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This was an interesting read
#LLMs
https://abiawomosu.substack.com/p/they-built-stepford-ai-and-called

"What’s changed is that there’s no longer a person on the other end to resent the distribution — no negotiation, no confrontation, no reckoning. AI doesn’t just automate the mental load. It automates around ever having to acknowledge the mental load existed"

They Built Stepford AI and Called It “Agentic”

Women’s “ick” for AI isn’t technophobia or a gap to close. It’s wisdom to act on.

How Not To Use AI

Study: COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination and 4-Year All-Cause Mortality Among Adults Aged 18 to 59 Years in France

"Findings: In this cohort study including 22.7 million vaccinated individuals and 5.9 million unvaccinated individuals, vaccinated individuals had a 74% lower risk of death from severe COVID-19 and no increased risk of all-cause mortality over a median follow-up of 45 months."

Published: 2025-12-04

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2842305

#GetVaccinated #COVID19

Oh wow. Notepad++ was hijacked by state sponsored actors. Bonkers. #infosec
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/hijacked-incident-info-update/
Notepad++ Hijacked by State-Sponsored Hackers | Notepad++

My partner and I visited Norway and hiked (a surprisingly short hike) to a place called Litlefjellet -This was the view!
Litlefjellet, Norwegian for ‘Little Mountain’, is the name of the center mountain. Plus, we found the iconic pond that perfectly reflects the whole scene.
I loved it so much that I decided to make it into wood art! I hope you love it, too
#woodart #artandairplanes #art #woodworking #wood #norway #mountains #hiking #sun
Emma Johnston was a visionary scientist, environmentalist and leader, with an abiding hope for humanity

The University of Melbourne Vice-Chancellor, who has died aged 52, was driven by a deep love of science and a desire to safeguard the planet’s future.

The Conversation
University of Melbourne’s pioneering vice-chancellor Emma Johnston dies aged 52
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/29/emma-johnston-university-melbourne-vice-chancellor-dies-aged-52 Johnston specialised in the ecological impacts of human activities on marine ecosystems and was a chief author of Australia’s most recent State of the Environment report. She was a great scientific communicator - I always enjoyed her social media posts about the life aquatic. #education #ecology #environment #SDGs #auspol
University of Melbourne’s pioneering vice-chancellor Emma Johnston dies aged 52

Emma Johnston AO became first woman to lead the 172-year-old institution in February 2025

The Guardian

A recent scientific paper compared long-term mortality by vaccination status.

I noticed that Table 2 drew a lot of attention, but was actually included in the paper as a static image. So I built a quick dataviz project to explore.

On this page I’ve added a % Incidence change (vaccinated vs unvaccinated) and emphasised that with data bars. This is quicker for general readers to grasp than hazard ratios.
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Brazil: COVID-19 Alters Host RNA, Disables Immune Response.

"Researchers at the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) in Brazil have discovered that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, uses a sophisticated tactic to evade the human body's defense system. In addition to its ability to evade the immune system before invading the host cell, which is common to other viruses, SARS-CoV-2 acts on a second front by manipulating the host cell's genetic material in a way never before seen in other pathogens."

Source: https://www.miragenews.com/covid-19-alters-host-rna-disables-immune-1591931/

Study: https://academic.oup.com/narmolmed/article/2/4/ugaf034/8268881?login=false

COVID-19 Alters Host RNA, Disables Immune Response

Researchers at the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) in Brazil have discovered that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, uses a

Mirage News

Huge thanks to @mike_honey_ for all the valuable COVID data he tracks. His work has become incredibly important for scientists and health professionals, and with so little data available now, it really matters for people who want to stay safe and informed.

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/covid-tracker-melbourne-man/uq72woqzq

Scientists rely on this COVID-19 data. It's made by a volunteer in Melbourne

Meet the Melbourne IT specialist who tracks "incredibly valuable" COVID-19 data in his spare time.

SBS News

Very happy to have our new paper out, which represents the hard work of many people over more than 6 years. Antarctic fungi are slow growers!
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21501203.2025.2579297#abstract

#fungi #lichen #moss #lichensubscribe #mosstodon #antarctica