Rarian Rakista
@rakista.bsky.social
Data Science, Linux, Oregon, Ballet, programming, mathematics
Let's have a 2nd American Constitutional Convention with 50%+ women.
Take a chance on imagining a better world.
Let's have a 2nd American Constitutional Convention with 50%+ women.
Take a chance on imagining a better world.
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Interested in the intersection of #philsci and machine learning? This open access book is where the most recent contributions by the leading voices in such debates are taking place.
Glad to be a part of it challenging the idea that computational reliabilism can pragmatically lead to trust in AI.
Glad to be a part of it challenging the idea that computational reliabilism can pragmatically lead to trust in AI.
Philosophy of Science for Machine Learning
This open access book offers a comprehensive and systematic debate on key concepts and areas of application of philosophy of science for machine learning.
link.springer.com
December 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Interested in the intersection of #philsci and machine learning? This open access book is where the most recent contributions by the leading voices in such debates are taking place.
Glad to be a part of it challenging the idea that computational reliabilism can pragmatically lead to trust in AI.
Glad to be a part of it challenging the idea that computational reliabilism can pragmatically lead to trust in AI.
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CERN hits one exabyte of stored experimental data from the LHC #LHC 📈
One million terabytes of experimental data from the Large Hadron Collider have now been sent to the CERN storage system.
Find our more: home.cern/news/news/co...
One million terabytes of experimental data from the Large Hadron Collider have now been sent to the CERN storage system.
Find our more: home.cern/news/news/co...
December 17, 2025 at 9:44 AM
CERN hits one exabyte of stored experimental data from the LHC #LHC 📈
One million terabytes of experimental data from the Large Hadron Collider have now been sent to the CERN storage system.
Find our more: home.cern/news/news/co...
One million terabytes of experimental data from the Large Hadron Collider have now been sent to the CERN storage system.
Find our more: home.cern/news/news/co...
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'Sticky Kicks' will drop at noon on Dec. 17, which is National Maple Syrup Day.
Denny's releasing syrup-filled 'Sticky Kicks' sneakers this week
The price tag for the limited edition sneakers is $195 and they're expected to sell out quickly.
www.wdrb.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:45 PM
'Sticky Kicks' will drop at noon on Dec. 17, which is National Maple Syrup Day.
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I'm really enjoying learning about space-time algebra and the insights it brings for electromagnetism. It's also nice to see how different spinors emerge and how they aren't necessarily quantum mechanical. I still want to get to how this integrates with QM, measurement, etc.
arxiv.org/abs/1411.5002
arxiv.org/abs/1411.5002
December 14, 2025 at 2:11 AM
I'm really enjoying learning about space-time algebra and the insights it brings for electromagnetism. It's also nice to see how different spinors emerge and how they aren't necessarily quantum mechanical. I still want to get to how this integrates with QM, measurement, etc.
arxiv.org/abs/1411.5002
arxiv.org/abs/1411.5002
Anyone know a pizza place that still does 1980s-style beer bread pizza in Portland, OR?
December 13, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Anyone know a pizza place that still does 1980s-style beer bread pizza in Portland, OR?
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Want to discover LimbNET? 🦵
A platform created by EMBL Barcelona scientists to visualize limb development.
Explore the “Morphomovies”
👉 tuit.cat/M8Kjg
A platform created by EMBL Barcelona scientists to visualize limb development.
Explore the “Morphomovies”
👉 tuit.cat/M8Kjg
LimbNET, an open platform to visualise limb development - El·lipse
A new open access platform for the limb development community will close the gap between experiments and mathematical models.
tuit.cat
December 12, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Want to discover LimbNET? 🦵
A platform created by EMBL Barcelona scientists to visualize limb development.
Explore the “Morphomovies”
👉 tuit.cat/M8Kjg
A platform created by EMBL Barcelona scientists to visualize limb development.
Explore the “Morphomovies”
👉 tuit.cat/M8Kjg
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1/4 Thrilled to be sharing new work published today in Nature describing the third wave of results from the PGC Cross-Disorder Group. This reflects a massive group effort to examine shared and unique genetic signal across >1 million cases for 14 psychiatric disorders. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Mapping the genetic landscape across 14 psychiatric disorders - Nature
Genomic analyses applied to 14 childhood- and adult-onset psychiatric disorders identifies five underlying genomic factors that explain the majority of the genetic variance of the individual disorders...
www.nature.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
1/4 Thrilled to be sharing new work published today in Nature describing the third wave of results from the PGC Cross-Disorder Group. This reflects a massive group effort to examine shared and unique genetic signal across >1 million cases for 14 psychiatric disorders. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Be extra vigilant about what LLMs you use. Musk is stacking the deck towards fascism.
www.salon.com/2025/12/08/f...
www.salon.com/2025/12/08/f...
Far-right extremists see AI as their next frontier
Far-right extremists have been organizing online since before the internet.
www.salon.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Be extra vigilant about what LLMs you use. Musk is stacking the deck towards fascism.
www.salon.com/2025/12/08/f...
www.salon.com/2025/12/08/f...
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We are starting our @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social Knowledge in Crisis 'KiC public lecture series', with Ned Block on 12 Jan 2026! events.ceu.edu/2026-01-12/c...
Can Only Meat Machines Be Conscious?
events.ceu.edu
December 4, 2025 at 12:18 PM
We are starting our @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social Knowledge in Crisis 'KiC public lecture series', with Ned Block on 12 Jan 2026! events.ceu.edu/2026-01-12/c...
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Published in #MNRAS: "Black hole envelopes in Little Red Dots", Kido et al. This is Fig. 2: for the caption & to read the paper please visit academic.oup.com/mnras/articl... @royalastrosoc.bsky.social @academic.oup.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Published in #MNRAS: "Black hole envelopes in Little Red Dots", Kido et al. This is Fig. 2: for the caption & to read the paper please visit academic.oup.com/mnras/articl... @royalastrosoc.bsky.social @academic.oup.com
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Interesting new paper by Ned Block, exploring the implications if subcomputational biological mechanisms turn out to be necessary for consciousness (the entertainingly named "meat hypothesis")
www.cell.com/trends/cogni...
www.cell.com/trends/cogni...
Can only meat machines be conscious?
Computational functionalism claims that executing certain computations is sufficient
for consciousness, regardless of the physical mechanisms implementing those computations.
This view neglects a comp...
www.cell.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Interesting new paper by Ned Block, exploring the implications if subcomputational biological mechanisms turn out to be necessary for consciousness (the entertainingly named "meat hypothesis")
www.cell.com/trends/cogni...
www.cell.com/trends/cogni...
Leftovers are for the weak.
Be brave.
Be brave.
November 28, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Leftovers are for the weak.
Be brave.
Be brave.
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"Topology and Biology on Zeeman's Centenary"
16-17 December 2025 at the Warwick Mathematics Institute @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social
A centenary conference celebrating the interdisciplinary research curiosity exemplified by Christopher Zeeman. #MathSky
sites.google.com/view/zeemanc...
16-17 December 2025 at the Warwick Mathematics Institute @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social
A centenary conference celebrating the interdisciplinary research curiosity exemplified by Christopher Zeeman. #MathSky
sites.google.com/view/zeemanc...
Zeeman's Centenary Conference
16-17 December 2025 at the Warwick Mathematics Institute
sites.google.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:24 AM
"Topology and Biology on Zeeman's Centenary"
16-17 December 2025 at the Warwick Mathematics Institute @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social
A centenary conference celebrating the interdisciplinary research curiosity exemplified by Christopher Zeeman. #MathSky
sites.google.com/view/zeemanc...
16-17 December 2025 at the Warwick Mathematics Institute @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social
A centenary conference celebrating the interdisciplinary research curiosity exemplified by Christopher Zeeman. #MathSky
sites.google.com/view/zeemanc...
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ahah IT WORKS look it's a C² dual quaternion B-spline!!
this is interpolating *poses* in dual quaternion form, coupling position and rotation, instead of treating them independently (this is a really neat thing!!)
this is interpolating *poses* in dual quaternion form, coupling position and rotation, instead of treating them independently (this is a really neat thing!!)
November 26, 2025 at 3:10 AM
ahah IT WORKS look it's a C² dual quaternion B-spline!!
this is interpolating *poses* in dual quaternion form, coupling position and rotation, instead of treating them independently (this is a really neat thing!!)
this is interpolating *poses* in dual quaternion form, coupling position and rotation, instead of treating them independently (this is a really neat thing!!)
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
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An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
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These new papers on the 'dga of planar loops' look very fun: arxiv.org/abs/2511.15653 🧮
November 21, 2025 at 3:58 AM
These new papers on the 'dga of planar loops' look very fun: arxiv.org/abs/2511.15653 🧮
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The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
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MIT researchers have developed Wave-Former, a method for 3D shape reconstruction that models hidden objects using millimeter-wave signals, exceeding current technologies. This advance opens new possibilities for robotics, augmented reality, and logistics. https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.14152
Wave-Former: Through-Occlusion 3D Reconstruction via Wireless Shape Completion
ArXiv link for Wave-Former: Through-Occlusion 3D Reconstruction via Wireless Shape Completion
arxiv.org
November 19, 2025 at 6:31 AM
MIT researchers have developed Wave-Former, a method for 3D shape reconstruction that models hidden objects using millimeter-wave signals, exceeding current technologies. This advance opens new possibilities for robotics, augmented reality, and logistics. https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.14152
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It's trendy in some circles to replace drinking with consuming cannabis. But can it help people with a drinking problem cut back? Scientists set up a bar in the lab to find out. n.pr/43zxhZB
Can weed help you drink less? Scientists study how well 'California sober' works
It's trendy in some circles to replace drinking with consuming cannabis. But can it help people with a drinking problem cut back? Scientists set up a bar in the lab to find out.
n.pr
November 19, 2025 at 6:28 AM
It's trendy in some circles to replace drinking with consuming cannabis. But can it help people with a drinking problem cut back? Scientists set up a bar in the lab to find out. n.pr/43zxhZB
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In October 2014, a few months out of college, I made my first web app so users could submit examples of constructions of upper bounds for a graph theory problem.
This last week, I've updated it to make it more mobile-friendly and colorful! Try it out and see if you can improve any of the bounds!
This last week, I've updated it to make it more mobile-friendly and colorful! Try it out and see if you can improve any of the bounds!
Square Game
peterkagey.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:38 AM
In October 2014, a few months out of college, I made my first web app so users could submit examples of constructions of upper bounds for a graph theory problem.
This last week, I've updated it to make it more mobile-friendly and colorful! Try it out and see if you can improve any of the bounds!
This last week, I've updated it to make it more mobile-friendly and colorful! Try it out and see if you can improve any of the bounds!
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An ICE agent carrying an AR-15 stole a U.S. citizen’s car keys and wallet, then abandoned her vehicle in the middle of Portland Road NE and Ward Drive NE in Salem, Oregon.
November 13, 2025 at 8:48 PM
An ICE agent carrying an AR-15 stole a U.S. citizen’s car keys and wallet, then abandoned her vehicle in the middle of Portland Road NE and Ward Drive NE in Salem, Oregon.
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When Einstein proposed general relativity he laid out three tests: the precession of Mercury's perihelion, deflection of light by the sun, and gravitational redshift.
Irwin Shapiro proposed a fourth test #OTD in 1964: the gravitational time delay of light. 🧪 🔭 ⚛️
journals.aps.org/prl/abstract...
Irwin Shapiro proposed a fourth test #OTD in 1964: the gravitational time delay of light. 🧪 🔭 ⚛️
journals.aps.org/prl/abstract...
November 13, 2025 at 8:26 PM
When Einstein proposed general relativity he laid out three tests: the precession of Mercury's perihelion, deflection of light by the sun, and gravitational redshift.
Irwin Shapiro proposed a fourth test #OTD in 1964: the gravitational time delay of light. 🧪 🔭 ⚛️
journals.aps.org/prl/abstract...
Irwin Shapiro proposed a fourth test #OTD in 1964: the gravitational time delay of light. 🧪 🔭 ⚛️
journals.aps.org/prl/abstract...
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I am currently in Newport, OR for a public hearing at city hall to listen to resident concerns on a potential ICE facility that officials are considering putting in town. The room is completely packed, the hallways are packed, there and tons of people protesting ICE outside and
November 13, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I am currently in Newport, OR for a public hearing at city hall to listen to resident concerns on a potential ICE facility that officials are considering putting in town. The room is completely packed, the hallways are packed, there and tons of people protesting ICE outside and