John Gordon 🇨🇦🇩🇰
@johngordon.bsky.social
Retired GP. Avid cyclist. CrossFit, cognitive disability. Curious. TrueName John Faughnan (not actor). Intergalactic Antifa Coordinator.
Also mastodon - https://appdot.net/@jgordon
Also mastodon - https://appdot.net/@jgordon
Parents with two or more children know boredom is a terrible thing and can be immediately alleviated by a subtle facial gesture to a sibling
Yes. As a verified neutral party I will concede Bluesky is the most Left and the most *intellectual* mass sm platform. Critics are justly fearful of the consequences of ai 2025 and are also quite good at wordplay.
Also true that some in the ai world do engage more than they need to. Boredom?
Also true that some in the ai world do engage more than they need to. Boredom?
November 28, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Parents with two or more children know boredom is a terrible thing and can be immediately alleviated by a subtle facial gesture to a sibling
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Yeah, they are missing a trick there
I always ask for my artifacts as HTML with inline JavaScript and no React because then I can copy and paste them out and host them elsewhere really easily
I always ask for my artifacts as HTML with inline JavaScript and no React because then I can copy and paste them out and host them elsewhere really easily
November 28, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Yeah, they are missing a trick there
I always ask for my artifacts as HTML with inline JavaScript and no React because then I can copy and paste them out and host them elsewhere really easily
I always ask for my artifacts as HTML with inline JavaScript and no React because then I can copy and paste them out and host them elsewhere really easily
“Tattoo ink induces an acute and long-lasting inflammation in the draining lymph node. This cronic activation status can negatively effect future immune responses”
Maybe don’t do too many?
Maybe don’t do too many?
The consequence is that the Tattoo ink induces an acute and long-lasting inflammation in the draining lymph node. This cronic activation status can negatively effect future immune responses, such as shown, upon vaccination.
4/5
4/5
November 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
“Tattoo ink induces an acute and long-lasting inflammation in the draining lymph node. This cronic activation status can negatively effect future immune responses”
Maybe don’t do too many?
Maybe don’t do too many?
Context for Trump’s eternal state of emergency. Deranged red states are doing other bizarre things. All facilitated by the most corrupt SCOTUS in a century.
DeSantis is about to extend his “state of emergency” over immigration for the 19th time.
This started in 2023.
It enables him to suspend all kinds of laws and regulations he doesn’t like—many of them on issues (like porta-pottys ) unrelated to immigration. ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
This started in 2023.
It enables him to suspend all kinds of laws and regulations he doesn’t like—many of them on issues (like porta-pottys ) unrelated to immigration. ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
November 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Context for Trump’s eternal state of emergency. Deranged red states are doing other bizarre things. All facilitated by the most corrupt SCOTUS in a century.
I think @davidautor.bsky.social is talking about what I have, since 2008, been calling "Mass Disability" -- where disability is the mismatch between a person's maximal effort capabilities and their economic environment.
This mismatch is the foundation of our global crisis among wealthy nations.
This mismatch is the foundation of our global crisis among wealthy nations.
Recovery for places ≠ recovery for people.
When the economy changes, so do the people doing the work.
buff.ly/w8jah9O
When the economy changes, so do the people doing the work.
buff.ly/w8jah9O
November 27, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I think @davidautor.bsky.social is talking about what I have, since 2008, been calling "Mass Disability" -- where disability is the mismatch between a person's maximal effort capabilities and their economic environment.
This mismatch is the foundation of our global crisis among wealthy nations.
This mismatch is the foundation of our global crisis among wealthy nations.
Semaglutide doesn't slow Alzheimer's.
archive.ph/202511242136...
ALSO - case-control retrospective population studies are very often misleading. They are primarily useful as a guide to more definitive research as in this case. But that's not what non-experts think ...
archive.ph/202511242136...
ALSO - case-control retrospective population studies are very often misleading. They are primarily useful as a guide to more definitive research as in this case. But that's not what non-experts think ...
archive.ph
November 27, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Semaglutide doesn't slow Alzheimer's.
archive.ph/202511242136...
ALSO - case-control retrospective population studies are very often misleading. They are primarily useful as a guide to more definitive research as in this case. But that's not what non-experts think ...
archive.ph/202511242136...
ALSO - case-control retrospective population studies are very often misleading. They are primarily useful as a guide to more definitive research as in this case. But that's not what non-experts think ...
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Amazon/Microsoft/Google/Apple all have very high net favs, Nvidia is unknown, Tesla is unpopular, Meta is somewhere in between
"Big tech companies" in general underperform the average of specific tech companies and are narrowly underwater - but still much more popular than both political parties
"Big tech companies" in general underperform the average of specific tech companies and are narrowly underwater - but still much more popular than both political parties
November 27, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Amazon/Microsoft/Google/Apple all have very high net favs, Nvidia is unknown, Tesla is unpopular, Meta is somewhere in between
"Big tech companies" in general underperform the average of specific tech companies and are narrowly underwater - but still much more popular than both political parties
"Big tech companies" in general underperform the average of specific tech companies and are narrowly underwater - but still much more popular than both political parties
Work-life balance was always a con
Labor gaining just the tiniest amount of power relative to capital a few years back absolutely broke employers' brains
November 27, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Work-life balance was always a con
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Here you go! It is very promising work indeed:
Autoimmune Disease, Transformed?
www.science.org
November 27, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Here you go! It is very promising work indeed:
Sounds nice, but Apple TV+ only. Cannot buy or rent individual episodes from Apple
I’m ready to start stealing these things.
I’m ready to start stealing these things.
I haven't had a chance to sit down and write a proper review of Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age, but it is a genuinely a knock-out impressive visual spectacle. (And it's very, very obvious how much work, thought and care went into all aspects of it.)
November 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Sounds nice, but Apple TV+ only. Cannot buy or rent individual episodes from Apple
I’m ready to start stealing these things.
I’m ready to start stealing these things.
It is time to cull the weak. A future pandemic will reduce social security and medical costs.
Sorry if you are over 40. Your best years are behind you anyway.
Sorry if you are over 40. Your best years are behind you anyway.
I am grateful to @dwallacewells.bsky.social who speaks plainly & unapologetically about where we are now. The apologists for the Covid contrarians are to blame as well. The lie at the heart of what they were selling was always easy to see to those who wanted to look. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/o...
Opinion | When the Next Pandemic Comes, MAHA Says, You’re on Your Own
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:47 PM
It is time to cull the weak. A future pandemic will reduce social security and medical costs.
Sorry if you are over 40. Your best years are behind you anyway.
Sorry if you are over 40. Your best years are behind you anyway.
I can think of reasons why Americans lashed out at universities.
1. Occupational polarization - (middle-class-living requires skillset unavailable to majority)
2. Obama era promises that education was the answer to above.
3. Accelerating costs with kids unable to repay loans
4. Rural collapse …
1. Occupational polarization - (middle-class-living requires skillset unavailable to majority)
2. Obama era promises that education was the answer to above.
3. Accelerating costs with kids unable to repay loans
4. Rural collapse …
Again, as with all the other federal budget cuts that are incinerating 20-25% of the funding & the entire budget model of every R1 university in 🇺🇸, this is a five-alarm emergency that requires immediate, loud, collective condemnation by our university presidents. Total 🦗 as it’s all being gutted.
November 27, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I can think of reasons why Americans lashed out at universities.
1. Occupational polarization - (middle-class-living requires skillset unavailable to majority)
2. Obama era promises that education was the answer to above.
3. Accelerating costs with kids unable to repay loans
4. Rural collapse …
1. Occupational polarization - (middle-class-living requires skillset unavailable to majority)
2. Obama era promises that education was the answer to above.
3. Accelerating costs with kids unable to repay loans
4. Rural collapse …
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2/ nor can we forget Thomas Fugate, the 22 year old Trump campaign worked appointed as the lead counter terrorism coordinator at DHS.
November 27, 2025 at 4:09 AM
2/ nor can we forget Thomas Fugate, the 22 year old Trump campaign worked appointed as the lead counter terrorism coordinator at DHS.
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No one shld lose sight of the fact that the Guard was only in DC as part of an extended political messaging stunt. The shooter is guilty for the attacks/carnage. Donald Trump is responsible for them. This is the collateral damage of Trump abusing his powers as President.
Pirro: "These Guardsmen and all who are here to protect the District are the line that separates a civilized society from a barbaric one."
November 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
No one shld lose sight of the fact that the Guard was only in DC as part of an extended political messaging stunt. The shooter is guilty for the attacks/carnage. Donald Trump is responsible for them. This is the collateral damage of Trump abusing his powers as President.
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a side note: you can learn *a lot* about British journalism when you realize that Boris Johnson was fired from his first job in it for serial dishonesty, and then promptly hired into a new job, where he continued to make up lies.
Not to pat my profession on the back, for all of our problems, but I do think it's to the law's credit that every US bar association that reviewed Glass' application for a license went "fuuuuuuuuuuuck no."
November 27, 2025 at 6:19 AM
a side note: you can learn *a lot* about British journalism when you realize that Boris Johnson was fired from his first job in it for serial dishonesty, and then promptly hired into a new job, where he continued to make up lies.
About as big as it gets. Partly paywalled. I’m looking forward to @dereklowe.bsky.social ‘s writeup.
I’m sure there will be problems but some excitement is allowed.
I’m sure there will be problems but some excitement is allowed.
‘They don’t have symptoms’: CAR-T therapies send autoimmune diseases into remission
Engineered T cells that have been used to treat ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus show promising results.
www.nature.com/artic...
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Engineered T cells that have been used to treat ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus show promising results.
www.nature.com/artic...
1/2
‘They don’t have symptoms’: CAR-T therapies send autoimmune diseases into remission
Nature - Engineered T cells that have been used to treat ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus show promising results.
www.nature.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:09 PM
About as big as it gets. Partly paywalled. I’m looking forward to @dereklowe.bsky.social ‘s writeup.
I’m sure there will be problems but some excitement is allowed.
I’m sure there will be problems but some excitement is allowed.
LLMs can count string characters better than a year ago, but still imperfectly - esp GPT-5
Here's a good exploration of that problem from August minimaxir.com/2025/08/llm-...
Can modern LLMs actually count the number of b's in "blueberry"?
It’s an adversarial question for LLMs, but it’s not unfair.
minimaxir.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
LLMs can count string characters better than a year ago, but still imperfectly - esp GPT-5
I love this series.
Annual Thanksgiving blog post! This year we are giving thanks for "information."
www.preposterousuniverse.com/blog/2025/11...
www.preposterousuniverse.com/blog/2025/11...
November 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I love this series.
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In light of record submission rates and a large volume of AI-generated slop, SocArXiv recently implemented a policy requiring ORCIDs linked in the OSF profile of submitting authors, and narrowing our focus to social science subjects. Today we are taking two more steps:
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November 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
In light of record submission rates and a large volume of AI-generated slop, SocArXiv recently implemented a policy requiring ORCIDs linked in the OSF profile of submitting authors, and narrowing our focus to social science subjects. Today we are taking two more steps:
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Thanks to British Libel law Trump’s astounding corruption is getting global attention
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC tells staff they cannot quote Trump line removed from Reith lecture
Journalists not allowed to repeat Rutger Bregman’s corruption claims against US president in coverage of edit
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Thanks to British Libel law Trump’s astounding corruption is getting global attention
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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Reuters reached out to everyone that Trump or his subordinates singled out publicly for retribution, and reviewed hundreds of official orders, directives and public records. The result: the most comprehensive accounting yet of his campaign of payback.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
www.reuters.com/investigates...
November 27, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Reuters reached out to everyone that Trump or his subordinates singled out publicly for retribution, and reviewed hundreds of official orders, directives and public records. The result: the most comprehensive accounting yet of his campaign of payback.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
www.reuters.com/investigates...
Some day somebody will do a book about the multipronged assault on President Joseph Biden.
November 27, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Some day somebody will do a book about the multipronged assault on President Joseph Biden.
Arginine at very high doses for mouse-model-alzheimer's. The list of caveats at the end is much better than average for this kind of release (ai help?). I don't think the mouse model has been predictive to date. It will get attention, which is good.
• MedSky • A potentially promising Alzheimer's treatment
Supplement For High Blood Pressure Clears Signs of Alzheimer's in Mice
A build-up of sticky proteins in the brain is a key hallmark of Alzheimer's, thought to be closely linked to the disease's progression.
www.sciencealert.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Arginine at very high doses for mouse-model-alzheimer's. The list of caveats at the end is much better than average for this kind of release (ai help?). I don't think the mouse model has been predictive to date. It will get attention, which is good.
"we don't seem to do shame anymore"
Shame, decency, honor, integrity. We see those values in those who have refused to bend the knee. But many, so many, have none of them.
Shame, decency, honor, integrity. We see those values in those who have refused to bend the knee. But many, so many, have none of them.
Biden was old, tired, sick, stuttered, & clearly wasn't what he once was, even ten years ago.
But everyone, especially Tapper, Thompson, Nuzzi, & the rest of the elites, who made it something else & pretended he was just like Trump should be deeply ashamed. But we don't seem to do shame anymore.
But everyone, especially Tapper, Thompson, Nuzzi, & the rest of the elites, who made it something else & pretended he was just like Trump should be deeply ashamed. But we don't seem to do shame anymore.
Look I don't want to say you're a rube if you fell for the "Biden's incompetent" trope but it was clearly a con coming almost exclusively from bad faith actors and had almost zero solid evidentiary basis.
November 27, 2025 at 1:18 AM
"we don't seem to do shame anymore"
Shame, decency, honor, integrity. We see those values in those who have refused to bend the knee. But many, so many, have none of them.
Shame, decency, honor, integrity. We see those values in those who have refused to bend the knee. But many, so many, have none of them.
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New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester: