@cdarwin@c.imKeir Starmer has announced his resignation as the United Kingdom’s prime minister and leader of the Labour Party
following growing pressure from within his own party to step down.
During his time in office, Starmer faced mounting opposition over his embrace of austerity measures
amid a cost-of-living crisis in Britain,
as well as his brutal crackdown on Palestine solidarity protesters.
Former Manchester Mayor
Andy Burnham is widely expected to become the…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialStaff of Czech public broadcasters stage a warning strike, protesting government plans to shift funding from license fees to the state budget starting next year (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/czech-public-media-financing-p…
@hex@kolektiva.socialThe thesis I was reading spent the majority of it's time focused on John Boyd's OODA loop as a tool for critical analysis in high pressure or constrained situations. Table top exercises could also benefit from using these steps to slow down the thought process, expose what's actually happening, and sharpen these tools.
So each step could start by observing (which is generally what the GM will tell you, but you may ask additional questions to refine observational thinking). What do you look for in any given situation? How do you gather data? What sources do you use?
Next you would orient. Talk through this out loud. What does that data mean? How this fit what you already know, or does it challenge your assumptions? Are you observing something related to a previous action? What does that tell you about your previous action or actions? How do you turn the data you observed into intelligence you can act on? How do your observations narrow the options for the next possible action?
Then you decide your action. But you're not simply deciding, you're coming up with a hypothesis that your action will test. Anything you do is an opportunity to learn something about the world, about your situation, about the accuracy of the model you're using to make decisions. What belief does your next action imply? How will you know if that action was correct or incorrect? What observations would challenge your hypothesis? What observations would confirm it? Are those mutually exclusive, or are there additional observations or actions you must make to clarify things?
Then act. Finish your turn by choosing your action or actions (individually or collectively). Perhaps take a moment to write down notes, like what your observations, your hypothesis, and if you think your previous hypothesis was confirmed or refuted. You can review these all later to refine your thinking.
By exploring these ideas in a safe environment, you can train your brain to run through the process at high speed when under pressure. This helps you avoid panic. It's a lot like slowly practicing marshal arts moves until they become muscle memory, which then just happen without thought when needed.
@jamesthebard@social.linux.pizzaWooo, day 2 of breaking Wild Arms: next up is getting some OOB action! Also moving to YouTube because [insert reason here].
#retrogaming
@arXiv_qbioNC_bot@mastoxiv.pageAnalysis of inter-spike interval statistics in neuronal networks with depolarizing and hyperpolarizing threshold potentials
Oliver Gambrell, Abhyudai Singh
https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.18428 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2607.18428 https://arxiv.org/html/2607.18428
arXiv:2607.18428v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Neuronal communication is mediated in part by changes in neuronal firing rates. The time interval between successive neuronal firings is referred to as the inter-spike interval (ISI), and quantifying its statistics is important for understanding neuronal communication. This paper studies the ISI statistics of a postsynaptic neuron receiving independent excitatory and inhibitory presynaptic action potentials (EI circuit). This circuit is modeled as a classical integrate-and-fire neuron, and the ISI statistics are investigated for both fixed and adaptive threshold potentials. First, a depolarizing adaptive threshold model is studied, where the threshold potential increases with the postsynaptic membrane potential. Our analysis shows that the ISI noise, quantified as the coefficient of variation, is larger in the adaptive threshold model compared to the fixed threshold model for the same mean ISI. Additionally, simulations reveal that the ISI noise can be either hypo- or hyper-exponential (defined as ISI noise smaller or larger than one, respectively) depending on the frequencies of excitatory and inhibitory inputs. Next, a hyperpolarizing adaptive threshold potential is studied, where the threshold decreases as the membrane potential hyperpolarizes. Interestingly, this model shows that the postsynaptic neuron can generate action potentials (APs) when driven solely by inhibitory inputs. Furthermore, mean and noise signatures are characterized across model parameters for both excitatory and inhibitory inputs. In summary, this work provides a systematic stochastic analysis of adaptive threshold models for AP generation to understand their role in interneuronal information processing.
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@cdarwin@c.im“ICE hunts us like animals,”
testified Maria Cervantes,
who immigrated from Mexico and grew up in the East End neighborhood where Salgado Araujo was shot.
“I can’t help but think, who’s next?
Am I going to get a bullet to the head for being brown?”
Salgado Araujo, a business owner and father of three, was shot dead in his vehicle while heading to a job site with his construction crew last Tuesday.
The mayor has yet to explain whether the city will launch…
@scott@carfree.cityAs a longtime enjoyer of Brian Eno's music it is very cool to me that he's using his voice/celebrity this way
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/24/scholars-writers-artists-defy-ban-palestine-action-…
@denmanrooke@mastodon.ieNakba Day. 78 years since the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians to lay the foundations of the apartheid state of Israel.
People Before Profit have brought a bill to the Dšil to implement full sanctions on Israel. We cannot allow a rogue, genocidal apartheid state continue as normal.
Contact your TDs and demand they back this bill next week.
@gwire@mastodon.socialOh, an update on the I-VMS issue from last year.
As part of post-EU transition, the government introduced a requirement for fishing vessels to send their positions using I-VMS (it's a batched data transmission rather than a positional broadcast like AIS) but, critically, didn't finalise a contract with the supplier. Who then disabled the data relays.
So now they're paying to replace the devices of the vessels that bought the previous equipment.
@azonenberg@ioc.exchangeHappy first day of pride month! Don't forget to submit your action items for the Gay Agenda before midnight UTC tonight to ensure that they will be acted on in a timely fashion. Late submissions may be deferred until the next meeting.
@bici@mastodon.social @cdarwin@c.imJannik Sinner (1) beats Jan-Lennard Struff 7-5 7-6(4) 6-5
Struff gave it all he had, but Sinner was far too good and might, perhaps, have played himself into a bit of form.
Next for him: Auger-Aliassime or Djokovic
https://www.
@cdp1337@social.bitsnbytes.devThe font and colors are subject to change, (though I'm kind of digging the dark blue), but the next portion of the Warlock project is coming together! This will serve as the public documentation and information site for the project, for folks not wanting to solely use Github. Still a lot of work to do, but making good progress on it.
OH, and the screenshot is being generated by the following "code"
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# Warlock Ne…
@cdarwin@c.imThe Plaintiffs and proposed class representatives in this putative class action are minors, their parents, and young adults seeking to challenge the imminent and unconstitutional disclosure of their identities and sensitive health information related to gender-affirming medical care to the DOJ Defendants, whom they allege are seeking that information for improper, unlawful, and discriminatory purposes
