TIL that (some?) nuclear reactors really *do* have a big button to initiate an emergency shutdown en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scram

Yet ANOTHER much circulated antivaxx "study" withdrawn. This is the nonsensical autopsy study used to (allegedly) support "died suddenly" BS. Authors = antivaxx supplement salesmen supergroup. Reasons for withdrawal: - "Inappropriate design of methodology. - Errors,

No room for it in the review but I was amused to learn that a late Victorian translation of Beowulf has “What ho!” for the famous opening cry “Hwæt!”

Great article- this absolutely stinks. Awful abuse of high level contacts and more than a whiff of Theranos. As though the NHS had money to burn... Galleri promises to detect multiple cancers—but new evidence casts doubt on this much hyped blood test bmj.com/content/386/bm…

Yup

Reading a paper seeming to boost that cancer quackery amygdalin off the back of some irrelevant lab work. But sheesh, the quality of this paper: it's illiterate. /cc David Gorski, MD, PhD doi.org/10.1016/j.tice…

Greatest mentors probably don't realize they're at it. Michael Sperberg-McQueen: gigantic intellect, impeccable grace & gentle character all conjoined. Saddened to hear of his passing, while celebrating how much he offered in his time. balisage.net/RememberingMSM… #Markup #SGML #XML

I wonder whether @AISafetyInst have this on their risk registers

Good. Now do it with all domestic appliances please, World!

Ben Taub reports from a remote Norwegian fishing town where the growing tensions between Russia and the West are felt in everyday life. “My time in the Arctic coincided with almost constant military activity, by land, air, and sea,” he writes. nyer.cm/B8H1UEK

35 years ago today, NeXTSTEP 1.0 was released.

The one thing everyone knows about the vikings is that they didn’t actually wear helmets with horns on them. Is that necessarily true, though? A little thread.

People who try to romanticize the past should be forced to stare at this chart for a while

Whatever happened to DITA? #xml

So glad that the "pandemic's over" 🙁

This 'seed oils are evil' idea is bonkers on so many levels, really hoping Science-Based Medicine do a piece on this latest piece of internet crankery /cc David Gorski, MD, PhD en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seed_oil_…

BREAKING: lawful evil knocked out of Tory leadership contest. Choice now between neutral evil and chaotic evil

Just tried to use the Pullman hotel at Brussels Midi as a crafty alternative waiting room, but no dice. The side entrance is broken and both bars closed /cc The Man in Seat 61

This majestic mountain gets to host the Tour de France again in 2025...the one & only Col du Tourmalet.😍 #cycling #fietsen #cyclisme #ciclismo

Strava’s just announced some massive changes that will ultimately kill off a lot of 3rd party apps, impact other platforms, and reduce the value of Strava. Here’s why this matters, who’s it going to break, and more: dcrainmaker.com/2024/11/strava…