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Steve Munger

@stevenmunger.bsky.social

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Smell and taste scientist, EIC of Chemical Senses, repatriated Virginian, possessor of countless useless facts. Opinions belong to my friend who lives in another state…you’ll probably never meet them even though they are definitely real.

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Steve Munger @stevenmunger.bsky.social · May 20

Regular smell and taste testing could aid early detection of impairments that negatively impact health, safety, and quality of life, and could also reveal underlying disease. But how do we get there? This new whitepaper is out today:

Towards Universal Chemosensory Testing: Needs, Barriers and Opportunities

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Steve Munger @stevenmunger.bsky.social · 6h

Take it up a notch…lift while swimming

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Steve Munger @stevenmunger.bsky.social · 1d

If you are reducing figures such that they can only be read when you zoom in on screen, that is fundamentally what you are doing. Figures should be fully legible without magnification.

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Steve Munger @stevenmunger.bsky.social · 1d

I’m sorry, but not only is that unfair to other PIs if you try to circumvent page limits like that, but a clear, well-thought out data figure (or model figure) is going to do a lot more to support rationale/feasibilty of your study than a couple extra sentences might.

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Steve Munger @stevenmunger.bsky.social · 2d

This descendent of Greek immigrants who decided to take on a German surname very much appreciated this thread.

Steve Munger @stevenmunger.bsky.social · 3d

@dieworkwear.bsky.social I’ve noticed men’s sport coats/suit coats are lately using two side vents instead of a single centered vent on the back. Is this a current fashion trend, a preference rooted in manufacturing advantages, or something else? Frankly, I prefer the look of the single vent. Thanks

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 3d

This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.

Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵

Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu."

Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."

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dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 6d

there are SO many more inflatable costumes tonight. clearly we have settled on a motif

Wide shot of many people in inflatable costumes

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Steve Munger @stevenmunger.bsky.social · 6d

This is good. The University of Virginia should follow MIT’s lead.

Jay D. Aronson @jaydaronson.bsky.social · 6d

MIT rejects "the Compact"
orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...

Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart

orgchart.mit.edu

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 12d

I think colleges and universities are now seeing that their strategy of appeasement and collective silence is not working. www.aacu.org/newsroom/aac...

AAC&U Statement on the Trump Administration’s “Compact for… | AAC&U

AAC&U Statement on the Trump Administration’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”

www.aacu.org

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Steve Munger @stevenmunger.bsky.social · 14d

The truly tough guys don’t have to tell anyone that they are tough. The craven cowards, on the other hand…

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14d

Stephen Miller: "All that bullshit is done, over, it's finished. The gangbangers you deal with- they think they're ruthless? They have no idea how ruthless we are. They think they're tough? They have no idea how tough we are. They think they're hardcore? We are so much more hardcore than they are"

Steve Munger @stevenmunger.bsky.social · 19d

I was disappointed you didn’t say The Rocky Horror Picture Show (given the 50th anniversary).

Steve Munger @stevenmunger.bsky.social · 21d

That’s not good, but unfortunately may not be unique. I’ve seen the expectation that employer plans are just going to be going up everywhere.

Steve Munger @stevenmunger.bsky.social · 21d

I haven’t seen it yet. But am now dreading looking.

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 22d

Ponderosa pine smells like butterscotch.

Go ahead, sniff one the next time you're in the western US. Some say "vanilla", some say "oh no, my nose is covered in sap."

Let's talk about birds, butterscotch, forest fires, blue wood, & boring beetles.

But mostly this thread is about terpenes.

From a blog called "CreationsDawn", a photo of the author smelling a ponderosa pine. The author wears a green cap, light blue-green shirt and red camel pack. They are sniffing a tree with pine bark, with a sort of red-orange color. More trees in the background.

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 24d

The @washingtonpost.com story on Tylenol & autism leaves out a MAJOR 2.5M sibling-controlled study of children in Denmark, which "found no evidence that acetaminophen use during pregnancy was associated with children’s risk of autism, ADHD or intellectual disability." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy and Children’s Risk of Autism, ADHD, and Intellectual Disability

This nationwide cohort study with sibling control analysis examines the association of acetaminophen use during pregnancy with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, and intellectual disability.

jamanetwork.com

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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · Sep 15

Wow

✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · Sep 14

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Steve Munger @stevenmunger.bsky.social · Sep 10

Due to Virginia state law, my daughter and I drove to Maryland yesterday to get the vaccine at a CVS. We just had to attest on the appointment site that we had high risk conditions (this is the case, but specifics weren’t required).

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Karen Hallion Kenney @karenhallionkenney.bsky.social · Sep 5

Hegseth is now the Secretary of War, which is fitting I guess as RFK jr is basically the Secretary of Pestilence. We just need Famine and Death to round it out.

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Steve Munger @stevenmunger.bsky.social · Sep 5

I had so much of that wrong

Michael Stipe @michaelstipe.bsky.social · Sep 5

Ok its ‘feed it off an aux, speak, grunt no strength, the ladder start to clatter with fear fight down height, wire in a fire representing seven games, a government for hire and a combat site’.

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · Sep 1

A few days ago I learned you can skip the AI summary feature in Google by adding "-AI" to your search. I love it!

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Steve Munger @stevenmunger.bsky.social · Aug 22

I am very tempted to apply…

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · Aug 18

this is so wonderfully weird, give her all the golds 🥇

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Steve Munger @stevenmunger.bsky.social · Aug 3

You should have sent yours across the country…

Steve Munger @stevenmunger.bsky.social · Aug 3

Thankfully, ours moved herself from old apartment to new apartment back in June (no gap in the leases helped there).

Ok, she did conscript a couple friends to help, but the key thing was no parental involvement.

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · Jul 31

Extremely into this YouTube channel. 13m views! youtu.be/tzLS4O7YaUg?...

All Christian denominations explained in 12 minutes

YouTube video by Redeemed Zoomer

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