Read a lot of Asimov to my kids growing up. Rediscovered this quote recently. Seems particularly relevant to remember given the growing vitriol and violence as we turn on each other, and are subsumed by the derision algorithms at play...

Great step forward for patients afflicted with metastatic bone disease. Skeletally related events account for ~20% of our cancer care economy. @ucdaviscancer.bsky.social @ucdavisortho.bsky.social

"Never regard something as doing you good if it makes you betray a trust, or lose your sense of shame, or make you show hatred, suspicion, ill will, or hypocrisy, or desire for things best done behind closed doors." Marcus Aurelius. Where has all the shame gone?

Prosthetic Embodiment Research Could Improve Outcomes After Amputation in Sarcomas @rlrandallmd.bsky.social #Sarcoma #Prosthetics www.onclive.com/view/prosthe...

Molecular Research With Benign, Self-Limiting Bone Lesion May Unlock New Treatment Avenues for RAS/MAPK-Activated Tumors @rlrandallmd.bsky.social @ucdavishealth.bsky.social www.onclive.com/view/molecul...

MRI and Ultrasound May Be Best Used in Tandem for Surveillance Imaging in Soft Tissue Sarcoma @rlrandallmd.bsky.social @ucdavis.bsky.social #scmsm #oncology www.onclive.com/view/mri-and...

Thanks @onclive.bsky.social. Perhaps a value proposition for a PRCT? @ucdavisortho.bsky.social @ucdaviscancer.bsky.social @ucdavishealth.bsky.social @ascocancer.bsky.social @theaacr.bsky.social @curesarcoma.bsky.social @sarcomapatients.bsky.social @sarcomasucks.bsky.social

We Are Watching a Scientific Superpower Destroy Itself www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/o.... Is anyone paying attention? The institutions that have enabled our prosperity are being systematically undermined. We must wake up.

A recommendations from my son. The evidentiary claim is clear: material circumstance drives editorial & media agendas. While a little dated, a masterwork. So grateful for the recommendation. @mit.edu @upenn.edu @washingtonpost.com @nytimes.com @newsweek.com @economist.com @brownupolisci.bsky.social

Super important and relevant read. TY @stevenpinker.bsky.social While we have so many subconscious parts of our brain that influence our behavior, we must use Reason as our gimbel to navigate and manufacture a better tomorrow. @philsci.bsky.social @philosophybites.bsky.social @sciam.bsky.social

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “How can the most powerful country on earth sow the seeds to make people sick again with preventable, even once-eliminated diseases?” our columnist Maureen Dowd writes.

A joy throughout. Gets really meaningful at about minute 11. Thank you @hankgreen.bsky.social & @mit.edu youtu.be/1b2LfAGkkpk

Thx @onclive.bsky.social Tgeae patients deserve our attention to these matters. @ucdavis.bsky.social @ucdavismedschool.bsky.social @ucdavishealth.bsky.social @curesarcoma.bsky.social @agentsmib.bsky.social @sarcomapatients.bsky.social

Thx @onclive.bsky.social. Even the most usual of bone tumors can help unlock the mysteries of mesenchymal neoplasia. @ucdavis.bsky.social @ucdavismedschool.bsky.social @ucdavishealth.bsky.social @theaacr.bsky.social @orssociety.bsky.social @curesarcoma.bsky.social @agentsmib.bsky.social

Thanks to our team! @ucdavishealth.bsky.social

Societal enlightenment is on the wane. We are slipping back into a dark where theocracy and demagoguery are the norm. @nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social @newsweek.com @usnews.com @sciam.bsky.social @science.org www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/o...

Happiness is in the in-between. The good life is defined by the quality of our relationships. Consider reaching out to someone you care about who has become remote in your life.You will both be enriched. Especially consider one who thinks differently on important issues.You may find commonality.

The declination of investing in education leads to the rise of demagoguery. @philosophybites.bsky.social @thephillibrary.bsky.social @philosophymatters.bsky.social @philsci.bsky.social @philtalkradio.bsky.social @sciam.bsky.social @science.org

Pls consider reading. We all bring many assumptions to our outlook. So much hatred. Our moral fabric is unwinding. Assuredly time well spent, no matter what your angle.You will become more enlightened abt yourself, others & hopefully we can all find a way to get along. TY @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social

"We mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor" signifies the commitment to one another and the cause of freedom & community. Care/Fairness/Loyalty/Authority/Sanctity/Liberty. A spectrum. Not all value the same & there lies the angst. Let's look through alt lenses.

Is the anger people feel towards oppressors the same as the anger they feel towards cheaters?Notions of fairness must manage equality vs. proportionality of accountability.Progressives & conservatives both embrace a righteous stance, just different optics.Come together? @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social

Carl Sagan on Religion and God! “We must not believe because we want it to be true.”

Feels like science is currently being controlled for political means. "Keep science cloistered, don't try to apply it, don't try to do anything about it until men are holy." WM Miller Jr.

It's happening...Obsolescence due to agentic AI? @newsweek.com @nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com @sciam.bsky.social @science.org @philscijournal.bsky.social @philscijournal.bsky.social

"I am a simpleton! We'll build a town and call it Simple Town, b/c then all the smart bastards that caused all these problems, they'll be dead. Anybody not a simpleton? Get that bastard,if there is." Canticle for Leibowitz, prescient to our times. The hatred directed at education is our downfall.

"I am a simpleton! We'll build a town and call it Simple Town, b/c then all the smart bastards that caused all these problems, they'll be dead. Anybody not a simpleton? Get that bastard,if there is." Canticle for Leibowitz, prescient to our times. The hatred directed at education is our downfall.

Atlas is not shrugging, he is bleeding. Ironic, tragic. @nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com @newsweek.com @sciam.bsky.social @science.org @philsci.bsky.social @thephillibrary.bsky.social @wsj.com

@lulumiller.bsky.social on optimism: "...his mesmerizing way of pulling laughter from the cold earth.That levity was the quality I wanted to be near,the substance I wanted to learn how to manufacture in myself."Not all us have natural witticism but all of us can find purpose for the sake of it.TYLM!

@lulumiller.bsky.social on optimism: "...his mesmerizing way of pulling laughter from the cold earth.That levity was the quality I wanted to be near,the substance I wanted to learn how to manufacture in myself."Not all us have natural witticism but all of us can find purpose for the sake of it.TYLM!

While Atlas bleeds, he carries forward with the intellectual world on his shoulders. Thank you @harvard.edu. For those of us committed to self-correcting intellectual growth and communal civil progress, at the most competitive levels,we are grateful!

The interconnectedness of all living things. Paraphrasing:if we decide to shut out the hard and obvious truths,affirmed through stringent cognition,for happiness derived from suspension of reason,we must expect society's declination.TY @lulumill.bsky.social. @npr.org @sciam.bsky.social @science.org

For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.

The Human DNA ~ Carl Sagan

So grateful for balanced reflection rather than vitriol. Thank you @stevenpinker.bsky.social. @harvard.edu @mit.edu @nytimes.com @science.org @washingtonpost.com @sciam.bsky.social @philsci.bsky.social @philscijournal.bsky.social @scifri.bsky.social @npr.org

It's happening... @newsweek.com @nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com @nytopinion.nytimes.com @newyorker.com @scifri.bsky.social @science.org @philosophybites.bsky.social @philscijournal.bsky.social @philsci.bsky.social @philtalkradio.bsky.social

Atlas bleeds. @philosophybites.bsky.social @thephillibrary.bsky.social @philsci.bsky.social @scifri.bsky.social @science.org @theintellectualist.bsky.social

"Chinese new generation AI plan proposes by 2030, China's AI theories, tech, & apps will achieve world leading levels, making China the world's premier AI innovation center." Ibid. Meanwhile, we are attacking Harvard et al, and the brain trust (Atlas) is bleeding (not shrugging) and leaving. Ironic.

Metaphorically,the assault on @harvard.edu represents an attack on the intellectual engine of the nation.Atlas isn't shrugging,he is bleeding. Ironically,it's the conservatives holding the knife @philosophybites.bsky.social @philscijournal.bsky.social @philsci.bsky.social @philtalkradio.bsky.social

The dumbing down of America is evident in the slow decay of substantive content, a kind of celebration of ignorance. Carl Sagan

So many conservatives reference this novel as a political yarn for liberalism marginalizing our nation's intellectual capital. The exact opposite is happening now as the magnates are destroying our intellectual institutions to craft an ignorant populace.Atlas isn't shrugging,he is being struck down.

Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com: “There are growing signs that artificial intelligence poses a real threat to a substantial number of the entry-level jobs that normally serve as the first step for each new generation of young workers,” writes Aneesh Raman, an executive at LinkedIn.

Experts express concerns about a rapidly shortening time horizon on workforce ramifications. It's being noticed already. #AgenticAI is emerging. Let's pay attention. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/o... @nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com @mit.edu @economist.com @sciam.bsky.social @npr.org

@philosophybites.bsky.social @philscijournal.bsky.social @philosophymatters.bsky.social @philscijournal.bsky.social @science.org @philsci.bsky.social

And empathetic algorithms are not far off either. And robotic human mimetic physical activity is evolving quickly. @philscijournal.bsky.social @philsci.bsky.social @science.org @nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com @sciam.bsky.social @thephillibrary.bsky.social @thephillibrary.bsky.social

Sleepless surveillance: #AI in 2 hrs can process as much intel as a high functioning cognitive human professional working 24 hrs/d for 40 years. YN Harari, #Nexus And we constantly feed them material. @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social @cnbc.com #lesswrong

Humbly, obsolescence is not hyperbole.

Let's be more curious. Please considering listening and reflecting.

YN Harari: evolutionary theory greatly advances our understanding of origins & bio of species, including H. sapiens, but also undermines central myths that maintain order. No wonder that various govts & churches have banned teaching of evolution, preferring to sacrifice truth for the sake of order.