Jon
@minogully.bsky.social
Husband, father, lover of all sciences, pianist, guitarist, dabbling multi-instrumentalist, composer, photographer, former twitter: @minogully
Not interested in relationships past friendship
Not interested in relationships past friendship
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Jon
@minogully.bsky.social
· Dec 8
Widow’s Waltz - Jonathan Minogue
youtu.be
Hey, here’s my latest composition!
Just a couple mistakes, totally passable.
Enjoy!
youtu.be/p_iddZvKGyA?...
Just a couple mistakes, totally passable.
Enjoy!
youtu.be/p_iddZvKGyA?...
And so, we have reached the final stretch of the festive perineum.
Happy New Year everyone!
Happy New Year everyone!
January 1, 2026 at 3:03 AM
And so, we have reached the final stretch of the festive perineum.
Happy New Year everyone!
Happy New Year everyone!
“Vibe coding” is a terrible name for it.
I don’t love “prompt engineering” either.
Any other suggestions?
I don’t love “prompt engineering” either.
Any other suggestions?
December 28, 2025 at 12:18 AM
“Vibe coding” is a terrible name for it.
I don’t love “prompt engineering” either.
Any other suggestions?
I don’t love “prompt engineering” either.
Any other suggestions?
Interesting how much a name change can affect our feelings about something we’re familiar with.
They renamed one of my favourite Facebook groups from “Dull Men’s Club” to “Bananas for Scale” (the other group apparently has a trademark “Dull Men’s Club®”).
People feel lost and upset.
They renamed one of my favourite Facebook groups from “Dull Men’s Club” to “Bananas for Scale” (the other group apparently has a trademark “Dull Men’s Club®”).
People feel lost and upset.
December 26, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Interesting how much a name change can affect our feelings about something we’re familiar with.
They renamed one of my favourite Facebook groups from “Dull Men’s Club” to “Bananas for Scale” (the other group apparently has a trademark “Dull Men’s Club®”).
People feel lost and upset.
They renamed one of my favourite Facebook groups from “Dull Men’s Club” to “Bananas for Scale” (the other group apparently has a trademark “Dull Men’s Club®”).
People feel lost and upset.
Thinking big thoughts this Christmas evening
December 26, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Thinking big thoughts this Christmas evening
December 22, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I think my youngest (12) just realized how great reading fiction can be.
Hope he reads another book, but this time on his own and not because the school assigned it.
Hope he reads another book, but this time on his own and not because the school assigned it.
December 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I think my youngest (12) just realized how great reading fiction can be.
Hope he reads another book, but this time on his own and not because the school assigned it.
Hope he reads another book, but this time on his own and not because the school assigned it.
Still playing catchup. Still more than 2 years behind.
Thanks @seanmcarroll.bsky.social for creating the best podcast ever!
Always interesting, always accessible to interested laypeople, and always sparking the most creative thoughts I’ve ever had.
Thanks @seanmcarroll.bsky.social for creating the best podcast ever!
Always interesting, always accessible to interested laypeople, and always sparking the most creative thoughts I’ve ever had.
December 11, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Still playing catchup. Still more than 2 years behind.
Thanks @seanmcarroll.bsky.social for creating the best podcast ever!
Always interesting, always accessible to interested laypeople, and always sparking the most creative thoughts I’ve ever had.
Thanks @seanmcarroll.bsky.social for creating the best podcast ever!
Always interesting, always accessible to interested laypeople, and always sparking the most creative thoughts I’ve ever had.
Michael Tomasello has an interesting take on morality.
That it emerged from a social dynamic that required interconnection and cooperation for survival.
#mindscapepodcast
Source:
www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2023...
That it emerged from a social dynamic that required interconnection and cooperation for survival.
#mindscapepodcast
Source:
www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2023...
225 | Michael Tomasello on The Social Origins of Cognition and Agency – Sean Carroll
www.preposterousuniverse.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Michael Tomasello has an interesting take on morality.
That it emerged from a social dynamic that required interconnection and cooperation for survival.
#mindscapepodcast
Source:
www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2023...
That it emerged from a social dynamic that required interconnection and cooperation for survival.
#mindscapepodcast
Source:
www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2023...
Yes Netflix acquired Warner Media
But 5ish years ago, Warner Media acquired an obscure (to the public) but great video streaming engine “You.i TV” that was heavily used by third parties for streaming video content.
This streaming engine was used by many major intl companies (but not Netflix)
But 5ish years ago, Warner Media acquired an obscure (to the public) but great video streaming engine “You.i TV” that was heavily used by third parties for streaming video content.
This streaming engine was used by many major intl companies (but not Netflix)
December 6, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Yes Netflix acquired Warner Media
But 5ish years ago, Warner Media acquired an obscure (to the public) but great video streaming engine “You.i TV” that was heavily used by third parties for streaming video content.
This streaming engine was used by many major intl companies (but not Netflix)
But 5ish years ago, Warner Media acquired an obscure (to the public) but great video streaming engine “You.i TV” that was heavily used by third parties for streaming video content.
This streaming engine was used by many major intl companies (but not Netflix)
Wow! Seems that asteroids can contain a bunch of prebiotic molecules, such as amino acids and nucleobases (5 of which were found in this sample)
#science #abiogenesis
phys.org/news/2025-11...
#science #abiogenesis
phys.org/news/2025-11...
Asteroid loaded with amino acids offers new clues about the origin of life on Earth
One of the most elegant theories about the origins of life on our planet is that it was kick-started by a delivery from outer space. This idea suggests that prebiotic molecules—the building blocks of ...
phys.org
December 3, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Wow! Seems that asteroids can contain a bunch of prebiotic molecules, such as amino acids and nucleobases (5 of which were found in this sample)
#science #abiogenesis
phys.org/news/2025-11...
#science #abiogenesis
phys.org/news/2025-11...
December 3, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Does the rise and fall of democracies obey a power law?
Aside:
Veritasium was right, this graph did change how I see the world:
youtu.be/HBluLfX2F_k?...
Aside:
Veritasium was right, this graph did change how I see the world:
youtu.be/HBluLfX2F_k?...
This graph will change how you see the world
YouTube video by Veritasium
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Does the rise and fall of democracies obey a power law?
Aside:
Veritasium was right, this graph did change how I see the world:
youtu.be/HBluLfX2F_k?...
Aside:
Veritasium was right, this graph did change how I see the world:
youtu.be/HBluLfX2F_k?...
November 27, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Reposted by Jon
A rare photosynthesizing sea slug has been found off N.S. Here's why scientists are excited #NovaScotia
Researchers believe Elysia chlorotica holds promise for medical advances, but it's been too elusive to study
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Researchers believe Elysia chlorotica holds promise for medical advances, but it's been too elusive to study
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
A rare photosynthesizing sea slug has been found off N.S. Here's why scientists are excited | CBC News
Researchers believe Elysia chlorotica holds promise for medical advances, but it's been too elusive to study.
www.cbc.ca
November 27, 2025 at 11:40 AM
A rare photosynthesizing sea slug has been found off N.S. Here's why scientists are excited #NovaScotia
Researchers believe Elysia chlorotica holds promise for medical advances, but it's been too elusive to study
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Researchers believe Elysia chlorotica holds promise for medical advances, but it's been too elusive to study
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
I wouldn’t say “idiots”, based on this evidence, but more that it’s a land of people who react before researching.
The latest evidence that America is becoming a land of idiots:
November 27, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I wouldn’t say “idiots”, based on this evidence, but more that it’s a land of people who react before researching.
Reposted by Jon
![Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihwhjblp5lyiwp63ouar7ocfea7evmckytoeo7rkfuoo4gw5rnrra@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Does sufficiently large gravity force the collapse of the wave function?
November 26, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Does sufficiently large gravity force the collapse of the wave function?
Reposted by Jon
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
You have two options:
1) guaranteed $50
2) you get to flip a coin:
- heads you get $100
- tails you get $0
Do you pick (1) or (2)?
1) guaranteed $50
2) you get to flip a coin:
- heads you get $100
- tails you get $0
Do you pick (1) or (2)?
November 26, 2025 at 2:13 PM
You have two options:
1) guaranteed $50
2) you get to flip a coin:
- heads you get $100
- tails you get $0
Do you pick (1) or (2)?
1) guaranteed $50
2) you get to flip a coin:
- heads you get $100
- tails you get $0
Do you pick (1) or (2)?
I think reading helps society by exposing readers to different cultures and environments from a first person perspective that they would not have otherwise experienced.
This increases their empathy and understanding of others not like them and expands their bubble of those they care for.
This increases their empathy and understanding of others not like them and expands their bubble of those they care for.
November 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I think reading helps society by exposing readers to different cultures and environments from a first person perspective that they would not have otherwise experienced.
This increases their empathy and understanding of others not like them and expands their bubble of those they care for.
This increases their empathy and understanding of others not like them and expands their bubble of those they care for.
Reposted by Jon
November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Reposted by Jon
Yet another unique way to stimulate cellular immunity against cancer.
“Using the gut immune system to induce cellular immunity is a unique approach,” Shirakawa notes. “And it should be very easy to extend it to other antigen proteins and also infectious diseases.”
#ScienceSunday
“Using the gut immune system to induce cellular immunity is a unique approach,” Shirakawa notes. “And it should be very easy to extend it to other antigen proteins and also infectious diseases.”
#ScienceSunday
Inducing immunity against cancer via the gut
Could a microbe that can smuggle antigens into the immune system of the gut provide a simple way to treat cancers?
www.nature.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Yet another unique way to stimulate cellular immunity against cancer.
“Using the gut immune system to induce cellular immunity is a unique approach,” Shirakawa notes. “And it should be very easy to extend it to other antigen proteins and also infectious diseases.”
#ScienceSunday
“Using the gut immune system to induce cellular immunity is a unique approach,” Shirakawa notes. “And it should be very easy to extend it to other antigen proteins and also infectious diseases.”
#ScienceSunday
What if renters automatically built up equity toward the value of the *internal* space of the property?
Then when they move out the owner of the house had to buy back that portion of the house?
Then when they move out the owner of the house had to buy back that portion of the house?
November 21, 2025 at 10:07 PM
What if renters automatically built up equity toward the value of the *internal* space of the property?
Then when they move out the owner of the house had to buy back that portion of the house?
Then when they move out the owner of the house had to buy back that portion of the house?
In 2020, MIT was able to produce deepfake audio from just 15 seconds of someone’s voice.
Spam phone calls can be made to look like they come from any telephone number.
Might be a good time to start answering the phone with a funny voice.
Spam phone calls can be made to look like they come from any telephone number.
Might be a good time to start answering the phone with a funny voice.
November 18, 2025 at 8:10 PM
In 2020, MIT was able to produce deepfake audio from just 15 seconds of someone’s voice.
Spam phone calls can be made to look like they come from any telephone number.
Might be a good time to start answering the phone with a funny voice.
Spam phone calls can be made to look like they come from any telephone number.
Might be a good time to start answering the phone with a funny voice.