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i speedrun on twitch. occasionally i do science. i hate social media. i love hot wings. ---desperately searching for a job--- to learn more about me: https://www.speedrun.com/users/rhacodactylus https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=zG9hvtUAAAAJ&hl=e
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touchscreens are a really stupid invention

Cat + Basket = Cat Basket

It was really nice of CNN to make this neat little press release explicitly outlining the chilling measures that the administration is taking with no real "analysis" beyond just saying what will happen if you don't fall in line. This isn't journalism. This isn't analysis. This is a threat.

equipped or capable or motivated

the user who posted favorably about bruenig's article deleted her post (good!), but for the sake of understanding what i was talking about, this is the article i was referring to in the linked skeet bsky.app/profile/rhac...

The real question is--why do so many Americans believe the MAHA message, despite it being so obviously false? And I'd argue--it's because that message offers both a sense of control in the face of uncertainty and a sense of moral superiority as a reward for good health. Let me explain... 1/🧵

i cannot view this pro-natalist view as legitimate. our population went from 2 billion to 8 billion people in the past 100 years these people are not pro-natal, they are anti-brown-people. and giving them the benefit of the doubt about being pro-natal is normalizing white supremacist thinking

this guy is so goooood! www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAQ9...

"I put the ‘R’ in the MMR vaccine, and I’m scared that, like measles, rubella could make a comeback under RFK Jr." - Dr. Stanley Plotkin speaks up about the serious harms rubella caused, and the risks Kennedy is bringing back. www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm... via @inquirer.com

alright i have my laptop, guess i'm livetweeting the dire wolf preprint. so a quick reminder: this is not yet peer-reviewed, so there's some different expectations re: quality. also let's be clear, i'm a hella biased reader, bc i don't trust the hype they're courting

US students. Looking to apply to graduate school? Had an offer rescinded recently? The University of British Columbia in Canada will re-open the application portal in some departments for US students from April 14-18. Details: www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant... #ubc #AcademicSky #PhDSky #ScienceSky

there are a lot of names on that list of authors who do not appear to have contributed anything meaningful to the paper, including but not limited to george rr martin's blatant gift authorship like this is unsurprising from a grifting company that's doing a grift

More journalists need to talk about this the way Japanese articles do

well this... isn't good

only one week until twitch goes through with its latest selfish and stupid decision to be mean specifically to the people who make it money. so, i'll take this time to remind people of this great video put out by zophar to help you backup/archive your highlights www.youtube.com/watch?v=05Ei...

going out on a limb here, but i think this is bad thing for everyone who isn't evil and stupid and greedy

For anyone who's interested, the video of the panel I was on a few weeks ago on 20th century race science and anti-racism is available to watch

wish university admin had the courage of elementary school admin

"Colossal’s very questionable marketing of its genetic tinkering has already prompted Donald Trump’s oil-friendly Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum to insinuate that the endangered species list will be a thing of the past if we can just refresh and resurrect species at will."

i recommended this article yesterday on stream, in conversation about colossal's ceo denigrating the idea of publishing and sharing their research during the joe rogan interview it's a thoughtful paper with a message that more of us should consider adopting www.cell.com/trends/cogni...

this whole week is full of stories about the torment nexus meme, isn't it

"...in the future, Colossal said it will consider options to introduce animals into 'secure and expansive ecological preserves potentially on Indigenous land.' look at how casually Colossal just threw out that they were considering using indigenous lands to do unpredictable things to the ecology

"why are you blaming Democrats? there's nothing they can do to stop him" Democrats:

another fantastic summary of some of the problems associated with colossal's pseudoscience grift as i've said on twitch since the story broke, this whole thing is giving me huge theranos vibes and i predict in a few years the ceo will be on trial for defrauding investors

"i think what nintendo has realized is that gamers are extremely weak-willed and will pay unlimited money for the lowest quality games" yea, pretty much www.youtube.com/watch?v=zev9...

I wrote this about the Trump administration's recent "race realist" attack on the Smithsonian. theconversation.com/race-isnt-a-...

everything about the colossal biosciences claim of de-extincting the dire wolf is as another perfect example of brandolini's law: it takes an order of magnitude more effort to refute bullshit than it does to create it the people at this place just say whatever and claim it's science

Battle music to match the scenario. Whether in the plains, desert, boss battle, or another world, we've got it covered! #turnbasedthursday #gamedev #indiegame

the colossal biosciences ceo is saying on the joe rogan podcast that if they had to publish their research they'd never do any research i desperately need people to recognize this line of thinking as anti-scientific and the mark of a grifter www.reddit.com/r/biology/co...

if you are employed right now and unaware of the job market, it is in shambles. i'm fighting off the growing panic that i will just never be able to find a job ever again. everywhere that isn't on an official hiring freeze is on an unofficial hiring freeze because who can budget for anything?

Got the low balance warning from my bank. Need some help to get groceries and supplies 🙏

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always be wary of people who say they changed their minds but still insist on being leading voices on the issue they just changed their minds about

a constantly clicking fridge/freezer at 2:30am when i have, without exaggeration, less than $200 to my name right now and no income is NOT what i fucking need right now at this point i'm not even wondering why nothing is going right for me anymore. i just want things to stop getting getting worse