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Michael Clerx

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I do sums to learn why heart cells beat. Computational biologist. Biological computer. Sometimes does experiments. Whippet owner. Makes bad jokes. He/him.

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07.03.2026 17:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This gorillaz video is lovely, by the way

07.03.2026 00:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I feel for them. Let us not begrudge each other's wee necessities

07.03.2026 00:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Dueling cyclones jackknife!
They've got eyes, for your wife!
And the blood that lives in her

Heart

06.03.2026 00:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Stark Divide: Americans More Confident in Career Scientists at U.S. Health Agencies Than Leaders | The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania When it comes to reliable health information, Americans are more confident in federal health agencies' career scientists than their leaders.

A new Annenberg poll shows Americans trust federal career scientists and independent medical groups more than in the political leaders running U.S. health agencies
www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/stark-divide...

05.03.2026 17:19 πŸ‘ 539 πŸ” 147 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 14
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Wide Limousine by Jay Ohrberg

Circa 1980s

04.03.2026 22:58 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wish I'd be more wide awake, less long awake

04.03.2026 22:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A friend just asked me why the G string of his guitar always sounds out of tune on his guitar, and this is a public service announcement for anyone else who's bothered by this: the guitar can't be in tune with itself.

27.02.2026 15:07 πŸ‘ 122 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 15

I like to imagine a mysterious "fifth cat" who's built herself an extensive tunnel network throughout the UK, labelling all access points "CATV"

03.03.2026 15:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Bebe Barron

Bebe Barron

Wendy Carlos

Wendy Carlos

Daphne Oram

Daphne Oram

Laurie Spiegel

Laurie Spiegel

These remarkable women of early electronic music pushed the boundaries of technology and composition, turning circuits, sine waves, and tape loops into music. https://disc.gs/3ZWRk1U

02.03.2026 21:24 πŸ‘ 241 πŸ” 98 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 4
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States Move to Limit Access to H.I.V. Treatment

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/h...

02.03.2026 22:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Worst first communion EVER

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Iiiii don't think that I can take it

02.03.2026 22:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Cut to a few hours later. Your parents desperately working out how to get green icing out of a tartan covered animal skin, frantically baking new cakes

02.03.2026 22:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Imagine (I mean, maybe don't imagine) getting pipe bags and bag pipes mixed up. All the sweet green icing flowing down four pipes (three drones and a chanter) onto four distinct yet-to-be-frosted cakes left out in the rain, the reeds getting all clogged up with sugar like a stri-ped pair of pants

02.03.2026 22:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Can a _person_ be vibe coded? As in, I'm not sure he has a vibe, but he certainly gives the impression of someone who has a vibe

02.03.2026 21:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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In front door opening, making innocent eyes at witchfinder general: Who, meee? Nooo nonono. Easy mistake. _I_ am just grilled with a piquant sauce

02.03.2026 21:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
diaper bag with "concealed carry function"

diaper bag with "concealed carry function"

good evening; america has been a 249 year social experiment by harvard university that is now complete. thank you for your time

02.03.2026 20:56 πŸ‘ 579 πŸ” 91 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 12
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🚨 It looks like the UK government is gearing up to upend copyright law in favour of AI companies, legalising the theft of their work.

This is despite creatives' huge protests, and despite previous proposals being roundly rejected by the public.

Please spread the word.

🧡 1/4

02.03.2026 15:43 πŸ‘ 3002 πŸ” 2510 πŸ’¬ 95 πŸ“Œ 469
A children's workbook question with an image of a child playing a piano.

Cause: Tony practices the piano 20 minutes every day

Effect: he is a Big nerd

A children's workbook question with an image of a child playing a piano. Cause: Tony practices the piano 20 minutes every day Effect: he is a Big nerd

02.03.2026 20:35 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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02.03.2026 18:49 πŸ‘ 10543 πŸ” 2148 πŸ’¬ 51 πŸ“Œ 50
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On a 8am train from Dortmund to Stuttgart (3.5 hours, total price €30) and these lads were drinking pints for €2.50, literally cheaper than my coffee. Another world is possible

01.03.2026 08:37 πŸ‘ 445 πŸ” 77 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 14
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Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.

β€œHelsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas and city center in 2021.”

01.03.2026 04:01 πŸ‘ 2440 πŸ” 834 πŸ’¬ 38 πŸ“Œ 100

I continue to be fascinated by the phenomenon whereby an expert engages with any of the LLMs on their field of expertise and is instantly horrified by the wrong answers, and then goes on to use it for things they are not experts in as though it won’t be just as bad for those.

27.02.2026 14:15 πŸ‘ 3160 πŸ” 933 πŸ’¬ 54 πŸ“Œ 91

You open the back door and - what fresh hell is this? WHY, it's Michael's Lugubrious Boxes! The Freshest Hell! On your doorstep! All day every day! Sign up now!

27.02.2026 22:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You realise you should be outside. As you sip your perfect coffee, in your perfect kitchen, in your clean pyjamas, you rapidly grow certain you should really be outside, out in the spring air, out basking in the early morning sun.

27.02.2026 22:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

You wake up in the morning. A luxurious ray of sunlight has made its way through a gap in the curtains and you realise, as you stretch - that nothing's wrong.

You float down to the kitchen and make a coffee. The bird feeder still has feed in it, and as you watch the pigeons, sparrows, starlings -

27.02.2026 22:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

"Trans people no longer allowed to drive in Kansas" is a real headline. In case you don't think this is Nazi shit, let me assure you: this is Nazi shit.

27.02.2026 00:18 πŸ‘ 688 πŸ” 204 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 8
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Netflix Backs Out of Bid for Warner Bros., Paving Way for an Ellison Takeover

The richest man owns X.

The second and third richest men control Google.

The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post.

And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros.

See the problem here?

26.02.2026 23:40 πŸ‘ 38949 πŸ” 16529 πŸ’¬ 1827 πŸ“Œ 1084
Selfie. Ik hou mijn hand voor mijn gezicht als een gebaar van frustratie. Donker haar met blonde lokken en rood gelakte nagels. Bovenaan de foto staat een tekst in het Nederlands over DigiD, de Belastingdienst en btw die aan de VS zou worden overgedragen. De sfeer oogt bezorgd en moedeloos.

Selfie. Ik hou mijn hand voor mijn gezicht als een gebaar van frustratie. Donker haar met blonde lokken en rood gelakte nagels. Bovenaan de foto staat een tekst in het Nederlands over DigiD, de Belastingdienst en btw die aan de VS zou worden overgedragen. De sfeer oogt bezorgd en moedeloos.

🚨 De Belastingdienst gaat alles wat met BTW te maken heeft aan de Amerikanen overlaten en als ik zeg alles, dan bedoel ik alles! Servers, software, onderhoud en de VS krijgt ook toegang tot de andere servers van De Belastingdienst en zelf geen toegang. Lees hier πŸ‘‰πŸ» www.barbarakathmann.nl/btw-amerika/

26.02.2026 17:19 πŸ‘ 857 πŸ” 530 πŸ’¬ 79 πŸ“Œ 79

Features-that-aren't-features that I use every day:

1. Ctrl-Z + Ctrl-Shift-Z to find where you were in a document before you started scrolling
2. The not-a-command "xgit", for when you realise during the commit message that you don't want to commit but you don't want to retype the message either

26.02.2026 18:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0