Simon Sayers
@simonsayers.bsky.social
Reader of hefty books. Rider of mountain bikes. Sailer of salty seas.
Shaker of double dice.
Shaker of double dice.
Pinned
Oh my god y'all I had not seen the rest of the Vanity Fair photos holy shit. Christopher Anderson deserves a medal.
Look at this. He left the LIGHT SWITCHES in the edited photos! These assholes look like their well-meaning mom took a picture of them on their first day in a grown-up job.
Look at this. He left the LIGHT SWITCHES in the edited photos! These assholes look like their well-meaning mom took a picture of them on their first day in a grown-up job.
December 17, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Large language model Ai - When applied appropriately, it's an excellent kit and caboodle.
When it's used to make me feel duped and gullible, on social media - I know it's time to crack open a book about affective neuroscience, and smell the paper.
When it's used to make me feel duped and gullible, on social media - I know it's time to crack open a book about affective neuroscience, and smell the paper.
How neuroscientists are using AI
Eight researchers explain how they are using large language models to analyze the literature, brainstorm hypotheses and interact with complex datasets.
www.thetransmitter.org
December 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Large language model Ai - When applied appropriately, it's an excellent kit and caboodle.
When it's used to make me feel duped and gullible, on social media - I know it's time to crack open a book about affective neuroscience, and smell the paper.
When it's used to make me feel duped and gullible, on social media - I know it's time to crack open a book about affective neuroscience, and smell the paper.
Ai that's not slop, especially when you are.
Booze AI
www.booze-ai.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Ai that's not slop, especially when you are.
November 14, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I study brain science, as a hobby, like this...
September 16, 2025 at 5:29 AM
I study brain science, as a hobby, like this...
Serious question: What is Cultural lag?
February 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Serious question: What is Cultural lag?
Study of Rocks
A ridge with a rocky outcrop on Mars. Image taken by the Mars Perseverance Rover on sol 1367 (yestersol) as part of a MastCam-Z multispectral sequence.
flic.kr/p/2qGQea8
flic.kr/p/2qGQea8
January 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Study of Rocks
January 28, 2025 at 11:01 PM
William K Hartmann
January 6, 2025 at 10:24 PM
William K Hartmann
Picture to picture format, that looks to be Kodachrome.
Ever thought about how the moon might have formed?
It has been explained in 1970s oil paintings by William K. Hartmann.
openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_14...
Ever thought about how the moon might have formed?
It has been explained in 1970s oil paintings by William K. Hartmann.
openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_14...
December 21, 2024 at 7:22 PM
Picture to picture format, that looks to be Kodachrome.
Ever thought about how the moon might have formed?
It has been explained in 1970s oil paintings by William K. Hartmann.
openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_14...
Ever thought about how the moon might have formed?
It has been explained in 1970s oil paintings by William K. Hartmann.
openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_14...
Is morse code binary? No its quinary, but you could think of it as ternary if that feels better.
Morse Code Message
You've been sent a Morse code message!
morsecode.world
November 30, 2024 at 8:20 PM
Is morse code binary? No its quinary, but you could think of it as ternary if that feels better.
I made this public sculpture. It's an archway entrance to a mildly polluted river mouth, which empties into a harbour.
It is next to the rear end of a supermarket. And nothing much else of note.
It is next to the rear end of a supermarket. And nothing much else of note.
November 21, 2024 at 5:21 AM
I made this public sculpture. It's an archway entrance to a mildly polluted river mouth, which empties into a harbour.
It is next to the rear end of a supermarket. And nothing much else of note.
It is next to the rear end of a supermarket. And nothing much else of note.
Early evidence that the earth is round.
October 27, 2024 at 8:01 AM
Early evidence that the earth is round.
October 27, 2024 at 7:56 AM
Memory technology - photo of a photo of, thinking technology.
September 25, 2024 at 7:23 PM
Memory technology - photo of a photo of, thinking technology.
QR code, that works like magic.
May 9, 2024 at 9:07 AM
QR code, that works like magic.
What is a flimsy?
It is a pigeon post - paper, like a postcard or telegram. This example is asking for a sack of chaff and some oats, plus a pair of boots to be shipped on the next steamer.
May 6, 2024 at 10:04 AM
What is a flimsy?
It is a pigeon post - paper, like a postcard or telegram. This example is asking for a sack of chaff and some oats, plus a pair of boots to be shipped on the next steamer.
The lunar race, needs a clock from the moons perspective.
April 3, 2024 at 7:17 PM
The lunar race, needs a clock from the moons perspective.
Apart from floating the east-west migration hypothesis, the Kon-Tiki crew did some bottled food science.
Kon-Tiki Expedition – The Kon-Tiki Museum
The museum presents the breadth of Heyerdahl’s life’s work, from his first trip to Fatu Hiva, to the voyages with the Kon-Tiki, the Ra, the Ra II and the Tigris, as well as the expeditions to the Galà...
www.kon-tiki.no
March 1, 2024 at 9:39 PM
Apart from floating the east-west migration hypothesis, the Kon-Tiki crew did some bottled food science.
I make my own pottery.
February 12, 2024 at 9:18 AM
I make my own pottery.
I make my own paintings.
February 10, 2024 at 11:36 PM
I make my own paintings.
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