eukaryote

Karma: 625

Georgia Ray. Interested in biodefense, existential risk reduction, effective altruism, animal and other minds, and how to be the best we can be.

Eukaryote Skips Town—Why I’m leaving DC

eukaryoteMar 26, 2025, 5:16 PM

103 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

(eukaryotewritesblog.com)

I got dysentery so you don’t have to

eukaryoteNov 6, 2024, 6:11 PM

62 points

4 comments17 min readEA link

(eukaryotewritesblog.com)

Defending against hypothetical moon life during Apollo 11

eukaryoteJan 7, 2024, 11:59 PM

67 points

3 comments32 min readEA link

(eukaryotewritesblog.com)

Will the growing deer prion epidemic spread to humans? Why not? [Link]

eukaryoteJun 25, 2023, 6:00 AM

21 points

1 comment2 min readEA link

(eukaryotewritesblog.com)

A love letter to civilian OSINT, and possibilities as a tool in EA

eukaryoteJul 10, 2020, 8:55 PM

81 points

4 comments9 min readEA link

(eukaryotewritesblog.com)

The Germy Paradox – Filters: A taboo

eukaryoteOct 19, 2019, 12:14 AM

17 points

2 comments9 min readEA link

(eukaryotewritesblog.com)

The Germy Paradox—Filters: Hard and soft skills

eukaryoteOct 3, 2019, 1:28 AM

20 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(eukaryotewritesblog.com)

The Germy Paradox – The empty sky: How close did we get to BW usage?

eukaryoteSep 27, 2019, 3:56 AM

22 points

5 comments6 min readEA link

(eukaryotewritesblog.com)

The Germy Paradox – The empty sky: A history of state biological weapons programs

eukaryoteSep 24, 2019, 5:26 AM

24 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(eukaryotewritesblog.com)

The Germy Paradox: An Introduction

eukaryoteSep 24, 2019, 5:18 AM

48 points

4 comments3 min readEA link

(eukaryotewritesblog.com)

Small animals have enormous brains for their size

eukaryoteFeb 13, 2019, 5:12 AM

72 points

7 comments2 min readEA link

(eukaryotewritesblog.com)

Book review: The Doomsday Machine

eukaryoteSep 10, 2018, 1:43 AM

49 points

6 comments5 min readEA link

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