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David J. Atkinson @meltedcheese.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 22h

@ploum I think the challenge is unpredictability. These software systems are capable of relatively simple actions that have huge unforeseen effects, including cascading failures. The ultimate effects are emergent, that is, they arise from the complexity of the system. These are especially common […]

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Flipboard Science Desk @sciencedesk.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Popular accounts of the discovery of the structure of DNA suggest that Rosalind Franklin missed the significance of the photo she famously produced, and that the flash of insight was James Watson's alone. A new paper by science historian Alistair Sponsel and crystallographer Brian Sutton argues […]

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David J. Atkinson @meltedcheese.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

@futurebird Some people believe physics is the fundamental science, the source of all explanations and limits of what is or can be real. The truth is that math is more fundamental than physics. If the math is not there or against an idea, physicists don’t bother with an idea for very long — it […]

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Jared White (ResistanceNet ✊) @jaredwhite.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

Hello friends! I revamped my resume to focus squarely on my 20+ years of experience as a frontend engineer in the hopes of fitting into a specific role. I have many backend skills as well, but browser-focused dev & UX is my happy place. I'm definitely comfortable working on contract, but I'm […]

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David J. Atkinson @meltedcheese.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

@andrewdessler.com this was the prize for optogenetics? I TA’d an intro computer science class with Jodie Foster. She did ok but never came to office hours for help. I guess CS was not her calling 🤷‍♂️

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David J. Atkinson @meltedcheese.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

I am somewhat embarrassed to ask, but there is a gap in my knowledge that I just can’t fill without some guidance and it is very confusing: What is a #token and how does it relate to #AI ?

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David J. Atkinson @meltedcheese.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

@EricFielding Is it dry? That would be a small but real consolation; humidity plus heat is deadly. Best wishes. Stay safe, from an ex-Pasadenian.

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David J. Atkinson @meltedcheese.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

Investigative Reporter Katie Phang, regarding Todd Blanche’s asking Judge Sullivan for more time to comply (to produce documents re: #EpsteinFiles Sullivan ordered in June) on the EVENING of the day they were due…again.. after she demonstrated his motion was full of lies, said, “What a crock of […]

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David J. Atkinson @meltedcheese.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

@karenattiah.bsky.social He is the counter-example. P.S. You got a bum deal. Probably more than one. Keep on keeping on. You have supporters ✊🏼

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David J. Atkinson @meltedcheese.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Nene Royal! 🤟🏼 Wait, you have not heard about this 16 yr old from Phuket Thailand who just won #AGT and is a worldwide phenomenon with 100 million views across all social media IN TWO DAYS. Seriously, she is a #music prodigy. She plays #metal but also #blues like she has lived it. She sings […]

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David J. Atkinson @meltedcheese.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

Sen. Cory Booker on fire! The Senate Judiciary Committee, dominated by Republicans, brought Special Prosecutor Jack Smith in to testify and they used it as an opportunity to vilify Smith and perpetuate #Trump’s Big Lie. Sen. Booker calls them out. #UsPolitics #Election #Treason […]

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David J. Atkinson @meltedcheese.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

Highly recommend the linked article regarding #Elniño . “The vast majority of the energy that’s accumulating in the Earth’s system due to climate change is stored in the oceans. So El Niño is one of the ways that the ocean “burps” out this extra heat.” Burping is a new perspective for me. If I […]

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David J. Atkinson @meltedcheese.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

“the largest capital cycle in the history of technology is underwritten, to the tune of roughly one trillion dollars, by two private companies that do not make money.” 2027 is when OpenAI and Anthropic must start paying on their data center build agreements. They do not have the revenue to do […]

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David J. Atkinson @meltedcheese.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

Maybe good news? The last four days I’ve been driving in rural upstate Wisconsin and Minnesota. I have not seen a single #election sign that has #Trump’s name. There were about the same number of election signs one usually sees. If you are acquainted with rural areas then you know you will find […]

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David J. Atkinson @meltedcheese.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

@ben This is the Internet. You have only to ask.

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M.S. Bellows, Jr. @msbellows.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

Fun fact: the U.S. Constitution does not require citizenship to vote. I'll repeat that: the U.S. Constitution does not say that only citizens can vote. It does not ban non-citizens from voting. A federal *statute* contains this requirement, as do many states' laws. But if the law was changed […]

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David J. Atkinson @meltedcheese.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

@cdarwin As an occasional hunter of a rare book, this scares the hell out of me. In my value system, it is evil to destroy a book. Worse, the content effectively destroyed which means I may never find the book I need! Recently, I began looking for a rare book about some very rare edged weapons […]

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bhalomanush @anirbanm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

"On Saturday, leaders of four of the biggest AI companies—Dario Amodei, Sam Altman, Demis Hassabis and Elon Musk—each agreed that they needed to slow development of the technology. " BS. Saying AI is dangerous doesn't absolve companies from their responsibilities. They should be directly liable […]

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David J. Atkinson @meltedcheese.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

@AnirbanM Never introduced myself that way, but it was on my business card. If I was being introduced at an important business meeting or non-academic conferences where it lent important gravitas and credibility, then it was a good idea.

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Servelan @servelan.newsie.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

“Trump is clearly the most impeachable President our country has ever endured. His continued presence in office is a danger to our democracy. That the sycophantic Republican majority in Congress is derelict in its duty does not mean that I must abandon my responsibilities." Congressman Steve […]

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David J. Atkinson @meltedcheese.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

@amalia22 @VisualStuart Are we shocked? No, only by how many years it’s taken for news orgs to say something , anything about a GOP member.

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David J. Atkinson @meltedcheese.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

@urlyman “Global rice production will be lower than global rice demand.” This is a big deal, and not only because of the hunger impact. The Food Price Index is directly correlated with social unrest (e.g., Arab Spring). I have not checked the reported metrics recently […] [Original post on c.im]

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David J. Atkinson @meltedcheese.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

@cdunnpasadena This was addressed in the article, but I’ll have to go back and find it. Nutrients are limited and so reproduction of mirror life is much slower. However, population growth is still exponential since it has no natural predators. A I understand it the danger to life, out kind, is […]

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David J. Atkinson @meltedcheese.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

Oh, this is just what I wanted to hear: yet another #existential threat to life on Earth. It’s called “mirror life” and is a result of research on #SyntheticBiology. Here is the problem: In the search for new medicines and materials, scientists are investigating and synthesizing molecules that […]

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django @django.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 28/06/2026

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"We are deploying responsibly developed Al to liberate humanity from menial labor and usher in an era of unparalleled creativity and abundance.”
- SAM ALTMAN

"You ingested the entire written output of human civilization without consent, without compensation, and without credit, to build a system whose primary commercial application is eliminating the jobs of the people whose work you consumed. You are not liberating human creativity - you are strip-mining it and selling it back at a markup while calling the theft training data."
- NAOMI KLEIN

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David J. Atkinson @meltedcheese.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

#weirdcarmastodon So happy to discover this tag! There are some old cars with real style, the kind you rarely see these days. Here are a few pix of ones I particularly like.

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@RonSupportsYou @ronsupportsyou.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

"For many U.S. scientists funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the agency they know and loved died on 10 September. That’s the date NSF issued a 10-page memo signaling a retreat from its traditional role of giving grants to individual researchers to pursue their best ideas. Instead […]

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David J. Atkinson @meltedcheese.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

@RonSupportsYou The #academic #scientific #research community has an ethos of service to the processes of good science, such as serving as scientific peer reviewers for journal and conference publications, running proposal review panels, and sometimes taking a year or two away from their home […]

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David J. Atkinson @meltedcheese.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

@Rainmaker1973 Florida 🤷🏼‍♂️ Not exactly known for academic excellence.

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David J. Atkinson @meltedcheese.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

I just watched Jimmy Kimmel’s interview with James Talarico on YouTube. Trump bullied Kimmel’s network into not broadcasting it. That’s a great endorsement! Talarico is the Texas Democrat running for the US Senate. This was my first exposure to the guy and I was really impressed. He comes across […]

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Solarbird :flag_cascadia: @moira.mastodon.murkworks.net.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026

This is the big LG television surveillance documentary story GN have been working on for a couple of months, and that they previewed a few days ago. The complete pervasiveness of spying upon not just you and what you watch but _every person and every device around every set_ is genuinely […]

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Heidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

The Irish know what’s what.

Couple in Dublin today, protesting Trump. Man’s sign says “Trump is so if shit, toilets are jealous.”

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David J. Atkinson @meltedcheese.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

Hey, remember The Green Hornet? It was November 18, 1966 and possibly the best episode. Kato (Bruce Lee) gets to fight. (Episode 10 “The Praying Mantis”) They made Bruce slow down his movements because he was too fast to be captured at the frame rate they used! Even so, the fight scene is good […]

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David J. Atkinson @meltedcheese.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026

Every day we get more news about the perils of massive data centers. By next year, when the first really big ones go online, those perils become actual harms. The downsides are clear as day (and there are many). What I have not heard are ANY compelling cases the upsides of these behemoths for […]

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David J. Atkinson @meltedcheese.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026

@mattotcha Couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch of guys. And I mean that. Nicer guys wouldn’t FAFO. The GOP are the lunatic neofascists who backed Trump over and over. Yeh, they own everything he did, and now the payback begins.

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David J. Atkinson @meltedcheese.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026

@cdarwin Being prepared is more than being cognizant. It means prepared to DO something.

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David J. Atkinson @meltedcheese.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026

@cdarwin Add it to the list of things that will destroy humanity. Right below the #ClimateCrisis

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David J. Atkinson @meltedcheese.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026

@gottalaff.bsky.social There are so many of them and their numbers make them as immune to deprogramming as any cult member. On the other hand, I have to marvel at a society that is wealthy and generous enough to support so many maladapted individuals.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

80 year-olds with pro-Palestine signs: arrested as terrorists. Greens planning to block a road, to highlight an existential crisis: sent down for years. Masked far-right thugs blocking roads and ports, using intimidation, obstruction & threatening behaviour: no arrests. The real two-tier policing.

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David J. Atkinson @meltedcheese.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026

@timrichards @jadp When I visited Melbourne around 2010, I thought it had the feel of crossroads city more than a “big” city. Very diverse. I was on business and had no free time to explore. I’d love to visit again for a longer period.

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