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💡 Our brains may learn more from rare events than from repetition
#brain

Our brains may learn more from rare events than from repetition
More than a century ago, Pavlov trained his dog to associate the sound of a bell with food. Ever since, scientists have assumed the dog learned this through repetition. The more times the dog heard the bell and then got fed, the better it learned that the sound meant food would soon follow.

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Temple Of The Dog:
🎵 Hunger Strike
#NowPlaying #TempleOfTheDog
https://trxppyxtrxll.bandcamp.com/track/temple-of-the-dog-hunger-strike-trxppxd
https://open.spotify.com/track/0W7AbEauB7cP4pidLclApe

Introducing the baby to your best friend

The dog has asked to go outside 4 times so far, this morning. She has peed exactly zero times.

Did parkrun in the drizzle and now I get to cosy up at home in the warm and dry for a few hours with nothing more demanding than coffee, the newspaper and a sleepy dog

Wag-atha Christie Dog May Have Resolved Victorian Murder Digging Up Poison Bottle From 160 Years Ago https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/wag-atha-christie-dog-digs-up-victorian-murder-poison-bottle/

Wag-atha Christie: Dog May Have Resolved Victorian Murder Digging Up Poison Bottle
A family's dog may have resolved a notorious 160-year-old murder, after he dug up a bottle of poison buried in the garden.

Waffles picked up his first Rally Novice qualifying score this morning!
#dogs #dogsofmastodon

Poisoning AI training data is, unfortunately, really not that hard.
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/02/poisoning-ai-training-data.html

As Walk for Peace begins in Sri Lanka, activists call for animal rights https://news.mongabay.com/2026/04/as-walk-for-peace-begins-in-sri-lanka-activists-call-for-animal-rights/

As Walk for Peace begins in Sri Lanka, activists call for animal rights
COLOMBO — A group of barefoot Buddhist monks promoting peace, compassion, mindfulness and nonviolence has arrived in Sri Lanka, accompanied by an unlikely figure: a once stray dog named Aloka. The Walk for Peace, organized by 24 Buddhist monks of the Theravada tradition affiliated with a Vipassana meditation center in Texas in the United States […]

Something you only learn by having a dog in San Francisco is how awkward it is to pick something up off the ground on a steep hill.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #NightTracks
The Black Dog:
🎵 Chesh
#TheBlackDog
https://open.spotify.com/track/4KM1dVDBtbadRVhR8sIR2J

So this is what that LLM is supposed to do...
$ echo "The quikc brown fox jumps over the lazey dog, but then the dog quickly retaliates and chase the fox back into the woods." | ollama run gnokit/improve-grammar
> The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog, but then the dog quickly retaliates and chases the fox back into the woods.

Temporary dog parents: Live long and foster.
Glowy stuff: Live long and phosphoresce.
Residents of Istanbul: Live long and Bosporus.
#hashtaggames
#livelongandanything

This is your regular reminder that the "Utopia" ABC TV show is fiction.
It's time for Working Dog to come to terms with the myths that their script helps spread. The old reports did NOT show the VFT and HSR were unfeasible. Read the reports, like this guy https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxTG1NO5gU…

Ooh pet care. This is a funny looking mobile dog groomer though...

Guinness on a dreary rainy day ⛈️ #dogsofmastodon

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #NickGrimshaw
Snooper:
🎵 Guard Dog
#Snooper
https://snooper7.bandcamp.com/track/guard-dog
https://open.spotify.com/track/5EjP5cqYjmf0pZd8Pi8Q5v

Urban Demons VI 👻
城市鬼魂 VI 👻
📷 Nikon F4E
🎞️ ERA 100, expired 1993
If you like my work, buy me a coffee from PayPal #filmphotography

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #SonicReducer
Distest:
🎵 Dog Eat Dog World
#Distest
https://distest.bandcamp.com/track/dog-eat-dog-world
https://open.spotify.com/track/40ddglC6PHLdxUtVLt0vl5

Every Womyn & Her Dog
This is a raw and embodied conversation space where modern women explore identity, leadership, relationships, motherhood, business, burnout, and the ongoing becoming of who they truly are...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/every-

The dog and I are looking forward to it! (She doesn't really know that yet.) https://www.alxnow.com/2026/04/17/alx-dog-walk-to-draw-2000-walkers-with-dogs-saturday-in-old-town/

ALX Dog Walk to draw 2,000 walkers with dogs Saturday in Old Town | ALXnow
Old Town will go to the dogs tomorrow (Saturday) as the ALX Dog Walk returns. The event, first held in 2022, combines the causes of animal welfare and sustainability for a two-mile walk through Old Town and a celebration with activities at Oronoco Bay Park. The event runs from 7-11 a.m., with the walk starting

#ACAB, combined with #FuckICE. https://www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/

The Westborough Crusaders: The Trilogy That Took Forty-Four Years to Earn Its Novels
Some work waits for you. Not patiently. Not the way a dog waits by the door, loyal and uncomplicated. It waits the way a diagnosis waits in a family's bloodline, silently present, expressing itself in symptoms you do not recognize until you are old enough to understand what your body has been trying to tell you. In 1982, I was sixteen years old…

The Westborough Crusaders: The Trilogy That Took Forty-Four Years to Earn Its Novels | David Boles, Blogs
Some work waits for you. Not patiently. Not the way a dog waits by the door, loyal and uncomplicated. It waits the way a diagnosis waits in a family’s bloodline, silently present, expressing …

That's handy, a list of trails to avoid.
Welsh locations named some of the best dog friendly running trails in the UK
https://nation.cymru/culture/welsh-locations-named-some-of-the-best-dog-friendly-running-trails-in-the-uk…

Welsh locations named some of the best dog friendly running trails in the UK
Ella Groves A new study has revealed the best dog-friendly running trails in the UK, with two Welsh locations making the top ten list. With so many trails to explore across the UK, the experts at Canine Cottages have compiled a list of the top ten dog-friendly running trails. The list is ranked based on […]

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Big Special:
🎵 Black Dog / White Horse
#NowPlaying #BigSpecial
https://open.spotify.com/track/1LD2SFCu4lmrTwxnA6TCqQ

RE: https://mastodonapp.uk/@MarkHoltom/116464307691288320
Det kan godt være, at det står skidt til i UK, men det står dog langt bedre til end i USA..

Tillis to Noem:
"A 14 month old dog is basically a teenager in dog years.
You decided to kill that dog because you hadn't invested the appropriate training,
then you have the audacity to write a book & say it's a leadership lesson! ...
Those are bad decisions not unlike what happened in Minneapolis"

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)
Tillis to Noem: "A 14 month old dog is basically a teenager in dog years. You decided to kill that dog bc you hadn't invested the appropriate training, then you have the audacity to write a book & say it's a leadership lesson! ... Those are bad decisions not unlike what happened in Minneapolis"

Ranking must-see TV moments in NFL Draft history, from Manning trade to Belichick's dog https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7215998/2026/04/23/nfl-draft-famous-moments-manning-belichick-rodgers-sanders/

If Canada truly wants to safeguard LLMs, it is really very easy: hold the owners responsible for their dog and make them liable for whom ever their dog bites or gardens they ruin.
What could possibly be more fair? We'd need to really streamline the courts …

Ich glaub der Frühling steht vor der Tür.
Spring is coming.
#hunde #dogs #dogsofmastodon

If you have a pet and a carpet or rugs you should have a metal carpet rake for pet hair.
I just removed what seems to be an entire dog from our living room rug.

smiling friends is kil
ripperoni

He Compared a Black Child to a Dog and Withheld Evidence in Death Row Cases. Now He's Running for Judge. (Richard A. Webster/ProPublica)
https://www.propublica.org/article/hugo-holland-louisiana-judge-race-controversies
http://www.memeorandum.com/260324/p28#a260324p28

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #LaurenLaverne
Snooper:
🎵 Guard Dog
#Snooper
https://snooper7.bandcamp.com/track/guard-dog
https://open.spotify.com/track/5EjP5cqYjmf0pZd8Pi8Q5v

What kind of person sees a picture of a dog, and then feels a need to send a DM saying it needs to loose weight? I don’t often block people, but this one couldn’t be blocked fast enough.

Trump's European allies are abandoning ship: 'We cannot be the lap dog of America first' - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-european-allies-2676572846/

I wonder if the folks who are like "Hey look! I built an app with AI!" understand what supporting an application and supporting customers/users of an application is like.
I fear it's similar people who adopt a cute puppy and then later it sinks in that they'll need to care for a dog over its entire lifetime.
Of course some people just give up on their adopted puppy and surrender them. How many applications will be abandon-ware within a year or two?

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #MorningShow
Florence the Machine:
🎵 Dog Days Are Over
#Florence theMachine
https://djjuliangil.bandcamp.com/track/florence-the-machine-dog-days-are-over-julian-gil-super-mash
https://open.spotify.com/track/7zzwX70dpGNS4YnfcWqBmE

Rattlesnakes!
According to news reports, rattlesnakes are making their way out of their winter dens earlier than normal along the Front Range of Colorado due to the unseasonably warm weather in recent weeks.
If you plan on hiking this spring, stay alert, keep your dog close, and watch where you step. These warmer-than-normal conditions are not typical, which means wildlife behavior may be less predictable than usual.

As seen outside our home while walking my dog. I think it's part of the Lyrid meteor shower here in Los Angeles?
After it went behind the tree, it disappeared. You can see the airplane flying in the background as well.
https://abc7.com/post/lyrid-meteor-sho

Worn out after a visit to the vet. They didn't even poke him! I'm reluctant to wake him for supper. #dogsofmastodon #dogs

Biteback

Hey dude , don't forget that I don't want any mustard on my hot dog, and I want it on a sourdough bun!
#HotDog #cycling #bici

The hour between when it's too hot for you personally, but the thermometer hasn't decided it should turn on the A/C

petster: Pet owner social networks (2016)
A network of friendships among users on catster.com and dogster.com. Node represents a user, and edge exists if two users self-identify as friends on either website. The dogster/catster network also contains family links between dog and dog, cat and cat, as well as dog and cat.
This network has 623766 nodes and 15699276 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Unweighted

San Francisco: I want to vibe code an Android app just to see how far it can actually get. SO: If I'm going to do it, what should I build? Last toy app I did listed dog parks by amenity and biking distance, BikeDog.

RE: https://mastodonsweden.se/@jacobgudiol/116278002824061204
Vi har av allt att döma blivit hyfsat gamla om vi klarat barndomen de senaste ~30 000 åren.
Innan det dog vi som unga

The dog just won't let me sleep

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6Musics90sForever
Belle and Sebastian:
🎵 Dog on Wheels
#BelleandSebastian
https://lazybonkrecords.bandcamp.com/track/dog-on-wheels
https://open.spotify.com/track/6vRgTAzh9DRvp1MFknMe6Z

Did I share this cult already?
#dog #shitposting

The original is of course a Far Side classic, number 8 on this page:
https://screenrant.com/funniest-far-side-dog-comics/

This Dog Podcast Could Have Been An Email
Join Melanie Newman, Jacqie Giggins, Zach Douglas and Macie Pisa for a monthly, entertaining take on life in the dog grooming world...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/this-d

AI company ad on the tube: 'help me build an app to find dog friendly pubs'. But my friend, where would that data come from? Scraping the websites that already list dog-friendly pubs? Searching pub websites?
And would anyone trust it enough to book a table with friends in the hope that the listing is current and correct? So many questions.

Oh to have optimism of my dog, looking at me and wagging her tail while I cook steak on the bbq.
#ItsNotGoingToHappen

@… 👆
💚 https://wiki.freebsd.org/Community/Dogs#allanjude
@…

You save the entire fucking Western world with your genius and the thanks you receive is getting murdered with poison for being gay and then having some kissless incels hand out a shitty dog bowl every year with your name engraved into it

Today for the first time ever I added fake film grain in post while editing my photos.
I reached the point where noise reduction in low light situations makes my photos look noticeably worse, especially when people are involved. They start looking like wax figures and I hate that.
At the same time, as a digital kid, I wasn't a fan of adding fake grain to my photos. Everyone and their dog knows I don't shoot film. And what's the point of making my photos look worse.
Today something clicked in my brain and I decided I'd rather have some texture and deliberate imperfection in my pictures.
Especially when all this generative AI bullshit these days is about making things look so smooth and perfect it hurts.

I’m at a spa trying to get my shit together in a 90ºC (~194ºF) sauna after my 2025 was beautiful madness but madness no less.
I’ve finally started to write a new newsletter & if you wanna know more about the madness or what’s coming up or a cute dog photo, sign up at https://buttondown.com/hynek

Hynek Did Something
Greetings friend! This is a list for those who’d like to be notified whenever I, Hynek Schlawack, do or publish something noteworthy, somewhere. Examples are new blog posts, YouTube videos, and talks, significant updates to existing work, or if I need to be bailed out of jail. It does not include announcements about new software releases. But it does usually include a cute dog photo. As a thank you for your trust, the emails aren’t just links to content. They contain a kind of “director's…

I need to start making some Kalshi bets on some insider knowledge. Such as:
⁃ Chances Khalid has eggs for dinner
⁃ Chances Samson (Khalid's dog) farts
Yes... yes.... 🤑
Who's in?

Mission Dog Ziva ist bei der Deutschen Seemannsmission Stade - hier gerade als Fotomotiv für einen Seemann aus Myanmar.
Auch das tut gut für Mental Health der Seeleute

Did AI cure a dog of cancer?
The most viral health story of late concerns Paul Conyngham -- a Sydney tech entrepreneur with no biology background
⭐️who used AI tools to design a personalized mRNA cancer vaccine for his dog, Rosie.
Conyngham paid $3,000 to sequence Rosie’s tumor DNA, used AI tools to study the sequence, and then worked with a nearby university to manufacture and inject a custom mRNA vaccine.
‘The tennis ball-sized tumour on Rosie’s hock has shrunk in …

What’s New in Biology? (March 2026) | Notion
Niko:

RE: #Dogs #GoodDog

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Rex The Dog:
🎵 I Can See You, Can You See Me
#NowPlaying #RexTheDog
https://rexthedog.bandcamp.com/track/i-can-see-you-can-you-see-me-rex-the-dog-club-version
https://open.spotify.com/track/00BO5nCVOlVA7n7MvEgMzJ

80 Spanish councils have dog DNA databases, so, if a dog shits in the street, it can be identified and the owner fined
Excellent!
El 'CSI' de las cacas de perro: mšs de 80 ciudades rastrean el ADN de las heces en la calle para multar a sus dueños
https://www.

El 'CSI' de las cacas de perro: más de 80 ciudades rastrean el ADN de las heces en la calle para multar a sus dueños
El afán para acabar con los excrementos en la vía pública y la dificultad para sancionar a los incívicos lleva a numerosos consistorios a crear registros genéticos obligatorios para sus perros

Still like Trader Joe's dog snacks but JFC their produce sucks (the expired blueberries snark lands so hard) & yes, shit just randomly disappears from their shelves - never to be seen again.
#traderjoes #humor

Kick the Bot, Fear the Dog: Street Psychology and the Coming Age of Mechanical Animals
The first time you see a sidewalk delivery bot, you smile. It is impossible not to. The thing is knee-high, usually white or pastel, rolling along on six stubby wheels like a cooler that gained sentience and decided to take itself for a walk. It carries burritos, or prescription medication, or someone's iced latte, and it navigates curbs and crosswalks…

Kick the Bot, Fear the Dog: Street Psychology and the Coming Age of Mechanical Animals | David Boles, Blogs
The first time you see a sidewalk delivery bot, you smile. It is impossible not to. The thing is knee-high, usually white or pastel, rolling along on six stubby wheels like a cooler that gained sen…

So we have mini Aussie shepherd service dog (for gluten detection!) and that breed has a lot of funny quirks like when he acts submissive he is doing this “grin” which is sort of hilarious and scary at the same time

petster: Pet owner social networks (2016)
A network of friendships among users on catster.com and dogster.com. Node represents a user, and edge exists if two users self-identify as friends on either website. The dogster/catster network also contains family links between dog and dog, cat and cat, as well as dog and cat.
This network has 623766 nodes and 15699276 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Unweighted

No family as houseguests this weekend. The wee one is back at his mother's place and the grand-dog is back with my daughter. I have no plans apart from the usual weekend chores. Husband is feeling somewhat better so I'm hoping we might even be able to go for a small amble on Sunday and have a coffee together.
#Suburbia

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Widowspeak:
🎵 Dog
#Widowspeak
https://widowspeak.bandcamp.com/track/dog
https://open.spotify.com/track/7KVo4dEoArqoaHiboyGDcF

I got the first of the two dogs through the dog wash. I don't know if I have enough energy to get the second one through.

My dog broke out of his crate at midnight to tell us he needed to poop. In the chaos, I think I tweaked my lower back a bit. Damn, I'm old.

[on the dog meme]
Security issues back in the day: by executing a specially prepared code you can place private data of some process in CPU's cache, and then predict its contents using a timing attack 💪.
Security issues today: I opened a big file and ran out of memory 😭.
"Back in my day, we solved these class of issues using a belt!"
#shitposting

Trump is Putin’s
demented little lap dog.
https://bsky.app/profile/georgetakei.bsky.social/post/3mgnsi56yxi2i

George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social)
He’s Putin’s demented little lap dog.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Surfbort:
🎵 Hot Dog
#Surfbort
https://todorecords.bandcamp.com/track/hot-dog
https://open.spotify.com/track/1UEwMrAAig4VsW8YQzNOGe

Progress update:

petster: Pet owner social networks (2016)
A network of friendships among users on catster.com and dogster.com. Node represents a user, and edge exists if two users self-identify as friends on either website. The dogster/catster network also contains family links between dog and dog, cat and cat, as well as dog and cat.
This network has 623766 nodes and 15699276 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Unweighted

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
boygenius:
🎵 Me & My Dog
#boygenius
https://xboygeniusx.bandcamp.com/track/me-my-dog
https://open.spotify.com/track/74uoN2UfgdUAzwVeFaRUE2

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #SteveLamacq
Fat Dog:
🎵 Running
#FatDog
https://fataboba.bandcamp.com/track/untitled-track
https://open.spotify.com/track/0fe7AHSTWRryNOYCTci2LE

This is how my weekends usually go:
- Get the laundry done
- Get the dishes done
- Get the dogs to the dog wash
- Get the groceries done for the week
- Do something that brings you joy
I'm always surprised when I get to that fifth item successfully.

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Fat Dog:
🎵 Peace Song
#NowPlaying #FatDog
https://fatdogfatdogfatdog.bandcamp.com/album/peace-song
https://open.spotify.com/track/2FPcTfECQrZviBAarAHv1f

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
The Stooges:
🎵 I Wanna Be Your Dog
#TheStooges
https://filsdepull.bandcamp.com/track/the-stooges-i-wanna-be-your-dog-2
https://open.spotify.com/track/672N8DGGTOLCOgWe0koX5g

Samson from 9 years ago. Things change, but they also stay the same. 😂

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Florence the Machine:
🎵 Dog Days Are Over
#Florence theMachine
https://djjuliangil.bandcamp.com/track/florence-the-machine-dog-days-are-over-julian-gil-super-mash
https://open.spotify.com/track/456WNXWhDwYOSf5SpTuqxd

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #LaurenLaverne
couchgagzzz:
🎵 Mighty Dog
#couchgagzzz
#newRelease 🆕 single
https://open.spotify.com/track/3yTCaA0hTfW3r5UVSUMCyr

A pack of dogs being kept by a Southern California grandmother has killed her daughter and injured her grandson in an attack, authorities said.
Emily Panuco, 26, of Parker, Ariz., on Friday visited her mother’s home in Big River, a California town along the Colorado River, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said in a news release.
One of her mother’s dogs had recently had puppies, which were in a cardboard box near the front door, the release said.
When Panuco’s 5…

Mother dies protecting son injured from dog attack at grandmother's home
An Arizona mother was visiting her mother's home in Big River, Calif. on Friday. One of her mother’s dogs had recently had puppies, which were in a cardboard box near the front door, the release said. The child went near the box and was attacked and his mother stepped in to protect him.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
JMSN:
🎵 Dirty Dog
#JMSN
https://jmsn.bandcamp.com/track/dirty-dog
https://open.spotify.com/track/0kJWvZ2Dl3AJ0sMZ6G0i24

is begging his dog to pee.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
Temple of the Dog:
🎵 Times of Trouble
#TempleoftheDog
https://spindarecords.bandcamp.com/track/times-of-trouble-temple-of-the-dog-cover
https://open.spotify.com/track/4m1BHxinyAOrymQFKqTsr6

While I'm still stuffy and having a hard time breathing and smelling, my dog's farts still cut through it.

My neighbor's dog passed and I'm gutted. I'll miss Bella and running out of the house to give her treats.
The neighborhood already feels a little more empty.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Three Dog Night:
🎵 Easy to Be Hard
#ThreeDogNight
https://goodknightproductions1.bandcamp.com/track/easy-to-be-hard
https://open.spotify.com/track/0MNLIgIY9cW7N2rhvx8W9b

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Temple of the Dog:
🎵 Hunger Strike
#TempleoftheDog
https://trxppyxtrxll.bandcamp.com/track/temple-of-the-dog-hunger-strike-trxppxd
https://open.spotify.com/track/0W7AbEauB7cP4pidLclApe

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Dehd:
🎵 Dog Days
#Dehd
https://dehdforever.bandcamp.com/track/dog-days
https://open.spotify.com/track/1L7JZUL4xBvXwrXUmaMTA1

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Surfbort:
🎵 Hot Dog
#Surfbort
https://todorecords.bandcamp.com/track/hot-dog
https://open.spotify.com/track/1UEwMrAAig4VsW8YQzNOGe

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #SoundsOfSurvivance
Strummin Dog:
🎵 Bring Her Back Home
#StrumminDog
https://strummindog.bandcamp.com/track/bring-her-back-home
https://open.spotify.com/track/7muTE77wrHI1JmLVoUOq6G

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #SeekAndDestroy
Red Fang:
🎵 Prehistoric Dog
#RedFang
https://redfang.bandcamp.com/track/prehistoric-dog
https://open.spotify.com/track/1AVL6ZxGDGfJl1IzEXBrGU

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Joni Mitchell:
🎵 California
#JoniMitchell
https://rest-stop-fornow.bandcamp.com/track/joni-mitchell-california-dog-sock
https://open.spotify.com/track/5eM6Rrk8rwLpUhrh7Kk5R1