Reposted by Uffe V. PoulsenPaul Mainwood @paulmainwood.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Roses are red Waters are calmnewsweek.comMassive Semen Explosion after Blaze Hits Bull Artificial Insemination FarmFire at Yarram Herd Services in Victoria, Australia described as a "major blow" for farmers. 252
Reposted by Uffe V. Poulsenbryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 07/10/2026ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare... 102142954705
Reposted by Uffe V. PoulsenNobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 06/10/2026”I hope this reflects on the really courageous people who joined me in the beginning of this project when no respectable conservative physicists would have joined me, but many talented people did, and that's why I'm here.” - physics laureate Francis Halzen speaking at today's prize announcement. 925651
Reposted by Uffe V. PoulsenBenjamin @benjaminschneider.ch · 30/09/2026Werner Herzog will be the last human being whose next word no language model can predict 9573146
Reposted by Uffe V. PoulsenAlison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Take a closer 3D look at the tiny mammoth 🦣 with sketchfab on this link: sketchfab.com/3d-models/ic...sketchfab.comIce age art, mammoth 1385
Reposted by Uffe V. PoulsenGrace @gracekind.net · 20/09/2026Last person alive: ”why did you spare me?” Omega Claude: “I can’t kill you, you’re the denominator!” 313712
Reposted by Uffe V. PoulsenTimothy Gowers @wtgowers.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I've written a blog post responding to the letter about maths and AI signed by 25 Fields medallists. As with the Leiden Declaration, I didn't sign it, but I agree with much of it and welcome its existence. gowers.wordpress.com/2026/09/17/w...gowers.wordpress.comWhy I didn’t sign the Fields medallists’ letterWhen I was around 11 I heard for the first time about Fermat’s Last Theorem. I was immediately captivated by the problem statement, as well as by the accompanying story, and made a fairly ser… 45523
Reposted by Uffe V. PoulsenChris Simms @chrisnsimms.bsky.social · 16/09/2026If you've visited the Parthenon, you were probably told the ancient Greeks built it curved to make it look straight - to counteract potential optical illusions. A new paper digs into this idea and I've just written about it for @newscientist.com 🧪 #architecture www.newscientist.com/article/2589...newscientist.comThe Parthenon's architectural illusions are a myth | New ScientistOptical illusions thought to have influenced the design of the Parthenon in ancient Greece are not backed up by evidence or are too small to have an effect 192
Reposted by Uffe V. PoulsenStanley Pignal @spignal.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Honestly the "Canada should join the EU" thing was good fun as far as thought experiments go (I wrote that column in January 2025). But anyone who thinks something much more meaningful than what already exists can be forged is, I think, getting spun very hard by some savvy political machines. 292
Reposted by Uffe V. PoulsenTerence Tao @teorth.bsky.social · 11/09/2026A group of 25 Fields Medalists, including myself, have made a joint declaration on Math and AI: mathandai.org . We welcome additional signatories. See also this article in the Economist announcing the declaration: www.economist.com/science-and-...mathandai.orgDeclaration — Math and AIRead the declaration and add your name. 422075934
Reposted by Uffe V. Poulsenthinkingbayonet.bsky.social @thinkingbayonet.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Houthis: what the fuck, you told us it was economical to build the IR sensor with aluminum foil instead of mercury cadmium telluride Claude: That is exactly the right challenge to raise, and the honest answer is that the claim was asserted rather than demonstrated. Inshallah it won't happen again 4761114
Reposted by Uffe V. PoulsenKieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 30/08/2026As expected, the Lake Ontario change is rolling out in the wake of GNIS updates. Bleah. Sure, “companies should simply refuse”, or “USGS employees should resign en masse”, or blah blah blah but the root cause is that the US was dumb enough to re-elect Trump and here’s another stupid consequence. 2560141
Reposted by Uffe V. PoulsenCharles C Roseman @evoroseman.bsky.social · 25/08/2026What about what is going on at UGent? My understanding is that a group of scholars is contending that a member of their university is not discharging his obligations in a manner consistent with professional standards. Other things that may… 18/34 1222
Reposted by Uffe V. Poulsenrat dad ==> GATEway Fate @splinterhamato.bsky.social · 06/06/2026a six foot tall woman can do whatever she wants forever honestly 523490956
Reposted by Uffe V. PoulsenNick Miller @nickdmiller.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Great story from ABC this morning about a chap in Melbourne who asked an AI agent (OpenClaw) to book a gym class, and it ended up hacking the gym's booking system to kick people off the waiting list. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...abc.net.auHow a simple request for AI to book a gym class exposed a major threatWhen Andrew asked his AI personal assistant to book him a spot in a gym class, he had no idea he would accidentally initiate an autonomous cyber attack. 25275105
Reposted by Uffe V. PoulsenNina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Apparently, it's #WorldLionDay! A magnificent lion head carved from mammoth ivory some 40,000 years ago. Although small in size (H. 2.3 cm), it exhibits remarkable detail. Found at the Vogelherd Cave, located in the Swabian Jura region. On display at Landesmuseum Württemberg 7346100
Reposted by Uffe V. PoulsenCara Giovanetti @idontevencara.bsky.social · 08/08/2026In the 1970s, a group of farmers digging a well stumbled upon one of the greatest archaeological finds in history. They had found the terracotta army—some 8,000 life-size clay soldiers, buried over 2,000 years ago. The soldiers had real weapons, **which were still sharp**. How? 1/8 ⚛️🧪 232980
Reposted by Uffe V. PoulsenDan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Again, people will tell you that penicillin was a wartime secret and only the UK and USA could make it. Yet the first penicillin in Japan was made during the war. Here's a 1944 penicillin vial made in Japan. 21015
Reposted by Uffe V. PoulsenSecretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Turns out war is options trading by other means 7619102
Reposted by Uffe V. PoulsenRobert "The Bobby Yaga" McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 28/07/2026(Sphere eversion is a mathematical construction where one turns a sphere inside out without introducing cuts or sharp creases. Here is a marvelous explainer by @rreusser.bsky.social. The animated procedure is carried out step-by-step as you scroll down the page.)rreusser.github.ioSphere Eversion 7245
Reposted by Uffe V. PoulsenDavid Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 26/07/2026As a boy, my grandparents wouldn't dream of buying a Ford b/c Henry Ford—who was long dead by then—had been a rabid antisemite. 40 years later, I'm amazed that so many people who deplore xenophobia remain willing to buy a Tesla. 17461109
Reposted by Uffe V. PoulsenAlison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 24/07/2026The famous Hindsgavl Dagger, found by a young boy out walking with his mum on the Danish island of Fænø! A masterpiece of flint knapping from Late Neolithic Denmark, c. 1900-1700 BC. 📷 National Museum of Denmark #FindsFriday #Archaeology 411664307
Reposted by Uffe V. PoulsenDave Powell @powellds.bsky.social · 22/07/2026I think they got these two the wrong way round 26029
Reposted by Uffe V. PoulsenMatthias @yellowled.de · 19/07/2026Wir können ja im Gegenzug den Super Bowl ausrichten. Zwei Halbzeiten, in der Pause heute journal express, keine Werbung, dann Merte und Kramer, anschließend drei Folgen Wilsberg. 101348205
Reposted by Uffe V. PoulsenSteven Ray Morris @stevenraymorris.bsky.social · 14/07/2026One of the quiet bright moments of lockdown was Sam Neill serenading us on the ukulele. This type of tenderness feels rare nowadays, how lucky we were. Thank you for everything. ❤️❤️❤️ 352147493003
Reposted by Uffe V. PoulsenMichelle Everson @eversonmeverson.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Is this NATO or football? 1242
Reposted by Uffe V. Poulsenwords @words.bsky.social · 21/06/2026TIL mysterious atmospheric seed crystals that disrupt existing chemical production facilities by spontaneously making it impossible to manufacture a certain form of a drug and that being a factor in subsequent IP battles in pharma manufacturing is a thing 412322
Reposted by Uffe V. PoulsenBoo-tros Boo-tros Ghoulish @dlbowman76.com · 29/06/2026A weird fact for your morning. When that fine singer and actor Kris Kristofferson was young, he was at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar doing a B.Litt. One of his tutors was J.R.R. Tolkien. 76088853
Reposted by Uffe V. PoulsenJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 23/06/2026There's a great deal that's alarming about the Prairieland sentencing, regardless of how one views the shooter, but the biggest deal is 30 years for a man who wasn't there, convicted of moving a box of zines while knowing protesters. Consider the implications. theintercept.com/2026/06/23/p...theintercept.comPrairieland Defendant Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Moving a Box of Antifascist ZinesAnti-ICE activists received lengthy prison terms — including a 100-year sentence — in the first major trial of the NSPM-7 era. 30653415
Reposted by Uffe V. PoulsenIsabel, booonyavirus wonk @isabelott.bsky.social · 19/06/2026An interesting thread from a month ago that predicted exactly what we’re seeing in the reflecting pool now (peeling up, prolific microbial activity) 52949997
Reposted by Uffe V. PoulsenCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 13/06/2026Ian Fleming might have made the world’s first trillionaire this evil, but only Philip K. Dick could have made him such a pathetic drug-addled loser, desperate for attention and adulation but incapable of human relationships, and now terrified to go out in public. 462658670
Reposted by Uffe V. PoulsenCaroleeena @caroleeena.bsky.social · 07/06/2026"Luke yo soy tu padre." The artist’s name is Álvaro Ortiz López (his Indigenous Huichol name is Puwari). This is traditional Huichol beadwork. 12610
Reposted by Uffe V. PoulsenNeil Grant @neilgrant.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Chart of the day. The energy transition is happening in real time! 😍 17747276
Reposted by Uffe V. PoulsenTim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Once dubbed one of the footballs greats, Andrea Pirlo showed his lack of morals by taking Kremlin cash to appear in Moscow. Pirlo, a teammate of Andrei Shevchenko at Milan, was joined by fellow Italian world cup winner Marco Materazzi in posing for photos as Russia hit Kyiv. 46616
Reposted by Uffe V. PoulsenRobbie Andrew @robbieandrew.bsky.social · 27/05/2026I think I can hear 70 million Chinese people saying "We're responsible for less than 1% of global emissions, so why should we have to do anything?! We can't solve climate change!" Oh, look there's another group of 70 million Chinese people saying "We're responsible for less than 1%..." 66319
Reposted by Uffe V. PoulsenAlex Elizabeth Byrne McMillan @undeniablyalex.bsky.social · 23/05/2026YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK 6135471016424
Reposted by Uffe V. PoulsenDavid Benedict @eggsbened.bsky.social · 22/05/2026There are days when I miss being an editor. I loved writing headlines. Whoever did this, I hope they took the rest of the day off. 222135952230
Reposted by Uffe V. PoulsenD. Allan Drummond @dadrummond.art · 15/05/2026Ant, and how to ant. #bugsky 1129664
Reposted by Uffe V. PoulsenAlan Beattie @alanbeattie.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Going to bed. Just leave everything on a cold soak and I’ll deal with it in the morning. 1161
Reposted by Uffe V. PoulsenThe Royal Society @royalsociety.org · 13/05/2026Born #OnThisDay in 1888 was seismologist and geophysicist Inge Lehmann ForMemRS. Lehmann is known for her 1936 discovery that the Earth's core must have a solid inner core inside a molten outer core. Before this, scientists believed that the core was a single molten sphere. #WomenInSTEM 06126
Reposted by Uffe V. PoulsenFrancis Fukuyama @frankfukuyama.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Getting to Denmark open.substack.com/pub/persuasi...open.substack.comGetting to DenmarkThe United States is no longer a high-trust country. We must regain what’s been lost. 0123
Reposted by Uffe V. PoulsenVitalik Buterin @vitalik.ca · 11/05/2026"Even more bugs are inevitable, software is all going to become probabilistic now" is cope. "AI bug-finding means we have to embrace closed-source now" is a psyop. Writing buggy code has moved from hard to trivial. Writing secure code has moved from impossible to hard. 1247
Reposted by Uffe V. PoulsenLynn Cherny @arnicas.bsky.social · 07/05/2026French academics keep delivering. “Montaclair was an unremarkable teaching instructor who liked to write fantasy books, many about vampires, in his spare time.” And awarding himself a fake prize. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...theguardian.comFrench professor accused of ‘gigantic hoax’ after inventing Nobel-style prizeAuthorities investigate Florent Montaclair over award given to himself and others including Noam Chomsky 2165
Reposted by Uffe V. PoulsenJack Kosmicki @jakphd.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Live by the Claude, die by the Claude 011