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This Week: Interview W/Annalee Newitz, Fish, Fruit Flies, Not So Sweetner, Anti-bacterial Anti-depressants, And Much More Science!
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Disclaimer, Disclaimer, Disclaimer!!!
“The Agency finds, based on your performance,
that you have not demonstrated that your further employment at the Agency would be in the public interest.”
168 laid off from the NSF
Hiring is frozen in national science and public health agencies
1800 laid off from the doe
Including individuals involved in the Hanford nuclear site remediation, Pnnl, & Bonneville power production
NOAA is laying off 10% of its workforce
Last week as the northwest experienced a freezing snow & ice storm, the national weather service radar suddenly just stopped working
Measles is spreading.
Who is keeping track?
Vaccines should be the thing holding it back.
No one even knows where bird flu is at
The regular flu is having a field day
Universities are suddenly
Tightening their wallets.
Some 250,000 without jobs nationally?
Legal battles might turn the tables.
Judges reminding white house lawyers
That biology is not a fairy tale.
With so much going on
The chaos seems to have won
But, remember your thoughts are your own.
And each act of kindness is resistance along this road.
And, that this week in science!
The Interview!
We want to welcome our guest, Annalee Newitz, to TWIS. You can find them on their Tech Splosion website.
Annalee Newitz has a PhD in English & American studies from UC Berkeley, worked with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, founded Io9, was the editor-in-chief for Gizmodo & actually accepted a pitch from me once upon a time, they work with ARS Technica among other science & tech news outlets, hosts the Hugo Award winning podcast ‘Our Opinions Are Correct‘, has written several science & science fiction books, including ‘Terraformers‘ & most recently ‘Stories are Weapons: Psychological Warfare & the American mind‘. they have a new fiction book on the horizon this year about noodle-making robot restauranteurs. It was really just wonderful to have you here on TWIS, Annalee. Thank you again for joining us, especially in this particular moment in history.
Dr. Kiki and Annalee dig into the science of psyops in this interview you’ll want to listen to again and again!
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Blair’s Animal Corner!
Fish
They recognize human faces!
Fruit flies on a carousel?
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Some Quick stories with Kiki!
Not So Sweet
Why is the sweetener aspartame bad for health?
Anti-bacterial Antidepressant
Do SSRIs protect against infection & sepsis, and how?
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Take a blast into the past…
What were we discussing at this time last year? This time last year We discussed Life & SATURN, Dainish Bog Body, Bulls & Balls, ADHD, Propagandist AI, Authoritarian Science, Gazeboed, Viral Brains, Meaning & Melody, And Much More!
This week 10 years ago TWIS we discussed AIDS Monkey Vaccine, Hazy Mars, Brush With A Star, Science Is Better, Sexist Neanderthals, Chimps Learn Language, Pigeon Smarts, Ladybug Guards, Monster Hurricanes, Epigenome Database, Talking Language, Quiet Speech Center, Quiet America, Senseless Munchies, Caramel Cancer, And Much More! Take a blast into the past with TWIS!
