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Stephen Skolnick

@StephenSkolnick

Author of Eat Shit & Prosper. Founder of Constellation Bio. Giving people back the parts of themselves they've lost. https://t.co/eMsPVMDkjn

Indianapolis, IN Katılım Haziran 2021
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Stephen Skolnick
Stephen Skolnick@StephenSkolnick·
ɪ ᴄᴏᴍᴘʀɪsᴇ. I've always said that I'll get a tattoo when I hear, or see, or think of something that I am compelled to have etched into my skin forever. I don't know if this quite does it, but I think it's the closest thing so far.
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Stephen Skolnick
Stephen Skolnick@StephenSkolnick·
@Romy_Holland >if i tried to go camping in a public park tonight i’d likely be told i cannot, because it’s illegal No you would not. Try it.
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Romy@Romy_Holland·
i’m really confused about how laws work here. if i tried to go camping in a public park tonight i’d likely be told i cannot, because it’s illegal. i’ve been cleared out of parks for stargazing after hours. a judge just ruled that berkeley has to give homeless people larger sidewalk spaces for camping than was previously determined. who qualifies for this? could i go stake out a piece of sidewalk?
Sanjana Friedman@metaversehell

Just learned the ‘Berkeley Homeless Union’ has been suing the city of Berkeley to prevent it from clearing a homeless encampment infested with what sounds like a kind of plague (“leptospirosis,” a deadly bacteria spread by rats)

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leah rawson
leah rawson@mousemastery·
Researchers are gonna “find” you can deliver brain-targeting drugs via the gut
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Grimgrin@Red_Grimgrin·
@SandyofCthulhu Earth's mean radius is 6371 km. The Kola Borehole went down 12.262 km. This story therefore suggests that the earth is around 99.8% hell by volume. I don't think the people repeating the story have thought through the theological implications of it very well.
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Sandy Petersen 🪔
Sandy Petersen 🪔@SandyofCthulhu·
There's a super neat totally unsubstantiated legend that when the Soviets dug the Kola mohole they abandoned it because when they lowered a microphone into the hole, it picked up screams and moans, and people pleading and cursing in a variety of languages. I have had no fewer than three Baptists tell me this story independently. So hey why not believe it since I can't actually confirm it one way or the other?
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Solipsnitsyn
Solipsnitsyn@solipsnitsyn·
@bryan_johnson not only is it an n=1 study that's useless for population level data, but it's a compromised study lmfao man give up just go audition for the next alien movie to play whatever android they need. you can still live a meaningful life.
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Bryan Johnson
Bryan Johnson@bryan_johnson·
I think I need to be fired. I've done 232 dry sauna sessions. Last week I confirmed, for the first time (by swallowing a pill), whether the core temperature threshold that gates the primary cellular repair mechanism was actually being reached in my protocol. The threshold is 102.2°F (39.0°C). For me, that takes 33 min at 195°F. With ice on face and neck, 38min. My standard daily protocol was 20 minutes. That wasn’t enough time to get my core body temp to the heat shock threshold of 102.2°F (39.0°C). Causing me to ask, did I just waste 77 hours and 20 min? It's possible my heat threshold has increased and the heat shock protein release was happening previously, but I doubt it based upon the subjective feeling I now understand as being 102.2F (39.0°C). It’s brutal. For these 232 sessions, I measured the temperature of the air, humidity, duration, frequency, the sweat output, blood biomarkers, vascular response, toxin clearance and fertility markers. There is no human body in history that has been more measured in sauna than mine. Nevertheless, I did not confirm the one number that determines whether the primary mechanism was activating. My goal wasn't to be a sauna bro. It was to saunamaxx. I was doing the former while thinking I was doing the latter. I rest my case. I should probably be fired.
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imit@imitationlearn·
@owl_posting lol what drug could this possibly be
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owl@owl_posting·
spent months futzing around with lifestyle habits + supplements + 8sleep to no avail, and then finally asked a doctor if there is any side-effect free miracle drug to fix this. turns out there is and im cured. claude never suggested it. i am setting my agi timelines back a year. i am so, so, so grateful for the pharmaceutical industry. raise the drug prices
owl@owl_posting

im yo-yo'ing back between 5.5 hours of sleep for 3 days, 7.5 hours of sleep for 1 day, and then repeat i have discussed this at length with claude and am doing basically all its supplement + most of its lifestyle recommendations. what else do i do? do i buy an 8sleep?

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Stephen Skolnick
Stephen Skolnick@StephenSkolnick·
@nebelcanal Idk you could stop being a diehard carnivore? Get an FMT from a healthy vegetarian
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Hannah Zchokkei
Hannah Zchokkei@nebelcanal·
"Monkey liver" is interesting. The flesh & organs of "catarrhines" (monkeys, apes) are actually the only safe red meat to eat after contracting the tickborne alpha gal syndrome. The problem is that eating primate is also probably the "taboo" foodway with the most consistent historical record of horrific cosmic punishments: the spread of ebola, kuru, possibly HIV, etc. have all been hypothesized to have bushmeat involvement (to say nothing of the TCM side.) But if you are a Mikhaila P. style obligate carnivore diehard and you come down with the increasingly-prevalent AGS ... what other choice do you have?
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Director of Field Operations Chicago@DFOChicago

CBP AK9 Elvis alerted to a traveler's bag, uncovering 22+ kg of undeclared prohibited items including meats, ginger with soil, and monkey liver. Traveler received a verbal warning & paid duty on tobacco. Always declare! #CBP #AgricultureProtection #K9Unit

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Niko McCarty.
Niko McCarty.@NikoMcCarty·
I'm stepping away from @AsimovPress. Thanks to everyone who has supported us on this journey so far. I hope that our articles have deepened your interest in biology, even a little bit. I'll spend the next few months thinking about what to build next.
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Dipam Vasani
Dipam Vasani@DipamV·
@sha_zng I know what you mean! We think we act different with different people but it’s more about what they bring out of you
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Stephen Skolnick
Stephen Skolnick@StephenSkolnick·
@adelwu_ YO I was a physics major in undergrad, became a science writer for a journal publishing society. Took a hard left into poop science, of all things. Now founder of a funded startup working on a cure for heart disease
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adel 🌟@adelwu_·
THIS IS HAPPENING! now i need your help. i’m looking to source a couple amazing panelists. please tag people you think are amazing and fit the bill!! ideally: - a bit into their careers/life - have crossed between industries (outside of tech too), like art, music, science, research, food, etc. - insane side quests count too! it’s going to be mid-late april at @NotionHQ !!! dream venue. stay tuned for the luma if you want to attend :)
adel 🌟@adelwu_

i want to host an event for people confused about their career path. for the multi-hyphenates who don’t know what to pursue, bc there’s too many things. i left my last job not knowing what was next, only that i didn’t want to keep doing what i was doing. when i pivoted from eng to growth, the most eye opening conversations were those with people 2-3 years ahead of me who went through the same struggle. they could actually resonate with the existential stress i felt navigating the process. who would be interested? i’d love to put together a panel of people with amazing multi-faceted careers and took sabbaticals/breaks to figure things out!

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Stephen Skolnick
Stephen Skolnick@StephenSkolnick·
@sha_zng Dawg come check out the lab. Do you go as far as Berkeley?
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shani 🌱 (sf)
shani 🌱 (sf)@sha_zng·
finally wrote about the project that has been consuming all my waking hours lately (1/2)
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Stephen Skolnick
Stephen Skolnick@StephenSkolnick·
@LinaJan02491152 @PTrubey @OliverWDahl Writing a scifi where the paradox of baryon asymmetry is resolved when our first probe reaches the Milky Way's other spiral arm and gets annihilated instantly in a flash of 511kEv & 0.938GeV light
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Schrodinger Lina
Schrodinger Lina@LinaJan02491152·
@PTrubey @OliverWDahl an excellent writers solve both problems and make it both realistic and engaging and this is very hard to do but possible. and each time someone like that does it they redefine the genre and lesser writers afterwards just copy them
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Oliver Dahl
Oliver Dahl@OliverWDahl·
The more I think about this the funnier it gets
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(((Duct-Taped Platypus)))
(((Duct-Taped Platypus)))@KraftAvi·
@Bonecondor Who's comparing existing AI models to God? I've only ever seen that comparison made about hypothetical future ASIs.
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Chairman Birb Bernanke@Bonecondor·
People like to compare the AI models to God. I see their point, but I think it’s actually much closer to the Greek Gods: they are capable of great feats, but sometimes they turn into an animal and fuck everything around them
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Lukas (computer) 🔺
Lukas (computer) 🔺@SCHIZO_FREQ·
The American Academy of Dermatology's official recommendation for wart removal at home is unironically "cover them with duct tape for like 2 months" Nobody really knows why this works. Current theory is - Duct tape keeps the area moist and allows blood to flow through the otherwise hard outer shell of the wart so your immune system can deal with the virus There are cases where putting duct tape over a foot-wart apparently leads to warts elsewhere on their body decreasing in size too, which implies some sort of systemic immune response getting kickstarted One of the rare cases where I actually have no idea which group would've discovered this solution It definitely wasn't doctors, but it doesn't clock as originating from bodybuilders or trans people either Maybe random dads??
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Stephen Skolnick@StephenSkolnick·
@DrAllyLouks @Konekodesu Nah dawg wife smells naturally dank whether or not she smokes, I'm pretty sure she's got some isoprenylthiol-producing skin microbes or something.
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Dr Ally Louks
Dr Ally Louks@DrAllyLouks·
@Konekodesu I addressed the intention of the meme in the first clause, then described what is actually the case.
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Dr Ally Louks
Dr Ally Louks@DrAllyLouks·
It goes without saying that this isn’t scientifically accurate, but it is true that certain foods alter the way we smell (spices and alliums like onion and garlic high among them). But in studies people have been shown—somewhat surprisingly—to rate the smell of people who’ve eaten large quantities of garlic as more pleasant. A diet rich in fruit and vegetables tends to improve the way people smell, while red meat and processed carbohydrates encourage corynebacteria, which causes sweat to develop an unpleasant, cheesy smell to many noses. So it’s not true that you are what you eat, but you may well smell like what you eat…or smoke, as the case may be.
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Dr Thomas NΞNNINGΞR
Dr Thomas NΞNNINGΞR@T_Nenninger·
Le pH normal de la viande crue oscille autour de 5,5 à 6 (légèrement acide). Le bicarbonate l’amène vers 8 ou 9 en surface. Cette alcalinisation solubilise les protéines, les empêche de former un réseau trop compact à la cuisson, et retient jusqu’à 3 % d’eau supplémentaire. De surcroît, cette élévation de pH favorise la réaction de Maillard, cette caramélisation dorée qui donne au steak sa croûte savoureuse et ses arômes de noisette grillée. Bref, non seulement vous attendrissez, mais vous magnifiez la couleur et le goût. En revanche il faut laver la viande pour retirer le bicarbonate avant de la cuire. Sinon le goût sera dégeulasse.
Fit_Fusion@FitFusion__

I learned this trick at a famous restaurant, now I only make beef like this

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William Peters
William Peters@realwillpeters·
@Gaurab Feels like there must be more to this story - how did you start manufacturing hydrogen peroxide with only $10k? Genuinely curious
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Gaurab Chakrabarti
Gaurab Chakrabarti@Gaurab·
We won $10K at MIT and had to figure out how to start a chemical company with it. So I made a spreadsheet. Every single application of hydrogen peroxide, sorted by dollar per gallon. Industrial use? Low margin. Semiconductors? Long sales cycle. Sensory deprivation tanks? Float spa owners pay premium for clean peroxide and there were hundreds of them. I cold-called every one I could find and sent them our MIT pitch video. Within weeks we had recurring orders. Our PVC reactor held together with twist ties was cash flowing $10K a month selling "bioperoxide" to float spas. That's how a multibillion dollar chemicals company got its first customers.
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Stephen Skolnick
Stephen Skolnick@StephenSkolnick·
Nothing like the moment of existential horror when you accidentally click a "mailto@:" link and the Outlook icon starts to do its dreaded bounce.
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Stephen Skolnick@StephenSkolnick·
A strange dystopia where, if you really want to know something, your best bet is to talk conspicuously about it and hope that the answer shows up in your targeted ads
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Stephen Skolnick
Stephen Skolnick@StephenSkolnick·
Facebook somehow still has an uncorrupted mid-2000s-era version of Google in a back room somewhere that they use to cook up the algo
Чайка, яка літає уві сні 🇺🇦@_zanudna_zanuda

Вчора говорили з Оксаною за колір і кольорознавство, і я згадала одного українського художника, та не могла ніде його знайти. чат джпт не допоміг, нічо не допомогло. а сьогодні зайшла в фейсбук і одразу ж він в першому дописі. Тому поділюсь тут. Максим Поливяний і його роботи

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