“The Texas Education Agency is rolling out an ‘automated scoring engine’ for open-ended questions on the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness for reading, writing, science and social studies. The technology…uses natural language processing technology like AI chatbots such as GPT-4.”
10:19 PM - Apr 09, 2024
A person in Texas became ill with bird flu after contact with infected dairy cattle…the first human case of the highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza in Texas, and it’s the second recorded in the U.S.
https://www.texastribune.o...
https://www.texastribune.o...
03:22 PM - Apr 01, 2024
Conclusions: Individuals with GJH were approximately 30% more likely not to have recovered fully from COVID-19 infection…More generally, greater awareness of GJH and its extra-articular associations is needed for effective patient stratification and implementation of personalized medicine.
bmjpublichealth.bmj.com
Is joint hypermobility linked to self-reported non-recovery from COVID-19? Case–control evidence from the British COVID Symptom Study Biobank | BMJ Public Healt..
Objectives This study sought to explore whether generalised joint hypermobility (GJH, a common marker of variant connective tissue) was a risk factor for self-reported non-recovery from COVID-19 infection.DesignProspective observational study.SettingCOVID Symptom Study Biobank (https://cssbiobank.co..
07:40 PM - Mar 21, 2024
No editors and using AI in your research? What could go wrong? “In summary, the management of bilateral iatrogenic I’m very sorry, but I don’t have access to real-time information or patient-specific data, as I am an AI language model.”
12:09 PM - Mar 15, 2024
Greg Abbott boasted…there would likely “be no cost to the state” given the outpouring of support.…after nearly 2 years of fundraising to offset the program’s costs, Abbott’s operation has collected less than half of 1%.
cnn.com
Texas governor predicted donations would pay for busing migrants out of state. He’s collected less than 1% of that cost | CNN Politics
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott boasted shortly after he began soliciting private donations for his controversial migrant busing program that there would likely “be no cost to the state” given the outpouring of support from concerned citizens across the country.But after nearly more than two years of fundrai..
11:27 AM - Mar 15, 2024
Disabled people's exclusion from indoor spaces is a civil rights violation, not an annoyance. #Disability #DisabilityInclusion #Covid #LongCovid
https://www.thegauntlet.ne...
https://www.thegauntlet.ne...
02:13 PM - Mar 12, 2024
“Photographers have captured two male humpback whales having sex, in what experts say is the first time the species has been documented exhibiting sexual activity of any kind.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/nb...
https://www.nbcnews.com/nb...
05:44 PM - Mar 05, 2024
2 Threaded Spouts
“A former librarian is suing Llano County in the Texas Hill Country region for firing her after she refused to remove books with content related to race and LGBTQ+ experiences.” (link below)
12:46 PM - Mar 05, 2024
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“On Feb. 9, the [TX] attorney general’s office sent PFLAG what’s called a ‘civil investigative demand’ ordering it to turn over documents, including communications, meeting minutes and more, detailing interactions between the group and families with transgender children, according to the lawsuit.”
kut.org
LGBTQ group sues to block Texas AG Paxton's request for records about transgender children | KUT Radio, Austin's NPR Station
Paxton, a Republican who has worked for years to block gender-affirming care for minors, has begun targeting out-of-state clinics and organizations that work with transgender youth.
02:58 PM - Feb 29, 2024
The Smokehouse Creek Fire is now the largest recorded wildfire in Texas history. Officially, today it's 850,000 acres at 3% containment, but mapping from the air estimates the wildfire has exceeded 1,000,000 acres.
12:22 PM - Feb 29, 2024
Oh. Yay. Another diagnosis, part of confirmation that my immune system is just not behaving, albeit in ways that don't show up on tests. As usual, #ThanksEhlersDanlos
06:29 PM - Feb 27, 2024
In the bottom of the deep streetside culvert this afternoon, there was an errant 3x2 ft sign that has, since I first saw it, been blown up out of the ditch onto our drive, and is now halfway into the yard from under the gate. No earthshaking observation, just…fun to watch it.
05:50 PM - Feb 25, 2024
Hope it helps your day somehow. https://youtu.be/XGxLDPV5V...
Like a Rolling Stone (Official Audio) - YouTube
"Like A Rolling Stone" by Original Broadway Cast Of Girl From The North CountryListen to Bob Dylan: https://BobDylan.lnk.to/streamingYDListen to Girl From Th...
05:37 PM - Feb 25, 2024
06:55 PM - Feb 24, 2024
Solving the puzzle of Long Covid
Long Covid provides an opportunity to understand how acute infections cause chronic disease
ZIYAD AL-ALY AND ERIC TOPOL
SCIENCE
22 Feb 2024
Vol 383, Issue 6685
pp. 830-832
DOI: 10.1126/science.adl0867
https://www.science.org/do...
Long Covid provides an opportunity to understand how acute infections cause chronic disease
ZIYAD AL-ALY AND ERIC TOPOL
SCIENCE
22 Feb 2024
Vol 383, Issue 6685
pp. 830-832
DOI: 10.1126/science.adl0867
https://www.science.org/do...
06:28 PM - Feb 22, 2024
Oh, dammit.
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Cynthia Williams @BLACKSTEMUSASeveral spouters already posted this news. Here are my thoughts:
The Texas judge did what many judges do to Black plaintiffs/defendants in court; look for the loophole(s) preventing fair treatment. The Texas CROWN Act omitted a provision covering hair length. The ommission is probably intentional.03:32 PM - Feb 22, 2024
05:54 PM - Feb 22, 2024
JHFCOAC. I don’t have the strength to fight the battles of my youth. https://slate.com/news-and...
12:26 AM - Feb 21, 2024
An ad I was just “served” elsewhere. So now reading is a waste of time? My expectations for humanity’s survival keep decreasing.
12:26 PM - Feb 20, 2024
11:28 AM - Feb 20, 2024
For these gifts of the spine, #ThanksEhlersDanlos — cheers!
I’d rise for a toast, but standing up currently involves a couple of minutes.
I’d rise for a toast, but standing up currently involves a couple of minutes.
03:55 PM - Feb 12, 2024
#January6th #SeditionHunters
"John Emanuel Banuelos was previously identified by NBC News as a Jan. 6 rioter who told police he had a weapon that day. New footage appears to show him firing it."
"John Emanuel Banuelos was previously identified by NBC News as a Jan. 6 rioter who told police he had a weapon that day. New footage appears to show him firing it."
03:34 PM - Feb 10, 2024
“The risk of new-onset dementia after Covid in older adults (age 60+) from a systematic review of 11 studies vs controls is ~60% increased; after severe Covid, a 17-fold increased risk; shows up at 6 months.” [preprint]
https://papers.ssrn.com/so...
https://papers.ssrn.com/so...
papers.ssrn.com
Temporal Association between COVID-19 Infection and Subsequent New-Onset Dementia in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Dan Shan, Congxiyu W..
Background: The relationship between COVID-19 infection and the increased likelihood of older adults developing new-onset dementia (NOD) remains elusive. This r
05:47 PM - Feb 07, 2024
No, because we patched the vulnerability yesterday within hours of being notified, and we do listen to our trans community. That is why we have policies against misgendering & deadnaming, and a thriving trans community that is supported and treasured by everyone here.
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Tilly Bridges @tillybridgesyour refusal to listen to trans people was a huge issue. I wrote about it back then, as did so many others. nobody listened. cis people voted without listening and you decided that was ok.03:43 PM - Feb 05, 2024
this is just the straw that broke the camel's back, man. don't you have a data breach to deal with?
03:56 PM - Feb 05, 2024
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US/Mexico is the tenth-longest border between two countries in the world at 1,954 miles. US/Canada is the longest international border at 5,525 miles. THERE WILL NEVER BE ZERO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
06:18 PM - Jan 29, 2024
2 Threaded Spouts
All Florida state colleges & universities will be removing sociology from the gen-ed curriculum. Summer introductory courses are now on hold, anticipating tanking enrollments & grad student instructors are the first to be axed. (Can't get link to load, see second post.)
12:47 PM - Jan 25, 2024
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