Nicholas Bauer PhD
@bioturbonick.net
Computational biology and superresolution microscopy. Tech and politics nerd. Promoter of rationality. Progressive. Somerville, MA
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Nicholas Bauer PhD
@bioturbonick.net
· Jan 7
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"So, unfortunately, the only message that the public will receive from this “peaceful transfer of power” is: We surrender."
"So, unfortunately, the only message that the public will receive from this “peaceful transfer of power” is: We surrender."
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"A childhood friend, who asked to be identified only as Muhammad because he feared Taliban reprisals, said that Mr. Lakanwal had suffered from mental health issues and was disturbed by the casualties his unit had caused." gift link 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
D.C. Shooting Suspect ‘Could Not Tolerate’ the Violence of His C.I.A.-Backed Unit in Afghanistan, a Childhood Friend Said
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November 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
"A childhood friend, who asked to be identified only as Muhammad because he feared Taliban reprisals, said that Mr. Lakanwal had suffered from mental health issues and was disturbed by the casualties his unit had caused." gift link 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
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For software developers: there's currently a highly sophisticated hacking group targeting developers with backdoored coding skills tests. They typically take the form of large source codes specific to your skillset. Please email any suspicious code to me on: [email protected]
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November 27, 2025 at 6:19 PM
For software developers: there's currently a highly sophisticated hacking group targeting developers with backdoored coding skills tests. They typically take the form of large source codes specific to your skillset. Please email any suspicious code to me on: [email protected]
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On one side of the ledger, we have half a trillion dollars in operating losses expected over the next 5 years.
On the other side of the ledger, we have all the money we'll hypothetically make when the hypothetical technology we imagine comes into existence mostly on its own.
So it's net positive.
On the other side of the ledger, we have all the money we'll hypothetically make when the hypothetical technology we imagine comes into existence mostly on its own.
So it's net positive.
HSBC forecasts that OpenAI is going to have nearly a half trillion in operating losses until 2030
November 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
On one side of the ledger, we have half a trillion dollars in operating losses expected over the next 5 years.
On the other side of the ledger, we have all the money we'll hypothetically make when the hypothetical technology we imagine comes into existence mostly on its own.
So it's net positive.
On the other side of the ledger, we have all the money we'll hypothetically make when the hypothetical technology we imagine comes into existence mostly on its own.
So it's net positive.
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JD Vance loves spreading 16th century pro-genocide propaganda so much
VP JD Vance stood before a crowd and tried to falsify history, claiming Christians ended widespread mass child-sacrifice practices among Native Americans
November 27, 2025 at 4:45 PM
JD Vance loves spreading 16th century pro-genocide propaganda so much
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not the point, but I did a doubletake on this graphic - "That blob is labeled 'White House' but they left off part of ... oh right"
November 26, 2025 at 10:34 PM
not the point, but I did a doubletake on this graphic - "That blob is labeled 'White House' but they left off part of ... oh right"
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A new Normandy SR-2 replica (Mass Effect 3 livery) is coming in Spring 2026 at @masterreplicas.bsky.social !
"The model was based on in-game assets to ensure that it is as accurate as possible. It measures 8.66 inches (22 cm) in length."
"The model was based on in-game assets to ensure that it is as accurate as possible. It measures 8.66 inches (22 cm) in length."
November 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
A new Normandy SR-2 replica (Mass Effect 3 livery) is coming in Spring 2026 at @masterreplicas.bsky.social !
"The model was based on in-game assets to ensure that it is as accurate as possible. It measures 8.66 inches (22 cm) in length."
"The model was based on in-game assets to ensure that it is as accurate as possible. It measures 8.66 inches (22 cm) in length."
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Guy from Washington state drives across the country, kills two West Virginians who should've been at home, and not deployed in D.C., and so Trump sends 500 more guardsmen to D.C.
November 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Guy from Washington state drives across the country, kills two West Virginians who should've been at home, and not deployed in D.C., and so Trump sends 500 more guardsmen to D.C.
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i've literally seen this happen IRL
It’s really funny how a generation will roll its eyes at parents who watch Fox News but doesn’t see why being immersed in Twitter is having the same effect. Lots of serious people show up on Fox News too but that shouldn’t be your primary source on the news.
November 27, 2025 at 4:12 PM
i've literally seen this happen IRL
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Chalabi 2.0: electric boogaloo
NYT reporting that Nobel Laureate María Corina Machado lied to Trump about Maduro´s role in the drug trade to prompt a US invasion... welcome back the WMDs
November 27, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Chalabi 2.0: electric boogaloo
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Maybe this tragedy can be a moment to reflect on how war inflicts enduring horror and suffering on us all
November 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Maybe this tragedy can be a moment to reflect on how war inflicts enduring horror and suffering on us all
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The stuff you find when you actually read the RCTs in a systematic review...
This paper is one of the foundational studies on vitamin D to prevent respiratory infections in kids. Cited 1,400 times as per Google Scholar.
This paper is one of the foundational studies on vitamin D to prevent respiratory infections in kids. Cited 1,400 times as per Google Scholar.
November 26, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The stuff you find when you actually read the RCTs in a systematic review...
This paper is one of the foundational studies on vitamin D to prevent respiratory infections in kids. Cited 1,400 times as per Google Scholar.
This paper is one of the foundational studies on vitamin D to prevent respiratory infections in kids. Cited 1,400 times as per Google Scholar.
I think among the last big tells is that fine detail in the background gets weird (bottles, here), and fine detail in the foreground is smoothed over when they should be perfectly in focus and sharp.
November 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I think among the last big tells is that fine detail in the background gets weird (bottles, here), and fine detail in the foreground is smoothed over when they should be perfectly in focus and sharp.
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"One guy, it doesn't matter who, swears there's a poll out there that says people want to be invaded." What kind of sourcing is this lol
November 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
"One guy, it doesn't matter who, swears there's a poll out there that says people want to be invaded." What kind of sourcing is this lol
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Since the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, AI related stocks have accounted for 75% of S&P 500 returns, 79% of earnings growth, and 90% of capital spending (Capex and R&D) growth. am.jpmorgan.com/content/dam/...
November 27, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Since the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, AI related stocks have accounted for 75% of S&P 500 returns, 79% of earnings growth, and 90% of capital spending (Capex and R&D) growth. am.jpmorgan.com/content/dam/...
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NBC News released new information of Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the suspect in the shooting of 2 National Guard members near White House.
November 27, 2025 at 4:54 AM
NBC News released new information of Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the suspect in the shooting of 2 National Guard members near White House.
Phone battery math: slow decline to 5%, then drops to 0% within minutes.
November 27, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Phone battery math: slow decline to 5%, then drops to 0% within minutes.
Uhh... Some of my mutuals follow him. 😬
It's wild to me that this guy has reinvented himself as a resist grifter on this website
Senate candidate has history of sending racist, misogynist messages | Arizona Mirror
Arizona U.S. Senate hopeful Craig Brittain made headlines yesterday after he sent racist text messages to a potential campaign vendor.
azmirror.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Uhh... Some of my mutuals follow him. 😬
Tried both I Love LA and The Chair Company.
The latter has something interesting about it, but I utterly cannot stand the main character.
The former is just Girls: Los Angeles with less interesting characters.
The latter has something interesting about it, but I utterly cannot stand the main character.
The former is just Girls: Los Angeles with less interesting characters.
November 27, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Tried both I Love LA and The Chair Company.
The latter has something interesting about it, but I utterly cannot stand the main character.
The former is just Girls: Los Angeles with less interesting characters.
The latter has something interesting about it, but I utterly cannot stand the main character.
The former is just Girls: Los Angeles with less interesting characters.
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With DC shooter now identified as an Afghan national not the antifa secret agent White House hoped for a good time to remember the Trump admin has gutted domestic anti-terrorism capacity and reassigned many to finding grandmothers to arrest at immigration hearings.
November 27, 2025 at 4:06 AM
With DC shooter now identified as an Afghan national not the antifa secret agent White House hoped for a good time to remember the Trump admin has gutted domestic anti-terrorism capacity and reassigned many to finding grandmothers to arrest at immigration hearings.
I just saw a TV ad for a website that only sells licorice.
Is it the 2000s again?
Is it the 2000s again?
November 27, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I just saw a TV ad for a website that only sells licorice.
Is it the 2000s again?
Is it the 2000s again?
We like to think we're more than just animals, but every day humans prove that some of us would love being this rat.
November 27, 2025 at 1:50 AM
We like to think we're more than just animals, but every day humans prove that some of us would love being this rat.
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If for some reason you’re still subscribed to the Washington Post, you can get the same information from a local men’s room stall
very odd that the Post would write up someone’s speciation as if it’s news. What are we doing here
November 27, 2025 at 12:30 AM
If for some reason you’re still subscribed to the Washington Post, you can get the same information from a local men’s room stall
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What’s the over-under on national monuments he ruins?
November 26, 2025 at 6:31 PM
What’s the over-under on national monuments he ruins?