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Carolyn Dicey Jennings @cdj.bsky.social · 17h

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Carolyn Dicey Jennings @cdj.bsky.social · 17h

The daily grind

A photo showing a cat voluntarily leaping into a pen full of puppies that includes the text “logging on”

A photo showing a cat covered in puppies, with one pulling its tail, that includes the text “checking the news”

A photo showing a cat’s head emerging from the ball of puppies even though one seems to have its ear that includes the text “checking the apps”

A photo showing a cat escaping the puppies that includes the text “logging off”

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Carolyn Dicey Jennings @cdj.bsky.social · 1d

Announcement: APDA now has three directors! @kinozhao.bsky.social and @travislacroix.bsky.social joined the project last month and will help lead this year's data gathering/survey effort. Our joint blogpost provides a brief history of APDA and more information about the new co-directors 🥳 #philsky

New Leadership at APDA

As of September 15th, APDA has three directors: Carolyn Dicey Jennings, Travis LaCroix, and Kino Zhao. This post provides a brief history of the project and an interview with the new directors and the...

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Kino Zhao @kinozhao.bsky.social · 1d

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I joined the APDA!

New Leadership at APDA

As of September 15th, APDA has three directors: Carolyn Dicey Jennings, Travis LaCroix, and Kino Zhao. This post provides a brief history of the project and an interview with the new directors and the...

apda.ghost.io

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Carolyn Dicey Jennings @cdj.bsky.social · 1d

Announcement: APDA now has three directors! @kinozhao.bsky.social and @travislacroix.bsky.social joined the project last month and will help lead this year's data gathering/survey effort. Our joint blogpost provides a brief history of APDA and more information about the new co-directors 🥳 #philsky

New Leadership at APDA

As of September 15th, APDA has three directors: Carolyn Dicey Jennings, Travis LaCroix, and Kino Zhao. This post provides a brief history of the project and an interview with the new directors and the...

apda.ghost.io

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Carolyn Dicey Jennings @cdj.bsky.social · 1d

“Is this a piece of your brain??”https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2896037940683886&vanity=thejohncleese

Redirecting...

www.facebook.com

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Sally Haslanger @shaslang.bsky.social · 4d

MIT has chosen to do the right thing. OMG, what a relief.
links.mit.edu/nl3/N5Jy2cKq...

Regarding the Compact

links.mit.edu

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Carolyn Dicey Jennings @cdj.bsky.social · 6d

This is a cool paper “chemical synapses have a major role in brain rhythms…post-synaptic neural firing requires rhythmic action of populations of neurons…waves of ion fluctuations in the chemical soup surrounding the neurons are important” #neurosky
@pessoabrain.bsky.social @earlkmiller.bsky.social

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PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 9d

𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺
Is consciousness tied to biological brains?
Neuro&Philo Salon present+discussion with @anilseth.bsky.social of his BBS target paper!
October 23, noon USA eastern
#neuroskyence
Register: umd.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
doi.org/10.1017/S014...

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Ian Phillips @ianbphillips.bsky.social · 14d

I argue that postdiction is quite consistent with fast but initially partial and unsettled perception. Must such rapid and revisable perception overflow cognitive access? That's not obvious -- there's evidence access can be fleeting too! Nor is it clearly empirically objectionable if it does. 2/3

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Carolyn Dicey Jennings @cdj.bsky.social · 13d

Luckily, six months seems like it has been enough time for our other dog to heal, and she has new friendships with several of our neighbors and their dogs. Life moves on thankfully.

A large dog sitting on a dog bed surrounded by plants next to a window, looking peaceful.

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Carolyn Dicey Jennings @cdj.bsky.social · 13d

We lost this perfect boy 6 months ago today. My sister drew his likeness, which makes him feel a little closer 🖤

A framed drawing of a dog on the top of a wooden bookshelf next to a photo album, an urn with a dog tag, and a small vase with hydrangea. The dog is looking to the right, mouth closed, as though calmly interested, and has a scruffy appearance.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 14d

being a cat person is so crazy bc you live with someone who is undeniably annoying and you're always thinking "maybe i should get another cat"

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Lesley De Cruz @ladc42.bsky.social · 14d

A memorial for my sister Helen De Cruz will take place on 19 October, both online (hosted by Blake Hereth) and in Brussels (Royal Library of Belgium). tally.so/r/3yLRJd

Celebration of the life of Helen De Cruz - 19 October 2025

Made with Tally, the simplest way to create forms.

tally.so

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Sumitra Badrinathan @sumitra.bsky.social · 24d

i don’t think people on bluesky understand the severity of this situation.

i woke up to literally hundreds of texts from friends and family thinking about either moving back home to india or applying to other countries for jobs. this includes me.

Gergely Orosz @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com · 25d

Those on an H1B cannot return to the US from tomorrow (Sunday) unless paying $100K. This is an out-of-the blue presidential action. We’ll see software engineers stranded abroad.

One easy to predict outcome: those on US visas will travel less… for work, for conferences etc.

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Carolyn Dicey Jennings @cdj.bsky.social · 24d

TFW you find out your siblings have a more sophisticated/complex emotional palette than you do

A screenshot with three people’s texts: 1) I saw a post that your last five non-face emojis are your aesthetic: kiss emoji, tea emoji, chili pepper emoji, car emoji, black cat emoji. Ha ha ha ha (I love it). 2) an image of a fairy looking at you while mournfully holding a tissue followed by three stars emoji, caterpillar emoji, magic hat emoji, and white rabbit emoji. OK I see it lol. 3) red heart emoji, fingers crossed emoji, black heart emoji, thumbs up emoji, faceless sun emoji. Erm… (this last text is from me.)

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Carolyn Dicey Jennings @cdj.bsky.social · 26d

Today is Consequence Argument Day in my free will class, also known as the day when a handful of students discover they love logic/Lewis and the rest look at me confused 🎉🥳 #philsky

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Eric Schwitzgebel @eschwitz.bsky.social · 27d

First draft of a new book finished! AI and Consciousness, for Cambridge. Not yet in circulating shape — maybe in a couple of weeks.

🎉

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Carolyn Dicey Jennings @cdj.bsky.social · 27d

From cepr.org/voxeu/column...

The politics of CEOs

With power over corporate resources as well as stature and prestige in the economic system, public-company CEOs to have sizeable influence over policy and political decisions. This column examines the political donations of more than 3,800 US CEOs of S&P 1500 companies to analyse their political preferences over time, across industries and geographical regions, and by gender. It shows that US public company CEOs have a significant preference for Republicans, who may benefit from public companies’ expanded freedom to spend money on politics.

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Carolyn Dicey Jennings @cdj.bsky.social · 27d

If they are going to do this, I think they should address CEO political leanings first, just to show they are serious about equity 🙃

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Carolyn Dicey Jennings @cdj.bsky.social · 29d

My doctor is using an AI "assistant" to screen calls (I can't talk to the front desk directly) and has sent my prescription to a pharmacy in the wrong city, which itself uses an AI "assistant" to manage its prescriptions, none of which feels particularly "intelligent" or "assist"-y.

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Cognitive Science Society @cogscisociety.bsky.social · Sep 14

Margaret A. Boden, a Fellow of the CogSci Society and one of the greats of Cognitive Science, passed away on July 18, 2025.

In this tribute, members of our community offer remembrances in celebration of her.

cognitivesciencesociety.org/remembering-...

A memorial graphic for Margaret A. Boden. On the left, a portrait of Margaret, a smiling woman with long gray hair, wearing a purple top, dangling earrings, and a beaded necklace. On the right, against a light blue background, the text reads: “Remembering Margaret A. Boden, 1936 – 2025.”

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · Sep 13

Incredible. Trump drags the reputation of a highly regarded economist, first Black woman to be a Fed gov, thru the mud claiming she committed mortgage fraud. But the documents his appointee to run Fannie & Freddie got for him & that he said showed fraud don’t actually say that.

Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · Sep 12

The mortgage fraud claim against Lisa Cook is false, per documents obtained by Reuters.

Bill Pulte's accusation, the sole pretext Trump used to fire her from the Fed, was that she claimed two homes as primary residence.

These docs show she did not.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fed...

Exclusive: Fed Governor Cook declared her Atlanta property as “vacation home,” documents show

A loan estimate for an Atlanta home purchased by Lisa Cook, the Federal Reserve governor accused of mortgage fraud by the Trump administration, shows that Cook had declared the property as a “vacation home,” according to a document reviewed by Reuters.

www.reuters.com

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Carolyn Dicey Jennings @cdj.bsky.social · Sep 12

Good luck!

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Carolyn Dicey Jennings @cdj.bsky.social · Sep 12

Anyone else experiencing new problems with Zoom?

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