DJProc

a digital painting of a white parrot with yellow crest sitting on a branch. its back is to the viewer, but face can be seen in profile looking to the right. a patch of leaves in the upper left corner casts a shadow on its wings. in the background an abstract pattern of pastel leaves and branches can be seen.

July's #BirdWhisperer is a sulfur-crested cockatoo!
Ref photo by Pen_Ash
#Bird #art 🦢

4-panel comic. (1) [Person 1 with ponytail flanked by person with short hair and another person speaking into microphone at podium] PERSON 1: In the early 2010s, researchers found that many major scientific results couldn’t be reproduced. (2) PERSON 1: Over a decade into the replication crisis, we wanted to see if today’s studies have become more robust. (3) PERSON 1: Unfortunately, our replication analysis has found exactly the same problems that those 2010s researchers did. (4) [newspaper with image of speakers from previous panels] Headline: Replication Crisis Solved

Replication Crisis

xkcd.com/3117/

AlphaEvolve: A Gemini-powered coding agent for designing advanced algorithms New AI agent evolves algorithms for math and practical applications in computing by combining the creativity of large language models with automated evaluators

Announcing AlphaEvolve, our new LLM coding agent that has
- made new scientific discoveries
- discovered algorithms that are now deployed at Google (in Gemini, Transformers, TPU hardware design & data centers)

Blog: deepmind.google/discover/blo...
White paper:
storage.googleapis.com/deepmind-med...

Sam Altman’s goal for ChatGPT to remember 'your whole life’ is both exciting and disturbing | TechCrunch OpenAI CEO Sam Altman laid out a big vision for the future of ChatGPT at an AI event hosted by VC firm Sequoia earlier this month.  When asked by one OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that he eventually sees...

Make tech bros rewatch the specific episode of Black Mirror that they are trying to create—Clockwork Orange style—until they understand the point of the episode.

- I want things to be different - *smashes everything* - oh no

I think about this comic at least once a week

“Aussies”

Supra-second tracking and live-cell karyotyping reveal principles of mitotic chromosome dynamics - Nature Cell Biology Stamatov et al. introduce Facilitated Segmentation and Tracking of Chromosomes in Mitosis Pipeline (FAST CHIMP), which combines time-lapse super-resolution microscopy with deep learning to study chrom...

☕Stamatov et al. introduce Facilitated Segmentation and Tracking of #Chromosomes in Mitosis Pipeline (FAST CHIMP), which combines time-lapse super-resolution #microscopy with deep learning to study #chromatin dynamics in live cells.
go.nature.com/4jvsazy

These Australian twins have gone viral after speaking in synch Meet Bridgette and Paula Powers, identical twins who speak in synch and dedicate themselves to animal conservation.

Meet Bridgette and Paula Powers, identical twins who speak in synch and dedicate themselves to animal conservation.

Talked to former DOJ antitrust chief Jonathan Kanter about breaking up Google - it seems like the adtech repercussions will be huge www.theverge.com/decoder-podc...

Postdoc was never on the table?

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

Resistance is NOT futile

Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society NEW HAVEN, CT—Calling such concern for linguistic precision a clear indicator of a thriving country, a panel of historians from Yale University issued a statement Thursday announcing that quibbling over the exact definition of a concentration camp was a sign of a healthy society. “Studies of the past tell us that nitpicking the particular semantics […]

“Studies of the past tell us that nitpicking the particular semantics of the term ‘concentration camp’ as they pertain to a place the government is actively sending people with no criminal history is highly associated with national stability,” said historian Kristen Boyd
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Pope Francis Warns Seals On Jesus’ Tomb Are Weakening VATICAN CITY—As he called on the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics to pray for the bonds restraining the messiah to hold fast, Pope Francis warned Tuesday that the seals on Jesus’ tomb were weakening and Christ could escape at any moment. “Citizens of the world, brace yourselves, for soon the Risen Lord will roam the earth anew, unleashing death and destruction on everything in His path,” said the pontiff, adding that the Vatican had worked for centuries to keep Jesus safely bound and locked away in His crypt, but Church teachings had long foretold He would one day come again to visit His murderous wrath upon the children of God. “The death toll could be in the millions. Once Jesus has broken free, no mortal force can contain Him, and He will not rest until His ravenous blood lust has been sated. As we speak, our most powerful cardinals are in the catacombs blessing the seals with all their might, but we don’t know how long they can hold Him back. The King of Kings has finally been roused from His ancient slumber and is ready to feed.” At press time, Pope Francis was reportedly yelling for everyone to save themselves after Jesus had burst forth from His tomb and devoured a group of Swiss Guards that was futilely stabbing Him with their pikes.

Pope Francis Warns Seals On Jesus’ Tomb Are Weakening
theonion.com/pope-fr...

Returning Jesus Christ Downed By U.S. Missile Defense 30,000 Feet Before Making Landfall

Returning Jesus Christ Downed By U.S. Missile Defense 30,000 Feet Before Making Landfall

Parenting Experts Share Tips For Talking To Kids About Being Heir To Throne Of Small European Kingdom

Parenting Experts Share Tips For Talking To Kids About Being Heir To Throne Of Small European Kingdom
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1. LLM-generated code tries to run code from online software packages. Which is normal but
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.

us government went from telling miners “learn to code” to telling coders “learn to mine” in less than ten years

Gotta cherish the little things!

LOVE this for her.

The cuts "would kill the much-anticipated Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, an observatory seen as on par with [Hubble & JWST] that is already fully assembled and on budget for a launch in two years." Would also apparently close NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Huge, HUGE loss for science.

Patrick Schwarzenegger Worried ‘White Lotus’ Role Will Typecast Him As Hand Job Recipient

Patrick Schwarzenegger Worried ‘White Lotus’ Role Will Typecast Him As Hand Job Recipient
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I cannot stress enough what a break with scientific norms and tradition it is for the NIH director to brush off his peers by speculating about their presidential election votes.

Doing so while presiding over the NIH's destruction is unbelievable.

*Merton's norm of universalism, in particular.

A two-panel meme using a cartoon flower character. In the top panel, the flower is angrily yelling, with the caption: "WHEN A BAKER IS ASKED TO MAKE A CAKE FOR A GAY COUPLE." In the bottom panel, the same flower is smiling calmly, with the caption: "WHEN PEOPLE ARE BLACK BAGGED AND SENT TO A CONCENTRATION CAMP IN EL SALVADOR." The meme contrasts public outrage over LGBTQ+ rights with apathy toward human rights abuses.

SCOTUS right now.

Vintage map of the Mississippi River Flood of 1927. The dark blue Mississippi meanders through the center of the map. Areas colored light green and light tan indicated the extent of the first and second floods, respectively. In some cases, the floodwaters extended 10 or 20 miles from the the river in Missouri, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Red crosses mark relief camps.

As storms bring record-breaking rainfall to the Midwest, this vintage map of the Mississippi River Flood of 1927 is a reminder of the crucial role the federal government in responding to & mitigating the effects of natural disasters. Map from the National Archives: www.archives.gov/publications...

Musk Announces All 340 Million Americans Must Strip And Take Turn Pushing The Wheel Of Pain

Musk Announces All 340 Million Americans Must Strip And Take Turn Pushing The Wheel Of Pain
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