Travis DeWolf
@northproof.bsky.social
Comp neuro PhD, research scientist in motor control and neuromorphics, co-founder of Applied Brain Research where we build ultra low power edge AI chips and I've led a lot of advanced AI consulting. Sometimes I write blog posts at http://studywolf.com.
Hot take: Dad Reflexes are a thing only due to Dad Initial Negligence
October 20, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Hot take: Dad Reflexes are a thing only due to Dad Initial Negligence
"Are you two sisters?" doesn't play as well when the daughter is 3
October 3, 2025 at 12:11 PM
"Are you two sisters?" doesn't play as well when the daughter is 3
As a society we have mixed up which group is called bikers and which group is called cyclists.
August 1, 2025 at 12:06 PM
As a society we have mixed up which group is called bikers and which group is called cyclists.
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Now that all the llm companies have successfully stolen literally everything ever written, they're all pivoting hard to "let us surveill you 24/7 here put this camera on your face and wrist c'mon enter the panopticon"
June 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Now that all the llm companies have successfully stolen literally everything ever written, they're all pivoting hard to "let us surveill you 24/7 here put this camera on your face and wrist c'mon enter the panopticon"
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ICE just arrested Brad Lander, the NYC Comptroller and one of the leading candidates for Mayor, without grounds.
He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings.
He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights.
This is political intimidation.
He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings.
He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights.
This is political intimidation.
Whoa! NYC mayoral candidate and current city Comptroller Brad Lander seemingly arrested at the NYC immigration court while attending to escort someone attending their hearing.
Lander just got detained by federal agents as he tried to escort a man out of the courtroom. Lander was taken in an elevator with masked agents, along with one member of his NYPD security detail.
June 17, 2025 at 4:59 PM
ICE just arrested Brad Lander, the NYC Comptroller and one of the leading candidates for Mayor, without grounds.
He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings.
He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights.
This is political intimidation.
He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings.
He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights.
This is political intimidation.
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centrist: we need to focus on popular policy
me: holy shit! you mean we’re finally going to support universal healthcare?
centrist: no haha not that policy
me: ok so…gun control?
centrist: no lol not that policy either
me: ok which policy?
centrist: oh you know the ones
me: holy shit! you mean we’re finally going to support universal healthcare?
centrist: no haha not that policy
me: ok so…gun control?
centrist: no lol not that policy either
me: ok which policy?
centrist: oh you know the ones
June 4, 2025 at 12:42 PM
centrist: we need to focus on popular policy
me: holy shit! you mean we’re finally going to support universal healthcare?
centrist: no haha not that policy
me: ok so…gun control?
centrist: no lol not that policy either
me: ok which policy?
centrist: oh you know the ones
me: holy shit! you mean we’re finally going to support universal healthcare?
centrist: no haha not that policy
me: ok so…gun control?
centrist: no lol not that policy either
me: ok which policy?
centrist: oh you know the ones
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63% of American adults had unfavorable views of Martin Luther King Jr in August 1966, per Gallup surveys
46% of Mississippi GOP voters said interracial marriage should be illegal in a 2011 PPP poll
to push w/e is popular instead of trying to popularize justice is to admit you lack moral leadership
46% of Mississippi GOP voters said interracial marriage should be illegal in a 2011 PPP poll
to push w/e is popular instead of trying to popularize justice is to admit you lack moral leadership
EXCLUSIVE: A top Democratic strategist has launched new policy research and messaging hub, called Searchlight, with a goal of pushing the party toward the most effective, broadly popular positions.
Dems are quietly forming a think tank to help them win again
Searchlight, a name inspired by the birthplace of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, comes at a precarious moment for a Democratic Party.
www.politico.com
June 4, 2025 at 11:50 AM
63% of American adults had unfavorable views of Martin Luther King Jr in August 1966, per Gallup surveys
46% of Mississippi GOP voters said interracial marriage should be illegal in a 2011 PPP poll
to push w/e is popular instead of trying to popularize justice is to admit you lack moral leadership
46% of Mississippi GOP voters said interracial marriage should be illegal in a 2011 PPP poll
to push w/e is popular instead of trying to popularize justice is to admit you lack moral leadership
wildest trend i've seen on linkedin recently is posts by people who fail interviews telling you the top 10 lessons they learned that you need to know
May 14, 2025 at 12:22 PM
wildest trend i've seen on linkedin recently is posts by people who fail interviews telling you the top 10 lessons they learned that you need to know
spending any time on linkedin is just being yelled at by people who want you to think they are uniquely grinding and you can get rich if you do what they say and it's so tiring
May 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
spending any time on linkedin is just being yelled at by people who want you to think they are uniquely grinding and you can get rich if you do what they say and it's so tiring
@anildash.com really enjoyed your article on AI-first mandates! I would like to share with colleagues, but basically need a less sarcastic version to not introduce tension. Do you have any recommendations on similar articles that may be less abrasive to people who have been promoting such mandates?
May 1, 2025 at 2:21 PM
@anildash.com really enjoyed your article on AI-first mandates! I would like to share with colleagues, but basically need a less sarcastic version to not introduce tension. Do you have any recommendations on similar articles that may be less abrasive to people who have been promoting such mandates?
@madcummings.bsky.social are you aware of this scam using your name? fallvoters.com/ns/?media_ty...
Fall Voters
fallvoters.com
March 19, 2025 at 3:41 PM
@madcummings.bsky.social are you aware of this scam using your name? fallvoters.com/ns/?media_ty...
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BREAKING: Elon Musk's rocket explosion nearly hit a commercial flight.
This kind of content is being downranked on X. Please share it here. This is so dangerous.
This kind of content is being downranked on X. Please share it here. This is so dangerous.
March 7, 2025 at 4:21 AM
BREAKING: Elon Musk's rocket explosion nearly hit a commercial flight.
This kind of content is being downranked on X. Please share it here. This is so dangerous.
This kind of content is being downranked on X. Please share it here. This is so dangerous.
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I'm a proud mother. Whether I'm walking my son to school or reading him a bedtime story, I do everything to make sure he grows up loved and cared for.
And for the sponsor of the drag ban to say that my existence is a fetish is false & cruel.
I'm glad we were able to defeat this hateful bill today.
And for the sponsor of the drag ban to say that my existence is a fetish is false & cruel.
I'm glad we were able to defeat this hateful bill today.
March 7, 2025 at 5:39 AM
I'm a proud mother. Whether I'm walking my son to school or reading him a bedtime story, I do everything to make sure he grows up loved and cared for.
And for the sponsor of the drag ban to say that my existence is a fetish is false & cruel.
I'm glad we were able to defeat this hateful bill today.
And for the sponsor of the drag ban to say that my existence is a fetish is false & cruel.
I'm glad we were able to defeat this hateful bill today.
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A friend included this anti-acknowledgement section on her PhD thesis. She also added the proposition: “Systematic bullying and undermining of girls and women in STEM starts early on and is the reason why they do not stay in science and related fields.”
Absurd we still need to go through this
🧪👩🔬
Absurd we still need to go through this
🧪👩🔬
March 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
A friend included this anti-acknowledgement section on her PhD thesis. She also added the proposition: “Systematic bullying and undermining of girls and women in STEM starts early on and is the reason why they do not stay in science and related fields.”
Absurd we still need to go through this
🧪👩🔬
Absurd we still need to go through this
🧪👩🔬
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Y'all pick a lane. Then make a little progress in your lane each day.
Every serious, experienced organizer I know is Doing Their Thing. Instead of freaking out about each bit of bad news, we're in our lanes rapidly building dual power infrastructure and networks that don't rely on the goverment.
Every serious, experienced organizer I know is Doing Their Thing. Instead of freaking out about each bit of bad news, we're in our lanes rapidly building dual power infrastructure and networks that don't rely on the goverment.
February 4, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Y'all pick a lane. Then make a little progress in your lane each day.
Every serious, experienced organizer I know is Doing Their Thing. Instead of freaking out about each bit of bad news, we're in our lanes rapidly building dual power infrastructure and networks that don't rely on the goverment.
Every serious, experienced organizer I know is Doing Their Thing. Instead of freaking out about each bit of bad news, we're in our lanes rapidly building dual power infrastructure and networks that don't rely on the goverment.
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TODAY: Meet @moveon.org and us at the Treasury building to rally against Elon Musk’s hostile takeover. It’s time to tell this unelected billionaire to get his hands off our money. 👇
We Choose to Fight: Nobody Elected Elon! · MoveOn
**Rally at the Treasury building to stop Elon Musk’s billionaire takeover.** Nobody elected Elon! We need everyone to fight this hostile takeover at every level—that includes Democrats in Congress, wh...
www.mobilize.us
February 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
TODAY: Meet @moveon.org and us at the Treasury building to rally against Elon Musk’s hostile takeover. It’s time to tell this unelected billionaire to get his hands off our money. 👇
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No they don’t. Canada and Mexico want none of this. They want the president of the United States to respect and abide by the trade treaty he negotiated with them - and not make up bogus pretexts for plunging us all into a gratuitous no win economic debacle.
February 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
No they don’t. Canada and Mexico want none of this. They want the president of the United States to respect and abide by the trade treaty he negotiated with them - and not make up bogus pretexts for plunging us all into a gratuitous no win economic debacle.
It's come to my attention recently that a large number of people only use one of their shift keys. This is simply monstrous behavior.
January 31, 2025 at 1:59 PM
It's come to my attention recently that a large number of people only use one of their shift keys. This is simply monstrous behavior.
Oh boy, starting the near beers early today
January 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Oh boy, starting the near beers early today
going on 15+ years of having to look up how to do a 3D plot in matplotlib preeeeeettttyy much every time i do it. blaming the API may be cowardly...but maybe it's courageous
January 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
going on 15+ years of having to look up how to do a 3D plot in matplotlib preeeeeettttyy much every time i do it. blaming the API may be cowardly...but maybe it's courageous
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You don't know anyone but natural born American citizens, full stop. And if you're white and border patrol or ICE starts asking questions, you ask to see their warrant. Don't you do nazi shit.
Multiple UFW union offices received this in the mail this week. Thanks for reaching out!
January 22, 2025 at 5:25 AM
You don't know anyone but natural born American citizens, full stop. And if you're white and border patrol or ICE starts asking questions, you ask to see their warrant. Don't you do nazi shit.