Aaron Mitchell

thewonkologist.bsky.social

20 September 2026 02:19

Our latest, out today in JCO @ascocancer.bsky.social : Industry payments to oncologists can sway us to prescribe, regardless of whether the drug is good or bad. ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/...

Aaron Mitchell

thewonkologist.bsky.social

20 September 2026 02:19

Begs the question - why are we still accepting money and gifts from drug companies?

Lindsay Beyerstein

beyerstein.bsky.social

31 August 2026 19:35

"Before details of the infant’s death were revealed, Ginger Taylor, recently appointed by Mr. Kennedy to serve on a federal autism research panel, posted an image of a fabricated news headline, which claimed that the two patients were 87- and 89-year-old men."

Yaroslav Barsukov #NoToWar #НетВойне

barsukov.com

18 August 2026 18:42

AI RANT (cont’d) AI slop machines excel at pattern matching, but what they can’t do for you is analyze the author’s _intent_. You hit them with too many sentence fragments or em dashes, and they’ll claim you’re AI; they have zero idea whether you really _meant_ it or not. 🧵5/5

Hank Greely

hankgreely.bsky.social

13 August 2026 13:31

As always, a good piece from @matthewherper.bsky.social in @statnews.com, this one about the human costs of Trump's dumb vaccination "order" (scare quotes bec/he doesn't control vaccinations). www.statnews.com/2026/08/11/h... Some nice history about Maurice Hilleman, a creator of the MMR vaccine.