Ah...exactly where I thought I'd be...between "TV and Film Industry Professions" and "New Brunswick Community Leaders"...though just closer to new brunswick.

This country is truly offensive at times lol. This is a 9chf sandwich.

If one wants to make a "finished product" there are vanishingly few hobbies where technical skill is the limiting factor. Everytime I see AI as a way to avoid technical deficit the deployment is "not doing the creative act" and it drives me doolally.

If you are looking for a sign to push on through the adversity, this is it - FAX

Fucking supergroup

It's been a bloody good week for skies.

After the heinz incident...

Listening to lossless audio fed through a top of the line soundcard, but my computer fan makes noise and I didn't clean my ears out so all that benefit is squandered.

Well, it is described as a timeless book... From The Unbareable Lightness of Being

Webcam is bust.... making me look old.

Seriously. Yes, do everything we can to make in-person accessible and appealing. There is a huge bonus to in-person learning and collaboration that we should value and espouse... But if someone cannot attend for innumerable reasons, they simply cannot attend and that isn't reason for exclusion.

Gorgeous moon tonight, not that I could get a good pic of the danged thing. Anyone #photosky people in the know, any clues what I should be doing? Treid all sorts of shutter and ISO combinations, but couldn't get anything not massively blown out. (last pic is from a phone)

*Opening LinkedIn* *Seeing LinkedIn posts* bsky.app/profile/fanc...

Ferbruary #oldknees

Getting alright at this camera thing...

Going over birthday pictures and found this one. Ah... It's giving Vermeer

Stylus, canvas, signature.

Question for the Bayesian statisticians... Do you have a significant other? Or is more like, a precise posterior other?

Rabbit rabbit rabbit!

Present for my colleague (not pictured) after she broke her ankle.

Really saddened today to learn of the passing of one of my favourite teachers. Francois Lloyd was such a supportive, kind, and positive person. The outpouring of tributes to her has been so heartening. A video made last year by the Ukranian family she hosted. youtu.be/BI8wQb2dZjE

Look, I come here to have a nice time. What I absolutely do not come here for is a direct, personal attack.

There was a genesis to this phenomenon I've never seen spoken about. 8-10 years ago I used to be in a lot of online hobby spaces. They had long had a 'optimisation culture' where a many folk didn't do stuff guided by enjoyment, but by following an 'optimal' path....

The journey tech companies have gone from "were democratising knowledge and breaking the ring fencing of academia" to "were absolutely ring fencing knowledge and access" is as predictable as it was swift.

Boo! I love it. Boo!

This text from Bronowski’s 1970s BBC series rings more valid than ever .

Cannot beat premade pastry with "stuff on top" New discovery, balsamic pickled onions on top before grilling. Divine.

The lists you end up on on bluesky lol.

Ever tried boiled pasta? Not as crunchy but still good

Took a sensory fidget toy to the office.. Uncovering all the latent neurodivergent folk.

Writing justification for exceeding the target sample size in my pre-registration, when it's already a bit optimistic, is very much like me planning where I would display my nobel prize.

Please, microsoft... Trust me. I am being authentic!

It's that day. youtu.be/ejorQVy3m8E

There's something particularly icky about tech people insisting we see humanity in their products but also switch that perception off for art, culture, writing, teaching. Horrible marketing bumpf.

Overwhelmed by the choices of colours in men's clothing sections these days.

Gotcha—let’s dig into that step by step. 1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish. 2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.

Not everyone explicitly learns the verbiage of Newton's 3rd law... But everyone will eventually learn it through more practical exposure.

Not to say it's woke... But I do have to agree that Aptos is a truly hideous typeset.

Toroid brain is my new favourite thing.

That is broadly the expectation, yes.

Must *every* journal hound me with an AI that will read papers for me?!

question for #neuroskyence Thinking about long-term career planning and noticing a slight issue.... Every position outside of my system requires teaching experience and my system does not offer routes to getting teaching experience (especially curricular). Any advice on mitigation or navigation?

"Thank you for reviewing 43 abstracts up to 3,000 words in legth, can you possibly review up to 30 more?" ...Lads....

Absolutely wild choice of language. I love old papers.

As I always say, avoid obfuscation, espouse elucidation.

Excellent. youtu.be/I5XR48KLE8I

Just seen stochastic resonance used as evidence against predictive processing. Strange one to me as 1) I've only ever seen that written within predictive frameworks 2) I think it is extremely underevidenced and more 'ad-hoc' than predictive processing.

The mere act of being alive is the biggest experiment of all, dear. - Story transmissions

Yup. Lab reports.