Tavo @tavoglc@social.cleverlibre.org

After spending a few weeks lurking, it's time for an #introduction.

I'm Christian, based in southwestern #Germany after fleeing the Brexit fallout in the #UK. A #biologist by training, I spent a long time with #neurobiology research. Today I work for two small companies in the #fluorescence #microscopy and #motioncontrol fields.

I have been #sailing #dinghies for over three decades, with a partcular passion for highperformance #skiffs (still a beginner at sailing faster than the wind blows). Over a #boatbuilding project (a #Farr37 is still work in progress) I discovered #handtool #woodworking and now dabble in furniture making.

The meltdown of the Birdsite reminded me how much I miss #usenet - maybe Mastodon will be a good replacement?

Good vs evil 😅

#academia #PhD #phdlife #science #xp @OpenAcademics @AcademicChatter

Ok, you know what? Let's make a run for number 1!

I need your help folks! See the post this reply goes to, I humbly ask your help in getting the little guy get a big win!

#SelfPublished #Scifi #Fantasy #Steampunk #Bookworms #novel #AuthorsofMastodon #Authors #Thriller #Horror #Fiction #Monsters #Kaiju #Free #Kindle #Story

I call upon #Anyone and #Everyone on #Mastodon

My cover art and blurb are attached for those who are interested.

Teach me something useful about a subject you know very well.

Doesn't have to be a detailed lesson, in fact ideally just a few words or a single post.

Boosts appreciated, 2023 is coming and I'd like to get smarter. Maybe we can all get a bit smarter.

I'll start:

My job is voiceovers and I can tell you with absolute confidence that reading your writing out loud is like a magic trick for better proofreading.

The mouth stumbles on mistakes the eyes glide over.

Greta Thunberg decimated trump with just her staring at him.

Now she took Andrew Tate down IRL when she eviscerated him with a few words while he tried to clap back at her online & revealed his location, long enough for authorities to arrest him for human trafficking.

Don't mess with Greta Fools!

When will tiny men with fragile egos learn? 🤣💀

@coleens_

Andrew Tate picking a fight with a teenage girl, getting owned so badly he felt the need to spend an entire day filming and editing a response video, then said response video alerting the policy to his location allowing them to arrest him, is I think the maximum amount of schadenfreude physically possible.

A spicy read:

"Here are a handful of scenarios, not a complete list, but something to consider as “Infinity COVID” has become the mass-infection doctrine heading into 2023."

Scenario 5 is the one I have been thinking a lot about this year, after having read a book about the nazis' eugenics policy.

https://pandemicindex.substack.com/p/theory-evaluating-worst-case-scenarios

Alan Turing was a mathematician & cryptographer who was a leading code-breaker in the team that decrypted Nazi Germany’s Enigma machine during WWII. He inspired modern computing & what became artificial intelligence.

Instead of being hailed as a genius & hero, Turing was convicted as a homosexual & forced to endure chemical castration. He died by suicide at 41 in 1954.

The British government didn’t apologize until 2009 & Queen Elizabeth II finally pardoned him in 2013. #history #science

Good blog post (sequel to another good one) on how science should try other quality control methods than pre publication peer review. I haven't seen this on Mastodon but see it lots in my Twitter feed, so who can I follow on Mastodon to see more #metascience content like this? https://experimentalhistory.substack.com/p/the-dance-of-the-naked-emperors

#Introduction Time! I'm a developmental neurobiologist doubling as a cell biologist & microscopist. My fantastic team and I work at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in #Memphis.

Our lab interfaces with neural development and tech implementation to produce a quantitative and mechanistic entry point to understand cell polarization and neuronal differentiation. We work with a strong team mindset to discern the role of cell polarity health & disease.

Here's a little #sciart video:

I cannot keep this to myself. There is a website (radio.garden) where you can listen to radio stations all over the world for free. No log in. No email address. Nothing.

When the site loads, you are looking at the globe. Slide the little white circle over the green dots (each green dot is a radio station) until you find one you like.

I have been listening to this station in the Netherlands and it absolutely slaps. I have no idea what they're saying but the music is fantastic.

Tough... but fair.

"Also, scientific topics are often complex, and it’s generally not worth spending time and energy to understand a technical argument unless it’s particularly germane to your work.

But compounding these issues is a simple truth that has made science less impactful than it could otherwise be: Scientific papers are poorly written. And they’ve been getting worse."

https://www.worksinprogress.co/issue/the-elements-of-scientific-style/

"One may now ask, pointedly, whether an unvaccinated child after infection will have the immune system of an 80-year-old at the age of 30." "It is quite possible that the phenomenon will disappear after two or three years, because young children can still reproduce naïve immune cells. We don't know all this yet. I have always advocated vaccination and infection control for children out of an abundance of caution." Drosten
https://t.co/mQ2Gq039CV

@atomicpoet It makes sense. Some people just want Elon Musk to go away & think once that happens, it will be okay. Many do not see the fiscal icebergs ahead composed of:

👉🏾 Lost ad revenue
👉🏾 Future FTC fines
👉🏾 EU Sanctions
👉🏾 Landlord lawsuits for unpaid rent
👉🏾 Wrongful termination lawsuits
👉🏾 Bank interest loan payment

I expect #ElonMusk to declare himself a Spartan & try to fight it all in court, but #Twitter looks doomed if you ask me.

#COVID19 #VariantDashboard - #UnitedStates

Interesting tug of war between BQ.1.1 & XBB.1.5

TOP lineages (15-DAY TRENDS):

16.3% BQ.1.1
13.5% XBB.1.5
10.7% BQ.1
6.7% BQ.1.22
3.3% XBB.1
2.6% BQ.1.1.4

Tracker: http://tinyurl.com/mryj4uu7

#OmicronUpdates 12/28/22
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