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[Climate Observer @climateobs]

Record Low Temperatures
Over The Central Arctic Ocean?

This year, 2026, will likely represent the coldest summer over the Central Arctic Ocean (poleward of 80°N) for the period of record which began with the International Geophysical Year (1958). This measure is not of the entire Arctic, and perhaps represents only half the area of Arctic sea ice, but is a consistent measure of the Central Arctic Ocean.

https://t.co/oUx0ylsEFQ

At the same time, and perhaps explaining the low temperatures, sea ice thickness for much of the Arctic in March was anomalously high compared with the average of the past fifteen years.

https://t.co/hcvGYNMT3b

This new thicker ice appears to have persisted for through the summer and the increase of ice thickness appears to have occurred over most of the Arctic Ocean.

https://t.co/DyCxWSD5Qh

Much of Arctic sea ice state is determined by advection which is modulated by shifts between the Arctic Gyre and the Transpolar drift. The shape of the anomalies ( increases toward the Bering Strait, decreases toward the Fram Strait ) are consistent with such a shift.

https://t.co/iitGiW2RMx

[Climate Observer @climateobs]

"Apolipoprotein E4 (APOE4) lacks the cysteine residue present in APOE3, rendering it unable to effectively sequester 4-hydroxynonenal (HNE), a toxic lipid peroxidation byproduct. Consequently, APOE4 is more vulnerable to HNE-induced oxidative damage, which impairs its lipid-binding and cellular uptake functions.

In Alzheimer's disease patients, APOE4 inheritance is associated with higher levels of HNE-protein adducts, particularly in pyramidal neurons. While APOE3 protects against oxidative stress by binding HNE via its cysteine, APOE4's inability to do so contributes to increased neuronal vulnerability and disease pathogenesis."

[Climate Observer @climateobs]

@EricTopol Epidemiology is useful for asking questions.

Epidemiology is not useful for answering questions.

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@Nature Epidemiology is useful for asking questions.

Epidemiology is useless for answering questions.

[Climate Observer @climateobs]

@AlexBerenson Also, the 1918 strain is still circulating today.

As with COVID, all we needed to increase survivability was to wait for the virus to evolve toward lower virulence.

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@mbeisen Average asian IQ is the highest of major population subgroups.

If you based admissions on the INDIVIDUAL test scores, yes, there would be many more Asians admitted.

You cannot discriminate for one group without discriminating against others.

[Climate Observer @climateobs]

@PriyamvadaGopal Fossil remains track past human migrations.

Mitochondrial sub-types correlate extremely well with past migrations.

We all have genes which conveyed advantage in some environements.

It is ignorance to deny that there are differences.

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@yinkanubi Racism is the emphasizing of race above individual.

Because DEI seeks racial equity, not individual assessment, it is racist.

Arday was not qualified for the position he held and DEI encouraged the lie.

If you want to ascribe external causes, DEI is responsible.

[Climate Observer @climateobs]

@zoecabina Right-

Discriminating for certain groups means discriminating against others.

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@SueJonesSays "more differences within"

Of course, that's true, which is why you evaluate individuals INDIVIDUALLY.

But it doesn't mean you get to pretend that between group differences don't exist and aren't significant, particularly when you are explaining group differnences of outcomes.

[Climate Observer @climateobs]

@wil_da_beast630 Self-hating WHITE liberals, that is.

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@wil_da_beast630 Evidently, most Americans, except for self-hating liberals, are a little racist. Perhaps the word is over-emphasized and takes on more moral meaning that is warranted.

[Climate Observer @climateobs]

I don't like it.

The offending word is inferiority which implicitly connotes moral value and is generalized.

Certainly, objective measures of -average- height among males is greater. Are females of inferior height? As an objective measure, yes. But height does not convey moral status. And of course, neither does IQ.

My definition of racism, which I thought was common before recent crazy times:

"The inordinate emphasis of race above individual characteristics, often ascribing stereotypes of negative traits in place of knowledge of a person."

[Climate Observer @climateobs]

@SueJonesSays There is a female/liberal bias to denying human diversity.

Accepting the evidence would undermine political rationales of intrusive government policies and also threaten the moral framework built around the narrative of opression.

[Climate Observer @climateobs]

@EggersKG @brianluidog "East Asians are very racist"

Irony award.

The word does seem to take on too much value these days.

Evidently, it is a normal state for most to have an in group bias, except for self-hating white liberals:

[Climate Observer @climateobs]

@JSONmaxxing @brianluidog Regarding Harvard admissions specifically, Cofnas did seem to advocate quotas, presumably at a lower level than currently practiced.

His rationale was social cohesion.

I'm not convinced that's best, but I'm also unconvinced that society can know and accept reality, either.

[Climate Observer @climateobs]

@hayke02 @benmooreau @KenRoth Insults do tend to lessen your credibility.

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The vaccines were concocted to end the pandemic by providing immunity.

My own experience and that of the majority of people I know was to take the vax and get COVID within months anyway ( at least twice in most cases ).

That COVID is still widely circulating is testament to the worthlessness of the vax and ending the pandemic.

The virus did mutate, of course, to a much less lethal strain. Some mistake this as effectiveness of the vax, but it is really testament to evolution. It is a trusim that a good parasite (virus in this case) doesn't kill its host. Truisms are suspect, but it appears to have occurred.

[Climate Observer @climateobs]

@hayke02 @benmooreau @KenRoth The same results seemed to occur with flu vax:

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@hayke02 @benmooreau @KenRoth So, if you're going to cite epidemiology, you also have to include things like the Cleveland Clinic study:

[Climate Observer @climateobs]

@hayke02 @KenRoth The problem with these kinds of studies is that they can't control for confounders.

Those voluntarily taking vaccine were more likely risk averse, which means lots of other risk averse behaviors.