Marie Simon
@holyhologram.bsky.social
💥 Science writer, currently locked in a lab with neuroscientists. | Regurgitating ideas @lepavenumerique.com | Former editor-in-chief of @motherboard.bsky.social France
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I think about this all the time
July 27, 2025 at 10:04 AM
I think about this all the time
I'm torn between exploring the technical, ethical and security specifics surrounding it, and exploring my emotions when I talk to it. Really overwhelming.
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Crossing the uncanny valley of conversational voice
At Sesame, our goal is to achieve “voice presence”—the magical quality that makes spoken interactions feel real, understood, and valued.
www.sesame.com
March 1, 2025 at 10:48 AM
I'm torn between exploring the technical, ethical and security specifics surrounding it, and exploring my emotions when I talk to it. Really overwhelming.
www.sesame.com/research/cro...
www.sesame.com/research/cro...
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I don’t know if Google can top this, their finest work to date
February 25, 2025 at 6:31 AM
I don’t know if Google can top this, their finest work to date
How do you maintain a relationship with a loved one who has embraced conspiracy thinking to the point of alienating the whole family—and should you? The three-part podcast "Alternate Realities" offers a deeply moving exploration of this question, told in the first person. www.npr.org/2025/02/23/1...
Alternate Realities : Up First from NPR
Conspiracy theories are all over social media. For some, that's as far as they go. But for reporter Zach Mack, conspiracy theories have infiltrated his family. After Mack's father became obsessed with...
www.npr.org
February 25, 2025 at 8:31 AM
How do you maintain a relationship with a loved one who has embraced conspiracy thinking to the point of alienating the whole family—and should you? The three-part podcast "Alternate Realities" offers a deeply moving exploration of this question, told in the first person. www.npr.org/2025/02/23/1...
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I was not expecting the Pop-it Wikipedia to be such a roller coaster.
August 21, 2023 at 8:19 PM
I was not expecting the Pop-it Wikipedia to be such a roller coaster.
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New model out. Agi achieved
December 5, 2024 at 8:11 PM
New model out. Agi achieved
I can't let go of Facebook, mainly because the "Science diagrams that look like shitposts" group is essential to my well-being (and r/ScienceShitposts doesn’t have the same flavour). Do you know other people with the same hobby on Bluesky? We could use a starter pack or two.
November 25, 2024 at 12:00 PM
I can't let go of Facebook, mainly because the "Science diagrams that look like shitposts" group is essential to my well-being (and r/ScienceShitposts doesn’t have the same flavour). Do you know other people with the same hobby on Bluesky? We could use a starter pack or two.
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Hi everyone.
The Onion, with the help of the Sandy Hook families, has purchased InfoWars.
We are planning on making it a very funny, very stupid website.
We have retained the services of some Onion and Clickhole Hall of Famers to pull this off.
I can't wait to show you what we have cooked up.
The Onion, with the help of the Sandy Hook families, has purchased InfoWars.
We are planning on making it a very funny, very stupid website.
We have retained the services of some Onion and Clickhole Hall of Famers to pull this off.
I can't wait to show you what we have cooked up.
The Onion Buys Alex Jones’s Infowars Out of Bankruptcy
The satirical news site planned to turn Infowars into a parody of itself, mocking “weird internet personalities” who peddle conspiracy theories and health supplements.
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2024 at 2:09 PM
Hi everyone.
The Onion, with the help of the Sandy Hook families, has purchased InfoWars.
We are planning on making it a very funny, very stupid website.
We have retained the services of some Onion and Clickhole Hall of Famers to pull this off.
I can't wait to show you what we have cooked up.
The Onion, with the help of the Sandy Hook families, has purchased InfoWars.
We are planning on making it a very funny, very stupid website.
We have retained the services of some Onion and Clickhole Hall of Famers to pull this off.
I can't wait to show you what we have cooked up.
Inspired by the current tone of international politics, I just visited a public section of the Paris sewers—a good opportunity to relax and have a good time underground.
November 9, 2024 at 3:56 PM
Inspired by the current tone of international politics, I just visited a public section of the Paris sewers—a good opportunity to relax and have a good time underground.
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A recent New Scientist cartoon:
September 23, 2024 at 9:15 AM
A recent New Scientist cartoon:
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HEARTWARMING: local father shows his son the cone!
August 20, 2024 at 1:03 AM
HEARTWARMING: local father shows his son the cone!
I found a box for collecting outdated X-rays pictures. I wonder if they are successfully destroyed, or if someone, somewhere, is relaxing in a room full of tibias.
January 25, 2024 at 5:41 PM
I found a box for collecting outdated X-rays pictures. I wonder if they are successfully destroyed, or if someone, somewhere, is relaxing in a room full of tibias.
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No one ever talks about how an oubliette implies the existence of a larger, and far more terrifying, oobly.
November 16, 2023 at 1:41 PM
No one ever talks about how an oubliette implies the existence of a larger, and far more terrifying, oobly.
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New: verified Twitter 'OSINT' accounts are destroying the Israel-Palestine information ecosystem. What used to be a network of reliable experts has been taken over by profit and click driven verified accounts. Everyone loses out. "Unprecedented" levels www.404media.co/twitter-veri...
‘Verified’ OSINT Accounts Are Destroying the Israel-Palestine Information Ecosystem
The problem with profit and engagement driven misinformation from pseudo-OSINT accounts during the Israel-Palestine conflict is "unprecedented." One expert said after Musk's recent changes "all hell b...
www.404media.co
October 18, 2023 at 5:21 PM
New: verified Twitter 'OSINT' accounts are destroying the Israel-Palestine information ecosystem. What used to be a network of reliable experts has been taken over by profit and click driven verified accounts. Everyone loses out. "Unprecedented" levels www.404media.co/twitter-veri...
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couldn’t be more obsessed with the wikipedia page for the inventor of the saxophone
October 18, 2023 at 2:31 PM
couldn’t be more obsessed with the wikipedia page for the inventor of the saxophone
"With loneliness and skincare sales both reaching record rates, it makes sense that cosmetic cannibalism is trending."
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October 11, 2023 at 6:19 AM
"With loneliness and skincare sales both reaching record rates, it makes sense that cosmetic cannibalism is trending."
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jessicadefino.substack.com/p/dewy-dumpl...
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AND HERE IT IS!!
This year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year has been awarded to this *gorgeous* picture of a tri-spine horseshoe crab taken by Laurent Ballesta!
Absolutely obsessed with how much it looks like some sort of alien spaceship 🎉🌿🧪
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
This year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year has been awarded to this *gorgeous* picture of a tri-spine horseshoe crab taken by Laurent Ballesta!
Absolutely obsessed with how much it looks like some sort of alien spaceship 🎉🌿🧪
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
October 11, 2023 at 5:51 AM
AND HERE IT IS!!
This year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year has been awarded to this *gorgeous* picture of a tri-spine horseshoe crab taken by Laurent Ballesta!
Absolutely obsessed with how much it looks like some sort of alien spaceship 🎉🌿🧪
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
This year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year has been awarded to this *gorgeous* picture of a tri-spine horseshoe crab taken by Laurent Ballesta!
Absolutely obsessed with how much it looks like some sort of alien spaceship 🎉🌿🧪
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
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“I am not saying that women will do a different kind of science,” Evelyn Fox Keller told The Boston Globe in 1986. “I am saying when there are more women in science, everybody will be free to do a different kind of science.” 🧪
So sad to learn we lost Evelyn Fox Keller, a towering figure in #science, the #historyofscience, #philosophyofscience, #womeninscience and so much more. I had the honor or getting to know her when she was a scientist in residence at the Exploratorium. Sleep in the stars, Evelyn #RIP nyti.ms/3F7zqyN
Evelyn Fox Keller, Who Turned a Feminist Lens on Science, Dies at 87
Trained as a physicist and biologist, she argued that science had become gendered, with a narrow masculine framework that distorted inquiry.
nyti.ms
October 3, 2023 at 3:41 AM
“I am not saying that women will do a different kind of science,” Evelyn Fox Keller told The Boston Globe in 1986. “I am saying when there are more women in science, everybody will be free to do a different kind of science.” 🧪
This article hits very close to home. I had the same experience with the tango / dance communities during the pandemic. Hearing people I was very close to rave about the Great Reset for months was so painful that I stopped dancing altogether.
a relevant article: the wellness to fascism pipeline
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/aug/02/everything-youve-been-told-is-a-lie-inside-the-wellness-to-facism-pipeline
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/aug/02/everything-youve-been-told-is-a-lie-inside-the-wellness-to-facism-pipeline
‘Everything you’ve been told is a lie!’ Inside the wellness-to-fascism pipeline
One minute you’re doing the downward dog, the next you’re listening to conspiracy theories about Covid or the new world order. How did the desire to look after yourself become so toxic?
www.theguardian.com
August 15, 2023 at 7:36 PM
This article hits very close to home. I had the same experience with the tango / dance communities during the pandemic. Hearing people I was very close to rave about the Great Reset for months was so painful that I stopped dancing altogether.
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Birders of Tumblr 🤣🪶 🧪
August 10, 2023 at 2:05 AM
Birders of Tumblr 🤣🪶 🧪
Just found a stock of disinfected funnels in a cupboard. They look like a cute army of tin foil hats ready for the next pandemic.
August 10, 2023 at 7:27 AM
Just found a stock of disinfected funnels in a cupboard. They look like a cute army of tin foil hats ready for the next pandemic.
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This New York Times article about how serial killers are becoming more rare reads like a call-to-action to save an endangered species.
August 6, 2023 at 2:25 PM
This New York Times article about how serial killers are becoming more rare reads like a call-to-action to save an endangered species.