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This story explains exactly why there is no similarity between the USA under Trump and 1930s Germany. No similarity at all. @larryandpaul.bsky.social youtu.be/z2IdtjKUsX0?...

⚠️ Why Trump Is NOTHING Like Hitler - #BrokenNews

YouTube video by Larry & Paul

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Paul Pharoah@paulpharoah.bsky.social · 3d ago

Like GH Hardy I have no expert knowledge (on anything). Unfortunately, I seem to lack the requisite reluctance to intrude.

Putting some material together for some genomics 101 teaching and re-read GH Hardy's letter to Science in 1908. So polite. The opening para in particular.

The opening paragraph of GH Hardy's 1908 letter to Science.

Putting some material together for some genomics 101 teaching and re-read GH Hardy's letter to Science in 1908. So polite. The opening para in particular.

Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 6d ago

It odd how the phrase "I am not sure that X is..." has a different meaning to "I am sure that X isn't.."

A day in the life.

Science Magazine@science.org · 4d ago

If only all those bare-chested, muscle-bound creatures I see taking a stroll in Runyon Canyon knew that they are on the path to extinction.

Scientists have identified a gene variant associated with human growth hormone that likely made our close evolutionary cousins stockier and burlier than modern humans. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4hiEoxg

Neanderthal growth gene turns modern humans into muscle heads

Science Magazine@science.org · 4d ago

Apparently, Neanderthals were more "robust than humans". Evolutionary outcomes would suggest otherwise.

Paul Pharoah @paulpharoah.bsky.social · 4d ago

Good summary of the pertinent issues. It seems quite extraordinary that the sort of show trial that I once considered could never happen in a western democracy is just par for the course in todays US.

Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH@gavinyamey.bsky.social · 4d ago

Thx to @bmj.com for commissioning me & my inspirational colleague @boghuma.bsky.social to write this piece on Republicans' shameful show trial of Dr Fauci Sure, cursing at him & spouting kooky conspiracies got the MAGA base energized, but it will harm public health 1/5 www.bmj.com/content/394/...

Paul Pharoah @paulpharoah.bsky.social · 4d ago

Unfortunately that's not going to help his children.

Qasim Rashid, Esq.@qasimrashid.com · 4d ago

BREAKING: Notorious anti-Muslim bigot and fascist Rep Andy Ogles, pictured here with an absurd number of guns to overcompensate, has lost his primary election to Charlie Hatcher. This despite having Trump’s full throated endorsement. Next term, Ogles will NOT be a member of the US Congress.

Eric Alper @thatericalper.com · 4d ago

Paul Pharoah @paulpharoah.bsky.social · 4d ago

Good article - "symbolic representation has been a substitute for deeper reform". Also highlights the appalling statistic that in 2015 only 15 black males out of 3,449 students (how many male students?) matriculated at the University of Cambridge. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The takedown of Jason Arday has overjoyed the right, and must be a wake-up call for the left | Jason Okundaye

The Cambridge academic has rightly now resigned. But that won’t end the targeting of senior black figures or the lazy way institutions promote faux equality, says Guardian columnist Jason Okundaye

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Darren Dahly @statsepi.bsky.social · 4d ago

How thick do you have to be to care so deeply about the ethnic make up of your descendants but not at all about whether they will have clean air to breathe or a livable environment?

Rachel Cunliffe@rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 5d ago

Top rated nimbyism!

This comes courtesy of the Soho Society, a resident group established in 1972 aimed at “preserving the character of Soho”. Which they want to do by banning the centuries-old concept of the pub, and not (you'll be shocked to hear) the historically accurate option of increasing street prostitution

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... The answer to this question is no, wherever 'here' might be.

‘Do we really need huge cruise ships here?’: fears £150m Falmouth Docks plan threatens habitats – and town itself

Plans involve dredging and expanding docks to allow larger cruise ships to visit with up to 200,000 passengers annually

theguardian.com

Legal Weed 4 SC 🌱@legalweed4sc.bsky.social · 5d ago

The USA is so backwards the dentist has asked me to pay by cheque (check) if I don't want to pay a surcharge for paying with a debit card.

I'm old as dirt. I've got all 20.

Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 5d ago

Who needed consultants before the age of AI? Short answer: no one.

Who needs consultants in the age of AI? ft.trib.al/UxdYLUu | opinion

Good Law Project@goodlawproject.org · 2w ago

This has aged well (not).

Jason Arday is the youngest Black professor in Cambridge's history – and now rightwing newspapers are trying to smear him with untrue accusations of plagiarism. Not on our watch. Add your name in solidarity with Jason here: https://goodlaw.social/jg0w

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 6d ago

Time Traveler Causes of Death xkcd.com/2976/

A modified XKCD comic titled "TOP CAUSES OF DEATH FOR TIME TRAVELERS BY GEOLOGIC ERA:" features a tall, vertical rectangle representing Earth's timeline from its formation down to the present day. Along the left axis, tick marks indicate time intervals from "EARTH FORMS" at the top down through "4 BILLION YEARS AGO," "3 BILLION YEARS AGO," "2 BILLION YEARS AGO," "1 BILLION YEARS AGO," "500 MILLION YEARS AGO," and ending at "NOW" at the bottom. The vertical column is divided into stacked sections labeling the leading cause of death for each period: beginning at the top with "LAVA," followed by a section for "ASPHYXIATION," a thin band for "METEORS," a large section for "ASPHYXIATION," an even larger block spanning roughly 2.2 billion to 700 million years ago labeled "SLIGHTLY SLOWER ASPHYXIATION," and then smaller bands near the bottom labeled "FREEZING," "STARVING," "EATEN BY FISH," "TRAMPLED," and "EATEN BY MAMMALS." Next to the very bottom sliver representing the present day, an arrow points to the text "HIT BY SUV."

Retraction Watch@retractionwatch.com · 5d ago

"...mainly in scientific journals, but in the social sciences too." LoL - implies the social sciences do not count as science.

"How common is academic plagiarism in Britain?" asks Sam McPhail in @thespectator1828.bsky.social. "Retraction Watch’s role is tough: it covers retractions from Cambridge to Canton, mainly in scientific journals, but in the social sciences too."

John Rowan@jrowanbxl.bsky.social · 6d ago

Corruption is much better than it used to be. Politicians can now be openly corrupt with fear of being voted out of power.

Since this "nothing has got better" reactionary stuff is doing the rounds again, re-upping a thread plus the many answers to it wherein we identified lots of things that have, in fact, got better.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6d ago

It could be worse, it might be someone called Vance, or even someone who grinds wheat for a living.

JD Vance: "We don't want the next administration, whoever -- god forbid you're gonna have President El-Sayed in three years ... "

Ian Dunt@iandunt.bsky.social · 6d ago

I have often said that one key thing we could do to improve society would be to ban advertising. (I might make an exception for billboards). That and banning power steering in cars. That and hard hitting inheritance tax.

Frankly astonishing piece by @alexisconran.com on all the data our phones keep on us and what they do with it (it's not good). open.substack.com/pub/scamproo...

Loreli📚💙☮️⚛️🐕🐈🌊🦋❌️👑@chewie71.bsky.social · 6d ago

I am going to start with the Bible which is full of obscenity of all kinds and is utterly inappropriate for anyone under the age of 78 to read.

"Law allows anyone to challenge the appropriateness of materials, yet fails to define what constitutes obscene or inappropriate. “Anyone” here not limited to Arkansas, anyone living anywhere can lodge complaint & those materials would face public hearing" Book Riot share.google/97x0EB871s4a...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d ago

El-Sayed: "If all Mike Rogers got is that 'his name is Abdul, and my name is Mike,' you're gonna be surprised how many people are like, 'Yeah, but that's the Abdul who wants to bring down the price of my groceries and make sure I got healthcare. So yeah, I like Abdul over your Mike from Florida.'"