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Required re-reading: Voltaire's "Questions sur les miracles" from 1765 👇 (image compliments of @WISTquotes - wist.info/voltaire/5957/)
Handstand workshop: “On the path to accessible inversions“ with Lisa Klein, Sun 11/8, 12:30 PM at the YMCA of the East Bay! via @YMCAEastBay
This is at Downtown Berkeley YMCA @Berkeley_YMCA, where I also teach masters group swim classes - free for Y members. Just show up! Tue/Thu 7-8am and Wed 12-1pm.
Swim classes got canceled in 2020 due to #COVID19 pandemic, but were revived in Mar 2026 (X acct 🤷♂️)
#swimming
Drove by Ponderosa Fire at about 4pm. Right next to eastbound 50 in Cameron Park. Viewed from westbound 50 (vid in next post). Contained at 1 acre.
#CameronPark #CalFire #CAwx share.watchduty.org/i/120503…
#PonderosaFire
“4:07pm PDT: Forward progress of the fire has been stopped at approximately one acre. Crews will be committed for 1-2 hours for mop up and aircraft have been cancelled, per Incident Command.” via @watchdutyapp
Wonder what @springsnabbast would say about this robot’s running form? 🤖
Screengrab included.
#WHR2026 #WHRG
#HumanoidRobots 🤖
#RunningForm #running
Tomorrow the annual World Humanoid Robotics Games (WHRG) gets underway in Beijing.
Robots from across the world will compete in a host of sporting disciplines including 100/200M sprint, high jump, synchronized dance and tug of war.
Chinese robots are widely expected to eclipse a range of human world records, including Usain Bolt's 100m record.
It is clear from the video below that the Chinese have made exponential progress in robotics in the last year.
We are curious as to how @elonmusk feels American made humanoids such as Optimus would perform in the Games against the competition from the East?
Is America falling behind in what is effectively the new space race, or would Robots such as Optimus or other leading American humanoids be competitive at the WHRG?
Screengrabs of robot Tiangong running the 400 in 38.15 (~5s under the human WR). This 🤖 also ran the 1500m in 2:12 (~1:05 under the human WR). 3D motion video analysis would be interesting.🏃♂️
xitter.cf/WHRGFUN/status/2091476…
#WHR2026 #WHRG
Steve Chervitz Trutane ☮️ retweeted
They’ve taken the 400m too.
Tiangong wins in 38.15 seconds, breaking the human world record of 43.03 seconds, set by Wayde van Niekerk.
Another incredible moment at the 2nd World Humanoid Robot Games.
Steve Chervitz Trutane ☮️ retweeted
Most swimmers lose speed in butterfly not because of a lack in power but because of too much frontal drag generation in an attempt to generate power.
Here's what we like to focus on at The Race Club:
1. Higher elbow pull to reduce drag during your catch
2. Early wrist extension to maximize backwards propulsion
3. Ascending trajectory recovery to improve coupling
Small technical adjustments can make the difference between a novice and elite butterfly swimmer.
“One missing underscore in a Skyrim-themed @Kik username put an innocent Nova Scotia man in prison for 18mo”
#fus_ro_dah vs #fus__ro_dah = 🚔
Brandon Klayme: Convicted w/o any other evidence than username.👇
#Skyrim #ElderScrolls
#wrongfulConviction
#wrongfulImprisonment
Police missed one underscore—and sent the wrong man to prison arstechnica.com/tech-policy/…
Gemini query: are there any well-known cases of people suing successfully for being wrongfully incarcerated?
share.google/aimode/N7ET31uJ…
#FusRoDah
#beyondReasonableDoubt
@APPEALcharity_
Steve Chervitz Trutane ☮️ retweeted
The $TEM ➡️ $PSNL acquisition discussed wrt @Merck: xitter.cf/banana_oncology/status…
“Merck ($MRK), which owns more than 10% of the company, is a key customer for Personalis accounting for 19% of revenue and 33% of accounts receivable in Q1 2026.” stocks.apple.com/AZpif3js6QJ…
#BioPharma
Remember $MRK still has the right for first refusal under their prior $PSNL agreement. They have the right to put in a better offer then $TEM now if they want to
Would $MRK be ok with this deal is are they ok with ImmunoID acquired by $TEM and jeopardizing their upcoming PCV platform?
businesswire.com/news/home/2…
Steve Chervitz Trutane ☮️ retweeted
When we started Tempus, the vision was clear: use data and AI to fundamentally change how we treat cancer.
Today, we took a giant step forward by acquiring @PersonalisInc. Integrating their #MRD capabilities directly into the Tempus platform will allow us to better support patients across their entire journey, from initial diagnosis and treatment selection to long-term monitoring and early recurrence detection.
I look forward to what our teams can accomplish together in this next chapter. tempus.co/4wbSm8t
Today, we announced an agreement to acquire @PersonalisInc , building on our strategic partnership that began in 2023.
Bringing Personalis’ capabilities together with Tempus’ scale, data and commercial capabilities has the potential to expand access to longitudinal monitoring, create new opportunities to advance biomarker discovery and enhance personalized care.
More here: tempus.co/4hnlPYB
Smiling can make you happy, says the Many Smiles Collaboration & @coles_nicholas_ 😃
Strong evidence for the facial feedback hypothesis, that facial expressions influence our emotional experience. Posed smiles can make us happier. 🎭
news.stanford.edu/stories/20…
#emotion #psychology
Historian Fay Bound-Alberti talks on @KQEDForum about why the human face has influenced politics, culture and our obsession w beauty & perfection.
kqed.org/forum/2010101914076…
Ironically, the author discovered she was face blind while writing the book
#prosopagnosia #faceBlindness
Steve Chervitz Trutane ☮️ retweeted
📍 Earthquake detected 📍 Magnitude 3.6 - 2 km SW of Alamo, CA at 2026-06-07 08:37:48 AM: earthquake.usgs.gov/earthqua… #earthquake #ca #sf #bayarea
Steve Chervitz Trutane ☮️ retweeted
The Claude maker wants AI labs, including itself, to prepare for a coordinated slowdown if models begin building their own successors
spklr.io/6011EMCnb
In track & field, @WorldAthletics has a rule: if an athlete moves <0.1 seconds (100 ms) after the gun has fired, the athlete has false-started.
This is based on tests of the auditory signal processing speed of the human brain: 💥👂🧠🦵🏻🏃🏼
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_…
#neuroscience
Steve Chervitz Trutane ☮️ retweeted
“…set out to alter two genes:
🧬 PCSK9 👉 blood LDL levels
🧬 HBG 👉 hemoglobin in fetuses
@EgliDieter delivered base editors into fertilized eggs & 2-cell embryos donated by parents.. [Found no] damage associated w CRISPR”
nytimes.com/2026/06/04/scien… 🎁
#BassEditing #GeneEditing
Steve Chervitz Trutane ☮️ retweeted
It’s baaaack! Power went out again about 1:15-1:30am this morning. Same area, same cause, same number of affected customers. Mostly in Berkeley with a strip of #AlbanyCA along Curtis St.
Estimated restoration time: high noon 🕛
#PowerOutage @BerkeleyScanner – at Berkeley, CA
