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strasmark.bsky.social
That’s not my dog.
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The temptation to duck & cover & hope the attack passes over us can be strong. But ultimately, they'll come back around for all of us. They are out to destroy the American university, which they view as a threat. So we might as well stand up, speak out, & fight back while we still have the chance.

submitted 80 days ago • 21 comments

The thing that gets me is Jonathan Gruber and @simonhrjohnson.bsky.social lay out this great vision of government investment in science and resulting progress that can really increase quality of life in non-coastal cities.

submitted 80 days ago • 1 comment

Had this House Finch land on my feeder, chasing off another as he landed. Poor guy is missing a leg, or at least his foot, or it’s injured enough he’s kept it tucked the whole time.

submitted 81 days ago • 1 comment

I called 911 a long time ago.

submitted 85 days ago • 0 comments

Saw the Gorge last night with my kids. I worry that they are going to grow up having learned much of their science and history through listening to me yell at the bad movies I make them watch.

submitted 92 days ago • 0 comments

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-co... What an interesting concept, he said unprompted.

submitted 92 days ago • 0 comments

Not for nothing, but Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell made his first order of business reforming Cambridge and Oxford. The Sorbonne was dissolved the same month the Terror began. Authoritarians hate independent academic inquiry because independent truth claims are a threat to power.

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A man genetically predisposed to early-onset Alzheimer's remains symptom-free, offering new insights into potential treatments. Researchers at WashU Medicine are investigating his unique resilience to understand how to combat the disease. www.npr.org/2025/02/10/n...

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@birdsoftheworld.bsky.social I have been assured by scientific authority that the bird on the left is a female Northern Cardinal that only looks green because of a camera artifact, but just in case, who much money does one get for discovering a new species?

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The way we look at #breastcancer is changing with the innovative technology of AI and 3D mapping — and WashU Medicine researcher scontinue to lead the charge. Check out our latest issue of Outlook Magazine to read the full story on this groundbreaking work. outlook.washu.edu/connecting-t...

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Any kind of authority, moral, academic or scientific, is a threat to those who seek to be the singular channel of power.

submitted 102 days ago • 0 comments

Economic effects of segregation can linger for centuries. open.substack.com/pub/alexandr...

submitted 105 days ago • 0 comments

Filler post until I figure out what I’m doing here

submitted 106 days ago • 0 comments