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GPT-5.2 models match GPT-5 and 5.1 with a 400K context window and 128K max output tokens, but have a newer knowledge cutoff of Aug. 31, 2025 vs. Sept. 30, 2024 (Simon Willison/Simon Willison's Newsletter)
https://simonw.substack.com/p/gpt-52-and-useful-patterns-for-…

GPT 5.2 and useful patterns for building HTML tools
Plus a YouTube video, a podcast appearance and more

◍ Diverse particles form identical geometric patterns when confined, model reveals
https://phys.org/news/2025-11-diverse-particles-identical-geometric-patterns.html

Diverse particles form identical geometric patterns when confined, model reveals
Particles as different as soap bubbles and ball bearings can be made to arrange themselves in exactly the same way, according to a new study that could unlock the creation of brand new materials—including those with promising biomedical applications.

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Peter and Kerry:
🎵 All I've Got Are My Dreams
#NowPlaying #PeterandKerry
https://peterandkerry.bandcamp.com/track/all-ive-got-are-my-dreams
https://open.spotify.com/track/3GvMPgHM6pEK20uD0WjOQC

Wireless device uses light patterns to deliver information directly to the brain https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-wireless-device-patterns-brain.html
Patterned wireless transcranial optogenetics generates artificial perception (in mice)

Wireless device uses light patterns to deliver information directly to the brain
In a new leap for neurobiology and bioelectronics, Northwestern University scientists have developed a wireless device that uses light to send information directly to the brain—bypassing the body's natural sensory pathways.

Update on the thread above:
I’m not seeing this pattern anymore; the sharp boundaries no longer show up where you look at where ICE is hurting people. It now has more of the feeling you’d expect it to have if they were targeting people based on race, instead of based on political boundaries. Whatever pattern I was noticing above, real or imagined, it doesn’t hold now.

As Trump threatens Iran, Venezuela, Mexico, Greenland and more,
renowned historian Alfred McCoy says the United States is
“an empire in decline,”
following a predictable pattern
of militarism abroad and political instability at home
as it loses power and influence on the world stage.
“American politics become increasingly contorted and irrational,”
says McCoy.
“I think the thing to do is to realize that we are an empire in decline, …
…

“Empire in Decline”: Historian Alfred McCoy on U.S. Aggression in Venezuela, Iran & Beyond
As President Trump threatens Iran, Venezuela, Mexico, Greenland and more, renowned historian Alfred McCoy says the United States is “an empire in decline,” following a predictable pattern of militarism abroad and political instability at home as it loses power and influence on the world stage. “American politics become increasingly contorted and irrational,” says McCoy. “I think the thing to do is to realize that we are an empire in decline, … and it will continue for another decade…

Patterns for Defensive Programming in #Rust
https://corrode.dev/blog/defensive-programming/

El Niño May Be Back This Summer, Bringing Drought and Floods - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/climate/el-nino-weather-pattern-returning-noaa.html

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Peter and Kerry:
🎵 All I've Got Are My Dreams
#NowPlaying #PeterandKerry
https://peterandkerry.bandcamp.com/track/all-ive-got-are-my-dreams
https://open.spotify.com/track/3GvMPgHM6pEK20uD0WjOQC

Gaze patterns during visual mental imagery reflect part-based generation https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-35447-z "eye movements during mental imagery reflect a part-by-part generation process of the imagined content, independent of prior perceptual encoding"