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Anjiólina Nakaya @anjiolina.bsky.social · 2h

😒 autocracy likes martyrdom

The Manila Times @themanilatimes.bsky.social · 2h

US President Donald Trump hailed assassinated ally Charlie Kirk as a 'martyr for truth and freedom' Tuesday as he posthumously awarded the right-wing activist America's highest civilian honor.

Trump hails 'martyr' Charlie Kirk at posthumous medal ceremony

www.manilatimes.net

Anjiólina Nakaya @anjiolina.bsky.social · 8h

About 3 days ago was the National Coming Out Day. I've never done this before on social media...

In real life, people don't take me seriously when I tell them that I dated both girls and boys. I've never been flamboyant about my homosexuality so people assume that I'm straight but I'm not. #lgbt

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Melanie Mitchell @melaniemitchell.bsky.social · Jul 25

Article in Nature today on the question of how to assess AI systems, including some recent work by myself and my collaborators!

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02361-7

ChatGPT broke the Turing test — the race is on for new ways to assess AI

Large language models mimic human chatter, but scientists disagree on their ability to reason. Large language models mimic human chatter, but scientists disagree on their ability to reason.

www.nature.com

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Micah G. Allen @micahgallen.com · Jul 24

Signed out of “X” on all my accounts. I’m not going back. Fuck that noise.

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Simon Schultz @simonschultz.bsky.social · Jul 7

Triggering closed-loop neuromodulation on sharp wave ripples is an idea whose time has come. (We just need to be able to detect them without implanted electrodes in humans … watch this space).

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-39546-7

Closed-loop brain stimulation augments fear extinction in male rats - Nature Communications

Whether fear memories can be attenuated through on demand electrical stimulation remains unclear. Here, the authors demonstrate that fear extinction can be augmented through closed-loop stimulation of...

www.nature.com

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Neil Gaiman @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com · Sep 27

What a fabulous essay.

Joyce (Wolf) Chng/Ch'ng 🐺 @jolantru.bsky.social · Sep 27

Commissioned an amazing essay from Golda Mowe, a Iban writer. Writing as an indigenous author in Malaysia and Southeast Asia. strangehorizons.com/non-fiction/...

The Conundrums of Indigenous Writing

Writing authentic stories may require you to make the same sacrifice. This is not a question of whether or not you are ready to write indigenous literature, but whether you are willing to do so. Wh…

strangehorizons.com

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dickretired @dickretired.bsky.social · Oct 23

It may be because I am bad at maths but I am with David Marr in thinking that computational theories add nothing unless they say what predictions they make that other theories don’t, and which predictions, if wrong, prove the theory to be wrong. This includes the free energy principle.

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dickretired @dickretired.bsky.social · Oct 23

If you mean it is just maths then Of course it is fine so long as the maths is correct. If it is a principle that is meant to apply to the workings of the brain, then I stick with what I said.

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · Jan 23

As for my wife,
I would you had her spirit

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Micah G. Allen @micahgallen.com · Mar 29

Research shows breathing can change our exteroceptive & affective perception, but how? Pleased to share our latest study, led by my PhD student Malthe Brændholt w/ Daniel Kluger, where we investigated the cognitive mechanisms using computational modeling! 🧠📈 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Figure 1: schematic showing stimulus design, psychophysics, and assignment of respiratory phase.

figure 2: figure showing overview of heirarchical drift diffusion modelling and key parameter effects.

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dickretired @dickretired.bsky.social · Mar 29

Of course, if there is no breathing, there is no perception (joke).

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Sharena Rice, PhD @sharenarice.bsky.social · Jul 24

🦾🧠 As neurotechnology becomes a part of our everyday lives, how can companies in this field build and maintain trust

In our MedCity News article, Liron Nunez Weissman and I explore this critical question.

💡 Check out our insights!
We would love to hear your thoughts.
#neurotech #neuroscience

Earning Trust in Neurotech - MedCity News

By prioritizing user-centric design, responsible data practices, and evidence-based solutions neurotech companies can not only drive user adoption but also foster long-term brand loyalty.

medcitynews.com

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Anjiólina Nakaya @anjiolina.bsky.social · 16h

Since I was soaking from the rain and flood, the professor told me to go home after I came late. I was the only student excused from public speaking and leading the group, and allowed to do so the next time. 😭 I was also given a free towel by a random passenger omw. Student life in 🇵🇭 is very hard.

Anjiólina Nakaya @anjiolina.bsky.social · 22h

I check your Instagram stories so I already know your daily routines lol

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Kevin Mitchell @wiringthebrain.bsky.social · 22h

I don’t agree with all of it - there are plenty of straw men in there, IMO - but the theme of the collision between scientific progress and our basic values is maybe even more relevant today…

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Anjiólina Nakaya @anjiolina.bsky.social · 1d

I'm Gen Z (Zillenial) but when I talked with 20 year olds at a matcha shop about old cartoons, flip phones, and events like 9/11...they had no idea what I was talking about. We're like in the same generation but they made me feel old. Smart phones changed the era A LOT.

bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

Anjiólina Nakaya @anjiolina.bsky.social · 1d

When I was younger I used to hand out free brain stickers during book fairs. Here are some of the works by other artists from our Neuroscience organization. 🇵🇭

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · Jul 9

Old men forget

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clarissa @clarissadelune.bsky.social · Jul 7

How the Brain Decides What to Remember

#science #biology #psychology #neuroscience

www.wired.com/story/brain-...

How the Brain Decides What to Remember

Electric ripples in the resting brain tag memories for storage and add credence to advice about the importance of rest.

www.wired.com

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Huw C. Davies @huwcdavies.bsky.social · 2d

Reading Thiel, Yarvin, Peterson et al. makes you realise what passes for intellectual iconoclasm these days is all absolute bollocks. Why anyone gives any of these people the time of day let alone credibility is baffling.

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Eric Turkheimer @ent3c.bsky.social · 1d

In 2018, Charles Murray challenged me to a bet: "We will understand IQ genetically—I think most of the picture will have been filled in by 2025—there will still be blanks—but we’ll know basically what’s going on." It's now 2025, and I claim a win. I write about it in The Atlantic.

Your Genes Are Simply Not Enough to Explain How Smart You Are

Seven years ago, I took a bet with Charles Murray about whether we’d basically understand the genetics of intelligence by now.

www.theatlantic.com

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Anjiólina Nakaya @anjiolina.bsky.social · 2d

Why is it like this for weeks now?! Another earthquake. 🫨

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Rian Nejar 🦋 @riannejar.bsky.social · Aug 28

Researchers confirm that PKMzeta, a so-called 'memory molecule,' working with another, KIBRA, is critical to making memories encoded in the strengths of synapses last a long time [via Scientific American] 🧪🧠

www.scientificamerican.com/article/brai...

#memory #neuroscience #neurons #synapses

Brain Scientists Finally Discover the Glue that Makes Memories Stick for a Lifetime

A long-running research endeavor reveals key chemical players that cement memories in place—and still more have yet to be discovered

www.scientificamerican.com

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jeremy kaplowitz @jeremykaplowitz.com · Sep 12

twitter is like the internet version of when they make public benches really uncomfortable so people can't sleep on them

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · Sep 6

It’s also just how *all of physics* works
www.sciencefocus.com/news/everyth...

Yes, everything in physics is completely made up – that’s the whole point

A physicist's task is to constantly create equations that keep up with our observations of physical phenomena.

www.sciencefocus.com

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