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Objective analysis & proper interpretation are not the same thing. @bugcounter @micheletjay @barfblog @RawMilkConsumer @WSJ @benjaminchapmanWhy does the fun stuff always happen when I’m on vacation? @bugcounter @micheletjay @barfblog @RawMilkConsumer @WSJ @benjaminchapman

Well, duh. "Mega-Nano Detection of Foodborne Pathogens and Transgenes Using Molecular Beacon and Semiconductor Quantum Dot Technologies."

Interesting blog post on using Toxoplasma-like parasites in RPG/tabletop gaming. http://t.co/81WMaa1uly

Food safety regs set the bar of minimum standards. Fun to see health officials recognize folks that exceed the regs. http://t.co/REhnJUGtXL
Retweeted by Michael BatzFor the food safety/microbiology nerds: Google's Doodle in honor of Julius Richard Petri of dish fame. http://t.co/kfVnUnEVGJ
Retweeted by Michael BatzInteresting findings from phylodynamic analysis of MRSA transmission b/w community and hospitals http://t.co/9kWfxE2mw5 @UFlorida

A Journal Editor’s Perspective on Publishing Negative Results, as told to @shiplives http://t.co/6HKv9mkpjt
Retweeted by Michael BatzInsightful: Haiti's big food problem isn't Miami rice, but chicken, eggs, and veggies from the DR, says @tatewatkins. http://t.co/1Ak36oRLEr
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Extrapolating Campylobacter dose-response (sort of) from an outbreak due to undercooked chicken liver pâté http://t.co/fsxm76YXgvToday at 10am ET, seminar by Julien Arino on modeling the spatio-temporal spread of infectious pathogens http://t.co/BOeN56W4FQCautionary tale: A norovirus outbreak turns out not to be foodborne... http://t.co/C1EEfWe71l

Interesting: 'Subclinical infection and asymptomatic carriage of gastrointestinal zoonoses' http://t.co/63uJRccyvI

Pop-based study of yersiniosis in Germany: clinical features & sequelae (reactive arthritis, erythema nodosum) http://t.co/uQszRpeSQVWanna cough up some roundworm larvae? / MMWR: Ascariasis Associated with Pig Farming, Maine, 2010–2013 http://t.co/c3AUhDzJMMIn case you missed it yesterday - a new post on winning, losing, succeeding, failing, and warrior mathematicians: http://t.co/Qd7KmNjjty
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RT @PLOS: Toms River: A New Classic in Epidemiology Writing, a Book Review @RickiLewis @danfagin http://t.co/hwgIhDJKoh@barfblog What a BS CYA apology. Still doesn't acknowledge he did anything wrong. Uses the old if statement dodge... "If my comments..."RT @barfblog: ‘I got to publish a paper with Ninja in title’: evaluation of a food safety education game http://t.co/Abe9MIp7mc @bugcounterBrutal. RT @scotthensley: Note to @US_FDA:You can't stop Steve Nissen, you can only hope to contain him. http://t.co/oYMWyji7j8 #avandia

MT @HartleyDM: Markers of Intestinal Inflammation, Not Bacterial Burden, Correlate w/ Clinical Outcomes in CDI http://t.co/I82wnlmlhm@BSauders I certainly don't have any confidence that this guy would shut down a filthy, inspection-failing establishment.@bmarler @barfblog Obviously education is important. But this wasn't just tactless. It revealed an underlying sentiment & worldview.American Proficiency Institute (API) finds that food labs have a false negative rate for Campylobacter over 9%. http://t.co/qdqYkGCyx8@barfblog @bmarler Wow. This is what happens when inspectors see themselves more as educators than regulators.Reached for half and half, grabbed egg beaters. Came *this* close to inventing the next “bulletproof coffee.” @marcoarment

HCUP statistical brief on hospitalization with infectious enteritis and foodborne illness in the US, 2010 http://t.co/IgPqLDax31@bugcounter @benjaminchapman Why no press on cuke outbreak? When announced it was already over: source identified, off shelves, no deaths.Now announcing our International Conference on Digital Disease Detection http://t.co/Een8CfRJBJ Save the date Sept 18-20 in SF!#publichealth
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Breakfast, anyone? http://t.co/hJcHS5DrzH

Blackout at the airport last night and stayed on emergency power for almost an hour. Everyone acted like it was normal. Ah, Rome.

"Cloudbreak, California" tells my good friend's almost unreal growing-up story. A great read. Check it out. #memoir http://t.co/kQmGuT0Jfm

Predicting Salmonella populations from biological, chemical, and physical indicators in Florida surface waters. http://t.co/DNeu4ELhzs

@hbottemiller The shame of being duped while someone rolls the dice with your life. What's not to love? ;)Mmmmm, rat meat, injected with junk, passed off as lamb. Probably tastes like chicken. In China of course. http://t.co/EdLhhk4fZl

I so wish my review of this manuscript could read, in its entirety: “Almost as ambitious as it is incomprehensible. Try again.”

Hotel star ratings should be based primarily on the proximity of the nearest outlet to the bed.

Hey yay fun good times, data brokers woo hoo! / Meet the Stalkers http://t.co/UYggJQtxNp (via Instapaper)I checked a bag. That’s right, checked it. I live on the edge. A real adventurer. Will I be giving tmrw’s talk in jeans? Place your bets.

@barfblog I was just asked to add one to a talk I’m giving. Also to remove difficult graphs. Kind of want to shoot myself.Nothing says “this is going to be a boring talk” like an outline slide. Guilty as charged.

What @NatureMagazine is going to do to make the life sciences research it publishes more reproducible http://t.co/Nabyw5FRPg
Retweeted by Michael BatzWhen STEC are your target, where do you aim? http://t.co/vB0SiTwOys
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For their article, GWU researchers compiled a database of state laws on foodborne illness surveillance & are making it available. Nice!"Navigating the Legal Framework for State Foodborne Illness Surveillance and Outbreak Response" http://t.co/oRIREpvAzD #foodsafety

@johnroderick I make my 4 yr old listen to ROTL while he breaks down feral hogs for dinner with one of his many butterfly knives.

I reworked CDC's food safety report card to remove the infantile frowny faces. http://t.co/0gDZkKZPQHFoodborne Campylobacter incidence is 14% higher than 2006-8 baseline, at its highest level since 2000 http://t.co/1FiZ3VX3cbCDC FoodNet: Incidence and Trends of Infection with Pathogens Transmitted Through Food, 1996–2012 http://t.co/c9Bp5ihA2V #foodsafety

Fantastic cross-stitched microbes by Alicia Watkins http://t.co/RiXJ3Pk52K

@micheletjay lovely!Bands Aren't The Only Things That Incubate At Music Festivals http://t.co/hsrIZmtR62 #foodsafety@bugcounter Good try but if you were really in Germany that would have come with a sausage on it.

"Toxoplasma, Cat Piss & Mouse Brains: my lab’s first paper on microbial manipulation of animal behavior" http://t.co/93UcszMlzJ

First scientific paper is published! I feel all grown up now . http://t.co/MU1CnXUtGE
Retweeted by Michael BatzBang up job! RT @hbottemiller: Internal emails of USDA food inspectors show debate over "pink slime" http://t.co/hpZWSMaN8NPathogen-specific Risk of Reactive Arthritis from Bacterial Causes of Foodborne Illness. http://t.co/5BFK4C5MmX #foodsafety

Email Dan. MT @bugcounter: Food Safety Talk 38 at 8 AM ET, Mon April 8th. YouTube link here on twitter. @mbbatz will provide tech support.

@bugcounter @benjaminchapman Hey dorks, it’s easy to do a live show. Change of workflow though. http://t.co/pUWO54yjVe

Awesome! MT @HartleyDM: Mobile Phone Microscopy for the Diagnosis of Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections http://t.co/vlS6xpyq4Q

You didn’t make the Harlem Shake go viral, €”corporations did – Quartz http://t.co/okNzvBQqD8 (via Instapaper)

Hay et al: Big Data Opportunities for Global Infectious Disease Surveillance http://t.co/KIrAzsWBRy #plosmedicine
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@eliowa Cool, thanks. Lots of nifty models/tools useful to farmers/public health could be built from these... maybe sooner than later.@eliowa I think the climate story here is about fluctuation and intensity. In a particularly hot, wet summer, risks will be pronounced.Factors affecting the occurrence of E. coli O157 in produce farm irrigation ponds http://t.co/kejuFhLjjh #foodsafety #ufepi

Spatio-temporal assessment of food safety risks in Canadian food distribution systems using GIS http://t.co/JzZyRC7sQN
Retweeted by Michael BatzAwful news, I'm so sorry Doug. Those hypocritical assholes. RT @barfblog: Bye-bye bites; fired for bad attendance http://t.co/CAZcnubrTG@bugcounter I prefer this classic version http://t.co/vFdTfHCDv0@bugcounter So what you're saying is you unplugged it and plugged it back in again. In other words, you called tech support.@bugcounter It's a good thing I ignored your last request, I said to myself this morning when Downcast started downloading it.@bugcounter MAKE UP YOUR MIND. ★☆☆☆☆There has been exactly one good April Fool's fake science story, and it was in 1995. Everyone else, stop. http://t.co/Vxf9o3ue1O

Income At Home, Herbalife, and the $8 billion pyramid | The Verge http://t.co/nmdlampych (via Instapaper)

Law requiring paid sick days in NYC set to start in 2014. Hope it actually means less ill food handlers in kitchens. http://t.co/0xJ0mWaLmL
Retweeted by Michael BatzHow is middle school like prison? Bad cafeteria food, guards with automatic weapons and now banned alcohol hand rub? http://t.co/l5YaPB1si4
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@bugcounter Not yet. I have it in the giant (one might say bottomless) pile of things I need to read. Maybe I’ll bump it up the queue.I love brutal scientific takedowns via journal letters to the editor. This is a pretty good one: http://t.co/l1GN4p0qLH

Fascinating 19th-century Japanese woodblock prints depict warriors battling cholera and smallpox http://t.co/BwT4ibFSho via @SlateRT @CFAFoodPolicy: Publisher’s Platform: Mike Taylor and the Myth of Monsanto’s Man http://t.co/9yNmm1suEg @foodsafetynews

Organically managed soils reduce internal colonization of tomato plants by Salmonella Typhimurium http://t.co/FA6vJWlLHm #ufepi #foodsafety

@blprnt The top photo isn't from the inauguration of the last pope, but from the funeral of John Paul II. http://t.co/abbyBTzilw

Fate of Escherichia coli O157:H7, Listeria, and Salmonella on fresh-cut celery http://t.co/kim3IMmua5 by @bugcounter @michelledanyluk et al

@bugcounter @barfblog I hear that exposing E. coli to Red Bull results in trinary fission during the log phase.

The best discussion I've heard on impacts of the Google Reader shutdown was on the latest @atpfm podcast http://t.co/lISZafEY1KNice--> John Snow's cholera map goes interactive: http://t.co/uKzGBkT0cf
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RT @eliowa: 1st you eliminate our micro lab then tell us to use rapid microbiology screening to detect/prevent CRE? http://t.co/Y3RCxs58CkPathogens of Interest to the Pork Industry: A Review of Research on Interventions to Assure Food Safety http://t.co/QylSPazW4YControl of Salmonella Contamination of Shell Eggs—Preharvest and Postharvest Methods: A Review http://t.co/W1q27JbECr@HaimIQTELL thanks, I’ll check it out.I think I'm turning back into a teenager. Veronica Mars movie?! RT @nostrich: All I’ve ever wanted. http://t.co/QZ9rbBq3Ng

@eliowa The Midwestern Center for #Boondoggle Studies has a nice ring to it.@eliowa Maybe we need a new Center of Excellence to study this issue.I'm so over centrally-planned mega-projects that burn research cash collecting data nobody knows what to do with http://t.co/FEG8fyrpQVWhen you’re planning a new #GTD project, where in the order of things do you put “Send desperate apology email. Blame kids.”?NSF? -$283B RT @sciam: How Much Science Funding Will the U.S. Budget Sequester Cut? http://t.co/TDPJgacwTx
Retweeted by Michael Batz“Dear MICHAEL, The 36th Annual Purchasing Seminar is fast approaching. Please make a note of it on your calendar.” Wooooooo!

@marynmck No doubt written by a team of 20 year olds as he gets his eyebrows waxed.

Uh oh, the “food safety experts” are giving advice again… http://t.co/l1cTTJREtn includes @bmarler @marionnestle and yours truly

lots of stories on CDC "nightmare" bacteria. hope to write tomorrow am, but smartest i see so far: @eliowa, here & at http://t.co/mVvKM4Hpvf
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