🇺🇦 Clean Energy Lab UofT 🇨🇦

Clean Energy Lab of Oleksandr Voznyy at UToronto. Our research uses DFT and machine learning to develop materials for clean energy.

[NEXTA @nexta_tv]

A masterclass in sourcing protein in the wild

[Caolan @CaolanReports]

Kyiv was hit with a huge missile and drone attack this morning.

Also this morning, another ship with 2,200 tonnes of alumina headed from Ireland to russia to build those weapons. This has to stop immediately.

[Neil Stone @DrNeilStone]

I've never been at a medical conference where the results have been greeted with a standing ovation

Tremendous breakthrough in pancreatic cancer treatment

Through science

Hard work, rigorous research, clinical trials.

Science

Not the quack pseudoscience of social media

[Jay in Kyiv @JayinKyiv]

While Russians are now hunting storks with drones for fun, the behavior of Ukrainians shows once again that they are truly nothing like Russians.

[Big Brain AI @realBigBrainAI]

Andrew Ng, co-founder of Google Brain and Coursera, on the worst career advice being given about AI right now:

He doesn't mince words about what he's hearing from supposed experts:

"As early as earlier this year and certainly last year, there are a few people advising others to stop learning to write code because AI will automate it."

His reasoning is rooted in a historical pattern most people miss:

"As something becomes easier, more people should do it, not fewer. When the world moved from assembly language to COBOL, there were actually articles saying, 'Well, we now have COBOL. Programming is so easier. Looks like we don't need programmers anymore.' But the opposite happened."

Andrew believes the same thing is happening now with AI-assisted coding:

"As we now have AI assisted coding, a lot more people should be coding. And I think the demand for software, custom software, has no practical ceiling. So the cost of software engineering comes down, which it is, we'll just get more and more great software out in the world."

But here's where the advice gets uncomfortable for experienced engineers.

@AndrewYNg is honest about what he's seeing on the ground:

"It is true that a fresh college grad that is really on top of AI will outperform a full stack engineer with 10 years of experience that is still doing things they were back in 2022, 3 years ago before GenAI."

However, there's a nuance most people miss when they hear that stereotype:

"The other piece that is less well appreciated is the best engineers I know are not fresh college grads. They're actually very experienced engineers that deeply understand architecture and the conceptual framework of how to think about computers and additionally are on top of AI and on top of these AI skills."

[Paul Niland @PaulNiland]

Here's what you need to do. Stop what you were doing and watch this new film from @CaolanReports. Then you need to share it.

What the russian occupation of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant means to the rest of Europe, and what they're doing there, is truly scary shit.

[Гіль🔪 @i_gil_]

Incredible first win over a russian opponent at @rolandgarros and Oleksandra Oliynykova fearlessly took the stage and openly talked about WTA double standards and pressure on her

Weird that no big tennis accounts mentioned her win altogether 🎾

[Proto @protoxrd]

What a busy and fun first day of #x2026! We'll be back tomorrow starting at 10 am to chat about all things XRD. And you know what they say: if at first you don't get your Inorganic Mixer ticket, try, try again (around noon)! #ProtoParty26

[FindLight @FindLightInc]

Scientists may have just uncovered a major clue behind high-temperature superconductors. Researchers identified a “nodeless” superconducting gap and evidence of electron-boson coupling in nickelates — a breakthrough in quantum materials research. https://t.co/TPo0c12VYt

[Jürgen Nauditt 🇩🇪🇺🇦 @jurgen_nauditt]

A shocking video of the aftermath of the attack on Lukyanivka in Kyiv has been published online.

Horror and pain.

Perpetrator: Russia.

[Гіль🔪 @i_gil_]

A kyiv neighbourhood I lived in hit yet again. Market where I got my groceries and summer essentials like flowers and strawberries razed. Underground station I used to sleep in during russian attacks damaged.
Brutal senseless russian attack.

[Timothy Snyder @TimothyDSnyder]

Last night Russia attacked seventy-seven places in Ukraine with more than six hundred drones and missiles. You can help protect Ukrainian life by donating here.
https://t.co/rLC9C3ZpP3

[Vatnik Soup @P_Kallioniemi]

Ukraine’s air defense shot down 549 of 600 drones and 55 of 90 missiles overnight, most of them in or around Kyiv.

Any other European capital would've been completely obliterated.

Ukraine is Europe's shield against Russian terrorism.

[Anton Gerashchenko @Gerashchenko_en]

The moment of one of today’s Russian strikes on Kyiv.

I can see that fewer and fewer people are reading news from Ukraine. I understand that on a Sunday morning, people don’t want to read about war. They want to sleep a little longer, drink good coffee, and sit in the sun. I understand that. The algorithms on X limit content about war, destruction, and suffering. You have to make an effort to even see this information.

All of this is understandable on a human level. But unfortunately, if you remove Putin and the war from your information feed, they do not disappear from reality.

Putin is a sadist and a maniac. He is a threat to all of humanity.

There needs to be active resistance. News from Ukraine needs to be shared. People need to keep their focus.

Despite a sleepless night, I’m still here. And I’m grateful to everyone who continues to stand with us.

One day, we’ll drink morning coffee together in a beautiful, peaceful Kyiv.

[Greg Kamradt @GregKamradt]

We saw our first meaningful jump in the ARC-AGI-3 competition today

@tufalabs went from 0.68% > 1.17%

My notes:

- .68% is the score of the best template (which is why so many people have this score)

- I'm guessing 1.17% is a novel approach. This also gives them first signal as to what is working. I expect frequent score increases due to this

- Tufa Labs has been a serious contestant with ARC Prize for multiple years now. Very cool to see them continuing with V3

- We have a $25K milestone prize at the end of June for the best oss solution. I wonder if they'll open it up

[François Chollet @fchollet]

If you can learn one thing that's genuinely novel to you, you can learn anything.

[Vatnik Soup @P_Kallioniemi]

Instead of showing the metro or bread in a French supermarket chain in St. Petersburg, Finnish influencers shows the REAL Russia:

[Kyiv. The City of Courage @Kyiv]

This may be the most infernal night in Kyiv since the start of the full-scale war. Dozens of ballistic missiles, crusie missiles, hypersonic missiles and drones attacking the capital non-stop. Explosions are so loud, that the ground is shaking. Just praying that everyone sees the sunrise alive and safe.

[Mark Carney @MarkJCarney]

Ukraine’s fight is our fight, their cause is our cause, and their independence will be our victory.

To the Ukrainian communities in Canada and around the world celebrating their culture, identity, and traditions this Vyshyvanka Day: Canada stands with you.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

In Vinnytsia, Ukraine, a female stork was widowed when her mate died. She is incubating her eggs and is unable to feed herself.

Local residents have started feeding her.