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by pmags 1y ago
Not at all -- there's no need to pack every single item into a bundle. For me at least, the "bundle" is basically all the clothing that will be used at my destination. Like any other packing situation, you'd keep a jacke
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by pmags 1y ago
Suspending milk quality testing at this time is particularly shocking given the H5N1 outbreak in dairy herds: https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disease/avian/a... • Choose "Total Outbreak" in
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by pmags 1y ago
But that's the beauty of the "bundle method" -- no wrinkles!
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by pmags 1y ago
Particularly interesting since we have evidence of one of the grifters (Ben Edwards) exposing kids to it directly due to continuing to work when he had an obvious infection himself: https://apnews.com/article/texas-meas
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by pmags 1y ago
Here are some other facets of the new glorious new MAGA/MAHA "vision" at NIH: • NIH bans all future grants to universities with DEI programs or Israel boycotts -- https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/21&
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by pmags 1y ago
Here are several related articles on US based scientists looking elsewhere: https://www.reuters.com/world/scientists-us-harried-by-trump... https://www.seattletimes.com/business/more-americans-are-
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by pmags 1y ago
This goes along with plans to end other routine food safety inspections: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-food-safety-inspections-pla...
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One Bag: The Art and Science of Packing Light(onebag.com)
2 points by pmags 1y ago|6 comments
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by pmags 1y ago
One Bag is one of the remnants of the "old web" that continues to be updated and relevant. Having run across it ~20 years ago, I still use their recommended "bundle wrapping" ( https://www.onebag.com/pack.
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by pmags 1y ago
See also: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/04/10/magazine/bunk...
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by pmags 1y ago
An unparalleled attempt to amass sensitive medical data for millions of Americans, done at a breakneck pace to meet unrealistic deadlines decided on by an HHS secretary with no qualifications in medicine or science. The current administrati
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Ultracool microscopy yields a sharper look at proteins(science.org)
1 points by pmags 1y ago|1 comments
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by pmags 1y ago
This one speaks for itself. Quoting from the bill: "A bill for an act relating to public safety; designating mRNA injections and products as weapons of mass destruction; prohibiting mRNA injections and products; proposing coding for ne
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Martin Schwartz and the importance of stupidity in science [audio](bsky.app)
1 points by pmags 1y ago|1 comments
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by pmags 1y ago
Martin Schwart'z original article: Schwartz MA. The importance of stupidity in scientific research. J Cell Sci. 2008 Jun 1;121(11):1771. doi: 10.1242/jcs.033340. PMID: 18492790. -- https://journals.biologists.com/j
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by pmags 1y ago
If you'd like to read the directive yourself, see: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-25-0...
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by pmags 1y ago
As it relates to biomedicine, the AI community is increasingly toeing the "snake oil" line. Yes, machine learning/AI is powerful, but pie in the sky predictions such as the "end of disease" probably hurt more than h
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by pmags 1y ago
The market uptick after the "pause" in tariffs was announced has been almost completely erased. Trump can seem to help himself with respect to making pronouncements / fueling speculation that inevitably drives the markets dow
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Cartoonist R. Crumb's Biography: Two reviews
3 points by pmags 1y ago|1 comments
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by pmags 1y ago
What is this, "Opsec for Dummies"?
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One Simple Hack to Ruin Your Easter(theatlantic.com)
1 points by pmags 1y ago|1 comments
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by pmags 1y ago
Hope you enjoy your visit from the Easter Spudsy...
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To regenerate a head, you first have to know where your tail is(arstechnica.com)
6 points by pmags 1y ago|0 comments
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by pmags 1y ago
• https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/exclusives/1151... The actual letter (link included in article above) -- https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25900701-chest-doj-l...
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by pmags 1y ago
I agree that there is still a lot we can do to combat fungal disease. However, your points 1, 2, and 4 unfortunately don't apply well to anti-fungals. * "There is limited evidence that farming use of [anti-fungals] is what drives
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by pmags 1y ago
n.b. Down votes are not mine Azoles (and other antifungals) are indeed still used in the US and there is documented azole resistance in important opportunistic fungal pathogens such as Aspergillus in the US: • Celia-Sanchez BN, Mangum B,
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by pmags 1y ago
Full title: "Proposed civilian faculty cuts at Air Force Academy raise alarms over critical engineering programs" • If civilian faculty are cut, this would represent about a 38% cut in the number of faculty at the Air Force academ
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by pmags 1y ago
From the article: >The April 11 letter from the White House’s task force on antisemitism, this official told Harvard, should not have been sent and was “unauthorized,” two people familiar with the matter said. (see letter here: https:&#
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by pmags 1y ago
I too think that we don't yet have convincing evidence that recent changes in global temperature have driven thermal tolerance. However, there are some interesting aspect of C. auris that are worth pointing out: • C. auris does have un
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Trump Officials Blame Mistake for Setting Off Confrontation with Harvard(nytimes.com)
19 points by pmags 1y ago|3 comments

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