Synnøve 🌻
@syndestad.bsky.social
Metalhead | Researcher | Breast Cancer | Fight the (therapy)resistance |
"I just needed the data, I wasn't supposed to be doing this."
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"I just needed the data, I wasn't supposed to be doing this."
@Syndestad_ in twittr
http://syndestad.netlify.app
Do better.
Or not. I actually fear for the effect it will have when AI slop is disguised better.
Where was reviewer 2 when needed?
Or not. I actually fear for the effect it will have when AI slop is disguised better.
Where was reviewer 2 when needed?
November 27, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Do better.
Or not. I actually fear for the effect it will have when AI slop is disguised better.
Where was reviewer 2 when needed?
Or not. I actually fear for the effect it will have when AI slop is disguised better.
Where was reviewer 2 when needed?
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Logodesign er en essensiell del av en bedrifts visuelle identitet og synlighet.
En virkelig god logo forteller med subtle grep en historie kunden umiddelbart og emosjonelt identifiserer seg med.
En virkelig god logo forteller med subtle grep en historie kunden umiddelbart og emosjonelt identifiserer seg med.
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Logodesign er en essensiell del av en bedrifts visuelle identitet og synlighet.
En virkelig god logo forteller med subtle grep en historie kunden umiddelbart og emosjonelt identifiserer seg med.
En virkelig god logo forteller med subtle grep en historie kunden umiddelbart og emosjonelt identifiserer seg med.
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I wrote a little bit about the "missing heritability" question and several recent studies that have brought it to a close. A short 🧵
The missing heritability question is now (mostly) answered
Not with a bang but with a whimper
theinfinitesimal.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I wrote a little bit about the "missing heritability" question and several recent studies that have brought it to a close. A short 🧵
1990: "If you play AC/DC backwards you will hear Satanic messages"
2025: "Enable chats with Satan" is a premium subscription option.
2025: "Enable chats with Satan" is a premium subscription option.
Silicon Valley, 1990s: Free and open access to all the world’s knowledge will usher a new utopian age of information!
Silicon Valley, 2025:
Silicon Valley, 2025:
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November 15, 2025 at 9:21 AM
1990: "If you play AC/DC backwards you will hear Satanic messages"
2025: "Enable chats with Satan" is a premium subscription option.
2025: "Enable chats with Satan" is a premium subscription option.
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After initially confirming the project to Tech Radar, Ofcom went silent when pressed on questions about what data was being monitored, what privacy protections were in place or who the company doing it was.
November 11, 2025 at 11:43 PM
After initially confirming the project to Tech Radar, Ofcom went silent when pressed on questions about what data was being monitored, what privacy protections were in place or who the company doing it was.
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Du hørte kanskje at NTB publiserte en KI-generert melding sist uke. Visste du at KI-sammendraget endret sikkerhetstrussel fra fiendtlige statlige aktører til ekstemvær og aldrende teknologi? Slik ideologisk vridning viser at KI-bias kan være en sikkerhetsrisiko. www.aftenposten.no/meninger/deb...
Teknologien truer kunnskapssystemet vårt. Men den norske staten har slukt tekgigantenes PR rått.
Les kronikken.
www.aftenposten.no
November 5, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Du hørte kanskje at NTB publiserte en KI-generert melding sist uke. Visste du at KI-sammendraget endret sikkerhetstrussel fra fiendtlige statlige aktører til ekstemvær og aldrende teknologi? Slik ideologisk vridning viser at KI-bias kan være en sikkerhetsrisiko. www.aftenposten.no/meninger/deb...
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I wrote about how "Grokipedia" is a new front on the war against reality itself. It's an attempt by the oligarchic class to seize the means of knowledge production itself and create a weaponized unreality.
www.thedissident.news/grokipedia-a...
www.thedissident.news/grokipedia-a...
Grokipedia and the Coup Against Reality Itself
Grokipedia, the copycat of Wikipedia launched by Elon Musk isn’t just a string of AI generated slop, it is a weapon. The launch of "grokipedia" is a calculated, strategic escalation by the billionaire...
www.thedissident.news
October 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I wrote about how "Grokipedia" is a new front on the war against reality itself. It's an attempt by the oligarchic class to seize the means of knowledge production itself and create a weaponized unreality.
www.thedissident.news/grokipedia-a...
www.thedissident.news/grokipedia-a...
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And yet here we are.
October 22, 2025 at 1:31 AM
And yet here we are.
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I am hiring! - looking for a Staff Scientist to co-run my research group with me. Staff Scientist is a senior professional scientist role at EMBL. Please forward to people you might know who could be interested! embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...
Staff Scientist
About EMBL-EBI EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute is a data powerhouse, utilised on a global scale to advance scientific discovery through bioinformatics and solutions to some of the world’s mos...
embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com
October 10, 2025 at 7:30 AM
I am hiring! - looking for a Staff Scientist to co-run my research group with me. Staff Scientist is a senior professional scientist role at EMBL. Please forward to people you might know who could be interested! embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...
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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
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I spoke with analyst Gil Luria at D.A. Davidson, asking if the capital existed to build OpenAI's promised 17GW of data centers.
He said "of course there isn't enough capital for all of this," but "enough capital to do this for a at least a little while longer."
www.wheresyoured.at/openai-onetr...
He said "of course there isn't enough capital for all of this," but "enough capital to do this for a at least a little while longer."
www.wheresyoured.at/openai-onetr...
September 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I spoke with analyst Gil Luria at D.A. Davidson, asking if the capital existed to build OpenAI's promised 17GW of data centers.
He said "of course there isn't enough capital for all of this," but "enough capital to do this for a at least a little while longer."
www.wheresyoured.at/openai-onetr...
He said "of course there isn't enough capital for all of this," but "enough capital to do this for a at least a little while longer."
www.wheresyoured.at/openai-onetr...
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U.S. President Donald Trump said that he had signed a proclamation allowing the death penalty to be pursued in certain Washington, D.C. prosecutions.
September 26, 2025 at 6:27 AM
U.S. President Donald Trump said that he had signed a proclamation allowing the death penalty to be pursued in certain Washington, D.C. prosecutions.
Its Friday, time to cheer up!
Throwback to when this show had some MDs going through a printed stack of DNA sequences by hand to find a mutation.
"How is this even going to work?"
#noDNAsortingsoftware
Throwback to when this show had some MDs going through a printed stack of DNA sequences by hand to find a mutation.
"How is this even going to work?"
#noDNAsortingsoftware
September 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Its Friday, time to cheer up!
Throwback to when this show had some MDs going through a printed stack of DNA sequences by hand to find a mutation.
"How is this even going to work?"
#noDNAsortingsoftware
Throwback to when this show had some MDs going through a printed stack of DNA sequences by hand to find a mutation.
"How is this even going to work?"
#noDNAsortingsoftware
Years of practice using my cell phone to take images of cell lines through the microscope finally paid off. Behold! A lunar eclipse captured with my cell phone through binoculars! 🌚
September 7, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Years of practice using my cell phone to take images of cell lines through the microscope finally paid off. Behold! A lunar eclipse captured with my cell phone through binoculars! 🌚
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A reminder that there is no scientific basis for attempts to define people in terms of “good” or “bad” genes - these are discredited views in service of racist ideologies. For the consensus from the experts, see e.g. this 2020 @geneticssociety.bsky.social statement:
www.ashg.org/publications... 🧬🧪
www.ashg.org/publications... 🧬🧪
August 29, 2025 at 5:48 PM
A reminder that there is no scientific basis for attempts to define people in terms of “good” or “bad” genes - these are discredited views in service of racist ideologies. For the consensus from the experts, see e.g. this 2020 @geneticssociety.bsky.social statement:
www.ashg.org/publications... 🧬🧪
www.ashg.org/publications... 🧬🧪
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The Techlords and Their Ideology Are Mortal Enemies of Humanity:
The techlords intend to bring humanity to the brink of collapse and then, in a magic trick, rise to power, saving the species or themselves as the last specimens.
Article BASE thread 🧵 (10 min) 📖🍿🔊
The techlords intend to bring humanity to the brink of collapse and then, in a magic trick, rise to power, saving the species or themselves as the last specimens.
Article BASE thread 🧵 (10 min) 📖🍿🔊
The Techlords and Their Ideology Are Mortal Enemies of Humanity | Common Dreams
The techlords intend to bring humanity to the brink of collapse and then, in a magic trick, rise to power, saving the species or themselves as the last specimens.
www.commondreams.org
August 28, 2025 at 5:58 AM
The Techlords and Their Ideology Are Mortal Enemies of Humanity:
The techlords intend to bring humanity to the brink of collapse and then, in a magic trick, rise to power, saving the species or themselves as the last specimens.
Article BASE thread 🧵 (10 min) 📖🍿🔊
The techlords intend to bring humanity to the brink of collapse and then, in a magic trick, rise to power, saving the species or themselves as the last specimens.
Article BASE thread 🧵 (10 min) 📖🍿🔊
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If you live in a EU member country that does not explicitly oppose this legislation, please contact your representatives and try to convince them to oppose this.
If you do not, please share this with someone who does.
If you do not, please share this with someone who does.
August 16, 2025 at 8:29 AM
If you live in a EU member country that does not explicitly oppose this legislation, please contact your representatives and try to convince them to oppose this.
If you do not, please share this with someone who does.
If you do not, please share this with someone who does.
Alle har krav på privatliv.
Bare fordi du lukker døra når du er på do så betyr ikke det at du gjør noe ulovlig.
Privatliv kan også redde liv for mange i feil familie/regime.
Dette forslaget må dø.
Bare fordi du lukker døra når du er på do så betyr ikke det at du gjør noe ulovlig.
Privatliv kan også redde liv for mange i feil familie/regime.
Dette forslaget må dø.
Aftenposten i morgen, fredag 22. august 2025.
Nå har det klikket helt for våre såkalte ansvarlige myndigheter.
Vi vil være på nivå med DDRs brevåpnere, hvis og når dette blir lov.
Signal vil vi garantert miste.
Og hvorfor? De som skal spores vil finne nye veier, og nye krypteringsmetoder.
Nå har det klikket helt for våre såkalte ansvarlige myndigheter.
Vi vil være på nivå med DDRs brevåpnere, hvis og når dette blir lov.
Signal vil vi garantert miste.
Og hvorfor? De som skal spores vil finne nye veier, og nye krypteringsmetoder.
August 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Alle har krav på privatliv.
Bare fordi du lukker døra når du er på do så betyr ikke det at du gjør noe ulovlig.
Privatliv kan også redde liv for mange i feil familie/regime.
Dette forslaget må dø.
Bare fordi du lukker døra når du er på do så betyr ikke det at du gjør noe ulovlig.
Privatliv kan også redde liv for mange i feil familie/regime.
Dette forslaget må dø.
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Trump whipping himself up about cracking down on DC.
The language - “savagery, filth and scum” - should worry any right-minded person.
The language - “savagery, filth and scum” - should worry any right-minded person.
August 11, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Trump whipping himself up about cracking down on DC.
The language - “savagery, filth and scum” - should worry any right-minded person.
The language - “savagery, filth and scum” - should worry any right-minded person.
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Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.
Release from HHS: HHS will wind down its development of the mRNA vaccine development activities under the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).
August 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.
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I NEED to tell you the story of Tae Heung “William” Kim.
He's a graduate student at Texas A&M where he's working on a vaccine for Lyme disease.
He's a *legal permanent resident* of the United States.
And he's been in ICE detention for 12 days & counting, transferred Tuesday to South Texas.
He's a graduate student at Texas A&M where he's working on a vaccine for Lyme disease.
He's a *legal permanent resident* of the United States.
And he's been in ICE detention for 12 days & counting, transferred Tuesday to South Texas.
July 31, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I NEED to tell you the story of Tae Heung “William” Kim.
He's a graduate student at Texas A&M where he's working on a vaccine for Lyme disease.
He's a *legal permanent resident* of the United States.
And he's been in ICE detention for 12 days & counting, transferred Tuesday to South Texas.
He's a graduate student at Texas A&M where he's working on a vaccine for Lyme disease.
He's a *legal permanent resident* of the United States.
And he's been in ICE detention for 12 days & counting, transferred Tuesday to South Texas.
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Hi yes hello this is 1 facet of exactly why we told you not to use "generative AI" in the regulatory production pipeline: Eventually the bullshit it spits out— even its citations— will fail to agree w/ consensus reality, but they'll sure *look* like they do, & by then you'll have started trusting it
FDA’s artificial intelligence is supposed to revolutionize drug approvals. It’s making up nonexistent studies. | CNN Politics
Insiders tell CNN the FDA’s AI is “hallucinating” studies and can’t access key documents. Agency leaders insist the AI is getting better, and use is not mandatory.
www.cnn.com
July 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Hi yes hello this is 1 facet of exactly why we told you not to use "generative AI" in the regulatory production pipeline: Eventually the bullshit it spits out— even its citations— will fail to agree w/ consensus reality, but they'll sure *look* like they do, & by then you'll have started trusting it
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We are receiving desperate messages of starvation from #Gaza, including from our colleagues.
Food prices have increased 40 fold.
UNRWA has enough food for the entire population for over three months, stockpiled just outside Gaza.
Lift the siege and let aid in safely and at scale.
Food prices have increased 40 fold.
UNRWA has enough food for the entire population for over three months, stockpiled just outside Gaza.
Lift the siege and let aid in safely and at scale.
July 21, 2025 at 6:00 AM
We are receiving desperate messages of starvation from #Gaza, including from our colleagues.
Food prices have increased 40 fold.
UNRWA has enough food for the entire population for over three months, stockpiled just outside Gaza.
Lift the siege and let aid in safely and at scale.
Food prices have increased 40 fold.
UNRWA has enough food for the entire population for over three months, stockpiled just outside Gaza.
Lift the siege and let aid in safely and at scale.