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Digitalstrategie: Bayern setzt auf zentrale Infrastruktur, Microsoft & Bayern‑KI
Bayern will eine zentrale IT-Infrastruktur aufbauen – mit an Bord sind die Anstalt für Kommunale Datenverarbeitung in Bayern, aber auch Microsoft.

Bayern digitalisiert – mit Microsoft. Während Europa von digitaler Souveränität träumt, schafft die Staatsregierung Fakten: zentrale Infrastruktur mit US-Konzern, „Bayern-KI“ inklusive. Datenschutz? Eigenständigkeit? Klingt alles nach Zukunft, aber leider nicht nach europäischer.
#Digitalpolitik #KI

Bayern: "Kein Verlass allein auf Open Source"
Bayern will eine zentrale IT-Infrastruktur aufbauen – mit an Bord sind die Anstalt für Kommunale Datenverarbeitung in Bayern, aber auch Microsoft.

A new study suggests that #dementia may be driven in part by faulty blood flow in the brain.
Researchers found that losing a key lipid causes blood vessels to become overactive,
disrupting circulation and starving brain tissue.
When the missing molecule was restored, normal blood flow returned.
This discovery opens the door to new treatments aimed at fixing vascular problems in …

Scientists found a way to restore brain blood flow in dementia
A new study suggests that dementia may be driven in part by faulty blood flow in the brain. Researchers found that losing a key lipid causes blood vessels to become overactive, disrupting circulation and starving brain tissue. When the missing molecule was restored, normal blood flow returned. This discovery opens the door to new treatments aimed at fixing vascular problems in dementia.

😇 Taboo against harming strangler fig spirits protects forests in Indonesian Borneo
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/taboo-against-harming-strangler-fig-spirits-protects-forests-in-indonesian-borneo/

Taboo against harming strangler fig spirits protects forests in Indonesian Borneo
When a young boy went missing near his mother’s rice field in Indonesian Borneo, the entire village searched for him. After nearly a day, he was found near a large strangler fig tree. The boy insisted he hadn’t been hiding. Spirits living in the fig tree had called his name and lured him away, he […]

fly_larva: Drosophila larva brain (2023)
A complete synaptic map of the brain connectome of the larva of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. Nodes are neurons, and edges are synaptic connections, traced individually from brain image sections using three-dimensional electron microscopy–based reconstruction. Node metadata include the neuron hempisphere, hemispherical homologue, cell type, annotations, and inferred cluster. Edge metadata include the type of interaction (`'aa'`,…

Ella Baron on AI at Christmas – cartoon https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2025/dec/23/ella-baron-ai-at-christmas-chatgpt-cartoon?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Sources: Eagles not expected to trade WR Brown https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46722191/sources-eagles-not-expected-trade-aj-brown-deadline

😵‍💫 Targeted ultrasound can shape the brain's reward-seeking mechanisms
#ultrasound

Targeted ultrasound can shape the brain's reward-seeking mechanisms
The nucleus accumbens is a tiny element of the human brain triggered when we experience something enjoyable, and used to help us learn behaviors that lead to rewards. A new study has shown for the first time that its influence on human behavior can be altered using transcranial ultrasound stimulation (TUS).

fly_larva: Drosophila larva brain (2023)
A complete synaptic map of the brain connectome of the larva of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. Nodes are neurons, and edges are synaptic connections, traced individually from brain image sections using three-dimensional electron microscopy–based reconstruction. Node metadata include the neuron hempisphere, hemispherical homologue, cell type, annotations, and inferred cluster. Edge metadata include the type of interaction (`'aa'`,…

Rumors flew in the hours after a shooting at Brown University killed two students on Dec. 13.
One falsehood had it that one of the victims, a leader of the college Republican Club, was “targeted for her conservative beliefs, hunted, and killed in cold blood.”
Another was that it had been a terrorist attack, a claim that made the rounds when a Palestinian student was identified as a possible suspect two days later and hounded on the internet.
⭐️A churn of disinformation after…

Prominent Leaders Amplify Disinformation About Brown University Shooting
Prominent business and government figures spread rumors about the attack on Brown University’s campus this month, reigniting questions about accountability in online discourse.