Profile avatar
melanieistefan.bsky.social
Computational Neurobiologist at Medical School Berlin. Poster child of failure. She/her
604 posts 324 followers 602 following
Regular Contributor
Active Commenter
Posts 19 Comments 31

It is really really sinking in for me the degree to which LLMs are the ultimate expression of right wing anti-intellectualism. Its proponents are literally mocking the idea that anyone would ever want to learn anything, know anything, develop any actual skill, or have a thought of their own.

submitted 2 days ago • 116 comments

More power to the Great Republic of Ice Cream!

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Possibly the best thing I've read about ChatGPT yet. h/t @melaniemitchell.bsky.social amandaguinzburg.substack.com/p/diabolus-e...

submitted 14 days ago • 61 comments

Are all muppets the same species just with wildly different phenotypes like dogs or are there a lot of different species of muppet

submitted 15 days ago • 46 comments

Seiten und Apps, die mir einen Bestätigungscode schicken: Schickt in gleich. Sonst warte ich ein paar Minuten und mache dann was anderes, und denke erst morgen wieder dran, und dann ist der Code mittlerweile da, aber fix abgelaufen. Und dann gehts wieder los.

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

Das ist übrigens genau das was ich meine, wenn ich bei Vorträgen frage was man glaubt wer zwischen einem selbst und einem Unrechtsstaat stehen wird? Es sind die Leute um einen herum: die Nachbar_innen, die Freund_innen, die Gemeinschaft. Das ist die Quelle des Widerstands.

submitted 15 days ago • 32 comments

"Roughly 1,500 babies have been born HIV-positive every day since January 21, because Musk cut off their mothers’ medication." prospect.org/power/2025-0...

submitted 18 days ago • 189 comments

Everyone involved in trying to pass off that ChatGPT-extruded disinformation manifesto as a scientific report should be, at the very least, barred from public office for life. The MAHA report is dangerous criminal misconduct and an offence to the process of science.

submitted 19 days ago • 26 comments

My brain is upside down today

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

Are you a US-based scientist and thinking of moving abroad? Talk to potential host unis - there are a number of attractive measures in place, eg the ERC advance grants that offer 2.5 mio € for 5 years, plus 2 mio € if you are coming from outwith the EU. erc.europa.eu/apply-grant/...

submitted 23 days ago • 2 comments

typical corrupt science

submitted 31 days ago • 166 comments

Wir haben den Scheiss schon wieder gewonnen.

submitted 31 days ago • 15 comments

Thank you Sweden 🥰 #esc25

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

Habt Ihr auch sie ersten 15 Jahre Eures Lebens gedacht, es heißt „Songcongtest“ oder war das nur ich? #esc

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

okay, if you think gAI is a positive, that its "here to stay", and you're so proud of using gAI to write create art, claim it. Disclose when you use it to read, write, think, create. Have the integrity to publicly declare that you used gAI--its all the silence and secrecy that is so interesting.

submitted 32 days ago • 69 comments

Deutsche, die sich gegen Rassismus und Fremdenfeindlichkeit einsetzen wollen, bitte hört um Himmels Willen damit auf, das Wort „bunt“ zu verwenden.

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

Wollte einer Kollegin schreiben, dass ich nächste Woche sehr eingespannt bin, habe versehentlich „angespannt“ geschrieben, und where is the lie?

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

Another scoop from Jeff Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social): NSF's ~1400 grant terminations have disproportionately affected PIs from groups underrepresented in science: women, racial & ethnic minorities, & those with disabilities. 1/3 www.science.org/content/arti...

submitted 35 days ago • 15 comments

🧵5 Top Free Alternatives to BioRender for Scientific Illustrations! These five websites offer free scientific illustrations for biologists. Great for presentations, research papers and other research communication needs. Save and share the post!

submitted 35 days ago • 34 comments