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Scott Givan

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Director of the Van Andel Institute #Bioinformatics and #Biostatistics Core. @sgivan on X.

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Scott Givan @sag99.bsky.social · 12h
The amount of RAM hasn't been a big limiting factor in consumer computers for the past ~>5 years; e.g. 8-16 gb is usually fine for most of us. But, that's getting expensive now. I bet there will be a push for smaller footprints for software RAM. Or, new/different ways for a CPU to manage DRAM.
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Parkinson's disease links to ultra-processed foods and pesticides www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/w... www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/w... jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
And I’ll just say, I am grateful for a partner who pulled me back in some places, but few pieces get me out of bed to write immediately. Berk’s piece did that. And whatever shade is evident in the piece of mine you read here, know there was more.
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Ben Ross @benross.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt after the Warriors’ win tonight: “Yes, this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully.”
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
I don’t think a better headline could have been written about what happened yesterday. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Rodrigo Pérez Ortega @rpocisv.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
AI models still miss disease in Black and female patients. My new story in @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...
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AI models miss disease in Black and female patients
Analysis of chest x-rays underscores need for monitoring artificial intelligence tools for bias, experts say
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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
This letter appeared in the Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise this morning. I am assured the writer is who he purports to be, an Air Force veteran.
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Grieving a wasted life
At a point in life when there are far too many days behind than ahead, one tends to
re-elected in contrast to standing up for the
reflect on a life lived. In my lifetime decades
greater good?
were devoted to protecting America. Sacri
A compromised Supreme Court recently
fices were made both by myself and my fam-
trotted out a shallow token standards of
Ily in military service. The tip of the spear:
conduct for themselves. Apparently it's
Countless weeks over the years were spent
not a bribe to accept favors after a deci-sion; only before. Corporations are people?
living at the end of a runway on alert with an Really? Whatever happened to Superman's armed B-52 as generations of aviators have motto of "truth, justice, and the American done before and since.
way?"
The purpose: if required, be airborne
Pay-to-play is the theme of the day. Un-
in minutes on a one-way trip bringing a
challenged and uncontested blatant conflicts
nuclear Armageddon to an adversary. Fly:
of interest abound. The rule of law is situ-
ing the unfriendly skies over North Viet-
ational if adhered to at all. America can no
nam provided a brief interlude, but overall,
longer be trusted. The unbridled pursuit of
this long line of silent sentinels stood firm
power and wealth driven by unquenchable
to protect America by deterring external
greed has left service above self and Con-
threats to our freedoms and way of life
stitutional norms in the dustbin of a quaint
across the decades. I was privileged to serve past. with men and women of integrity imbued
Recently the VA said exposure to Agent
with a sense of service.
Orange is the probable cause of the can-
I'm truly grateful that the B-52s we flew, which were built tough, were engineered
cers I live with. Actually I suspect it's more from yet unspecified sources, which cause
on scientific principles and fabricated by experienced, skilled workers rather than
military pilots to have significantly higher
founded on mere beli…
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Only in America could a Ketamine-infused South African oligarch call a navy captain, astronaut and sitting US senator "a traitor" for supporting our allies and standing up to Russia...
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Tris @trisresists.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Dicks Sporting Goods is one of the good guys! 🏆
Dicks sporting goods sign outside store says WE DO NOT ACCEPT RACISM OR DISCRIMINATION OF ANY KIND.
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Scott Givan @sag99.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
I agree -- I think `alias` is overused. #bash #linux #linuxshell Why "alias" is my last resort for aliases buff.ly/GJBoap1
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Why "alias" is my last resort for aliases
I prefer scripts to real aliases when defining a custom command.
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Scott Givan @sag99.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
What?! Man, I've been away too long ... #CSS Functions in CSS?! buff.ly/M6Vmn4g
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Functions in CSS?! | CSS-Tricks
Arguments?! Return values?! What's crazier, you can use functions right now in Chrome Canary! So, after reading and playing around, here are my key insights on what you need to know about CSS…
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Scott Givan @sag99.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Judge Issues Preliminary Injunction Blocking NIH Indirect Cost Cuts for Research Grants
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Judge Issues Preliminary Injunction Blocking NIH Indirect Cost Cuts for Research Grants
Imminent risk to clinical trials and medical research "warranted the issuance of a nationwide temporary restraining order to maintain the status quo," the judge wrote.
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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Alina Habbard posted: NOTHING CAN STOP THIS MAN FROM FIGHTING FOR HIS COUNTRY. David Simon had a succinct 2-word response: “Bone spurs.”
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Scott Givan @sag99.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
If you bully someone into calling you a "strong leader" and showering you with gratitude and praise, are you actually a strong leader? Or just an average megalomaniac?
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Health Nerd @gidmk.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Medical error is not the "third leading cause of death". This is a lie based on a truly woeful paper. I've unlocked the piece because apparently this disinformation is now being shared by RFK Jr. and the US federal government. Feel free to share! gidmk.substack.com/p/medical-er...
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Medical Error Is Not The Third Leading Cause Of Deaths
The bad science behind a commonly-cited statistic
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Dr Emma Hodcroft @firefoxx66.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
I don't know how else to say this except for bluntly: It is not normal to have outbreaks of preventable diseases in wealthy countries. It is not normal to have children dying from preventable diseases in wealthy countries. This is the first US measles death in 10 years. There should be none.
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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
It is worth paying close attention to the new bill "Dangerous Viral Gain of Function Research Moratorium Act" introduced by Senator Roger Marshall. If enacted, it will effectively stop all of virological research, including for vaccines. www.marshall.senate.gov/wp-content/u... 🧵👇
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Scott Givan @sag99.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Here's the thing. What if you "cancel" something that we need in 6 months, 2 years, 4 years or 10 years? What happens then?
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 26/02/2025
RNA xkcd.com/3056
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Scott Givan @sag99.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
This article bugs me (Ha!). Saying that #AI can solve in 2 days something that took a human 10 yrs is misleading. AI has the benefit of that 10 yrs of research! AI cracks #superbug problem in two days that took scientists years
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AI cracks superbug problem in two days that took scientists years
The lead researcher has told the BBC he was so astounded he assumed his computer had been hacked.
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Scott Givan @sag99.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
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One Word Describes Trump
A century ago, a German sociologist explained precisely how the president thinks about the world.
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Jacob Schreiber @jmschreiber91.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Biases in machine-learning models of human single-cell data A nice overview that appropriately focuses on how important biases exist at the data level. If your data is not representative of what you really care about (e.g. everyone) no fancy ML model can save you. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Biases in machine-learning models of human single-cell data - Nature Cell Biology
This Perspective discusses the various biases that can emerge along the pipeline of machine learning-based single-cell analysis and presents methods to train models on human single-cell data in order ...
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Scott Givan @sag99.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
The state of Vim [LWN.net] buff.ly/3CtIFMl
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Jason Moore @moorejh.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
If you don't trust your employees to work remotely then you probably hired the wrong people and that is on you.
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