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Low/minimal-risk research ethics applications should primarily consist of an in-person or teleconferenced 15 minute powerpoint presentation + 15-30 minute Q&A session. This would reduce the ridiculous amount of paperwork & speed up the process by 10 x. Change my mind.

Just over here, watching America implode, like... When does ACW-II start??

Who could ever have imagined when I played a fictional rebel who joined the Resistance to oppose a criminal Authoritarian & wannabe King, it would be happening in real-life? #TwentyfiveFortyseven

History repeats.

Non-American here. If ICE "staff" are wandering around acting in a way that both seems unconstitutional, and would normally also contravene criminal codes... What happens if you call the local or state Police to attend / intercede? 🤔

As we adopt speech-to-text software for our Epic DHR, is it petty to take disproportionate joy in sitting there, ordering a scan, and dictating: "Clinical exam demonstrates XYZ, this could represent ABC or DEF. Suggest radiological correlation." ?? 😇

Dear #MedSky folk, Anyone out there using DMO (Dragon) voice-to-text for/in Epic ? Especially in the ED / ER ? We've jussst got it, and curious about hot tips and pitfalls to avoid.

I have... questions...

The erosion of trust in science & scientists — sometimes due to complex social/historical factors but often deliberately perpetrated by charlatans — has tragic, deadly consequences, and, if unchecked, is an existential threat to society.

Happy International Womens Day !! 🥳

#medsky #america

ANYWAY, did you know there's an extension you can put on Chrome that will connect with your local library system and when you go look at a book, say on AMZ, it will tell you if that book exists in the library system and if it's available? It's literally called Library Extension.

"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all." Arthur C. Clarke

Hey Epic users, Do any of you have the functionality to easily compare 2 or more ECGs on-screen simultaneously? If so, how...? We have no solution to this, and no progress from local team to find/create one. #medsky #epic #dhr #cardiology #EmergencyMedicine

Yeah, but as it's a minority report, Trump will ban it.

BREAKING: In response to doctors' lawsuit, Judge John Bates, a George W. Bush appointee, orders CDC, NIH, and FDA to put back up websites and datasets cited by the doctors in their lawsuit as having been relied upon and pulled down without notice. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

JUST IN: Federal judges orders HHS, CDC, and FDA to restore “by no later than 11:59 pm” today their websites and datasets to pre-January 30th status. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

NIH has cut billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Brexit making the headlines.

My cartoon for Wednesday's Metro

www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09...

Whoops. An Australian review triggered by transgender panic finds that puberty blockers and other care for adolescence is safe, effective, and reversible if desired. Awkward for the folks who clamored for this review. www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09...

USA guns : 14/100k/yr ...just sayin'...

www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Pretty big deal. @bookshop-org.bsky.social is selling ebooks now. You can now support indies while purchasing digital books. bookshop.org/ebooks

When you hit the cafe queue just _after_ the anaesthetics/theatre team ... ☠️ #medsky

“True ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, but the refusal to acquire it” — Karl Popper.

Dear Americans, You know "Idiocracy" was meant to be a movie.... right? A fictional movie... Thoughts & prayers, guys. Thoughts & prayers... 😬

Just sitting here, 16,000 km away, watching the USA slowly implode ...

I'd ask WTAF, but when the village idiot is elected to run the show... one shoupd, perhaps, not be surprised. #USpolitics #trump #idiocracy

Hey #Nim nerds! Should it be #NimLang or #nim_lang or something else entirely? 🤔 #coding #programming #DataScience

Realising your genetic algorithm will work better with an extra wrapper of self-similar genetic algorithm to explore the solution space for the optimal mutation rate & magnitude of the inner/original algorithm. 🤔🤯😎 #DataScience #coding #toxicology #nim_lang

President Zelensky: 150 Ukrainian firefighters are ready to travel to California to help combat the wildfires.🇺🇸🇺🇦

A message of special significance for Christian & Jewish investors in weapons & fossil fuel companies via Musical Left

Coding genetic algorithms for a tox project. Thought it would be fun to try a compiled language & compare it to a Python implementation (default option). For 1,000 gen's: Python = 210 sec Nim(plain) = 7 sec Nim(opt'd) = 0.7 sec #toxicology #coding #nimlang #python #medsky

just saying.

ABC, NBC & CBS dedicated about 16 minutes of airtime last night to the California wildfires without once mentioning climate change. Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk: www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...