Zig-zag timing delays. Cray-1, 1976.

#Photography #RetroComputing #RCSRI #CrayResearch

Oh look, they rescued an abandoned baby mountain lion! (somewhere near Agoura). Now being cared for at the Oakland Zoo.

"...CDFW and Partners Find Orphaned Mountain Lion Kitten Following Coordinated Monitoring Effort.

LOS ANGELES — The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), in partnership with the National Park Service (NPS) and the Los Angeles Zoo, has intervened on an orphaned mountain lion kitten in Southern California following a coordinated, science-based monitoring effort.

The approximately 22-day-old kitten, identified as P-131, was detected through ongoing tracking of his collared mother (P-129) as part of long-term research led by the National Park Service. Biologists observed a change in the mother’s movement patterns that indicated the den may have been abandoned. ..."

https://wildlife.ca.gov/News/Archive/cdfw-and-partners-find-orphaned-mountain-lion-kitten-following-coordinated-monitoring-effort

#wildlife #kitty #mountainlion

Existing scholarship outlines two broad categories of decision-making:

#1 - fast, intuitive, and affective (emotional) processing

#2 - slow, deliberative, and analytical reasoning

Scholars now see a third system - uncritical outsourcing to AI.

#AI

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/04/research-finds-ai-users-scarily-willing-to-surrender-their-cognition-to-llms/

It's always kind of interesting seeing how Fedi posts breach containment.

I saw @jonny 's fabulous thread on the Claude code leak on both LinkedIn and on the work Slack.

Both were shared through a Bluesky link of someone commenting on and/or sharing the thread.

Fascinating.

Orion Snaps a Selfie During External Inspection

Orion snapped this high-resolution selfie in space with a camera mounted on one of its solar array wings during a routine external inspection of the spacecraft on the second day into the Artemis II mission. Credit: NASA

https://flic.kr/p/2s5DQ7q

#Artemis #Artemis2 #Orion #Integrity #OrionIntegrity #spacecraft #NASA #Moon #space #news #selfie