Ben Garmon
satsaur.bsky.social
Ben Garmon
@satsaur.bsky.social
Just doing people things.
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NEW SCIENCE VS EPISODE out discussing what's going on with U.S. science under the Trump administration — and how scientists are fighting back. We hear from fan fave @maxkozlov.bsky.social at @nature.com.

PLUS: Does funding science do anything for the economy?🧪

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The War Keeps Raging Against Science
Science Vs · Episode
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May 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Autism is not a disease.
April 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Is DOGE cutting the size of the federal government? No. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpNg...
DOGE Is Not Cutting Government Spending
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April 8, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Trump Sick And Tired Of Mainstream Media Always Trying To Put His Words Into Some Sort Of Context
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Trump Sick And Tired Of Mainstream Media Always Trying To Put His Words Into Some Sort Of Context
NEW YORK—Emphasizing that the practice was just more evidence of journalists’ bias against him, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump stated Thursday that he was sick and tired of the mainstream media always attempting to place his words into some kind of context. “The corrupt news media is constantly taking the things I say and putting them within the larger context of politics and global events—it’s absolutely sickening what they do,” said Trump, adding that many of the comments he has made—including his call yesterday for Russia to hack into the emails of his presidential opponent Hillary Clinton and publish the contents—had been repeatedly and unfairly contextualized with relevant facts about the world and pertinent information about the situation in which they were stated. “It’s completely shameful to take words I’ve spoken or written and try to connect them to some kind of objective reality. I say something, and the next thing I know, a crooked reporter is telling everyone what I said along with a fact-based explanation of what its implications are and why it matters. It’s ridiculous, and it has to stop.” Trump added that he would not hesitate to ban any news organization from his campaign that continued to twist his statements by implying they held any specific meaning about or relation to the world we inhabit.
theonion.com
February 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Measles high infection rate is the reason we have not yet been able to eradicate it. That rate means you need a very high vaccination rate to prevent outbreaks. It is possible, but not with current levels of institutional distrust.
The average person with the flu gives it to around 1.4 people. The average person with measles gives it to between 12 and 18 people.
who.int WHO @who.int · Feb 17
Measles cases continue to surge globally, putting millions of children at risk.

More than 10 million people globally were infected with measles in 2023, a 20% increase from the previous year.

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February 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Transparent AI for nuclear engineers 🧪 ☢️

Nuclear regulators need a way to validate AI models. Starting to crack open the AI ‘black box’, a new open source python package includes explainability features and helps engineers create AI tools from their data.

ners.engin.umich.edu/2025/01/22/s...
Streamlining AI development for transparent nuclear engineering models - Nuclear Engineering & Radiological Sciences
A new tool simplifies machine learning development for nuclear engineers while incorporating model explainability features to help improve transparency.
ners.engin.umich.edu
January 22, 2025 at 8:39 PM