Ray Taylor
@raytaylor.bsky.social
Maternal, Adolescent and Infant Health in Africa, India, Slovakia (prepping a blog on stunting at birth / IUGR) NGO founder and fundraiser Currently: Oxford, UK Languages: English, Slovak and French
Actual reply from Claude: Step 1: Call Oman 📞 (the Gulf state everyone likes) Step 2: give 5th Fleet a vacation in a Gulf ports (the US has done versions of this before) Step 3: Hope Iran is having a chill day 🙏 Step 4: Explain to Congress why oil is $150/barrel
Joey Politano🏳️🌈@josephpolitano.bsky.social · 5mo agosomeone at the pentagon frantically typing “Claude, open the strait of Hormuz for me, quickest possible strategy, make no mistakes.”
There is no strategy that opens the Strait quickly, durably, and keeps American ships safe. You're picking two of three. That's the actual staff problem, and why "quickest possible, no mistakes" is a question that has no clean answer.
Joey Politano🏳️🌈@josephpolitano.bsky.social · 5mo agosomeone at the pentagon frantically typing “Claude, open the strait of Hormuz for me, quickest possible strategy, make no mistakes.”
Useful reminder for drivers (please look back!) And cyclists (don't stay close to parked cars - you have a right to cycle in the middle of the road, be seen and safe!)
Helen Czerski@helenczerski.bsky.social · 6mo agoLast night, I got properly "doored" for the first time. A car in the road to my right paused, and the rear left passenger threw open his door without looking, right into my path. I ended up on the floor, badly winded but ok. If you don't know what the "Dutch reach" is, NOW is the time to learn.
Well, look at that. My BBC documentary on the science of sound from years ago has just popped up on the BBC Earth Science channel. If you fancy some cool sound science in your day, here you go: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp_u...
The Remarkable Science of Sound | Sound Waves: The Symphony of Physics | BBC Earth Science
YouTube video by BBC Earth Science
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Some thoughts on why I think it's important to remember that the natural and physical world provide joy and curiosity, even though global geopolitics is very mean and horrible right now. Appreciating the world around us gives us joy & agency. Don't forget the bad, but hold on to the good too.
PLEASE DON'T SHARE THIS - it creates fear and is just not correct We have kidneys which protect us from this! Ask a decent LLM what rheumatologists and bone doctors think of the paper. What the paper DOES do is unnecessarily scare young people (who have enough to worry about!)
Sang-Ki Lee@sklee621.bsky.social · 5mo agoA new article shows why rising atmospheric CO2 is acidifying our blood and weakening our skeleton - the human (and animal) biological equivalent of "ocean acidification". 🌊🧪 ocean2climate.org/2026/03/01/c...
"The word 'evil' is derived from an old English word 'yfel' ... which means to “exceed proper boundaries.” (approx!)
Good advice from NASA: ... on keeping projects going, despite cuts
Andy Rivkin@asrivkin.bsky.social · 7mo ago🧪 🔭
EU, Canada and UK have 20 icebreakers and tens of thousands of winter troops. USA has 2 icebreakers, and few full time winter troops, winterised vehicles etc and little training. Remember Ukraine invasion? Be careful about military optimism!
"Wealth cannot be enjoyed under slavery" Boudicca, a queen of England who rebelled against Rome and Seneca the moneylender and philosopher (who I now like less!)
Large and intricate naturally occurring structures composed exclusively of RNA... ROOL! More at Molecule of the Month: pdb101.rcsb.org/motm...
Recalling nearly 30 career diplomats serving as ambassadors is not standard practice for new US administrations
Unintentionally, he speaks the truth:
HHS@hhsofficial.bsky.social · 8mo agoCMS Administrator Dr. Oz: “You know what you get when you mix medicine and politics? Politics. There is no medicine left…predatory actions and many other activities have forced children to the tip of the spear where they have brunt the burden of this toxic combination.”
#solar #environment #agriculture #energy 🧪 “ … scientists have discovered that, by placing solar panels at least eight meters (about 26 feet) apart, they can optimize both crop production and electricity generation”
Scientists make groundbreaking discovery about crops grown near solar panels: 'A significant impact'
One of the key challenges of agrivoltaic projects has been limiting the impact of shade on crops grown near solar panels.
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It's easy to be negative about humans ... ... but I love that humans are working to prevent viruses from whales affect dolphins!
David Blanchflower BSc@davidbflower.bsky.social · 8mo agoDrones detect deadly virus in Arctic whales' breath. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Peanut allergies are plummeting in children, and you can thank science www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... @picardonhealth.bsky.social 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
This is astonishing, remarkable! The intro is great, well worth a read. "greater [microbiome] diversity in infancy has been concurrently linked to increased fronto-parietal connectivity... implicated in cognitive control, which in turn was associated with increased infant negative emotionality"
Nature Portfolio@natureportfolio.nature.com · 9mo agoA study in Nature Communications finds that relative abundances of stress-sensitive gastrointestinal microbes at 2 years old predicts internalizing symptoms, such as depression and anxiety, in middle childhood through altered emotion-related brain network connectivity. #microbiome #medsky 🧪
#Tylenol doesn't cause #autism, but recent studies and cohort analyses associate prolonged or frequent exposure to #acetaminophen in pregnancy with language delay, which could easily be confused with autism at age 2-3. Sources: www.perplexity.ai/search/does-...
🧪For those of us who do complex collaborations with multiple corresponding authors this is terrible . I suspect it will also hit female authors disproportionately as they tend to have more collaborations across fields…https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03281-4
Google Scholar tool gives extra credit to first and last authors
Researchers welcome the initiative, but say it doesn’t go far enough to capture the nuance of researcher productivity and impact.
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The hemiparasitic nature of Rhinanthus minor (yellow rattle) is exploited by horticulturists wanting to create wildflower meadows. This annual species is a parasite of grasses and slows their too-vigorous growth, allowing wildflowers to thrive. #parasite #Orobanchaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
I'm looking to recruit a post-doc to help push forward our growing interests in insect ecotoxicology. Apply here by Nov 30th! (thanks for reposting) career5.successfactors.eu/sfcareer/job...
Career Opportunities: Posdoctoral researcher in toxin susceptibility and evolution of resistance in insects (22517)
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🧪Is Richard Dawkins wrong about the nature of life? And is it time to abandon the metaphor of "The Selfish Gene"? That's what's in my new article. It's free to read and subscribe, and it features audio narration (read by me) for those who prefer it. #science #philsky #evolution #biology #philosophy
Is Richard Dawkins wrong about the nature of life?
Is it time to abandon the metaphor of "The Selfish Gene"?
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Don't forget your flu shot this year! Vaccines are safe and effective - talk to your doctor for answers to questions. #vaccinate #vaccine #noflu 🧪🧬🍎🥽👩🔬
