Cantankerous evolutionary biologist. Art Lover. Detest hubris, pseudo-profound bullshit, bad science, & Open Access. Used to be a Democrat Before They Became Socialists (Been There Done That ... in Romania). Antizionism = Antisemitism.https://bsky.app/profile/dgraur.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/dgraur.bsky.social/post/3mrfdz2dx4s26Today, I am 73. My life expectancy is ~12 years. My probability of dying within the next year is ~2.8%. ~91% of the U.S. population is younger than I am. ~95% of the world's population is younger than I am. ~25% of the people born in the same year as I was are no longer alive.24 Jul 2026 12:27 +0000at://did:plc:aewgirm7orbpm2uaps2onq5v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrfdz2dx4s26https://bsky.app/profile/dgraur.bsky.social/post/3mrczv4l2a224If there is one truth about science, it is that scientists are human and as all humans they are reluctant to admit error. So, although scientists preach Popperian falsification, few like to find themselves on the falsified side of the equation. https://www.tumblr.com/judgestarling/822672140433227776/the-case-of-the-invading-cell-and-500000-garbage23 Jul 2026 14:20 +0000at://did:plc:aewgirm7orbpm2uaps2onq5v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrczv4l2a224https://bsky.app/profile/dgraur.bsky.social/post/3mr6flngsxc2gThe scientific literature contains at least half a million cell-culture papers that are worse than worthless. They are garbage—useless and harmful. #HeLa today.https://judgestarling.tumblr.com/post/822672140433227776/the-case-of-the-invading-cell-and-500000-garbage21 Jul 2026 18:06 +0000at://did:plc:aewgirm7orbpm2uaps2onq5v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr6flngsxc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/dgraur.bsky.social/post/3mr6fcteswc2gBishop Adam of Melrose doubled the butter tax from 6 kg butter per 20 cows to 6 kg per 10 cows. The farmers complained to the local ruler, Earl Jon Haraldsson, who replied: "The devil take the bishop and his butter; you may roast him if you please!... which they did. Religion ≠ Social Justice.21 Jul 2026 18:01 +0000at://did:plc:aewgirm7orbpm2uaps2onq5v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr6fcteswc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/dgraur.bsky.social/post/3mr4rnt3fb22uAre the #Maine dems mad? Is this the best candiate they have? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/07/20/democrat-set-replace-platner-maine-led-state-senate-with-temper/21 Jul 2026 02:37 +0000at://did:plc:aewgirm7orbpm2uaps2onq5v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr4rnt3fb22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/dgraur.bsky.social/post/3mr4rm2fajk2uAre the #Michigan dems mad? Is this the best candiate they have? https://jewishinsider.com/2026/07/abdul-el-sayed-kelly-neumann-fundraiser-nazi-grandfather-warren/?utm_source=jis21 Jul 2026 02:36 +0000at://did:plc:aewgirm7orbpm2uaps2onq5v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr4rm2fajk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/dgraur.bsky.social/post/3mr3mqx6pls2cPosted an essay entitled "The Case of the Invading Cell and 500,000 Garbage Articles." It deals with Stanley Gartler's 1965 discovery on cell cultures being invaded by HeLa. As a consequence, approximately 500,000 articles would need to be retracted. Fat chance! https://www.tumblr.com/judgestarling/822672140433227776/the-case-of-the-invading-cell-and-500000-garbage20 Jul 2026 15:37 +0000at://did:plc:aewgirm7orbpm2uaps2onq5v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr3mqx6pls2chttps://bsky.app/profile/dgraur.bsky.social/post/3mr2bdacotk2hA compliment? "He had a lack of intelligencenthat made him endearing."20 Jul 2026 02:39 +0000at://did:plc:aewgirm7orbpm2uaps2onq5v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr2bdacotk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/dgraur.bsky.social/post/3mqzrdg5doc2nWhy is soccer inherently unpredictable? One major reason is the very small number of points (goals) in each match (mean = ~2.5), as opposed to the number of points in a basketball match (mean = ~116). #football #basketball #soccer https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct998z19 Jul 2026 21:53 +0000at://did:plc:aewgirm7orbpm2uaps2onq5v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqzrdg5doc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/dgraur.bsky.social/post/3mqzc6lgyvc2tRelativism: If houseflies wrote the Bible.19 Jul 2026 17:22 +0000at://did:plc:aewgirm7orbpm2uaps2onq5v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqzc6lgyvc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/dgraur.bsky.social/post/3mqzbxhujtc2tI was not familiar with this expression. "Jump the shark" is an idiom used to describe the moment when a franchise reaches its peak and begins an irreversible decline in quality. It refers to desperate, outlandish, or gimmicky plot twists introduced to maintain audience interest. Trump, indeed!19 Jul 2026 17:18 +0000at://did:plc:aewgirm7orbpm2uaps2onq5v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqzbxhujtc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/dgraur.bsky.social/post/3mqxzr2agcs2m... as opposed to Kapo Socialist Bernie Sanders, who hates Israel's democracy, loves the "democracies" of Hamas, Iran, and Hezbollah, and pines for historical Socialists, like Stalin, Mao, Ceaușescu, and Pol Pot. @sanders.senate.gov19 Jul 2026 05:19 +0000at://did:plc:aewgirm7orbpm2uaps2onq5v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqxzr2agcs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/dgraur.bsky.social/post/3mqxzbozfjk2mRFK says he can visually diagnose mitochondrial challenges in kids. I just listen to him & I immediately recognize the symptoms of Alpers-Huttenlocher syndrome, a rare mitochondrial disease characterized by progressive mental retardation and susceptibility to brain worms. @robertfkennedy.bsky.social19 Jul 2026 05:10 +0000at://did:plc:aewgirm7orbpm2uaps2onq5v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqxzbozfjk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/dgraur.bsky.social/post/3mqxy2pcbkk22The abuse heaped on Kylian Mbappé after France's Mondial defeat recalls Einstein's quip: "If relativity proves right, Germany will call me German and France a citizen of the world. If it proves wrong, France will call me German and Germany will call me a Jew."19 Jul 2026 04:48 +0000at://did:plc:aewgirm7orbpm2uaps2onq5v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqxy2pcbkk22https://bsky.app/profile/dgraur.bsky.social/post/3mqwvygx6ks2gMimicry in nature. Seems very accurate. #EugeneLevy @twisteddoodles.bsky.social18 Jul 2026 18:39 +0000at://did:plc:aewgirm7orbpm2uaps2onq5v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqwvygx6ks2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/dgraur.bsky.social/post/3mqwvtnmivc2gHow confident are you in your understanding a scientific issue? @tomgauld.bsky.social18 Jul 2026 18:36 +0000at://did:plc:aewgirm7orbpm2uaps2onq5v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqwvtnmivc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/dgraur.bsky.social/post/3mqwv534sss2qA case report: An 85-y old woman with progressive Alzheimer’s for 10 y. After taking 5 g of psilocybin-containing mushrooms, she regained speech, control of her bladder, etc. Asinine critics raised the objection of "long term effects." At 85, what long term? https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnins.2026.1813281/full18 Jul 2026 18:23 +0000at://did:plc:aewgirm7orbpm2uaps2onq5v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqwv534sss2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/dgraur.bsky.social/post/3mqwujovubk2sExtinction may be a good thing... I think. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2531859-screwworm-could-be-the-first-species-targeted-by-an-extinction-drive/18 Jul 2026 18:12 +0000at://did:plc:aewgirm7orbpm2uaps2onq5v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqwujovubk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/dgraur.bsky.social/post/3mqwuc3ds4k2sOrangutan mothers take orangutan infants to playdates. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.06.20.733430v118 Jul 2026 18:08 +0000at://did:plc:aewgirm7orbpm2uaps2onq5v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqwuc3ds4k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/dgraur.bsky.social/post/3mquon75mic2vJD Vance: “The thing I couldn’t get over Biden is … the way that he ate ice cream, in the most suggestive way imaginable." Also "You have to be a very manly man to be able to confidently eat a corn dog.” 83-year old men and corndogs make Vance think gay thoughts. He is even sicker than Trump.17 Jul 2026 21:22 +0000at://did:plc:aewgirm7orbpm2uaps2onq5v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mquon75mic2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/dgraur.bsky.social/post/3mquodlnshk2vHuman childbirth used to be regarded as uniquely difficult, due to a tight cephalopelvic fit thought to result from a trade-off between bipedal locomotion and large brain size. Other primates, e.g., marmosets, have it worse. What sin did the marmoset females commit? https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-026-03102-517 Jul 2026 21:16 +0000at://did:plc:aewgirm7orbpm2uaps2onq5v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mquodlnshk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/dgraur.bsky.social/post/3mqumuipysk2fThe neutral theory of brain and face evolution. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42409787/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42409787/17 Jul 2026 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:aewgirm7orbpm2uaps2onq5v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqumuipysk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/dgraur.bsky.social/post/3mqumlxjznc27I must have missed the gatherings at Harvard & Columbia protesting the #Yazdi #genocide. Similarly, I must have missed the fiery speeches by the current & former presidents of #Ireland on the matter. I also heard nothing from Greta Thunberg and there were no selfies on her valiant efforts. My fault17 Jul 2026 20:45 +0000at://did:plc:aewgirm7orbpm2uaps2onq5v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqumlxjznc27https://bsky.app/profile/dgraur.bsky.social/post/3mqukbz6ffc27Only about 10% of humans are lefties. The percentage is much higher in dogs, where lefties outnumber righties 49% to 30%. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article/13/6/252201/482081/The-Doginburgh-Inventory-from-hands-to-paws-in17 Jul 2026 20:04 +0000at://did:plc:aewgirm7orbpm2uaps2onq5v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqukbz6ffc27https://bsky.app/profile/dgraur.bsky.social/post/3mquk2brhls27"Nostalgia is a side effect of dying." John Green17 Jul 2026 20:00 +0000at://did:plc:aewgirm7orbpm2uaps2onq5v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mquk2brhls27https://bsky.app/profile/dgraur.bsky.social/post/3mqujyqqqes27"Stupidity has a knack of getting its way." Albert Camus17 Jul 2026 19:59 +0000at://did:plc:aewgirm7orbpm2uaps2onq5v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqujyqqqes27https://bsky.app/profile/dgraur.bsky.social/post/3mqujv7vfus27The reason for the ongoing coordinated coverup of Epstein files is the existence of evidence that Trump has a predilection for hurting women nipples. Republicans (from J. D. Vance downward) are shielding a rapist of minors. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/magazine/trump-epstein-files-white-house-vance-doj.html17 Jul 2026 19:57 +0000at://did:plc:aewgirm7orbpm2uaps2onq5v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqujv7vfus27https://bsky.app/profile/dgraur.bsky.social/post/3mqujeznn7k27Only in America: One person was arrested after an armed robbery at a lemonade stand in Boston run by two kids. Two masked men flashed a gun and took the cash box. The victims response: "We're 12 and 11. You shouldn't do that."17 Jul 2026 19:48 +0000at://did:plc:aewgirm7orbpm2uaps2onq5v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqujeznn7k27https://bsky.app/profile/dgraur.bsky.social/post/3mqtyxzombc2tBrother, can you spare $10,000,000? My son would like to purchase Diego Maradona's Historic "Hand of God" ball. https://sports.ha.com/itm/soccer-collectibles/balls/1986-diego-maradona-historic-hand-of-god-and-goal-of-the-century-game-used-soccer-ball-photo-matched-/p/50087-227001.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-07151517 Jul 2026 14:54 +0000at://did:plc:aewgirm7orbpm2uaps2onq5v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqtyxzombc2t