Cladocera @daphsci@qoto.org

"Transistors, LEDs, and other semiconductors may be where the action is, but the simple physics of resistors, capacitors, and inductors have their own sort of splendor." — IEEE Spectrum

The Inner Beauty of Basic Electronics
https://spectrum.ieee.org/open-circuits

I don't know who needs to hear this, but corporations that are raking in record profits shouldn't be jacking up prices on consumers.

Even though technically free, consider annual costs of a dog is $1500-2000.
Anyway. Just spread the word there’s alternatives to the rescues where there’s an long application process and larger adoption fee. (All for good reason!). I’ve been a foster for years for Secondhand Hounds and they do great work.

Meet Pogo!

Additionally, TIL you can sign up as a volunteer with MACC and just take a dog for a run or even foster for just a weekend!
I love the flexibility.

Hey #minneapolis #StPaul #Twincities friends… we saw this report in axios newsletter yesterday. We’ve been thinking about getting a second dog for a little while now. Quite spontaneously, my husband went over to the MACC shelter “just to look” and brought home a dog.
If your house is open to it, consider fostering or adopting from the shelter.
Adoption fee is waived for mpls ppl

https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2023/01/12/were-having-a-really-hard-time-minneapolis-animal-shelter-overwhelmed

The coolest fossils (imho) are the ones that show behavior. This truly astonishing example from the Late Jurassic captured the entangled aftermath of a predation attempt, when a gar-like fish (Aspidorhynchus) went after a pterosaur (Rhamphorhynchus). Judging by the pose, Asipidorynchus' rostrum teeth likely tangled in the pterosaur's wing membrane. At least the pterosaur didn't die on an empty stomach—UV light revealed fish in its belly.
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0031945 #fossil #FossilFriday

Hot off the press:

'The foundation and architecture of precision medicine in neurology and psychiatry'

by Harald Hampel, Peng Gao, Jeffrey Cummings, Nicola Toschi, Paul Thompson, Yan Hu, Min Cho & Andrea Vergallo

https://www.cell.com/trends/neurosciences/fulltext/S0166-2236(22)00258-2#secst0015

@daphsci it's an interesting question. I'd like to hear it.

In this case, I enjoy the absurdity of one AI generating input for another and the the output being made by a human. It's usually humans making robots make stuff. I'm dreaming how this could become a art gallery show. During the opening, I could use Microsoft's voice simulator to read an artist statement and give a talk about the project in my voice reading copy from ChatGPT made in the style of my writing.

The absurdity is so fun.

@ProPublica has created a database of museums and universities that are still holding remains of #Indigenous Americans in their collections, in violation of NAGPRA (the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990). #MinnesotaHistoricalSociety and #UofMN #Duluth have some work to do. #MN #Minnesota

I choose a less direct route to #bike to work because it’s where I think I’m least likely to be killed by a motor vehicle and that’s a failure in policy and city planning.

To quote @BrooklynSpoke:

To make our streets safer, we don't need studies. We need decisions.

'You might be thinking, “Scandinavians do everything better than the rest of the world.”'

Do heat pumps work in cold climates?
https://carbonswitch.com/do-heat-pumps-work-in-cold-weather/

Finland has closely watched the Russian troll factory's efforts to create chaos in free democracies. We now educate our children to recognize #misinformation and rank #1 in our ability to resist it.

I wish the Americans would do the same.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/10/world/europe/finland-misinformation-classes.html?unlocked_article_code=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEIPuonUktbfqIhkSVUaAybKWsIjolqLmOLI2LF7iH74KCGTRXNHzv8UBYaH4ULEeatkYZ442z2AX9Jadr8zQfg4hsluA3tQcSj66J2VhMZCZCwvtYO4Wm5x1smXBO5nqDKvYjbndKIileKy-huKO2n1UPDY1nZ3JV1np5pkZkjqjSJTvtrNFuF-3dV83f4zVNstFXpbOn7877S_AA5-Od6Hchjf9gE0PupbUj3RltSXgKkSJEQQURmVCSMivhtvrY9UK9gVP6zgLhY_e8eYgrwZDmVgLofBFIS5pvO9ZV-vudr4BKbnXCby

Hanging out next to me juuuuuuust in case I feel like giving some neck scritches.

Thanks to everyone who spoke out against sexual harassment in the past few years there are now new rules about how to NOT DESTROY your lab and trainees.

Behavioral Codes of Conduct for NIH Award Recipients

https://nexus.od.nih.gov/all/2022/12/29/behavioral-codes-of-conduct-for-nih-award-recipients/

Memo to @nationalreview:

1. The NOTAM system is separate from air traffic control.
2. The NOTAM system is *already* privatized. It's run by Leidos.
3. A significant portion of air traffic control is not run by the FAA. I talk to non-FAA flight controllers from the airplane every week.

Suggestion: Learn about a topic before shitposting about it.

https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/01/the-u-s-should-privatize-air-traffic-control/