@spaceefficient.bsky.social
Snarkily idealistic. Crafting or thinking about crafting. Can bikes just take over already?
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Here’s some dog content to temporarily distract you from the mess happening in the world
June 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Here’s some dog content to temporarily distract you from the mess happening in the world
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by age 30 you should have one friend for every major animal group to spam.
seen a good crab post? forward to your token crab person. bat post for the bat person. cicada post for the cicada person. bear post for the bear person. jellyfish post for the jellyfish person. and so on and so forth.
seen a good crab post? forward to your token crab person. bat post for the bat person. cicada post for the cicada person. bear post for the bear person. jellyfish post for the jellyfish person. and so on and so forth.
June 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
by age 30 you should have one friend for every major animal group to spam.
seen a good crab post? forward to your token crab person. bat post for the bat person. cicada post for the cicada person. bear post for the bear person. jellyfish post for the jellyfish person. and so on and so forth.
seen a good crab post? forward to your token crab person. bat post for the bat person. cicada post for the cicada person. bear post for the bear person. jellyfish post for the jellyfish person. and so on and so forth.
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For the third night running, an unmated male mockingbird* is singing outside the bathroom window. He can do car alarms, phones, multiple other birds, trucks backing up, distant sirens, and a couple mechanical noises I can’t place.
I simultaneously hate him and would kill anyone who messed with him
I simultaneously hate him and would kill anyone who messed with him
May 18, 2025 at 6:38 AM
For the third night running, an unmated male mockingbird* is singing outside the bathroom window. He can do car alarms, phones, multiple other birds, trucks backing up, distant sirens, and a couple mechanical noises I can’t place.
I simultaneously hate him and would kill anyone who messed with him
I simultaneously hate him and would kill anyone who messed with him
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1/n Some time ago my colleague, excellent cook, and friend Ivan told me: "Cacio e pepe is the recipe that I screw up more often. Let's make a project studying systematically the physics of that sauce".
Prepare to get cheesy, I'm glad to share the Cacio e paper preprint:
arxiv.org/abs/2501.00536
Prepare to get cheesy, I'm glad to share the Cacio e paper preprint:
arxiv.org/abs/2501.00536
January 4, 2025 at 9:34 AM
1/n Some time ago my colleague, excellent cook, and friend Ivan told me: "Cacio e pepe is the recipe that I screw up more often. Let's make a project studying systematically the physics of that sauce".
Prepare to get cheesy, I'm glad to share the Cacio e paper preprint:
arxiv.org/abs/2501.00536
Prepare to get cheesy, I'm glad to share the Cacio e paper preprint:
arxiv.org/abs/2501.00536
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I'm excited to share that the last chapter of my PhD thesis is now published in Nature! 🍾
What drives serotonin neurons? We think it's the expectation of future reward and --- critically --- how fast this expectation is increasing. 📈
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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What drives serotonin neurons? We think it's the expectation of future reward and --- critically --- how fast this expectation is increasing. 📈
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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A prospective code for value in the serotonin system - Nature
Merging ideas from reinforcement learning theory with recent insights into the filtering properties of the dorsal raphe nucleus, a unifying perspective is found explaining why serotonin neurons are ac...
doi.org
March 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I'm excited to share that the last chapter of my PhD thesis is now published in Nature! 🍾
What drives serotonin neurons? We think it's the expectation of future reward and --- critically --- how fast this expectation is increasing. 📈
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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What drives serotonin neurons? We think it's the expectation of future reward and --- critically --- how fast this expectation is increasing. 📈
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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🚨UNRELEASED BABY SNOWY PLOVER VIDEO!! I didn't even know I had this! Don't scroll away, Plover A runs into Plover B. DOUBLE THE PLOVER!!! 🪶
February 7, 2025 at 3:57 AM
🚨UNRELEASED BABY SNOWY PLOVER VIDEO!! I didn't even know I had this! Don't scroll away, Plover A runs into Plover B. DOUBLE THE PLOVER!!! 🪶
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“If everything is a crisis then nothing is a crisis” is not aging well in this age of Oops! All Crises!
February 1, 2025 at 6:57 PM
“If everything is a crisis then nothing is a crisis” is not aging well in this age of Oops! All Crises!
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if they want to go back to the 1950s, we’re bringing the cuisine back to the 1950s too. you put me in the kitchen, I will spend 100% of my time in there finding how much horseradish and shrimp I can put in Jello before God personally comes down here to stop me.
January 24, 2025 at 9:26 PM
if they want to go back to the 1950s, we’re bringing the cuisine back to the 1950s too. you put me in the kitchen, I will spend 100% of my time in there finding how much horseradish and shrimp I can put in Jello before God personally comes down here to stop me.
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More to say on burnout and I'm probably going to boost it a few times because folks need to hear it:
Burnout is a form of brain damage. It happens when stress conditions persist until they damage our brains.
It's an injury that needs to heal, not a weakness that needs to be pushed through.
Burnout is a form of brain damage. It happens when stress conditions persist until they damage our brains.
It's an injury that needs to heal, not a weakness that needs to be pushed through.
Man burnout can mess you up for a very long time.
And it can sneak up on you: things can seem stressful but mostly manageable until suddenly they're not manageable.
Self care and vacation are great, but they're guardrails: they don't help when you've already fallen in.
And it can sneak up on you: things can seem stressful but mostly manageable until suddenly they're not manageable.
Self care and vacation are great, but they're guardrails: they don't help when you've already fallen in.
December 13, 2024 at 2:14 PM
More to say on burnout and I'm probably going to boost it a few times because folks need to hear it:
Burnout is a form of brain damage. It happens when stress conditions persist until they damage our brains.
It's an injury that needs to heal, not a weakness that needs to be pushed through.
Burnout is a form of brain damage. It happens when stress conditions persist until they damage our brains.
It's an injury that needs to heal, not a weakness that needs to be pushed through.
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It was the motherest of times, it was the fuckerest of times
September 21, 2023 at 11:33 AM
It was the motherest of times, it was the fuckerest of times
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Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Cat: the cup is now on the floor
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Cat: the cup is now on the floor
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Writer: …did I have a plan for this cup? Was it supposed to link to some other part of the plot? Crap. I really don’t want to go through and take every mention of the cup out. Maybe I can kill someone with it.
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Writer: …did I have a plan for this cup? Was it supposed to link to some other part of the plot? Crap. I really don’t want to go through and take every mention of the cup out. Maybe I can kill someone with it.
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Agent: The cup isn’t a good fit for my list
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Agent: The cup isn’t a good fit for my list
November 24, 2024 at 4:26 AM
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Cat: the cup is now on the floor
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Cat: the cup is now on the floor
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[told I’m needed to fulfill an ancient prophecy] What’s the latest possible deadline?
November 18, 2024 at 11:04 PM
[told I’m needed to fulfill an ancient prophecy] What’s the latest possible deadline?
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The brilliant and always interesting @dianemagras.bsky.social taught me a Scottish word today: oorlich, which means uncomfortably cold and damp weather. Dreich, another great word, implies more rain. I love knowing things like this. My favorite, for obvious reasons, is still blether (long-winded).
November 17, 2024 at 4:08 PM
The brilliant and always interesting @dianemagras.bsky.social taught me a Scottish word today: oorlich, which means uncomfortably cold and damp weather. Dreich, another great word, implies more rain. I love knowing things like this. My favorite, for obvious reasons, is still blether (long-winded).
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My word of the day (and personal recommendation) is ‘snerdling’ (18th century): nestling cosily beneath the covers and holding off the day a little longer.
Morning.
Morning.
November 16, 2024 at 9:05 AM
My word of the day (and personal recommendation) is ‘snerdling’ (18th century): nestling cosily beneath the covers and holding off the day a little longer.
Morning.
Morning.
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Today in relatable science: Gulls making a mysterious daily trip that turned out to be to a potato chip factory
November 15, 2024 at 8:15 PM
Today in relatable science: Gulls making a mysterious daily trip that turned out to be to a potato chip factory
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Extremely offended by this bird clearly going around saying "Hurr hurr hurr lookit me I'm a HOOMAN" "Huh huh taxes cofy streaming snervices huh huh"
>:(
>:(
November 13, 2024 at 2:07 AM
Extremely offended by this bird clearly going around saying "Hurr hurr hurr lookit me I'm a HOOMAN" "Huh huh taxes cofy streaming snervices huh huh"
>:(
>:(
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Anyway, in honour of X maybe not honouring tweet deletions (b/c let's face it, why would they be an honest company all of a sudden)
Have some juvenile magpies from my megathread
(4 pics of a just-fledged magpie with barely any tail feathers and the most gigantic mouth, standing in a flower bed)
Have some juvenile magpies from my megathread
(4 pics of a just-fledged magpie with barely any tail feathers and the most gigantic mouth, standing in a flower bed)
November 16, 2024 at 8:50 AM
Anyway, in honour of X maybe not honouring tweet deletions (b/c let's face it, why would they be an honest company all of a sudden)
Have some juvenile magpies from my megathread
(4 pics of a just-fledged magpie with barely any tail feathers and the most gigantic mouth, standing in a flower bed)
Have some juvenile magpies from my megathread
(4 pics of a just-fledged magpie with barely any tail feathers and the most gigantic mouth, standing in a flower bed)
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Says a lot about this culture that "hold hands and sing kumbaya" has become an idiom to call someone naïve or idealistic, when the song itself is a literal cry for divine intervention in the face of the increasing certainty that nothing else will bring about the change the singer desperately needs.
November 11, 2024 at 6:34 PM
Says a lot about this culture that "hold hands and sing kumbaya" has become an idiom to call someone naïve or idealistic, when the song itself is a literal cry for divine intervention in the face of the increasing certainty that nothing else will bring about the change the singer desperately needs.
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Bestie called to see how I am and I said “oh I’ve been thinking about the vastness of the ocean a lot and how the oldest living orca whale is probably older than iodized table salt” and I got nothing but dead silence sooooo
November 10, 2024 at 3:25 AM
Bestie called to see how I am and I said “oh I’ve been thinking about the vastness of the ocean a lot and how the oldest living orca whale is probably older than iodized table salt” and I got nothing but dead silence sooooo
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Hello Blue Sky: I post about politics a lot, but it is instrumental to understanding my tweets that I write romance novels.
I write romance novels because I understand that hope is not a passive thing: it is an active practice that must be cultivated over time.
I write romance novels because I understand that hope is not a passive thing: it is an active practice that must be cultivated over time.
November 10, 2024 at 1:05 AM
Hello Blue Sky: I post about politics a lot, but it is instrumental to understanding my tweets that I write romance novels.
I write romance novels because I understand that hope is not a passive thing: it is an active practice that must be cultivated over time.
I write romance novels because I understand that hope is not a passive thing: it is an active practice that must be cultivated over time.
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“Doomscrolling” is so limited. Today I have also doomedited, doomresearched my next story, and I’m about to doomeat a frozen doomburrito. You gotta be open to new doomexperiences.
November 5, 2024 at 8:12 PM
“Doomscrolling” is so limited. Today I have also doomedited, doomresearched my next story, and I’m about to doomeat a frozen doomburrito. You gotta be open to new doomexperiences.
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As @tkingfisher.com reminded me yesterday, "Some things don't have to be valuable learning experiences that teach you about the true meaning of friendship. They can just suck."
This has helped me process the last few days, accepting that this doesn't have to be a value-add experience on any level.
This has helped me process the last few days, accepting that this doesn't have to be a value-add experience on any level.
November 7, 2024 at 3:49 PM
As @tkingfisher.com reminded me yesterday, "Some things don't have to be valuable learning experiences that teach you about the true meaning of friendship. They can just suck."
This has helped me process the last few days, accepting that this doesn't have to be a value-add experience on any level.
This has helped me process the last few days, accepting that this doesn't have to be a value-add experience on any level.
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November 8, 2024 at 11:55 PM