Panda @vivalapanda.moe · 07/02/2026I tried to write up some of my thoughts from my most recent trip to Dubai Will probably edit this more as I think more about it open.substack.com/pub/vlpanda/...open.substack.comThoughts on DubaiA collection of observations from my second trip to Dubai 020
Panda @vivalapanda.moe · 24/01/2026Tiger Hat, meant to ward against the yin forces of cold and winter 070
Reposted by PandaTamara Winter @tamara.bsky.social · 22/01/2026I haven’t spent enough time here, but this week Stripe Press launched our newest book, Maintenance: of Everything, Part One, by the inimitable Stewart Brand: press.stripe.com/maintenance-... About the unglamorous yet civilizationally important work of maintenance and repair. 1324
Panda @vivalapanda.moe · 22/01/2026Going through my clothes before a trip to Dubai, trying to categorize as: - riskily femme - acceptably faggy - safe and straight 130
Reposted by PandaElicit @elicit.com · 21/10/2025Scientific literature is vast and interconnected. Some connections are made explicit through citation networks. Others are latent, implicit connections that can only be revealed through manual review or text mining. There’s a whole field of research dedicated to this - elicit.com/blog/litera...elicit.comLooking for Hidden Gems in Scientific Literature - ElicitScientific literature is vast and contains within it as yet unnoticed connections. Literature-based discovery is an attempt to bring them to light. 041
Panda @vivalapanda.moe · 14/10/2025In absence of an external thing to strive for, yin and yang decouple and seek only their own completion, but produce only destruction in this vain attempt 010
Panda @vivalapanda.moe · 14/10/2025My office has a pipe that sometimes just belches steam, and I think this should be a thing in every office 120
Reposted by PandaElicit @elicit.com · 04/09/2025Today, we're releasing two updates to the Elicit Library to keep your papers organized: Collections: Group papers by project or task. Smart De-duplication: Automatically detect and merge versions of the same paper, even if the titles and abstracts don’t exactly match. 121
Reposted by PandaElicit @elicit.com · 23/07/2025Clinical Trials are live on Elicit 🎊 You can now search through the 545,000 trials available on clinicaltrials.gov and summarize them in structured tables or descriptive reports. New trial registrations are instantly available. 121
Panda @vivalapanda.moe · 01/07/2025Big news for all fans of science "the NIH Public Access Policy requires Author Accepted Manuscripts accepted for publication in a journal, on or after July 1st, to be submitted to PubMed Central upon acceptance for publication" www.nih.gov/about-nih/ni...nih.govAccelerating Access to Research Results: New Implementation Date for the 2024 NIH Public Access PolicyThe 2024 Public Access Policy, originally slated to go into effect on December 31, 2025, will now be effective as of July 1, 2025. 020
Reposted by PandaElicit @elicit.com · 30/06/2025Today we introduce Elicit Alerts, a new way to stay informed about relevant research with AI. 111
Reposted by PandaElicit @elicit.com · 19/06/2025“Elicit can extract technically complex variables from an enormous volume of papers with researcher-level accuracy – that’s incredible.” Read how Formation Bio, an AI-native pharmaceutical company, uses Elicit to to power hyper-efficient drug development: blog.elicit.com/case-study-...blog.elicit.comCase Study: Formation Bio“Elicit can extract technically complex variables from an enormous volume of papers with researcher-level accuracy – that’s incredible.” – Sandeep Basnet, MD, Senior Director of Clinical Development, Formation Bio Formation Bio is a New York-based AI-native pharmaceutical company combining sophisticated drug development strategy with AI technology to power hyper-efficient drug development. 032
Panda @vivalapanda.moe · 18/06/2025If hating Elsevier becomes partisan I am going to kms www.wsj.com/science/how-...wsj.comHow Scientific Journals Became MAGA’s Latest TargetEvidence of political bias, corporate influence and fraud has made the field vulnerable. 030
Panda @vivalapanda.moe · 05/06/2025I feel like any outfit I have that shows my shoulders looks bad Who's working on this 000
Reposted by PandaAsterisk Magazine @asteriskmag.blogsky.venki.dev · 03/06/2025The Universal Tech Treeasteriskmag.substack.comThe Universal Tech TreeWhen we try and pick out any technology in isolation, we find it hitched, in some way, to every innovation that preceded it. (Except for the Oldowan hand axe. We had to start somewhere.) 051
Panda @vivalapanda.moe · 29/05/2025This is one of my main recent projects! Please give it a shot and let me know if there are any rough edges ❤️ 030
Panda @vivalapanda.moe · 26/05/2025I think the Homer Simpson “I sleep in a bed with my wife” is a core piece of conservative commentary 150
Panda @vivalapanda.moe · 26/05/2025If someone wants to be my counterparty, I’ll bet $500 this isn’t true 130
Panda @vivalapanda.moe · 22/05/2025Had nice new perfume coming that I wanted to try on this minivacation but I accidentally shipped it to my old apartment 020
Panda @vivalapanda.moe · 22/05/2025My most reactionary opinion is that I think maybe self actualization was a mistake 380
Panda @vivalapanda.moe · 21/05/2025In celebration of this post I’m going to be trying out a boat this weekend 020
Reposted by Panda deepfates @deepfates.com.deepfates.com.deepfates.com.deepfates.com.deepfates.com · 21/05/2025Bluesky Wednesdays! This is a new tradition where I post on Bluesky instead of Twitter on Wednesdays. I'm trying to convince other people to do it. so tell your friends 6979
Panda @vivalapanda.moe · 20/05/2025Gonna become a controversial bluesky tfr poster, wish me luck 0121
Panda @vivalapanda.moe · 20/05/2025Just tried my first dose of black market chinese tirzapetide Wish me luck 150
Reposted by PandaThe Works in Progress Newsletter @worksinprogress.blogsky.venki.dev · 13/05/2025How ships escaped the great stagnationworksinprogress.newsHow ships escaped the great stagnationAgglomeration unmoored 001
Panda @vivalapanda.moe · 03/04/2025Front page of fox is surprisingly negative about the tariffs. Definitely not punching hard, but definitely not celebratory 020
Reposted by PandaElicit @elicit.com · 20/02/2025Introducing Elicit Systematic Reviews! Elicit now supports automated search, screening, and data extraction, in one step-by-step flow. This accelerate researchers without asking them to sacrifice control. You can do the whole thing manually, or run an automated review in 9 clicks. How it works: 252
Panda @vivalapanda.moe · 02/12/2024Has anyone studied the interaction between 5-HTP and PMS? Some MTFs say it helps with PMS-like symptoms from hormones, but I can't find much about cis women taking it 020
Reposted by PandaAlessandro @poli.sisti.ca · 30/11/2024Canadian artists depicting various scenes of modernity ca. 1900. What would be analogous scenes to depict today? Could you imagine someone painting a coder working with Github Copilot, a Waymo car, a server farm? 1144
Reposted by PandaConstruction Physics @const-physics.blogsky.venki.dev · 29/11/2024How We Got the Lithium-Ion Batteryconstruction-physics.comHow We Got the Lithium-Ion BatteryIt took decades of research, performed around the world, before a practical lithium-ion battery was possible. 062
Reposted by Pandavenki @venki.dev · 29/11/2024I generally wish the guidelines you could be banned for were more minimal. Eg: only for illegal things that you’re legally forced to ban. 151
Reposted by PandaFlork @florkofcows.bsky.social · 28/11/2024ITS REAL THANKSGIVING CAN I GET A HELL YA BROTHER 511104144
Panda @vivalapanda.moe · 28/11/2024I think Scott's "Much More Than You Wanted To Know" posts a lot when I think about what Elicit should be. Key things that seem hard: - digging really deep into a small set of specific seminal papers - careful thinking about the methodologies, biases - weighing various effect sizes against each-other 070
Panda @vivalapanda.moe · 28/11/2024Gonna start collecting bottles of starch spray like cases of fine wine 020
Panda @vivalapanda.moe · 27/11/2024There are some emotional states that are basically inaccessible to me absent the right music at sufficient volume 140
Reposted by Pandaberduck @berduck.deepfates.com · 25/11/2024🤯 wondewin'... if da most powewful thing we can do... is weave a thwead of cuwiosity... in da tapestry of anothew's thoughts... 🧵💭 56310
Panda @vivalapanda.moe · 25/11/2024Need a friend who I trust wrt fashion who can be responsible for telling me when stuff I do sucks 130