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Jim Woodgett @jwoodgett.bsky.social · 2h

I’d suggest they tell Trump Tofurkey off but methinks they already have a thousand times.

Jim Woodgett @jwoodgett.bsky.social · 3h

The actual story erroneously uses “boost” to describe Dem efforts to prevent cuts to Obamacare subsidies. But it is for nought as the shutdown has provided precious time (in place of sound bites) for Dems to detail how the cuts will impact Americans at various income levels. Personal info matters.

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Jim Woodgett @jwoodgett.bsky.social · 4h

The right photo looks like it just caught the bottom of an AirPod chandelier.

Jim Woodgett @jwoodgett.bsky.social · 1d

RNAi was first discovered in C. elegans. Andrew Fire and Craig Mello received a Nobel for it (2006 I think). Plus many other discoveries, of course.

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Jim Woodgett @jwoodgett.bsky.social · 1d

Like his mistaken association of asylum seekers with mental health institutions, his mind is fixated on a mythical Deportland.

Jim Woodgett @jwoodgett.bsky.social · 2d

Preeeeety sure he’s not getting it next year or the year after, either.

Reuters @reuters.com · 2d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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Vuk Stambolic @vukstambolic.bsky.social · 2d

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Jim Woodgett @jwoodgett.bsky.social · 2d

If, after assembly, this is how your Umlaut table looks, please call our emergency number 1-800-SOS-IKEA.

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Jim Woodgett @jwoodgett.bsky.social · 2d

Though listening to Americans pronounce Edinburgh is always worth it.

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Jim Woodgett @jwoodgett.bsky.social · 2d

More precisely Loughborough.

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Jim Woodgett @jwoodgett.bsky.social · 2d

Leicester.

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Jim Woodgett @jwoodgett.bsky.social · 2d

Even better, buy direct from the vendor. Often the same price (as mandated by Amazon regulations) but Amazon receives nothing.

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Jim Woodgett @jwoodgett.bsky.social · 2d

At our weekly Terry Fox Research Institute Zoom team meeting (the staff are spread across the country from coast to cost) we have one person present for 10 minutes on something they’re interested in. It’s a remarkable dive into art, interests, hobbies, history. Every time it teaches us something.

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Jim Woodgett @jwoodgett.bsky.social · 2d

Including girls...

Jim Woodgett @jwoodgett.bsky.social · 3d

Alpha ketoglutarate dehydrogenase farts in your general direction.

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Jim Woodgett @jwoodgett.bsky.social · 3d

Are you saying we plebians have a chance?

Jim Woodgett @jwoodgett.bsky.social · 3d

Pure coincidence. bsky.app/profile/cyri...

Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 3d

WTF happened circa 1985??

"The fraction of published articles classified as reviews per year in PubMed from 1900 to 2024, covering approximately 40 million publication records, stratified by publication type"
A Hauser in @emboreports.org

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Jim Woodgett @jwoodgett.bsky.social · 3d

Makes a great question on Jeopardy though.

Jim Woodgett @jwoodgett.bsky.social · 3d

Blue Jays make more of a sound that is reminiscent of a loud jeer. Also makes clear whistled notes and gurgling sounds when drinking beer and trouncing the Yellow Bellied Yankee.

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Jim Woodgett @jwoodgett.bsky.social · 3d

Luxury, before that we had to hand carve individual characters out of ivory, punch them into the arse of an elephant and coax it to sit on a leather sheet. Ben Lewin still rejected it.

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Jim Woodgett @jwoodgett.bsky.social · 3d

Right out of the park…

Jim Woodgett @jwoodgett.bsky.social · 3d

Vax computing made the jump to Windows or Mac like being smothered in the finest angora wool.

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Jim Woodgett @jwoodgett.bsky.social · 3d

Ottawa airport had radar issues today so many flights were delayed or cancelled. The guy I saw in the New York Yankee’s cap’s day just ended even more badly.

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Jim Woodgett @jwoodgett.bsky.social · 3d

Then Bart Sefton bought a Macintosh Plus And let me play with it. Never looked back.

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Jim Woodgett @jwoodgett.bsky.social · 3d

Once wrote a review (with Kathy Gould) on PKC using a Vax terminal in 1987 or so. We had something like 500 references. We printed them it on that green and white wide paper with serrated edges, spread it on the library floor at the Salk Institute and checked each one within the text. #goodtimes

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