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Chris Pook
@drchrispook.bsky.social
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Biochemistry, mass spectrometry, metabolomics, chromatography, health, nutrition, physiology, chemoinformatics, computational mass spec. Personal account. #SexMatters #SexNotGender https://thepoliticalerasureofsex.org/ https://projectnettie.wordpress.com/
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Chris Pook @drchrispook.bsky.social · Dec 18
It's here! "Polar metabolomics using trichloroacetic acid extraction and porous graphitic carbon stationary phase". The 2nd paper from Frankie Day's PhD & 1 of only 3 in the literature applying porous graphitic carbon stationary phase for #Metabolomics.

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Polar metabolomics using trichloroacetic acid extraction and porous graphitic carbon stationary phase - Metabolomics
Introduction Accurately identifying and quantifying polar metabolites using untargeted metabolomics has proven challenging in comparison to mid to non-polar metabolites. Hydrophilic interaction chroma...
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Dr. Ryan French @ryanjfrench.bsky.social · 1d
A series of mesmerising filament eruptions from the Sun tonight! These particular events are not Earth-directed, but beautiful to watch.
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Chris Pook @drchrispook.bsky.social · 18h
Add it to the list. 🙄
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List of omics topics in biology - Wikipedia
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 1d
Nobel Prize given for showing the importance of investing in science for innovation and long-term economic growth. Basically the opposite of what the US is doing. 😭
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Nature @nature.com · 1d
Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Pewter Howitt share economics prize for work that underlines the importance of investing in research and development.

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Economics Nobel prize won by researchers who showed how science boosts growth
Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Pewter Howitt share economics prize for work that underlines the importance of investing in research and development.
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Jerry Coyne @evolutionistrue.bsky.social · 1d
Paleoanthropologist and science presenter Ella al-Shamahi describes how she came to accept evolutioon after, as a pious Muslim, learning about it in order to debunk it.

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A Muslim creationist accepts evolution after hearing the evidence, but was forced to leave her world
Although people argue that you can’t bring creationists to accepting evolution simply by showing them thge facts, this Radiolab audio shows that that isn’t an inviolable truth.  The pod…
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Chris Pook @drchrispook.bsky.social · 1d
Yeah, that is nice. 😁💚
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Chris Pook @drchrispook.bsky.social · 1d
Is this a normal seasonal shift or is there some other mechanism driving it?
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Chris Ashwood @cashwood.proteaglyco.com · 3d
Oh damn, this looks like a pretty big advance in the LIT space.
“This novel parallel processing scheme improves the instrument’s duty cycle while simultaneously reducing space-charge effects, leading to a ∼10-fold enhancement in detection sensitivity.”
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BioMassSpec @realbiomassspec.bsky.social · 3d
A New Hybrid Quadrupole-Ion Trap Operational Mode for Miniature Mass Spectrometer #Talanta www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A New Hybrid Quadrupole-Ion Trap Operational Mode for Miniature Mass Spectrometer
The increasing sophistication of miniature mass spectrometers necessitates significant analytical performance enhancements to meet the demands of on-s…
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Jerry Coyne @evolutionistrue.bsky.social · 1d
Richard Dawkins explains why the gamete-based sex concept not only applies universally, but lists 14 phenomena that can't be understood without it. Thus the concept is not just universal, but utilitarian: no other concept can explain those phenomena.

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Videos: Dawkins on sex differences; Neil deGrasse Tyson on sport and sex
The first article in the new anthology The War on Science (compiled, edited, and with an introduction by Lawrence Krauss) is a piece by Richard Dawkins called “Scientific truth stands above h…
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Jerry Coyne @evolutionistrue.bsky.social · 2d
A critique of why we shouldn't neglect the erosion of science by the left, even as Trump goes after it from the right.

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Why it’s not stupid to criticize aspects of leftist ideology that pollute science
I’m getting tired of virtue-flautning miscreants who yammer about our anthology The War on Science (Lawrence Krauss, ed.). Their beef?  By and large, the 32 chapters by 39 authors discuss the…
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Chris Pook @drchrispook.bsky.social · 3d
Because 999/1000 a simple 2nd look confirms that the person being challenged is, indeed, a woman. Humans in general, & women in particular, are very, very good at rapidly sexing strangers. It is an evolved safety mechanism. It's very accurate. You may hate that but it's true.
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Chris Pook @drchrispook.bsky.social · 3d
What articles? And if men like you hadn't made women hyper-sensitive to androgyny then gender-nonconforming women wouldn't be being challenged as often as they now do. But the punchline remains that women are highly tolerant of being challenged in womens' spaces. They positively encourage it.
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Chris Pook @drchrispook.bsky.social · 3d
Brandolini's Law.
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Veronika Meduna @veronikameduna.bsky.social · 3d
On the eve of a major international meeting on climate adaptation, NZ's government announces it is weakening its 2050 target to cut methane emissions - now only 14-24% (from 24-47%). As @christinahood.bsky.social says, NZ is now backtracking www.linkedin.com/posts/christ...
New Zealand's recent Paris Agreement target update was shockingly unambitious, but today's decision to weaken our domestic 2050 target goes even further: we are now backtracking. I am not awar...
New Zealand's recent Paris Agreement target update was shockingly unambitious, but today's decision to weaken our domestic 2050 target goes even further: we are now backtracking. I am not aware of any...
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Chris Pook @drchrispook.bsky.social · 3d
Single sex spaces are no more "anti-trans" than accessibility measures are "anti-able". They benefit the bearers of the protected characteristic against evident harm. Trans-identified women are still entitled to use womens' single sex spaces. Trans identified men aren't.
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Chris Pook @drchrispook.bsky.social · 3d
Was this a response to a different thread? Your answers don't seem to be addressing the issues I've raised.
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Chris Pook @drchrispook.bsky.social · 3d
I respect your right to your beliefs. That doesn't affect observable reality. It also doesn't mean that I should ignore your advocacy for your metaphysical beliefs where they threaten the rights of others to safety and privacy.
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Chris Pook @drchrispook.bsky.social · 3d
I'm sorry men hurt you. That doesn't justify you hurting women and girls by attacking their rights to single sex spaces. Biology shows that humans are sexually dimorphic. Sex is binary and in mammals, such as humans, immutable.
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Jerry Coyne @evolutionistrue.bsky.social · 3d
Dr. Andrew Kinkella's podcast reviews Agustín Fuentes's recent book, "Sex is a Spectrum," and pinpoints all its problems. The conclusion: "It's not very good, and it's a waste of everyone's time. . . [it has] "false statements, stated boldly."

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I Read “Sex is a Spectrum” and I’m Not Convinced - Ep 172 — Pseudo-Archaeology
I noticed some heated online arguments in the anthropology world about human sexuality, where several noted anthropologists recommended the book “Sex is a Spectrum” by Agustin Fuentes, so I read it. W...
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Chris Pook @drchrispook.bsky.social · 3d
It's okay to be a "feminine" man too. Thinking femininity is synonymous with being female is sexist.
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Chris Pook @drchrispook.bsky.social · 3d
It's okay to be gay, dude. It's not okay to pretend to be something you're not.
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Chris Pook @drchrispook.bsky.social · 3d
I don't think the poll represents the sincere opinions of lesbians. I think it represents how threatened they feel by you and how unsafe it is for them to voice that.
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Chris Pook @drchrispook.bsky.social · 3d
You don't seem to understand how humans work.
I'm not Jewish but I care about antisemitism.
I'm not old but I care about ageism.
I'm not gay but I care about homophobia.
I'm not a woman but I care about misogyny.
I'm not a child but I care about child abuse.
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Chris Pook @drchrispook.bsky.social · 4d
I'm not sure if you realise the profound irony of your statement. I mean, besides the obvious point that your citation likely does not actually represent lesbians, given you "identify" as such.
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Chris Pook @drchrispook.bsky.social · 4d
Looking at your feed I think that includes you too.
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Chris Pook @drchrispook.bsky.social · 4d
And anyone advocating for such men. Such as the OP.
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