George O’Neill
@goneill.bsky.social
Physicist. Neuroscientist. Alien.
Happy 55th Anniversary of the time in Oregon they tried to use dynamite to dispose a beached whale.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6CL...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6CL...
The Exploding Whale: An infamous moment in Oregon history creates a strangely beloved icon
YouTube video by KATU News
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November 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Happy 55th Anniversary of the time in Oregon they tried to use dynamite to dispose a beached whale.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6CL...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6CL...
SCORIGAMI!
🏈 JAX 29 - 36 HOU
FINAL
✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1094th unique final score in NFL history.
FINAL
✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1094th unique final score in NFL history.
November 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
SCORIGAMI!
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Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
www.science.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
That Broncos game has aged me considerably.
October 20, 2025 at 1:14 AM
That Broncos game has aged me considerably.
Saw my first lenticular clouds in person today. The lamination!
October 19, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Saw my first lenticular clouds in person today. The lamination!
I think I’ve spent too long looking at linear algebra that I thought this donut shop was celebrating the pseudo-inverse of 90 years.
October 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I think I’ve spent too long looking at linear algebra that I thought this donut shop was celebrating the pseudo-inverse of 90 years.
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Well don't I feel stupid
September 26, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Well don't I feel stupid
Do it for the job security, or the mountain view. I’m not judging!
University of Colorado Boulder Psychology & Neuroscience is searching for TWO tenure track assistant professors!!
jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
#socialpsychology #cogpsyc #PsychSciSky #PsychJob
#psycjobs #psychology
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#socialpsychology #cogpsyc #PsychSciSky #PsychJob
#psycjobs #psychology
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Assistant Professor
jobs.colorado.edu
September 24, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Do it for the job security, or the mountain view. I’m not judging!
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Just saw Mario turned 40 this week and so, once again, I present to you: the first level of Super Mario but all the sound effects are farts.
September 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Just saw Mario turned 40 this week and so, once again, I present to you: the first level of Super Mario but all the sound effects are farts.
I wouldn't normally link to an AI paper but the DeepSeek paper in Nature has one astonishing stat in the supplementary. The cost to train on top of the base LLM was below $300k. I think the cost of the original model was only 10x more.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
DeepSeek-R1 incentivizes reasoning in LLMs through reinforcement learning - Nature
A new artificial intelligence model, DeepSeek-R1, is introduced, demonstrating that the reasoning abilities of large language models can be incentivized through pure reinforcement learning, removing t...
www.nature.com
September 18, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I wouldn't normally link to an AI paper but the DeepSeek paper in Nature has one astonishing stat in the supplementary. The cost to train on top of the base LLM was below $300k. I think the cost of the original model was only 10x more.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
You can tell SPM is uncomfortable about turning 30, it’s spent all year telling everyone it’s 25!
A birthday is a good time to reflect! To mark SPM @ 30, this month's issue of Cerebral Cortex features deeply insightful commentaries on neuroimaging analysis from Ed Bullmore, Peter Bandettini, Peter Fox, Pedro Valdes-Sosa, Klaas Enno Stephan, Viktor Jirsa, et al [1/2] academic.oup.com/cercor/issue
Issues | Cerebral Cortex | Oxford Academic
Publishes papers on the development, organization, plasticity, and function of the cerebral cortex, including the hippocampus.
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September 17, 2025 at 3:43 AM
You can tell SPM is uncomfortable about turning 30, it’s spent all year telling everyone it’s 25!
Laurent is fantastic to work with and never short of inspiring ideas. Please apply or spread the word!
We are hiring !
👩🏼🎓👨🎓🧑🏼🎓👨🏿🎓👩🏿🎓👩🎓
I am looking for a motivated person interested in a PhD in basic neuroscience, for a project at the edge between epilepsy and sleep.
If you are interested, check the job announcement:
jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_porta...
👩🏼🎓👨🎓🧑🏼🎓👨🏿🎓👩🏿🎓👩🎓
I am looking for a motivated person interested in a PhD in basic neuroscience, for a project at the edge between epilepsy and sleep.
If you are interested, check the job announcement:
jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_porta...
Assistant-e (A2) (6548)
jobs.unige.ch
September 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Laurent is fantastic to work with and never short of inspiring ideas. Please apply or spread the word!
We've got a very jet-lagged niece staying with us for a fortnight, so this will be me for the forseeable. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhdC...
Dave Grohl in FRESH POTS!
YouTube video by themcrookedvultures
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September 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We've got a very jet-lagged niece staying with us for a fortnight, so this will be me for the forseeable. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhdC...
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Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale
Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus
Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus
May 16, 2023 at 10:51 PM
Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale
Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus
Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus
What a first six seconds for the Eagles, an injury and a sending off!
September 5, 2025 at 12:28 AM
What a first six seconds for the Eagles, an injury and a sending off!
Its a complex feeling to receive two papers in the same week for comments, both including authors who sadly passed away too soon in 2025. Hopefully these papers in small part help their names echo though the ages that little longer.
August 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Its a complex feeling to receive two papers in the same week for comments, both including authors who sadly passed away too soon in 2025. Hopefully these papers in small part help their names echo though the ages that little longer.
I've got 99 problems and they are all related to how FreeSurfer stores mesh data.
August 6, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I've got 99 problems and they are all related to how FreeSurfer stores mesh data.
One thing I wasn't expecting to have regularly to look up is what the Americans call paracetamol.
July 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
One thing I wasn't expecting to have regularly to look up is what the Americans call paracetamol.
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Pleased to see this paper finally published. We investigated which conductive models are appropriate for source analysis of spine electrophysiology. Turns out modelling the bone is quite important! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Volume conductor models for magnetospinography - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Volume conductor models for magnetospinography
www.nature.com
July 22, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Pleased to see this paper finally published. We investigated which conductive models are appropriate for source analysis of spine electrophysiology. Turns out modelling the bone is quite important! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Pleased to see this paper finally published. We investigated which conductive models are appropriate for source analysis of spine electrophysiology. Turns out modelling the bone is quite important! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Volume conductor models for magnetospinography - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Volume conductor models for magnetospinography
www.nature.com
July 22, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Pleased to see this paper finally published. We investigated which conductive models are appropriate for source analysis of spine electrophysiology. Turns out modelling the bone is quite important! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Standing perfectly still so I don't accidentally spend money
August 17, 2023 at 9:07 PM
Standing perfectly still so I don't accidentally spend money
This years @meguki2025.bsky.social is the first I’ve not attended since 2012. The fear of missing out is real!
July 15, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This years @meguki2025.bsky.social is the first I’ve not attended since 2012. The fear of missing out is real!
Just written what cnly be descriped as a response to reviewers... to the property disputing issues found with the flat I vacated last month.
Less hoping for paper acceptance and more hoping I get some deposit back!
Less hoping for paper acceptance and more hoping I get some deposit back!
July 4, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Just written what cnly be descriped as a response to reviewers... to the property disputing issues found with the flat I vacated last month.
Less hoping for paper acceptance and more hoping I get some deposit back!
Less hoping for paper acceptance and more hoping I get some deposit back!
WHY DOES MY MOUSE SOFTWARE INCLUDE ACCESS TO AN LLM, IN WHAT WORLD IS THAT EVEN A USEFUL IDEA?
June 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
WHY DOES MY MOUSE SOFTWARE INCLUDE ACCESS TO AN LLM, IN WHAT WORLD IS THAT EVEN A USEFUL IDEA?