Daniel Dvorkin
@danielmedic.bsky.social
Bioinformaticist / biostatistician, veteran USAF medic and Army infantryman, armchair paleontologist, occasional science fiction author, long-ago kickboxer, oldbat goth, vaccinated liberal patriot.
Because of course they did. ⚕️🧪🧵
US Senate panel votes to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress
A U.S. Senate committee voted on Thursday to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress after the former top U.S. infectious disease official refused to answer questions about his handling of the...
reuters.com
So Blanche pretends to kill the Treason For Fun And Profit slush fund, and Cornyn and Tillis pretend to believe him, and there are just enough "yea" votes to allow Collins to vote "nay" so Maine voters know she's Very Concerned. Do I have that right?
Opening for Nasty Women and Bad Hombres, please welcome ... COCKY DEMONS!
The caller on Rand Paul’s virtual town hall is all of us.
After reading numerous #paleoclimatology papers, and crunching numbers for #SeawayStation, I decided #Colorado ca. 70 million years ago had a climate most like that of South Carolina in the present day. Not exactly, of course, but a good analogue, and a touchstone for end-Cenozoic readers. 🚀 🦖 ✍️ 🧵
The scientific corollary to Murc's Law is the idea that it's always scientists' job to communicate better, not everyone else's to pay attention. 🧪 (via @arctomet.bsky.social)
More helpful debunking of what may be the world's most irritating hagiography. #Tesla was a smart person with a few good ideas and a terminal inability to turn them into anything that worked. His modern-day cultists are the same, only without the "smart" bit.
Nikola Tesla: The Guy Who DIDN'T "Invent Radio"
earlyradiohistory.us
Someone should tell #Hegseth that hair gel interferes with #testosterone production.
I gloomily suspect #masstransit in the #Denver #metro area is in a death spiral. Sure, cutting service will save money in the short term. But it will make the whole system less useful, reducing ridership, requiring more cuts ... you know the rest.
RTD could kill the free 16th Street shuttle and several rail lines under budget cut proposals
The FreeRide would be eliminated in four of five scenarios RTD has pitched to save money.
denverite.com
My refrigerator has killed as many people as Victor Marx. FEAR IT.
Research for details of life at #SeawayStation has led me to a paper by de Winter et al. Mayhap I should ensure my musket and rapier are ready for action. ✍️ 🦖 🚀
Fred Rogers has killed as many people as Victor Marx. FEAR HIM.
This is true. It is also true that a lot of #writers seem to enjoy playing with #dystopian tropes waaay too much, and their stories come across as #cautionary tales about as convincingly as 1930s #gangster movies. ✍️
The Chicxulub impactor has killed as many humans as Victor Marx. FEAR IT.
My six-pound cat has killed as many people as Victor Marx. FEAR HER.
The conversation about Graham #Platner, and what #Maine #Democrats should do next, has reinforced my opinion that many #lefties have an absolutely #MAGA-level preference for style over substance.
Little Bobby Tables is now old enough to be Little Billy Ignore Instructions' father.
The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world that #TheExpanse was hard SF. 🚀
What is the most unrealistic that a hard sci-fi can be before it becomes soft?
Daniel Dvorkin's answer: You could say zero lack of realism is allowed—absolutely everything must be based on our current scientific understanding of the universe, no exceptions—or you could say space...
quora.com
Squirrels love the smell of (long) pork in the morning.
Seen in the wild: the #ReflectingPool liner was cut by Sealant Team Six.
Heard rumors about this project long ago, and glad to see it coming out. Focusing on the science over reconstructing past environments, @pbseons.bsky.social has a full-length TV documentary series coming out: www.popsci.com/science/pbs-...
Watch an exclusive clip from new PBS series 'EONS: LIFE AND DEATH ON PANGEA'
The six-episode series brings The Great Dying to life.
popsci.com
