Cliff Beall

Cliff Beall

@cliffbeall.bsky.social

Almost retired researcher, video game and sports enjoyer.

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Cliff Beall
@cliffbeall.bsky.social

My unelected senator Jon Husted is running ads about how he is concerned about human trafficking. So he should be against the confirmation of Todd Blanche who gave human trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell a sweetheart deal, right? Yeah, right.

Cliff Beall
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FIFA under this guy already had World Cups in Russia and Qatar and is prepping for Saudia Arabia, but I’m sure it’s a huge moral quandary for him.

The New York Times@nytimes.com

From @theathleticfc.bsky.social: When Gianni Infantino gifted President Trump a FIFA Peace Prize, he did not expect to see, three months later, Trump warning Iran, a World Cup team, of fatal consequences. This, however, was the predicament facing FIFA’s president. nyti.ms/40pPqXQ

nyti.msTrump’s talk of threats to Iran’s football team exposes Infantino’s strategy of cozying up to the U.S. presidentOver the past six years, Infantino has taken every opportunity to show support for the U.S. president. It could be about to backfire.
Cliff Beall
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Interesting, the rest of Microsoft seems to be pushing “soulless AI slop” pretty hard.

Techmeme@techmeme.com

Microsoft Gaming CEO Asha Sharma says she is committed to "the return of Xbox" and that the company won't "flood our ecosystem with soulless AI slop" (Sean Hollister/The Verge) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

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Greg Pak
@gregpak.net

Evil.

Elise Wang@elisewang.bsky.social

There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.

coppercourier.comThree-year-old child forced to serve as her own attorney in Tucson immigration courtMore than a dozen undocumented minors were forced to make their case in front of an immigration judge as the Trump administration ramps up removal proceedings.

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Michael Hobbes
@michaelhobbes.bsky.social

We have had nearly two decades of panic about Free Speech on Campus and not a single case, not even the ones they made up, were as bad as what's happening now

Nathan Kalman-Lamb@nkalamb.bsky.social

This is the text of the email just sent to hundreds of international students telling them that their visas have been revoked due to activism or social media posts.

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Ramzy Nasrallah
@ramzy.bsky.social

Oregon just went from single-covering Jeremiah to not covering him at all, if we would have predicted this in the 11W game preview we would have been accused of writing erotica

Cliff Beall
@cliffbeall.bsky.social

I heard @shutdownfullcast.bsky.social talking about moon 2 and had no idea what they were on about. They are now my first stop for science news, obviously.

Laura Helmuth@laurahelmuth.bsky.social

Good morning, we have a new moon! www.scientificamerican.com/article/tiny... by @leebillings.bsky.social 🧪🔭

scientificamerican.comMeet Earth’s New Mini MoonA small asteroid, 2024 PT5, will spend the next two months alongside our planet as a mini moon before swooping back to deep space

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NPR
@npr.org

Bon Jovi spotted a woman on the ledge of the pedestrian bridge where his crew was filming in Nashville late Tuesday. The singer and a team member helped her over the railing and back to safety.

npr.orgJon Bon Jovi helps talk a woman off the ledge of a bridge while filming a music videoBon Jovi spotted a woman on the ledge of the pedestrian bridge where his crew was filming in Nashville late Tuesday. The singer and a team member helped her over the railing and back to safety.
Cliff Beall
@cliffbeall.bsky.social

Here is our latest preprint showing how fungi and bacteria penetrate into the dentin layer in advanced caries. Really excited about this work!

bioRxiv Microbiology@biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social

Fungi and Bacteria Occupy Distinct Spatial Niches within Carious Dentin https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.12.05.570240v1

biorxiv.orgFungi and Bacteria Occupy Distinct Spatial Niches within Carious Dentin https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.12.05.570240v1 The role of bacteria in the etiology of dental caries is long established, while the role of fungi h
Cliff Beall
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B1G flexing a bit, but don’t think JH is some super genius who has to be on the sideline

Post Sports @postsports.bsky.social

Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh will not be allowed on the sideline for the Wolverines’ final three regular season games after the Big Ten found the program to be in violation of its sportsmanship policy

wapo.stJim Harbaugh suspended three games by Big Ten amid sign-stealing investigationMichigan Coach Jim Harbaugh was suspended three games by the Big Ten on Friday after the conference found the Wolverines to be in violation of its sportsmanship policy.
Cliff Beall
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From my brother, who's not on here: Knight was a scrub on some great Ohio State teams featuring John Havlicek and Jerry Lucas.  Maybe that’s why he treated the scrubs on his team so well (1/3).

Cliff Beall
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Interesting fact about only having one NBA all-star.  With an asterisk.  He had this Bird kid in Bloomington, and was such a jerk that Bird went home to French Lick and later joined Indiana State.  I think that guy made an all-star team or two. (2/3)

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And I can never think about Knight without remembering the conversation between him and a Portland Trailblazer front office guy after he coached the 1984 Olympic team: BK:  Take this Jordan guy. PT:  We need a center. BK:  So play him at center! (3/3)

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