Jon
@minogully.bsky.social
Husband, father, lover of all sciences, pianist, guitarist, dabbling multi-instrumentalist, composer, photographer, former twitter: @minogully
Not interested in relationships past friendship
Not interested in relationships past friendship
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Jon
@minogully.bsky.social
· Dec 8
Widow’s Waltz - Jonathan Minogue
youtu.be
Hey, here’s my latest composition!
Just a couple mistakes, totally passable.
Enjoy!
youtu.be/p_iddZvKGyA?...
Just a couple mistakes, totally passable.
Enjoy!
youtu.be/p_iddZvKGyA?...
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From Brandon Pries: How is the growth of massive black holes regulated by starlight and stellar explosions? Learn more in today’s bite! ⚛️🔭☄🧪
astrobites.org/2025/11/05/s...
astrobites.org/2025/11/05/s...
Stellar Feedback Regulating Massive Black Hole Growth
How is the growth of massive black holes regulated by starlight and stellar explosions? Learn more in today's bite!
astrobites.org
November 6, 2025 at 10:39 PM
From Brandon Pries: How is the growth of massive black holes regulated by starlight and stellar explosions? Learn more in today’s bite! ⚛️🔭☄🧪
astrobites.org/2025/11/05/s...
astrobites.org/2025/11/05/s...
What would a number system with a negative base behave like?
Say base-(-10)
Would it flip the negativity multiplication rules?
(Ex. Like signed numbers multiplied together always make a negative, and differently signed numbers always make a positive)?
Say base-(-10)
Would it flip the negativity multiplication rules?
(Ex. Like signed numbers multiplied together always make a negative, and differently signed numbers always make a positive)?
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 PM
What would a number system with a negative base behave like?
Say base-(-10)
Would it flip the negativity multiplication rules?
(Ex. Like signed numbers multiplied together always make a negative, and differently signed numbers always make a positive)?
Say base-(-10)
Would it flip the negativity multiplication rules?
(Ex. Like signed numbers multiplied together always make a negative, and differently signed numbers always make a positive)?
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VPS13C/PARK23 initiates lipid transfer and membrane remodeling for efficient lysosomal repair https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.23.684214v1
October 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM
VPS13C/PARK23 initiates lipid transfer and membrane remodeling for efficient lysosomal repair https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.23.684214v1
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October 15, 2025 at 8:14 PM
They should call self-driving cars “Autobots”
And AI chatbots spreading misinformation on social media “Decepticons”
And AI chatbots spreading misinformation on social media “Decepticons”
October 15, 2025 at 5:23 PM
They should call self-driving cars “Autobots”
And AI chatbots spreading misinformation on social media “Decepticons”
And AI chatbots spreading misinformation on social media “Decepticons”
Re: AI and the Trolley Problem
I think what makes the trolley problem hard for humans is that we know that if we decided the fate of other’s lives either through action or inaction, we’d have to live with that decision for the rest of our lives.
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I think what makes the trolley problem hard for humans is that we know that if we decided the fate of other’s lives either through action or inaction, we’d have to live with that decision for the rest of our lives.
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October 8, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Re: AI and the Trolley Problem
I think what makes the trolley problem hard for humans is that we know that if we decided the fate of other’s lives either through action or inaction, we’d have to live with that decision for the rest of our lives.
1/3
I think what makes the trolley problem hard for humans is that we know that if we decided the fate of other’s lives either through action or inaction, we’d have to live with that decision for the rest of our lives.
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Cute doggo today on the charity run for Breast Cancer research — the Run for the Cure.
October 5, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Cute doggo today on the charity run for Breast Cancer research — the Run for the Cure.
Enjoying the fall colours today
October 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Enjoying the fall colours today
Crazy thought:
Maybe P = NP makes sense if you treat a P algorithm as a time reversed NP algorithm, and an NP algorithm as a time reversed P algorithm.
Maybe P = NP makes sense if you treat a P algorithm as a time reversed NP algorithm, and an NP algorithm as a time reversed P algorithm.
September 29, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Crazy thought:
Maybe P = NP makes sense if you treat a P algorithm as a time reversed NP algorithm, and an NP algorithm as a time reversed P algorithm.
Maybe P = NP makes sense if you treat a P algorithm as a time reversed NP algorithm, and an NP algorithm as a time reversed P algorithm.
Pretty exciting breakthrough advancement in nuclear medical imaging.
Both better quality images and cheaper to produce
scitechdaily.com/worlds-first...
Both better quality images and cheaper to produce
scitechdaily.com/worlds-first...
World’s First “Perovskite Camera” Can See Inside the Human Body
A new detector aims to reduce costs while improving the quality of nuclear medicine. Physicians use nuclear medicine techniques such as SPECT scans to observe how the heart pumps, follow patterns of b...
scitechdaily.com
September 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Pretty exciting breakthrough advancement in nuclear medical imaging.
Both better quality images and cheaper to produce
scitechdaily.com/worlds-first...
Both better quality images and cheaper to produce
scitechdaily.com/worlds-first...
The stark difference between reactions to out-group atrocities to in-group atrocities is on full display.
Cognitive bias education should be part of a critical thinking core subject.
Cognitive bias education should be part of a critical thinking core subject.
September 12, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The stark difference between reactions to out-group atrocities to in-group atrocities is on full display.
Cognitive bias education should be part of a critical thinking core subject.
Cognitive bias education should be part of a critical thinking core subject.
Cool illusion
But what I think is the neatest part is there’s a physical indicator associated to the individual’s perception.
Touches on philosophical ideas around how similar our individual subjective experiences might be to each other’s
www.frontiersin.org/news/2022/06...
But what I think is the neatest part is there’s a physical indicator associated to the individual’s perception.
Touches on philosophical ideas around how similar our individual subjective experiences might be to each other’s
www.frontiersin.org/news/2022/06...
This illusion, new to science, is strong enough to trick our reflexes
By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer An illusion new to science shows that the pupillary light reflex, which controls the width of the pupil in anticipa
www.frontiersin.org
September 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Cool illusion
But what I think is the neatest part is there’s a physical indicator associated to the individual’s perception.
Touches on philosophical ideas around how similar our individual subjective experiences might be to each other’s
www.frontiersin.org/news/2022/06...
But what I think is the neatest part is there’s a physical indicator associated to the individual’s perception.
Touches on philosophical ideas around how similar our individual subjective experiences might be to each other’s
www.frontiersin.org/news/2022/06...
It’s not that you can’t prove a negative.
Negative/positive is just framing.
It’s that you can’t, in practice, prove a statement that’s *universal* in scope. We just don’t have access to enough information.
Negative/positive is just framing.
It’s that you can’t, in practice, prove a statement that’s *universal* in scope. We just don’t have access to enough information.
September 1, 2025 at 11:28 AM
It’s not that you can’t prove a negative.
Negative/positive is just framing.
It’s that you can’t, in practice, prove a statement that’s *universal* in scope. We just don’t have access to enough information.
Negative/positive is just framing.
It’s that you can’t, in practice, prove a statement that’s *universal* in scope. We just don’t have access to enough information.
Great blue heron just after sunset
September 1, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Great blue heron just after sunset
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Nice advance in origin-of-life research: scientists get RNA and amino acids to spontaneously attach to each other (RNA aminoacylation).
Also, @404media.co is doing good work!
www.404media.co/scientists-m...
Also, @404media.co is doing good work!
www.404media.co/scientists-m...
Scientists Make Breakthrough in Solving the Mystery of Life’s Origin
For years, researchers have puzzled over how two ingredients for life first linked up on early Earth. Now, they’ve found the “missing link,” and demonstrated this reaction in the lab.
www.404media.co
August 28, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Nice advance in origin-of-life research: scientists get RNA and amino acids to spontaneously attach to each other (RNA aminoacylation).
Also, @404media.co is doing good work!
www.404media.co/scientists-m...
Also, @404media.co is doing good work!
www.404media.co/scientists-m...
There are way better pictures of the night sky out there, but this one amazes me because I took it with my phone without a tripod.
Really amazing how far the phone cameras have come
Really amazing how far the phone cameras have come
August 26, 2025 at 12:22 PM
There are way better pictures of the night sky out there, but this one amazes me because I took it with my phone without a tripod.
Really amazing how far the phone cameras have come
Really amazing how far the phone cameras have come
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Yitang Zhang bided his time teaching calculus. Then he solved a 150-year-old math problem.
The Pursuit of Beauty
Yitang Zhang bided his time teaching calculus. Then he solved a hundred-and-fifty-year-old math problem.
nyer.cm
August 25, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Yitang Zhang bided his time teaching calculus. Then he solved a 150-year-old math problem.
It was the last morning of camping today and we were treated to the beautiful artistry of an orbweaver.
#photography
#photography
August 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
It was the last morning of camping today and we were treated to the beautiful artistry of an orbweaver.
#photography
#photography
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This is fascinating!! Researchers simulated a social media platform populated entirely by OpenAI chatbots and found none of their interventions could stop the platform itself from turning into a polarized, hellscape full of echo chambers. futurism.com/social-netwo...
Scientists Created an Entire Social Network Where Every User Is a Bot, and Something Wild Happened
Researchers simulated a social media platform that was populated entirely by AI to see if we can stop them from turning into echo chambers.
futurism.com
August 21, 2025 at 1:56 AM
This is fascinating!! Researchers simulated a social media platform populated entirely by OpenAI chatbots and found none of their interventions could stop the platform itself from turning into a polarized, hellscape full of echo chambers. futurism.com/social-netwo...
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Exercise is also the most effective, least invasive antidepressant.
It's no coincidence that as the rates of obesity have increased (69% of Americans are overweight/obese)...that rates of anxiety/depression have correspondingly increased.This is why I incorporate exercise into every client session.
It's no coincidence that as the rates of obesity have increased (69% of Americans are overweight/obese)...that rates of anxiety/depression have correspondingly increased.This is why I incorporate exercise into every client session.
That’s incredible!
I guess doctors are used to patients who don’t get regular exercise.
Goes to show how much healthy we all could be if we made time to exercise.
I personally have had to make sure to do more to help me sleep at night. Makes a world of difference.
I guess doctors are used to patients who don’t get regular exercise.
Goes to show how much healthy we all could be if we made time to exercise.
I personally have had to make sure to do more to help me sleep at night. Makes a world of difference.
August 16, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Exercise is also the most effective, least invasive antidepressant.
It's no coincidence that as the rates of obesity have increased (69% of Americans are overweight/obese)...that rates of anxiety/depression have correspondingly increased.This is why I incorporate exercise into every client session.
It's no coincidence that as the rates of obesity have increased (69% of Americans are overweight/obese)...that rates of anxiety/depression have correspondingly increased.This is why I incorporate exercise into every client session.