Jesse May
@drmay.icu
Anesthesiologist, Intensivist, Tommy Douglas-style Commonwealther and former/forever Saskie. Believer in science, effective public policy, and the responsibility to care about other humans. #skycrit vs #critskeet vs #anessky.
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Hey everyone, if you want to tell Doug Ford what you think of his messy, unsafe, and wasteful plan to tear out bike lanes in Toronto, you can text him at 647-612-3673. Someone will respond. Please Repost and get people bombarding him with messages.
November 19, 2024 at 3:13 AM
Hey everyone, if you want to tell Doug Ford what you think of his messy, unsafe, and wasteful plan to tear out bike lanes in Toronto, you can text him at 647-612-3673. Someone will respond. Please Repost and get people bombarding him with messages.
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full of Qs for #AcademicSky today - specifically, can anyone recc. a super introductory-level guide to humanities methodologies that would be suitable for STEM students doing med hums/STS for the first time? Like a v. basic "what is anthropology/lit studies/history" 🗃️
September 30, 2024 at 10:50 AM
full of Qs for #AcademicSky today - specifically, can anyone recc. a super introductory-level guide to humanities methodologies that would be suitable for STEM students doing med hums/STS for the first time? Like a v. basic "what is anthropology/lit studies/history" 🗃️
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Scotland has detected no cases of cervical cancer in women born between 1988-1996 who were fully vaccinated against HPV between the ages of 12 and 13.
HPV vaccine study finds zero cases of cervical cancer among women vaccinated before age 14
In a large Scottish study, no cases of cervical cancer were found among women who received HPV vaccines before they turned 14.
www.statnews.com
September 28, 2024 at 4:47 PM
Scotland has detected no cases of cervical cancer in women born between 1988-1996 who were fully vaccinated against HPV between the ages of 12 and 13.
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A buddy described Mark Robinson as “the character Tracy Morgan would play on Veep”
September 23, 2024 at 12:28 AM
A buddy described Mark Robinson as “the character Tracy Morgan would play on Veep”
@dankaszeta.bsky.social maybe?
Can you read Latvian, or you can share this with someone who can? If so, perhaps you can help me.
I have 68 archive documents from the Latvian National History Museum, describing traditional farmhouse brewing, dated 1925-1943. But I can’t read them and need the text translated.
I have 68 archive documents from the Latvian National History Museum, describing traditional farmhouse brewing, dated 1925-1943. But I can’t read them and need the text translated.
September 17, 2024 at 6:48 PM
@dankaszeta.bsky.social maybe?
This is easily one of my favourite debunkings recently
“Regions where people most often reach 100-110 years old are the ones where there’s the most pressure to commit pension fraud, and they also have the worst records.”
theconversation.com/the-data-on-...
theconversation.com/the-data-on-...
‘The data on extreme human ageing is rotten from the inside out’ – Ig Nobel winner Saul Justin Newman
Saul Newman’s research suggests that we’re completely mistaken about how long humans live for.
theconversation.com
September 16, 2024 at 2:08 PM
This is easily one of my favourite debunkings recently
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“Regions where people most often reach 100-110 years old are the ones where there’s the most pressure to commit pension fraud, and they also have the worst records.”
theconversation.com/the-data-on-...
theconversation.com/the-data-on-...
‘The data on extreme human ageing is rotten from the inside out’ – Ig Nobel winner Saul Justin Newman
Saul Newman’s research suggests that we’re completely mistaken about how long humans live for.
theconversation.com
September 14, 2024 at 2:22 PM
“Regions where people most often reach 100-110 years old are the ones where there’s the most pressure to commit pension fraud, and they also have the worst records.”
theconversation.com/the-data-on-...
theconversation.com/the-data-on-...
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But we can fight back. AIDS activists took on Jesse Helms in the 1990s, putting a giant condom over his house emblazoned with the phrase: Helms is deadlier than a virus.15/ www.poz.com/blog/in-memo...
In Memory of Jesse Helms, and The Condom On His House [VIDEOS]
On September 5th, 1991, I put a giant condom over Jesse Helms' house.
Why? Because, as the condom
www.poz.com
September 15, 2024 at 1:43 PM
But we can fight back. AIDS activists took on Jesse Helms in the 1990s, putting a giant condom over his house emblazoned with the phrase: Helms is deadlier than a virus.15/ www.poz.com/blog/in-memo...
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The filmmakers behind “Russians at War” have argued that a lot of the negative press surrounding the documentary comes from people who haven’t seen it. We asked the opinion of people in the film industry who have.
Is 'Russians at War' propaganda? We asked 7 people in film who saw it
The documentary “Russians at War” has sparked controversy since its debut on the festival circuit, with many accusing it of whitewashing Russian soldiers and their crimes in Ukraine.
Canadian-Russian...
kyivindependent.com
September 13, 2024 at 6:46 PM
The filmmakers behind “Russians at War” have argued that a lot of the negative press surrounding the documentary comes from people who haven’t seen it. We asked the opinion of people in the film industry who have.
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he calls her a marxist but she's not the one getting publicly owned
September 11, 2024 at 1:58 AM
he calls her a marxist but she's not the one getting publicly owned
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“When the AI provided an incorrect result, researchers found inexperienced and moderately experienced radiologists dropped their cancer-detecting accuracy from around 80% to about 22%. Very experienced radiologists’ accuracy dropped from nearly 80% to 45%.”
pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/...
pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/...
Automation Bias in Mammography: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence BI-RADS Suggestions on Reader Performance | Radiology
Background Automation bias (the propensity for humans to favor suggestions from automated decision-making systems) is a known source of error in human-machine interactions, but its implications regard...
pubs.rsna.org
September 8, 2024 at 11:48 PM
“When the AI provided an incorrect result, researchers found inexperienced and moderately experienced radiologists dropped their cancer-detecting accuracy from around 80% to about 22%. Very experienced radiologists’ accuracy dropped from nearly 80% to 45%.”
pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/...
pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/...
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Despite disingenuous claims of French censorship, the investigation that led to Pavel Durov’s arrest was led by a French police branch looking into abuses against children.
The Gendarmerie alone sent 2,460 unanswered requests to Telegram. The team has evidence of child predators using the platform.
The Gendarmerie alone sent 2,460 unanswered requests to Telegram. The team has evidence of child predators using the platform.
France’s hunt for Telegram CEO Pavel Durov: The inside story
How French police investigating “online sexual exploitation” closed in on messaging app chief.
www.politico.eu
September 7, 2024 at 7:23 PM
Despite disingenuous claims of French censorship, the investigation that led to Pavel Durov’s arrest was led by a French police branch looking into abuses against children.
The Gendarmerie alone sent 2,460 unanswered requests to Telegram. The team has evidence of child predators using the platform.
The Gendarmerie alone sent 2,460 unanswered requests to Telegram. The team has evidence of child predators using the platform.
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NEW: In WIREs Climate Change today, our latest peer-reviewed research shows fossil fuel companies have systematically infiltrated academia, threatening to bias research and undermine meaningful climate action. THREAD.
📄 Open access: bit.ly/FossilFUniv
📄 Open access: bit.ly/FossilFUniv
Fossil fuel industry influence in higher education: A review and a research agenda
A growing research agenda: Timeline of the cumulative number of news articles (black, left axis), white paper reports (red, right axis), and peer-reviewed and academic publications (green, right axis....
bit.ly
September 5, 2024 at 5:06 PM
NEW: In WIREs Climate Change today, our latest peer-reviewed research shows fossil fuel companies have systematically infiltrated academia, threatening to bias research and undermine meaningful climate action. THREAD.
📄 Open access: bit.ly/FossilFUniv
📄 Open access: bit.ly/FossilFUniv
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It’s helpful to see what this “accident” looks like, given that it was prominently placed with attribution.
September 1, 2024 at 1:26 PM
It’s helpful to see what this “accident” looks like, given that it was prominently placed with attribution.
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I did the same job at the same grade as Vance did, at around the same time (02-07), and I've always had massive misgivings about claiming any kind of veteran status at all because I was strictly there to get what I thought would be valuable journalism experience. He really needs to shut the fuck up
August 9, 2024 at 3:38 PM
I did the same job at the same grade as Vance did, at around the same time (02-07), and I've always had massive misgivings about claiming any kind of veteran status at all because I was strictly there to get what I thought would be valuable journalism experience. He really needs to shut the fuck up
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these are genuinely incredible numbers, impossible to square with "elite" media obsession
June 10, 2024 at 4:16 AM
these are genuinely incredible numbers, impossible to square with "elite" media obsession
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"Nearly half of Ford’s caucus will now find themselves doing double duty as ministers as the cabinet swells to 36 members; there’s a minister for red-tape reduction, but apparently no one in charge of irony." — @davidmoscrop.bsky.social #onpoli
Ford’s cabinet shuffle is a distraction — and a gravy-train giveaway | TVO Today
OPINION: With 36 MPPs now making a bonus of over 40 per cent more as cabinet ministers, the caucus will be kept docile and ready to stump for their boss.
amp.tvo.org
June 7, 2024 at 2:36 PM
"Nearly half of Ford’s caucus will now find themselves doing double duty as ministers as the cabinet swells to 36 members; there’s a minister for red-tape reduction, but apparently no one in charge of irony." — @davidmoscrop.bsky.social #onpoli
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Again, imagine if the two biggest liberals on the Burger Court in the 1970s (Marshall and Brennan) were openly signaling their support for the Weather Underground.
Imagine if two liberals on the Burger Court in the 1970s (imagine Marshall and Brennan) were openly signalling their support for the Weather Underground.
It is so absolutely bonkers that two sitting Supreme Court Justices supported a coup attempt.
Of all the insane things that have happened over the past eight years - that might be the most insane.
Of all the insane things that have happened over the past eight years - that might be the most insane.
May 29, 2024 at 6:48 PM
Again, imagine if the two biggest liberals on the Burger Court in the 1970s (Marshall and Brennan) were openly signaling their support for the Weather Underground.
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I am going to be really blunt here. My friend is dying of cancer. I wanted to get him a bunch of attention and at least a few art sales and I am failing so far 😞 Can you help?
I wrote about one of my art friends who has been dealing with cancer for six years. Please take a look substack.com/home/post/p-...
Matthew Parker: An Appreciation
An artist on his work and living with cancer
substack.com
May 28, 2024 at 9:33 PM
I am going to be really blunt here. My friend is dying of cancer. I wanted to get him a bunch of attention and at least a few art sales and I am failing so far 😞 Can you help?
Dear @bretdevereaux.bsky.social thank you for writing ACOUP. As a recreational consumer of history having a pro interpret and share modern takes on the scholarship is amazing. I have a question.
Your series on the “glass cannon” Macedonians overlapped with one of my re-listens to…
Your series on the “glass cannon” Macedonians overlapped with one of my re-listens to…
May 28, 2024 at 1:36 PM
Dear @bretdevereaux.bsky.social thank you for writing ACOUP. As a recreational consumer of history having a pro interpret and share modern takes on the scholarship is amazing. I have a question.
Your series on the “glass cannon” Macedonians overlapped with one of my re-listens to…
Your series on the “glass cannon” Macedonians overlapped with one of my re-listens to…
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History enrollments falling far slower than departments shrink (meaning much of the enrollment loss is lack of teachers!): historians.org/research-and... 7/
An Uncertain Trend: The AHA’s 2022 Survey of History Undergraduate Enrollments
Our newest data on undergraduate enrollments raises new questions.
historians.org
May 28, 2024 at 12:07 AM
History enrollments falling far slower than departments shrink (meaning much of the enrollment loss is lack of teachers!): historians.org/research-and... 7/
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TIMELINE: We obtained internal documents that revealed the closed-door push for Alberta’s pause on new renewable energy projects. @drewanderson.bsky.social has everything you need to know about that timeline. #renewables #abpoli
How Alberta's renewable energy pause unfolded | The Narwhal
A guide to the internal documents that reveal the closed-door wrangling about Alberta’s renewable energy pause
thenarwhal.ca
May 6, 2024 at 8:34 PM
TIMELINE: We obtained internal documents that revealed the closed-door push for Alberta’s pause on new renewable energy projects. @drewanderson.bsky.social has everything you need to know about that timeline. #renewables #abpoli
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The whistleblower complaint of Dr. Rick Bright, former director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), tells another dark tale.
Throughout 2020, the Trump Administration refused multiple offers to manufacturer N95 respirators in America. 2/2
Throughout 2020, the Trump Administration refused multiple offers to manufacturer N95 respirators in America. 2/2
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April 20, 2024 at 11:56 PM
The whistleblower complaint of Dr. Rick Bright, former director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), tells another dark tale.
Throughout 2020, the Trump Administration refused multiple offers to manufacturer N95 respirators in America. 2/2
Throughout 2020, the Trump Administration refused multiple offers to manufacturer N95 respirators in America. 2/2