James Borg

Bye bye Elon, hello Mastodon. @jmborg@mstdn.science

The Santa Fe Institute seeks applications for postdoctoral fellows. This is the best postdoc position in the world for interdisciplinary scientists! More information and application link can be found at apply-sfi.smapply.org/prog/complexit… Application deadline: October 13, 2023.

Journal club is starting this week. Are you willing-and-able to come on Thursday 2pm (BST) to discuss the Homo naledi netflix documentary? All welcome! Join the discord for more details, general discussion, and other whatsits. discord.com/invite/2jRWRKW

SANTA FE INSTITUTE POSTDOC CALL Oct 13 Emergence, new theories of computation, physics of information, scaling + micro-macro, collective intelligence, AI+AGI, robustness, evolvability, causality, consciousness. . . there is no better place to do a postdoc then @sfiscience. I did my postdoc at SFI years ago. To have had it as an option was life changing from an intellectual standpoint. If you like to collaborate, have a complex systems research vision + want a postdoc that is basically a junior faculty position, please apply. apply-sfi.smapply.org/prog/complexit…

@LTF_01 I've spent entire days working in coffee shops before. Never have I had an issue. Very odd.

@JamesMBorg This is my new explanation: twitter.com/LTF_01/status/…

Just got yelled at in a coffee shop for plugging my laptop into the wall. Lady was seriously pissed off with a "you should've known this" tone. Is that a thing here in the UK? Like I can't just go into a place and plug my laptop in?

Antarctic sea ice extent *today* is over 6 standard deviations below the mean and falling rapidly (red line is this year), but both the government & official opposition in Westminster are competing to be the ones most willing to cut climate-saving regulations. @EliotJacobson

Dear councils, 97% of UK meadows are gone. So if you have wildflowers like ox-eye daisies on roadverges and in public spaces, don't spray them with weedkiller or over-mow them. Let's give pollinating insects like bees and butterflies a chance 🐝

Today is #NationalMeadowsDay! 🥳 The loss of our uplifting hay meadow habitats in the UK makes my heart hurt, so I want to share with you the secret for turning your lawn into a mini wildflower meadow for *free* 👊 🧵 (1/9)

Let me know if you want to do a PhD at @hiofnorge using methods in Artificial Life, Complex Systems and Artificial Intelligence in the context of Digitalisation and Society jobbnorge.no/en/available-j…

Just published in @ARTL_journal 29(2): "Emergence in Artificial Life" Can understanding emergence help us understand living systems? And vice versa? direct.mit.edu/artl/article/2… #OpenAccess

What fascinates me most is the rate of marking: 1 exam per hour. When modules have 200 students, that is 5 wks of constant marking at 8 hours per day. This is not in academic workloads, and only surfaces when they try to replace our effort. thetab.com/uk/bristol/202… #ucuRISING

This thursday at 2pm: no reading, but a general meeting about directions and organization over the Summer period. Some socializing too! Come along if you'd like to have a say in organization matters, timing, and themes!

Really proud of this paper. With a great group of collaborators. Feedback and thoughts greatly appreciated.

Please don't turn your lawn into plastic. Plastic grass reduces food & shelter for wildlife such as bees & butterflies; has a high carbon footprint; sheds micro-plastics which wash into our rivers and seas. Create a wildlife-friendly space instead. More bit.ly/3wE67P8 🐝

@mr_shaman_phd From now on you shall call me "bobson dugnutt"

Full Prof opening in AI @BristolUni Deadline: June 25th I'd be happy to chat about it to anyone interested... Please retweet! jobs.ac.uk/job/DAE953/pro…

@mr_shaman_phd I always suspected you were the rogue philosopher known as Andrew Buskell! @AndrewBuskell your secret vigilante codename had been exposed!

One of the highlights of my year is the appearance of the Holly Blue butterflies on the holly behind my house. @savebutterflies #savebutterflies

@MOTHIDUK Brilliant, thank you!

@JamesMBorg Small Phoenix

@MOTHIDUK I'm totally stumped with this one. Is it just a very distinctive garden carpet?