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.
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
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
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
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
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.
@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
@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
@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.
@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
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.
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