Post Syndicated from Bruce Schneier original https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/06/friday-squid-blogging-stubby-squid.html
Video of the stubby squid (Rossia pacifica) from offshore Vancouver Island.
As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered.
Post Syndicated from Bruce Schneier original https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/06/friday-squid-blogging-squid-run-in-southern-new-england.html
Southern New England is having the best squid run in years.
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Post Syndicated from Bruce Schneier original https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/05/friday-squid-blogging-ngc-1068-is-the-squid-galaxy.html
I hadn’t known that the NGC 1068 galaxy is nicknamed the “Squid Galaxy.” It is, and it’s spewing neutrinos without the usual accompanying gamma rays.
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Post Syndicated from Bruce Schneier original https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/05/friday-squid-blogging-us-naval-ship-attacked-by-squid-in-1978.html
Interesting story:
USS Stein was underway when her anti-submarine sonar gear suddenly stopped working. On returning to port and putting the ship in a drydock, engineers observed many deep scratches in the sonar dome’s rubber “NOFOUL” coating. In some areas, the coating was described as being shredded, with rips up to four feet long. Large claws were left embedded at the bottom of most of the scratches.
As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered.
Post Syndicated from Bruce Schneier original https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/05/friday-squid-blogging-pet-squid-simulation.html
From Hackaday.com, this is a neural network simulation of a pet squid.
Autonomous Behavior:
- The squid moves autonomously, making decisions based on his current state (hunger, sleepiness, etc.).
- Implements a vision cone for food detection, simulating realistic foraging behavior.
- Neural network can make decisions and form associations.
- Weights are analysed, tweaked and trained by Hebbian learning algorithm.
- Experiences from short-term and long-term memory can influence decision-making.
- Squid can create new neurons in response to his environment (Neurogenesis)
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Post Syndicated from Bruce Schneier original https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/05/friday-squid-blogging-japanese-divers-video-giant-squid.html
The video is really amazing.
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Post Syndicated from Bruce Schneier original https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/05/friday-squid-blogging-pyjama-squid.html
The small pyjama squid (Sepioloidea lineolata) produces toxic slime, “a rare example of a poisonous predatory mollusc.”
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Post Syndicated from Bruce Schneier original https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/04/friday-squid-blogging-squid-facts-on-your-phone.html
Text “SQUID” to 1-833-SCI-TEXT for daily squid facts. The website has merch.
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Post Syndicated from Bruce Schneier original https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/04/friday-squid-blogging-live-colossal-squid-filmed.html
A live colossal squid was filmed for the first time in the ocean. It’s only a juvenile: a foot long.
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Post Syndicated from Bruce Schneier original https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/04/friday-squid-blogging-squid-and-efficient-solar-tech.html
Researchers are trying to use squid color-changing biochemistry for solar tech.
This appears to be new and related research to a 2019 squid post.
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Post Syndicated from Bruce Schneier original https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/04/friday-squid-blogging-two-man-giant-squid.html
The Brooklyn indie art-punk group, Two-Man Giant Squid, just released a new album.
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Post Syndicated from Bruce Schneier original https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/03/friday-squid-blogging-squid-werewolf-hacking-group.html
In another rare squid/cybersecurity intersection, APT37 is also known as “Squid Werewolf.”
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Post Syndicated from Bruce Schneier original https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/03/friday-squid-blogging-a-new-explanation-of-squid-camouflage.html
New research:
An associate professor of chemistry and chemical biology at Northeastern University, Deravi’s recently published paper in the Journal of Materials Chemistry C sheds new light on how squid use organs that essentially function as organic solar cells to help power their camouflage abilities.
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Post Syndicated from Bruce Schneier original https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/03/friday-squid-blogging-squid-band.html
A bagpipe and drum band:
SQUID transforms traditional Bagpipe and Drum Band entertainment into a multi-sensory rush of excitement, featuring high energy bagpipes, pop music influences and visually stunning percussion!
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Post Syndicated from Bruce Schneier original https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/03/friday-squid-blogging-squid-loyalty-cards.html
Squid is a loyalty card platform in Ireland.
Post Syndicated from Bruce Schneier original https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/02/friday-squid-blogging-eating-bioluminescent-squid.html
Firefly squid is now a delicacy in New York.
Post Syndicated from Bruce Schneier original https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/02/friday-squid-blogging-new-squid-fossil.html
A 450-million-year-old squid fossil was dug up in upstate New York.
Post Syndicated from Bruce Schneier original https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/02/friday-squid-blogging-squid-the-care-dog.html
The Vanderbilt University Medical Center has a pediatric care dog named “Squid.”
Post Syndicated from Bruce Schneier original https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/02/friday-squid-blogging-the-colossal-squid.html
Long article on the colossal squid.