Fred Guterl

RT @TheRickWilson: If he wants the gig, "in private" ain't cutting it.

Fascinating thread

Paul Novosad @paulnovosad

Stephen Jay Gould’s concern is as important today as it was in 1980. Brilliant people, with the potential to make world-changing scientific discoveries, are living and dying in poverty, without ever getting the chance to nurture their talents. 26/N https://t.co/qILDxClshF

RT @josemdelpino: I asked Stephen Miller, one of Donald Trump's top advisors, what is the evidence for saying that Caracas and Venezuela ar…

RT @TheOnion: Trump Uses Closing Remarks To Call For Execution Of Central Park Five

Interesting, thought provoking story by @danfalk

Sad that the "Gish Gallop," coined by my old pal @EugenieCScott to refer to a rhetorical style of creationist Duane Gish, is gaining currency after last week's debate. I'm happy for Eugenie, though. https://t.co/1sWvnIcQU3(%2Fˈ%C9%A1,or%20strength%20of%20those%20arguments.

RT @ashishkjha: I'm hearing a lot of people say we are in the middle of a new covid wave So a little data might be useful Almost no one i…

Baloney. @natashaloder is a smart and level-headed voice on this issue. Fauci made big mistakes during COVID but is he really a Bond villain? Come on.

RT @alisonannyoung: “Widespread reluctance on the part of farmers to allow scientists — government or otherwise — onto their premises to st…

Judging from Covid and 1918 flu, pandemics tend to chew public health officials and politicians up and spit them out. To be a leader in this particular kind of crisis is thankless.

Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH @ashishkjha

There's a lot of nonsense going on about how Tony Fauci "made up" the 6 feet social distancing rule So a little bit of context here would be helpful The 6 feet rule came from the CDC, not Dr. Fauci It was based on the flu model of disease spread -- where droplet transmission

RT @EricTopol: What if there was an antibiotic that doesn't disrupt the gut microbiome? There is now. A discovery published @Nature today…

RT @coreyspowell: Where do those amazing #aurora colors come from? I see a lot of partial explanations going around; here's a useful breakd…

Theories of Havana Syndrome have their roots in Russian / Soviet misinformation campaigns, says @keithkloor in this interesting and provocative story in @sciam