"I was married, but I'm not married anymore."

🏄 What causes a wave to die?

A valuable method for solving complex problems takes longer to run as problems become more complex. Researchers have now found a way to make this runtime significantly lower. www.quantamagazine.org/researchers-...

We tried paying for AI video credits in Cheerios. They said no. Help us keep production rolling (and maybe retire our dinosaur of a computer). Grab a mug or three — lots of fresh baby merch this week. Not too soon to start snagging those Christmas party gifts. 🎄👶

“Deranged Jack Smith is a criminal.” — From special counsel to special insult. (Oval Office Edition)

This works too.

#A_NewHope ✊

What a photo. Feels like it should be a painting in a future museum exhibit.

"Ease of access is not the only reason a chimpanzee will launch feces. When a chimp is in captivity, throwing poop is likely to cause a reaction... Chimps will begin to associate the act (throwing fecal matter) to a response (usually surprise or horror)."

Gena and John’s paths crossed while they were both studying at the American Academy of the Dramatic Arts, where they began as struggling actors on the brink of their careers.

A couple of ladies wearing fashionable white mackintoshes in Hyde Park, London. 1927

Polygenic risk scores offer incremental insights into disease risk but face adoption hurdles like precision issues and provider familiarity. by Kullo IJ in Nat Rev Genet #MedSky 👉 get more here 📖 read the article:

Ladies in their best, lovely to see coloured accessories. Kodachrome print, 1947.

Women's freedom and fashions in the 1920s.

David Attenborough

Window of the A & P (Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company). New York in 1936. From the New York Public Library

As the neurological underpinnings of transitional sleep states come to light, scientists are gaining a better understanding about what is going on after dark — specifically in the brains of people who have trouble sleeping. www.quantamagazine.org/how-the-brai...

Cryptic update. GPHL just updated their July sequencing and the Georgia variant is playing peek-a-boo with me. It was only present in one of the July samples, and it was a tiny fraction of the total sequence, it but it was clearly present on July 22. 1/

“This is not a job for a first-timer.” — NYC Mayoral Debate: Andrew Cuomo vs. Zohran Mamdani

Bad. No justification, no communication, no standard procedures for making changes—just arbitrary pronouncements cutting off access to some of the most valuable resources we have.

The labs and people who contribute all the data to GISAID had zero say in any of this and were not even informed of the change. 👇 bsky.app/profile/drm....

It looks like Coeur d’Alene, ID cryptic is gone for now, but it has still managed to answer a lot of lingering questions for me about SARS-CoV-2 evolution, and what to expect next. Here's a whole genome summary and interpretation. 1/

Following BA.3.2.2* in #WesternAustralia closely 4/n

Thanks to all the countries that are supporting #SARSCoV2 testing & rapidly submitting sequences to @GISAID Top submitters (> 100 Seqs w/ collection dates in the last 30 days): #Canada #USA #UnitedKingdom #Spain #France #Australia #Netherlands #Italy #Germany 3/n

This analysis includes #SARSCoV2 sequences submitted to @GISAID with sample collection dates on or after 09/16/2025 (5,714 sequences) Note: 157,144 SARSCoV2 seqs w/ collection dates on or after 01/01/2025 are available in GISAID/NCBI 2/n

Tracking #SARSCoV2 #Lineages - Globally |10/16/25 Top lineages -#30DayTrends #G30 XFG.3 (9.2%) NB.1.8.1 (5.3%) XFG.2 (5.3%) XFG.3.4.1 (4.8%) XFG.5.1 (3.8%) XFG.8 (3.2%) XFG.4.1 (2.9%) XFG (2.6%) XFG.6 (2.1%) PQ.17 (2%) Tracker: public.tableau.com/app/profile/... 1/n

Just this week, I know of: - a girl (9) with new diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes - a young mother (35) with new crippling migraines - a man (45) who dropped dead from a stroke on a train platform - a colleague (50s) hospitalised with sepsis A friend said "these things always happened."

Quando estamos com a nossa N95, isso sempre acontece nos consultórios... Não é à toa que o lugar onde mais se pega doenças respiratórias e outras pestes são os consultórios,hospitais e unidades de saúde publica. Se quem deveria cuidar dos outros, não se cuida, o que esperar do povo? Tamos fritos🍳!🙄

NEW: A huge ice sculpture of the word “DEMOCRACY” is currently melting away in front of the US Capitol. Organized by artists and activists, it was commissioned by the Up In Arms campaign, an effort led by Ben Cohen, the cofounder of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream.

Y'all need to stop liking and sharing all these videos, apparently, USA Today has "contacted the White House and Booker for comment." 😂😳😂 www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

Essa é macabramente boa...💀💀💀

Not making a great case for yourself, pal.

Há anos leio a "Futuism" porque sempre há bom humor e certa ironia na passagem de temas complexos da Ciência à linguagem leiga. A sutil e inspirada vinheta "Comer fora" é atraente e o jornalista soube metaforizar muito bem o modo como uma estrela pode comer um buraco negro. Excelente texto,Frank!👏

“… There is no specific treatment for chikungunya, but health workers can treat the symptoms by giving medicines to lower fevers or ease muscle pain. Two vaccines have been approved in several regions, including Britain, Brazil, Canada and Europe.“ #ddrm bsky.app/profile/dria...

Yep, processed foods are addictive. Also, fast foods www.zmescience.com/science/scie...

Which is genuinely terrible. But before you get too blue-no-matter-who about it y'all haven't had your shots either and I know it because even in BIDEN'S last two years less than 30% of eligible adults received a booster. Those were the "get your UPDATED BIVALENT" years and you still didn't do it.

Langanhaltende Effekte auf kommende Generationen. COVID und Sperma und Hirnentwicklung beim Fötus. Supi. #maskup #cleanair

More measles in South Carolina as US nears 1,600 confirmed cases South Carolina officials said all new case-patients were in quarantine before they contracted the disease. www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...

Medicare has stopped paying physicians due to the shut down. Standing right on the third rail www.statnews.com/2025/10/15/c...

"In unison." Amen. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

"Jornalistas entregam crachás de acesso e abandonam o Pentágono em vez de concordar com novas regras de reportagem." (Muito bem!! 👏👏👏 Diga NÃO à falta de transparência do que é de interesse público e notório!👏👏👏)

"Toda a lendária equipe da Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde e Nutrição do CDC foi demitida.Agora,estamos voando às cegas em relação à situação nutricional e às doenças crônicas nos EUA." (As epidemias e afins da saúde pública nos EUA custarão bem mais caro que a soma dos salários dos demitidos de hoje.😁)

After mass firings—and un-firings—current and former CDC officials said they are feeling demoralized. Half a dozen current and former workers spoke with Tom Bartlett about the botched downsizing. https://theatln.tc/yqulrLlU

"Antigamente, o vulcanismo devastador da Terra quase esterilizou o planeta. Felizmente para os seres vivos, a Terra gradualmente absorveu o excesso de dióxido de carbono para as profundezas de suas entranhas rochosas e o planeta esfriou novamente." (Amei o "esterilizou o planeta"!😁)

BREAKING: Major clashes in southeast Chicago this pm. DHS agents who crashed a car had eggs thrown at them. According to ABC7, they then fired pepper balls at local residents. It’s now a scene of flying rocks & tear gas. Chicago was never a war zone. But Trump’s militia is turning it into one.

"Toda a lendária equipe da Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde e Nutrição do CDC foi demitida.Agora,estamos voando às cegas em relação à situação nutricional e às doenças crônicas nos EUA." (As epidemias e afins da saúde pública nos EUA custarão bem mais caro que a soma dos salários dos demitidos de hoje.😁)

Tem que processar e arrancar até o último centavo desses ladrões de ideias e de obras dos autores de todos os tempos! Ao invés de "ensinar" a máquina a pensar por si mesma,programam-na para copiar as obras,subtraindo dos autores seus anos de dedicação à criação e à imaginação. Cadeia e multas neles!

Tem que processar e arrancar até o último centavo desses ladrões de ideias e de obras dos autores de todos os tempos! Ao invés de "ensinar" a máquina a pensar por si mesma,programam para copiar e colar as onras,subtraindo dos autores seus anos de dedicação às suas obras. Cadeia e multas neles!

NEW: Here, via Washington Post, is the up to date list of which media outlets have signed the Pentagon’s new press policy and which haven’t. Resistance matters.

ITALIAN PM GIORGIA MELONI COULDN'T GET AWAY FAST ENOUGH.