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@jordan.matelsky.com

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making computers better using brains and making brains better using computers. computational neuro and dumb little web apps sticking a steam wand directly into my brain and frothing it like a cappuccino at @kordinglab. senior research scientist at JHU/APL

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jordan @jordan.matelsky.com · 7d

is there more context (this line or ±lines) available?

jordan @jordan.matelsky.com · 11d

I've been writing letters of recommendation for six hours today and I think I'm about to explode

jordan @jordan.matelsky.com · 12d

Bunny Subsystem for Linux 4

jordan @jordan.matelsky.com · 12d

Looks EXTREMELY similar to my (beloved) Nomatic though :)

jordan @jordan.matelsky.com · 15d

and slides that are "too big" by some definition (perhaps of path complexity) can't send over email! gotta find ways to keep your network email sized, or perhaps load up flash drives / CDs in batches instead as the game pushes for further volume

jordan @jordan.matelsky.com · 15d

obvious in-world solution is that Windows crashes if your setup is too complicated, or perhaps a new bug report email shows that a certain configuration causes crashes :)

jordan @jordan.matelsky.com · 17d

then it's practically home maintenance!

jordan @jordan.matelsky.com · 17d

I haven't played it as a drinking game so much as a game played with a beer in one hand but certainly making it a drinking game seems ..... perilous

jordan @jordan.matelsky.com · 17d

extremely good game

seemed to be marginally less dangerous than I assumed

jordan @jordan.matelsky.com · 17d

yes and yes

jordan @jordan.matelsky.com · 17d

conversely, I think it's going, like, "ha haha, over here now, spirit fingers, ! haha woowoo lol"

jordan @jordan.matelsky.com · 18d

but..... not to tell you how to live your life, but you might be wearing your Apple watch incorrectly if it has opinions about this

jordan @jordan.matelsky.com · 18d

at least it seems to think there's progress.....? 🥴

jordan @jordan.matelsky.com · 19d

so proud to share @jhuapl.bsky.social neuroscience research at #blenderconference2025 @blender.org ❤️

also shoutout to #microscopynodes by @aafkegros.bsky.social, here's to awesome new collabs born at blendercon!!!

Blending brains: Tales from the neuro department — Blender Conference 2025

YouTube video by Blender

jordan @jordan.matelsky.com · 22d

"Crazy polycount mesh took >10 sec to switch into edit mode"

jordan @jordan.matelsky.com · 22d

"100th vertex!"

jordan @jordan.matelsky.com · 23d

super excited for #bcon25 #blendercon @blender.org — did some sketching around Amsterdam today :)

A pencil sketch looking down a canal in Amsterdam with three bridges lined up consecutively. The closest bridge has several bikes locked up along its banister.

A loose pencil sketch of an ornate building partially obscured by loosely sketched trees on a body of water

jordan @jordan.matelsky.com · 23d

Yeah!!

jordan @jordan.matelsky.com · 23d

yesterday!!

jordan @jordan.matelsky.com · 24d

Me!! Super excited to hang out with everyone!!

jordan @jordan.matelsky.com · 24d

ha, you and I had mirror flights and now I'm having the same problem in AMS... luckily, it's coffee o clock here... hope you find a place to rest!!

jordan @jordan.matelsky.com · 28d

quick sketch i made of some zebras a few days ago at ansp.org, if you want to check them out or whatever

loose pencil sketches of three zebras. a mommy, a daddy, and a baby. the baby is quite small and should be given a treat

jordan @jordan.matelsky.com · 28d

want to wormhole.app it to me? I'll see what I can figure out :)

Wormhole - Simple, private file sharing

Wormhole lets you share files with end-to-end encryption and a link that automatically expires.

jordan @jordan.matelsky.com · 28d

how big is it? if be happy to take a whack at reverse engineering the format in Python if all else fails!

jordan @jordan.matelsky.com · Sep 6

My hot take is that this is a good change, albeit wasteful and self-aggrandizing.

Congress should have to say out loud that they are spending $1 trillion per year on "War." No euphemisms.

$32,000 of tax money EVERY SECOND of every day on War.

Kristin Wilson 📎 @kristin-wilson.bsky.social · Sep 6

Fascinating - and frustrating - read. To change the name of the Department of Defense will mean changing all 700,000 seals, letterhead, signage, etc around the world. At a cost of potentially billions.

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POLITICO Pro: White House to rebrand Pentagon the Department of War

The name change would likely require an act of Congress, although the White House is looking for ways to avoid a vote.

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