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Tyler Black, MD

@tylerblack32

Aug 1, 2021 • 8 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X

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In the course of the year I've learned a lot about #astrophotography, and there is no greater manifestation of that development than M31, or the Andromeda Galaxy. I'm so proud of this image, it's what I set out to do when I started this whole journey.

Taken: July 27-31, 2021
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Last year, I picked up my first attempt of trying to capture andromeda. This is what it looked like. I had to find it in the sky, and without a tracker, shoot it quick enough so it didn't look streaky.

This is one shot, 1.3 seconds at ISO 3200 via Nikon.

8-sep-2020
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I then learned about stacking, and was able to work really hard (without a tracker), taking 800 of those pictures to stack, to produce what (at the time) was just incredible to me: a close up of a galaxy from the ground.

10-oct-2020

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I was able to get a star-tracker, which allowed me to use less ISO and more exposure time. This led to a substantially better picture, and I was well on my way to figuring out what I needed to do this whole #Astrophotography thing.

21-oct-2020

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As I worked on learning how to keep focus, track with a guiding camera/scope, and my post-processing skills, I was able to get more and more out of this galaxy.

23-oct-2020

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By November of 2020, I was pushing my Nikon setup + Tamron lens to the limit, but I was also getting excellent results!

6-nov-2020

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And now I'm at a point where I can not only get the galaxy, but even zoom into the core and show you the incredible dust trail...

30-Jul-2021

I definitely needed something to get me through the pandemic, and I'm so glad I found something that combined my love of space (galaxies, planets, and nebulae), science (physics of light, stellar compositions), and photography.

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Tyler Black, MD

@tylerblack32

Nov 24

🧵RFK Jr. is an antivax, AIDS-denying, absolutely antiscientific conspiracist.🧵

ANTIVAX:
“They get [vaccinated], that night they have a fever of 103, they go to sleep, and three months later their brain is gone... This is a Holocaust, what this is doing to our country.”

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ANTIVAX:
"I do believe that autism does come from vaccines"

Metaanalyses involving MILLIONS of children have confirmed there is no link. The lie started with another antivaxxer, disgraced fraudster Andrew Wakefield, who fabricated data.

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ANTIVAX:
"I've read all the science on autism and I can tell you, if you want to know... If it didn't come from the vaccines, then where did it come from?"

Autism primarily from combo of genetic factors & early brain development differences.

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Tyler Black, MD

@tylerblack32

Nov 19

Battling Election Misinformation
Part 2: "The Mandate"

Contrary to media/republican pronouncements, the election of Donald Trump was one of the narrowest (by popular vote, +1.73%) in history, with only 7 elections since 1800 being narrower.

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In fact, if we look at the margin of victory when we include all eligible voters, Trump wins with 31.3% of the voting population, compared to Harris' 30.2% and 1% going to other candidates. 37.4% did not vote.

If we only include voters, Trump wins 50.03% to 49.97%

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When we look at the electoral college results, Trump won 58% of available electoral college votes. This would rank his election 41st out of 57 elections since 1800.

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Tyler Black, MD

@tylerblack32

Nov 15

"[AIDS] is not being caused by a virus. It's not a virus... These people are dying because of 'poppers'... they were people who were part of a gay lifestyle... "

"This is not a viral disease, but it's a disease that is environmental."

- HHS Secretary Nominee RFK Jr

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Chemicals in water are causing trans kids: "A lot of the problems we see in kids... are coming from chemical exposures, including a lot of the sexual dysphoria that we’re seeing."

- HHS Secretary Nominee RFK Jr

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Wifi radiation causes autism, allergies, asthma, eczema: “I think it degrades your mitochondria and it opens your blood-brain barrier,”

- HHS Secretary Nominee RFK Jr

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Tyler Black, MD

@tylerblack32

Nov 7

🧵Battling Antivax Disinfo🧵
Vaccination did NOT increase cancer deaths.

Here I took the 6 deadliest cancers (all 5 survival rates under 50%) in a highly vaccinated population (25-54), and we can see ZERO evidence of vaccine-related cancer deaths, all the way to May 2024.

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If i move ages to 55+, we see the same thing, and we are now looking at a lot of deaths from these extremely aggressive cancers, so this isn't some underpowered stuff here. There is NO evidence that deadly cancers have increased due to vaccination.

None.

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If we take all ages 5+ and look for until May 2024, we see no increase in these highly aggressive cancer deaths, or any cancer deaths.

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Tyler Black, MD

@tylerblack32

Nov 7

The Presidential Election
Data Geekery with my interpretations

1) The Country Shifted, but More Didn't.

The final share will be ~ +1.3 to +1.5% for Trump, which is a shift of ~+5.8%.

If America was a room with 65 people in it, only 2 out of the 65 people switched shirts.

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Note: this math might seem like it doesn't work, but we have to remember to include those that voted 3rd party (1.5%ish) and those that didn't vote (about 35%).

Excluding non-voters who were eligible,
2020: 22/43 D & 20/43 R
2024: 20/42 D & 21/42 R

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In other words, the great majority of the country didn't switch, but we know there was definitely a nudge towards republican vote.

What does this mean?
The narratives about "America changing" should be very cautious, as 93% of America did not change.

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Tyler Black, MD

@tylerblack32

Sep 3

🚨COVID-19 Vaccination saves lives and improves outcomes 🚨

In this UK study of >3 MILLION PEOPLE who vaccinated, the incidence of mental health problems was significantly reduced when a subsequent COVID-19 infection occurred.

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Looking at the totals who were infected with COVID-19, it is clear that COVID-19 diagnosis was associated with a ROBUST increase in mental health problems after the diagnosis.

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This adds to the massive and still growing body of evidence that Covid 19 Vaccination was safe, effective, and extremely important especially considering that after this study, virtually everyone was infetcted with COVID-19.

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