Mikell Taylor
@mikell.bsky.social
Boston-based robotics nerd whose strong opinions do not reflect those of her employer. Come for the robots, stay for the gay pirates, Star Wars, and sarcasm. It’s pronounced “Michael”. I am cringe and I am free.
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the annual snowfall required for me to take your city seriously is like 11” minimum. nobody is using 300 days of sun to serve the lord
December 3, 2023 at 4:18 PM
the annual snowfall required for me to take your city seriously is like 11” minimum. nobody is using 300 days of sun to serve the lord
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How many people watched Sherlock 25 years ago and still worry they're alcoholics when they can't plug their phone charger in the first time. Even if they haven't been drinking.
November 30, 2025 at 5:32 AM
How many people watched Sherlock 25 years ago and still worry they're alcoholics when they can't plug their phone charger in the first time. Even if they haven't been drinking.
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In addition to cancer, a growing body of research has shown that vaccines can reduce the risk of developing dementia and heart conditions.
Here are the common vaccines experts recommend:
Here are the common vaccines experts recommend:
The common vaccines that can prevent chronic disease or some cancers
In addition to cancer, a growing body of research has shown that vaccines can reduce the risk of developing dementia and heart conditions.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:00 AM
In addition to cancer, a growing body of research has shown that vaccines can reduce the risk of developing dementia and heart conditions.
Here are the common vaccines experts recommend:
Here are the common vaccines experts recommend:
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The “new normal” for Australia in the last few years is around +6% on the pre-pandemic baseline – worse than even the UK (see below). Even out to June this year (as variant evolution slowed) it was still running at +5% annually. Are there any lessons we could learn from NZ?
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November 30, 2025 at 12:59 AM
The “new normal” for Australia in the last few years is around +6% on the pre-pandemic baseline – worse than even the UK (see below). Even out to June this year (as variant evolution slowed) it was still running at +5% annually. Are there any lessons we could learn from NZ?
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My Analysis page provides the context to understand each country’s results. NZ’s quarantine measures famously resulted in negative Excess Deaths (fewer deaths than expected) in 2020-21.
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November 30, 2025 at 12:59 AM
My Analysis page provides the context to understand each country’s results. NZ’s quarantine measures famously resulted in negative Excess Deaths (fewer deaths than expected) in 2020-21.
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I’ve added an Excess Deaths Comparison page to my analysis on that topic. Here I’m comparing the UK, Sweden, Australia and New Zealand, to June 2025.
My method projects "Expected Deaths" using a linear regression on the weekly deaths (4-week average) from a baseline of 2015-2019 deaths.
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My method projects "Expected Deaths" using a linear regression on the weekly deaths (4-week average) from a baseline of 2015-2019 deaths.
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November 30, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I’ve added an Excess Deaths Comparison page to my analysis on that topic. Here I’m comparing the UK, Sweden, Australia and New Zealand, to June 2025.
My method projects "Expected Deaths" using a linear regression on the weekly deaths (4-week average) from a baseline of 2015-2019 deaths.
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My method projects "Expected Deaths" using a linear regression on the weekly deaths (4-week average) from a baseline of 2015-2019 deaths.
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Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
November 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
I watched the movie Maverick a ton as a kid with my parents when we were going through our poker phase and I love it to death
Just showed my oldest kiddo and damn what a joy to watch it again with someone who doesn’t know the plot twist ❤️
Just showed my oldest kiddo and damn what a joy to watch it again with someone who doesn’t know the plot twist ❤️
November 30, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I watched the movie Maverick a ton as a kid with my parents when we were going through our poker phase and I love it to death
Just showed my oldest kiddo and damn what a joy to watch it again with someone who doesn’t know the plot twist ❤️
Just showed my oldest kiddo and damn what a joy to watch it again with someone who doesn’t know the plot twist ❤️
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Ran out of poop bags while walking Dido so I used a Chick tract that was on the ground next to her poop?! God works in mysterious ways, blessings etc
November 29, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Ran out of poop bags while walking Dido so I used a Chick tract that was on the ground next to her poop?! God works in mysterious ways, blessings etc
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Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
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Meanwhile on Columbus TV
November 29, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Meanwhile on Columbus TV
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About fuckin' time, Ohio State
November 29, 2025 at 8:39 PM
About fuckin' time, Ohio State
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Ever feel your phone vibrate… only to realize it never did? 📱 👀
That’s called phantom vibration syndrome. Your nervous system becomes so tuned to your phone’s alerts that it misfires and creates a false sensation.
Your phone isn’t haunted… your brain is just overly prepared.
That’s called phantom vibration syndrome. Your nervous system becomes so tuned to your phone’s alerts that it misfires and creates a false sensation.
Your phone isn’t haunted… your brain is just overly prepared.
November 29, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Ever feel your phone vibrate… only to realize it never did? 📱 👀
That’s called phantom vibration syndrome. Your nervous system becomes so tuned to your phone’s alerts that it misfires and creates a false sensation.
Your phone isn’t haunted… your brain is just overly prepared.
That’s called phantom vibration syndrome. Your nervous system becomes so tuned to your phone’s alerts that it misfires and creates a false sensation.
Your phone isn’t haunted… your brain is just overly prepared.
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Good mascot work imo
November 29, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Good mascot work imo
Hooray! I live to trash talk again.
Really need Ohio State to win this game so I can show my face at the office in Michigan this week
November 29, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Hooray! I live to trash talk again.
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Tom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88
Tom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88
A theatrical sensation since the 1960s, whose dramas included Arcadia, The Real Thing and Leopoldstadt, Stoppard also had huge success as a screenwriter
The playwright Tom Stoppard, whose playful erudition dazzled the theatregoing world for decades, has died aged 88.
One of a select band of writers from any discipline to earn his own adjective – “Stoppardian” – in the Oxford English Dictionary, he delighted in the most improbable juxtapositions: philosophy and gymnastics in Jumpers (1972); early 19th-century landscape gardening and chaos theory in Arcadia (1993); rock music, dissident Czech academics and the love poetry of Sappho in Rock ’n’ Roll (2006). Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Tom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88
Really need Ohio State to win this game so I can show my face at the office in Michigan this week
November 29, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Really need Ohio State to win this game so I can show my face at the office in Michigan this week
A dear friend and former colleague, Nia Jetter, has a STEM outreach program called ThinqueBytes and she’s doing a livestream starting at noon ET today - please share with any STEM-curious kids in your life (or enjoy as a curious grownup)! youtube.com/live/eR9x9rg...
thinqueBytes Showcase 2025
youtube.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:14 PM
A dear friend and former colleague, Nia Jetter, has a STEM outreach program called ThinqueBytes and she’s doing a livestream starting at noon ET today - please share with any STEM-curious kids in your life (or enjoy as a curious grownup)! youtube.com/live/eR9x9rg...
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I am not an expert on solar energetic particles (SEPs), but it is a little curious that this event occurred on October 30 during a minor event.
We have seen many stronger storms and events during the operation of these airplanes and nothing has happened.
The story is strange.
We have seen many stronger storms and events during the operation of these airplanes and nothing has happened.
The story is strange.
“Analysis... has revealed that intense solar radiation may corrupt data critical to the functioning of flight controls.
A significant number of A320 Family aircraft currently in-service which may be impacted.”
Currently ~3,000 airborne A320 family aircraft.
www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/...
A significant number of A320 Family aircraft currently in-service which may be impacted.”
Currently ~3,000 airborne A320 family aircraft.
www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/...
November 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I am not an expert on solar energetic particles (SEPs), but it is a little curious that this event occurred on October 30 during a minor event.
We have seen many stronger storms and events during the operation of these airplanes and nothing has happened.
The story is strange.
We have seen many stronger storms and events during the operation of these airplanes and nothing has happened.
The story is strange.
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OK, who narced?
November 28, 2025 at 4:44 PM
OK, who narced?
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New Lancet meta-analysis finds measles vaccine immunity wanes over time, with seropositivity dropping from ~93% within 10 yrs to ~83% at 16–22 yrs.
The authors say their findings warrant an urgent review of vaccination strategies
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
The authors say their findings warrant an urgent review of vaccination strategies
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
Measles Vaccine Protection Wanes After a Decade
Individuals who receive a measles-containing vaccine maintain seropositivity for a decade; however, the vaccine’s protection declines gradually thereafter.
www.medscape.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:46 AM
New Lancet meta-analysis finds measles vaccine immunity wanes over time, with seropositivity dropping from ~93% within 10 yrs to ~83% at 16–22 yrs.
The authors say their findings warrant an urgent review of vaccination strategies
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
The authors say their findings warrant an urgent review of vaccination strategies
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
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Leave little Saruman alone.
Some of those dogs at the dog show are just obscene abominations unto the lord.
November 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Leave little Saruman alone.
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November 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Hi everybody,
It's Black Friday, a big day for us at The Onion, since we rely almost entirely on your memberships.
Our goal for 2026? More print subscribers than the Washington Post.
This is, somehow, feasible.
So sign up! A year of print is $75 for the year today. Help us do a very funny thing.
It's Black Friday, a big day for us at The Onion, since we rely almost entirely on your memberships.
Our goal for 2026? More print subscribers than the Washington Post.
This is, somehow, feasible.
So sign up! A year of print is $75 for the year today. Help us do a very funny thing.