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by pmags 2y ago
The title of this post is certainly a very selective reading of the announcement from the Whitehouse!
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A natural experiment on the effect of herpes zoster vaccination on dementia(nature.com)
5 points by pmags 2y ago|1 comments
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by pmags 2y ago
And a related commentary here: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00861-2 And the popular press version take: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/apr/02/study-finds-...
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Eurorack modular synthesis: Expert Sleepers Disting NT Gets C++ Support(synthtopia.com)
3 points by pmags 2y ago|1 comments
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by pmags 2y ago
Of interest to those of you who are in the intersection set of modular synth nerds and programmers.... I've been eyeing the new Disting NT since it was released. A move towards greater openness is another point in it's favor, th
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by pmags 2y ago
As the link above discusses, parts of the central US are likely in for some major tornadoes and flooding over the next few days. I can't help but wonder how the quality of forecasting will be affected by the >1000 jobs cut at the Na
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Tornado Season in light of US NWS cuts(nytimes.com)
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by pmags 2y ago
The TRO issued by U.S. District Judge Ellen Hollander, blocking DOGE from accessing systems at the Social Security administration specifically calls this out. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.577
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by pmags 2y ago
https://www.warner.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2025/2/releas... https://www.npr.org/2025/03/11/nx-s1-5305054/doge-elon-musk-... https://www.vitallaw.com&#x
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by pmags 2y ago
I'm sure it's reassuring for citizens of Mississippi to be part of someone's ill-reasoned experiment. /s Mississippi consistently sits at the bottom in terms of ranking of the economy, health care, and fiscal stability:
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Doge official at DOJ bragged about hacking, distributing pirated software(reuters.com)
24 points by pmags 2y ago|6 comments
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by pmags 2y ago
I'm guessing many on HN will chalk this up to youthful indiscretion, but the fact that there were seemingly no background checks done on DOGE personnel is deeply disturbing as many of these DOGE-ies have access to key governmental syst
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Changes to a $42B broadband program could be a win for Musk's Starlink(npr.org)
3 points by pmags 2y ago|2 comments
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by pmags 2y ago
If you're interested in the statement from the Department of Commerce see: https://www.commerce.gov/news/press-releases/2025/03/stateme...
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by pmags 2y ago
Here's a complimentary take from Science: https://www.science.org/content/article/trump-administration... Authoritarian regimes hate expertise they don't control.
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by pmags 2y ago
Quaaantum sheep!
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by pmags 2y ago
Touche! ;-)
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by pmags 2y ago
That all sounds romantic, but molecular biology labs, spinning confocal microscopes, clean rooms, super computers, particle accelerators, etc are all hard to come by "underground".
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by pmags 2y ago
To be clear: * The signatories are the elected members of the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. * Being elected to one of these marks you as among the most distinguished and influential scientists in your field.
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by pmags 2y ago
That's a very, shall we say "interesting", interpretation of the following paragraphs: > The quest for truth—the mission of science?requires that scientists freely explore new questions and report their findings honestly,
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The US Assault on Science: National Academies Letter(nytimes.com)
95 points by pmags 2y ago|42 comments
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by pmags 2y ago
The letter itself: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/31/health/scient...
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by pmags 2y ago
This is not meant to be snarky, but I can't help but ask: * Did I miss a tone indicator (/s) in your response? * If not, why do you think that transcriptional reprogramming of fibroblast cells in culture (as per the Yang et al. pa
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The End of College Life(theatlantic.com)
7 points by pmags 2y ago|1 comments
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Trump says he is not joking about third presidential term(reuters.com)
100 points by pmags 2y ago|97 comments
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by pmags 2y ago
Worried yet?
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by pmags 2y ago
Are you unaware that the executive orders on F&A indirect affect every field of science? Are you aware that an enormous amount of chemistry, mathematical, computer science, physics, etc. is funded through the NIH? The poster I responded
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by pmags 2y ago
More info please if you have it. I'm particularly interested in how NIH's policy differed from HHS's Scientific Integrity Policy ( https://www.hhs.gov/programs/research/scientificintegrity/in...
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RFK, Jr. Laying Off Entire Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/Aids Policy(forbes.com)
32 points by pmags 2y ago|1 comments
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by pmags 2y ago
Glad to hear it and thanks for the correction. My impression was that the previous "Professional Edition, Single User" license included upgrades in perpetuity (which no longer seems to be the case). Am I misremembering on this poi

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