Matthew Markus

I believe in evolution, decentralization, and anarchy in production (i.e., capitalism). Not moralistic. #RepealCDA230

[Matthew Markus @matthewmarkus]

Twitter infantilizes you. I am an adult. I can use my mind to read and interpret any content I choose.

After 10+ years I'm leaving this platform and returning to a censorship-resistant technology: RSS. I won't be back.

Goodbye.

[Matthew Markus @matthewmarkus]

Remember when companies delivered services instead of sermons?

[New York Magazine @NYMag]

For years, scientists have been hot-wiring viruses to be stronger, deadlier, and more transmissible. The bet was that their work would help prevent a global pandemic. But what if it caused one? @nicholsonbaker8 reports https://t.co/HPES1z5kko

[Matthew Markus @matthewmarkus]

Huh. What if there was a mechanism whereby supply and demand are balanced? Maybe rhymes with 'anarchic?'

Perhaps, one day, the central planners will rediscover this mechanism and then realize they're an impediment.

https://t.co/HOBgSWgocB

cc @JeromeAdamsMD

[Matthew Markus @matthewmarkus]

This prompts the question: Why couldn't @USAID directly fund @SANParks?

Doesn't @SANParks know what it needs to purchase to fight wildlife crime more than the planners at @WWFSouthAfrica? For all we know, these kits could be a complete waste of resources.

#disintermediate

[Save the Rhino International @savetherhino]

Thanks to @USAID funding, @WWFSouthAfrica donated 15 wildlife-crime-scene kits to @SAPoliceService & @SANParks https://t.co/yqigBo4moQ Each contains: backpacks, metal detectors, toolboxes, GPS, ropes, frame markers, flags, measuring tape, cones, ballistic rods, etc.

[Matthew Markus @matthewmarkus]

I want to be a Border Collie when I grow up.

https://t.co/3EC1TuQUKF

[Matthew Markus @matthewmarkus]

Who won? cc @Ayjchan

“A bioterror or bioerror will lead to one million casualties in a single event within a six month period starting no later than Dec 31 02020.”

https://t.co/vtGjZmYCYz

[Matthew Markus @matthewmarkus]

@ATrotmanGrant @SynBioBeta @StemCellNetwork Finding a way to replenish MeSCs would be valuable too!

https://t.co/0k5pk4UJoA

[Oliver Stone @TheOliverStone]

Why @realDonaldTrump should pardon @Snowden & #Assange: 1. It will take the edge off his pardons for his family & loyalists by being unselfish and not self-serving. And at the least, confound his many critics -- as well as future historians.

[Matthew Markus @matthewmarkus]

@USFWSIntl @savetherhino ⚠️This claim is disputed.

"Later, researchers took environmental samples that suggested the virus had landed on surfaces in the market. But in the period since, tissue samples from the market's animals have revealed no trace of the virus."

https://t.co/J4ZPmw1oRs

[Matthew Markus @matthewmarkus]

Wow, finally off Ubuntu after running it in one form or another for over a decade. It's a good Linux distro, but it's time for a change!

[Matthew Markus @matthewmarkus]

@Ayjchan @Twitter

[Matthew Markus @matthewmarkus]

@PeterDaszak @angie_rasmussen @DavidQuammen There are times when I simply cannot believe money is expropriated from citizens like me to fund you.

[Matthew Markus @matthewmarkus]

Remember, freedom isn't the chance to choose your rulers.

[Matthew Markus @matthewmarkus]

@Stuffedparatha @Ayjchan Two hypotheses RE India & COVID-19:

1) BCG vaccinations
https://t.co/SEF952fedU

2) Cluster containment
https://t.co/rJ5B2r8kL2

(see further)
https://t.co/ahQn1bphxy

[Matthew Markus @matthewmarkus]

@RyanBethencourt @cellagritech @rshigeta Nice! But I would like to see links to the stories represented by the red dots in the graph. I've seen some wild claims in the press that I don't necessarily trust.

[Matthew Markus @matthewmarkus]

@jemergence @marenkahnert @micsolana You can either "believe evidence" or "trust scientists." But be cognizant of which path you're choosing!

[Matthew Markus @matthewmarkus]

@purduebrew @4LOVofScience Facebook is a private company enjoying a public liability shield in the form of Section 230. Remove the liability shield, and I won't care what Facebook does. Else, attach some strings to that liability shield, like the strings attached to FCC licenses.

https://t.co/2kJxUjvfk7

[Alina Chan @Ayjchan]

I cannot handle any more top scientists or journals telling me that they're against a presidential candidate who doesn't listen to science when they themselves don't listen to science.

[Michael ’t Sas-Rolfes @tSasRolfes]

Can the introduction of synthetic or faux substitute wildlife products to consumer markets displace consumer demand for the real thing and help to protect species? Here's a theoretical analysis that goes some way to answering this question: https://t.co/LwLsv47HbO