Synnøve 🌻
@syndestad.bsky.social
Metalhead | Researcher | Breast Cancer | Fight the (therapy)resistance |
"I just needed the data, I wasn't supposed to be doing this."
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"I just needed the data, I wasn't supposed to be doing this."
@Syndestad_ in twittr
http://syndestad.netlify.app
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Holy cow the Zhou lab at UCLA is cooking with Isonet 2 - www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Averaging-free direct visualization of ribosome translational state! #teamtomo #cryoet
Averaging-free direct visualization of ribosome translational state! #teamtomo #cryoet
December 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Holy cow the Zhou lab at UCLA is cooking with Isonet 2 - www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Averaging-free direct visualization of ribosome translational state! #teamtomo #cryoet
Averaging-free direct visualization of ribosome translational state! #teamtomo #cryoet
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Maybe in particular:
1. Lots of websites will geoblock instead of implementing this, because it’s too expensive. So even adults might lose access.
2. Adults might also lose their anonymity
3. Constant breaches mean your child’s information might leak
4. Evading bans might lead children to bad places
1. Lots of websites will geoblock instead of implementing this, because it’s too expensive. So even adults might lose access.
2. Adults might also lose their anonymity
3. Constant breaches mean your child’s information might leak
4. Evading bans might lead children to bad places
Folks who asked me my opinion around age verification should watch this.
This isn’t just about kids, but even with respect to kids… this isn’t clean cut.
This isn’t just about kids, but even with respect to kids… this isn’t clean cut.
Congress Is About to Break the Internet
YouTube video by Taylor Lorenz
youtu.be
December 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Maybe in particular:
1. Lots of websites will geoblock instead of implementing this, because it’s too expensive. So even adults might lose access.
2. Adults might also lose their anonymity
3. Constant breaches mean your child’s information might leak
4. Evading bans might lead children to bad places
1. Lots of websites will geoblock instead of implementing this, because it’s too expensive. So even adults might lose access.
2. Adults might also lose their anonymity
3. Constant breaches mean your child’s information might leak
4. Evading bans might lead children to bad places
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Thrilled to share that my postdoc research is published today in @science.org! We found that DNA repair uses cohesin complexes to build new chromatin loops that guide the homology search and boost accurate repair! 1/n
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Cohesin drives chromatin scanning during the RAD51-mediated homology search
Cohesin folds genomes into chromatin loops, the roles of which are under debate. We found that double-strand breaks (DSBs) induce de novo formation of chromatin loops in human cells, with the loop bas...
www.science.org
December 4, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Thrilled to share that my postdoc research is published today in @science.org! We found that DNA repair uses cohesin complexes to build new chromatin loops that guide the homology search and boost accurate repair! 1/n
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Lavere kondisjonsalder enn din faktiske alder sier du? Imponerende.
Men, hva er Lyttealderen din da?
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Men, hva er Lyttealderen din da?
💅
December 3, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Lavere kondisjonsalder enn din faktiske alder sier du? Imponerende.
Men, hva er Lyttealderen din da?
💅
Men, hva er Lyttealderen din da?
💅
Do better.
Or not. I actually fear for the effect it will have when AI slop is disguised better.
Where was reviewer 2 when needed?
Or not. I actually fear for the effect it will have when AI slop is disguised better.
Where was reviewer 2 when needed?
November 27, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Do better.
Or not. I actually fear for the effect it will have when AI slop is disguised better.
Where was reviewer 2 when needed?
Or not. I actually fear for the effect it will have when AI slop is disguised better.
Where was reviewer 2 when needed?
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Logodesign er en essensiell del av en bedrifts visuelle identitet og synlighet.
En virkelig god logo forteller med subtle grep en historie kunden umiddelbart og emosjonelt identifiserer seg med.
En virkelig god logo forteller med subtle grep en historie kunden umiddelbart og emosjonelt identifiserer seg med.
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Logodesign er en essensiell del av en bedrifts visuelle identitet og synlighet.
En virkelig god logo forteller med subtle grep en historie kunden umiddelbart og emosjonelt identifiserer seg med.
En virkelig god logo forteller med subtle grep en historie kunden umiddelbart og emosjonelt identifiserer seg med.
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I wrote a little bit about the "missing heritability" question and several recent studies that have brought it to a close. A short 🧵
The missing heritability question is now (mostly) answered
Not with a bang but with a whimper
theinfinitesimal.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I wrote a little bit about the "missing heritability" question and several recent studies that have brought it to a close. A short 🧵
1990: "If you play AC/DC backwards you will hear Satanic messages"
2025: "Enable chats with Satan" is a premium subscription option.
2025: "Enable chats with Satan" is a premium subscription option.
Silicon Valley, 1990s: Free and open access to all the world’s knowledge will usher a new utopian age of information!
Silicon Valley, 2025:
Silicon Valley, 2025:
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November 15, 2025 at 9:21 AM
1990: "If you play AC/DC backwards you will hear Satanic messages"
2025: "Enable chats with Satan" is a premium subscription option.
2025: "Enable chats with Satan" is a premium subscription option.
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After initially confirming the project to Tech Radar, Ofcom went silent when pressed on questions about what data was being monitored, what privacy protections were in place or who the company doing it was.
November 11, 2025 at 11:43 PM
After initially confirming the project to Tech Radar, Ofcom went silent when pressed on questions about what data was being monitored, what privacy protections were in place or who the company doing it was.
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Du hørte kanskje at NTB publiserte en KI-generert melding sist uke. Visste du at KI-sammendraget endret sikkerhetstrussel fra fiendtlige statlige aktører til ekstemvær og aldrende teknologi? Slik ideologisk vridning viser at KI-bias kan være en sikkerhetsrisiko. www.aftenposten.no/meninger/deb...
Teknologien truer kunnskapssystemet vårt. Men den norske staten har slukt tekgigantenes PR rått.
Les kronikken.
www.aftenposten.no
November 5, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Du hørte kanskje at NTB publiserte en KI-generert melding sist uke. Visste du at KI-sammendraget endret sikkerhetstrussel fra fiendtlige statlige aktører til ekstemvær og aldrende teknologi? Slik ideologisk vridning viser at KI-bias kan være en sikkerhetsrisiko. www.aftenposten.no/meninger/deb...
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I wrote about how "Grokipedia" is a new front on the war against reality itself. It's an attempt by the oligarchic class to seize the means of knowledge production itself and create a weaponized unreality.
www.thedissident.news/grokipedia-a...
www.thedissident.news/grokipedia-a...
Grokipedia and the Coup Against Reality Itself
Grokipedia, the copycat of Wikipedia launched by Elon Musk isn’t just a string of AI generated slop, it is a weapon. The launch of "grokipedia" is a calculated, strategic escalation by the billionaire...
www.thedissident.news
October 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I wrote about how "Grokipedia" is a new front on the war against reality itself. It's an attempt by the oligarchic class to seize the means of knowledge production itself and create a weaponized unreality.
www.thedissident.news/grokipedia-a...
www.thedissident.news/grokipedia-a...
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And yet here we are.
October 22, 2025 at 1:31 AM
And yet here we are.
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I am hiring! - looking for a Staff Scientist to co-run my research group with me. Staff Scientist is a senior professional scientist role at EMBL. Please forward to people you might know who could be interested! embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...
Staff Scientist
About EMBL-EBI EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute is a data powerhouse, utilised on a global scale to advance scientific discovery through bioinformatics and solutions to some of the world’s mos...
embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com
October 10, 2025 at 7:30 AM
I am hiring! - looking for a Staff Scientist to co-run my research group with me. Staff Scientist is a senior professional scientist role at EMBL. Please forward to people you might know who could be interested! embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...
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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
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I spoke with analyst Gil Luria at D.A. Davidson, asking if the capital existed to build OpenAI's promised 17GW of data centers.
He said "of course there isn't enough capital for all of this," but "enough capital to do this for a at least a little while longer."
www.wheresyoured.at/openai-onetr...
He said "of course there isn't enough capital for all of this," but "enough capital to do this for a at least a little while longer."
www.wheresyoured.at/openai-onetr...
September 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I spoke with analyst Gil Luria at D.A. Davidson, asking if the capital existed to build OpenAI's promised 17GW of data centers.
He said "of course there isn't enough capital for all of this," but "enough capital to do this for a at least a little while longer."
www.wheresyoured.at/openai-onetr...
He said "of course there isn't enough capital for all of this," but "enough capital to do this for a at least a little while longer."
www.wheresyoured.at/openai-onetr...
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U.S. President Donald Trump said that he had signed a proclamation allowing the death penalty to be pursued in certain Washington, D.C. prosecutions.
September 26, 2025 at 6:27 AM
U.S. President Donald Trump said that he had signed a proclamation allowing the death penalty to be pursued in certain Washington, D.C. prosecutions.
Its Friday, time to cheer up!
Throwback to when this show had some MDs going through a printed stack of DNA sequences by hand to find a mutation.
"How is this even going to work?"
#noDNAsortingsoftware
Throwback to when this show had some MDs going through a printed stack of DNA sequences by hand to find a mutation.
"How is this even going to work?"
#noDNAsortingsoftware
September 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Its Friday, time to cheer up!
Throwback to when this show had some MDs going through a printed stack of DNA sequences by hand to find a mutation.
"How is this even going to work?"
#noDNAsortingsoftware
Throwback to when this show had some MDs going through a printed stack of DNA sequences by hand to find a mutation.
"How is this even going to work?"
#noDNAsortingsoftware
Years of practice using my cell phone to take images of cell lines through the microscope finally paid off. Behold! A lunar eclipse captured with my cell phone through binoculars! 🌚
September 7, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Years of practice using my cell phone to take images of cell lines through the microscope finally paid off. Behold! A lunar eclipse captured with my cell phone through binoculars! 🌚
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A reminder that there is no scientific basis for attempts to define people in terms of “good” or “bad” genes - these are discredited views in service of racist ideologies. For the consensus from the experts, see e.g. this 2020 @geneticssociety.bsky.social statement:
www.ashg.org/publications... 🧬🧪
www.ashg.org/publications... 🧬🧪
August 29, 2025 at 5:48 PM
A reminder that there is no scientific basis for attempts to define people in terms of “good” or “bad” genes - these are discredited views in service of racist ideologies. For the consensus from the experts, see e.g. this 2020 @geneticssociety.bsky.social statement:
www.ashg.org/publications... 🧬🧪
www.ashg.org/publications... 🧬🧪
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The Techlords and Their Ideology Are Mortal Enemies of Humanity:
The techlords intend to bring humanity to the brink of collapse and then, in a magic trick, rise to power, saving the species or themselves as the last specimens.
Article BASE thread 🧵 (10 min) 📖🍿🔊
The techlords intend to bring humanity to the brink of collapse and then, in a magic trick, rise to power, saving the species or themselves as the last specimens.
Article BASE thread 🧵 (10 min) 📖🍿🔊
The Techlords and Their Ideology Are Mortal Enemies of Humanity | Common Dreams
The techlords intend to bring humanity to the brink of collapse and then, in a magic trick, rise to power, saving the species or themselves as the last specimens.
www.commondreams.org
August 28, 2025 at 5:58 AM
The Techlords and Their Ideology Are Mortal Enemies of Humanity:
The techlords intend to bring humanity to the brink of collapse and then, in a magic trick, rise to power, saving the species or themselves as the last specimens.
Article BASE thread 🧵 (10 min) 📖🍿🔊
The techlords intend to bring humanity to the brink of collapse and then, in a magic trick, rise to power, saving the species or themselves as the last specimens.
Article BASE thread 🧵 (10 min) 📖🍿🔊
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If you live in a EU member country that does not explicitly oppose this legislation, please contact your representatives and try to convince them to oppose this.
If you do not, please share this with someone who does.
If you do not, please share this with someone who does.
August 16, 2025 at 8:29 AM
If you live in a EU member country that does not explicitly oppose this legislation, please contact your representatives and try to convince them to oppose this.
If you do not, please share this with someone who does.
If you do not, please share this with someone who does.
Alle har krav på privatliv.
Bare fordi du lukker døra når du er på do så betyr ikke det at du gjør noe ulovlig.
Privatliv kan også redde liv for mange i feil familie/regime.
Dette forslaget må dø.
Bare fordi du lukker døra når du er på do så betyr ikke det at du gjør noe ulovlig.
Privatliv kan også redde liv for mange i feil familie/regime.
Dette forslaget må dø.
Aftenposten i morgen, fredag 22. august 2025.
Nå har det klikket helt for våre såkalte ansvarlige myndigheter.
Vi vil være på nivå med DDRs brevåpnere, hvis og når dette blir lov.
Signal vil vi garantert miste.
Og hvorfor? De som skal spores vil finne nye veier, og nye krypteringsmetoder.
Nå har det klikket helt for våre såkalte ansvarlige myndigheter.
Vi vil være på nivå med DDRs brevåpnere, hvis og når dette blir lov.
Signal vil vi garantert miste.
Og hvorfor? De som skal spores vil finne nye veier, og nye krypteringsmetoder.
August 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Alle har krav på privatliv.
Bare fordi du lukker døra når du er på do så betyr ikke det at du gjør noe ulovlig.
Privatliv kan også redde liv for mange i feil familie/regime.
Dette forslaget må dø.
Bare fordi du lukker døra når du er på do så betyr ikke det at du gjør noe ulovlig.
Privatliv kan også redde liv for mange i feil familie/regime.
Dette forslaget må dø.
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Trump whipping himself up about cracking down on DC.
The language - “savagery, filth and scum” - should worry any right-minded person.
The language - “savagery, filth and scum” - should worry any right-minded person.
August 11, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Trump whipping himself up about cracking down on DC.
The language - “savagery, filth and scum” - should worry any right-minded person.
The language - “savagery, filth and scum” - should worry any right-minded person.