Not only that these algorithmically-generated sites take over, but also sites with articles written by people saw them succeeding and pivoted wholesale to this style and voice, so now they a) all sound the same b) are nonsense and there’s no coherent written content anymore https://t.co/YtTg2N8as7
— Casey Johnston (@caseyjohnston) May 23, 2022
We exist to please the algorithm — the way many PMC libs want it.
Inflation may be a lot lower than anyone thinks — even the Fed.
LOL. Bullshit. It’s higher than reported.
Honestly one of the few good guys, adults in the room during the pandemic. pic.twitter.com/gF0zeXckBF
— Angie Schmitt🚶♀️ (@schmangee) May 24, 2022
Agreed. Emily Oster is one of the few sane ones. Zeynep and Emily doin’ it right.
Does anyone else read the scientific name of mice (mus musculus) and picture a really muscular mouse? pic.twitter.com/zOASIOYnff
— Misha Gurevich, Futurist (@drethelin) May 24, 2022
“Mouse,” the scientific name for mice as a species, and “muscle” share the same etymology. Long story short, some ancient people thought muscles looked like mice crawling around under the skin…and there ya go. “Musculus” literally means “little mouse” in Latin.
FYI it can be true that weapons manufacturers and other generally ghoulish types can wish for the continuation of the war in Ukraine and that the war in Ukraine should be continued until Russia is defeated.
We’re adults; more than two things can be true at once.
Bought a gaming laptop, and everything runs so fast that I suddenly felt like it was 2003 again.
Then I realized that "everything works better like it did in 2003) is a sobering thought regarding the rate of technological progress.
— Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 (@Noahpinion) May 23, 2022
Tech has regressed in most ways to where it was in 1989 or so. It’s that bad now.
A small prospective #LongCovid study cohort assessing persistent virus, autoimmunity, or immune activation failed to show any of these features were present or differed from controlshttps://t.co/pKFX1doOhP @AnnalsofIM pic.twitter.com/93vS0QZuWb
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) May 23, 2022
Huh. So what’s the mechanism?