#KIT Scientific Publishing

[hoerbahnblog]

SF & more: "Der Tag an dem der Fahrstuhl steckenblieb" von Franziska Rarey

SF & more: “Der Tag an dem der Fahrstuhl steckenblieb” von Franziska Rarey (Hördauer 43 Minuten) https://literaturradiohoerbahn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/SF-u-more-Der-Tag-an-dem-der-Fahrstuhl-stehen-blieb-Rarey-upload.mp3 © Jackie Niam/stock.adobe.com Die Arbeit von übermorgen – 15 Kurzgeschichten aus der Zukunft Herausgegeben von Lars Schmeink und Ralf H. Schneider Wie werden wir am Ende…

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#BMBF #Der Tag an dem der Fahrstuhl steckenblieb #Heike Stepprath #KIT #KIT Scientific Publishing #Lars Schmeink #Malte Aurich #Ralf H. Schneider #ranziska Rarey #Science Fiction #Wiederverwertung

[withasideofshakespeare]

In light of recent discoveries, I will be changing the name of this blog to honor the true author of these 37/8 plays we all know and love: Christopher Marlowe.

It has been unequivocally proven as of this week that Marlowe did not in fact meet his judgment in 1593, but rather lived on to continue his career as a great poet and playwright.

Previously, it was believed that his works left unfinished and the body identified as his were solid proof that the plays he wrote under the name of “William Shakespeare” could not have been written by the same hand as the great Tragical History of Doctor Faustus and Hero and Leander.

But as of this week, it has been proven that this evidence has long been misinterpreted. It is true that he left behind unfinished poems and that there was a body identified as his. In fact, it is even true that the body identified that day was his.

Where generations of scholars went awry, however, was in their lack of consideration for the spirit of the man whose body died that day. Using modern technology including EMWA (electromagnetic writing analysis), it was discovered that William Shakespeare did physically write the plays, but it was the spirit of the great Christopher Marlowe who was behind them via the ancient art of human consciousness possession (HCP).

Yes, you heard that right: it has been scientifically proven “Shakespeare’s” posthumously published folio which brought us some of our most beloved plays is simply radiating with electromagnetic particles that suggest the mind behind the text was not Shakespeare’s but Marlowe’s, in possession the former’s body.

I study English rather than paranormal writing analysis, so I can only explain what little I know about the subject, but from what I understand, analysis of an original printing of the first folio produced these results. Modern paranormal expert Sam Winchester says of the discovery: “It reshapes the fields of both English literature and paranormology. Most cases of PoP [Possession of Poets] are fairly low-profile. It’s rare to see a case like this. We studied the folio by analyzing the IPs [inspiration particles] and comparing them against a text authentically written by Marlowe and then one we could expect Shakespeare’s possession by Kit wouldn’t have influenced—his will. The IPs analyzed from over six hundred lines of the folio were similar in shape, color, and potency to those detected from lines of Marlowe’s Faustus, Tamburlaine, Edward II, and Hero and Leander but markedly different from those of Shakespeare’s will. The variations in the hue of the particles between Marlowe’s writings while living and those produced after his death via his possession of William Shakespeare showed that “Shakespeare’s” plays were consistent with the particles we see in other cases of PoP, proving that they were in fact written posthumously by the mind of Marlowe and the hand of Shakespeare.”

Anne Hathaway, actress and immortal wife of the late William Shakespeare said that she was “not surprised” by the new development. “Will sure seemed odd after ‘93—sorry, that’s 1593 for you all. He became suddenly obsessed with writing plays and sonnets. I was pretty excited about the sonnets initially until I realized most of them were written to some twink and not me. I suppose that’s how these things go. I still think Will would be proud of his legacy even if it wasn’t entirely his.”

Winchester recommends that “Shakespeare” scholars worldwide “acknowledge Marlowe as the true author of the plays, sonnets, and poems both out of respect for the mind behind the verse and to avoid being possessed [them]selves.” He says that paranormologists have “no reason to believe that Marlowe isn’t still out there waiting to add a few more plays to his repertoire.” In fact, he and his team are currently analyzing Tom Stoppard’s plays to rule out the possibility of another case of possession by Marlowe.

#shakespeare #christopher marlowe #marlovian authorship theory #sam winchester #paranormology #… #April fools

[my-autism-adhd-blog]

According to an article from Interesting Engineering, a robot made of LEGOs can produce DNA machines. Here’s an excerpt:

A team of ingenious bioengineers at Arizona State University (ASU) has harnessed the power of childhood nostalgia, unveiling a creative solution to a long-standing challenge in DNA origami research.

They've successfully employed a LEGO robotics kit to build an affordable, highly effective gradient mixer for purifying self-assembling DNA origami nanostructures. This innovative breakthrough, detailed in a paper published one PLOS ONE, promises to revolutionize how scientists approach DNA origami synthesis.

The creation of DNA origami structures is an intricate process, requiring precise purification of nanostructures. Traditionally, this purification step involved rate-zone centrifugation, relying on a costly piece of equipment called a gradient mixer. However, the maverick minds at ASU have demonstrated that even the iconic plastic bricks of LEGO can be repurposed for scientific advancement.

So if DNA is found in every living thing, and this robot is making these DNA “machines”. Does that mean the robot is creating life?

The full article will be below.

#engineering #robots #technology #AI #artificial intelligence #what do you all think? #feel free to reblog/share if you’d like

[imaginebetterfutures]

I am officially a cited expert on the history of vaginal anatomy studies! Look mom! I did it!

Okay so here's the story. Way back in ye olde 2014 I was commissioned by The Sweethome (now Wirecutter) to review tampons. As part of my research for that review, I stumbled across some really fascinating old research on vaginal shapes. I wrote about that research for a group blog I used to be a part of, and about the weird little obsession I developed with some long lost research.

All I could really dig up was a set of studies done in the late 1990’s and early 2000’s by a woman named Paula Pendergrass. Pendergrass published a handful of studies about the shape of the vagina, which she measured by doing plaster casts of willing women. And what she described in her work was actually a set of different vagina shapes: the conical, the parallel sides, the heart, the pumpkin seed, and the least fortunately named slug.

But the thing that surprised me most was that after this one small set of studies by Pendergrass, that's it. There was nothing more. And it's not like Pendergrass had answered the question definitively, her work is full of ideas for how to better measure these shapes, and suggestions to collect more data. Why wasn't there anything else here? Why hadn't she continued this work? Why hadn't anybody asked more questions? I needed to know! So I managed to track her down and cold call her house in Arkansas (because journalists like me have no shame) to ask her why she stopped measuring vagina shapes.

Here's what I learned:

There’s no market for this data. Companies that manufacture vaginal products are looking only to confirm that things like tampons fit inside. They don’t care much about the specifics beyond that. But the big reason she highlighted was the one that made me both sad and angry. When she was doing the work, people were grossed out by it. “It’s off-putting to a lot of people, and I’ve had trouble with it since I started,” she said. “People who were embarrassed I was doing this, They said I was a a dirty old woman doing this.” A dirty old woman. For wanting to know the shape and size of the human vagina.

I wanted to chase this story further, but I could never sell it. In part because it's unclear if it matters clinically what the shape of someone's vaginal canal is. And yet... it's just so... INTERESTING!

But I let it go, after that blog post. (Well, that's not entirely true, I actually ordered a dental casting kit and had plans to cast my own vaginal canal using her study's instructions. But I never got around to it.)

FLASH FORWARD TO TODAY. And I get an email from a friend named Perrin Ireland who is apparently helping someone with a book about vaginas. Did I know that my blog was cited in a scientific journal, she asked? No! I DID NOT!!!

But here it is! Gender Bias in the Study of Genital Evolution: Females Continue to Receive Less Attention than Males, Integrative and Comparative Biology, Volume 62, Issue 3, September 2022, Pages 533–541. The author, Dara Orbach, writes:

When Pendergrass et al. (1996) demonstrated that human females have differently shaped vaginas, their findings were “offputting”, Pendergrass reported being called “a dirty old woman”, and gynecologists did not recognize the value of the research (Evelith, 2016). While a national research center exists in theUnited States ofAmerica for most major organ systems (e.g., National Eye Institute), female reproductive anatomy is categorized under the umbrella of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. The research environment and social taboos have historically and still continue to hinder scientific inquiry in the field of female genital evolution.

Is my name spelled incorrectly? Yes! Do I care? No!

But truly it's nice to know that even though I couldn't chase this story and really report it out fully, it seems to have made some dent on at least one person who is asking questions about why we don't know more about the internal anatomy of people with vaginas.

If you like this, you'll also enjoy reading the one about how I spent weeks trying to build a replica vaginal canal in my kitchen to test menstrual cups on.

#science #science reporting #reproductive science #sexism in science #citations #my name is spelled wrong but that's fine #vaginal canal #vaginal casting #resurrected vaginal science

[beardedmrbean]

A federal program has put millions of dollars of decommissioned military equipment into the hands of law enforcement departments across Indiana.

The 1033 Program transfers surplus military property — equipment officials say would otherwise be destroyed — to local, county and state agencies. These items obtained from the Law Enforcement Support Office of the Defense Logistics Agency include basic office furniture to the more visible MRAP armored vehicle.

Up to $7.6 billion in excess military property has been reallocated to roughly 9,000 police jurisdictions around the country since the program's inception in the 1990s.

Proponents of the 1033 program say it offers immense cost-savings to smaller police departments that file grants to acquire decommissioned property already bought and paid for by American taxpayers. Prior reporting by IndyStar found Johnson County shelled out an estimated $5,000 for an MRAP the government paid $733,000 when it was new.

Beech Grove PD has an armored vehicle:Here's what's inside it.

Debate wages about police using equipment meant for the U.S. military

Critics argue militarizing the police is blurring the lines of law enforcement — from 'protect and serve' to 'punish and intimidate.' A pair of studies published in the scientific journal Nature of Human Behavior found no evidence military gear used by police reduces crime.

Police officers operating armored vehicles in the Indianapolis area have received criticism both from the political left and right.

"Far right conservative here and this is an absolute joke," wrote one IndyStar subscriber last week after the city of Beech Grove revealed it received a BearCat through a federal grant. "The militarization of police departments is a huge issue. No way should local PD be trolling around in military surplus. If they can use it for you, then they can use it against you."

In the past, police departments have defended their use of armored vehicles by invoking officer safety. What was good enough to stop bullets from hitting U.S. soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, they say, can be employed during SWAT situations in Indianapolis.

"There's backup steel maybe a half-inch thick behind the lights, the engine compartment, everything," said BGPD Sgt. Joe Garrison in describing the BearCat. "Nothing short of military-grade ammo would pierce this."

Police officer safety or surplus zeal:Military equipment in Indiana spurs debate

Millions in military surplus have been shipped to Indiana

More than $38.2 million in equipment, including firearms, scopes, night vision goggles and mine-resistant vehicles, have entered the Hoosier state.

IndyStar examined public data provided by the Law Enforcement Support Office to determine which agencies in Central Indiana have joined the 1033 program, what equipment they've requested, and the amount of money each item was valued at by the federal government at the time it was purchased.

The following is a list of items totaling more than $1.8 million shipped to 10 Central Indiana law enforcement agencies between September 1994 and October 2022, the last date of entry.

The list IndyStar examined is not a complete accounting of all items shipped from the federal government to Indiana law enforcement agencies. Property on the list falls under two categories: "controlled" and "non-controlled."

Controlled property refers to military items loaned from the Department of Defense, officials said, and includes small arms, demilitarized vehicles, aircraft and night vision equipment. When a law enforcement agency no longer wants an item of controlled property, it must be returned.

Non-controlled property refers to items that could be sold to the general public such as first-aid kits, office equipment, hand tools and sleeping bags. After one year, these items are removed from the LESO database and become the property of the law enforcement agency.

The majority of military surplus shipped to law enforcement agencies are non-controlled items, according to the DLA, which states that small arms weapons make up only 5% of what law enforcements receive.

Each item's cost, officials say, is what government agencies or military branches paid at the time the item was procured. Their current value is difficult to determine due to depreciation. It's also unknown whether the departments still have the items they received in most cases.

Avon Police Dept.

What did they request?

22 Automatic Pistols, .45 Caliber (initial purchase price: $58.71 each)

30 Rifles, 5.56 mm (initial purchase price: $499 each)

11 Rifles, 7.62 mm (initial purchase price: $138 each)

Acquisition value: $17,779.62

Beech Grove PD

What did they request?

1 Combat / Assault tactical wheeled vehicle (initial purchase price: $150,000 total)

1 Utility truck (initial purchase price: $41,447 total)

Acquisition value: $191,447

Carmel Police Dept.

What did they request?

3 Image Intensifier / Night Vision devices (initial purchase price: $6,392 each)

8 Rifles, 7.62 mm (initial purchase price: $138 each)

Acquisition value: $20,280

Cumberland Police Dept.

What did they request?

2 Rifles, 5.56 mm (initial purchase price: $749 each)

9 Rifles, 5.56 mm (initial purchase price: $499 each)

5 Rifles, 7.62 mm (initial purchase price: $138 each)

2 Sights / Reflex (initial purchase price: $1,472.55 total)

Acquisition value: $8,151.55

Fishers Police Dept.

What did they request?

12 Automatic Pistols, .45 Caliber (initial purchase price: $58.71 each)

17 Illuminator IR laser sights for small arms (initial purchase price: $1,058 total)

7 Rifles, 7.62 mm (initial purchase price: $138 each)

Acquisition value: $2,728.52

Greenwood Police Dept.

What did they request?

1 Unmanned vehicle, Ground (initial purchase price: $77,060 total)

4 Armor, Transparent, Vehicular Windows (initial purchase price: $4,572.04 total)

1 Mine Resistant Vehicle (initial purchase price: $658,000 total)

Acquisition value: $739,632.04

IndyStar reached out to the Greenwood Police Department last week for more information about its unmanned vehicle and mine resistant vehicle but heard nothing back as of Wednesday.

IMPD

What did they request?

(Most of this stuff is looking pretty normal, but there's some yikes in there too)

4 duffel bags (initial purchase price: $79.80 total)

6 pairs of men's boots (initial purchase price: $150 total)

12 pairs of cold weather boots (initial purchase price: $153.69 total)

25 Bivy covers / sleeping bag covers (initial purchase price: $131.53 total)

50 pairs of cold weather gloves (initial purchase price: $10 total)

1 gym bench (initial purchase price: $500 total)

46 cold weather jackets (initial purchase price: $65.68 each)

3 extreme cold weather jackets (initial purchase price: $94.15 total)

12 modular sleep systems / sleeping bags (initial purchase price: $262.82 total)

6 mounted sights (initial purchase price: $38.52 total)

120 Rifles, 5.56 mm (initial purchase price: $499 each)

8 Rifles, 7.62 mm (initial purchase price: $138 each)

336 Sight reflexes (initial purchase price: $2,226 total)

30 telescopes, straight (initial purchase price: $1,010 total)

Acquisition value: $65,968.91

Lawrence Police Dept.

What did they request?

1 Mine Resistant Vehicle (initial purchase price: $733,000 total)

10 Rifles, 5.56 mm (initial purchase price: $499 each)

4 Rifles, 7.62 mm (initial purchase price: $138 each)

Acquisition value: $738,542

Marion County Sheriff's Office

What did they request?

1 Mine Resistant Vehicle (initial purchase price: $733,000 total)

31 Rifles, 5.56 mm (initial purchase price: $499 each)

4 Rifles, 7.62 mm (initial purchase price: $138 each)

Acquisition value: $16,021

Metro School Dist. Pike TWP Police Dept, K-12

What did they request?

4 Rifles, 5.56 mm (initial purchase price: $749 each)

4 Rifles, 5.56 mm (initial purchase price:$499 each)

Acquisition value: $4,992

#nunyas news

[horsesarecreatures]

Book Review: An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness by Kay Redfield Jamison

This was a relatively short memoir about what it’s like to live with manic depressive illness. The author is a Professor of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and is the coauthor of the standard medical text on manic-depressive illness. She grew up in a military family and moved around a lot. It wasn't until high school that she started having manic episodes, though her sister showed symptoms much earlier. It was implied that her father and sister also had manic depression, but she never said what happened to them in the end, probably for privacy reasons. 

One of the major focuses of the book was the necessity of taking lithium in combination with psychotherapy, and why the author and so many others struggled to stay on the medication. When lithium first started being prescribed to treat manic depression, the typical dose was a lot higher than what is standard today, and the pills were not in slow-release form. This really caused the author to feel ill, struggle with concentration, and lose coordination. Once an avid athlete, she had to give up sports, including riding horses because she had accidents such as falling over jumps. In addition to this, she also stopped taking  lithium because she felt that she was at her happiest and most productive state when she was slightly manic.

It wasn't until financial ruin from many irrational manic shopping sprees (one of which caused her to buy over 30 snakebite kits, among other things), numerous ruined relationships, and an almost successful suicide attempt that left her in a multi-day coma that it finally sank in for her that she had to take lithium as prescribed. Luckily, after lowering the dose and invention of the slow-release form, she no longer had the side-effects she used to have from it. However, she said that while she thinks it is highly unlikely that she would go off lithium again, she still has the temptation sometimes because she misses the highs she used to have.

She also talked quite a bit about her education and career. Throughout her college and graduate student years, she was not taking lithium and unsurprisingly went through frequent major depressions. Her transcripts were filled with Fs, but when she was feeling more euphoric, she published an almost unhuman amount of scientific research papers, and these saved her. When she was hired as a teaching professor of psychology at UCLA, she still was not taking lithium. Despite her major depressions and manic episodes, she never got herself fired or involved in a malpractice suit, though she did often take self-imposed leaves. She even managed to get tenured, which was not an easy thing for a woman to do during that time period.

Initially, she told very few people (except those that directly supervised her) about her illness for fear of professional repercussions. But as the years went on and she stabilized from taking her lithium as prescribed, and the stigmas somewhat lessened, she told more people and the responses she got were largely positive. When she switched to teaching at Johns Hopkins, the chairman even said, “Kay, dear, I know you have manic-depressive illness. If we got rid of all the manic-depressives on the medical school faculty, not only would we have a much smaller faculty, it would also be a far more boring one.”

All in all it was a very interesting read with a wry sense of humor spread throughout. 

#an unquiet mind #kay redfield jamison #book #memior #bookblr #book review

[fefeman]

Now, the new gavial is far from a bad unit, with a powerful kit, and I kinda like her, but I feel this is sad that the focus of Hypergryph with her was to make her a powerful warrior first and foremost, instead of focusing on how she is a Doctor first, and extreme violence is more of a hobby to her (I mean not exactly, but she want to work in the medical field and see being a warrior as secondary to that goal.)

With that in mind, I thought about an alternative "Gavialter", a "what if hypergryph kept her a medic" scenario. I thought about her kit anyway. Do keep in mind I kinda winged it with the values, so they might be under or overtune...

I'll add my comment like this

Gavial the urgentist

After the arrival of Tomimi and Zumama at Rhodes Island, Gavial began to reconsider her relation to both her homeland's culture and her profession.

She began to research and experiment on the combination of Tiacauh arts (Tomimi's art, specifically) and the Healing arts she learned at Rhodes island, and developed a new form of healing arts.

With the support of Kal'tsit and Warfarin, she published her research in a scientific journal, under the title "The medical benefit of applied brutality". Unfortunately, the article was widely mocked and treated as the raving of a lunatic.

Still, unbeknownst to Gavial, her methods gained a cult following in Columbia, with a "brutalist medicine" movement hailing her as a visionary.

In this timeline, Stitch Canvas hears of gavial as "the star of the brutalist", and assumes she's another architect of the brutalist movement. He's bitter when he learn she has 0 architectural interest.

Kit :

Incantation medic :

Attacks deal Arts damage and heal the HP of an ally within the Attack Range for 50% of the damage dealt.

Nothing fit Gavial more than a harmacist.

Talent 1: Unorthodox methods

When skills are active, attack range changes and damages dealt become physical.

at Elite 1, the range becomes larger, and Gavial the Urgentist gains 15% attack while a skill is active

At elite two, the attack bonus rises to 25%

The idea with this talent is to show Gavial is a field medic, who keep close to the combat. To use her at her fullest potential, you have to put her very close to the frontline, right next to the defenders. But if she's there, she'll hit very hard and thus heal by a lot. By the way, the extended range compared to Tomimi is because, "gavial the invincible has expanded range too, using her tail to swing a weapon... So I feel this was something to keep: Gavial using her tail to hit further away, while Tomimi use her hand to hit people.

Talent 2 : The great chief

Obtained at Elite 2. All Acahualla operator gain Inspiration equal to 15% of Gavial the Urgentist Attack.

This one is straightforward: It's to show Gavial is an inspiration for the Acahualla population.

Skill 1 : Swift Strike Y

Increase ATK and ASPD (45% and 45 at Mastery 3)

This skill is the same skill as Reed the flameshadow, and I think it fit Gavial very well.

Skill 2 : "I'll show them all!!"

Attack interval increase (1 attack every 2 seconds), Attack all enemies in range, and attack deal 150% (mastery 3) of ATK as damages. Each attack heal every ally in range.

this skill is trying to keep a bit of "Gavial the invincible", with a way to attack multiple enemies. Also it end up being more like a stalker than a centurion. With the modified range, this make a sort of "pseudo true silverslash", with slightly reduced range and less DPS, but it heal allies.

SKILL 3 : Mights Make Right!

Passive : Gavial the urgentist can be deployed on melee tiles, and can't be deployed on ranged tiles. Redeployment time +30s

Active : On deployment, gain +100% HP, +50% Def, +50% ATK, +50 ASPD, +1 Block, and prioritize unblocked enemies with the highest HP. (Mastery 3 values)

Unlimited duration.

The principle of this skill is Gavial "Stepping in and handling it". I have to admit, this is mostly to finish with something Silly. But we know Gavial isn't above joining the frontline and breaking some neck if needs be. This skill makes Gavial a hybrid between Incantation medic and ranged guards. Her weird range allows you to be creative with her placement, for example putting her sideway so she can hit 5 tiles across, in case of leaks. You can also put her directly behind a defender, like blaze or ranged guards. But yeah, this is perhaps the one skill I think is the most worth criticizing, so don't hold back.

Anyway, That's not a serious attempt at redesign, just an idea that passed through my head.

#arknights #gavial arknights #gavial the invincible #I made the two last icons myself by the way

[aidaronan]

3, 9, 10, 14 & 20 for the writing ask game ♥

3. What is your writing ritual and why is it cursed? Maybe it's cursed because I simply don't have one. lol I write when I feel like it or when the brain kicks into deadline mode. 9. Do you believe in ghosts? This isn’t about writing I just wanna know Yes and no. I believe that people are having these experiences and that I am people. I just think there's so many cool scientific and philosophical concepts as to what ghosts may be beyond just deceased human spirits.

10. Has a piece of writing ever “haunted” you? Has your own writing haunted you? What does that mean to you? No matter how many years pass or how far away I get from caring about Marvel, I will never stop thinking about The Night War. I think one of the best things being a stucky ever did for me was really make WW2 tangible and real in a way history books never could, and this fic is just... Visceral. And yes, some of my own writing haunts me. Some things because I'm like "oof why did I write that?" (usually more about past beliefs/stupid discourse more than skill.) Others because I genuinely am in love with the story I told/atmosphere I imagined whether or not I actually did a good job writing.

14. Do you lend your books to people? Are people scared to borrow books from you? Do you know exactly where all your “lost” books are and which specific friend from school you haven’t seen in twelve years still possesses them? Will you ever get them back? I mean the sad answer is I currently have no friends that live under 100 miles from me so I don't really lend books because I have no one to lend them to. But yes, I remember friends who never returned books. I'd probably lend them now though if I could with the exception of any signed copies. I kind of want one of those personal library kits. Possibly I want to go extra nerdy and use an open source library management system to catalog all my books.

20. If a witch offered you the choice between eternal happiness with your one true love and the ability to finally finish, perfect, and publish your dearest, darlingest, most precious WIP in exactly the way you’ve always imagined it — which would you choose? You can’t have both sorry, life’s a bitch

Who says my dearest, darlingest WIP isn't my one true love? I'd choose the WIP though. I'd always question if the love was real and if I'd taken away someone's free will, etc. Being able to finish my WIP the way I want would just mean having some good ADHD months and I'll take those. lmao

#asks #ask meme #writer asks

[tiamat-zx]

2022 AO3 Wrapped

Tagged by @blorbologist (You asked for it, I might as well do it!)

And keep in mind, I might not be able to link to any of the stories, but I WILL post their titles so you can look them up.

AND BE WARNED. A lot of these fics contain spoilers.

Works published: 73 (And I intend to leave it at that, save some ideas for next year which is literally right around the corner.)

Word Count: 134,670. Not bad.

Bookmarks: 190. Wow.

Shortest Fic: “Necessity, the Mother of Invention” at a paltry 100 words, published 2022-03-10. It was just a little post-C2 Drabble where Beau gets to ask the Brenattos for a little bit of magic training. Just to expand her kit. Nothing big, just something nice and fluffy.

Longest Fic: “Traveler’s Eve”, published for the final day of Whumptober 2022 at a decent 6,600 words. Basically what it says on the tin: a revisiting of the events of the first half of C2’s Traveler Con episode, from Beau’s point of view. Namely, it’s her coming to a resolution regarding Jester and Yasha, along with her moments with Caleb and Fjord in said episode. Also, I had art commissioned for it that was done by “undeadharlequin” on IG, and now it’s my Tumblr banner. Thanks again, Jas!

Sadly it’s quite lacking in kudos… and more importantly in comments. Please go read it.

Gift Fics for Me: 7 this year. 6 by @warriorbard2012…

“Moonlight Possibilities”

“Say Goodbye to the Yesterdays that Owned Us”

“Nicodranas Family Vacation”

“The Surprise Party”

“Lone Wolf No More”

“The Second Time Around”

…and one by @jtr-99.

“Remnant”

Thanks again Mari and Jill! Back to the list!

Gift Fics for Others: Quite a few. Twenty-three in total.

“‘Cause it’ll never go away (Until the fear that you are runnin’ from is finally embraced, face to face)” for @january3693

“Ice Breaker to Remake Her” for @warriorbard2012

“What Could Have Been” for @idragonspyro

“Halfling Love” for @flyingraven

“Phantom Pain” for @ss117

“One Lucky Kitty” for @grayintogreen (Because she loves Cree so much)

“Taurs R Us” for @sylvanfreckles

“Nowhere To Go But Down” for @cole-lynid

“The Big Day(s)” for @jtr-99 @cole-lynid @warriorbard2012 @grayintogreen (My finale fic for Beauyasha Week 2022, and I just had to not only dedicate it to them, but also to make it a wedding fic!)

“A Memento” for @warriorbard2012 and @jtr-99 (Post-Iron Shepherds, going along with the now popular headcanon that Beau got her eye scar from Lorenzo and thus doesn’t want it healed and gone. So that she never forgets.)

“Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow (But Also Sweet Payback)” for @grayintogreen (Because Lucien. ‘Nuff said.)

“Cobalt Soul Searching” for @jtr-99 (Quite possibly one of the darkest fics I’ve written as it IS about that lingering trauma after Cognouza. Because there’s no way that Beau and Caleb didn’t get out of that mess without some PTSD. Also, it’s to address the fact that they never quite told the Soul about the eyes. This is about Beau finding the courage to open up about it.)

“Marigold” for @grayintogreen (Because she loves Jayne, and I had to do a fic with her in it.)

“Scientific Method” for humandisaster1313 and @grayintogreen (Okay… THIS one is VERY DARK. Very much hurt no comfort. And Whumptober 2022 gave me an outlet and a reason to finally write it. But THANKFULLY it’s balanced out by…)

“Treading Lightly” for humandisaster1313 (…a story about Veth being a badass on a boat.)

“‘I was flying past the stars on silver wings. It was wonderful.’” This one was for @ghostofwhitestone as another Whumptober fic, and sure enough, while the ending may be divergent NOW, it DOES tackle what poor Laudna was going through in limbo before Bells Hells sundered her free. And yes, the title is a reference to the novel “Matilda”. For obvious reasons.

“Reflection” for @jtr-99 @warriorbard2012 and @grayintogreen (I had never really done an “origin story for Dairon before. This was my opportunity to do so. Especially as a ‘first meeting’ between her and Yudala Fon, and how they would end up meeting Beau in Zadash on that fateful Sydenstar day in Trostenwald.)

“Chill Touch” for @svartalfhild (Yay, a fic about Ashton and Laudna and how she would be the sole exception to Ashton always feeling pain just from touch. Happens post-C3E38.)

“Family Resemblance” for humandisaster1313 (My final gift fic tied to Whumptober 2022. One in which mother and daughter team up to take down some ne’er-do-wells.)

“Forget-me-not” for @grayintogreen (Okay, this one’s a rather somber one because I wrote this on November 5th, to mark the 11th anniversary of the day my mother lost her life. As such, it’s a story of grief and mourning. And in this case, it’s Beau at Molly’s (empty) grave.)

“Mother Knows Best” for @warriorbard2012 (I will never stop loving “Worth Fighting For” from C2, and as such, I just had to write a story about the moment between Veth and Beau from the former’s POV, in which she decides to forego her usual trolling and do what mothers do: be supportive.)

“Like You’ve Seen A Ghost” for @blorbologist (Because Percy and Vex and all their trauma. Also Laudna’s.)

“Fresh Start” for @cole-lynid and @khalliys (This fic is twofold: it’s for Lynid’s birthday, and the ending came about due to Khal’s art of Beau being super casual and Yasha having a, well, justified reaction. It is also my most recent fic, and thus my last fic of 2022.)

PHEW! That’s all of them!

Collabs: Sadly no real collabs this year. I flew solo.

Events: Febuwhump 2022, Beauyasha Week 2022, and Whumptober 2022.

Most popular by kudos AND hits: Funnily enough, I have two.

The aforementioned “Phantom Pain” with 765 hits and 87 kudos.

“The Lion’s Snare” with 500 hits and 112 kudos.

Actually, I have a third, one that’s more consistent with a better kudos/hit balance: “The Dream or the Dreamer” with 595 hits and 103 kudos.

Most popular by comments: “Eyes on the Prize” with only 10 comments. (Of course, that could change before the end of the year.)

It’s honestly rather depressing because I feel like I’ve been getting less and less comments. It’s more kudos than anything else.

But I like reading feedback. It makes me smile knowing how much you liked it.

Hopefully I’ll see more feedback down the road.

Fic that made me smile: The aforementioned “The Second Time Around”. I’m looking forward to seeing how Mari ends that story. Also, there are so many other stories that made me smile this year, too many for me to list lol

Fic that made me cry: Aside from some of my own pieces… CURRENTLY I’m being emotionally compromised by @waltwhitmansbeard and her Vaxleth Medieval AU story “My Fair Lady”.

Also, what absolutely broke me early on in 2022 was Jill’s “Shadows of Rancor”. Because that one goes into some dark places… and there is death. They do get better, but… ouch. It hurt in the best way, and I eagerly await the next installment whenever that may be.

Okay… I think that does it! As for whom I’m tagging…

Well, aside from the ones I’ve already tagged, there’s also @viciousmollymaukery @professor-rye @pryingblackbird .

See you all in 2023!

#tag game #ao3 #ao3 wrapped

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

There Is No Legitimate ‘Debate’ Over Gender-Affirming Healthcare

By Kit O'Connell

On June 15, the New York Times Magazine published “The Battle Over Gender Therapy,” an investigation into gender-affirming care for young people by staff writer Emily Bazelon. Since its publication, transgender-rights advocates, medical experts, and other journalists have condemned the article for inaccurately portraying such care as controversial, misrepresenting scientific research, and quoting anti-trans activists without proper context. 

Now, the state of Texas is using it as evidence in an ongoing attempt to investigate trans-supportive healthcare as “child abuse.”

[hoerbahnblog]

SF & more: "Nach all diesen Jahren" von Malte Aurich

SF & more: “Nach all diesen Jahren” von Malte Aurich (Hördauer 43 Minuten) © Jackie Niam/stock.adobe.com Die Arbeit von übermorgen – 15 Kurzgeschichten aus der Zukunft Herausgegeben von Lars Schmeink und Ralf H. Schneider Wie werden wir am Ende des 21. Jahrhunderts arbeiten? Haben uns die globalen Konzerne in der Hand oder schaffen wir neue Formen gemeinschaftlicher Tätigkeiten? Grundeinkommen,…

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Latin America Molecular Diagnostics Market - Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecasts (2024-2031)

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According to this latest publication from Meticulous Research®, the Latin America molecular diagnostics market is projected to reach $2.50 billion by 2031, at a CAGR of 6.3% from 2024 to 2031. The growth of the Latin America molecular diagnostics market is driven by several factors, including the rising global geriatric population, increasing prevalence of communicable & noncommunicable diseases, technological advancements in molecular diagnostics, and rising healthcare expenditures. Factors such as growing scope in emerging economies, increasing focus on companion diagnostics, and the rising popularity of direct-to-consumer (DTC) testing are a few opportunities that would help grow the market in the future. A shortage of skilled professionals could be considered a challenge for the Latin America molecular diagnostics market. However, unfavorable regulatory frameworks and high costs of molecular diagnostic tests restrain the growth of the market.

Key Players: 

The key players profiled in the Latin America molecular diagnostics market report are Bio-Manguinhos (Brazil), F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. (Switzerland), Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (U.S.), Hologic, Inc. (U.S.), Illumina, Inc. (U.S.), OmicronLab (Mexico), QIAGEN N.V. (Netherlands), Danaher Corporation (U.S.), Abbott Laboratories (U.S), Agilent Technologies, Inc. (U.S.).

The Latin America molecular diagnostics market is segmented by Offering (Kits & Reagents, Instruments, Software & Services), Test Type (Laboratory Tests and Point-of-Care (POC) Tests), Technology (Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), In Situ Hybridization (ISH), Isothermal Nucleic Acid Amplification Technology (INAAT), Microarrays, Sequencing, Mass Spectrometry, and Other Technologies), Application (Infectious Diseases [Respiratory Diseases, Hepatitis, HIV, Chlamydia Trachomatis/Neisseria Gonorrhoeae, Human Papillomavirus (HPV), Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), and Other Infectious Diseases], Oncology [Breast Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Lung Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Lymphoma, Leukemia, Cervical Cancer, and Other Cancer Types], Genetic Testing, Neurological Diseases, Cardiovascular Diseases, and Other Applications), End User (Hospitals & Clinics, Diagnostic Laboratories, Academic & Research Institutes, and Other End Users). The study also evaluates industry competitors and analyzes the regional and country-level markets.

Among offerings, in 2024, the kits and reagents segment is expected to account for the largest share of the market. The large share of the segment is attributed to the commercial availability of a diverse range of diagnostic reagents & consumables, the availability of diseases-specific test kits & assays, and the growing awareness regarding early disease diagnosis.

Among test types, in 2024, the laboratory test segment is expected to account for the largest share of the market. The large share of the segment is attributed to the large number of laboratory tests available in hospitals, laboratories, and academic & research institutes and also preferred tests by the patients. Additionally, the majority of developments are being done using laboratory tests.

Among technologies, in 2024, the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) segment is expected to account for the largest share of the market. The large share of the segment is attributed to benefits, such as the ability to test multi-drug resistance, its use in several laboratories and clinical techniques, including DNA fingerprinting, detection of bacteria or viruses (particularly AIDS), and diagnosis of genetic disorders.

Among applications, in 2024, the infectious diseases segment is expected to account for the largest share of the market. The large share of the segment is attributed to the rising prevalence of infectious diseases, the increase in funding for the development of new infectious disease diagnostic tools, and the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Among end users, the hospitals & clinics segment is expected to account for the largest share of the market in 2024. The large share of the segment is attributed to the increased number of hospitalizations due to various diseases requiring molecular diagnosis and the proliferation of hospitals and clinics in emerging countries like Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Mexico, among others, leading to the growth in the utilization of molecular diagnostic products.

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Southeast Asia Molecular Diagnostics Market Outlook: Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast (2024-2031)

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According to this latest publication from Meticulous Research®, the South East Asia molecular diagnostics market is projected to reach $891.87 million by 2031, at a CAGR of 7.8% from 2024 to 2031. The growth of the South East Asia molecular diagnostics market is driven by several factors, including the rising geriatric population, increasing prevalence of communicable & non-communicable diseases, technological advancements in molecular diagnostics, and rising healthcare expenditure. Factors such as emerging medical tourism in South East Asian countries and increasing focus on companion diagnostics are a few opportunities that would help grow the market in the future. A shortage of skilled professionals could be considered a challenge for the South East Asia molecular diagnostics market. Moreover, the lack of harmonization of the medical device regulations across South East Asian countries and the high costs of molecular diagnostic tests restrain the growth of the market.

Key Players

The key players profiled in the South East Asia molecular diagnostics market report are Sansure Biotech, Inc. (China), F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. (Switzerland), Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (U.S.), Hologic, Inc. (U.S.), Illumina, Inc. (U.S.), Xiamen Zeesan Biotech Co., Ltd (China), QIAGEN N.V. (Netherlands), Danaher Corporation (U.S.), Abbott Laboratories (U.S), Agilent Technologies, Inc. (U.S.).

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The South East Asia molecular diagnostics market is segmented by Offering (Kits & Reagents, Instruments, Software & Services), Test Type (Laboratory Tests and Point-of-Care (POC) Tests), Technology (Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), In Situ Hybridization (ISH), Isothermal Nucleic Acid Amplification Technology (INAAT), Microarrays, Sequencing, Mass Spectrometry, and Other Technologies), Application (Infectious Diseases [Respiratory Diseases, Hepatitis, HIV, Chlamydia Trachomatis/Neisseria Gonorrhoeae, Human Papillomavirus (HPV), Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), and Other Infectious Diseases], Oncology [Breast Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Lung Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Lymphoma, Leukemia, Cervical Cancer, and Other Cancer Types], Genetic Testing, Neurological Diseases, Cardiovascular Diseases, and Other Applications), End User (Hospitals & Clinics, Diagnostic Laboratories, Academic & Research Institutes, and Other End Users). The study also evaluates industry competitors and analyzes the regional and country-level markets.

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Among test types, in 2024, the laboratory test segment is expected to account for the largest share of the market. The large share of the segment is attributed to the large number of laboratory tests available in hospitals and laboratories, and the high preference for laboratory tests owing to the accuracy of the test results supports the largest share of the market.

Among technologies, in 2024, the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) segment is expected to account for the largest share of the market. The large share of the segment is attributed to benefits, such as the ability to test multi-drug resistance, its use in several laboratories and clinical techniques, including DNA fingerprinting, detection of bacteria or viruses (particularly AIDS), and diagnosis of genetic disorders. Improved PCR testing capabilities in the laboratories during the COVID-19 pandemic to manage the growing burden also supported the segment’s largest share.

Among applications, in 2024, the infectious diseases segment is expected to account for the largest share of the market. The large share of the segment is attributed to the rising prevalence of infectious diseases, the increase in funding for the development of new infectious disease diagnostic tools, and the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in 2022, the largest number of tuberculosis (TB) cases occurred in the South-East Asian region, with a prevalence of 46%. The increasing prevalence of such infections and diseases leads to the increased demand for rapid, easy-to-use, and affordable infectious disease testing tools, therefore driving the growth of the segment.

Among end users, the hospitals & clinics segment is expected to account for the largest share of the market in 2024. The large share of the segment is attributed to the increased number of hospitalizations due to various diseases requiring molecular diagnosis and the proliferation of hospitals and clinics in emerging countries, leading to the growth in the utilization of molecular diagnostic products. The emergence of new hospitals in South East Asian countries is leading to the growing demand for molecular diagnostic tests. For instance, in March 2023, Adventist Hospital was launched in Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, which is a 51-bed, state-of-the-art hospital that offers general medicine, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, and critical care services to the inhabitants of Palangka Raya and nearby communities. This not only increases the demand for molecular tests but also provides these advanced technologies to people living in rural areas.

Among geographies, in 2024, Indonesia is expected to account for the largest share of the market. The large share of the segment is attributed to the increasing prevalence of communicable & non-communicable diseases, growing adoption of molecular diagnostics, increasing prevalence of cancer and musculoskeletal diseases, rising disposable income, improvements in the healthcare infrastructure, and the growing healthcare expenditure. The increasing prevalence of diseases is driving the need for better healthcare options among patients. In such cases, increasing healthcare expenditure can help increase people’s access to healthcare and improve the quality of care. For instance, the healthcare expenditure in Indonesia increased from USD 8.07 billion in 2019 to USD 17.62 billion in 2022.

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Mid-century science fiction gave post war america a future to look forward too. The hope was that advancements in nucular energy and space travel would unite humanity. In retrospect, these ideas sound silly; there was no way space travel would ever improve the day to day lifes of civilians. However, this childlike outlook is what makes the genre so charming. As Sean Topham argues: The space age allowed adults to rediscover everyday miracles kinda like a child does [Topham, S. (2008). A question of living tommarrow. In Wheres my Space Age? (pp. 65–66). essay, Prestel.]

Not all science fiction was so optimistic however; many writers believed contemporary advancements in nuclear energy threatened international security. Zines like “astounding sci-fi” were inidated with post apocalyptic fiction and tales of technological uprisings.

Science fiction helped laymen navigate cold war politics in ways actual (political) scienests could not. Said “experts” had no real world reference to which they could compare the contempary nuclear-political landscape. Therefor, in David Seed’s opinion, science fiction writers had an equal amount of athourity. [Seed, D. (1999). Chapter 1. In American Science Fiction and the Cold War (pp. 5–5). essay, Fitzroy Dearborn.]

Ive been a retro futuristic fan since I was introduced to the twilight zone in elementary school. Some years later I discovered the “retro space” line of lego sets. Although these kits released between 1979-1998, the designers were heavily inspired by science fiction of old. The sets were characterized by funky looking aircraft, vauge tech, and a generally cooperative atmosphere. My own lego builds are inspired by the line but also retro futurism in general. As an aside: i love the lego system. Its my main art medium. Ive included some pics down below😋

Throught my project i consulted 3 books, 1 movie, 1 tv show, and 1 zine. The names are as follows: 

Books: 

“American Science fiction: 1926-1975”: former science fiction writer ______ records the history of retro futurism and what inspired the movement. 

“Wheres my Space Age?” A history of the rise and fall of retro-futuristic design styles in the real world

“Science fiction Literature and Film during the Cold war”: ___ explains the historical context in which retro fururism emeraged. 

Movies:

FORBIDDEN PLANET: This 1952 adventure film took inspiration from contemporary science fiction litiuture like “ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION” and “GALAXY”. The film follows a group of stranded astronauts as they navigate a mysterious planet. Good movie.

Zines:

ASTOUNDING(/ANOLOG) SCIENCE FICTION AND FACT  :Established in 1930, This monthly zine routinely published innovative Sci-Fi stories along side sensationalized scientific news. The publication was led by renowned writer John Campbell Jr. who, in 1950, began researching psi phenomena (scientific study of physic powers). Campbell’s work inspired fellow artist to write about contemporary psudeo science.

Shows: 

THE TWILIGHT ZONE:The Twilight Zone, narrated by Rob Serling, was a revolutionary anthology series that used science fiction to tackled issues of race, religion, oppresion and more. My grandparents introduced me to this show, and by extension retro futurism. To this day the Twilight Zone remains my favorite telivision series. I highly recommend the episodes: “The Monsters are due on Maple Street” and “I Shot an Arrow into the Air”. (images included in next post->)

[thenamesofthings]

Voices Against Progress: What I Learned from Genovese, Lasch, and Bradford

The first time [Christopher Lasch and I] met again face-to-face was at a conference held in 1990 at Elizabethtown College. By then I greatly admired his work on the therapeutic state (his magnum opus dealing with this vast subject, The True and Only Heaven, was about to be published by Norton), and a thematically related project that I would eventually pursue was taking shape in my head. The conference, on the future of community, had been arranged by the board of Telos magazine. When Kit got around to speaking about “scientific” administration as a threat to cultural identities, I found myself strongly seconding his remarks. But he also had a tendency to appeal to the consciousness of “real people,” whom managerial government had supposedly marginalized. Claes Ryn, who was also present, criticized Kit for his “romantic populism,” whereupon a firestorm erupted. Kit taunted Claes as an “elitist,” a description that fitted and still fits this soft-spoken Nordic gentleman who appears everywhere in elegant attire. Claes retorted that you can’t escape from elites; you get them no matter what, because the “people” have no sense of self-government. Indeed they want others to look after their needs.

I was caught in the middle in more than one way. The two disputants were both friends; and although I agreed with Claes that we ought to resist the impulse to romanticize the “people,” Lasch had a certain populace in mind to which his designation undoubtedly applied. His rugged German ancestors who had settled in Nebraska as farmers, and the working-class families whom he contrasted to the sybaritic cosmopolites in his last book, Revolt of the Elites (1995), instantiate the “real people” — that is, those whom Lasch wished to re-empower. The question might be raised whether “the real people” form anything approaching a significant demographic part of today’s America — or whether they exist for the most part as an idealized memory. But such a picture of the “people” informed Kit’s populist conceptions. The good types who redeemed his dualistic universe were often the progenitors of the Catholic blue-collar working families that I can still vaguely recall from the 1950s. These families were marked by multiple offspring and by wives who prepared their husbands’ lunch pails. Lasch’s evocation of the females in his ideal but perhaps archaic nuclear family caused the feminist Susan Faludi to designate him as the “leading American sexist of the ’90s.”

I was puzzled by the mindset at the New York Times and New York Review of Books when their editors presented Kit after his death in 1994 as an archetypically leftist social critic. By then Lasch might have been moving to the right of Pat Buchanan on many social issues, despite the obvious fact that he retained his lifelong hatred of consumer capitalism, a trait that he might have inherited from his socialist mother. His devotion to a nonmainstream form of socialism was something he discussed with me after I had learned about it from his contributions to the Catholic, anticapitalist fortnightly New Oxford Review. Despite his Presbyterian affiliation and general theological skepticism, Kit earnestly read the English Catholic distributists and the essays of the Catholic advocate for labor, Dorothy Day. His project was to find a religiously based communitarianism that could serve as an alternative to multinational capitalism. This communal identity would focus on service to one’s family and neighbors, and it would supposedly take everyone’s mind off consumption and the false idea of “Progress.” No popular idol exasperated Kit as deeply as the American fixation on making everything better, even at the cost of abolishing stable institutions. This theme is a leitmotif running through his early work, when he was still identifiably leftist, until Revolt of the Elites. His posthumously printed writings, edited by his daughter Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn, confirm the impression created by what Kit brought out during his all too short life.

Unlike my other well-known correspondents, I have managed to preserve only one letter from Kit. Other missives came before this one, which is dated March 22, 1990, from his home in Pittsford, New York, but those were mostly scribbled responses to my occasional queries. In this typed letter, Kit pours scorn on Commentary magazine, a publication that, he writes, “I never read if I can help it.” In a recent issue Midge Decter had slammed him for contributing to the dissolution of middle-class morality, a charge that I brought to his attention in a humorous way. Kit, who personified an old-fashioned Presbyterian way of life, took umbrage at the slight: “That is the first time I’ve been attacked as an advocate of sexual promiscuity. It’s kind of nice to be attacked from the right for a change. It’s the attacks from the left that still bother me.”

Two thoughts flashed through my mind as I read these observations. First, on the basis of what Kit had recently published — soon expanded on in The True and Only Heaven — all traditional distinctions between “left” and “right” had broken down. Since both sides now believed in consumerism, Progress, and centralized government, it was misleading to go on drawing critical distinctions between them. Two, if Midge Decter really knew what Lasch believed, she would have attacked him from the left rather than the right. What she had mistakenly attributed to him were the countercultural stances that had come out of the ’60s, positions that in fact he had never taken.

Another reason I’ve only one of Lasch’s letters is that by 1993 he was writing to his friends collectively about his deteriorating health — specifically, about the spread of his cancer. I found the topic inexpressibly painful, since my own wife was then dying of cancer, so I probably discarded the communications after having looked at them. Kit’s unhappy fate still makes me think about a lunch at a local restaurant that he had with me and two of my colleagues when he was visiting Elizabethtown. On that occasion Kit smoked a cigarette and ordered a dark beer in order to make the point that “people are too damned concerned about living forever.” These gestures might have been intended to make a statement about health-conscious yuppies; I myself could have been one of the “health nuts” whom Kit was trying to shock when he smoked and drank at lunch. By then (alas) his life was coming to an end — sooner than any of us realized…

—Paul Gottfried, Encounters: My Life with Nixon, Marcuse, and Other Friends and Teachers (2009)

[smukher2]

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#ArticleSumamry: “It’s 50th anniversary of the journal Cell, which was launched in 1974 and continues to publish groundbreaking research in the field of biology. Cell Press, the publisher of Cell, also has several other journals focused on engaging and enabling scholars and practitioners in all disciplines. Cell expresses gratitude to the scientific community and announces plans to focus on the real-world impact of the science they publish and inspire new directions in research. The goal is to make the world a better place and they encourage others to join them in promoting better outcomes, driving innovation, bringing communities together, and advocating for science and scientists.”

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References: Mukherjee S. Immune gene network of neurological diseases: Multiple sclerosis (MS), Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease (PD) and Huntington's disease (HD). #Heliyon 2021 Dec 1;7(12):e08518. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e08518. PMID: 34926857; PMCID: PMC8649734 https://www.cell.com/heliyon/fulltext/S2405-8440(21)02621-9 #CellPress #CellJournal #Elsevier Researcher Academy - Certified Peer Reviewer Course #CellPress #CellJournal #Elsevier https://researcheracademy.elsevier.com/navigating-peer-review/certified-peer-reviewer-course Focus on Peer Review | Nature Masterclasses #Nature #Springer #NatureJournal https://masterclasses.nature.com/focus-on-peer-review-online-course/16605550 Carl Sagan;Baloney Detection Kit": A Toolkit That Can Help You Scientifically Separate Sense from Nonsense | Open Culture #InternetArchive https://www.openculture.com/2018/03/carl-sagans-baloney-detection-kit.html