Collin O’C
@skepticksci.bsky.social
Geography Ph.D., science nerd, skeptic, tick-borne disease researcher and epidemiologist.
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Scaling to make a sentient sun to understand the universe
February 3, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Scaling to make a sentient sun to understand the universe
YESSS
Sean McDermott Expresses Gratitude To The People, If You Want To Call Them That, Of Buffalo https://theonion.com/sean-mcdermott-expresses-gratitude-to-the-people-if-you-want-to-call-them-that-of-buffalo/
January 26, 2026 at 8:50 PM
YESSS
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Four-time Grammy Award nominee Jesse Welles performs his song "Join Ice."
Bob Dylan once said a single folk singer could defeat an entire army. Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have our man.
Bob Dylan once said a single folk singer could defeat an entire army. Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have our man.
January 24, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Four-time Grammy Award nominee Jesse Welles performs his song "Join Ice."
Bob Dylan once said a single folk singer could defeat an entire army. Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have our man.
Bob Dylan once said a single folk singer could defeat an entire army. Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have our man.
January 18, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Bread and circuses
December 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Bread and circuses
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The year is 2027. All human jobs have been replaced by AI. No-one has any money to buy anything.
December 11, 2025 at 11:46 AM
The year is 2027. All human jobs have been replaced by AI. No-one has any money to buy anything.
I'm so sick of reviewing bad papers
December 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I'm so sick of reviewing bad papers
Give me a fucking break
November 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Give me a fucking break
Ooh that’s a fun game! Let’s play!
The claim “vaccines do not cause superhuman strength” is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause superhuman strength
The claim “vaccines do not cause superhuman strength” is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause superhuman strength
This is completely disgusting. Today, the CDC updated their vaccine safety page. It now says:
“The claim "vaccines do not cause autism" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism”.
“The claim "vaccines do not cause autism" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism”.
November 21, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Ooh that’s a fun game! Let’s play!
The claim “vaccines do not cause superhuman strength” is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause superhuman strength
The claim “vaccines do not cause superhuman strength” is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause superhuman strength
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
@worldbollardassoc.bsky.social It takes all of us
November 7, 2025 at 6:18 PM
@worldbollardassoc.bsky.social It takes all of us
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We didn’t smash any tables. We didn’t eat a garbage plate. But you better believe the Bills got that W today.
Thanks to Gov. Kathy Hochul for bringing the #BillsMafia energy to Astoria today—and to Murphy’s Bar for having us.
Thanks to Gov. Kathy Hochul for bringing the #BillsMafia energy to Astoria today—and to Murphy’s Bar for having us.
November 3, 2025 at 12:40 AM
We didn’t smash any tables. We didn’t eat a garbage plate. But you better believe the Bills got that W today.
Thanks to Gov. Kathy Hochul for bringing the #BillsMafia energy to Astoria today—and to Murphy’s Bar for having us.
Thanks to Gov. Kathy Hochul for bringing the #BillsMafia energy to Astoria today—and to Murphy’s Bar for having us.
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48 cites on your job paper? good luck getting a TT position...
October 27, 2025 at 4:11 AM
48 cites on your job paper? good luck getting a TT position...
You know you’ve become desensitized to the serenity of field work when you walk through the woods playing a 2000’s breakbeat playlist out loud
October 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
You know you’ve become desensitized to the serenity of field work when you walk through the woods playing a 2000’s breakbeat playlist out loud
@psavary.bsky.social Is it possible to parallelize the graphab_metric R function in graph4lg with an argument inside the function? I've tried with foreach, but it seems that the workers step on each other when accessing the java file.
September 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
@psavary.bsky.social Is it possible to parallelize the graphab_metric R function in graph4lg with an argument inside the function? I've tried with foreach, but it seems that the workers step on each other when accessing the java file.
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I don’t need a self driving car. I need a vehicle that runs between major areas and can transport large numbers of people at once to reduce environmental impact…wait it’s a train. I’m describing trains.
Build more goddamned TRAINS, America.
Build more goddamned TRAINS, America.
August 27, 2025 at 5:54 AM
I don’t need a self driving car. I need a vehicle that runs between major areas and can transport large numbers of people at once to reduce environmental impact…wait it’s a train. I’m describing trains.
Build more goddamned TRAINS, America.
Build more goddamned TRAINS, America.
Predatory journal invite or ransom note?
August 25, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Predatory journal invite or ransom note?
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‘Seek Funding’ Step Added To Scientific Method
‘Seek Funding’ Step Added To Scientific Method
PARIS—In an effort to modernize the principles and empirical procedures of examining phenomena and advancing humanity’s collective knowledge, the International Council for Science announced Thursday t...
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August 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
‘Seek Funding’ Step Added To Scientific Method
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Just learned from LinkedIn that a Heritage Foundation affiliate is now FOIA-ing (or equivalent) instructors’ syllabi to go snooping for supposed illegal DEI at state universities. It’s hard to describe how far past McCarthyism we’re headed here.
July 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Just learned from LinkedIn that a Heritage Foundation affiliate is now FOIA-ing (or equivalent) instructors’ syllabi to go snooping for supposed illegal DEI at state universities. It’s hard to describe how far past McCarthyism we’re headed here.
Now that Kulldorff is on the committee, I think it’s called a “cluster” of cranks
A little more on RFK's new vaccine committee:
Malone - claimed vaccines cause AIDS
Kulldorff - promoted mass COVID infection
Meissner - opposed vaccines and masks for kids
Pebsworth - worked at antivax nonprofit
Levi - FL Surgeon General cited his paper when recommending not to get COVID vax
Malone - claimed vaccines cause AIDS
Kulldorff - promoted mass COVID infection
Meissner - opposed vaccines and masks for kids
Pebsworth - worked at antivax nonprofit
Levi - FL Surgeon General cited his paper when recommending not to get COVID vax
June 12, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Now that Kulldorff is on the committee, I think it’s called a “cluster” of cranks
If only… @mapcenter.com
World’s Cartographers Continue Living Secret Life Of Luxury On Idyllic, Never Disclosed 8th Continent theonion.com/world-s...
May 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
If only… @mapcenter.com
I would bet some serious coin that they used AI to write this and that’s what gave them fake citations
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
RFK Jr.'s MAHA Report Cites Research Studies That Don't Exist
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s MAHA Report featured several seemingly fake studies and incorrect attributions.
www.rollingstone.com
May 30, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I would bet some serious coin that they used AI to write this and that’s what gave them fake citations
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
I think I know my geography pretty damn well @ubuffalo.bsky.social #PhD
May 26, 2025 at 12:32 AM
I think I know my geography pretty damn well @ubuffalo.bsky.social #PhD