Abdoulaye Diack
@diack.bsky.social
Program Manager ML & AI @ Google Research | Ex-Google Brain. Speaker (FR/EN)
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Expert in cheese and coffee
🌍 Accra, Ghana
(cover photo: Dar Es Saalam, circa 2015)
Abdoulaye.ai
Expert in cheese and coffee
🌍 Accra, Ghana
(cover photo: Dar Es Saalam, circa 2015)
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Abdoulaye Diack
@diack.bsky.social
· Nov 30
We recently published an open source dataset of building footprints and height estimations for the Global South. It covers ~2 billion buildings and 8 years of data derived from Sentinel 2 imagery.
Blog: shorturl.at/S8ejc
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2310.11622
Dataset: shorturl.at/FHuQE
Blog: shorturl.at/S8ejc
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2310.11622
Dataset: shorturl.at/FHuQE
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Raspberry Pi’s new add-on board has 8GB of RAM for running gen AI models
Raspberry Pi’s new add-on board has 8GB of RAM for running gen AI models
Raspberry P(A)i.
buff.ly
January 15, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Raspberry Pi’s new add-on board has 8GB of RAM for running gen AI models
Reposted by Abdoulaye Diack
Interested in ✨world models✨? I just open-sourced an implementation of the Dreamer 4 world model. It's in PyTorch and comes with a pretrained model + a neat little web interface that lets you interact with any of 30 DMControl tasks that I trained it on!
Link: github.com/nicklashanse...
Link: github.com/nicklashanse...
January 15, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Interested in ✨world models✨? I just open-sourced an implementation of the Dreamer 4 world model. It's in PyTorch and comes with a pretrained model + a neat little web interface that lets you interact with any of 30 DMControl tasks that I trained it on!
Link: github.com/nicklashanse...
Link: github.com/nicklashanse...
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The #Internet shutdown in #Iran is now in its 7th day, approaching the duration of the country's December 2022 shutdown, and making it one of the longest Internet shutdowns on record.
radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/ir
#IranianRevolution2026 #DigitalBlackoutlran
radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/ir
#IranianRevolution2026 #DigitalBlackoutlran
January 14, 2026 at 6:40 PM
The #Internet shutdown in #Iran is now in its 7th day, approaching the duration of the country's December 2022 shutdown, and making it one of the longest Internet shutdowns on record.
radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/ir
#IranianRevolution2026 #DigitalBlackoutlran
radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/ir
#IranianRevolution2026 #DigitalBlackoutlran
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Cleanse
vec2 p=(FC.xy*2.-r)/r.y/.3;for(float f;f++<1e2;p+=.02*sin(p.yx+.5*t))o+=(cos(f/27.+vec4(0,1,3,0))+1.1)/length(sin(p*sin(r+f)/.7));o=tanh(o*o/4e4);
vec2 p=(FC.xy*2.-r)/r.y/.3;for(float f;f++<1e2;p+=.02*sin(p.yx+.5*t))o+=(cos(f/27.+vec4(0,1,3,0))+1.1)/length(sin(p*sin(r+f)/.7));o=tanh(o*o/4e4);
January 14, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Cleanse
vec2 p=(FC.xy*2.-r)/r.y/.3;for(float f;f++<1e2;p+=.02*sin(p.yx+.5*t))o+=(cos(f/27.+vec4(0,1,3,0))+1.1)/length(sin(p*sin(r+f)/.7));o=tanh(o*o/4e4);
vec2 p=(FC.xy*2.-r)/r.y/.3;for(float f;f++<1e2;p+=.02*sin(p.yx+.5*t))o+=(cos(f/27.+vec4(0,1,3,0))+1.1)/length(sin(p*sin(r+f)/.7));o=tanh(o*o/4e4);
Meanwhile in China
news.cgtn.com/news/2026-01...
news.cgtn.com/news/2026-01...
New record: China installs world's first 20-megawatt offshore wind turbine
China installs world's first 20 megawatt offshore wind turbine. The turbine can generate enough electricity to power about 44,000 homes.
news.cgtn.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Meanwhile in China
news.cgtn.com/news/2026-01...
news.cgtn.com/news/2026-01...
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Trump’s latest travel ban leaves fans from Senegal and Ivory Coast unable to travel to support their World Cup teams. Fans from Haiti and Iran, two other countries who’ve qualified for the World Cup, will be barred from entering the US as well.
Trump’s latest travel ban leaves fans unable to travel to support their World Cup team
The restrictions include an exception for players, officials and immediate relatives. But no allowance has been made for supporters
sports.yahoo.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Trump’s latest travel ban leaves fans from Senegal and Ivory Coast unable to travel to support their World Cup teams. Fans from Haiti and Iran, two other countries who’ve qualified for the World Cup, will be barred from entering the US as well.
Reposted by Abdoulaye Diack
January 14, 2026 at 6:44 AM
No Internet? No problem. ✈️
Running Gemma 3-1b offline via the native Android Linux terminal and Ollama.
Setup:
Pixel 8 (Android 15)
curl -fsSL ollama.com/install.sh | sh
ollama serve
ollama run gemma3:1b
#EdgeAI #Gemma3 #LinuxVM
Running Gemma 3-1b offline via the native Android Linux terminal and Ollama.
Setup:
Pixel 8 (Android 15)
curl -fsSL ollama.com/install.sh | sh
ollama serve
ollama run gemma3:1b
#EdgeAI #Gemma3 #LinuxVM
January 13, 2026 at 8:23 PM
No Internet? No problem. ✈️
Running Gemma 3-1b offline via the native Android Linux terminal and Ollama.
Setup:
Pixel 8 (Android 15)
curl -fsSL ollama.com/install.sh | sh
ollama serve
ollama run gemma3:1b
#EdgeAI #Gemma3 #LinuxVM
Running Gemma 3-1b offline via the native Android Linux terminal and Ollama.
Setup:
Pixel 8 (Android 15)
curl -fsSL ollama.com/install.sh | sh
ollama serve
ollama run gemma3:1b
#EdgeAI #Gemma3 #LinuxVM
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It appears that the expected #Internet shutdown in #Uganda has been implemented in advance of upcoming elections.
A message from UCC_Official said the suspension of services would be effective at 1800 (15:00 UTC). At that time, we saw traffic from Uganda drop, falling 95% in under 30 minutes.
A message from UCC_Official said the suspension of services would be effective at 1800 (15:00 UTC). At that time, we saw traffic from Uganda drop, falling 95% in under 30 minutes.
January 13, 2026 at 3:31 PM
My lab has just released precipitation models as open source (Apache 2.0 / CC BY-SA 4.0), check it out!!
Blog: research.google/blog/neuralg...
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Code: github.com/neuralgcm/ne...
Blog: research.google/blog/neuralg...
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Code: github.com/neuralgcm/ne...
NeuralGCM harnesses AI to better simulate long-range global precipitation
research.google
January 13, 2026 at 2:30 PM
My lab has just released precipitation models as open source (Apache 2.0 / CC BY-SA 4.0), check it out!!
Blog: research.google/blog/neuralg...
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Code: github.com/neuralgcm/ne...
Blog: research.google/blog/neuralg...
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Code: github.com/neuralgcm/ne...
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Introducing DroPE: Extending Context by Dropping Positional Embeddings
We found embeddings like RoPE aid training but bottleneck long-sequence generalization. Our solution’s simple: treat them as a temporary training scaffold, not a permanent necessity.
arxiv.org/abs/2512.12167
pub.sakana.ai/DroPE
We found embeddings like RoPE aid training but bottleneck long-sequence generalization. Our solution’s simple: treat them as a temporary training scaffold, not a permanent necessity.
arxiv.org/abs/2512.12167
pub.sakana.ai/DroPE
January 12, 2026 at 4:07 AM
Introducing DroPE: Extending Context by Dropping Positional Embeddings
We found embeddings like RoPE aid training but bottleneck long-sequence generalization. Our solution’s simple: treat them as a temporary training scaffold, not a permanent necessity.
arxiv.org/abs/2512.12167
pub.sakana.ai/DroPE
We found embeddings like RoPE aid training but bottleneck long-sequence generalization. Our solution’s simple: treat them as a temporary training scaffold, not a permanent necessity.
arxiv.org/abs/2512.12167
pub.sakana.ai/DroPE
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wow that's a lot of snow..
This Meteosat-12 image from 7 Jan uses the Day Snow Fog RGB to highlight snow, fog, & low clouds:
🔴 Darker shades of red/orange = snow (darker = lower elevations)
⚪ White/grey = fog/very low clouds
🟠 Lighter shades of orange/yellow = ice clouds
Take a look on EUMETView: https://bit.ly/44YjzAi
🔴 Darker shades of red/orange = snow (darker = lower elevations)
⚪ White/grey = fog/very low clouds
🟠 Lighter shades of orange/yellow = ice clouds
Take a look on EUMETView: https://bit.ly/44YjzAi
January 9, 2026 at 10:34 AM
wow that's a lot of snow..
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The nose knows: Thermal responses to active psychological stressors
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
January 8, 2026 at 8:12 PM
The nose knows: Thermal responses to active psychological stressors
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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Chrome 144 includes the start of a slow rollout of WebGPU support on Linux! Intel Gen 12+ only for the moment, but expected to expand.
What's New in WebGPU (Chrome 144) | Blog | Chrome for Developers
WGSL subgroup_id and uniform_buffer_standard_layout extensions and WebGPU rolling out on Linux.
developer.chrome.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Chrome 144 includes the start of a slow rollout of WebGPU support on Linux! Intel Gen 12+ only for the moment, but expected to expand.
Reposted by Abdoulaye Diack
New CO2-holding #batteries can store 200 megawatt-hours of electricity, stabilizing the grid when renewables need a break. It takes less than two years to build and only requires 5 hectares of flat land to construct. spectrum.ieee.org/co2-battery-...
January 8, 2026 at 8:30 PM
New CO2-holding #batteries can store 200 megawatt-hours of electricity, stabilizing the grid when renewables need a break. It takes less than two years to build and only requires 5 hectares of flat land to construct. spectrum.ieee.org/co2-battery-...
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MUST READ: Trump Orders Sweeping Withdrawal From International Institutions
www.onestnetwork.com/post/trump-o...
www.onestnetwork.com/post/trump-o...
Trump Orders Sweeping Withdrawal From International Institutions
Seeing the list in full makes the reality unavoidable: United States is stepping away not from one institution, but from the architecture.
www.onestnetwork.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:18 AM
MUST READ: Trump Orders Sweeping Withdrawal From International Institutions
www.onestnetwork.com/post/trump-o...
www.onestnetwork.com/post/trump-o...
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Please welcome Google's Open Source efforts to Blue Sky at @opensource.google!
January 7, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Please welcome Google's Open Source efforts to Blue Sky at @opensource.google!
Pretty neat, btw pixels phone can also connect directly to monitor screens
This keyboard is actually an entire computer. Just plug it into a monitor and you’re set. Pricing isn’t finalized yet for the HP Eliteboard G1A, but HP says the starting price should come in under $1,000.
January 7, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Pretty neat, btw pixels phone can also connect directly to monitor screens
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Won best thesis award with this video! 4 years of research and play in 3 minutes :')
youtu.be/so0fPlK1-LM
youtu.be/so0fPlK1-LM
Smart microscopy, computer vision, and controlling cells with light -- my PhD thesis in 3 minutes
YouTube video by Pertz Lab
youtu.be
January 7, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Won best thesis award with this video! 4 years of research and play in 3 minutes :')
youtu.be/so0fPlK1-LM
youtu.be/so0fPlK1-LM
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U.S. denies entry to 14 Ethiopian athletes ahead of World XC Championships. Only four of the 18 Ethiopian U20 athletes had their U.S. visa applications accepted.
U.S. denies entry to 14 Ethiopian athletes ahead of World XC Championships - Canadian Running Magazine
According to a report from LetsRun.com, only four of the 18 Ethiopian U20 athletes had their U.S. visa applications accepted
runningmagazine.ca
January 7, 2026 at 10:38 AM
U.S. denies entry to 14 Ethiopian athletes ahead of World XC Championships. Only four of the 18 Ethiopian U20 athletes had their U.S. visa applications accepted.
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Meanwhile, in Venezuela:
November 24, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Meanwhile, in Venezuela:
I kinda miss the "I have a problem with my computer" friends
January 6, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I kinda miss the "I have a problem with my computer" friends