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lucatardigrado.bsky.social
Everything science and humane and everything else
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I’ve been seething and grieving since yesterday’s Friday Night Massacre of NIH overheads, a seeming bit of bureaucratic trivial that will in fact destroy the US university system if unchecked. But I want to get away from budgets and rate breakdowns and F&A percentages for a moment. Humor me?

submitted 20 days ago • 42 comments

Trump just undid the only good thing GWB did in his entire 8 years.

submitted 35 days ago • 279 comments

What does the remarkably early appearance of the Last Universal Common Ancestor tell us about the first days of life on Earth? My article in yesterday's Observer. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

submitted 40 days ago • 6 comments

𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 Some of the books I enjoyed reading this past year. Many great books but a remarkable one on How Life Works offers a beautiful view of biology by Philip Ball.

submitted 54 days ago • 4 comments

My favorite books, 2024

submitted 62 days ago • 34 comments

the progression of AIDS treatment in my lifetime, from how terrifying it was as a child in the 80s to stories like this 40-odd years later, is genuinely one of the human race’s most awe-inspiring scientific achievements. it was a nonnegotiable death sentence for SO LONG

submitted 63 days ago • 131 comments

A stressor you can break free of: Industry report: Identifies potential upcoming resource / mineral shortages. The News: “THERE WILL BE A SHORTAGE IN 5 YEARS.” Industry: Reacts to report’s identification of economic opportunity, increasing exploration and supply. No shortage ever appears.

submitted 69 days ago • 54 comments

Some said it couldn’t be done. That it was impossible; ridiculous; absurd. But @tomchivers.bsky.social and I have done it: recorded a whole podcast episode about collider bias. www.thestudiesshowpod.com/p/episode-57...

submitted 94 days ago • 9 comments