For those who watched, who would you say was series MVP?

If you're in line to bat at Game 7 of the World Series STAY IN LINE

Please remember to put the standing stones of your local Neolithic astronomical observatory back by one hour tonight.

watching “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” and he’s finally gonna do it; he’s gonna kick the football. he’s got a signed document and everything.

New paper dropped!

Led by @thosvarley.bsky.social and Pai Vaibhav, we show that flows of information within a #xenobot resemble flows of information observed in adult human brains.

Thomas provides caveats and context below.

w/ @drmichaellevin.bsky.social, Caitlin Grasso, & Jeantine Lunshof.

Here's a talk that's quite different from ones I've given before, although it has connections to everything I often talk about, presented at #alife2025:

thoughtforms.life/meet-a-new-s...

(downloadable slides link there too). 🧪

Can general artificial intelligence emerge by not following the evolution of complex brains? In this 2022 paper with @brigan.bsky.social we argued that embodiment, mind reading (mirror systems), mental time traveling... are necessary conditions
www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/24... @anilseth.bsky.social

doomscroll break

if you’re at the Phillies game tonight and they’re not up by at least 3 runs by the 5th inning go into the team store and just walk out with whatever you can carry.

Now outside the paywall!

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

"You're in charge of the autoclave"

If I don't die like this, then I didn't live right.

In one of Gary Larson's books, he reportedly got in trouble with the Jane Goodall Society for this cartoon, but he heard that Jane Goodall personally loved it.

We join the global scientific community in celebrating the life of Dr. Jane Goodall. Dr. Goodall was a dedicated proponent of preserving and understanding life and a passionate advocate for science. Her generous spirit and brilliant mind will be missed. 🧪 👩‍🔬

Credit: Amy Martin Photography

Rest in peace, Jane Goodall.

GAME OVER.

Me right now go red sox

get some eagles fans in your life; they’re delightful.

The 4 hours Shaun video about THAT book lol

youtu.be/tyU5Xkk6TuE?...

so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining

The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right?

"Every thought that has ever passed through your brain was made possible by plants."

Fascinating read on the new science of plant intelligence and the mystery of what makes a mind www.themarginalian.org/2024/05/24/t...