Mandy Stefanakis
@mstefanakis.bsky.social
Writer, composer, researcher(PhD in Music). Climate Choir Melbourne. 🕊️
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**How distributed is the brain-wide network that is recruited
for cognition?**
That goes to the top of the list!
#neuroskyence
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
for cognition?**
That goes to the top of the list!
#neuroskyence
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
December 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
**How distributed is the brain-wide network that is recruited
for cognition?**
That goes to the top of the list!
#neuroskyence
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
for cognition?**
That goes to the top of the list!
#neuroskyence
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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Stop fining companies minuscule amounts for environmental crimes and chuck their executives in prison instead www.bordermail.com.au/story/912886...
Hefty fine after 37,000 litres of drilling sludge dumped near North East river
Business hit with penalty and ordered to clean up the waste.
www.bordermail.com.au
December 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Stop fining companies minuscule amounts for environmental crimes and chuck their executives in prison instead www.bordermail.com.au/story/912886...
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We are still logging and degrading global forests at terrifying speed. How can we slow this destruction, including in Australia? 👉 theconversation.com/million...
December 11, 2025 at 6:32 AM
We are still logging and degrading global forests at terrifying speed. How can we slow this destruction, including in Australia? 👉 theconversation.com/million...
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ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:16 AM
ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
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Australia - wake the fuck up!!
Denmark has labeled the United States as a potential security concern for the first time in an annual report released by one of its intelligence agencies, offering more evidence of the increasingly fraught transatlantic alliance between Europe and the US.
Denmark sees US as potential security concern | CNN
Denmark has labeled the United States as a potential security concern for the first time in an annual report released by one of its intelligence agencies, offering more evidence of the increasingly fraught transatlantic alliance between Europe and the US.
cnn.it
December 11, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Australia - wake the fuck up!!
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This old cartoon has needed an update for quite a while.
December 11, 2025 at 2:49 AM
This old cartoon has needed an update for quite a while.
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The US is no one’s ally, they are no one’s friend, they are no one’s partner. They can not be trusted or relied upon. They cannot underpin sovereign capability or strategy.
The US is an isolationist, apartheid, decaying, rogue state that should be shunned by the entire world.
The US is an isolationist, apartheid, decaying, rogue state that should be shunned by the entire world.
December 11, 2025 at 2:59 AM
The US is no one’s ally, they are no one’s friend, they are no one’s partner. They can not be trusted or relied upon. They cannot underpin sovereign capability or strategy.
The US is an isolationist, apartheid, decaying, rogue state that should be shunned by the entire world.
The US is an isolationist, apartheid, decaying, rogue state that should be shunned by the entire world.
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"chemical analysis of the dry, pre-mixed piles found in the Pompeii workshop shows that the ancient concreters were using a hot mixing method involving quicklime, or calcium oxide..mixing the lime with all other ingredients"
www.newscientist.com/article/2507...
www.newscientist.com/article/2507...
Pompeii building site reveals how the Romans made concrete
Excavations of a workshop that was buried in Pompeii almost 2000 years ago have given archaeologists unique insights into Roman construction techniques and the longevity of the empire’s concrete
www.newscientist.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:08 AM
"chemical analysis of the dry, pre-mixed piles found in the Pompeii workshop shows that the ancient concreters were using a hot mixing method involving quicklime, or calcium oxide..mixing the lime with all other ingredients"
www.newscientist.com/article/2507...
www.newscientist.com/article/2507...
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Put it down.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
December 10, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Put it down.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
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The incredible Pete Milne investigates & reports on Alcoa's staggeringly egregious bullshit in their quest to strip mine bauxite in West Australia's unique jarrah forests (I'm paraphrasing but Alcoa's operations, impacts & offset/restoration plans exhibit utter contempt for the jarrah ecosystem)
WA's mining regulator has questioned Alcoa's claims of "low impact exploration," plans to offset the damage from its mining, and its effect on endangered cockatoos.
From an FOI request by Boiling Cold.
www.boilingcold.com.au/mines-depart...
From an FOI request by Boiling Cold.
www.boilingcold.com.au/mines-depart...
Mines Department blasts holes in Alcoa’s jarrah forest care claims
Endangered cockatoos - 105,000 exploration holes a year - insecure offsets: WA’s mining regulator has questions for the US miner.
www.boilingcold.com.au
December 10, 2025 at 6:58 AM
The incredible Pete Milne investigates & reports on Alcoa's staggeringly egregious bullshit in their quest to strip mine bauxite in West Australia's unique jarrah forests (I'm paraphrasing but Alcoa's operations, impacts & offset/restoration plans exhibit utter contempt for the jarrah ecosystem)
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I've missed talking to Penny on the internet
December 10, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I've missed talking to Penny on the internet
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Australia Institute research shows that a 25% tax on gas exports would increase supply and cut energy bills for Australians.
Read more: https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/theres-a-simple-way-to-solve-australias-gas-crisis-and-cut-energy-bills/
Read more: https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/theres-a-simple-way-to-solve-australias-gas-crisis-and-cut-energy-bills/
December 9, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Australia Institute research shows that a 25% tax on gas exports would increase supply and cut energy bills for Australians.
Read more: https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/theres-a-simple-way-to-solve-australias-gas-crisis-and-cut-energy-bills/
Read more: https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/theres-a-simple-way-to-solve-australias-gas-crisis-and-cut-energy-bills/
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My very first paper is finally out in @pnas.org, with Catherine Tallon-Baudry and Patrick Haggard! Interoception, exteroception, the self and more, it's got it all.
Also it should go open access at some point
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Also it should go open access at some point
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Interoception vs. Exteroception: Cardiac interoception competes with tactile perception, yet also facilitates self-relevance encoding | PNAS
Internal bodily signals, notably the heartbeat, influence our perception of the external
world—but the nature of this influence remains unclear. Di...
www.pnas.org
December 3, 2025 at 9:35 AM
My very first paper is finally out in @pnas.org, with Catherine Tallon-Baudry and Patrick Haggard! Interoception, exteroception, the self and more, it's got it all.
Also it should go open access at some point
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Also it should go open access at some point
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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New preprint: "Bodily Rhythms Gate Action–Perception Coupling"
Cardiorespiratory cycles gate when it's best to sense & act on the world, shaping when precision peaks
Active sensing + Interoception + Active inference 🧠
🔗 bit.ly/3MinQIi
w/ @micahgallen.com; Lucas Naranjo; @jameskilner.bsky.social
Cardiorespiratory cycles gate when it's best to sense & act on the world, shaping when precision peaks
Active sensing + Interoception + Active inference 🧠
🔗 bit.ly/3MinQIi
w/ @micahgallen.com; Lucas Naranjo; @jameskilner.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 8:13 AM
New preprint: "Bodily Rhythms Gate Action–Perception Coupling"
Cardiorespiratory cycles gate when it's best to sense & act on the world, shaping when precision peaks
Active sensing + Interoception + Active inference 🧠
🔗 bit.ly/3MinQIi
w/ @micahgallen.com; Lucas Naranjo; @jameskilner.bsky.social
Cardiorespiratory cycles gate when it's best to sense & act on the world, shaping when precision peaks
Active sensing + Interoception + Active inference 🧠
🔗 bit.ly/3MinQIi
w/ @micahgallen.com; Lucas Naranjo; @jameskilner.bsky.social
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Interesting to see how @thehill.com is suddenly feeding its readers a steady diet of fossil fuel industry climate denial & delay propaganda:
December 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Interesting to see how @thehill.com is suddenly feeding its readers a steady diet of fossil fuel industry climate denial & delay propaganda:
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Tune in now to 3CR radio in Melbourne/Naarm to hear Uncle Robbie Thorpe interview Chief Na’moks and Gwii Lok’im Gibuu of the Wet’suwet’en and Gitxsan nations—visiting Australia for the first time to meet friends here and tell Woodside to piss off from their unceded lands
December 10, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Tune in now to 3CR radio in Melbourne/Naarm to hear Uncle Robbie Thorpe interview Chief Na’moks and Gwii Lok’im Gibuu of the Wet’suwet’en and Gitxsan nations—visiting Australia for the first time to meet friends here and tell Woodside to piss off from their unceded lands
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The social media ban is the Platonic ideal of contemporary politics:
An ill-conceived, superficial "we must do something" response to a serious systemic issue
The real harm it will cause terrifies me
Can it inspire us to create a better politics?
in-between-days.ghost.io/the-social-m...
An ill-conceived, superficial "we must do something" response to a serious systemic issue
The real harm it will cause terrifies me
Can it inspire us to create a better politics?
in-between-days.ghost.io/the-social-m...
The social media ban and the end of politics
The Albanese government's teen social media ban, which came into effect this morning, is perhaps the Platonic ideal of contemporary politics.
It should make us all very angry. And then it should insp...
in-between-days.ghost.io
December 10, 2025 at 1:11 AM
The social media ban is the Platonic ideal of contemporary politics:
An ill-conceived, superficial "we must do something" response to a serious systemic issue
The real harm it will cause terrifies me
Can it inspire us to create a better politics?
in-between-days.ghost.io/the-social-m...
An ill-conceived, superficial "we must do something" response to a serious systemic issue
The real harm it will cause terrifies me
Can it inspire us to create a better politics?
in-between-days.ghost.io/the-social-m...
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Murdoch has always been a mendacious grub.
Pity @albomp.bsky.social
@australianlabor.bsky.social Govt was so wet behind the ears & fell for his social media ban propaganda campaign.
Murdoch can’t stand the reality that younger generations consider the output of his fetid media stable trash
#auspol
Pity @albomp.bsky.social
@australianlabor.bsky.social Govt was so wet behind the ears & fell for his social media ban propaganda campaign.
Murdoch can’t stand the reality that younger generations consider the output of his fetid media stable trash
#auspol
December 10, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Murdoch has always been a mendacious grub.
Pity @albomp.bsky.social
@australianlabor.bsky.social Govt was so wet behind the ears & fell for his social media ban propaganda campaign.
Murdoch can’t stand the reality that younger generations consider the output of his fetid media stable trash
#auspol
Pity @albomp.bsky.social
@australianlabor.bsky.social Govt was so wet behind the ears & fell for his social media ban propaganda campaign.
Murdoch can’t stand the reality that younger generations consider the output of his fetid media stable trash
#auspol
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Francesca Albanese slams the ‘ceasefire’:
‘Intended to achieve what the genocide could not’
‘The ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from Gaza 🇵🇸’
‘The end of the Palestinians right to self determination’
‘To prevent this we must restore trust in the UN’
‘Intended to achieve what the genocide could not’
‘The ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from Gaza 🇵🇸’
‘The end of the Palestinians right to self determination’
‘To prevent this we must restore trust in the UN’
December 9, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Francesca Albanese slams the ‘ceasefire’:
‘Intended to achieve what the genocide could not’
‘The ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from Gaza 🇵🇸’
‘The end of the Palestinians right to self determination’
‘To prevent this we must restore trust in the UN’
‘Intended to achieve what the genocide could not’
‘The ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from Gaza 🇵🇸’
‘The end of the Palestinians right to self determination’
‘To prevent this we must restore trust in the UN’
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Santos has not. It siphons gas out of the domestic market at an enormous rate to fulfill its export contracts. Since 2017, it has drained about two years of gas supply from the domestic market.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Time to stop tiptoeing around and step on the gas to ease inflation
For a decade, a disaster has unfolded. We've run short of gas through indecision and incompetence, and that's driving energy costs and inflation. We need a solution and an unlikely source may have one...
www.abc.net.au
December 9, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Santos has not. It siphons gas out of the domestic market at an enormous rate to fulfill its export contracts. Since 2017, it has drained about two years of gas supply from the domestic market.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...