Youngster in a tight spot has an inspiration

https://twitter.com/TheFigen/status/1550489097273237504?s=20&t=ODSCVfhbXBSNgP1r6WdpNw

Two decades of Alzheimer’s research may be based on deliberate fraud that has cost millions of lives

Over the last two decades, Alzheimer’s drugs have been notable mostly for having a 99% failure rate in human trials. It’s not unusual for drugs that are effective in vitro and in animal models to turn out to be less than successful when used in humans, but Alzheimer’s has a record that makes the batting average…

Can AI write good novels?

I expect that this is probably the year I’ll need to consider how my profession will change if students start relying on AI writing software. Like many people in my social media feed, this summer I’ve been playing a bit with AI image software, and thinking about how all the photographers and artists whose work…

The Wire (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 22) While examining an ill Garak, Bashir discovers a mysterious implant

Rewatching ST:DS9 While sparring with Bashir over literature, Garak gets unusually cranky and headachy, but insists he’s fine. Bashir pays a house call to Dax’s quarters, where he treats a plant that’s languishing because it’s away from its natural environment (an apt metaphor for Garak’s situation). This bit not only delivers exposition as Bashir talks…

In between 3 walks and a chess game with my son, today I managed to churn out a second 10sq cm section of a #steampunk control panel, because this is my summer break, that's why. #blender3d #blender3dart #design #aesthetics

I'm down to a king and two pawns but my son likes playing until he crushes me.

I can’t really articulate why i enjoy crafting #steampunk control panels, but it’s been a summer project. #blender3d #aesthetics #design #blender3dart

Tales from the Antiquities Theft Task Force

A shot of Kim Kardashian leaning against an Egyptian coffin at the 2018 Met Gala by Landon Nordeman exposes his subject in a flash of light—though perhaps not the subject anyone expected. Out of the thousands upon thousands who saw the shot, one happened to be more interested in the gold coffin than Kim’s (heavenly) body in…

Settling in to enjoy live theater. Support the arts in your community!

Another lovely variation of a #steampunk control panel. #blender3dart #neovictorian #design #aesthetics #blender3d

Another delightful section of a #steampunk control panel. #blender3d #design #aesthetics #blender3dart

I’m happy with today’s #steampunk control panel. To fill out the master plan I’m constrained to these general proportions. Yesterday’s attempt felt just meh. Today’s feels more successful. #blender3dart #design #aesthetics #blender3d

One of many steampunk control panels I’ve designed for pleasure.

The Maquis, Part 2 (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 21) Sisko must stop the dissident Maquis from reigniting a war with Cardassia

Rewatching ST:DS9 Hudson and Sisko have at it with the rhetoric on a casual stroll across a cheesy-looking jungle soundstage. Hudson admits he can’t prove the Cardassian government is arming its settlers, but he’s not interested in working with Sisko to find that proof. Instead, he phaser-stuns Sisko and escapes. Back on DS9, Sisko gives…

More #steampunk control panel bits for a #neovictorian #blender3D project. I have a master grid plan and needed components in this layout. Not the prettiest composition, but these are just building blocks. Onward. #aesthetics #blender3dart

I am not up on My Little Pony lore. Can anyone suggest why this AI features a winged Vulcan pony creature when prompted with lyrics from the US national anthem?

AI generated images from the prompt "guy being bricked in a prison like a poe story but with tribbles"

The Maquis, Part 1 (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 20) Dukat pressures Sisko to deal with armed Federation colonists in the Cardassisan demilitarized zone

Rewatching ST:DS9 A man in a gold Starfleet uniform tampers with the hatch of a Cardassian ship. Dax and Kira are sparring in a sisterly way about their tastes in men when that same ship goes boom. The investigation implicates Federation technology. Sisko’s old friend Lt. Cmdr Hudson visits from the demilitarized zone, reporting tensions…