Lantern
www.lanternbioworks.com

“ We have unusually strong marketing connections; Vitalik approves of us; Aella is a marketing advisor on this project; SlateStarCodex is well aware of us. We are quite networked in the Effective Altruism space. We could plausibly get an Elon tweet. ”

From the short investor spiel document. Also they want to just bypass the FDA?

  • froztbyte@awful.systemsEnglish
    10·
    9 months ago

    the person behind it appears to be a “Jeffrey D Hillman”, and this appears to be the first round: https://grantome.com/grant/NIH/R01-DE004529-10

    probably worth someone digging into that to see what else may surround the person

    from the “Safety Review and FAQ” document:

    Will this spread to everyone I kiss? It’s very unlikely in non-immunocompromised adults. However, if you’re concerned, you should avoid kissing anyone taking oral antibiotics, or children.

    “sure let’s just casually become a walking science experiment and then thinking to first ask whether the other person is taking oral antibiotics. oh and children, because mouth-kissing children is perfectly normal to me, the author of this document”

    this was from just like 2min of glancing at this mess so far and fucking what

      • Evinceo@awful.systems
        English
        5·
        9 months ago

        In before NY times article prints her real name complete with hissie fit followed by transition to Substack and total abandonment of mask of deniability.

        • froztbyte@awful.systemsEnglish
          6·
          9 months ago

          do tell? I’m not aware of this. I’ve mostly managed to avoid having detailed contact with these weirdos, and only in the last few years happened to encounter … their profiles and such. to my knowledge i’ve not yet managed to meet any of the mainliners of this shit in ZA

          • saucerwizard@awful.systemsOPEnglish
            10·
            9 months ago

            Her dad is a big dude in hardcore calvinist apologetics. I can’t remember the org name but like - hard hardcore fundies.

            • froztbyte@awful.systemsEnglish
              6·
              9 months ago

              there’s a poetic irony in target fixating so hard on avoiding one set of weird nutbaggery to then end up as one of the central figures in another bit of nutbaggery…

          • Soyweiser@awful.systemsEnglish
            10·
            9 months ago

            Iirc she comes from a weird religious background, so her not wanting to be connected back to that isn’t not that sneerworthy.