@msyvr.bsky.social
staying human among/despite the machines
never graduate @recursecenter.bsky.social
monicaspisar.com
never graduate @recursecenter.bsky.social
monicaspisar.com
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Let’s be clear. Carbon capture is mainly about giving a lifeline to the fossil fuel industry and tree-burning #Drax power station—and will actually worsen global heating.
Good to see this reported by @edienet.bsky.social today.
Good to see this reported by @edienet.bsky.social today.
July 17, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Let’s be clear. Carbon capture is mainly about giving a lifeline to the fossil fuel industry and tree-burning #Drax power station—and will actually worsen global heating.
Good to see this reported by @edienet.bsky.social today.
Good to see this reported by @edienet.bsky.social today.
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GOOD NEWS! Researchers have created a biodegradable gel that delivers Parkinson’s medications through a SINGLE weekly shot, REPLACING the need for multiple daily pills. Injected just under the skin, the gel steadily releases levodopa and carbidopa, helping keep tremors AND stiffness in check. 🧪🧵⬇️
July 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have created a biodegradable gel that delivers Parkinson’s medications through a SINGLE weekly shot, REPLACING the need for multiple daily pills. Injected just under the skin, the gel steadily releases levodopa and carbidopa, helping keep tremors AND stiffness in check. 🧪🧵⬇️
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Nice article on MICrONS in the NYTimes from @carlzimmer.com www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/s...
Scientists Map Miles of Wiring in a Speck of Mouse Brain (Gift Article)
Scientists achieved “a milestone” by charting the activity and structure of 200,000 cells in a mouse brain and their 523 million connections.
www.nytimes.com
April 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Nice article on MICrONS in the NYTimes from @carlzimmer.com www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/s...
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Yes. The situation at NIH is worse than the public realizes.
The #NIH is on track to be effectively ended as a funder of evidence-based research within a year.
That is not an exaggeration. The firings and consolidation announced today will create a new, MUCH worse NIH.
1/
The #NIH is on track to be effectively ended as a funder of evidence-based research within a year.
That is not an exaggeration. The firings and consolidation announced today will create a new, MUCH worse NIH.
1/
The situation at the NIH and for all biomedical and cancer cure research in the United States is MUCH MUCH WORSE than you realize.
Ruining studies and potentially harming research subjects...
Abruptly terminating clinical trials...
Ignorant and evil
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
Abruptly terminating clinical trials...
Ignorant and evil
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
March 28, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Yes. The situation at NIH is worse than the public realizes.
The #NIH is on track to be effectively ended as a funder of evidence-based research within a year.
That is not an exaggeration. The firings and consolidation announced today will create a new, MUCH worse NIH.
1/
The #NIH is on track to be effectively ended as a funder of evidence-based research within a year.
That is not an exaggeration. The firings and consolidation announced today will create a new, MUCH worse NIH.
1/
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“You don’t know what information a data broker has on you, who they’re selling it to, and what the people who buy your data are doing with it,” EFF’s Lena Cohen told @gizmodo.com. “There’s a real power/knowledge asymmetry.”
Data Broker Brags About Having Highly Detailed Personal Information on Nearly All Internet Users
The advertising industry is immensely powerful, and disturbingly opaque.
gizmodo.com
March 17, 2025 at 5:48 PM
“You don’t know what information a data broker has on you, who they’re selling it to, and what the people who buy your data are doing with it,” EFF’s Lena Cohen told @gizmodo.com. “There’s a real power/knowledge asymmetry.”
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How to make sense of the world today? "Across a range of tests, the average person’s ability to reason and solve novel problems appears to have peaked in the early 2010s and has been declining ever since."
on.ft.com/4kPKLr2
on.ft.com/4kPKLr2
Have humans passed peak brain power?
Data across countries and ages reveal a growing struggle to concentrate, and declining verbal and numerical reasoning
on.ft.com
March 14, 2025 at 11:50 AM
How to make sense of the world today? "Across a range of tests, the average person’s ability to reason and solve novel problems appears to have peaked in the early 2010s and has been declining ever since."
on.ft.com/4kPKLr2
on.ft.com/4kPKLr2
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A quick update on the total climf&%kery that's taking place.
Through March 11th, 2025, the monthly average global surface temperature for March, 2025 is the hottest on record.
The madness of this moment is going to end horrifically for most living creatures. And that is incredibly sad.
Through March 11th, 2025, the monthly average global surface temperature for March, 2025 is the hottest on record.
The madness of this moment is going to end horrifically for most living creatures. And that is incredibly sad.
March 14, 2025 at 12:45 AM
A quick update on the total climf&%kery that's taking place.
Through March 11th, 2025, the monthly average global surface temperature for March, 2025 is the hottest on record.
The madness of this moment is going to end horrifically for most living creatures. And that is incredibly sad.
Through March 11th, 2025, the monthly average global surface temperature for March, 2025 is the hottest on record.
The madness of this moment is going to end horrifically for most living creatures. And that is incredibly sad.
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Chapters 1–7 of the second edition of Designing Data-Intensive Applications are now available in early release (sorry, O'Reilly subscribers only at this point). Among other changes, you may notice that we now talk about “sharding” rather than “partitioning” www.oreilly.com/library/view...
Designing Data-Intensive Applications, 2nd Edition
Data is at the center of many challenges in system design today. Difficult issues such as scalability, consistency, reliability, efficiency, and maintainability need to be resolved. In addition, there...
www.oreilly.com
March 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Chapters 1–7 of the second edition of Designing Data-Intensive Applications are now available in early release (sorry, O'Reilly subscribers only at this point). Among other changes, you may notice that we now talk about “sharding” rather than “partitioning” www.oreilly.com/library/view...
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Rubio says the US will now start revoking green cards
March 9, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Rubio says the US will now start revoking green cards
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Judith Butler: "Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice, and a third, a fourth, and then what happens?"
Judith Butler, philosopher: ‘If you sacrifice a minority like trans people, you are operating within a fascist logic’
A leading figure in feminism and gender studies, the thinker welcomes EL PAÍS in California after being voted one of the most influential minds in the world
english.elpais.com
February 21, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Judith Butler: "Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice, and a third, a fourth, and then what happens?"
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There is essentially nobody monitoring the multi-trillion-dollar consumer debt markets in the US right now
February 9, 2025 at 2:20 AM
There is essentially nobody monitoring the multi-trillion-dollar consumer debt markets in the US right now
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Neuropixels and Optogenetics are delighted to announce the birth of
Neuropixels Opto
Combining high-resolution electrophysiology and optogenetics
Today in bioRxiv
960 sites, 28 emitters, 2 colors
By Lakunina, @karolinazsocha.bsky.social, Ladd, et al
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
(1/2)
Neuropixels Opto
Combining high-resolution electrophysiology and optogenetics
Today in bioRxiv
960 sites, 28 emitters, 2 colors
By Lakunina, @karolinazsocha.bsky.social, Ladd, et al
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
(1/2)
February 7, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Neuropixels and Optogenetics are delighted to announce the birth of
Neuropixels Opto
Combining high-resolution electrophysiology and optogenetics
Today in bioRxiv
960 sites, 28 emitters, 2 colors
By Lakunina, @karolinazsocha.bsky.social, Ladd, et al
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
(1/2)
Neuropixels Opto
Combining high-resolution electrophysiology and optogenetics
Today in bioRxiv
960 sites, 28 emitters, 2 colors
By Lakunina, @karolinazsocha.bsky.social, Ladd, et al
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
(1/2)
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Since I’m somewhat in a unique position, a short thread why automating Wikipedia is not at all within reach.
Key immediate issue: source relevancy. Not every piece of information is worth it.
Key immediate issue: source relevancy. Not every piece of information is worth it.
February 4, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Since I’m somewhat in a unique position, a short thread why automating Wikipedia is not at all within reach.
Key immediate issue: source relevancy. Not every piece of information is worth it.
Key immediate issue: source relevancy. Not every piece of information is worth it.
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David Alton’s amendment on eliminating forced /slave labour from solar panels is profound.
International trade needs to be required to exercise due diligence, as the timber legality discourse learned in the early 00s.
International trade needs to be required to exercise due diligence, as the timber legality discourse learned in the early 00s.
February 4, 2025 at 7:21 PM
David Alton’s amendment on eliminating forced /slave labour from solar panels is profound.
International trade needs to be required to exercise due diligence, as the timber legality discourse learned in the early 00s.
International trade needs to be required to exercise due diligence, as the timber legality discourse learned in the early 00s.
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What can AI researchers do *today* that AI developers will find useful for ensuring the safety of future advanced AI systems? To ring in the new year, the Anthropic Alignment Science team is sharing some thoughts on research directions we think are important.
alignment.anthropic.com/2025/recomme...
alignment.anthropic.com/2025/recomme...
Recommendations for Technical AI Safety Research Directions
alignment.anthropic.com
January 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
What can AI researchers do *today* that AI developers will find useful for ensuring the safety of future advanced AI systems? To ring in the new year, the Anthropic Alignment Science team is sharing some thoughts on research directions we think are important.
alignment.anthropic.com/2025/recomme...
alignment.anthropic.com/2025/recomme...
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My deep learning course at the University of Geneva is available on-line. 1000+ slides, ~20h of screen-casts. Full of examples in PyTorch.
fleuret.org/dlc/
And my "Little Book of Deep Learning" is available as a phone-formatted pdf (nearing 700k downloads!)
fleuret.org/lbdl/
fleuret.org/dlc/
And my "Little Book of Deep Learning" is available as a phone-formatted pdf (nearing 700k downloads!)
fleuret.org/lbdl/
November 26, 2024 at 6:15 AM
My deep learning course at the University of Geneva is available on-line. 1000+ slides, ~20h of screen-casts. Full of examples in PyTorch.
fleuret.org/dlc/
And my "Little Book of Deep Learning" is available as a phone-formatted pdf (nearing 700k downloads!)
fleuret.org/lbdl/
fleuret.org/dlc/
And my "Little Book of Deep Learning" is available as a phone-formatted pdf (nearing 700k downloads!)
fleuret.org/lbdl/
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CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) has provided real-time data and analysis about disease outbreaks and emerging health threats without a break every week since 1960.
Until today.
Until today.
January 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) has provided real-time data and analysis about disease outbreaks and emerging health threats without a break every week since 1960.
Until today.
Until today.
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When Mount St Helens erupted in May of 1980, it blew itself apart, blanketing its surroundings in a cubic mile of rock and ash. Around 57 people were killed, along with thousands of birds and mammals, millions of trees and an estimated 12 million baby salmon. (2/x)
January 23, 2025 at 9:49 PM
When Mount St Helens erupted in May of 1980, it blew itself apart, blanketing its surroundings in a cubic mile of rock and ash. Around 57 people were killed, along with thousands of birds and mammals, millions of trees and an estimated 12 million baby salmon. (2/x)
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According to the City of Paris, in the last 10 years 150,000 trees have been planted and 45 hectares of parks created in the city, all intended to not only improve quality-of-life today, but also help the city adapt to and manage summer heatwaves of 50℃ (122F) by 2050.
Plant a lot more urban trees.
Plant a lot more urban trees.
January 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
According to the City of Paris, in the last 10 years 150,000 trees have been planted and 45 hectares of parks created in the city, all intended to not only improve quality-of-life today, but also help the city adapt to and manage summer heatwaves of 50℃ (122F) by 2050.
Plant a lot more urban trees.
Plant a lot more urban trees.
I suppose I should say hello over here
👋 hello
👋 hello
January 9, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I suppose I should say hello over here
👋 hello
👋 hello