Jon
@minogully.bsky.social
Husband, father, lover of all sciences, pianist, guitarist, dabbling multi-instrumentalist, composer, photographer, former twitter: @minogully
Not interested in relationships past friendship
Not interested in relationships past friendship
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Jon
@minogully.bsky.social
· Dec 8
Widow’s Waltz - Jonathan Minogue
youtu.be
Hey, here’s my latest composition!
Just a couple mistakes, totally passable.
Enjoy!
youtu.be/p_iddZvKGyA?...
Just a couple mistakes, totally passable.
Enjoy!
youtu.be/p_iddZvKGyA?...
Does the rise and fall of democracies obey a power law?
Aside:
Veritasium was right, this graph did change how I see the world:
youtu.be/HBluLfX2F_k?...
Aside:
Veritasium was right, this graph did change how I see the world:
youtu.be/HBluLfX2F_k?...
This graph will change how you see the world
YouTube video by Veritasium
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Does the rise and fall of democracies obey a power law?
Aside:
Veritasium was right, this graph did change how I see the world:
youtu.be/HBluLfX2F_k?...
Aside:
Veritasium was right, this graph did change how I see the world:
youtu.be/HBluLfX2F_k?...
November 27, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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A rare photosynthesizing sea slug has been found off N.S. Here's why scientists are excited #NovaScotia
Researchers believe Elysia chlorotica holds promise for medical advances, but it's been too elusive to study
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Researchers believe Elysia chlorotica holds promise for medical advances, but it's been too elusive to study
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
A rare photosynthesizing sea slug has been found off N.S. Here's why scientists are excited | CBC News
Researchers believe Elysia chlorotica holds promise for medical advances, but it's been too elusive to study.
www.cbc.ca
November 27, 2025 at 11:40 AM
A rare photosynthesizing sea slug has been found off N.S. Here's why scientists are excited #NovaScotia
Researchers believe Elysia chlorotica holds promise for medical advances, but it's been too elusive to study
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Researchers believe Elysia chlorotica holds promise for medical advances, but it's been too elusive to study
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
I wouldn’t say “idiots”, based on this evidence, but more that it’s a land of people who react before researching.
The latest evidence that America is becoming a land of idiots:
November 27, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I wouldn’t say “idiots”, based on this evidence, but more that it’s a land of people who react before researching.
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![Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihwhjblp5lyiwp63ouar7ocfea7evmckytoeo7rkfuoo4gw5rnrra@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Does sufficiently large gravity force the collapse of the wave function?
November 26, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Does sufficiently large gravity force the collapse of the wave function?
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i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
You have two options:
1) guaranteed $50
2) you get to flip a coin:
- heads you get $100
- tails you get $0
Do you pick (1) or (2)?
1) guaranteed $50
2) you get to flip a coin:
- heads you get $100
- tails you get $0
Do you pick (1) or (2)?
November 26, 2025 at 2:13 PM
You have two options:
1) guaranteed $50
2) you get to flip a coin:
- heads you get $100
- tails you get $0
Do you pick (1) or (2)?
1) guaranteed $50
2) you get to flip a coin:
- heads you get $100
- tails you get $0
Do you pick (1) or (2)?
I think reading helps society by exposing readers to different cultures and environments from a first person perspective that they would not have otherwise experienced.
This increases their empathy and understanding of others not like them and expands their bubble of those they care for.
This increases their empathy and understanding of others not like them and expands their bubble of those they care for.
November 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I think reading helps society by exposing readers to different cultures and environments from a first person perspective that they would not have otherwise experienced.
This increases their empathy and understanding of others not like them and expands their bubble of those they care for.
This increases their empathy and understanding of others not like them and expands their bubble of those they care for.
Reposted by Jon
November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Reposted by Jon
Yet another unique way to stimulate cellular immunity against cancer.
“Using the gut immune system to induce cellular immunity is a unique approach,” Shirakawa notes. “And it should be very easy to extend it to other antigen proteins and also infectious diseases.”
#ScienceSunday
“Using the gut immune system to induce cellular immunity is a unique approach,” Shirakawa notes. “And it should be very easy to extend it to other antigen proteins and also infectious diseases.”
#ScienceSunday
Inducing immunity against cancer via the gut
Could a microbe that can smuggle antigens into the immune system of the gut provide a simple way to treat cancers?
www.nature.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Yet another unique way to stimulate cellular immunity against cancer.
“Using the gut immune system to induce cellular immunity is a unique approach,” Shirakawa notes. “And it should be very easy to extend it to other antigen proteins and also infectious diseases.”
#ScienceSunday
“Using the gut immune system to induce cellular immunity is a unique approach,” Shirakawa notes. “And it should be very easy to extend it to other antigen proteins and also infectious diseases.”
#ScienceSunday
What if renters automatically built up equity toward the value of the *internal* space of the property?
Then when they move out the owner of the house had to buy back that portion of the house?
Then when they move out the owner of the house had to buy back that portion of the house?
November 21, 2025 at 10:07 PM
What if renters automatically built up equity toward the value of the *internal* space of the property?
Then when they move out the owner of the house had to buy back that portion of the house?
Then when they move out the owner of the house had to buy back that portion of the house?
In 2020, MIT was able to produce deepfake audio from just 15 seconds of someone’s voice.
Spam phone calls can be made to look like they come from any telephone number.
Might be a good time to start answering the phone with a funny voice.
Spam phone calls can be made to look like they come from any telephone number.
Might be a good time to start answering the phone with a funny voice.
November 18, 2025 at 8:10 PM
In 2020, MIT was able to produce deepfake audio from just 15 seconds of someone’s voice.
Spam phone calls can be made to look like they come from any telephone number.
Might be a good time to start answering the phone with a funny voice.
Spam phone calls can be made to look like they come from any telephone number.
Might be a good time to start answering the phone with a funny voice.
Reposted by Jon
Reposted by Jon
From Brandon Pries: How is the growth of massive black holes regulated by starlight and stellar explosions? Learn more in today’s bite! ⚛️🔭☄🧪
astrobites.org/2025/11/05/s...
astrobites.org/2025/11/05/s...
Stellar Feedback Regulating Massive Black Hole Growth
How is the growth of massive black holes regulated by starlight and stellar explosions? Learn more in today's bite!
astrobites.org
November 6, 2025 at 10:39 PM
From Brandon Pries: How is the growth of massive black holes regulated by starlight and stellar explosions? Learn more in today’s bite! ⚛️🔭☄🧪
astrobites.org/2025/11/05/s...
astrobites.org/2025/11/05/s...
What would a number system with a negative base behave like?
Say base-(-10)
Would it flip the negativity multiplication rules?
(Ex. Like signed numbers multiplied together always make a negative, and differently signed numbers always make a positive)?
Say base-(-10)
Would it flip the negativity multiplication rules?
(Ex. Like signed numbers multiplied together always make a negative, and differently signed numbers always make a positive)?
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 PM
What would a number system with a negative base behave like?
Say base-(-10)
Would it flip the negativity multiplication rules?
(Ex. Like signed numbers multiplied together always make a negative, and differently signed numbers always make a positive)?
Say base-(-10)
Would it flip the negativity multiplication rules?
(Ex. Like signed numbers multiplied together always make a negative, and differently signed numbers always make a positive)?
Reposted by Jon
VPS13C/PARK23 initiates lipid transfer and membrane remodeling for efficient lysosomal repair https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.23.684214v1
October 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM
VPS13C/PARK23 initiates lipid transfer and membrane remodeling for efficient lysosomal repair https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.23.684214v1
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October 15, 2025 at 8:14 PM
They should call self-driving cars “Autobots”
And AI chatbots spreading misinformation on social media “Decepticons”
And AI chatbots spreading misinformation on social media “Decepticons”
October 15, 2025 at 5:23 PM
They should call self-driving cars “Autobots”
And AI chatbots spreading misinformation on social media “Decepticons”
And AI chatbots spreading misinformation on social media “Decepticons”
Re: AI and the Trolley Problem
I think what makes the trolley problem hard for humans is that we know that if we decided the fate of other’s lives either through action or inaction, we’d have to live with that decision for the rest of our lives.
1/3
I think what makes the trolley problem hard for humans is that we know that if we decided the fate of other’s lives either through action or inaction, we’d have to live with that decision for the rest of our lives.
1/3
October 8, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Re: AI and the Trolley Problem
I think what makes the trolley problem hard for humans is that we know that if we decided the fate of other’s lives either through action or inaction, we’d have to live with that decision for the rest of our lives.
1/3
I think what makes the trolley problem hard for humans is that we know that if we decided the fate of other’s lives either through action or inaction, we’d have to live with that decision for the rest of our lives.
1/3
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Cute doggo today on the charity run for Breast Cancer research — the Run for the Cure.
October 5, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Cute doggo today on the charity run for Breast Cancer research — the Run for the Cure.
Enjoying the fall colours today
October 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Enjoying the fall colours today
Crazy thought:
Maybe P = NP makes sense if you treat a P algorithm as a time reversed NP algorithm, and an NP algorithm as a time reversed P algorithm.
Maybe P = NP makes sense if you treat a P algorithm as a time reversed NP algorithm, and an NP algorithm as a time reversed P algorithm.
September 29, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Crazy thought:
Maybe P = NP makes sense if you treat a P algorithm as a time reversed NP algorithm, and an NP algorithm as a time reversed P algorithm.
Maybe P = NP makes sense if you treat a P algorithm as a time reversed NP algorithm, and an NP algorithm as a time reversed P algorithm.