@writesparkle

@writesparkle

@writesparkle

@writesparkle

@rk_process9

@rk_process9

Albert Vilella

@AlbertVilella

In #JPM2023 news, $NSTG NanoString presented on January 11, 2023. Started in single-cell gene expression, now expanding into #SpatialBiology. They see a $3B+$3B market opportunity both on the NGS-based and the Imaging-based tech respectively.

The GeoMx is the NGS-based spatial biology solution, akin to the 10X Genomics Visium (and Visium HD in the future), with 25+ instruments in the pipe. CosMx is the imaging-based equivalent (Xenium in 10x portfolio), with about 80 instruments already in the pipe.

Lots of slides to describe CosMx, which is the newest and fastest growing instrument for $NSTG NanoString. High Plex, up to 1000-plex RNA assay, but also does Protein, FFPE Compatible, Tunable Throughput, Complete Informatics (AtoMx). Now 180 cummulative orders.

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Workers' Group EESC

@WorkersEESC

@NicolasSchmitEU

'Every year should be the year of youth. Their figures double the normal unemployment in Europe, and in some member states the situation is worse. And then they often lack proper working conditions, harming their living conditions'

@NicolasSchmitEU #EESCplenary #Youth #Skills

@NicolasSchmitEU

'#Traineeships are great as a transition to the labour market. But multiplication of traineeships are not a substitute for proper employment. And traineeships are a learning opportunity, not a tool for cheap labour'

@NicolasSchmitEU #EESCplenary #Youth #Skills

@NicolasSchmitEU

'Many young people are working in the #GigEconomy. It might be a good way to get a job but in many cases especially on #platforms, they have no social protection, they are underpaid. They must have proper and decent working conditions and pay'

@NicolasSchmitEU #EESCplenary

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Blockchain for Europe

@BlockchainforEU

📢#MiCA is complete!

The landmark #crypto regulation sets out uniform 🇪🇺 requirements for offerors of #cryptoassets and service providers (#CASPs) to apply for authorisation in the Single Market.

👀🧵for a full dive on #MiCA and what it means for the #cryptoindustry.

1/22

Even though a better agreement was close last week, 🇫🇷 vetoed it during the 🇪🇺 MS intervention period & raised concerns on USD-denominated #stablecoins used as a "means of #exchange", suggesting a return to their restriction when used for #settlement purposes ❗️

2/22

@EP_Economics

The compromise was to at least clarify that USD-#stablecoins used for spot #trading would NOT be captured.

The final text was approval by #COREPER yesterday and @EP_Economics will do it on 10/10. Final adoption by Ministers and the Parliament’s Plenary will be end of Oct.

3/22

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Dr. Cristina Vanberghen

@VanberghenEU

@EU_Commission

Celebrating now the end of wild west on #Internet with a glass of tea! #Europe is designing its digital future & need sharp teeth to its new powers! #Platforms will operate in a legal framework that until now was nonexistent #DSA #DMA 🎊 @EU_Commission @Europarl_EN #Mythread 1/1

@vestager

No more domination of technological giants in 🇪🇺 VP @vestager said #DSA #DMA are basic pillars of the efforts to impose stricter rules on #usedandabused technology groups& establish regulations suitable for #Internet era. 1/2

#Democracy now sets the rules for #digital world, rather than the tech giants. #DSA #DMA. #Vestager 1/3

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Citizen of the Future - A Blockchain Theory🌎

@UtilityTheory

@XX_1133_1221_11

Great Map by @XX_1133_1221_11

I noticed I have seen Heng Swee Keat somewhere in my research mindmap before👀

A deep research thread to show #Singapore is a leader in the global #4IR #DLT #Technology #Race🌎

#MAS #Fintech #Research #DeepDive #Innovation #Complex #Ubin🧠
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https://twitter.com/XX_1133_1221_11/status/1537859974612795393

1. 2018 #NTP - Transformational platform - A one-stop interface that will enable traders to interact with all business stakeholders and regulators on trade-related TXNs

"Our vision is to be a truly global network, with efficient data flow to work together to facilitate trade"

2. These #NTP are ecosystems of the future building a regulated digital ecosystem in Singapore

#Ripple, #Tradeflow, #Xinfin, #Wadzpay as examples

ntp.gov.sg/public/search-…
#XDC #WeAreXDC #tradeflow #ICC
#Digitalization #TradeFinance #Platforms #DLT #Data #fintech #Innovation

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Phil Booth

@EinsteinsAttic

https://twitter.com/bengoldacre/status/1512011686659575812

Finally, the #GoldacreReview is published! (During Parliamentary Easter holidays, mid-ping-pong on the #HealthAndCareBill...)

It's 221 pages - each PDF page is a double page spread - so this could be a lo-o-o-ong [Thread].

Here goes...

https://twitter.com/bengoldacre/status/1512011686659575812

First point to note, in the Terms of Reference (p5), is that this is about "access to #NHSdata by #researchers, #commissioners, and #innovators" - i.e. #Planning and #CommercialReUse - so it is directly relevant to the operation of millions of people's #NationalDataOptOuts...

@sajidjavid

"185 wide-ranging recommendations for us to explore", says @sajidjavid (p6). Gulp! Time for some coffee...

"systems that ensure #underrepresented groups are well represented" may (partly) refer to this "landmark review", which got off to a slow start:

gov.uk/government/new…

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Carol Van Cleef

@Carol_VanCleef

@USTreasury

If you haven’t read @USTreasury report on money laundering in #art world, do so this weekend. #NFTs in clear sight - and not just digital art! First (?) step to #FinCEN rules requiring #KYC and much more under the #BSA. @CoinDesk summary flawless. But read the rest. 1/7

https://twitter.com/coindesk/status/1489691200068149248

@USTreasury

@USTreasury report puts #NFTs in full view of policymakers. Not just #artNFTs. We predicted this focus a year ago as well as focus on issue of “innocent” #artist receiving “dirty money” royalties on resale - which is flagged in this report. 2/7

@USTreasury

@USTreasury says some NFT platforms may already be subject to FinCEN rules “depending on the characteristics of the NFTs that they offer.” Not limited to, and not excluding #artNFTs. Immediate compliance obligations - no if and when @SEC finishes its exchange rules. 3/7

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Carmelo Cennamo

@CarmeloCennamo

@Meta

Platform envelopment & killer acquisitions in the spotlight as @Meta (i.e, @Facebook) appeals @CMAgovUK decision to sell @GIPHY. Here’s why I think this could be good news….also for regulators! But some background first. A thread 🧵

#platform #regulation #digital #competition

First, Giphy - what’s that? Check it out, push the gif button 👇

@GIPHY

Well…. in this case the gif animation is provided by Tenor, @GIPHY direct “competitor”, owned by …. 🥁 🥁 🥁 @Google !!! Oh yes…

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GAVNet

@GAValueNetwork

Daily Bookmarks to GAVNet 12/07/2021 greeneracresvaluenetwork.wordpress.com/2021/12/07/dai…

Book checked out for 110 years returned to Boise Public Library

ktvb.com/article/news/l…

#StrangerThanFiction #libraries

1431-1449: The Final Ecumenical Council - Two Churches, One Tradition

byzantineambassador.com/post/1431-1449…

#WesternTheology #pluralism #scholasticism #traditions

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Bruno Carballa Smichowski

@BrunoCarballa

@EU_ScienceHub

📣🚨 New article🚨📣

Do digital #ecosystems render traditional market definition (TMD) obsolete? In our new @EU_ScienceHub empirical WP (bit.ly/3DefTti) we argue that this approach is not obsolete, but needs to be complemented with alternative ones. Here is why 👇🧵

@jacobides

First of all, 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀? “A set of actors with varying degrees of multilateral, 𝘯𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤 complementarities that are not fully hierarchically controlled" (@jacobides, @CarmeloCennamo, & @AnnabelleGawer, 2018, emphasis added).

⚠ Vocabulary caveats. In the paper:

a) "nongeneric complementarities in consumption'' = "demand-side linkages"

b) ''traditional market definition'' = ''substitutability approach''

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GAVNet

@GAValueNetwork

Daily Bookmarks to GAVNet 11/09/2021 greeneracresvaluenetwork.wordpress.com/2021/11/09/dai…

The shifting sands of ‘gain-of-function’ research

nature.com/articles/d4158…

#GainOfFunction #ResearchMethodology #ethics #narrative #consequences

Structure of a ‘promiscuous’ protein will help scientists design better drugs

phys.org/news/2021-11-p…

#GutProtein #MolecularStructure #DrugDevelopment #DrugAbsorption #ResearchResults

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Cristina Vanberghen

@VanberghenEU

@Vestager

This is EVP Margrethe @Vestager speech "Democratic values in a digitalised world" @HumboldtUni 25.10.21. It explains rationales, set up basis for what I think will be a successful #EuropeanDigitalLaw! A speech that will continue to resonate for us #Thread ec.europa.eu/commission/com…

Late 1990: large platforms “emerged and started organizing the internet for what would soon become millions of users around the world.” For 1st time "the platforms acted as global “match-makers” B2C. With “ever-growing match-making” platforms have power, & control. 1/1

Power & control are particularly important 4 #socialmediaplatforms. "Clicks matter. The more content is seen and shared, the higher the income from advertising. Hence, it is not so much the quality or the truthfulness of the content that matters but its “virality”" 1/2

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GAVNet

@GAValueNetwork

Daily Bookmarks to GAVNet 09/13/2021 greeneracresvaluenetwork.wordpress.com/2021/09/13/dai…

The next S-curve in model risk management

mckinsey.com/business-funct…

#SCurve #ModelRiskManagement #FinancialModels #ModelLifeCycles

How Social Media Intensifies U.S. Polarization- and What Can Be Done About It

techpolicy.press/how-social-med…

#SocialMedia #PoliticalPolarization #platforms #legislation

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Phil Booth

@EinsteinsAttic

@Facebook

Hmm. I don't think anyone is claiming @Facebook is *solely* responsible for #antivax #misinformation, but it cannot be disputed the #platforms have been major contributors.

#Facebook can't have it both ways; to refuse to #apologise or accept any #responsibility, but then to...

https://twitter.com/fbnewsroom/status/1416510782158761985

@Facebook

...imply that what it is doing is helping 'solve the problem' (even if it is!) simply underlines @Facebook's chronic lack of #accountability & #SelfAwareness.

"Look how good we are for clearing up some of the sewage we pump out" is more an insult than any sort of justification.

https://twitter.com/noUpside/status/1416787526770065411?s=19

Excellent #counterpoint [Thread] with plenty of references, on the wider growth of #misinformation networks in the #antivax space:

https://twitter.com/noUpside/status/1416787526770065411?s=19

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GAVNet

@GAValueNetwork

Daily Bookmarks to GAVNet 07/05/2021 greeneracresvaluenetwork.wordpress.com/2021/07/05/dai…

Data Rights Will Be The New Civil Rights

datafloq.com/read/data-righ…

#DataRights #CivilRights #ArtificialIntelligence #ethics

Psychedelic spurs growth of neural connections lost in depression

medicalxpress.com/news/2021-07-p…

#psychedelics #NeuralConnections #depression #recovery

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GAVNet

@GAValueNetwork

Daily Bookmarks to GAVNet 05/22/2021 greeneracresvaluenetwork.wordpress.com/2021/05/22/dai…

A Scratched Hint of Ancient Ties Stirs National Furies in Europe

nytimes.com/2021/05/16/wor…

#archaeology #europe #runes #slavic #nativism #nationalism #debate

Zoltan On The Coming QE Endgame: "Banks Have No More Space For Reserves"

zerohedge.com/markets/zoltan…

#banking #reserves #TheFed #FinancialSystem

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GAVNet

@GAValueNetwork

Daily Bookmarks to GAVNet 03/21/2021 greeneracresvaluenetwork.wordpress.com/2021/03/22/dai…

The Bayeux Tapestry Gets Digitized: View the Medieval Tapestry in High Resolution, Down to the Individual Thread

openculture.com/2021/03/the-ba…

#artwork #digitization

Competing on Platforms

sloanreview.mit.edu/article/compet…

#platforms #competitiveness #strategy

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Phil Booth

@EinsteinsAttic

"We are the #Borg. Lower your shields and surrender your ships. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to service us. #ResistanceIsFutile."

theverge.com/2021/3/12/2232…

@Facebook

So if one-fifth of @Facebook's employees work on #AR/#VR, have all of them done a stint as a content #moderator? And given its toxic business model why doesn't #Facebook have at least as many *employees* (not contractors) working on #ContentModeration as it does AR?

Also, whether you believe #data '#TheNewOil' or that a better analogy is #ToxicWaste, for #BigTech / the #platforms the result's the same.

Using ML/DL/AI/AR/VR to extract value involves energy-intensive processing and doesn't factor in other externalities like cultural damage...

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GAVNet

@GAValueNetwork