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Michael Buice

@mabuice.bsky.social
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Researcher at the intersection of biology, computation, and physics.

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allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 15/09/2026
Read more about the future of computational neuroscience education across Africa: bit.ly/4rmV6yn
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Paying it forward: spreading science throughout Africa
A program supported by the Allen Institute is catalyzing learning, community, and helping to nurture the next generation of scientists
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allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 15/09/2026
What happens when access to training becomes a catalyst for something bigger? For Gideon Alex, a computational neuroscience workshop run by @trendcamina.bsky.social helped open the door to a network of students, faculty, and organizers working to expand scientific opportunity across Africa.
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Michael Buice @mabuice.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Are you getting a quantitative PhD and looking to apply those skills to #neuroscience? Come join the next cohort of Shanahan Fellows at the @alleninstitute.org!
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allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 15/09/2026
"An exciting opportunity to make fundamental discoveries." The Shanahan Foundation Fellowship at the Interface of Data and Neuroscience. Experience in #neuroscience is not needed. 🌟Apply by Dec. 1: bit.ly/4h762LH
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Michael Buice @mabuice.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The new Studio D3 Fellowships are open for anyone interested in creative approaches in theoretical and mathematical biology. Come join us!
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allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 15/09/2026
Applications are open for the Studio D3 Fellowship at the Allen Institute! This 3-year fellowship gives early-career scientists the freedom to pursue creative, high-impact ideas in biology alongside Institute scientists and Studio D3 Affiliates. 🌟Apply by Dec. 1: bit.ly/4rgbTmD
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 19/06/2026
A 22-year-old just got a $30 million investment valuing his new futures exchange at $300 million. He graduated Stanford, wrote for Thiel's Stanford Review, interned at Andreessen Horowitz. His mom? Pro-crypto Sen. Gillibrand, D-NY. Bipartisan capture in full bloom. fortune.com/2026/06/18/t...
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Son of pro-crypto New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand raises $30 million to launch a derivatives exchange | Fortune
Lux Capital led the investment, which values the Stanford graduate’s exchange at $300 million.
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More like I-ACK @mumbly-joe.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
here's a definitive refutation of this Telegraph piece, written by a much better writer than Page who you might have heard of, 50 years ago libcom.org/article/star...
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Starship Stormtroopers: Michael Moorcock
An essay by Michael Moorcock on the saturation of Fascistic and authoritarian themes and messages in Science Fiction literature.
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton, the beloved global entertainment icon who sold more than 100 million records and whose songwriting prowess and sure-handed approach to her career reshaped the face of country music, popular music, and the entertainment industry at large, has died. 🕊️
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allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 20/08/2026
DYK the Allen Cell Catalog now includes disease-specific cell line collections? 🧫✨ Each collection carries mutations associated with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy - the most common genetic heart condition in the world. Full catalog: bit.ly/4u00PtG @coriellinstitute.bsky.social
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Artur Czeszumski @arturczeszumski.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
"Once, men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them." Frank Herbert, Dune, 1965
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Matt Pearce @mattdpearce.com · 11/08/2026
I got curious and checked “Last of the Mohicans,” and while it’s true that the prose is starchy, this opening paragraph is a banger and you should not deny yourself the pleasure of the effort.
T was a feature peculiar to the colonial wars of North America, that the toils and dangers of the wilderness were to be encountered, before the adverse hosts could meet. A wide, and, apparently, an impervious boundary of forests, severed the possessions of the hostile provinces of France and England. The hardy colonist, and the trained European who fought at his side, frequently expended months in struggling against the rapids of the streams, or in effecting the rugged passes of the mountains, in quest of an opportunity to exhibit their courage in a more martial conflict. But, emulating the patience and self-denial of the practised native warriors, they learned to overcome every difficulty; and it would seem, that in time, there was no recess of the woods so dark, nor any secret place so lovely, that it might claim exemption from the inroads of those who had pledged their blood to satiate their vengeance, or to uphold the cold and selfish policy of the distant monarchs of Europe.
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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
John Crowley (1942-2026) locusmag.com/2026/08...
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Michael Buice @mabuice.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
It's surreal to see an homage to a page from a 60s era Spider-man comic as the illustration on the main page of The Atlantic.
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Adam Rawnsley @arawnsley.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Today, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.
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EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...
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Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation
PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...
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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
I cross-referenced my database of candidates against credible voter fraud cases. GOP politicians are implicated at 50x–38,000x the general public's rate. Yet even if every American voted with the integrity of a GOP candidate, it still wouldn't come close to justifying making voting one iota harder.
Bar chart titled "Voter fraud among Republican politicians vastly exceeds the public's. That rate is still just 1 in 850." The chart shows that 0.118% of Republican politicians (17 out of 14,442 DIME candidates from 2016–2026) have been credibly implicated in voter fraud. This rate is represented by a tall red bar that dwarfs the microscopic rates for the general electorate, making the politicians' rate 50x to 38,000x higher than the documented rates for everyone else.
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God Is A Tulpa @kristyclueless.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
This goes out to everyone in the US, but especially looking at our politicians
A comic panel of a dog with a hat putting out fires. He is saying "there was no reason to let it last this long and get this bad"
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Dr. Emily Friedman @ecfriedman.com · 16/07/2026
Games Not (Only) By Cis-Dudes 🧵 (list in progress I keep on my phone & pasting here) * Apocalypse World * For the queen * The quiet year * Yazeba’s bed and breakfast * Seven part pact * Kagematsu & A single man * Tales of the Fisherman’s Wife * Steal Away Jordan * A Mending * Field guide to memory
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Michael Buice @mabuice.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
“But then, like many other Republicans—…—he made the decision to abandon his previous ideals, to bury the patriotism that was once so important to him, and to become, instead, a loud, opportunistic collaborator.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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The Quintessential Politician of This Era
The late South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham made a mid-career turn to MAGA.
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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 08/07/2026
absolutely insane story, and yeah, just looking at this chart... with the exception of maybe two people, this entire class was cheating like motherfuckers
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TReND-CaMinA @trendcamina.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Hardware Implementation of Spiking Neurons for Computational Neuroscience! 🧠⚡ Students practically observe real-time neuronal firing behaviour and how adjusting parameters shapes neural dynamics. Thanks to @opensourceneuro.com for customizing the practical learning tools suitable for our course.
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TReND-CaMinA @trendcamina.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Today, we officially kicked off the 2026 #TReNDCaMinA Computational Neuroscience & Machine Learning Summer School at DeKUT, Kenya 🚀 We welcome a diverse cohort from across Africa to join our TAs, researchers, and scientists for hands-on mentorship. Enjoy the learning, students! 😍
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Michael Buice @mabuice.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I’m always amazed at the new ways I find that Apple has become an atrocious design company. They went from arguably the only company that really understood user experience to one that seems antagonistic to the concept.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Bill Bramhall, New York Daily News
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Yasin Dagdas @plantophagy.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
The academic hiring system is simply not designed for candidates like me. It privileges a kind of performative intellectualism—the ability to stand at a whiteboard and extemporize about science as if you were some kind of 19th-century naturalist 😂 😂 😂 open.substack.com/pub/inprepar...
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Opinion: I Was Not Allowed To Type Prompts Into ChatGPT During My Chalk Talk And This Is Discrimination
By Dr. Rachel Simmons, Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University
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Citizens' Impeachment @citizensimpeachment.com · 17/06/2026
You can invoke Rule IX any time, man.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Being an American isn't about your ancestry or ethnicity. It's about fidelity to the meaning of this country - its revolutionary, threefold promise of political equality, economic opportunity, and personal liberty.
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allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 10/06/2026
Boston, we're coming to you! Join us at MIT for an interactive workshop on how to explore and use cell type taxonomy data and tools from the Brain Knowledge Platform. 🎟️ Registration is free 🔗 connect.alleninstitute.org/e/explor…
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 10/06/2026
Seems reasonable to me the-decoder.com/landmark-ger...
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Landmark German ruling declares Google's AI Overviews are Google's own words and makes it liable for false answers
A German regional court has ruled that Google is directly liable for the content of its AI search overviews. According to the court, previous limited liability protections for search engine operators ...
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Rush is a Band @rushisaband.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
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Rush Returns: Tears, Doublenecks, Monster New Drummer
In Rush's first show since 2011, Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson make grown men cry, and new touring drummer Anika Nilles absolutely kills
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Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association @sfwa.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
This Nebula Ceremony, in Chicago & online, is a time to reveal our latest winners & also celebrate our special award recipients. It is OUR honor at #SFWA to thank N. K. Jemisin for her tremendous contributions to genre. Our 42nd Grand Master is a powerhouse whose work is not yet done! #61stNebulas
Our 42nd Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master N. K. Jemisin
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Michael Buice @mabuice.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
An accurate description of a normal functioning person describing the state of the United States in the present moment.
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Abigail Nussbaum @abigailnussbaum.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Oh man, this one really hurts. Thank you for Giles, and then for decades of playing oily bastards who were nothing like Giles and clearly having a ball with that. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Anthony Head: Buffy and Ted Lasso actor dies at 72
The 72-year-old British actor also had roles in shows including Merlin and Little Britain.
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 04/06/2026
Marjane Satrapi, author of 'Persepolis,' dies at 56
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Marjane Satrapi, author of 'Persepolis,' dies at 56
The French-Iranian 'died of sadness a little over a year after the death of Mattias Ripa, her husband and the love of her life,' people close to her said.
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CosmicRami 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @rami.spaceaustralia.com · 02/06/2026
Ever wondered about the #Pride flag and how it came to be or changed over time? Well, Encyclopedia Britannica has a nice graphic showing its makers, its evolution, as well as how other queer community flags came to be. Check it out! 👇🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
Rainbo stream down the centre of the image that acts as a timeline. Shooting off this timeline are variations of the Pride flag from its early concept to its latest version. Also included are other queer community flags.
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Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
this is a pride flag made from real nasa imagery happy pride month 🏳️‍🌈✨
A pride flag made out of NASA images.
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Michael Buice @mabuice.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Everyone should read Careless People.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 31/05/2026
The Atlantic’s editors and writers have selected 25 books to suit every mood this summer. If you’re searching for a cult classic to obsess over this season, Adam Kirsch recommends “His Master’s Voice.” See more selections: theatln.tc/RfPgedPL
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Try this link: www.regulations.gov/commenton/OM... It works for me.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
TODAY IN 2024: “Their deliberations led them to a unanimous conclusion, beyond a reasonable doubt: That the defendant, Donald J. Trump, is guilty of 34 counts of Falsifying Business Records in the First Degree, to conceal a scheme to corrupt the 2016 election.” manhattanda.org/d-a-bragg-de...
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D.A. Bragg Delivers Remarks Announcing 34-Count Felony Trial Conviction of Donald J. Trump
Good evening. First and foremost I want to thank the jury for its service. Jurors perform a fundamental civic duty.  Their service is literally the cornerstone of our judicial system.
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Jake Wright @bcnjake.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Once again: German universities were the envy of the world before the Nazis rose to power and took an ideological wrecking ball to the entire enterprise. If you want to know how long it took for German universities to recover… they haven’t.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 29/05/2026
Vought is trying to destroy American science as we know it. Here's what you can do to stop him: 👉 Visit our action center: zurl.co/Hsflw 👉 Donate to Fuel the Fight for Science: zurl.co/mQlwe LINK IN BIO
The graphic includes a photo of Russell Vought and the red Stand Up for Science logo. The graphic reads: "Russell Vought has a plan for American science, And so do we. Stop Vought. Save Science. TAKE ACTION NOW, LINK IN BIO (all in one place): Email & Call Your Memebrs of Congress, Leave a public comment, Donate to Fuel the Fight for Science, Register for our Emergency Science Meeting on June 2nd".
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
After having seen STAR WARS 500 times as a kid, I remember having my mind blown learning that the entire "the death star is about to blow up the rebel base as its being attacked" beat of the ending was invented in the editing room using outtakes and ADR. variety.com/2026/film/ne...
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Marcia Lucas, Oscar-Winning ‘Star Wars’ Editor, Dies at 80
Marcia Lucas, George Lucas' former wife and Oscar-winning editor of 'Star Wars,' died Wednesday. She was 80.
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Michael Buice @mabuice.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Worked on that important project for years with nothing to show for it? Nil issue.
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Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 30/05/2026
let's be clear, let's be very clear, let's be incredibly clear about something: Marcia Lucas is why you love Star Wars. She's why Star Wars worked. She's why it has heart. She's responsible for the in-media-res beginning, she's responsible for basically everything charming and unique about >
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Tomer Ullman @tomerullman.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
ML's Lament (to the tune of 'Part of Your World')
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 25/05/2026
If you're wondering why Chris Olah, the cofounder of AI company Anthropic, was sitting on the stage with Pope Leo today as the pontiff unveiled his new encyclical on AI, well ALLOW ME TO EXPLAIN. religionnews.com/2026/05/22/w...
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Inside the unlikely Vatican-Anthropic relationship that's reshaping the AI ethics debate
(RNS) — Pope Leo XIV's new encyclical on AI is set to be released Monday (May 25), with Chris Olah, a co-founder of Anthropic, at his side.
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Fintan Mallory @fintanmallory.com · 25/05/2026
THE POPE IS QUOTING GANDALF!!!
213. The twentieth-century Catholic author J.R.R. Tolkien, in the words of a protagonist in one of his novels, described our responsibility in this way: “It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till.”
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Nalini Joshi @monsoon0.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
You may find the comments by Melanie Matchett Wood on the discovery of a counter example to Erdős’ Unit Distance Conjecture as interesting as I did 👇🏼(see previous post for a link)
A screenshot of p.17 of the paper available at https://cdn.openai.com/pdf/74c24085-19b0-4534-9c90-465b8e29ad73/unit-distance-remarks.pdf
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