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Todd West @rockfest.bsky.social · 23h

Quantum machines undercover

Beth Schachter @quantumdottie.bsky.social · 1d

New York state of mind.
#BlueSkyArt
#glass
#Art
#streetphotography
#artphotography
#NYC
#headshop

Todd West @rockfest.bsky.social · 1d

Early days of the yadda

Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 1d

More than a decade ago, I sat down with @marcmaron.bsky.social in his garage to tape something new called a podcast. This time, he came to me to record his last episode.

We talked about the power of conviction, decency in an age of division, and the true story of America.

Todd West @rockfest.bsky.social · 1d

Good work

Wout Oosterheert @woutoosterheert.bsky.social · 1d

Very excited that my final postdoctoral work is now online in Cell @cellpress.bsky.social.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Using 16 (!) cryo-EM structures, we uncovered how the three proteins coronin, cofilin and AIP1 work together to rapidly disassemble actin filaments.

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Todd West @rockfest.bsky.social · 1d

METADATA:

pressbooks.library.yorku.ca/metadata/cha...

Metadata: standards, schemas, and profiles – Metadata

pressbooks.library.yorku.ca

Todd West @rockfest.bsky.social · 1d

Philadelphia is such a good movie. First person I knew to die of AIDS did so in 1988. He wasn’t a lawyer, but he was a great dude. I’ve known a dozen die from it since. Think about them every time I see this movie. None who have passed directly from it, AFAIK, in 25 plus years. Science is wonderful.

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Todd West @rockfest.bsky.social · 1d

FRONT LINE BUNNY!

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Todd West @rockfest.bsky.social · 1d

Hiya milky ways

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Todd West @rockfest.bsky.social · 1d

Amen.

Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 2d

"The secrets of evolution, are time and death.

There's an unbroken thread that stretches from those first cells to us."

-Carl Sagan, Cosmos

Todd West @rockfest.bsky.social · 1d

We got em round here

Dan Jagger @auditorynerves.bsky.social · 2d

Old sausages with teeth.

A new study of the bizarre naked mole rat shows they evolved a DNA repair mechanism that may explain their longevity.

These burrow-dwelling rats have a maximum life span of nearly 40 years, making them the world's longest-lived rodent.

🧪🧬🐀
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Naked mole rats reveal genetic secret to long life

The bald, subterranean rats are the world's longest-lived rodent.

www.bbc.com

Todd West @rockfest.bsky.social · 1d

He’s smokin w/Willie

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Todd West @rockfest.bsky.social · 1d

LOOKOUT 👀!

Mickey Kuhns @mickeykuhns.bsky.social · 2d

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Todd West @rockfest.bsky.social · 1d

Stoney Dooms

𝕶𝕸ä𝕹𝕽𝖎𝖋𝖋𝖘 @kmanriffs.bsky.social · 2d

DETH DEKK DOMINIONS:🎧🆕🎧

SUPERSONIC DRAGON WAGON - Light a Fire With Me 🇺🇸💠

8th album from San Diego/L.A, CA, U.S Stoner Metal/Rock outfit💠

BC➡️supersonicdragonwagon.bandcamp.com/album/light-...💠

#SupersonicDragonWagon #LightaFire #StonerMetalRock #DDDOct10 #DethDekk #KMäN

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Todd West @rockfest.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you

Todd West @rockfest.bsky.social · 1d

You can’t fix stupid

Mickey Kuhns @mickeykuhns.bsky.social · 2d

RFK Jr. just gutted America’s disease defense—firing over 1,000 CDC staff overnight. Outbreak tracking, data collection, and response teams—gone. This isn’t reform, it’s sabotage. The next pandemic won’t need to start abroad—it’ll start right here, thanks to him.

www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/rc...

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Todd West @rockfest.bsky.social · 3d

Very cool!

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Todd West @rockfest.bsky.social · 3d

Great render!

Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 3d

The Carina Nebula (NGC 3372) in Near Infrared - From Rolf Wahl Olsen - https://flic.kr/p/eaDxth

This image shows the Great Nebula in Carina (NGC 3372) in infrared light. This majestic nebula is one of the largest nebulae in the sky and lies about 7,500 light years distant in the Southern constellation of Carina, The Keel. Several star clusters containing some of the brightest and most massive stars known are found here, including the extremely luminous hypergiant star Eta Carinae - one of the prime candidates for the next supernova explosion in our galaxy.

Traditional images of the Carina Nebula taken in visible light primarily display the striking magenta colour from glowing Hydrogen gas, as well as large dark obscuring clouds of dust.
But infrared light penetrates these clouds better and allows for a deep peek into the heart of the nebula, revealing complex details and thousands of young stars that are otherwise completely invisible.
These stars shine primarily in the infrared and appear as golden red in this image. Only a minority of these are even visible in traditional images.

The infrared region seems largely unexplored by amateur astronomers. But using a filter that only allows infrared light (>700nm) to pass through allows for obtaining an image of these hidden features. Effectively the band observed is 700-1100nm since the sillicon CCD chip is not responsive to wavelengths longer than that, and this band is called NIR (Near Infrared). One issue arising from this technique is that the NIR band does not have a colour as such, since it lies outside the v...

Todd West @rockfest.bsky.social · 3d

Heard a punk band own this song one night @ Al’s bar in downtown LA. Circa 1997. In double time even!

Dano Loves Music @danolovesmusic.bsky.social · 3d

“Chattanooga Choo Choo” by Ernie Fields was a US #54 hit in 1960. ⭐️⭐️ #vinylcommunity #60s #EveryHitSongEver

Todd West @rockfest.bsky.social · 3d

They frequent Dlim’s bathhouse out off 17th often as well. It’s disguised as a game store.

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Todd West @rockfest.bsky.social · 3d

Did you meet the founder’s GF? The one they supposedly arrested lately??

Todd West @rockfest.bsky.social · 3d

Very cool!

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Todd West @rockfest.bsky.social · 3d

I say no. Factual Information can be compiled without stealing.

Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 3d

Should AI developers use copyrighted works to train models without permission or compensation?

“current debates privilege the interests of Big Tech exploiting online data for profit, neglecting policies that could ensure technology innovation & creative labour both contribute to the public good”

A capitalist contest: the AI industry v. the creative industries

This paper examines whether artificial intelligence industry developers of large language models should be permitted to use copyrighted works to train their models without permission and compensation ...

journal.thebritishacademy.ac.uk