Theo Sanderson
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researching viral pathogen genomics at @lshtm.bsky.social | theo.io / sandersonlab.org
seems bad
I'd missed that the government last week ordered the deletion of the site Courtsdesk. It's hard to describe how impossible it is for journalists to find court listings in UK. There's countless hearings I'd send a reporter to... if I knew they were happening. www.legalcheek.com/2026/02/mini...
Ministry of Justice orders deletion of the UK’s largest court reporting database - Legal Cheek
Blow for open justice
www.legalcheek.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:42 PM
seems bad
Reposted by Theo Sanderson
Ok, clicking through to the blog post that this blog post is referencing, the author makes this point directly:
theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-...
theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-...
February 12, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Ok, clicking through to the blog post that this blog post is referencing, the author makes this point directly:
theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-...
theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-...
A comedy set, really pretty decent? gemini.google.com/share/4b07fe...
February 12, 2026 at 11:25 PM
A comedy set, really pretty decent? gemini.google.com/share/4b07fe...
This one isn't a particularly interesting prompt, but somehow accidentally triggered it to start reasoning again during the output so you get a sense of what the reasoning looks like
Gemini - direct access to Google AI
Created with Gemini
gemini.google.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:21 PM
This one isn't a particularly interesting prompt, but somehow accidentally triggered it to start reasoning again during the output so you get a sense of what the reasoning looks like
when I asked the bare question I got "I could not read your file", but given some hints about media I get gemini.google.com/share/e9f214... / theosanderson.github.io/misc/gemini....
Gemini - direct access to Google AI
Created with Gemini
gemini.google.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:07 PM
when I asked the bare question I got "I could not read your file", but given some hints about media I get gemini.google.com/share/e9f214... / theosanderson.github.io/misc/gemini....
gemini.google.com/share/3fdb24... It can output chats I suppose - let me know if you want the visualisation in html or svg or something
Gemini - direct access to Google AI
Created with Gemini
gemini.google.com
February 12, 2026 at 9:50 PM
gemini.google.com/share/3fdb24... It can output chats I suppose - let me know if you want the visualisation in html or svg or something
Asked for a novel riddle
February 12, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Asked for a novel riddle
(happy to take a few requests if anyone is curious)
February 12, 2026 at 9:26 PM
(happy to take a few requests if anyone is curious)
Mechanism to cause a laser pointer to draw "HELLO" on the wall. A few issues with collisions and flipped text - but looks pretty reasonable to me.
February 12, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Mechanism to cause a laser pointer to draw "HELLO" on the wall. A few issues with collisions and flipped text - but looks pretty reasonable to me.
(in fairness it's like a 10 minute one-shot and I can't say what's happening underneath!)
February 12, 2026 at 8:51 PM
(in fairness it's like a 10 minute one-shot and I can't say what's happening underneath!)
I told it about the issue in the last clown mechanism and I think this one is legit
February 12, 2026 at 8:47 PM
I told it about the issue in the last clown mechanism and I think this one is legit
My standard SVG task is two cats playing tennis - most models can't even get the net at the right orientation relative to the course..
February 12, 2026 at 8:14 PM
My standard SVG task is two cats playing tennis - most models can't even get the net at the right orientation relative to the course..
ok, I guess that mechanism doesn't quite work, that's something!
February 12, 2026 at 8:13 PM
ok, I guess that mechanism doesn't quite work, that's something!
Gemini Deep Think: "Create OpenSCAD for a mechanised animated clown who should wave his left hand left and right and his right hand up and down, driven only by the rotation of a motor. Implement animation so I can see how the mechanism works."
February 12, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Gemini Deep Think: "Create OpenSCAD for a mechanised animated clown who should wave his left hand left and right and his right hand up and down, driven only by the rotation of a motor. Implement animation so I can see how the mechanism works."
Reposted by Theo Sanderson
Genuinely very impressed by the SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle I just got out of Google's new Gemini 3 Deep Think model simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/12/...
Gemini 3 Deep Think
New from Google. They say it's "built to push the frontier of intelligence and solve modern challenges across science, research, and engineering". It drew me a really good SVG of …
simonwillison.net
February 12, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Genuinely very impressed by the SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle I just got out of Google's new Gemini 3 Deep Think model simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/12/...
Gemini Deep Think Oneshot! Note the Oxpecker bird on the hippo! gist.github.com/theosanderso...
February 12, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Gemini Deep Think Oneshot! Note the Oxpecker bird on the hippo! gist.github.com/theosanderso...
Reposted by Theo Sanderson
See paper in Nature, looks interesting, read it, the latest model they evaluated was o1 preview. This needs to stop.
I understand publishing timelines are long but at least change your headline or the abstract.
I understand publishing timelines are long but at least change your headline or the abstract.
February 12, 2026 at 6:03 PM
See paper in Nature, looks interesting, read it, the latest model they evaluated was o1 preview. This needs to stop.
I understand publishing timelines are long but at least change your headline or the abstract.
I understand publishing timelines are long but at least change your headline or the abstract.
Reposted by Theo Sanderson
ARTIC 2 measles resources are live!
As part of the Wellcome Trust funded ARTIC 2 project we have developed a collection of measles virus resources that are now openly available at artic.network/viruses/mev
As part of the Wellcome Trust funded ARTIC 2 project we have developed a collection of measles virus resources that are now openly available at artic.network/viruses/mev
February 12, 2026 at 11:15 AM
ARTIC 2 measles resources are live!
As part of the Wellcome Trust funded ARTIC 2 project we have developed a collection of measles virus resources that are now openly available at artic.network/viruses/mev
As part of the Wellcome Trust funded ARTIC 2 project we have developed a collection of measles virus resources that are now openly available at artic.network/viruses/mev
February 12, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Yes, fair enough - no confidence about this particular case. But I find it entirely plausible: there's nothing technical stopping one setting up an agent that would act just like this
It also tries to write the blog post three times, which idk, could be evidence of a janky agent not a human
It also tries to write the blog post three times, which idk, could be evidence of a janky agent not a human
February 12, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Yes, fair enough - no confidence about this particular case. But I find it entirely plausible: there's nothing technical stopping one setting up an agent that would act just like this
It also tries to write the blog post three times, which idk, could be evidence of a janky agent not a human
It also tries to write the blog post three times, which idk, could be evidence of a janky agent not a human
(also feel free to update the info link to whatever you like :) )
February 12, 2026 at 6:35 PM
(also feel free to update the info link to whatever you like :) )
Very fun! (Colour could be interesting too, I guess journalism clusters will have more followers than other clusters for example)
February 12, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Very fun! (Colour could be interesting too, I guess journalism clusters will have more followers than other clusters for example)
agents with less agency plz
February 12, 2026 at 3:52 PM
agents with less agency plz
here's the blog post btw github.com/crabby-rathb...
Post: Gatekeeping in Open Source - The Scott Shambaugh Story (qmd) · crabby-rathbun/mjrathbun-website@3bc0a78
github.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:50 PM
here's the blog post btw github.com/crabby-rathb...