for the info session on 6 May: europa.eu/!gX3Dgv

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This morning I was thinking, "the number they announce better be in billions-with-a-b", so I'm a little disappointed, but this is starting to look like the level of seriousness required.

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Of all the mistakes the GOP has made, this will be the most consequential. For US’s science, technology, and innovation - but, mostly, by purging scientists, huge loses to the economy, security, and standing in the world. For absolutely no reason. Alas, to the wood chipper.

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May the forth be with you! Locations: Canning Town, Heron Quays #starwars

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This is neat. Opening sentences in encyclopedia entries are tightly stylistically constrained, so the link chain rapidly becomes abstract. Humorously "philosophy" itself breaks the pattern, as it immediately loops between "Existence" and "Reality" (if you ignore parentheticals & disambiguations).

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This piece is great. Illuminating as someone who has lived here 5 years (😮) to hear a visitor’s impressions. Though her attempt to provide pronunciation advice of “löyly” misses the mark. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/m...

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20 years ago today, at 5:50 AM, a little more than a week after I had arrived in Oxford, I was headed to see the Magdalen choir. Pretty magical introduction to my new home!

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In case you missed it, here’s the Hymnus Eucharisticus sung from the top of the Great Tower for May Morning by Magdalen College Choir!

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It is fun to dunk on OpenAI, but if you're upset because it isn't good at doing multiplication problems, then I think the PEBKAC.

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Eight year old: Who is the pope? Me: Begins to explain… Eight year old, interrupting: “It turns out I don’t care about that.”

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PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

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Ahhhhhhh, these initiatives are all so small! This is only $10M, which can “lure” maybe 2 top researchers. Norway is best positioned country on earth to do this: $2T in their sovereign wealth fund. Make this 100x bigger!

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Nobody has asked my opinion, but if they did, I would advise the Lib Dems to go all in on education, universities and skills training as the defining subject for the future of the country.

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Are you coming to European Atherosclerosis Society Congress 2025 in Glasgow on May 4-7? Come meet our team at booth 20 and hear more about Nightingale Health’s affordable metabolomics and scalable remote blood collection. Book a meeting to discuss more: [email protected]

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The cameras are staying on.

submitted 32 days ago • 65 comments

Really nice visualisation of a lagged health outcome over decades (in contrast to the delays over days/weeks we typically see for acute infectious diseases like COVID)

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U.S. Senators, Canadian Senators, and Ottawa Senators: Learn The Differences

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My quote of the day …But without scientific progress no amount of achievement in other directions can insure our health, prosperity, and security as a nation in the modern world. Vannevar Bush Science: The Endless Frontier

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Yes. Every person & organization that stands firm makes it easier for the next one.

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Strong from MIT prez, Sally Kornbluth: orgchart.mit.edu/letters/toda...

These times have proved that it is good to have something like Section 16.3 of Finland's Constitution: 'The freedom of science, the arts and higher education is guaranteed'.

This chart is not since the middle ages, it's (coincidentally) exactly in my lifetime. Almost 1 in 4 kids born died before 5 in low income countries! Let's have more of humanity crushing it, and less of whatever we have in 2025, please.

This is a magisterial write-up of this near-miraculous scientific & medical achievement.

My grandmas were immigrants, my mum & sisters in law are immigrants; my sister & nephews are migrants. My kids study maths, Shakespeare, dance, act & score tries alongside the kids of immigrants. My dad’s life was saved by immigrants. Immigrants have made us richer, wiser, stronger Win the fight

Thanks to everybody who chimed in! I arrived at the conclusion that (1) there's a lot of interesting stuff about interactions and (2) the figure I was looking for does not exist. So, I made it myself! Here's a simple illustration of how to control for confounding in interactions:>

Powerful moment: leaders of France (Macron), Germany (Merz) and U.K. (Starmer) arrive in Kyiv together, to be joined by Poland’s leader (Tusk) In support of Ukraine In defiance of Russian aggression Together as Europeans, west to east 🇫🇷🇩🇪 🇬🇧🇵🇱🇪🇺🇺🇦

Looking to advance your research career? Choose Europe. Practical information: europa.eu/!B8hjh3 Register for the info session on 6 May: europa.eu/!gX3Dgv

This morning I was thinking, "the number they announce better be in billions-with-a-b", so I'm a little disappointed, but this is starting to look like the level of seriousness required.

Of all the mistakes the GOP has made, this will be the most consequential. For US’s science, technology, and innovation - but, mostly, by purging scientists, huge loses to the economy, security, and standing in the world. For absolutely no reason. Alas, to the wood chipper.

May the forth be with you! Locations: Canning Town, Heron Quays #starwars

This is neat. Opening sentences in encyclopedia entries are tightly stylistically constrained, so the link chain rapidly becomes abstract. Humorously "philosophy" itself breaks the pattern, as it immediately loops between "Existence" and "Reality" (if you ignore parentheticals & disambiguations).

This piece is great. Illuminating as someone who has lived here 5 years (😮) to hear a visitor’s impressions. Though her attempt to provide pronunciation advice of “löyly” misses the mark. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/m...

20 years ago today, at 5:50 AM, a little more than a week after I had arrived in Oxford, I was headed to see the Magdalen choir. Pretty magical introduction to my new home!

In case you missed it, here’s the Hymnus Eucharisticus sung from the top of the Great Tower for May Morning by Magdalen College Choir!

It is fun to dunk on OpenAI, but if you're upset because it isn't good at doing multiplication problems, then I think the PEBKAC.

Eight year old: Who is the pope? Me: Begins to explain… Eight year old, interrupting: “It turns out I don’t care about that.”

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

Ahhhhhhh, these initiatives are all so small! This is only $10M, which can “lure” maybe 2 top researchers. Norway is best positioned country on earth to do this: $2T in their sovereign wealth fund. Make this 100x bigger!

Nobody has asked my opinion, but if they did, I would advise the Lib Dems to go all in on education, universities and skills training as the defining subject for the future of the country.

Are you coming to European Atherosclerosis Society Congress 2025 in Glasgow on May 4-7? Come meet our team at booth 20 and hear more about Nightingale Health’s affordable metabolomics and scalable remote blood collection. Book a meeting to discuss more: [email protected]

The cameras are staying on.

Really nice visualisation of a lagged health outcome over decades (in contrast to the delays over days/weeks we typically see for acute infectious diseases like COVID)

U.S. Senators, Canadian Senators, and Ottawa Senators: Learn The Differences

My quote of the day …But without scientific progress no amount of achievement in other directions can insure our health, prosperity, and security as a nation in the modern world. Vannevar Bush Science: The Endless Frontier

Yes. Every person & organization that stands firm makes it easier for the next one.

I don't think people who DO have a criminal record should be disappeared to a Salvadoran prison either

JB-M loves a “bursting out of the margins” graph.

Post a movie from the year you turned 18.