Huw Swanborough
@huwroscience.bsky.social
Cognitive neuroscientist at ETH Zurich. Primary interests in the neuroscience of affect processing/perception!
Outside of science: Hiking, huts, snow, bluegrass, folk, and all things creative.
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Everything's a signal, man.... Everything's a signal
Outside of science: Hiking, huts, snow, bluegrass, folk, and all things creative.
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Everything's a signal, man.... Everything's a signal
"This is your body on alcohol"
December 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
"This is your body on alcohol"
reactions to when the reviewer is having...urgh.... opinions.
December 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
reactions to when the reviewer is having...urgh.... opinions.
Behold! My first creation!!
I can't remember the last time I built something, let alone designed it and built it all from scratch.
I can't remember the last time I built something, let alone designed it and built it all from scratch.
December 16, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Behold! My first creation!!
I can't remember the last time I built something, let alone designed it and built it all from scratch.
I can't remember the last time I built something, let alone designed it and built it all from scratch.
Vox Pitch: "We aren't having good ideas, so we used those bad ideas to trained an LLM to create a train of words based on their statistical probability of occuring within those bad ideas.
Perhaps this grand average of all bad ideas will create good ideas"
Perhaps this grand average of all bad ideas will create good ideas"
December 16, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Vox Pitch: "We aren't having good ideas, so we used those bad ideas to trained an LLM to create a train of words based on their statistical probability of occuring within those bad ideas.
Perhaps this grand average of all bad ideas will create good ideas"
Perhaps this grand average of all bad ideas will create good ideas"
ah love those pics!!
Sadly I realise my lighthouse pics are all non-valid but I am going to jump on the light house pic trend anyway :P
Sadly I realise my lighthouse pics are all non-valid but I am going to jump on the light house pic trend anyway :P
December 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
ah love those pics!!
Sadly I realise my lighthouse pics are all non-valid but I am going to jump on the light house pic trend anyway :P
Sadly I realise my lighthouse pics are all non-valid but I am going to jump on the light house pic trend anyway :P
Ok survived a small print scare and the laptop stand/desktidy is looking sweet.
December 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Ok survived a small print scare and the laptop stand/desktidy is looking sweet.
Hey Pablo, love the sentiment, but I genuinely wouldn't care if I died having not finished the dishes and recycling.
December 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Hey Pablo, love the sentiment, but I genuinely wouldn't care if I died having not finished the dishes and recycling.
Well, guess secret Santa won't be 3D printed.
This has taken an absolute enormous hit to be this bent out of shape.
This has taken an absolute enormous hit to be this bent out of shape.
December 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Well, guess secret Santa won't be 3D printed.
This has taken an absolute enormous hit to be this bent out of shape.
This has taken an absolute enormous hit to be this bent out of shape.
I am finding the process of designing things way too fun.
Laptop stand with combi desk tidy trays.
Cannot wait for the 3D printer to arrive.
Laptop stand with combi desk tidy trays.
Cannot wait for the 3D printer to arrive.
December 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I am finding the process of designing things way too fun.
Laptop stand with combi desk tidy trays.
Cannot wait for the 3D printer to arrive.
Laptop stand with combi desk tidy trays.
Cannot wait for the 3D printer to arrive.
November 18, 2025 at 10:42 AM
This comes up tagged as deep puce background.... That's the same colour as the sea right?
OH GODDAMNIT!
It's wine-dark... why didn't I say it is the wine-dark sea....
OH GODDAMNIT!
It's wine-dark... why didn't I say it is the wine-dark sea....
November 18, 2025 at 10:37 AM
This comes up tagged as deep puce background.... That's the same colour as the sea right?
OH GODDAMNIT!
It's wine-dark... why didn't I say it is the wine-dark sea....
OH GODDAMNIT!
It's wine-dark... why didn't I say it is the wine-dark sea....
Allegedly this is puce?
I've never seen a flea this colour
I've never seen a flea this colour
November 18, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Allegedly this is puce?
I've never seen a flea this colour
I've never seen a flea this colour
Oh I miss San Diego.
The sunsets in autumn there are just unrivalled for drama and colour.
The sunsets in autumn there are just unrivalled for drama and colour.
November 18, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Oh I miss San Diego.
The sunsets in autumn there are just unrivalled for drama and colour.
The sunsets in autumn there are just unrivalled for drama and colour.
What ideas are you having there ETH?
November 17, 2025 at 4:12 PM
What ideas are you having there ETH?
aww bril!!
I remember seeing a seal on Deal Pier (below) ages back, are these Kent coast pics as well?
Love how sea water catches the light in photos. Such a nice light-dark contrasts. The Fae hole pic one especially!
This is my favourite "bird on thing" photo of mine.
I remember seeing a seal on Deal Pier (below) ages back, are these Kent coast pics as well?
Love how sea water catches the light in photos. Such a nice light-dark contrasts. The Fae hole pic one especially!
This is my favourite "bird on thing" photo of mine.
November 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
aww bril!!
I remember seeing a seal on Deal Pier (below) ages back, are these Kent coast pics as well?
Love how sea water catches the light in photos. Such a nice light-dark contrasts. The Fae hole pic one especially!
This is my favourite "bird on thing" photo of mine.
I remember seeing a seal on Deal Pier (below) ages back, are these Kent coast pics as well?
Love how sea water catches the light in photos. Such a nice light-dark contrasts. The Fae hole pic one especially!
This is my favourite "bird on thing" photo of mine.
Not at all a spooky thing to find...
November 17, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Not at all a spooky thing to find...
Scene stealer.
November 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Scene stealer.
I sent this to my girlfriend before I saw this news a few days ago. This is my container of meaningful trinkets and letters over the years.
Like most jewelry and treasured items, the financial value is bugger all but emotionally it is hugely important.
Like most jewelry and treasured items, the financial value is bugger all but emotionally it is hugely important.
November 17, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I sent this to my girlfriend before I saw this news a few days ago. This is my container of meaningful trinkets and letters over the years.
Like most jewelry and treasured items, the financial value is bugger all but emotionally it is hugely important.
Like most jewelry and treasured items, the financial value is bugger all but emotionally it is hugely important.
I saw this at the imperial war museum 15+ years ago and it has still stuck with me. People who are struggling to live still want to hold on to aspects of their humanity. Refugees arriving with jewelry do not do so for financial reasons, they've had to hold on to that through trafficking, crime...
November 17, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I saw this at the imperial war museum 15+ years ago and it has still stuck with me. People who are struggling to live still want to hold on to aspects of their humanity. Refugees arriving with jewelry do not do so for financial reasons, they've had to hold on to that through trafficking, crime...
100kg at a chocolate festival, consumed by 10,000 people?!
That's an awful showing! That's half a twix finger per person.
Who goes to a chocolate festival preparing to eat so little chocolate!?
That's an awful showing! That's half a twix finger per person.
Who goes to a chocolate festival preparing to eat so little chocolate!?
November 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
100kg at a chocolate festival, consumed by 10,000 people?!
That's an awful showing! That's half a twix finger per person.
Who goes to a chocolate festival preparing to eat so little chocolate!?
That's an awful showing! That's half a twix finger per person.
Who goes to a chocolate festival preparing to eat so little chocolate!?
Love, love, love this weather.
The drama. Oh the drama. I probably need a license for this much atmosphere
The drama. Oh the drama. I probably need a license for this much atmosphere
November 6, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Love, love, love this weather.
The drama. Oh the drama. I probably need a license for this much atmosphere
The drama. Oh the drama. I probably need a license for this much atmosphere
How apt.
Those multi-colour pens were bulky, uncomfortable to use, never had good quality ink, and didn't actually help you use a pen better but only give the image of flexibility.
Those multi-colour pens were bulky, uncomfortable to use, never had good quality ink, and didn't actually help you use a pen better but only give the image of flexibility.
November 5, 2025 at 10:29 AM
How apt.
Those multi-colour pens were bulky, uncomfortable to use, never had good quality ink, and didn't actually help you use a pen better but only give the image of flexibility.
Those multi-colour pens were bulky, uncomfortable to use, never had good quality ink, and didn't actually help you use a pen better but only give the image of flexibility.
A quick search of some advertising.
November 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
A quick search of some advertising.
Not a bad sunset....
November 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Not a bad sunset....