Reposted by remmahChise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 19hGOOD NEWS! Phase I clinical trial results show a first-of-its-kind personalized vaccine designed to treat glioblastoma, a deadly and aggressive form of brain cancer, is safe AND elicits robust and broad immune responses that appears to INCREASE recurrence-free survival in patients after surgery. 211904553
Reposted by remmahteq @quilling.dev · 07/10/2026not only was she one of the first, she is credited for literally coining the phrase "software engineer". photos like these inspired me so much when I was in school! 031555
Reposted by remmahEvan Czaplicki @acadia.engineering · 18/08/2026Acadia is out today! Bringing the benefits of Elm to SQLite and PostgreSQL: - Friendly error messages - Custom types for precise column data - Simple module system for easy reuse Check it out! acadia.engineering/blog/rethink...acadia.engineeringRethinking Database Programming 59032
Reposted by remmahChise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 05/10/2026WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality. 5040681274
remmah @remmah.net · 01/10/2026As it happens, I do run Folding@Home during the winter months and it does help regulate temps in the room ^^ Also, water heaters with heat pumps are fairly common now — could always co-locate the GPU rack and the water heater... ^^;; 020
Reposted by remmahDoll @dollspace.gay · 01/10/2026If everything were truly hopeless their propaganda would not be neccecary 16823
Reposted by remmahTeefa @tifaret.bsky.social · 30/09/2026We live in an exciting time. We can, now more than ever, build the future we want. Now is the time for optimism and big dreams. I believe we can build a culture where no one gets left behind. There is darkness, but there is also so much love. 0225
Reposted by remmahChise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 28/09/2026GOOD NEWS! Researchers have discovered a new antibiotic, known as manikomycin, that may be a bulwark in the fight against drug-resistant superbugs. By attacking the ribosome in a never-before-seen way, manikomycin can evade the existing mechanisms pathogens have developed to resist antibiotics. 7440291174
Reposted by remmahChise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 25/09/2026WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 26-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 2.4 MILLION people in Sweden found NO EVIDENCE to support a causal link between acetaminophen (the API in Tylenol) use during pregnancy and increased risk of autism, ADHD, OR intellectual disability in children. 3236101056
remmah @remmah.net · 22/09/2026Reminds me of NUMA CPU boards, or the small enclaves on chips that run a different OS in parallel to the main CPU, with limited visibility between the two. Seems that separating the consistent/dedicated/mission-critical/autonomic stuff from consciousness is useful? med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...med.stanford.eduHuman brain is two separate organs, Stanford Medicine-led research findsStanford Health Care delivers the highest levels of care and compassion. SHC treats cancer, heart disease, brain disorders, primary care issues, and many more. 010
remmah @remmah.net · 16/09/2026A decent society makes space for everyone who wants to participate, regardless of which levels of abstraction speak to us. Charcoal on rock, making paints, acrylic, digital drawing, genning, and beyond: Society is richer when more people find expressive fulfillment. Let’s build a decent society. 010
remmah @remmah.net · 16/09/2026A decent society makes space for everyone who wants to participate, regardless of which levels of abstraction speak to us. Materials, Verilog, asm, Rust, Python, Thermite, agentic harnesses, and beyond: Society is richer when more people find expressive fulfillment. Let’s build a decent society. 040
Reposted by remmahDoll @dollspace.gay · 12/09/2026"We lost control; please put us in charge of the industry” deserves a spectacularly hostile reception. 311714
Reposted by remmahChise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 11/09/2026GOOD NEWS! A personalized mRNA vaccine has SUCCEEDED in keeping melanoma, a deadly skin cancer, from returning. Phase III trial results in MORE THAN 1,100 patients shows the vaccine SIGNIFICANTLY extended the time patients lived without their melanoma returning AND reduced the risk of metastasis.statnews.comModerna and Merck say mRNA cancer vaccine succeeded in late-stage melanoma trialA personalized mRNA cancer vaccine succeeded in a late-stage melanoma study, results that could herald a new, powerful approach in oncology. 4753111871
Reposted by remmahDoll @dollspace.gay · 08/09/2026It did in fact change our understanding of math. A calculator makes the distinction between understanding a problem and executing its arithmetic very concrete. You can struggle with mental arithmetic and still have excellent mathematical insight. 5988
Reposted by remmahMrs. Reach / Mrs. Curio @reachartwork.bsky.social · 06/11/2024Howdy, I'm Reach. I am a disabled artist. Here is my pinned that should answer all the questions you have about me and my art. I love you. You be good. I'll see you tomorrow. 4988
remmah @remmah.net · 07/09/2026AI art is the closest thing I've seen to the early 2000s Web in a long time. Just a profusion of people freely sharing things they're interested in without expectation of commercialization or careers. Browsing finetunes is reminiscent of meandering through Yahoo or dmoz directories back in the day. 151
Reposted by remmahChise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 07/09/2026GOOD NEWS! Phase I clinical trial results out of Johns Hopkins show a first-of-its-kind vaccine designed to target common KRAS mutations was safe AND stimulated KRAS-specific T-cell responses in 90% of study participants who were at HIGH risk of developing pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC).insideprecisionmedicine.comPancreatic Cancer Vaccine Triggers Immune Response Before Tumors DevelopPhase I results show early promise for a vaccine designed to prevent pancreatic cancer in people at high risk of developing the disease. 4033381137
Reposted by remmahDan Gillmor @dangillmor.bsky.social · 07/09/2026If you support "age verification" online, you are supporting a system that GUARANTEES privacy meltdowns -- endangering all of us -- because the giant databases of scanned IDs are perpetually hacked by criminals who sell private data.techdirt.comHackers Had A Live Feed Of Every ID This Verification Company Scanned. For Over A Year.From the very beginning of this recent obsession with identifying everyone online (yes, they like to call it “age” verification, but it always ends up as identity verification), we̵… 213261
Reposted by remmahThe Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.theverge.comThere is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter seriesYou can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry. 367201439895
Reposted by remmahChise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Published in The New England Journal of Medicine. Peer-reviewed. Large sample size. Sound methodology. An antiviral pill has, for the FIRST time, been shown to PREVENT COVID-19 in individuals exposed to SARS-CoV-2. Ensitrelvir blocks the enzyme coronaviruses need to make new copies of themselves. 3529101060
Reposted by remmahAda Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026New Mexico flipped from fossil fuels to renewables in 5 years. In July 2021 its largest utility drew 83% of its power from coal & gas; this July, renewables supplied 62%. Solar carries the days, batteries release stored sun in the evening, & wind picks up after dark buff.ly/ejt1iFF #ShareGoodNewsTooyaleclimateconnections.orgNew Mexico’s clean energy success story » Yale Climate ConnectionsIn just five years, solar, wind, and batteries overtook fossil fuels, keeping air conditioners running while slashing pollution. 4344133
Reposted by remmahChise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Some people might not be aware, but it is entirely possible that without Dolly Parton we wouldn’t have had a COVID vaccine. She partly funded Moderna’s research and gave the largest individual contribution to make it all happen. Just gives you an idea of the kind of person she was. 235281277747
Reposted by remmahJeff Steck @jefstec.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Something like this would have been helpful to me. The first time I saw "Office Hours" on a syllabus, I thought it was when the professor had Important Business and should not be bothered. 083
Reposted by remmahLGR @lgr-yt.bsky.social · 08/08/2026So this is not the usual post for me, but my cousin just endured a massive fire and lost his home and belongings. He jumped from a 2nd story window to escape, sadly his brother/my other cousin did not survive Just posting this here in case anyone feels compelled and able to help gofund.me/b10a6b3d7gofund.meDonate to Help Loren Rebuild After House Fire, organized by Tera KluxenPlease support Loren and our family Tera is raising this fundraiser for Loren, th… Tera Kluxen needs your support for Help Loren Rebuild After House Fire 28524335
Reposted by remmahxot @xot.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Rebecca Heineman's source code disks for Apple II, Apple IIGS, and C64 versions of "Tass Times in Tonetown" were recently imaged at KansasFest 2026 and are now archived. Burger Becky was an incredible and beloved engineer and raconteur who we sadly lost last year. archive.org/details/tass... 310750
Reposted by remmahDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 04/08/2026Don't look now, but the world has now installed 3TW of solar. Took 10 years to get from 100GW to 1TW. Less than 3 years to get to 2TW. Less than 2 years to get to 3TW. Analysts expect *9TW* by 2036.bloomberg.comThe World Crossed a Major Solar Milestone. No One NoticedThe next phase of the boom may reveal a shift in who is gaining access to the technology. 11950381601
Reposted by remmahChise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 31/07/2026WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 24-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 1.2 MILLION people in Denmark found NO LINK between aluminum in childhood vaccines and autism, asthma, OR chronic disorders. Aluminum is an ADJUVANT. It ENHANCES your immune response to a vaccine. That’s it. 4638701181
Reposted by remmahghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 28/07/2026I think intellectual property is the dark mirror of immigration law, in that people’s intuitive sense of what existing IP law allows is far more restrictive than the reality while their intuitive sense of what existing immigration law allows is far more permissive than the reality 1035139
Reposted by remmahMike Caulfield @mikecaulfield.bsky.social · 25/07/2026This is what I mean when I say conspiracy theory is not a way of thinking but a form of discourse; its core is Wilhoit's Law but for evidence: There must be in-groups whom norms of argument protect but do not bind, alongside out-groups whom the norms bind but do not protect. 34216
Reposted by remmahMike Caulfield @mikecaulfield.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Once you understand that modern conspiracy theory is simply the logical extension of authoritarian principles into the governance of discourse, things make a lot more sense, most supposed "contradictions" resolve 0142
Reposted by remmahBee, dog in the city @brodnork.bsky.social · 22/07/2026my final chost before cohost shut down was kind of cheesy as fuck but I stand by it 100%. Everything's hard and it's so easy to get swept up in the nightmare, but there's things that make life worth living. 318673
Reposted by remmahLinda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 15/07/2026It’s so important to remind people that we can do good smart things that help and don’t hurt. 1040551460
Reposted by remmahtechknight @thetechknight.bsky.social · 11/07/2026The Weather STAR 4000's Original ROM vector toolbox is fully working! More and more of the original spirit is being restored everyday as we are getting super close to true STAR 4000 emulation as well! More to come later! 2358
Reposted by remmahEric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 26/06/2026I am constantly telling my GenZ students to adopt RSS (many of them have never heard of it). RSS is one of my "secrets" to managing my information flows as a professor www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...eff.orgHate “The Algorithm?” RSS Is One of the Tools You’ve Been Looking ForSince at least the moment Facebook introduced (and apologized for) its News Feed, “the algorithm” has been shorthand for the ways the tech giants control what we see and when we see it. In the age of ... 0319
Reposted by remmahPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 04/07/2026The Left(s) should get onboard with a massive expansion of public libraries across the country over the next 25 years. This is an affirmative project. 283282738
Reposted by remmahKacaii @kacaii.dev · 02/07/2026Possum v1.0.0 is published on hex! There's still a lot of progress to be made, but you can already use it to fetch data from servers <3 Feedback is welcome! #gleamlang #atproto tangled.org/kacaii.dev/p...tangled.orgkacaii.dev/possum🐀 ATproto library for gleam 122