Alex Chernavsky (@chernavsky) profile picture

Vegan, IT guy at an animal shelter

Rochester, NY
Joined February 2009
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Taking metformin (Glucophage) may have made me slightly smarter. Metformin lowers blood glucose and is used to treat diabetes. I found that metformin reduced my reaction time, a metric correlated with cognitive ability. self-experiments.org/metform…
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Five years'-worth of fitness data (from an Apple Watch) analyzed with the help of Claude Code: self-experiments.org/five-ye…
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Results of my n=1 study on potassium supplementation and weight loss. potassium-weight-loss.org/
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Results of my "Half Tato" diet experiment (spoiler: I didn't lose any weight) half-tato.com/
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I just subscribed to Nathan Winograd's Substack. Winograd is a tireless advocate for the animals. nathanwinograd.substack.com/…
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Our Halloween 🎃 Party is tomorrow night (10/30). Doors open at 5 PM! We’ll have some samples of Monster Moscow Mule(an adult beverage). We’ll also have caramel apples, donuts, cider and… instagram.com/p/BphaCVNB0ni/…
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Alex  Chernavsky retweeted
When our science becomes sufficiently advanced to intervene in the suffering of wild animals without doing more harm than good it will be our moral duty to do so
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Audrey and I bought a movie theater! on.rocne.ws/2FyrdUo
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Alex  Chernavsky retweeted
"No animals were harmed in the making of this motion picture. However, 455 turkey wraps were eaten and 437 burgers brought to the set."
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Greatly saddened by the loss of psychologist and self-experimenter Seth Roberts. He was an inspiration to me. astrocyte-design.com/shangri…
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Alex  Chernavsky retweeted
Totally crushed hearing about the passing away of brilliant researcher & quantified self pioneer Seth Roberts. Very, very sad – at San Francisco, CA
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Alex  Chernavsky retweeted
Prom from over 30 years ago...
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You gotta love Network Solutions (NSI). They try very hard to make their emails look like phishing attacks. lauren.vortex.com/archive/00…
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If you or a loved one are taking psychotropic drugs, make it a New Year's resolution to educate yourself. nytimes.com/2013/12/30/healt…
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What's in and what's out for 2014 (abolitionist veganism edition) #francione
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