andrewknightmd @andrewknightmd

Joined March 2020

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andrewknightmd @andrewknightmd

2 years ago

Most Harvard students are eager for open debate on controversial issues, writes Harvard professor Tarek Masoud, but administrators are too timid to make it possible. wsj.com/us-news/educat… via @WSJ Best take I've seen on these issues

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Eric Topol @EricTopol

4 years ago

Omicron won't be the last coronavirus variant to haunt us latimes.com/opinion/story/… @latimesopinion

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James Hamblin @jameshamblin

4 years ago

So we're all supposed to "prepare for blizzard conditions" just because the scientific establishment and the media say so? And anyone who says it will be sunny and 70 is canceled? All's I'm saying is, lots of $ changing hands in snow shovel industry. Do your own meteorology.

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Massimo @Rainmaker1973

4 years ago

The lyrebird of the genus Menura can imitate the calls of at least 20 species of birds and more interestingly, other sounds it hears. In this 2009 BBC video, David Attenborough shows one imitating a variety of unexpected sounds [full video, BBC Earth: buff.ly/32Qrehn]

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Eric Topol @EricTopol

4 years ago

Remarkably low rate of myocarditis among children mRNA (Pfizer) vaccinated age 5-11 Total of 12 cases among 8.7 million doses given cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/… Rate of 4/million in boys is <1/10th the rate in teens

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New York Magazine @NYMag

4 years ago

"The fact that a fire can essentially become self-sustaining outside the wildland, in an urban environment — it’s a reemergence of an old problem," @Weather_West tells @dwallacewells nym.ag/3mQIBen

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andrewknightmd @andrewknightmd

4 years ago

wpr.org/patients-griev… Is the quality of health care is affected by Mayo's policy, which effectively prevents physicians from speaking publicly about policies and procedures? In my opinion, it certainly could be. This policy must not be tolerated, by patients or providers.

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Massimo @Rainmaker1973

4 years ago

The Andromeda galaxy is 6 times bigger in the sky than the full Moon: it's just too dim to see with the naked eye. This composite created by Tom Buckley-Houston shows what it would look like at night if it was just brighter [read more: ow.ly/EMek50A0CeU]

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Massimo @Rainmaker1973

4 years ago

99.9999999% of all the matter we know, is empty space. If we lost all the dead space inside our atoms, we would each be able to fit into a particle of dust, and the entire human species would fit into the volume of a sugar cube [source: buff.ly/34qdw6x]

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Ricky Gervais @rickygervais

4 years ago

Imagine if you had to watch comedy that you found offensive, boring or unfunny. That would be awful. Luckily, you don't. Phew! Anyway, here are some dogs.

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Massimo @Rainmaker1973

4 years ago

Hans Forsberg created a machine that rewards local magpies with food when they throw away litter. In this video, a magpie brings a bottle cap that Forsberg left in the garden and when it drops the cap in the machine, a treat drops down in payment [video: buff.ly/2VJlk05]

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Eric Topol @EricTopol

4 years ago

There needs to be truth-telling about the reduced protection of mRNA vaccines vs symptomatic Delta infections. It was 95% pre-Delta. Many are claiming it's still ~80%. It isn't. 50-60% is best estimate from all sources (not US, since we don't have the data)

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Andy Slavitt 🇺🇦 @ASlavitt

4 years ago

The controversy about the Alzheimer’s drug would be a lot lower if the company couldn’t unilaterally decide to price the drug to make $100 BILLION on it annually. Medicare needs the power to negotiate.

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David Roberts @drvolts

4 years ago

If psychedelics turn out to be as effective as they look in early trials, we're going to look back at the last 50 years of prohibition & realize we just sat by & allowed oceans of unnecessary pain.

Ezra Klein @ezraklein

4 years ago

If psychedelics turn out to be as effective as they look in early trials, we're going to look back at the last 50 years of prohibition & realize we just sat by & allowed oceans of unnecessary pain.

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Prof. Shane Crotty @profshanecrotty

5 years ago

Get vaccinated! Defend yourself against forkhands! (This tweet not sponsored by Spoons of America) 😆

Scott Hanselman 🌮 @shanselman

5 years ago

Get vaccinated! Defend yourself against forkhands! (This tweet not sponsored by Spoons of America) 😆

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Helen Dale (not on your team, but always fair) @_HelenDale

5 years ago

Mother Nature's Screensaver. [It's a starling murmuration.]

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David Brooks @nytdavidbrooks

5 years ago

The school system is powerfully influenced by organizations that don’t seem to believe in critical thinking, adjusting beliefs according to the evidence, or combating fear with science. God help us. nytimes.com/2021/01/28/opi…

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Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

5 years ago

Posted this five years ago. But from what has transpired in America recently, it’s clear that not enough people paid attention. So I’ll try again… A meditation on Political vs. Personal vs. Objective Truths [1,000 words — 4 minute read] haydenplanetarium.org/tyson/commenta…