Pedro Boyle

Medical Physics PhD student at UCLA, undergrad in Physics and Astrophysics at UC Berkeley.

[aapmstsc @aapmstsc]

The STSC is looking forward to all of the events happening during #AAPM2023 ! Join us tomorrow for the student ASM, MedPhys Slam, the residency fair and student night out ✨

[Pedro Boyle @PedroBoyle5]

Easily the best World Cup final I've seen.

[Pedro Boyle @PedroBoyle5]

In one of my rad bio courses our instructor cautioned us against trusting Western blots that lacked quantitative measurements relative to the control lane, such as normalized cross-correlation coefficients or density ratios.

This image manipulation in this article is why.

[Charles Piller @cpiller]

Were two separate, major lines of Alzheimer’s research tainted by image fabrication, with far-reaching implications for the field? I take a deep look for @ScienceMagazine https://t.co/f26wIf6ktf
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[Pedro Boyle @PedroBoyle5]

@ashleyruba One of the harder things to get across is what opportunity cost really means. It's not just money, it's the stability and freedom that money enables. Going into industry is viewed as a kind of death, rather than as a way to stabilize your own life.

[Pedro Boyle @PedroBoyle5]

Man I really gotta learn more math.

[CalMatters @CalMatters]

California is running out of water https://t.co/pUVduBichC

[The Citizen Lab @citizenlab]

NEW REPORT

FORCEDENTRY: NSO Group iMessage Zero-Click Exploit captured in the Wild

https://t.co/IrtsNRVPGS

[Pedro Boyle @PedroBoyle5]

@rasmansa @conor64 The audience effect here is similar to the utility of arguing online. It's often impractical to convince an active participant since they are emotionally invested, but passive readers can and will be moved by good arguments.

[Pedro Boyle @PedroBoyle5]

@MichaelEMann @JoeBiden Many leaders (and citizens) of wealthy nations believed that they could spend their way out of climate change. Events like these show what has always been true: Money alone isn't enough. We are going to have to act if we want to live in a different world.

[Pedro Boyle @PedroBoyle5]

@Noahpinion Cryptonomicon is great, but honestly I prefer Diamond Age over it. Part of that is the length and another part is that Cryptonomicon felt a little more self-indulgent on Stephenson's part.

[Pedro Boyle @PedroBoyle5]

@MichaelEMann @WeatherProf @CBSNews The article states that it's contentious that wandering jet stream/blocking events will be more common, but reading the linked article makes it seem like this is an issue of the definition. If that's the case, how robust are the models of CC on those?

[Pedro Boyle @PedroBoyle5]

I'm pleasantly surprised that the Chauvin trial has the result it does. It doesn't fix the systematic issues behind the lack of police accountability, but I'm glad it didn't end up like the Brailsford trial in 2016.

[Pedro Boyle @PedroBoyle5]

@dgershwin @CarbonHealth This happened to my wife and I today as well. Extraordinarily frustrating because the rescheduling reason we got by text was "appoint schedule re-balancing".

[Pedro Boyle @PedroBoyle5]

A good thread on bias within econ. Not directly related to medical physics, but this kind of thing is present throughout all scientific fields.

[César A. Hidalgo @cesifoti]

There is a lot of discussion of bias in economics. This discussion is justified & needed. What I can add to this is some stories on how economists treat people from outside the field. Let me share with you a few bone chilling stories of what I’ve been through 🧵/1 #EconTwitter

[Pedro Boyle @PedroBoyle5]

@ddale8 Claiming he invented the phrase "priming the pump".

[James Queally @JamesQueallyLAT]

If you're just catching up on the whole lot of policy shifts that came out of @GeorgeGascon 's inauguration, here's a quick summary -- In first day as L.A. County D.A., George Gascón eliminates bail, remakes sentencing rules https://t.co/4gBp6AMkHU