Marcus Daniel

Marcus Daniel

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Ph.D. Exercise Physiology (Pitt)....other adventures, YorkU, UVa, UToledo. Tons of teaching, stats, nutrition, physiology, anatomy. Scientific writer and 1st time fiction writer. https://www.marcusdaniel.org

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸@gtconway.bsky.social

Here's the speech I gave tonight as part of the Univ. of Washington Grad School's Public Lecture. It's about how impeachment can save our republic and rekindle its spirit of liberty. Starts 30 minutes in: youtube.com/live/3UkV400_t0Y?si=2UcSsVW93k-xxqSb

youtube.comAmerica’s Character and the Rule of Law with George Conway IIIYouTube video by UW Office of Public Lectures

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Defend Public Health
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Henrietta Lacks was a Black woman whose (ovarian) cancer cells were used wo her/her family’s consent. Her cells are what would become the HeLa cell, the first immortalized human cell line & one of the most important in medical research. #BackHistoryMonth

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Gerard Elwood
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The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents 'It is a question of aligning educational tools with how human learning actually works.' fortune.com/2026/02/21/l...

fortune.comThe U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents | FortuneNeuroscientist Jared Cooney Horvath said older generations “screwed up” giving students access to so much technology: “I genuinely hope Gen Z quickly figures that out and gets mad.”

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Rose
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Replying to @mehdirhasan.bsky.social

Canadian journalist David Cochrane said it best “"America isn't the way it is because he's president. He's president because America is the way it is."

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Journal of Biomechanics
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😃 In a new article published in J Biomech, Avanji et al. show that trunk muscle fatigue alters lower limb biomechanics in recreational runners, particularly in terms of mechanical work distribution and leg stiffness. 👀https://buff.ly/VovnOa6

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The Assembly
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BREAKING: For the first time, the UNC System could soon define “academic freedom” across North Carolina’s public universities. The move comes as professors and administrators warn that Trump administration policies are threatening their rights. www.theassemblync.com/news/educati...

theassemblync.comUNC System Board Weighs Defining, Setting 'Parameters' for Academic FreedomThe proposed policy explains the concept the same way a faculty group did last fall, but system leaders added limitations on what is protected.

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William E Bales
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As a Quantum technology developer, AI is "Automated Input" NOT "Artificial Intelligence." AI developers DO NOT know how to develop & program the actual "Intelligence" into AI yet because they haven't created a quantum based Operating System that uses synaptic threading inputs for coding. I have.

Krista Koeller@kristalerista.bsky.social

So far AI is causing me more work. One of my main responsibilities is to use a database to find certain things. This database used to have humans look at the webpage of a thing and then write a description. Bad AI descriptions have led to an increase in false positives I need to sift through.

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Tim Weiner
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Want to learn about the CIA from the guy that wrote the book? I'm teaching six online classes on the world's most famous secret agency in January and February. Sign up here...and see you there! roundtable.org/live-courses...

roundtable.orgThe CIA: A Short Course in Secret PowerHow does the US run a secret intelligence service in an open democracy? Join Tim Weiner, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, to explore the CIA over 5 decades spanning Vietnam and Watergate, the conflicts in Central America, the search for a mission after the cold war, the advent of al Qaeda, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, secret prisons and torture, the threat of Russian and Chinese spies, and today’s assaults on American intelligence under Trump.

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Amanda Marcotte
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And yes, just because he’s weak and pathetic doesn’t mean he’s not dangerous. So feel free to read and repost. This is about the psychology that leads to this sociopathic behavior (and subsequent drowning of insecurities in alcohol). www.salon.com/2025/12/03/p...

salon.comHegseth's "warrior ethos" is cowardiceHe calls himself the "Secretary of War" and plays a tough guy on TV, but in real life he's a major weenie
Marcus Daniel
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For those interested in burning off some cobwebs in their cerebral cortex. Spoiler alert.....RFK Jr is still a drug addled lunatic and tRump is right out of central casting in the Epstein files. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

jamanetwork.comAcetaminophen Use During Pregnancy and Children’s Risk of Autism, ADHD, and Intellectual DisabilityThis nationwide cohort study with sibling control analysis examines the association of acetaminophen use during pregnancy with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, and intellectual disability.

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Science Magazine
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In a recent #ScienceImmunology Review, researchers discuss how interactions between the nervous and immune systems could impact neurological disorders and allergy-related behaviors like food avoidance. Learn more: scim.ag/4mpgzE5