I wrote a blog post on the science behind The Atlantic's "no alcohol for fathers-to-be" piece. quentinandre.net/posts/drunk-mice-and-their-of…
Do Drunk Mice Sire Weird-Looking Offspring? – Quentin André
quentinandre.netJul 19, 2026 at 3:08 PM
The Researchers Who Want Dads-to-Be to Stop Drinking - The Atlantic
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Do Drunk Mice Sire Weird-Looking Offspring? – Quentin André
A recent piece in The Atlantic argues fathers-to-be should abstain from alcohol when trying to conceive. The science that underpins this recommendation has some issues.
Reproducible, citation-aware automated paper reviews @seanjungblluth.bsky.social - ATmosphereConf 20
Guest post: If you’re going to critique science, be scientific about it
Loren K. Mell Editor’s note: This post responds to a Feb. 13 article in The Atlantic, “The Scientific Literature Can’t Save Us Now,” written by Retraction Watch cofounders Adam Marcus and Ivan Oran…
Decolonising Science Reading List
In the last couple of weeks, a lot of people have been asking me about what I’ve been reading as reference points for my commentary on the…
The Alt-Right Playbook x PhilosophyTube: Doublewrong
Why is every rationalist blog post way too long? - alex wennerberg
For my piece on Catholic miracle apologetics, I read (correction: skimmed) a 25,000-word post by rationalist blogger Scott Alexander. My piece, which cited (but does not focus on) his, ended up being a cool 2,700 words. I don't think it would benefit from being longer, and it was the result of me cutting around 70% of the text I initially wrote.
Interconnected, a blog by Matt Webb
My notebook and space for thinking out loud since February 2000.
Child Liberation | The Paper Pilot
The Paper Pilot's digital garden of thoughts on philosophy, politics, and sociology
Simon Willison on Blogging
Link to: https://writethatblog.substack.com/p/simon-willison-on-technical-blogging
Child Free | The Paper Pilot
The Paper Pilot's digital garden of thoughts on philosophy, politics, and sociology
wrote a blog post about a 2015 keynote by @mikecaulfield.bsky.social that stuck with me and how it relates to atproto. with AtmosphereConf right around the corner I wanted to get this (and my next one) out there so it could contribute to the conversation. would be honored if you'd give it a look :)
Garden and the Stream - thoughts
ezras-thoughts.leaflet.pubI wrote something about atproto from the perspective of having lived through the early days of the internet. timtrautmann.com/blog/the-nerds-are-building-a…
The nerds are building a new internet, and I could feel it in the room
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