Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia@social.cleverlibre.org

'In fact, it was. I recently obtained and analyzed a dataset used by Meta to train LLaMA. Its contents more than justify a fundamental aspect of the authors’ allegations: Pirated books are being used as inputs for computer programs that are changing how we read, learn, and communicate. The future promised by AI is written with stolen words.'

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/08/books3-ai-meta-llama-pirated-books/675063/

'Enquanto isso, como em 1992, vamos dizendo: “Eu não sou racista, mas não escolheria uma casa numa zona habitada fundamentalmente por indivíduos de outra raça”, como afirmaram mais de metade dos inquiridos (58,4%) na sondagem do PÚBLICO.'

https://www.publico.pt/2023/08/21/sociedade/cronica/racistas-2060669

Having to explain what #devbio is to everyone you meet outside of the field can feel like a chore but, in my latest post for the @the_node, I propose that this small gesture could have a big impact.

https://thenode.biologists.com/i-am-a-developmental-biologist/discussion/

#BBCNews - Big firm #bosses ' #pay rose 16% as workers squeezed
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66574218

Time lapse of today's #Sun. A small flare in AR 3403 at the top-right is nicely positioned to extend across the limb. Also a loopy filament in AR 3404 dissolves. Covers 6 hours of real time. 250 x 1800 x 1 ms Ha < 0.7 Å in Lunt 40 at f/10.

''Tudo começou em Maio, com uma notícia do El Economista que revelava a intenção da Renfe de entrar no território português no eixo La Coruña-Santiago de Compostela-Vigo-Porto-Lisboa. Depois, em Julho, um comunicado oficial da operadora pública espanhola anunciava um “novo serviço internacional transfronteiriço” entre Plasencia e Évora.'

https://www.publico.pt/2023/08/21/economia/noticia/expansao-espanhola-renfe-portugal-coloca-pressao-cp-2060594

'Mice provide a great model system for studying the link between thermoregulation and feeding because, when living in a 4 °C environment as opposed to one at room temperature, they can double their food intake'

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02384-0

'A better way to understand the EU is an expression of regionalism – which is analogous to nationalism, rather than the opposite of it, as many “pro-Europeans” imagine it to be. Thinking of the EU in terms of regionalism rather than cosmopolitanism also allows us to understand more clearly the tensions within the European project.'

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/17/the-eurocentric-fallacy-the-myths-that-underpin-european-identity

The Union Solidarity Coalition has been formed by WGA members to start helping those in other unions affected by the strike. Look this over and pass it on...

https://www.tusctogether.com/

If you are working with insects and need histological techniques have a look at this great new book. Benjamin Weiss, technician and histology expert in the Department of Insect Symbiosis published the book based on his many years of experience in the field!
https://www.shaker.de/de/content/catalogue/index.asp?lang=de&ID=8&ISBN=978-3-8440-9182-3

Patricia Fara in fine form
Glory or Gravity?
John Hutchinson and Isaac Newton were both devout scholars who believed that the natural world and God were inextricably linked. The similarities ended there.
#HistoryOfPhysics
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/great-debates/glory-or-gravity

In today’s #Covid#mythbuster @trishgreenhalgh tackles the myth that masks don’t work against Covid (spoiler they do!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi_EV4QB3Io&t=1s

“We should always be sceptical but this might be different,” said Dr Kyle Simmons of Oklahoma State University, who is also looking at whether semaglutide could help people with alcohol use disorder. “And the reason why is because it gets at biological pathways that are so central to our survival.”

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/aug/21/scientists-hope-weight-loss-drugs-treat-addiction-dementia-ozempic-wegovy

'Selective orthosteric inhibition of kinases has been challenging due to the conserved active site architecture of kinases and emergence of resistance mutants. Simultaneous inhibition of distant orthosteric and allosteric sites, which we refer to as “double-drugging”, has recently been shown to be effective in overcoming drug resistance.'

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2304611120