Infants are capable of encoding memories during infancy, and deficits in postencoding retrieval mechanisms are likely responsible for infantile amnesia in humans. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Anyone want to tell me why the Australian leaders debate doesn't #IncludeAdam? Only 2/3 of people voted for a major party in 2022, who represents the rest?

Let's get a fair debate going for our Federal Election 2025. #includeAdam

There are better paths to a humanist future. anonymuncles.blogspot.com/2025/03/agai...

My latest post explaining where I sit on the political spectrum. anonymuncles.blogspot.com/2025/02/im-l...

Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent. Opportunities are everywhere. Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉

Investigative reporter, Patrizia Schlosser (STRG-F) is one of many victims of non-consensual pornographic deepfakes. Now, Bellingcat and STRG-F are investigating the AI porn website disseminating this material. www.youtube.com/shorts/TK6sf...

We ended last year with a special live Q&A with our founder @eliothiggins.bsky.social covering everything from the conflict in Syria to AI. Listen back for some invaluable tips on getting started in open source research on any podcast platform including Spotify here: open.spotify.com/episode/0Vwb...

Want to change things, but not sure where to start? Try here.

2024 first year with an average temperature clearly exceeding 1.5°C above the pre-industrial level Multiple global records were broken, for GHG levels, air temperature, sea surface temperature, contributing to extreme events, incl floods, heatwaves, wildfires climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...

Socialism isn’t the bogeyman the rich want you to fear—it’s a blueprint for worker liberation and dismantling the billionaire class. Here's how the myth vs. reality of socialism shapes our world and why it matters. #SocialismExplained #EconomicJustice anonymuncles.blogspot.com/2025/01/soci...

Australia acts as a loyal enforcer of U.S. interests, despite its self-image as a moral middle power. anonymuncles.blogspot.com/2024/12/aust...

This could get very messy very quickly.

Yet another reason to thank your #microbiome! 🦠 🧪

Soviet Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Issue 47 of Canberra papers on strategy and defence by Desmond Ball Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, 1989 ISBN 9780731505036 159 pages (73.0 MB PDF) mega.nz/file/5Ikl1LY...

Couldn't let a good pardon go to waste... anonymuncles.blogspot.com/2024/12/pard...

The latest CLEX briefing note co-authored by CCRC scientists: Is the Climate Changing Faster than Expected? The evidence is clear: the impacts of global warming are increasing, and to reduce them, we require a deep and rapid cut in greenhouse gas emissions. climateextremes.org.au/is-the-clima...

Once a vision of global dominance, the U.S.-led "Grand Area" is now a patchwork of regions and alliances. As the rise of China, resurgent powers, and resistance from Global South challenge America, read how the U.S. clings to its declining dominance. anonymuncles.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-...

“[Russia] is paying an obscenely high price in men, material, and money …Hezbollah’s ranks have been devastated …Iran has also faced defeats and seems unable or unwilling to fight a wider war. Syrian rebel groups had been waiting for just this moment. Assad is alone.”

I've been rereading some Chomsky and wanted to tell it from my perspective 30 years on.

“Russia’s acts of sabotage against western targets may eventually prompt NATO to consider invoking the alliance’s Article 5 mutual defence clause, the head of Germany’s foreign intelligence service has warned.

Twitter has deleted the >200k followers of noted Palestinian journalist Younis Tirawi and hit him with one of those mysterious shadow bans that when you click "follow" on his account it doesn't actually stick, when you hit reload you're not following him

Everytime I hear some more bullshit about #x #twitter, I login to @bsky.app to check the differences. Like yelling "free speech" while automating involuntary "unfollowing" of Palestinian journalists.

I use machine learning (ML) on #TelescopeArray data for cosmic-ray research, and this 🐼 GIF is spot-on. Stochastic gradient descent is when an algorithm improves its predictions by taking random downhill steps—small steps to avoid overshooting the valley (place of smallest error). 😂 #ML #MLSky 🧪🔭👩‍🔬

NASA's visualization team created a preview of every phase of the Moon in 2025, hour by hour. The best part: Watching how the Moon's appearance changes due to its inclination, oval orbit, and libration (wobble). 🔭🧪 svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5415

10 months on and second post... but significantly more than that other mob.

Hello World.