Angelo Varlotta
@ang42.bsky.social
Background: biology, data science. I'm interested in applied ml, responsible ai and sustainability. Volunteer @climatematch & @neuromatch. "È tutto sbagliato, è tutto da rifare". (Bartali)
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Our paper on a neuromorphic algorithm for solving finite element models is out, which is exciting for a number of reasons. But really I want to talk a bit about how this relates to understanding the brain and #NeuroAI. 🤖🧪🧠🧵 1/
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Solving sparse finite element problems on neuromorphic hardware - Nature Machine Intelligence
Theilman and Aimone introduce a natively spiking algorithm for solving partial differential equations on large-scale neuromorphic computers and demonstrate the algorithm on Intel’s Loihi 2 neuromorphi...
www.nature.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Our paper on a neuromorphic algorithm for solving finite element models is out, which is exciting for a number of reasons. But really I want to talk a bit about how this relates to understanding the brain and #NeuroAI. 🤖🧪🧠🧵 1/
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
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Reservoir computing is good for #neuroAI because
1. it avoids the biological implausibility of backpropagation
2. it naturally models temporal dynamics
3. Random recurrent reservoirs naturally sit near the edge of chaos (complexity is good)
I can continue...
#AI #neuromorphic
1. it avoids the biological implausibility of backpropagation
2. it naturally models temporal dynamics
3. Random recurrent reservoirs naturally sit near the edge of chaos (complexity is good)
I can continue...
#AI #neuromorphic
November 16, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Reservoir computing is good for #neuroAI because
1. it avoids the biological implausibility of backpropagation
2. it naturally models temporal dynamics
3. Random recurrent reservoirs naturally sit near the edge of chaos (complexity is good)
I can continue...
#AI #neuromorphic
1. it avoids the biological implausibility of backpropagation
2. it naturally models temporal dynamics
3. Random recurrent reservoirs naturally sit near the edge of chaos (complexity is good)
I can continue...
#AI #neuromorphic
🎧: In a world of unpredictable leaders, are nuclear weapons making us more vulnerable?
@prospectmagazine.co.uk on Bluesky
🎧: In a world of unpredictable leaders, are nuclear weapons making us more vulnerable? Serhii Plokhy joins @ellenhalliday.bsky.social and @aloner.bsky.social on the Prospect Podcast to discuss.
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcasts/prospect-podcast/71563/serhii-plokhy-how-close-are-we-to-nuclear-war
bsky.app
November 12, 2025 at 1:05 PM
🎧: In a world of unpredictable leaders, are nuclear weapons making us more vulnerable?
About AI in education.
AI has probably only highlighted the limits of the current scholar system, based on tests, grades, and knowledge.
If we think that teaching and studying are aimed at passing a test or getting a high grade, then AI has probably already won.
1/3
#generativeAI #ethics #school
AI has probably only highlighted the limits of the current scholar system, based on tests, grades, and knowledge.
If we think that teaching and studying are aimed at passing a test or getting a high grade, then AI has probably already won.
1/3
#generativeAI #ethics #school
November 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
About AI in education.
AI has probably only highlighted the limits of the current scholar system, based on tests, grades, and knowledge.
If we think that teaching and studying are aimed at passing a test or getting a high grade, then AI has probably already won.
1/3
#generativeAI #ethics #school
AI has probably only highlighted the limits of the current scholar system, based on tests, grades, and knowledge.
If we think that teaching and studying are aimed at passing a test or getting a high grade, then AI has probably already won.
1/3
#generativeAI #ethics #school
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This is a great input I received. To respond that:
1/ Social influence doesn’t stop at politics or media—it’s present in science too.
Scientists are not immune to bandwagon effects—repeated claims in literature can start to feel more “true” (illusory truth effect), even when replication is weak.
1/ Social influence doesn’t stop at politics or media—it’s present in science too.
Scientists are not immune to bandwagon effects—repeated claims in literature can start to feel more “true” (illusory truth effect), even when replication is weak.
September 17, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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Silence, please
In 1994, Mr. Rodgers made a prescient point: our information-overloaded world leaves too little time for quiet reflection.
September 11, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Silence, please
Si possono salvare i post.
Abbiamo svoltato.
Abbiamo svoltato.
September 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Si possono salvare i post.
Abbiamo svoltato.
Abbiamo svoltato.
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📆 Mark your calendars! Neuromatch Academy 2026 courses are coming!
🧠 #ComputationalNeuroscience & #DeepLearning (6–24 July)
🌍 Computational Tools for #ClimateScience & #NeuroAI (13–24 July)
➡️ Applications open Feb 2026. Sign up for updates: neuromatch.io/mailing-list/
🧠 #ComputationalNeuroscience & #DeepLearning (6–24 July)
🌍 Computational Tools for #ClimateScience & #NeuroAI (13–24 July)
➡️ Applications open Feb 2026. Sign up for updates: neuromatch.io/mailing-list/
September 8, 2025 at 7:00 AM
📆 Mark your calendars! Neuromatch Academy 2026 courses are coming!
🧠 #ComputationalNeuroscience & #DeepLearning (6–24 July)
🌍 Computational Tools for #ClimateScience & #NeuroAI (13–24 July)
➡️ Applications open Feb 2026. Sign up for updates: neuromatch.io/mailing-list/
🧠 #ComputationalNeuroscience & #DeepLearning (6–24 July)
🌍 Computational Tools for #ClimateScience & #NeuroAI (13–24 July)
➡️ Applications open Feb 2026. Sign up for updates: neuromatch.io/mailing-list/
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The words we use to talk about nature are disappearing. Here’s why that matters.
We’ll need to do more than "touch grass" to revive them.
grist.org/language/nat...
#Nature #Words #Language #Culture #Climate #Diction #Writing #Writers
We’ll need to do more than "touch grass" to revive them.
grist.org/language/nat...
#Nature #Words #Language #Culture #Climate #Diction #Writing #Writers
The words we use to talk about nature are disappearing. Here’s why that matters.
We’ll need to do more than ‘touch grass’ to revive them.
grist.org
September 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Radical right accommodation really does not work.
New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
September 5, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Radical right accommodation really does not work.
New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
The Interrupters - "Take Back The Power"
YouTube video by Hellcat Records
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August 11, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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🌍 Angelo Varlotta helped shape Climatematch’s Professional Development and Impact Speaker programs...and found his own path into climate science along the way.
Read his story on LinkedIn ⬇️
www.linkedin.com/posts/neurom...
#ClimateScience #Volunteering #Climatematch #Neuromatch
Read his story on LinkedIn ⬇️
www.linkedin.com/posts/neurom...
#ClimateScience #Volunteering #Climatematch #Neuromatch
August 9, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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GPT-5 is out and everyone is wondering "how many R in Strawberrrry?"
a painting of a piano in a field with a tree
Alt: a painting of a piano in a field with a tree. it's actually a gif from Strawberry fields forever by the beatles, and they are running out of the piano.
media.tenor.com
August 8, 2025 at 12:12 PM
GPT-5 is out and everyone is wondering "how many R in Strawberrrry?"
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The latest smoke plumes from intense Canadian wildfires are reaching Europe, causing hazy skies, and a second plume is following according to our #CopernicusAtmosphere aerosol optical depth forecast.
See the forecast: atmosphere.copernicus.eu/charts/packa...
See the forecast: atmosphere.copernicus.eu/charts/packa...
August 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The latest smoke plumes from intense Canadian wildfires are reaching Europe, causing hazy skies, and a second plume is following according to our #CopernicusAtmosphere aerosol optical depth forecast.
See the forecast: atmosphere.copernicus.eu/charts/packa...
See the forecast: atmosphere.copernicus.eu/charts/packa...
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Abbiamo scoperto cosa ha ucciso miliardi di stelle marine negli ultimi 15 anni
Abbiamo scoperto cosa ha ucciso miliardi di stelle marine negli ultimi 15 anni
È stato un batterio dello stesso genere di quello del colera: ora che lo sappiamo forse sarà possibile risolvere una grossa crisi ecologica
www.ilpost.it
August 6, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Abbiamo scoperto cosa ha ucciso miliardi di stelle marine negli ultimi 15 anni
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From TA to project chair 🌍
Wil Laura's journey with Climatematch shows what’s possible when you take a chance—and find your people.
📖 Read his story: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
#ClimateScience #ClimatematchAcademy #EarlyCareerResearchers
Wil Laura's journey with Climatematch shows what’s possible when you take a chance—and find your people.
📖 Read his story: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
#ClimateScience #ClimatematchAcademy #EarlyCareerResearchers
August 5, 2025 at 7:45 AM
From TA to project chair 🌍
Wil Laura's journey with Climatematch shows what’s possible when you take a chance—and find your people.
📖 Read his story: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
#ClimateScience #ClimatematchAcademy #EarlyCareerResearchers
Wil Laura's journey with Climatematch shows what’s possible when you take a chance—and find your people.
📖 Read his story: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
#ClimateScience #ClimatematchAcademy #EarlyCareerResearchers
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Excited to teach two grad courses @UTAustin Spring '26!
📊 Gov 385La: Making Big Data – Learn web scraping, crowd-sourcing, & data curation to build high-quality datasets for social sci impact.
🌍 Gov 385Lb: Causal ML & EO for Social Sci – Deploy satellite data & ML for causal inf at planetary scale
📊 Gov 385La: Making Big Data – Learn web scraping, crowd-sourcing, & data curation to build high-quality datasets for social sci impact.
🌍 Gov 385Lb: Causal ML & EO for Social Sci – Deploy satellite data & ML for causal inf at planetary scale
August 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Excited to teach two grad courses @UTAustin Spring '26!
📊 Gov 385La: Making Big Data – Learn web scraping, crowd-sourcing, & data curation to build high-quality datasets for social sci impact.
🌍 Gov 385Lb: Causal ML & EO for Social Sci – Deploy satellite data & ML for causal inf at planetary scale
📊 Gov 385La: Making Big Data – Learn web scraping, crowd-sourcing, & data curation to build high-quality datasets for social sci impact.
🌍 Gov 385Lb: Causal ML & EO for Social Sci – Deploy satellite data & ML for causal inf at planetary scale
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The Fantastic Four!
All four illustrations i did for Marvel Snap, so happy i had the chance to work on them!
@Marvel #marvelsnap #fantasticfour #invisiblewoman #thething #mrfantastic #humantorch #marvel #vincenzoriccardi #vinartwork
All four illustrations i did for Marvel Snap, so happy i had the chance to work on them!
@Marvel #marvelsnap #fantasticfour #invisiblewoman #thething #mrfantastic #humantorch #marvel #vincenzoriccardi #vinartwork
June 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The Fantastic Four!
All four illustrations i did for Marvel Snap, so happy i had the chance to work on them!
@Marvel #marvelsnap #fantasticfour #invisiblewoman #thething #mrfantastic #humantorch #marvel #vincenzoriccardi #vinartwork
All four illustrations i did for Marvel Snap, so happy i had the chance to work on them!
@Marvel #marvelsnap #fantasticfour #invisiblewoman #thething #mrfantastic #humantorch #marvel #vincenzoriccardi #vinartwork
L'accordo scozzese, spiegato bene open.substack.com/pub/fabiosab...
Un pareggio mascherato da sconfitta
I media europei parlano di un’umiliazione politica per l’UE, ma è una lettura parziale e in gran parte fuorviante
open.substack.com
July 30, 2025 at 12:14 PM
L'accordo scozzese, spiegato bene open.substack.com/pub/fabiosab...
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47 years of #Arctic sea ice thickness during the month of June... (updated through 2025)
Graphic available at zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
Graphic available at zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
July 27, 2025 at 3:16 PM
47 years of #Arctic sea ice thickness during the month of June... (updated through 2025)
Graphic available at zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
Graphic available at zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
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It's time for your monthly climate change update: 🫣
+ Global temperature: 📈
+ Carbon dioxide (CO₂): 📈
+ Methane (CH₄): 📈
+ Nitrous oxide (N₂O): 📈
Graphic by zacklabe.com/climate-chan...
+ Global temperature: 📈
+ Carbon dioxide (CO₂): 📈
+ Methane (CH₄): 📈
+ Nitrous oxide (N₂O): 📈
Graphic by zacklabe.com/climate-chan...
July 25, 2025 at 12:42 AM
It's time for your monthly climate change update: 🫣
+ Global temperature: 📈
+ Carbon dioxide (CO₂): 📈
+ Methane (CH₄): 📈
+ Nitrous oxide (N₂O): 📈
Graphic by zacklabe.com/climate-chan...
+ Global temperature: 📈
+ Carbon dioxide (CO₂): 📈
+ Methane (CH₄): 📈
+ Nitrous oxide (N₂O): 📈
Graphic by zacklabe.com/climate-chan...
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For anyone who might be interested in teaching my book on Leopold's land ethic:
The Philosophers for Sustainability group has put together resources to use for teaching _The Land Is Our Community _. 1/n
🌱🐋 🌎 📗
The Philosophers for Sustainability group has put together resources to use for teaching _The Land Is Our Community _. 1/n
🌱🐋 🌎 📗
July 25, 2025 at 2:53 AM
For anyone who might be interested in teaching my book on Leopold's land ethic:
The Philosophers for Sustainability group has put together resources to use for teaching _The Land Is Our Community _. 1/n
🌱🐋 🌎 📗
The Philosophers for Sustainability group has put together resources to use for teaching _The Land Is Our Community _. 1/n
🌱🐋 🌎 📗