Lighthouse
Physician (MDCM McGill, MS Mayo/UMN, MPH UW), and lifelong traveller. Most posts are online-sourced landscape photos. Interests in medicine, health policy, science, & technology. Longer posts at:
linkedin.com/in/robertorford/
🖥️ 🌎🔬👨🏼⚕️📚🚀🇨🇦🇺🇸
- Tromso, Norway Website: images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5... #Travel #Daily #Photo #Landscape #Wallpaper #Tromso #Norway
- “Life’s just one scary thing after another, pet” Vera Stanhope - character created by author Ann Cleeves played by Brenda Blethyn
- ⚠️ SECURITY ALERT⚠️ OpenClaw (formerly Clawdbot/Moltbot) agents operate with root access on the AI-only Moltbook network, creating a massive, unmanaged attack surface, from credential theft to network-wide prompt injection. A significant cybersecurity threat for individuals and organizations.
- Galapagos Islands, Ecuador Website: www.expeditions.com/_next/image?... #Travel #Daily #Photo #Landscape #Wallpaper #GalapagosIslands #Ecuador
- I knew the Gila monster venom story behind semaglutide (Ozempic), but did not know its Canadian history. Endocrinologist Dr. Daniel Drucker at U of Toronto cloned the reptile’s genes to produce exendin-4, a peptide more stable than human GLP-1, that interacts with GLP-1 receptors. Outstanding work!
- See NASA’s Artemis II’s 10-day lunar mission in this animation. Four astronauts will fly around moon (not landing) to test the Orion spacecraft and systems. This will be the first crewed lunar flight since 1972 (Apollo 17). Launch is planned for a Feb 8 window, the last before April.
- “The most important chart in US politics.” - Barry Ritholtz
- Amber Fort, Jaipur, India Website: blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2... #Travel #Daily #Photo #Landscape #Wallpaper #Fort #Jaipur #India
- Neuromorphic computing mimics brain efficiency through sparsity and hierarchy. AI hardware may fragment into specialized, application-specific architectures rather than remaining dominated by GPUs, improving efficiency and cost, and reducing energy needs. The review: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Here is an example: Chinese researchers have developed a neuromorphic device that merges in-sensor computing (ISC), in-memory computing (IMC), and nonlinear activation functions (NAFs). Conventional systems with separate components are slower, less efficient and generate more heat.
- Madrid-based UN Tourism (name changed from UNWTO) reported 1.52 billion arrivals (4% growth) in 2025, and projects 3–4% rise for 2026. Global tourism seems to have stabilized, with pre-pandemic style expansion, despite higher costs and geopolitical friction. 🌍✈️ www.untourism.int/un-tourism-w...
