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greg_j_davis
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‘Never knowingly Reviewer 2’
https://www.viscog.psychol.cam.ac.uk/

Attention, Visual Cognition, Social Cognition, Security Screening, Decision-making

Uni of Cambridge, DfT College of Experts

Consciousness Myster ̶i̶a̶n̶on

ATLAS Task: https://rdcu.be/dU4sr
Pinned
Rump stripes are typically broader than others and horizontal...

so may remain conspicuous to predators at distance or in motion...
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Sorry but Vatican giving a "fuck you" to Meloni and every other anti-renewables chud pol in Europe not only making clear they're now 100% fossil free electricity, from solar *agro-voltaics" makes me smile.

Can't believe the Telegraph hasn't run w Tory MP decrying "Papist Energy Hurts Farmers".
The Vatican Is First 100% Solar Country Via Agrivoltaics: Who Is Next?
The Vatican is now completely powered by a farm that sports solar panels to help shade-tolerant crops thrive. This new coupling of solar and agriculture is growing fast.
www.forbes.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:44 PM
How did the zebra get its stripes?
Biting flies, it's widely assumed...

but stripes are not all the same...
December 3, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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I can't stress how cool this is to see right in front of you. #visionscience
3D Zoetrope: Forever jumping Frogs 2
YouTube video by Kevin Holmes
www.youtube.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Sometimes a graph can leave you with something in your eye.
In the running for greatest human accomplishment.
Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
December 2, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Oxford Brookes University has a huge raft of AHRC-funded PhD studentships in the Arts, Humanities and allied subjects! Both fees and a stipend covered. Take a look at the ad below - the closing date is 30th January 2026. Anyone interested at all, get in touch!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPM937/p...
PhD Studentship : AHRC Landscape Award PhD Studentship in the Arts and Humanities at Oxford Brookes University
Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...
www.jobs.ac.uk
December 2, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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We need more transparency in author contributions statements. Like, which one was it? Melee, Brawl, Ultimate? The N64 version???
The reader can only guess.
December 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Apropos of not much, in the 1st year of my PhD at Leeds I was TAing and gave a student a 46 or something for a very, very poor essay. One of the other grad students, who I think fancied her, told her that was too low a mark and on that basis she complained to Seiriol Morgan, the head of 1st year. 1/
December 1, 2025 at 10:52 PM
What baffles me is how the AIs even found out about the conference..

let alone volunteered to review as good citizens.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Major AI conference flooded with peer reviews written fully by AI
Controversy has erupted after 21% of manuscript reviews for an international AI conference were found to be generated by artificial intelligence.
www.nature.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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BOOM! Now over 90,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 and get this done!

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 28, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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publishers-that-rejected-my-manuscript-terrorists
November 29, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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Out now in Translational Psychiatry! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 28, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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France plans to spend $150 million to rip out grape vines due to wine industry woes from increasing heat, drought, etc

Yet planting rows of trees around vines can drought- & heat-proof them while keeping production up w/o irrigation

I reported about this #agroforestry solution in southern France:
Better wines among the pines: Agroforestry can climate-proof grapes, French researchers show
MONTPELLIER, France — As the world warms due to climate change, winemakers are struggling to maintain the quality of their product. But in the home of wine, agroforestry researchers are showing that g...
news.mongabay.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:59 PM
John Duncan for those outside his field*s*
is an amazing person, in person,

as well as having a mind the size of a planet. :)
November 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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November 27, 2025 at 3:34 AM
once played poker at stag do

but didn't want to win anyone's money, ofc.

Pleading w someone to stop increasing bet
when I had straight flush was not an effective strategy
November 26, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.

Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Nature inside

Fresco of a forsaken palace near Siena, Italy.
Via @biancodavinci
November 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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LOLZ. Who ever thought of this is my kind of people.
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Vanished 240 years ago, the UK’s largest bird of prey – the white-tailed eagle – just returned to English skies like it never left.
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Vanished 240 Years Ago, the UK’s Largest Bird of Prey Just Returned to English Skies Like It Never Left
After vanishing from England centuries ago, a fearsome predator is now soaring back into southern skies—and it's not just passing through.
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November 21, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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November 21, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Today is Carers Rights Day. Across the country people are caring for each other and dealing with tough times.

This isn't just Ed’s story. It's the story of millions, and that's who the Liberal Democrats will continue to fight for.
November 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM