Cam Boyd
@synfire.bsky.social
Informatics specialist, native engineer, researcher, writer, cosplayer, martial artist, swordsman.
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Infants are capable of encoding memories during infancy, and deficits in postencoding retrieval mechanisms are likely responsible for infantile amnesia in humans.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
April 20, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Infants are capable of encoding memories during infancy, and deficits in postencoding retrieval mechanisms are likely responsible for infantile amnesia in humans.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Anyone want to tell me why the Australian leaders debate doesn't #IncludeAdam?
Only 2/3 of people voted for a major party in 2022, who represents the rest?
Only 2/3 of people voted for a major party in 2022, who represents the rest?
April 16, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Anyone want to tell me why the Australian leaders debate doesn't #IncludeAdam?
Only 2/3 of people voted for a major party in 2022, who represents the rest?
Only 2/3 of people voted for a major party in 2022, who represents the rest?
April 16, 2025 at 12:49 AM
My latest post explaining where I sit on the political spectrum.
anonymuncles.blogspot.com/2025/02/im-l...
anonymuncles.blogspot.com/2025/02/im-l...
I'm a lefty, not a freak (for my leftist views, anyway)...
A cynical blog about politics, science, and technology.
anonymuncles.blogspot.com
February 11, 2025 at 8:53 AM
My latest post explaining where I sit on the political spectrum.
anonymuncles.blogspot.com/2025/02/im-l...
anonymuncles.blogspot.com/2025/02/im-l...
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Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
January 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
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Investigative reporter, Patrizia Schlosser (STRG-F) is one of many victims of non-consensual pornographic deepfakes. Now, Bellingcat and STRG-F are investigating the AI porn website disseminating this material. www.youtube.com/shorts/TK6sf...
Faking It - The impact of Deepfake Pornography
YouTube video by Bellingcat
www.youtube.com
January 30, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Investigative reporter, Patrizia Schlosser (STRG-F) is one of many victims of non-consensual pornographic deepfakes. Now, Bellingcat and STRG-F are investigating the AI porn website disseminating this material. www.youtube.com/shorts/TK6sf...
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We ended last year with a special live Q&A with our founder @eliothiggins.bsky.social covering everything from the conflict in Syria to AI. Listen back for some invaluable tips on getting started in open source research on any podcast platform including Spotify here: open.spotify.com/episode/0Vwb...
"We are Bellingcat" Q&A session with Eliot Higgins
Stage Talks with Bellingcat · Episode
open.spotify.com
January 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM
We ended last year with a special live Q&A with our founder @eliothiggins.bsky.social covering everything from the conflict in Syria to AI. Listen back for some invaluable tips on getting started in open source research on any podcast platform including Spotify here: open.spotify.com/episode/0Vwb...
Want to change things, but not sure where to start? Try here.
What You Can Do: Resisting the Empire in the Age of Hypocrisy (2024)
A cynical blog about politics, science, and technology.
anonymuncles.blogspot.com
January 12, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Want to change things, but not sure where to start? Try here.
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2024 first year with an average temperature clearly exceeding 1.5°C above the pre-industrial level
Multiple global records were broken, for GHG levels, air temperature, sea surface temperature, contributing to extreme events, incl floods, heatwaves, wildfires
climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
Multiple global records were broken, for GHG levels, air temperature, sea surface temperature, contributing to extreme events, incl floods, heatwaves, wildfires
climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
Global Climate Highlights 2024 | Copernicus
This section looks at the global Climate Indicators for which data are available for all or part of 2023. For more details on each, visit the respective Climate Indicator page. The page will be updated in stages, as data become available.
climate.copernicus.eu
January 10, 2025 at 7:36 AM
2024 first year with an average temperature clearly exceeding 1.5°C above the pre-industrial level
Multiple global records were broken, for GHG levels, air temperature, sea surface temperature, contributing to extreme events, incl floods, heatwaves, wildfires
climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
Multiple global records were broken, for GHG levels, air temperature, sea surface temperature, contributing to extreme events, incl floods, heatwaves, wildfires
climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
Socialism isn’t the bogeyman the rich want you to fear—it’s a blueprint for worker liberation and dismantling the billionaire class. Here's how the myth vs. reality of socialism shapes our world and why it matters. #SocialismExplained #EconomicJustice
anonymuncles.blogspot.com/2025/01/soci...
anonymuncles.blogspot.com/2025/01/soci...
Socialism, Real and Fake: The Empire’s Bogeyman and the Blueprint for Liberation (2024)
A cynical blog about politics, science, and technology.
anonymuncles.blogspot.com
January 3, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Socialism isn’t the bogeyman the rich want you to fear—it’s a blueprint for worker liberation and dismantling the billionaire class. Here's how the myth vs. reality of socialism shapes our world and why it matters. #SocialismExplained #EconomicJustice
anonymuncles.blogspot.com/2025/01/soci...
anonymuncles.blogspot.com/2025/01/soci...
Australia acts as a loyal enforcer of U.S. interests, despite its self-image as a moral middle power.
anonymuncles.blogspot.com/2024/12/aust...
anonymuncles.blogspot.com/2024/12/aust...
Australia: The Empire’s Cheerleader in the Pacific (2024)
A cynical blog about politics, science, and technology.
anonymuncles.blogspot.com
December 12, 2024 at 10:35 PM
Australia acts as a loyal enforcer of U.S. interests, despite its self-image as a moral middle power.
anonymuncles.blogspot.com/2024/12/aust...
anonymuncles.blogspot.com/2024/12/aust...
This could get very messy very quickly.
U.S. Air Force Strikes Dozens of ISIS Camps in Syria After Fall of Damascus
The wave of strikes against 75 targets by B-52s, F-15Es and A-10Cs is meant to prevent the terrorist group from exploiting the current situation in Syria.
theaviationist.com
December 9, 2024 at 10:55 PM
This could get very messy very quickly.
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Yet another reason to thank your #microbiome! 🦠 🧪
I'm fascinated by the microbiome, the ecosystem of microbes that call us home. We're learning that they influence our health and our mood. Now, it seems that they may be the reason why humans developed big brains.
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
#microbiome #biology #science
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
#microbiome #biology #science
How did human brains get so big? The answer could be in our gut
Brain tissue is among the most energetically costly in the body, and as a result, larger-brained mammals require more energy to support brain growth and maintenance. Exactly which biological cha...
www.eurekalert.org
December 9, 2024 at 10:41 PM
Yet another reason to thank your #microbiome! 🦠 🧪
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Soviet Signals Intelligence (SIGINT)
Issue 47 of Canberra papers on strategy and defence
by Desmond Ball
Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, 1989
ISBN 9780731505036
159 pages (73.0 MB PDF)
mega.nz/file/5Ikl1LY...
Issue 47 of Canberra papers on strategy and defence
by Desmond Ball
Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, 1989
ISBN 9780731505036
159 pages (73.0 MB PDF)
mega.nz/file/5Ikl1LY...
November 17, 2024 at 5:10 PM
Soviet Signals Intelligence (SIGINT)
Issue 47 of Canberra papers on strategy and defence
by Desmond Ball
Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, 1989
ISBN 9780731505036
159 pages (73.0 MB PDF)
mega.nz/file/5Ikl1LY...
Issue 47 of Canberra papers on strategy and defence
by Desmond Ball
Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, 1989
ISBN 9780731505036
159 pages (73.0 MB PDF)
mega.nz/file/5Ikl1LY...
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The latest CLEX briefing note co-authored by CCRC scientists:
Is the Climate Changing Faster than Expected?
The evidence is clear: the impacts of global warming are increasing, and to reduce them, we require a deep and rapid cut in greenhouse gas emissions.
climateextremes.org.au/is-the-clima...
Is the Climate Changing Faster than Expected?
The evidence is clear: the impacts of global warming are increasing, and to reduce them, we require a deep and rapid cut in greenhouse gas emissions.
climateextremes.org.au/is-the-clima...
Is the Climate Changing Faster than Expected? - The ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes
The evidence is clear: the impacts of global warming are increasing, and to reduce them, we require a deep and rapid cut in greenhouse gas emissions.
climateextremes.org.au
December 1, 2024 at 11:08 PM
The latest CLEX briefing note co-authored by CCRC scientists:
Is the Climate Changing Faster than Expected?
The evidence is clear: the impacts of global warming are increasing, and to reduce them, we require a deep and rapid cut in greenhouse gas emissions.
climateextremes.org.au/is-the-clima...
Is the Climate Changing Faster than Expected?
The evidence is clear: the impacts of global warming are increasing, and to reduce them, we require a deep and rapid cut in greenhouse gas emissions.
climateextremes.org.au/is-the-clima...
Once a vision of global dominance, the U.S.-led "Grand Area" is now a patchwork of regions and alliances. As the rise of China, resurgent powers, and resistance from Global South challenge America, read how the U.S. clings to its declining dominance.
anonymuncles.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-...
anonymuncles.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-...
The “Grand Area”: The Empire Stumbles Forward (2024)
A cynical blog about politics, science, and technology.
anonymuncles.blogspot.com
December 1, 2024 at 8:58 PM
Once a vision of global dominance, the U.S.-led "Grand Area" is now a patchwork of regions and alliances. As the rise of China, resurgent powers, and resistance from Global South challenge America, read how the U.S. clings to its declining dominance.
anonymuncles.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-...
anonymuncles.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-...
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“[Russia] is paying an obscenely high price in men, material, and money …Hezbollah’s ranks have been devastated …Iran has also faced defeats and seems unable or unwilling to fight a wider war. Syrian rebel groups had been waiting for just this moment. Assad is alone.”
The Fall of Aleppo: A Turning Point in Syria’s Endless War? -- my analysis of what has been a truly historic day and will hopefully spell the end of the Assad regime and the birth of a #FreeSyria www.thecasualanalyst.com/blog-1/categ...
The Fall of Aleppo: A Turning Point in Syria’s Endless War? — The Casual Analyst
After 13 years of sustained conflict, years of stalemate, and two days of renewed fighting, Syria's conflict may have reached a turning point.
www.thecasualanalyst.com
November 30, 2024 at 1:04 PM
“[Russia] is paying an obscenely high price in men, material, and money …Hezbollah’s ranks have been devastated …Iran has also faced defeats and seems unable or unwilling to fight a wider war. Syrian rebel groups had been waiting for just this moment. Assad is alone.”
I've been rereading some Chomsky and wanted to tell it from my perspective 30 years on.
Protecting Our Turf: The Empire Strikes Again (2024)
A cynical blog about politics, science, and technology.
anonymuncles.blogspot.com
November 29, 2024 at 6:56 AM
I've been rereading some Chomsky and wanted to tell it from my perspective 30 years on.
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“Russia’s acts of sabotage against western targets may eventually prompt NATO to consider invoking the alliance’s Article 5 mutual defence clause, the head of Germany’s foreign intelligence service has warned.
Russia’s sabotage of western targets ‘could trigger Nato defence clause’
German intelligence chief warns of Russian ‘direct military confrontation’ with Nato if the Kremlin steps up warfare
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2024 at 10:32 AM
“Russia’s acts of sabotage against western targets may eventually prompt NATO to consider invoking the alliance’s Article 5 mutual defence clause, the head of Germany’s foreign intelligence service has warned.
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Twitter has deleted the >200k followers of noted Palestinian journalist Younis Tirawi and hit him with one of those mysterious shadow bans that when you click "follow" on his account it doesn't actually stick, when you hit reload you're not following him
November 24, 2024 at 6:26 PM
Twitter has deleted the >200k followers of noted Palestinian journalist Younis Tirawi and hit him with one of those mysterious shadow bans that when you click "follow" on his account it doesn't actually stick, when you hit reload you're not following him
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I use machine learning (ML) on #TelescopeArray data for cosmic-ray research, and this 🐼 GIF is spot-on. Stochastic gradient descent is when an algorithm improves its predictions by taking random downhill steps—small steps to avoid overshooting the valley (place of smallest error). 😂
#ML #MLSky 🧪🔭👩🔬
#ML #MLSky 🧪🔭👩🔬
No one can explain stochastic gradient descent better than this panda.
a panda bear is rolling around in the grass in a zoo enclosure .
Alt: a panda bear is rolling around in the grass in a zoo enclosure .
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2024 at 10:25 PM
I use machine learning (ML) on #TelescopeArray data for cosmic-ray research, and this 🐼 GIF is spot-on. Stochastic gradient descent is when an algorithm improves its predictions by taking random downhill steps—small steps to avoid overshooting the valley (place of smallest error). 😂
#ML #MLSky 🧪🔭👩🔬
#ML #MLSky 🧪🔭👩🔬