I try to stay away from editorializing on here, but I will make an exception for this New Yorker interview with Princeton historian Stephen Kotkin. Kotkin makes some bizarre claims about Russian history which should be addressed. Let's begin 🧵 newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/s…

A lot of defeatist chatter about the small 4th dose trial published in NEJM. A thread on interpretation. 3rd dose protection wanes substantially. Note, the Y axis is a log scale, so small differences are actually large differences. 1/5 nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

Ewan Birney 🤯

Targeted protein degradation (TPD) continues to be the area of drug discovery research with the highest innovation speed. Pharma-Biotech partnerships are more and more at the core of this innovation. Especially for addressing some of the emerging #TPD challenges. Merck

正义的代价，英雄一路走好。

Facing soaring inflation, a Japanese zoo has resorted to offering cheaper fish to its sea animals. The penguins are very unimpressed, refusing to even look at them. The otters are throwing the offerings aside.

【《撒旦詩篇》作者拉什迪紐約演講遇刺，作品被指汙辱伊斯蘭教，曾遭伊朗下追殺令】 作家拉什迪（Salman Rushdie，另譯魯西迪）12日在美國紐約演講時遇襲，頸部受刺傷，兇嫌當場被制服。他的小說《撒旦詩篇》（The Satanic Verses，又譯《魔鬼詩篇》）於伊斯蘭世界引發爭議，讓他受到多年死亡威脅。

マヌルネコの冷え性対策が可愛すぎる…

勤做核酸是通往自由的必经之路。

A drone footage looking down into a volcanic eruption

1/ The Biden administration's announcement last Friday of new export controls on semiconductor chips and tools to China was a significant event and a calculated gamble. It reflected a judgment that US leverage is a depreciating asset and that bold action is needed now. (Thread)

烏魯木齊沒有中路。

【#許志永「顛覆國家政權」判 #14年徒刑，法庭陳詞「渴望一個自由的國度」】 中國新公民運動創始人之一許志永因2019年12月與丁家喜、常瑋平等公民及律師在廈門聚會討論時政，於隔年2月遭捕。今（10）宣判，許志永以「顛覆國家政權罪」被判14年有期徒刑，丁家喜被判12年有期徒刑、剝奪政治權利3年。1/6

Many rumors surrounding the sudden disappearance of the Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang. Of course, I don't know where he is or what is happening to him. Instead I will share my impressions of our meeting and working together in 2015.

Bristol Myers to buy Mirati Therapeutics for $4.8B – Endpoints News endpts.com/bristol-myers-…

Advanced mathematical reasoning is a critical capability for modern AI. Today we announce a major milestone in a longstanding grand challenge: our hybrid AI system attained the equivalent of a silver medal at this year’s International Math Olympiad!

这段话把经济规律换成疫情防控规律也适用。