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Dan Goodman @neural-reckoning.org · 6h

Dear @elsevierconnect.bsky.social, having a default opt-in to marketing emails is in breach of the GDPR. Please correct this.

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Giacomo Indiveri @giacomoi.bsky.social · 2d

#Spiking #neural #networks ( #SNN ) running on continuous-time, noisy, and highly variable computing substrates can learn reliably with #ReinforcementLearning ... Not only in real brains, but also in mixed-signal #neuromorphic hardware! 😇

Schematic of awake-dreaming learning. (a) Awake phase: over 100 real frames, the agent and model networks interact with the Pong environment. (b) Dreaming phase: over 50 imaginary frames, the agent is disconnected from the real environment and instead interacts only with the world model. This alternation between real and simulated experience boosts sample efficiency.

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Parody Keir Starmer @parodypm.bsky.social · 3d

But what about all the waste they told us about? What about all the savings DOGE was going to find? What about the promises to cut council tax?
It's almost as if they were just making shit up to fool people, like they did with Brexit.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3d

Glad to see Nigel Farage has finally remembered Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform in Wales - found guilty of taking bribes from Russia.

Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?

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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 3d

My first concern, of course, is that this may not lend itself to high-end streetwear.

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Wescom Defence develops next-gen multispectral camouflage

Wescom Defence will unveil its new ATMIS Multispectral Camouflage (ATMIS MSC) portfolio at DSEI 2025 in London, introducing a next-generation concealment system designed to give armed forces a tactica...

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 7d

I know this is uncomfortable to admit, but there is a small area in England's second city where people are just not integrated with the rest of society. Many of them hold views that arguably go against British values.

Yes, we need to talk about the Tory conference in Manchester.

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Ben Stanley @benstanley.eu · 6d

You never run out of Marmite; you just run out of patience.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 7d

Shortly after accusing all other political party leaders of believing in "the magic money tree", Kemi Badenoch announces her plan to completely scrap stamp duty, without any word on how she plans to pay for it

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 7d

UAE has no democratically elected institutions, no free speech and an appalling human rights record.

Its economy functions on completely different metrics to the ours & ranks well below us for GDP

No serious person would ever think that we should emulate it.

But here's Tice calling us decadent

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 7d

Badenoch and Co see education only as a means to a massive income in some soul destroying career.

Devoid of imagination and the power of knowledge they view life entirely through the prism of the CV.

My advice always is to study what interests you and the rest will follow

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Jamie @neworderofjamie.bsky.social · 7d

"This appears to be a long document. Save time by reading a summary using AI assistant" Thanks Adobe - heaven forbid I would actually READ something using Acrobat Reader. #enshittification

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Fatemeh_Hadaeghi @fatemehhadaeghi.bsky.social · 9d

A thought-provoking perspective from the visionary @giacomoi.bsky.social, calling for neuromorphic computing to return to its root: fundamental neuroscience; an inspiring vision for the future of NeuroAI 🤩

Neuron @cp-neuron.bsky.social · 11d

Neuromorphic is dead. Long live neuromorphic

In this NeuroView, Giacomo Indiveri discusses the origins and evolution of neuromorphic engineering, reflects on recent shifts toward digital and AI-centric approaches, and advocates for a revival of the field’s original principles, emphasizing analog, brain-inspired systems and the importance of fundamental neuroscience for future progress.

dlvr.it

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 9d

*gasp*

“Everyone thought we’d come in and there were going to be these huge costs we could cut away but there just aren’t,” said a third senior Reform cabinet member in Kent.

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Parody Keir Starmer @parodypm.bsky.social · 8d

Tories can't spell the name of the country they want to be in charge of:

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 9d

The Greens requested an interview on the Laura Kuenssberg Show with Zack Polanski when he was elected leader, but were denied, with a promise to interview him during Green conference instead.

This was then scrapped citing the Manchester synagogue attack. Polanski is both Jewish and from Manchester

BBC Laura Kuenssberg Show Accused of Anti-Green Bias After Cancelling Zack Polanski Interview

The new Green Party leader was the only major party leader not to have been granted a conference interview on the flagship BBC show

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Parody Keir Starmer @parodypm.bsky.social · 10d

On the anniversary of The Battle of Cable Street, let us remember that the Daily Mail was cheering on Fascists then and continues that proud tradition today.

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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 14d

If you don’t like being called a racist, maybe don’t make a career of saying things that appeal to racists, don’t create a political party that keeps attracting racist candidates, don’t fawn over racist world leaders, and don’t make a convicted racist the guest of honour at your party conference.

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Dan Goodman @neural-reckoning.org · 19d

UK theoretical neuroscience workshop - Dec 16 in London. I'll be speaking at this alongside a load of other cool people. Come along! (It's free.) 🤖🧠🧪

dpinotsis.wixsite.com/uk-theoretic...

Home | UK Theoretical Neuro

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Steve Hyndside @stevehyndside.bsky.social · 19d

Green Leader @zackpolanski.bsky.social responds to Starmer's speech.

His response, helpfully, run in full by (checks notes) ... The Telegraph.

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Dan Goodman @neural-reckoning.org · 19d

Today is the last day for submissions to the free online SNUFA spiking neural network workshop! This is a great opportunity to present your work (hundreds of participants and sometimes thousands of YouTube views per talk), and abstract submission is easy (300 words). Do it now! 🤖🧠🧪

snufa.net/2025/

SNUFA 2025

Spiking Neural networks as Universal Function Approximators

snufa.net

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 23d

Ed Davey, "I'm afraid Nigel Farage should be apologising for helping cause this problem in the first place"

"Before Brexit we didn't have a small boats problem because we had 27 return agreements with EU countries and we could return people"

-Maybe we should call them Farage's Brexit Boats

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GylesNaMopaleen @gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social · Jun 23

As english politics leans even further to the right, with LAB now questioning the EHCR, alongside "Island of Strangers" & pro brexit rhetoric, here's a quick thread on how the Far Right utterly collapsed in Finland.

TL;DR: "r/w voters: I didn't think the leopards would eat MY face".

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screen grab of the PERUS-S party leader - Finlands Reform party - alongside a polls graph depicting a catastrophic drop in support.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 25d

This is so bad.

www.iop.org/about/news/q...

Quarter of UK university physics departments risk closure as funding crisis bites

Institute of Physics warns “perfect storm” could damage world-leading UK physics research and jeopardise our future defence, technology and growth.

www.iop.org

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 25d

Before I was born, my grandfather -- who was a machine shop worker that didn't graduate from high school -- became obsessed with computers. He was convinced they were the future. Because of him, I've had & loved using computers my entire life.

And I think the push to live only digitally is TERRIBLE

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 26d

The main story on BBC 6 Music News this morning is that a ‘boat carrying migrants is on its way to France’

Delivered in the same upbeat tone as England winning the women’s Euros.

The migration ‘debate’ in this country is unmoored from reality, and the media-political complex is feeding it

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