Honestly, we are so deep into the nonsense that it's useful and refreshing to ask what an adequate response to COVID would look like.
Wrote a little bit about how we get from here to there, if our leaders decided they wanted to end the pandemic. First and foremost, we need honesty and communication. Then, we need resources, infrastructure, a regulatory framework, and liability. www.thegauntlet.news/p/what-would...
Ok, COVID is a problem. What can we do about it anyway?
This also neatly explains why like 99% of alien sightings are in the United States of America, they're not dumb, and there's only one flag on the moon.
Today's newsletter: We're watching the internet die as it gets overwhelmed with content built to be popular with algorithms, much of it generated by AI, crowding out stuff created by humans. Ironically, this is also an existential threat to generative AI. tinyurl.com/wyea31124
Sometime this month, Reddit will go public at a valuation of $6.5bn. Select Redditors were offered the chance to buy stock at the initial listing price, which it hasnโt announced yet but is expected t...
TIL learned a fun fact the vast, vast majority of microplastics aren't actually from breaking down single-use plastics like I thought, but from car tires. Car tires, simply by being worn down while driving, emit more microplastics than anything by far
Tire wear represents a large source of microplastic entering the aquatic environment, however little is known about its environmental risks. Here, we provide the first assessment of the environmental ...
Who knew? "Exxon was aware of climate change, as early as 1977... This knowledge did not prevent the company (now ExxonMobil and the worldโs largest oil and gas company) from spending decades refusing to publicly acknowledge climate change and even promoting climate misinformation." (6/n)
A new investigation shows the oil company understood the science before it became a public issue and spent millions to promote misinformation
This paper is out for real now. Mask mandates saved thousands of lives and hundreds of millions of dollars in Ontario in 2020 academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
Abstract. Mask use for prevention of respiratory infectious disease transmission is not new but has proven controversial during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. In Onta
Friends, I wrote up a quick guide to getting started on Bluesky for folks who are used to old Science Twitter. Please share it with your folks who are joining. And please let me know if I missed anything or got anything wrong. ๐งช www.southernfriedscience.com/bluesky-is-n...
The once-great science twitter is, depending on who you talk to, either dying or dead. Once a vibrant place for many discussions related to my fields of marine biology, ocean conservation, and publโฆ
This. Look at just one paragraph from the Philanthropy section of his wikpedia page.
A relative had Covid Monday and Tuesday, then hosted dinner on Friday. Is there any way this was safe ?!?
Happy parents asking you once again to take all of your old shit off their hands weekend to all who observe. www.welcometohellworld.com/how-to-throw...
A version of this piece was originally published in Boston Magazine a couple years back. I went back in this week and made it worse. Consider subscribing to this newsletter for free or with a paid su...