Prof. Michael Fuhrer
@michaelsfuhrer.bsky.social
Epidemic epistemic trespassing. Knows a lot about graphene.
Monash Uni. Directed fleet.org.au. Fellow @scienceacademy.bsky.social.
Plays bass for www.instagram.com/push_the_trigger
Bird photos at www.flickr.com/photos/off-world
Monash Uni. Directed fleet.org.au. Fellow @scienceacademy.bsky.social.
Plays bass for www.instagram.com/push_the_trigger
Bird photos at www.flickr.com/photos/off-world
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Part III of this deeply unpopular series! 😴💤💀
How has the music industry changed with streaming?
Last time, I looked at the distribution of revenue in the streaming industry. It’s profoundly unequal.
Today I'll argue that, unequal as it is, things are far better now than just a few years ago!
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How has the music industry changed with streaming?
Last time, I looked at the distribution of revenue in the streaming industry. It’s profoundly unequal.
Today I'll argue that, unequal as it is, things are far better now than just a few years ago!
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A handsome Double-barred Finch
seen at The Spit, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia 🪶
seen at The Spit, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia 🪶
November 22, 2025 at 11:14 PM
A handsome Double-barred Finch
seen at The Spit, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia 🪶
seen at The Spit, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia 🪶
Reposted by Prof. Michael Fuhrer
This is wild.
Remember the NJ crytic lineage?
I posted 18 months ago that the Spike was too divergent to predict ACE2 binding, and asked if someone else could figure it out.
Some colleagues took me up on it.
Guess what they found?
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Remember the NJ crytic lineage?
I posted 18 months ago that the Spike was too divergent to predict ACE2 binding, and asked if someone else could figure it out.
Some colleagues took me up on it.
Guess what they found?
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November 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
This is wild.
Remember the NJ crytic lineage?
I posted 18 months ago that the Spike was too divergent to predict ACE2 binding, and asked if someone else could figure it out.
Some colleagues took me up on it.
Guess what they found?
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Remember the NJ crytic lineage?
I posted 18 months ago that the Spike was too divergent to predict ACE2 binding, and asked if someone else could figure it out.
Some colleagues took me up on it.
Guess what they found?
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Spangled Drongo
Seen in Springbrook, Queensland, Australia 🪶
Seen in Springbrook, Queensland, Australia 🪶
November 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Spangled Drongo
Seen in Springbrook, Queensland, Australia 🪶
Seen in Springbrook, Queensland, Australia 🪶
Australian Logrunner, one of the few birds where the female (seen here) is more colourful than the male - she has the orange throat. 🪶
Springbrook, Queensland, Australia
Springbrook, Queensland, Australia
November 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Australian Logrunner, one of the few birds where the female (seen here) is more colourful than the male - she has the orange throat. 🪶
Springbrook, Queensland, Australia
Springbrook, Queensland, Australia
On the Gold Coast of Queensland this week. A chance to catch up with some birds I don't see as often.
Here's a Rainbow Bee-eater seen yesterday at The Spit (beach just north of Surfer's Paradise)
Here's a Rainbow Bee-eater seen yesterday at The Spit (beach just north of Surfer's Paradise)
November 19, 2025 at 9:24 AM
On the Gold Coast of Queensland this week. A chance to catch up with some birds I don't see as often.
Here's a Rainbow Bee-eater seen yesterday at The Spit (beach just north of Surfer's Paradise)
Here's a Rainbow Bee-eater seen yesterday at The Spit (beach just north of Surfer's Paradise)
Epstein-Barr virus reprograms autoreactive B cells as antigen-presenting cells in systemic lupus erythematosus
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Epstein-Barr virus reprograms autoreactive B cells as antigen-presenting cells in systemic lupus erythematosus
Epstein-Barr virus reprograms autoreactive B cells as antigen-presenting cells to promote pathogenic antinuclear T and B cell responses in lupus.
www.science.org
November 19, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Epstein-Barr virus reprograms autoreactive B cells as antigen-presenting cells in systemic lupus erythematosus
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Reposted by Prof. Michael Fuhrer
The importance of excessive mortality assumptions...
Left hand plot: 2017-19 average used as baseline. Conclusion: Sweden is 'best' with negative excess mortality.
Right hand plot: 2017-19 linear trend extrapolated as baseline. Conclusion: Sweden is 'worst' with huge positive excess mortality.
Left hand plot: 2017-19 average used as baseline. Conclusion: Sweden is 'best' with negative excess mortality.
Right hand plot: 2017-19 linear trend extrapolated as baseline. Conclusion: Sweden is 'worst' with huge positive excess mortality.
November 16, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The importance of excessive mortality assumptions...
Left hand plot: 2017-19 average used as baseline. Conclusion: Sweden is 'best' with negative excess mortality.
Right hand plot: 2017-19 linear trend extrapolated as baseline. Conclusion: Sweden is 'worst' with huge positive excess mortality.
Left hand plot: 2017-19 average used as baseline. Conclusion: Sweden is 'best' with negative excess mortality.
Right hand plot: 2017-19 linear trend extrapolated as baseline. Conclusion: Sweden is 'worst' with huge positive excess mortality.
Reposted by Prof. Michael Fuhrer
This is the 21st time I’ve posted this Doonesbury so far.
November 14, 2025 at 11:38 PM
This is the 21st time I’ve posted this Doonesbury so far.
November 15, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Quiz time!
This is one of the more amazing pandemic-effect graphs I've seen.
A group of diagnostic codes saw a *doubling* of incidence of emergency department visits in Q2 2020, but has since. returned to pre-pandemic levels.
QUIZ: What is that group of diagnostic codes?
This is one of the more amazing pandemic-effect graphs I've seen.
A group of diagnostic codes saw a *doubling* of incidence of emergency department visits in Q2 2020, but has since. returned to pre-pandemic levels.
QUIZ: What is that group of diagnostic codes?
November 15, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Quiz time!
This is one of the more amazing pandemic-effect graphs I've seen.
A group of diagnostic codes saw a *doubling* of incidence of emergency department visits in Q2 2020, but has since. returned to pre-pandemic levels.
QUIZ: What is that group of diagnostic codes?
This is one of the more amazing pandemic-effect graphs I've seen.
A group of diagnostic codes saw a *doubling* of incidence of emergency department visits in Q2 2020, but has since. returned to pre-pandemic levels.
QUIZ: What is that group of diagnostic codes?
Influenza A also hanging on in Victoria, Australia, with a slight upward trend in cases even into November (late spring!)
Appears to be driven by the new subclade K of A/H3N2. (Can anyone confirm with sequencing data?)
www.health.vic.gov.au/infectious-d...
Appears to be driven by the new subclade K of A/H3N2. (Can anyone confirm with sequencing data?)
www.health.vic.gov.au/infectious-d...
November 15, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Influenza A also hanging on in Victoria, Australia, with a slight upward trend in cases even into November (late spring!)
Appears to be driven by the new subclade K of A/H3N2. (Can anyone confirm with sequencing data?)
www.health.vic.gov.au/infectious-d...
Appears to be driven by the new subclade K of A/H3N2. (Can anyone confirm with sequencing data?)
www.health.vic.gov.au/infectious-d...
The US CDC's Flu View is back on-line and the 8 Nov flu report is available.
Influenza is just starting to tick up in the US (red line with circle points at left is current season).
www.cdc.gov/fluview/surv...
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Influenza is just starting to tick up in the US (red line with circle points at left is current season).
www.cdc.gov/fluview/surv...
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November 14, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The US CDC's Flu View is back on-line and the 8 Nov flu report is available.
Influenza is just starting to tick up in the US (red line with circle points at left is current season).
www.cdc.gov/fluview/surv...
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Influenza is just starting to tick up in the US (red line with circle points at left is current season).
www.cdc.gov/fluview/surv...
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The US is currently at historic lows for Covid-19 emergency department visits and test positivity, but has probably hit bottom and I'd expect rising levels through the end of the year.
(data source in quoted thread)
(data source in quoted thread)
November 14, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The US is currently at historic lows for Covid-19 emergency department visits and test positivity, but has probably hit bottom and I'd expect rising levels through the end of the year.
(data source in quoted thread)
(data source in quoted thread)
The US CDC's respiratory virus data is starting to come back online.
This page is up-to-date now, and probably the best site for up-to-date monitoring of respiratory virus activity in your area:
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www.cdc.gov/respiratory-...
This page is up-to-date now, and probably the best site for up-to-date monitoring of respiratory virus activity in your area:
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www.cdc.gov/respiratory-...
Respiratory Virus Activity Levels
Updates on how COVID-19, Flu, and RSV may be spreading nationally and in your state
www.cdc.gov
November 14, 2025 at 10:52 PM
The US CDC's respiratory virus data is starting to come back online.
This page is up-to-date now, and probably the best site for up-to-date monitoring of respiratory virus activity in your area:
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www.cdc.gov/respiratory-...
This page is up-to-date now, and probably the best site for up-to-date monitoring of respiratory virus activity in your area:
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www.cdc.gov/respiratory-...
The annual ABS Causes of Death report is out today.
Life in Australia in 2024 was less deadly than pre-pandemic. The airborne-AIDS and turbo-cancer apocalypses have failed to materialize.
www.abs.gov.au/statistics/h...
Life in Australia in 2024 was less deadly than pre-pandemic. The airborne-AIDS and turbo-cancer apocalypses have failed to materialize.
www.abs.gov.au/statistics/h...
November 14, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The annual ABS Causes of Death report is out today.
Life in Australia in 2024 was less deadly than pre-pandemic. The airborne-AIDS and turbo-cancer apocalypses have failed to materialize.
www.abs.gov.au/statistics/h...
Life in Australia in 2024 was less deadly than pre-pandemic. The airborne-AIDS and turbo-cancer apocalypses have failed to materialize.
www.abs.gov.au/statistics/h...
Influenza continuing to cause problems in NSW well into November.
This appears to be due to the novel Subclade K of A/H3N2 (or its J.2.4 progenitor). Can anyone confirm/point to recent sequencing data?
www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/c...
This appears to be due to the novel Subclade K of A/H3N2 (or its J.2.4 progenitor). Can anyone confirm/point to recent sequencing data?
www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/c...
November 13, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Influenza continuing to cause problems in NSW well into November.
This appears to be due to the novel Subclade K of A/H3N2 (or its J.2.4 progenitor). Can anyone confirm/point to recent sequencing data?
www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/c...
This appears to be due to the novel Subclade K of A/H3N2 (or its J.2.4 progenitor). Can anyone confirm/point to recent sequencing data?
www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/c...
Reposted by Prof. Michael Fuhrer
Epstein: I’m best friends with this pedo running for President, here’s a bunch of stories about how big a pedo he is
NYT: but her emails
NYT: but her emails
Landon Thomas Jr of the New York Times got told by Jeffrey Epstein that Trump walked into a glass door bc he was so busy staring at girls in Epstein's house and didn't print it. wild that the Times didn't consider that newsworthy.
November 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Epstein: I’m best friends with this pedo running for President, here’s a bunch of stories about how big a pedo he is
NYT: but her emails
NYT: but her emails
Reposted by Prof. Michael Fuhrer
What does respiratory virus transmission in schools look like with COVId in the mix? Let's look at data from the USA, 600 students (ages 3-18) and 200 staff. Goldman et al. Respiratory Virus Detection and Acute Respiratory Illness
Rates in Students and Staff in Schools. Pediatrics, 2025.
Rates in Students and Staff in Schools. Pediatrics, 2025.
November 11, 2025 at 11:27 AM
What does respiratory virus transmission in schools look like with COVId in the mix? Let's look at data from the USA, 600 students (ages 3-18) and 200 staff. Goldman et al. Respiratory Virus Detection and Acute Respiratory Illness
Rates in Students and Staff in Schools. Pediatrics, 2025.
Rates in Students and Staff in Schools. Pediatrics, 2025.
As someone who came of age cycling in the '80's, lived through the USENET rec.bicycles.* era, met my wife at a Critical Mass ride in San Francisco, it was fascinating to watch this absolutely excoriating debunking of the all too prevalent vehicular-cycling "wisdom" from that era.
I choose to blame most of the deaths of people on bikes in North America on John Forester.
Horrible legacy that we still cannot escape from. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRPd...
Horrible legacy that we still cannot escape from. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRPd...
This is Why Cycling is Dangerous in America
YouTube video by Not Just Bikes
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:30 AM
As someone who came of age cycling in the '80's, lived through the USENET rec.bicycles.* era, met my wife at a Critical Mass ride in San Francisco, it was fascinating to watch this absolutely excoriating debunking of the all too prevalent vehicular-cycling "wisdom" from that era.
WellKiwis has wrapped up their respiratory virus surveillance this year in Wellington, NZ.
During 31 Mar - 19 Oct 2025, they detected:
2,328 identified single viruses (some samples had >1)
of which:
191 (8.2%) were SARS-CoV-2
382 (16.4%) were influenza
➡️Twice as many flu as covid detections!
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During 31 Mar - 19 Oct 2025, they detected:
2,328 identified single viruses (some samples had >1)
of which:
191 (8.2%) were SARS-CoV-2
382 (16.4%) were influenza
➡️Twice as many flu as covid detections!
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November 10, 2025 at 6:47 AM
WellKiwis has wrapped up their respiratory virus surveillance this year in Wellington, NZ.
During 31 Mar - 19 Oct 2025, they detected:
2,328 identified single viruses (some samples had >1)
of which:
191 (8.2%) were SARS-CoV-2
382 (16.4%) were influenza
➡️Twice as many flu as covid detections!
1/
During 31 Mar - 19 Oct 2025, they detected:
2,328 identified single viruses (some samples had >1)
of which:
191 (8.2%) were SARS-CoV-2
382 (16.4%) were influenza
➡️Twice as many flu as covid detections!
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Reposted by Prof. Michael Fuhrer
Assume all the yes and no votes from Dem senators are strategic and not sincere votes. The party caucus made a decision. No way to know how many were in favor. Then the caucus decided who would vote yes and no based on what would protect each of them politically the most. That’s how this works.
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Assume all the yes and no votes from Dem senators are strategic and not sincere votes. The party caucus made a decision. No way to know how many were in favor. Then the caucus decided who would vote yes and no based on what would protect each of them politically the most. That’s how this works.
Reposted by Prof. Michael Fuhrer
EIGHT Senate Democrats have voted to advance the funding measure so far after the deal was reached:
Cortez Masto
Durbin
Fetterman
Hassan
Kaine
King
Rosen
Shaheen
If the existing 52 Republicans hold, that's 60 — enough to advance this agreement. Final vote still to come.
Cortez Masto
Durbin
Fetterman
Hassan
Kaine
King
Rosen
Shaheen
If the existing 52 Republicans hold, that's 60 — enough to advance this agreement. Final vote still to come.
November 10, 2025 at 1:52 AM
EIGHT Senate Democrats have voted to advance the funding measure so far after the deal was reached:
Cortez Masto
Durbin
Fetterman
Hassan
Kaine
King
Rosen
Shaheen
If the existing 52 Republicans hold, that's 60 — enough to advance this agreement. Final vote still to come.
Cortez Masto
Durbin
Fetterman
Hassan
Kaine
King
Rosen
Shaheen
If the existing 52 Republicans hold, that's 60 — enough to advance this agreement. Final vote still to come.
Reposted by Prof. Michael Fuhrer
Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
Reposted by Prof. Michael Fuhrer
Following up on this. This remains a ‘cave is minutes or hours away’ situation. If you want to impact how this plays out you need to contact senators literally now. I want to add additional points of context. What I’m relaying is what I’ve picked up from highly reliable sources.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Following up on this. This remains a ‘cave is minutes or hours away’ situation. If you want to impact how this plays out you need to contact senators literally now. I want to add additional points of context. What I’m relaying is what I’ve picked up from highly reliable sources.
US friends, please call your senators today. I just called mine. Tell them they must keep the ACA subsidy.
www.senate.gov/senators/sen...
www.senate.gov/senators/sen...
November 9, 2025 at 10:17 PM
US friends, please call your senators today. I just called mine. Tell them they must keep the ACA subsidy.
www.senate.gov/senators/sen...
www.senate.gov/senators/sen...