Excited to share our How I Do It paper describing a novel protocol for rapid procurement of human ear tissue from organ donors 👂https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/lary.70925

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We developed a postmortem protocol for temporal bone extraction and dissection in organ donors, enabling atraumatic bilateral temporal bone retrieval within 1–2 h of ischemia, followed by stepwise mi...

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Anyone else start hearing the Outer Wilds theme in their head?

cee@cee.wtf · 3w ago

throng.cee.wtf i've invented a new way to browse bluesky

For reference, the EPA found that 70dB averaged over 24 hours was likely to cause sensorineural loss. The EPA used to be able to regulate noise, but the Office of Noise Abatement and Control in the EPA was unfunded by executive order in 1982.

Abbey@abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 3w ago

This is what living next door to a 30 megawatt data center sounds like.

You guys. I performed a 69420 procedure in clinic today.

I've been locked out of my account because I didn't want to do the Texas age verification thing... and now it just works again?

We all have tiny labyrinths and snails in our ears. Only the truest among us know their secrets.

senior academics to junior ones:

"These cells, termed transdifferentiating Deiters' cells (tDCs), are capable of making the transition from supporting cells to hair cells—a step that is essential for hair cell regeneration." << coauthors incl. Litao Tao, part of our Hearing Restoration Project hearingreview.com/hearing-loss...

Researchers Uncover Biological Mechanism That Could Reverse Permanent Hearing Loss

Researchers have identified a biological mechanism that prompts supporting cells in the inner ear to regenerate into sensory hair cells.

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It's July 1st, the day residency programs start. The day we should bestow advice and love to all new residents. So tell me: which board game most captures your experience of residency? 1/🧩

Gracie just wants to be free

San Antonio Express-News@expressnews.com · 3mo ago

Gracie the giraffe, who became a media star when she wandered away from a Hill Country ranch, is now safely back home — but she's in time-out until the ranch finishes a new fence to make sure she can't escape again. bit.ly/4auhSNA

It's amazing how much better my brain works when I've taken care of my body just a little bit

Rocks.

Sad news.

San Antonio Express-News@expressnews.com · 3mo ago

The Air Force has acknowledged that the recent death of a recruit in basic training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland was caused by a flu virus that has swept the base, according to U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro. bit.ly/4vGghg4

"Some will say I should have prepared better. To them I ask: prepared how? By memorizing things? By practicing drawing pathways by hand like some kind of monk illuminating a manuscript? The whole point of AI tools is that I no longer need to retain information in my biological memory."

Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA@arrianna-planey.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Still clearing out my browser tabs. This elicited a good chuckle: "I am now applying to industry positions, where I am told the culture is more accepting of AI-augmented cognition." inpreparation.substack.com/p/opinion-i-...

Not sure anyone else has mentioned it yet - but Elsevier owned editorial manager has an option available which checks references, and it seems to be reasonable (says ‘validated’ with a link to the paper, and ‘not validated’ if it can’t find anything)

The French are onto something!

Guillaume Cabanac@gcabanac.cpesr.fr · 3mo ago

Use #bibCheck if you are a French academic: it's an online tool that audits bibliographies and reports retracted or inexistent references, developed in collaboration with @cnrs-inist.bsky.social (see slide 25 ut3-toulouseinp.hal.science/hal-05646645...). Otherwise check github.com/gianlucasb/h...

shout out to my trans homies i love you and I am sorry

Um... has anyone checked vital signs on the 13th amendment?

You will probably already know this but there's a very excellent paper by @gcabanac.cpesr.fr and his colleagues that noted that people are sneaking references into Crossref even when they're not even in the original paper. asistdl.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

<em>Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology</em> | Wiley Online Library

We report evidence of an undocumented method to manipulate citation counts involving “sneaked” references. Sneaked references are registered as metadata for published scientific articles in which the...

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The thing about treating younger, healthier patients is that if your provider isn't not exposed to pathology, they miss early signs when it does show up. A two-tiered system is worse for everyone.

Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA@arrianna-planey.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Contracting with Medicare and Medicaid has been a key leverage point to compel hospitals' compliance w/ statutes and rules against discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, ability to pay... So when hospitals opt out, choosing to prioritize wealthier, insured, self-pay, & younger patients...

Plea to #skystorians & other academics who read pedagogical research - what's your favourite _undergrad accessible_ article or chapter on "writing is thinking"? (NB please feel free to recc any real bangers on writing skills/reading skills/essay skills generally especially for STEM students!)

Academics: is there an easy way to confirm that all citations on a manuscript actually exist? This seems solvable, and I really don't want to individually check all 20-50 on each article I review when they have an AI disclosure.

Quick 🧪 and law note. The SCOTUS decision in Slaughter today has *profound* implications for US science, cancer cures and the economy. Sotomayor dissent: “Put simply, today the majority reshapes our Government… shifting tremendous power over broad swaths of American life into the President’s hands”

Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 3mo ago

BREAKING: The Supreme Court, 6-3, overrules Humphrey's Executor, giving the president broad firing powers over the leadership of federal agencies and limiting Congress's power to limit presidential firings. In a 5-4 decision, however, the court said the Federal Reserve is likely different.

Swearing an oath to the Constitution is a wild ride when there's a new Constitution every June

I got Sanna Marin. I guess I deserved that for my sin of taking the quiz.

"The green Reflecting Pool, despite actually being about water, is Teapot Dome" will be bouncing around in my head for a stretch

Adam Gurri@adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 3mo ago

The LC Discord cooked up some thoughts on the scandal naming convention

My phone wound up on a robocall list, and now it's unusable. This shit should be illegal.

I'd like to think it's Wemby's fault

If you’re between 14-45 years old and experience heavy menstrual bleeding, this is an exciting new trial investigating transcutaneous vagal nerve stimulation. Early results are promising with ~50% decrease in blood loss. QR code below. Please repost/share!

An update:

Isaac Erbele, MD@isaacerbele.bsky.social · 4mo ago

AITA?