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tlaustin.bsky.social
Instructional technologist | ex grad student in politics of ex-USSR | EDMD | SARS2-aware | Eastman-trained cellist
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The moral of the story is this: do not experiment on yourself by snorting airborne viruses into your brain. Stay in the control group.

submitted 1 day ago • 6 comments

👇🎯🧵💯 Nothing is more true or makes people here on BlueSky Dot Com more angry than this obviously true & central point about 🇺🇸 democracy. Every time you say it, folks intentionally misconstrue what you're actually saying. But it remains the core problem in 🇺🇸 politics: bsky.app/profile/mcop...

submitted 17 days ago • 12 comments

The Kelsey Museum of Archaeology and the Museum of Anthropological Archaeology are launching the Center for Community Archaeology and Heritage, which aims to promote community-engaged practices in archaeological and heritage studies. myumi.ch/rA1WZ

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

The antiviral Ensitrelvir, already approved in Japan 🇯🇵 and Singapore 🇸🇬 , reduced the risk of confirmed Covid infection by 67% in a double-blind placebo control trial Take 💊 within 72hrs of a household member developing symptoms news.virginia.edu/content/new-...

submitted 32 days ago • 5 comments

TIL that Ukraine has chip fabs.

submitted 31 days ago • 1 comment

EPA warning: do not go outside in the Central U.S. dust storm! Hazardous dust covers parts of KS, OK, CO, MO, WY, IL, TX, NM, NE. The AQI in St. Louis hit an unfathomable 5,791 from PM10 (dust); an AQI over 300 is “Hazardous”. The tops: Lamar, CO hit an AQI of 12,802. Consult airnow.gov.

submitted 32 days ago • 54 comments

Dominantly inherited myopathies and #musculardystrophy affect various skeletal muscle functions, from structural components to protein homeostasis. Andrew Findlay reviews their complex and diverse mechanisms, as it is crucial for developing effective therapies. 🧪Read more: bit.ly/4fNXJme

submitted 134 days ago • 0 comments

Discover how protein clusters in cells could lead to treatments for Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy, revealing the molecular and physical rules behind their formation.

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

A new paper on microplastics accumulating in the brain was just published in Nature Medicine. I've reviewed the background and main findings in a new Ground Truths post erictopol.substack.com/p/the-microp...

submitted 71 days ago • 19 comments

The long-term, multi-system complications after Covid hospitalization among ~64,000 cases and 310,000 matched controls. Excess of Type 2 diabetes, kidney, lung and neurological disorders. Replicates prior work by @zalaly.bsky.social and colleagues www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

submitted 44 days ago • 14 comments

I love the smell of dimethyl sulfide in the morning. (For those keeping score at home, dimethyl sulfide can be produced by aquatic bacteria, decomposing algae, and phytoplankton.) Interesting discovery!

submitted 45 days ago • 1 comment

Our lifestyle and environmental exposures are the predominant influencers of healthy aging and premature mortality, compared with polygenic risk, in the first comprehensive assessment www.nature.com/articles/s41... open-access

submitted 55 days ago • 5 comments

Large epidemiologic studies have consistently shown an association between coffee and improved health outcomes. This may be one of the reasons: favorable changes to the gut microbiome 🏢🏢 www.scientificamerican.com/article/coff...

submitted 55 days ago • 47 comments

Member of the European Astronaut Reserve, John McFall has been cleared to become the first person with a physical disability to take part in a mission to the International Space Station. 👨‍🚀🛰️ Read more 👉 www.gov.uk/government/n...

submitted 57 days ago • 1 comment