Markus Deserno
@markusdeserno.bsky.social
Theoretical and computational biophysicist at Carnegie Mellon University. Loves lipid membranes, music, and art. (he/him) 🇩🇪🇺🇸
DOJ is now 0-20 in cases to obtain state voter files. Here is the list: Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Illinois Kentucky Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin
PhD position in Heidelberg: generating amorphous molecular thin films with diffusion models rather than waiting for MD to equilibrate them — free energies from the same model. With U. Köthe. 3 years, funded. Physics degree required. tristanbereau.com/positions/ge...
Generative machine learning for molecular thin films – Tristan Bereau
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A Rube Goldberg machine masterpiece [📹 Hiratoshi Kubota / pitagora.maker] Original post
So many sneering elitist journalists with snarky posts over the past months that the Reflecting Pool story was trivial. It was so trivial that the DC US Attny presented false evidence to a grand jury to indict an innocent man to please the President while they both lied about it.
I just noticed that in the German language the sports car “Corvette” has a female gender: “die Corvette.” This is a huge exception, and the reason seems to be that the word existed in German before, as the name for a small war ship, “Korvette,” which had a female gender, inherited from French…
CMU researchers developed a new way to track bacterial biofilms through their entire life cycle, revealing genes linked to infection and antibiotic resistance in a major human pathogen. 🧪 #Biology www.cmu.edu/mcs/news-eve...
CMU Study Uncovers How Dangerous Bacteria Build and Break Down Biofilms
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a powerful new approach to studying how bacteria form and dissolve biofilms, and this method is already providing new insights into Streptococc...
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Shout out to an amazing future scientists! 📣
CMU Mellon College of Science@cmuscience.bsky.social · last wk.CMU graduate Carmella Li uses quantum field theory to uncover how AI models work, advancing efforts to make neural networks easier to understand and more efficient. 🧪⚛️ #WomenInSTEM www.cmu.edu/mcs/news-eve...
Another outrageous prediction that I’m sure will come true. 😅
Tales From The Future@talesftf.bsky.social · last wk.After a decade of fake FSD promises: Musk is claiming that “Optimus will beat top surgeons in 3 years”. Can’t stop, won’t stop. $TSLA $TSLAQ “Elon Musk calls medical school 'pointless,' says robots will beat any surgeon in 3 years — telling students to walk away” finance.yahoo.com/sectors/heal...
Me: waiting at railroad crossing. Freight train approaches. Pulled by a single engine. Great, won’t take that long! An eternity later: Two more engines spliced in the middle. Uh oh……
Der ZDF Intendant googelt vermutlich gerade „Streisand Effekt.“
ἄνδρα μοι ἔννεπε, μοῦσα, πολύτροπον, ὃς μάλα πολλὰ πλάγχθη, ἐπεὶ Τροίης ἱερὸν πτολίεθρον ἔπερσεν. I actually learned ancient Greek, a lifetime ago, in high school. The Ὀδύσσεια is fiendishly hard, but amazingly poetically dense. Given that, ΘDΨSSΣΨ absolutely fucks with my brain, even today.
Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele@drdragases.bsky.social · 3w agoI am once again begging Hollywood to stop using the Greek alphabet for an Ancient World movie, if they can't afford to even throw a couple of quid at anyone with an inkling of the language. Unless they really think audiences are dying to see THS THDPSSSSPS
I am once again begging Hollywood to stop using the Greek alphabet for an Ancient World movie, if they can't afford to even throw a couple of quid at anyone with an inkling of the language. Unless they really think audiences are dying to see THS THDPSSSSPS
What's so funny about fully electric microcars? People who use SUVs and pick-up trucks to go to the bakery say they are "not safe enough nowadays". When I respond: 'That's how I always feel on a bike. Thanks for your empathy,' they leave.
"Suddenly, I feel a calming hand on my left hindquarter. I look down, and there’s Sam Neill. He smiled at me and, with a kindness in his voice unmatched by any other actor alive or dead, said, 'It’s ok. You can do this. Don’t act like you’re shaking the cup, shake the cup.'" 🥹
I May Have Physically Outweighed Sam Neill by Several Thousand Lbs, but When It Comes to Talent He Was a Giant — Guest Obituary by the T.rex From Jurassic Park
It is in the mouth of sadness that I find myself today. My esteemed Co-star and close friend, Sir Nigel John Dermot... Read the full masterpiece
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This bird just briefly visited me on my window sill. Is this a baby cardinal?
Hail to the perfect avocado I had on my Sunday morning toast. Great start of the day.
That means, moving forward, they’re going to build them more shitty—right?
EV batteries are lasting much longer than the industry expected
Real-world data shows modern EV batteries retain most of their range after hundreds of thousands of miles, easing one of the biggest concerns surrounding electric vehicle ownership.
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A family travelling between Golden and Revelstoke came across the Tesla on Highway 1 and started recording, according to a Castanet report. The witness, identified as Carleigh, said the driver was “fast asleep” and visibly slumped to the side while the car continued at roughly 100 km/h. /1
Tesla driver caught asleep at 100 km/h — how monitoring failed
A Tesla driver was filmed apparently asleep at 100 km/h on a BC highway with two kids aboard. Here's why Tesla's driver monitoring didn't stop it.
electrek.co
This is a good summary of where we are with Trump. First, he can no longer make thoughts, only fragments composed of a grab bag of ingrained tropes. Second, he can no longer distinguish when he's speaking to his lackeys or to the world. It's not even "This isn't fair", but merely...
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.Trump on USA-Belgium: "If they beat us, they can be really proud. The other way, if they beat us, we'll say -- I say it was rigged, just like the election was rigged in 2020, but I won't get into that."
Here's a quick teaser trailer about some cool work on the hierarchical organization of biomolecular condensates from the lab of @jhenninger.bsky.social!
CMU Mellon College of Science@cmuscience.bsky.social · last mo.CMU researchers found how cells organize biomolecular condensates, revealing that the tiny cellular workstations work better when spread out, speeding ribosomal RNA production and boosting efficiency. 🧪 #Biology #MolecularBiology www.cmu.edu/mcs/news-eve...
Hollywood has spent nearly $600 million trying to bring Matt Damon home
maybe it’s a bad idea to teach your followers that any science that conflicts with doing exactly what they want to do is bullshit
Trying to figure out if a piece of art was made by AI
🎇 Happy anniversary, America! May there be happy years in your future! 🎆
If I look at a Bluesky image and turn the screen by 90° to turn it landscape, Bluesky will afterwards scroll back to the top of my feed. What fresh madness is this? Is it only me?
Absolutely losing my shit about how infinitely hard it is to create an archival pdf from a paper that I need to upload for my NSF annual report. It's maddening.
Girl's Intense Scream at Doctor's Office
ALT: Girl's Intense Scream at Doctor's Office
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