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raytaylor.bsky.social
Maternal, Adolescent and Child Health in SSA, India, Slovakia (writing a book on stunting at birth / IUGR) NGO founder and fundraiser Currently: Oxford, UK Languages: English, Slovak and French
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#ncbi #blast doesn’t work either - i’ve been super concerned this was going to disappear - this database is crucial for genomic/transcriptomic research has anyone thought about how we can archive all of this information?? all the genomes, tools, data, we really cannot afford to lose it 🧪🌎👩🏻‍🔬

In times of cruelty ... ... kindness is a revolutionary act

I was wondering how we oppose authoritarianism. Suddenly, it's obvious: .... with kindness!

🏺🦣🧪 A cool skull but I'm going to add nuance. Toothlessness alone doesn't imply food provision. 100% gummy bonobos, our closest primate relations, cope OK. But in hominins, esp. from 500 ka, systematic butchery & transport of prey points to group food sharing, making such care more likely.

Hi Marc, Thanks for the work you're doing. I imagine you've seen Greg Palast's work and others' statistics, but just in case not, here it is: www.perplexity.ai/search/is-th... @marcelias.bsky.social

If it were legal to fire you, they wouldn't put so much effort into getting you to resign voluntarily.

So much devastation and damage in just 2 weeks @stephanienolen.bsky.social documents the carnage “Many of those interviewed broke down in tears as they described the rapid destruction of decades of work” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...

Africans are least represented in global health organizations, boards, conferences, and publications Read this importance piece to know how visa inequities play a role www.nature.com/articles/d44...

Tim Walz to accept nomination by singing an aria!

Just getting started on here, but here's a VoxEU column about child stunting (a form of malnutrition) that summarises a longer review paper about the determinants of child stunting in long run and global perspective. One of the key figures is below. cepr.org/voxeu/column...