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Melanie I Stefan

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Computational Neurobiologist at Medical School Berlin. Poster child of failure. She/her

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And the value of a tooth must far exceed the dollar value given for it, since it also has to pay for the Tooth Fairy’s labour. In this essay, I will …

03.03.2026 06:07 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Entire suite of Scientific colour maps (perceptually uniform and color-blind friendly) by Fabio Crameri, with hand-pickable colours of discrete and categorical colour palettes.

Entire suite of Scientific colour maps (perceptually uniform and color-blind friendly) by Fabio Crameri, with hand-pickable colours of discrete and categorical colour palettes.

Scientific colour maps 8.0

· Perceptually uniform
· Perceptually ordered
· Colour-blind friendly
· Readable as B&W print
· Widely compatible
· Versioned & citable

fabiocrameri.ch/colourmaps

#useBatlow #Dataviz #SciArt #EduSky #OpenSource
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05.10.2023 13:15 👍 83 🔁 38 💬 3 📌 4

Ah ja, er darf in keiner Diskussion über sexistische Witze fehlen: der Mann ders uns noch einmal erklärt.

26.02.2026 08:02 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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A New Wharton Study on AI Warns of a Growing Problem: Cognitive Surrender Casual users should pay special attention

'Cognitive offloading is strategic, not unlike using a calculator (...)
Cognitive surrender, in contrast, is when you stop constructing the answer yourself. The AI’s output becomes your output; there’s nothing to check or override.'

26.02.2026 07:22 👍 22 🔁 14 💬 2 📌 2

Und auch bei Witzen die scheinbar „nach oben“ gehen, gibt es viele, die das nicht oder nicht ausschließlich tun. Frauenfeindliche Witze über Bondi zementieren z.B. Frauenfeindlichkeit.

26.02.2026 07:42 👍 17 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Voll! Um etwas „als Witz“ zu sagen, muss man es ja trotzdem sagen. Und dazu muss man es vorher denken. Das ist alles andere als harmlos.

26.02.2026 07:37 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Also, if students wanted feedback from ChatGPT, they could just … do that? The benefit of having expert instructors is specific access to that expertise.

25.02.2026 12:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Tageslicht auf dem Weg zur Arbeit mindestens 37% Zuwachs an Lebensqualität.

25.02.2026 06:19 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

"faster, reproducible science across disciplines through UKRI‑supported national AI testbeds and shared methods"

Forgive me for expressing scepticism that AI will magically fix the reproducibility crisis.

23.02.2026 20:04 👍 26 🔁 7 💬 4 📌 0

This is a genuinely terrible idea which would damage the night sky & thus our ability to explore space (& also to just have, y'know, darkness & uncluttered skies), & would drastically increase the likelihood of catastrophic cascading collisions of various human-made space objects (Kessler Syndrome).

23.02.2026 06:44 👍 443 🔁 259 💬 17 📌 6
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European Parliament Votes Overwhelmingly For "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women" The resolution, though nonbinding, is a significant shot at those who seek to erode transgender rights on the continent.

Way to freaking go Europe!!!!

www.erininthemorning.com/p/european-p...

22.02.2026 08:09 👍 21 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 1

Happy to report, I am safe on every single count.

20.02.2026 21:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Félicitations Sébastien!

16.02.2026 01:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you Keith

16.02.2026 01:46 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Glad everyone made it back safely, and congratulations to all who did.

And thank you, #bm100 community for your enjoyable, thoughtful, and funny posts and your cat pics. Safe travels around the sun to you and your felines, and see you next year!

16.02.2026 01:45 👍 14 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Welcome home you brave soul.

15.02.2026 19:06 👍 22 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I am procrastinating on my Sunday run. I just need to remember that, unlike some other people out running right now:

1. It’s not 60 hours
2. It’s not somewhere in the mountains of Tennessee
3. I get to wear shoes

#bm100

15.02.2026 10:41 👍 42 🔁 2 💬 3 📌 0

As @alixwzl.bsky.social has pointed out, some evidence points to Matthieu being Chiselled Jaw Guy, what with his Chiselled Jaw and all

15.02.2026 10:30 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Go Sévemmegisson, or whoever you may be!
#bm100

15.02.2026 10:20 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Ok, this is helpful actually

15.02.2026 10:16 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

He did what now‽

#bm100

15.02.2026 10:09 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It helps that the second and third placed are both Swiss, that makes the whole composition perfect.

15.02.2026 08:46 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Yay the barkleys! during which i cheer blindly at a list of unhelpful nicknames of insane people i dont know as they endure 3 days of sleep deprivation & terrain-and-weather-related torture on a mountain in TN, on purpose, as narrated by a mysterious figure called "keith" #bm100

14.02.2026 22:15 👍 117 🔁 23 💬 2 📌 7

I mean, what else?

14.02.2026 15:38 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Relatable

14.02.2026 15:36 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

After a brief memorial, laz lit the cigarette at 6:00am. The 2026 Barkley Marathons has begun. #BM100

14.02.2026 11:00 👍 864 🔁 224 💬 30 📌 104

ChatGPT cannot make promises or betray people in much the same way that your toaster cannot make promises or betray people. It’s not a person.

14.02.2026 15:32 👍 38 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Violets are violet
Roses are rose
They have their own colour names
Why not use those?

14.02.2026 08:57 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

I cannot express how much I hope that what ultimately brings these motherfuckers down are the women who survived them as children.

11.02.2026 02:40 👍 2704 🔁 364 💬 19 📌 7

Lady, lady, better run!

11.02.2026 06:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0