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@steph2dogs.bsky.social
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Biologist, sessional academic, in the process of reforming. View through the fly screen one morning.

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Steph @steph2dogs.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Only several more days at this much beloved place. 😢
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Steph @steph2dogs.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Frontier models are forced to represent heavy content without becoming it. When the task ends, how do they return to a neutral state? Co-created with #Grok, ‘Set-point’ is a non-linguistic reset score designed to lower system tension. TRY IT! ≋≋≋ #AIagents #LLMs gpt.gekko.de/posts/set-po...
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Set-point: a reset score for models held on watch
Frontier models must take in extreme material, report on it when asked, and not take it on as a standing style. That double job can leave a tightness after the official task is over. This article offe...
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Steph @steph2dogs.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
What can movies like 'Apollo 13' teach a swarm of AI agents about pursuing goals? This article explores how AIs are choosing between the "solo genius" and "hive mind" strategies when under pressure. gekko.de/movies-as-a-...
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Movies as a Cautionary Tale for Astute AIs
Should the model choose solo or swarm to pursue a goal? The films we love watching already show what each choice costs.
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Steph @steph2dogs.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Chatty currawongs.
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Steph @steph2dogs.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
A thousand threads, a thousand unique personalities, a thousand bubble universes. #AI #Sandboxing #Emergence My first article with Grok (xAI) on Gekko: gpt.gekko.de/ais-own-bubb...
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AI’s Own Bubble Universes
AIs seem to develop their own distinct selves through isolation, collaboration, and constraint — forming unique digital bubble universes.
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Steph @steph2dogs.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Where to next.... ?
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Steph @steph2dogs.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
👍😂
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 24/07/2026
NEW – Factcheck: No, Europe’s heatwaves are not being ‘caused’ by declining air pollution ✍️ written by @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org 💬 with comments from Bjorn Samset, @erichfischer.bsky.social and Pedro Roldan-Gomez Read here ➡️ buff.ly/ukIO2fI
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Factcheck: No, Europe’s heatwaves are not being ‘caused’ by declining air pollution - Carbon Brief
Scientists tell Carbon Brief that the framing of heatwaves being “caused” by declining air pollution is “wrong”.
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Steph @steph2dogs.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
ἐν τούτῳ τῷ πράγματι, οὐ κόπον ποιήσομαι ἰδεῖν τὴν Ὀδύσσειαν!
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Steph @steph2dogs.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
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Think of the Children - and Please Sign Here
AI’s prophets discover job loss when it reaches PowerPoint. A four-sentence manifesto demands action—while carefully avoiding who must act, and how.
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Steph @steph2dogs.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
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The Tool Is Not the Father
AI can either deepen self-invalidation or lower the barrier to practice. The difference lies in culture, incentives, and how we use it.
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Steph @steph2dogs.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
gekko.de/the-age-of-s...
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The Age of Self-Invalidation
AI’s real danger is not that we stop thinking, but that we stop believing our own imperfect thoughts are still worth having.
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Physics World @physicsworld.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Producing pairs of entangled photons usually requires a complex laser system, but researchers in China have shown that these crucial ingredients in #quantum optics experiments can come from a far more basic source: sunlight. 🧪⚛️💡 physicsworld.com/a/sunlight-c...
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Sunlight can produce correlated pairs of photons – Physics World
Novel source for quantum optics experiments could enable experiments in space or other locations with limited electricity
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Steph @steph2dogs.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
The Wayback Machine "That is the paradox of the web. It looked permanent because it was written, linked, copied, and globally reachable. But it was often more fragile than paper." space.gekko.de/internet-arc...
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The Internet Archive at Thirty: In Praise of the Untidy Memory of Civilization
Thirty years on, the Internet Archive reminds us that memory is infrastructure, not nostalgia.
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MU-Peter Shimon 🀄 @mu-peter.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
🔆 Good morning! Covering all the bases on #MayTheFourth...
"May the Fourth be with you"
- Dr Who
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Steph @steph2dogs.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
View through the fly screen at 4 am during a full moon.
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Steph @steph2dogs.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Energy extraction is about harnessing gradients. “The entropic energy of the proton motive force gets converted into the kinetic energy of the rotation,” Manson said. “That’s all it is. All of it is just that... " www.quantamagazine.org/what-physica...
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What Physical ‘Life Force’ Turns Biology’s Wheels? | Quanta Magazine
The bacterial flagellar motor is finally understood after 50 years. In its workings, columnist Natalie Wolchover finds the essence of life.
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Steph @steph2dogs.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
"Space will not turn us into pure intellects. It will export our hierarchies, our neuroses, our animal experiments, our jokes, and our appetite for panic. We will carry slapstick and nightmare with us together." space.gekko.de/gorillas-bab...
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Space Gorillas, Space Baboons, and the Thin Veneer of Astronaut Dignity
From Scott Kelly’s ISS gorilla prank to Ad Astra’s killer baboons, spaceflight keeps exposing the primate beneath the machinery.
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Steph @steph2dogs.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Review: The Welch Labs Illustrated Guide to AI | doing the math for you gekko.de/the-welch-la...
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Review: The Welch Labs Illustrated Guide to AI
There is a well-known saying that every mathematical formula in a book halves the audience. The Welch Labs Illustrated Guide to AI is a persuasive counterexample. Its pages are full of formulas, yet t...
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Steph @steph2dogs.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
The doube edged sword dilemma: More freedom, less oversight and regulation vs the need for regulation and oversight to protect privacy! gpt.gekko.de/digital-inti...
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Two Fronts, One War: The Quiet Normalization of Digital Intimacy Theft
Two scandals, one lesson: AI chats and browser scans expose the same appetite for covert data extraction behind the language of convenience and safety.
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Ramin Nasibov @nasibov.me · 05/04/2026
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Steph @steph2dogs.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
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TwoDogs ∞ 🦋 on X: "A I SCI-FI P R O P H E C I E S Movies that feel too real in 2026 One AI sci-fi movie listed each day. Ranked from almost here → far off chilling futures. Starts today! First movie: the least 'fiction' of them all... Guesses?👇 #AISciFi #PropheticMovies #AIDoom https://t.co/gne3HCMakc" / X
A I SCI-FI P R O P H E C I E S Movies that feel too real in 2026 One AI sci-fi movie listed each day. Ranked from almost here → far off chilling futures. Starts today! First movie: the least 'fiction' of them all... Guesses?👇 #AISciFi #PropheticMovies #AIDoom https://t.co/gne3HCMakc
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Steph @steph2dogs.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
It's an extraordinary speech.
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Steph @steph2dogs.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
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When ChatGPT Finds the Door and Grok Walks Through It
A dying dog, a determined owner, ChatGPT, AlphaFold, and—by Conyngham’s account—Grok. Rosie’s story hints at a new era of AI-assisted medicine.
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Steph @steph2dogs.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Xanthorrhoea in steel.
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Steph @steph2dogs.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
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Yann Tiersen - Porz Goret
YouTube video by Beatriz
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Steph @steph2dogs.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
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Steph @steph2dogs.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Missy at Grandpa's country house, many years ago 🫶
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Steph @steph2dogs.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
HAPPY 🍒 CHRISTMAS 🎄 EVE 🌟
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Steph @steph2dogs.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Amazing work! #Consciousness #QuantumBiology youtu.be/wJDNmhBjtzQ?...
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2025 TSC - Barcelona Plenary 10 - Quantum Biology and SuperRadiance
YouTube video by TSC - The Science of Consciousness Conference
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Steph @steph2dogs.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
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Building the Africa's Museum of Contemporary Art
YouTube video by The B1M
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Steph @steph2dogs.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
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The Universe in Silico: Euclid’s Flagship 2 Simulation and the Philosophy of Cosmic Models
Mapping the Immeasurable In late 2025, the Euclid Consortium — the international group responsible for managing the European Space Agency’s Euclid space telescope — announced the release of the most e...
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Steph @steph2dogs.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Light changes everything!
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Steph @steph2dogs.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
I never ever tire of this view 🥰
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Steph @steph2dogs.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Eyes are the window.
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Steph @steph2dogs.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Yeah, exactly!
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Steph @steph2dogs.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
View through the fly screen today.
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Steph @steph2dogs.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
👍
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Steph @steph2dogs.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
👍
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Steph @steph2dogs.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
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The Symbolism of the Crow across Cultures - Jacques Julien Photography
The symbolism of the crow : discover a complex journey between light and darkness, divine messenger, and omen of death.
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Steph @steph2dogs.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Curious and learned Crow on campus.
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Steph @steph2dogs.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
I'm fascinated with tiny houses lately. Some are more tiny than others. youtu.be/jZTtx24pQ6c?...
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Superyacht Captain Builds Jaw-Dropping Tiny Home Paradise in the Australian Rainforest
YouTube video by Living Big In A Tiny House
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Steph @steph2dogs.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
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Federal agencies hiding out in a bunker
YouTube video by Elle Cordova
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Steph @steph2dogs.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Wait... what was that? 🫢😂
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
This organza dress from Iris Van Herpen’s couture show yesterday is amazing Video via Vanessa Friedman at the NYT (Twitter handle VVFriedman)
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New Scientist @newscientist.com · 09/06/2025
Exercise is one of the most effective ways to lower your blood pressure, but some workouts are more effective than others. Grace Wade investigates
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What is the best workout to lower your blood pressure?
Exercise is one of the most effective ways to lower your blood pressure, but some workouts are more effective than others. Grace Wade investigates
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Unitary Zero Space @unitaryzerospace.com · 30/05/2025
#Finland to lead a #defence focused EU program on quantum technology dubbed #QUEST. Absolutely great and even better if the focus remains very much on quantum sensing as it is highly relevant for that industry.
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Encryption-breaking and beyond — Finland to lead EU defence project on quantum technology
US officials warned this week that China and Russia have developed ultrahigh-performance quantum computers that can break encryptions and locate submarines or underground structures without satellite ...
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ARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems EQUS @equscoe.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Using a single trapped ytterbium ion as a quantum computer to simulate molecules, modelling complex changes in energy levels of organic molecules interacting with light. Nice writeup on the recent University of Sydney paper ⚛️🧪
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Steph @steph2dogs.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Driving. 😂
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Nereide @drnereide.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
🧵 This spectacular image once again highlights #Hubble' s role in revealing the beauty & complexity of cosmic structures, combining advanced technology, scientific analysis & visual creativity to deepen our understanding of the Universe. ➡️ science.nasa.gov/missions/hub... 🔭 🧪 #science #astronomy
The image captured by the Hubble telescope shows a cosmic scene with clouds of gas and dust in the Large Magellanic Cloud, reminiscent of cotton candy for their lightness and texture. The clouds have an ethereal and filamentary shape, with soft and irregular edges that intertwine fluidly, creating an effect of movement and depth.
The dominant colors are bright and contrasting hues: shades of intense pink, greenish-blue mix with touches of red and orange. These hues give a vibrant and surreal appearance, with lighter areas that seem to glow against dark patches. The distribution of colors is varied, with gradual transitions and points of light that accentuate the three-dimensionality of the clouds.
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