@boris@cosocial.caWhen we were planning the August edition of @protocolsforpublishers.com we knew that being in the US wasn’t going to work for a lot of people.
@chadkoh.com is running with it & now has set a date for London in early February.
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@laurentperrinet@neuromatch.social⏰ Deadline: January 28, 2026
We are recruiting a PhD student to work on neuromodulatory control of predictive processing in mouse vision, co-supervised by Ede Rancz (INMED) and myself.
This CENTURI project com…
@cheryanne@aus.socialRambles And Shambles With Ana
A podcast exploring work, leadership, and everything that doesn't fit on a LinkedIn profile...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/rambles-and-shambles/
@cdarwin@c.im"Trump has all his work done for him by placid European centrists who went along with the policy of trashing international law."
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@datascience@genomic.socialAdd some swag to your ggplots, with fontawesome symbols and colors: #rstats
@ErikUden@mastodon.deIt's the beginning of the month again and that means new bills for the servers! We have various expenses and moderation work unfortunately takes up a lot of time, which is why we would be very happy about a little support! :boost_requested:
@jpanzer@mastodon.social @boris@cosocial.caOn compute as a commodity “people might be open to a new bespoke pickle vendor. So we're pickling some compute and selling that.”
And
“Our mission is to spread the joy of programming, both in people's personal lives and at work.”
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@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialA profile of Bari Weiss and an in-depth look at her hostile takeover of CBS News; a source says Weiss has said she is pursuing a "de-Baathification of CBS" (Clare Malone/New Yorker)
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/01
@kurtsh@mastodon.socialTrump celebrates putting 271,000 people out of work while federal spending goes up.
Remember Trump voters: This is your fault.
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@cdarwin@c.imFriday Jan 23
Ice Out
No Work
No School
No Shopping
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@YaleDivinitySchool@mstdn.socialDean of St. Philip's Cathedral in Atlanta, The Very Rev. Sam Candler ’82 M.Div. would rather bless than curse. "People learning how to pray together, serve together, get angry together, and love together—that’s what’s going to save the world,” he says.
Read Ray Waddle's new profile of Sam Candler and his uplifting work in Atlanta.
@cdarwin@c.imI feel awful for our expert civil servants who faithfully served our country only to be fired by unqualified, uncaring, irresponsible men who couldn't even make it one year doing government work.
Looking at you Elon and retiring FBI director Dan Bongino.
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@arXiv_physicsfludyn_bot@mastoxiv.pageA minimal wake-vortex model explains formation flight of flapping birds
Olivia Pomerenk, Kenneth S. Breuer
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.22043 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.22043 https://arxiv.org/html/2602.22043
arXiv:2602.22043v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Collective patterns of motion emerge across biological taxa: insects swarm, fish school, and birds flock. In particular, large migratory birds form strikingly ordered V-shaped formations, which experiments and direct numerical simulations have demonstrated provide substantial energetic benefits during long-distance flight. However, the precise aerodynamic and morphological mechanisms underlying these benefits remain unclear. In this work, we develop a reduced-order model of the wake-vortex interactions between two flapping birds flying in tandem. The model retains essential unsteady flapping dynamics while remaining computationally tractable. By optimizing over a six-dimensional state space, which comprises the follower's three-dimensional relative position and three independent flapping parameters, we identify the energetically optimal leader-follower configuration of northern bald ibises. The predicted optimum agrees quantitatively with live-bird measurements. Because of its simplicity, the model allows for direct interrogation of the physical mechanisms responsible for this optimum. In particular, it isolates precisely how the follower's wing kinematics interact with the leader's wake to enhance aerodynamic efficiency. The model predicts an 11% reduction in total mechanical power for a follower in formation flight -- consistent with experimental estimates -- and shows that this saving arises from reductions in both induced and profile power, dominated by decreased profile power enabled primarily through reduced flapping amplitude and, secondarily, reduced upstroke flexion. These results provide a mechanistic explanation for the structure of V-formations and offer new insight into the aerodynamic principles governing collective flight.
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@grumpybozo@toad.social“non-irritating” pepper spray.
How does that work exactly? @… https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app
@cdarwin@c.im
@Tuxramus@social.linux.pizza @cdarwin@c.imEvery republican needs to be asked how this keeps our communities safe.
Explain it to us. Show their work.
And then they need to be called on their bullshit.
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@grumpybozo@toad.socialI would recommend against doing any work to view any “secret videos” that are in any way associated with any child sexual abuse case. @… https:…
@cdarwin@c.imThe thing you need to understand about the Right is that
they are absolutely fine just plain burning down higher education
if taking it over ideologically doesn’t work.
They’re perfectly happy reducing it to ashes.
-- Ken White ("Popehat")
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@cdarwin@c.imDeciding when to recess the House to "district work periods" isn't some inherent or longstanding power of the Speaker.
It was only added to the rules for the first time in this Congress.
Otherwise this would have required the full House to vote on it, which could have been defeated.
As expected, in order to avoid a vote on extension of the ACA,
Mike Johnson is gaveling the House into recess.
@cdarwin@c.imLike today’s ICE,
Depression-era INS agents indiscriminately rounded up Mexicans,
presuming they were here illegally.
In Los Angeles, they targeted parks, hospitals, and work sites in Mexican communities,
demanding proof of citizenship.
High-profile raids and media campaigns announcing impending roundups served as tools of intimidation,
creating widespread fear that led to “voluntary” deportation via free one-way train tickets to Mexico.
Entire famil…
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