@drworms.bsky.social
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The central problem of all grant reviews is the numerical scoring and the absolute refusal of reviewers to use the range of scores. If I built a machine to measure ‘quality’ and the range of measurements was between 88 and 94 out of 100 from terrible to astounding, it would be an awful machine.
November 25, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The central problem of all grant reviews is the numerical scoring and the absolute refusal of reviewers to use the range of scores. If I built a machine to measure ‘quality’ and the range of measurements was between 88 and 94 out of 100 from terrible to astounding, it would be an awful machine.
I lived in Cincinnati in the 80s. At the time it was a deeply racist, cop-loving, soul crushing place to live. This seems like a sea change in attitudes.
Page One in Cincinnati:
“.. I need to be able to look my grandkids in the eye and say I did not remain silent.”
#ICE
“.. I need to be able to look my grandkids in the eye and say I did not remain silent.”
#ICE
November 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I lived in Cincinnati in the 80s. At the time it was a deeply racist, cop-loving, soul crushing place to live. This seems like a sea change in attitudes.
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I was never the judge of a literary prize but I make up for it by judging people all the time regardless
I was chair of judges for the Orwell Prize (the fiction one) a few years back. Glad to say I didn't have to work with Gove.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I was never the judge of a literary prize but I make up for it by judging people all the time regardless
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And that is what most people mean when they respond to revelations of abuse and bigotry by saying we need to leave open “paths to redemption.”
November 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
And that is what most people mean when they respond to revelations of abuse and bigotry by saying we need to leave open “paths to redemption.”
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By framing what should be a reputation and legacy destroying (and likely criminal investigation in inciting) revelation an obstacle to overcome, it allows people who would like to ignore the whole thing do so, not as part of a grotesque moral failure, but as a part of a grand redemptive triumph.
November 25, 2025 at 1:25 PM
By framing what should be a reputation and legacy destroying (and likely criminal investigation in inciting) revelation an obstacle to overcome, it allows people who would like to ignore the whole thing do so, not as part of a grotesque moral failure, but as a part of a grand redemptive triumph.
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Not sure if it's journalistic best practice to frame "proof of involvement in a decades-long ring of powerful child rapists" as "the greatest challenge to his legacy."
Unless you're trying to actively help him overcome it, I think it should rightly be framed as the final word on his legacy.
Unless you're trying to actively help him overcome it, I think it should rightly be framed as the final word on his legacy.
November 25, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Not sure if it's journalistic best practice to frame "proof of involvement in a decades-long ring of powerful child rapists" as "the greatest challenge to his legacy."
Unless you're trying to actively help him overcome it, I think it should rightly be framed as the final word on his legacy.
Unless you're trying to actively help him overcome it, I think it should rightly be framed as the final word on his legacy.
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Big news! The groundhog is back at my sister's and she gave him a plum
November 25, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Big news! The groundhog is back at my sister's and she gave him a plum
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Read this inspiring perspectives coauthored by the Worm Resource directors and worm Nobel Laureates! 4 Nobel Prizes and how they were enabled by major NIH-supported research resources (the Caenorhabditis Genetics Center, WormBase, and WormAtlas) www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
November 25, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Read this inspiring perspectives coauthored by the Worm Resource directors and worm Nobel Laureates! 4 Nobel Prizes and how they were enabled by major NIH-supported research resources (the Caenorhabditis Genetics Center, WormBase, and WormAtlas) www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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People are always like real job stability is in medicine or the law, but the most secure job is actually white guy writes op-eds about how he’s sick of the minorities.
November 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
People are always like real job stability is in medicine or the law, but the most secure job is actually white guy writes op-eds about how he’s sick of the minorities.
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Two things can be true:
You should not take off your shoes and put your feet on the chair ahead of you.
The Secretary of Transportation is not a serious person
You should not take off your shoes and put your feet on the chair ahead of you.
The Secretary of Transportation is not a serious person
Duffy on his demand that air travelers not wear slippers or pajamas: "It honors our country ... don't take your shoes off and put your feet on the chair ahead of you"
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Two things can be true:
You should not take off your shoes and put your feet on the chair ahead of you.
The Secretary of Transportation is not a serious person
You should not take off your shoes and put your feet on the chair ahead of you.
The Secretary of Transportation is not a serious person
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"Poverty"
Art Young, 1914
Art Young, 1914
November 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
"Poverty"
Art Young, 1914
Art Young, 1914
I'm sorry, can you run through those Jardience side effects for me again?
A rare, severe bacterial infection of the tissue around the genitals and rectum. Symptoms can include pain, redness, tenderness, or swelling in the affected area, along with fever or a general feeling of illness.
A rare, severe bacterial infection of the tissue around the genitals and rectum. Symptoms can include pain, redness, tenderness, or swelling in the affected area, along with fever or a general feeling of illness.
November 24, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I'm sorry, can you run through those Jardience side effects for me again?
A rare, severe bacterial infection of the tissue around the genitals and rectum. Symptoms can include pain, redness, tenderness, or swelling in the affected area, along with fever or a general feeling of illness.
A rare, severe bacterial infection of the tissue around the genitals and rectum. Symptoms can include pain, redness, tenderness, or swelling in the affected area, along with fever or a general feeling of illness.
This just might be the case
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
This just might be the case
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Aryan Lannister, Worst of His Name.
The extremely mentally ill President of the United States just posted this on his money losing garbage Truth Social app.
November 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Aryan Lannister, Worst of His Name.
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Tomorrow is a month away from Xmas Eve. Please have a look to see if you have any children's clothes, books, toys, etc that are no longer needed & donate them to your local charity shop ASAP. The demand for these items is now, not after Xmas. People are skint but still want to make Xmas special. ❤️
November 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Tomorrow is a month away from Xmas Eve. Please have a look to see if you have any children's clothes, books, toys, etc that are no longer needed & donate them to your local charity shop ASAP. The demand for these items is now, not after Xmas. People are skint but still want to make Xmas special. ❤️
Know Your Anemone
- Rage Against The Marine
- Rage Against The Marine
November 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Know Your Anemone
- Rage Against The Marine
- Rage Against The Marine
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It's that time of year
November 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
It's that time of year
Well, I guess NepoBabies: The Musical! will have to be adults only...
November 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Well, I guess NepoBabies: The Musical! will have to be adults only...
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JD Vance Cries In Bathroom After Trump Uses ‘Piggy’ Nickname On Someone Else https://theonion.com/jd-vance-cries-in-bathroom-after-trump-uses-piggy-nickname-on-someone-else/
November 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
JD Vance Cries In Bathroom After Trump Uses ‘Piggy’ Nickname On Someone Else https://theonion.com/jd-vance-cries-in-bathroom-after-trump-uses-piggy-nickname-on-someone-else/
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At the recommendation of someone here I started listening to the audiobooks of @joeabercrombie.com’s First Law series because narrator Steven Pacey is so good. Holy shit that was an understatement. The narrating skill is absolutely next-level.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:14 PM
At the recommendation of someone here I started listening to the audiobooks of @joeabercrombie.com’s First Law series because narrator Steven Pacey is so good. Holy shit that was an understatement. The narrating skill is absolutely next-level.
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It would be more helpful to this world if Larry Summers retired due to his shame rather than Harvard revoking his tenure and making him some sort of martyr for the pedo lobby.
November 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
It would be more helpful to this world if Larry Summers retired due to his shame rather than Harvard revoking his tenure and making him some sort of martyr for the pedo lobby.
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Keith Olbermann, backing up and taking another run at that tunnel painted on the side of a mountain.
Btw about this from Lizza's reply: Olivia and I lived together for 4+ years (4 b'days, 4 Xmases, 4 anniversaries). That's like $1250 of jewelry per celebration. And her apartment was a writing studio. And I made an f-ton then. What was I supposed to do? Get her a lot of Gift Certificates from Kmart?
November 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Keith Olbermann, backing up and taking another run at that tunnel painted on the side of a mountain.
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mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
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ok, i'm calling it, Olivia Nuzzi is not real. she is a Markov chain text generator. we've been duped.
November 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
ok, i'm calling it, Olivia Nuzzi is not real. she is a Markov chain text generator. we've been duped.
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As always, I'm astonished far less by Trump himself than I am by the tens of millions of Americans, powerful and not, who are essentially pretending this is all normal. It's like the court martial judges saying "well, maybe they DID steal his strawberries" and making Queeg Secretary of The Navy.
Trump: "I gave them as you know unlimited water, Biden came back with a rigged election, and he immediately restricted the water again. But I came back in and immediately unrestricted it again. So now you have unlimited water to clean your damn dishes."
November 18, 2025 at 12:16 AM
As always, I'm astonished far less by Trump himself than I am by the tens of millions of Americans, powerful and not, who are essentially pretending this is all normal. It's like the court martial judges saying "well, maybe they DID steal his strawberries" and making Queeg Secretary of The Navy.