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Onisillos
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Editor-in-Chief of a very good microbial journal.

(Illustration by David S. Goodsell, RCSB Protein Data Bank. doi: 10.2210/rcsb_pdb/goodsell-gallery-028)
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“The results are disappointing because the underlying tech is unreliable, And that’s been obvious from the start.”

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Three years on, ChatGPT still isn't what it was cracked up to be – and it probably never will be
A skeptic’s pre-mortem
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November 29, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Why is science under assault and what forces are behind it?

My review @thelancet.com of “Science under Siege” by @michaelemann.bsky.social & @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social

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November 29, 2025 at 9:25 PM
This is such a complicated story. I had no idea that UAE’s food security was a factor

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Why Foreign Powers Are Funding The War In Sudan
YouTube video by Sahel Chronicles
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November 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I could barely keep up with the twists and turns of this story

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How Guinea-Bissau Became A NARCO-STATE
YouTube video by Sahel Chronicles
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November 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Our latest editorial is now online in advance of our upcoming December issue

Neglected tropical diseases: golden age of elimination?

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

#IDSky #ClinMicro #NTD #OpenAccess #OA
November 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Lying about vaccine safety is a sin.
November 29, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Muscular Christianity.

“Wear some headphones, kid. And put your shoes back on”
November 29, 2025 at 9:25 AM
It’s essential that fascists are called out for what they are

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What’s Behind the Rise of Far Right Politics in Europe | Daphne Halikiopoulou | TED
YouTube video by TED
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November 29, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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On the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, the Green Party reiterates our commitment to justice for the people of Palestine.
November 29, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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November 29, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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I just added six new sets of itty-bitty paintings to my ko-fi shop: Algorithms, neurons, viruses and more ko-fi.com/1626SLXL3044...
Visit Michele Banks's Shop!
I've opened a shop. Come take a look!
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November 28, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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This is from 1986, a piece covering the book by Dr. Stephen Lock, editor of The British Medical Journal, on peer review.

www.nytimes.com/1986/02/25/s...
THE DOCTOR'S WORLD; PEER REVIEW IS CHALLENGED (Published 1986)
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November 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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New research article

Macrolide-resistant #Mycoplasma pneumoniae resurgence in Chinese children in 2023: a longitudinal, cross-sectional, genomic epidemiology study

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

#IDSky #ClinMicro #AMR #OpenAccess #OA
November 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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I will never stop blaming the selfishness of the cast of FRIENDS for not wanting to do at least a few more seasons of the show for the rise of fascism in America in 2025

Cmon David schwimmer

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'Friends' Made Trump Popular
YouTube video by Zeteo
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November 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Why scientists have to become better communicators and learn how to engage different audiences.
November 28, 2025 at 8:34 AM
It's not even December and yet I've just had to add June to my issue planner 🫠
November 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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The Global Fund has fallen short of its $18 billion target, risking the progress made against AIDS, TB, and malaria.

Our latest Editorial discusses the challenges and opportunities in shaping the future of global health investment.

Read this & more: spkl.io/63321A5zXh
November 28, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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we have to go back. to warn them.
November 28, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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Hope is here.

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November 28, 2025 at 7:31 AM
"The annual measles assessment, published Friday in the WHO’s Weekly Epidemiological Record, is for last year. It does not touch on this year’s large ongoing measles outbreaks in the United States and Canada..."

So a better title could be: _were_ nearly back

www.statnews.com/2025/11/28/m...
Global measles vaccinations are nearly back to pre-pandemic levels, WHO report finds
New report suggests the number of children vaccinated against measles globally — which declined during the Covid-19 pandemic — is nearly back to pre-pandemic levels.
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November 28, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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New research article

#HIV drug resistance during #antiretroviral therapy scale-up in Uganda, 2012–19: a population-based, longitudinal study

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

#IDSky #ClinMicro #ViroSky #AMR #OpenAccess #OA
November 28, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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Then as now ...
November 27, 2025 at 8:49 PM
"An old saying about such follies is that “six months in the lab can you save you an afternoon in the library”; here we may have wasted a trillion dollars and several years to rediscover what cognitive science already knew."

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A trillion dollars is a terrible thing to waste
The machine learning community is finally waking up to the madness, but the detour of the last few years has been costly.
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November 28, 2025 at 9:41 AM
"...the dog that barks is the scared dog. The dog that sits calmly and stares you down is the dog that's confident that they're going to win this conflict. And I think that's where this seems like it's amiss. There's something really wrong here. "

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The 1930s 2.0 & the collapse of American soft power | Centre Stage
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
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November 28, 2025 at 8:56 AM