bk
@knutson-brain.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy
affect mapping / psychic plumbing
(#affectiveneuroscience , #neuroeconomics , #neuroforecasting , #neurophenomics , etc.)
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(#affectiveneuroscience , #neuroeconomics , #neuroforecasting , #neurophenomics , etc.)
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· Oct 30
Original post on sfba.social
sfba.social
Thanks and kudos to Nick Weiler for wrangling my enthusiastic ramblings into a coherent narrative that hopefully conveys my optimism about the past (first half) and future (second half) of #neuroforecasting (on #stanford 's Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute award-winning podcast!) […]
RE: https://flipboard.com/@bbcnews/business-h8ss70mez/-/a-aSyGPx3lRQSHbexbprSfVQ%3Aa%3A3199692-%2F0
Paying for (more) gas is a stupid tax.
Paying for (more) gas is a stupid tax.
flipboard.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:27 AM
RE: https://flipboard.com/@bbcnews/business-h8ss70mez/-/a-aSyGPx3lRQSHbexbprSfVQ%3Aa%3A3199692-%2F0
Paying for (more) gas is a stupid tax.
Paying for (more) gas is a stupid tax.
No choice, no freedom.
December 2, 2025 at 8:16 PM
No choice, no freedom.
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I'm also just a neuroscientist, standing in front of a President, asking him to give me his MRI scans...
December 1, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I'm also just a neuroscientist, standing in front of a President, asking him to give me his MRI scans...
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This is what it looks like when billionaires own the media.
December 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
This is what it looks like when billionaires own the media.
Send me the head scans.
(I dare you.)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-says-hell-release-mri-233348721.html
(I dare you.)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-says-hell-release-mri-233348721.html
Trump says he'll release MRI results but doesn't know what part of his body was scanned
President Donald Trump said he'll release the results of his MRI test that he received in October. The White House has declined to detail why Trump had an MRI during his physical in October or on what part of his body. The press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, has said that the president received “advanced imaging” at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center “as part of his routine physical examination” and that the results showed Trump remains in “exceptional physical health.”
www.yahoo.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Send me the head scans.
(I dare you.)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-says-hell-release-mri-233348721.html
(I dare you.)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-says-hell-release-mri-233348721.html
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November 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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This article provides more data showing how easy it is to manipulate humans on social media.
These researchers rerouted the algorithm on Twitter to push some users toward “antidemocratic attitudes and partisan animosity”.
It only took 1 week to elicit changes that used to take 3 years.
These researchers rerouted the algorithm on Twitter to push some users toward “antidemocratic attitudes and partisan animosity”.
It only took 1 week to elicit changes that used to take 3 years.
Reranking partisan animosity in algorithmic social media feeds alters affective polarization
Today, social media platforms hold the sole power to study the effects of feed-ranking algorithms. We developed a platform-independent method that reranks participants’ feeds in real time and used thi...
www.science.org
November 28, 2025 at 2:42 PM
This article provides more data showing how easy it is to manipulate humans on social media.
These researchers rerouted the algorithm on Twitter to push some users toward “antidemocratic attitudes and partisan animosity”.
It only took 1 week to elicit changes that used to take 3 years.
These researchers rerouted the algorithm on Twitter to push some users toward “antidemocratic attitudes and partisan animosity”.
It only took 1 week to elicit changes that used to take 3 years.
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My interpretation of this article:
You don’t need a violent coup or a hacked voting machines to overthrow democracy.
You just need control of the algorithm.
You don’t need a violent coup or a hacked voting machines to overthrow democracy.
You just need control of the algorithm.
Reranking partisan animosity in algorithmic social media feeds alters affective polarization
Today, social media platforms hold the sole power to study the effects of feed-ranking algorithms. We developed a platform-independent method that reranks participants’ feeds in real time and used thi...
www.science.org
November 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
My interpretation of this article:
You don’t need a violent coup or a hacked voting machines to overthrow democracy.
You just need control of the algorithm.
You don’t need a violent coup or a hacked voting machines to overthrow democracy.
You just need control of the algorithm.
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The attack on vaccines by the bad actors who are running amok in the U.S. government will result in the following:
1. Substantial reduction in vaccine access
2. Significantly increased vaccine-preventable disease
3. Significantly increased pediatric deaths
4. A witch hunt for a “cover up”.
1. Substantial reduction in vaccine access
2. Significantly increased vaccine-preventable disease
3. Significantly increased pediatric deaths
4. A witch hunt for a “cover up”.
November 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The attack on vaccines by the bad actors who are running amok in the U.S. government will result in the following:
1. Substantial reduction in vaccine access
2. Significantly increased vaccine-preventable disease
3. Significantly increased pediatric deaths
4. A witch hunt for a “cover up”.
1. Substantial reduction in vaccine access
2. Significantly increased vaccine-preventable disease
3. Significantly increased pediatric deaths
4. A witch hunt for a “cover up”.
Clever #stanford colleagues developed a browser tool to downrank politically divisive content on #socialmedia -- and found that it reduced users' outgroup animosity!
Deeply grateful today for creative science with applicable solutions (sign me up) […]
Deeply grateful today for creative science with applicable solutions (sign me up) […]
Original post on sfba.social
sfba.social
November 27, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Clever #stanford colleagues developed a browser tool to downrank politically divisive content on #socialmedia -- and found that it reduced users' outgroup animosity!
Deeply grateful today for creative science with applicable solutions (sign me up) […]
Deeply grateful today for creative science with applicable solutions (sign me up) […]
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DOGE is dead.
It didn’t save money—it burned it.
Analysts estimate DOGE’s chaos cost taxpayers around $135 billion, from mass firings to lost tax revenue.
$135 billion.
Per the nonpartisan Partnership for Public Service. @ourpublicservice.bsky.social
It didn’t save money—it burned it.
Analysts estimate DOGE’s chaos cost taxpayers around $135 billion, from mass firings to lost tax revenue.
$135 billion.
Per the nonpartisan Partnership for Public Service. @ourpublicservice.bsky.social
The Most Humiliating Failure of the New Trump Administration Has Come to a Sad, Fitting Close
It failed at every one of its stated goals while still managing to do tremendous damage to millions of people.
slate.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:55 AM
DOGE is dead.
It didn’t save money—it burned it.
Analysts estimate DOGE’s chaos cost taxpayers around $135 billion, from mass firings to lost tax revenue.
$135 billion.
Per the nonpartisan Partnership for Public Service. @ourpublicservice.bsky.social
It didn’t save money—it burned it.
Analysts estimate DOGE’s chaos cost taxpayers around $135 billion, from mass firings to lost tax revenue.
$135 billion.
Per the nonpartisan Partnership for Public Service. @ourpublicservice.bsky.social
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This is how you do it people. I feel like I could have written this article, as it is extremely detailed as to all of the valid reasons why they would want to ban such content from being associated with Nature.
Every journalistic & creative outlet you follow should be publishing something like […]
Every journalistic & creative outlet you follow should be publishing something like […]
Original post on indieweb.social
indieweb.social
November 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
This is how you do it people. I feel like I could have written this article, as it is extremely detailed as to all of the valid reasons why they would want to ban such content from being associated with Nature.
Every journalistic & creative outlet you follow should be publishing something like […]
Every journalistic & creative outlet you follow should be publishing something like […]
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#goodnews: "Bolsonaro to Start Serving 27-Year Sentence Over Coup Plot. Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered former Pres. Jair Bolsonaro to begin serving a prison term for conspiring to remain in power after losing the last election" […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
#goodnews: "Bolsonaro to Start Serving 27-Year Sentence Over Coup Plot. Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered former Pres. Jair Bolsonaro to begin serving a prison term for conspiring to remain in power after losing the last election" […]
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From Mark Kelly’s office, in response to threats from Hegseth.
November 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
From Mark Kelly’s office, in response to threats from Hegseth.
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"Those in power recognized that oppression is best maintained by keeping the masses illiterate, and those oppressed recognized that literacy is liberation. To my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked […]
Original post on zeroes.ca
zeroes.ca
November 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
"Those in power recognized that oppression is best maintained by keeping the masses illiterate, and those oppressed recognized that literacy is liberation. To my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked […]
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November 20, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Democratic Senators and Representative refuse to be intimidated by Trump calling for their murder. Their statement, issued today. ⬇️
November 20, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Democratic Senators and Representative refuse to be intimidated by Trump calling for their murder. Their statement, issued today. ⬇️
Happy 50th to KRTU FM 91.7! Proud to have served as a jazz DJ way back in '89 (and student of Bill Christ)...
https://www.trinity.edu/news/half-century-sound
https://www.trinity.edu/news/half-century-sound
November 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Happy 50th to KRTU FM 91.7! Proud to have served as a jazz DJ way back in '89 (and student of Bill Christ)...
https://www.trinity.edu/news/half-century-sound
https://www.trinity.edu/news/half-century-sound
Wouldn't be where I am without the mentorship and training of my first postdoctoral mentor #paulekman ...
May this Bay Area legend of experimental psychology #restinpeace ...
https://www.paulekman.com/blog/the-passing-of-dr-paul-ekman/
May this Bay Area legend of experimental psychology #restinpeace ...
https://www.paulekman.com/blog/the-passing-of-dr-paul-ekman/
www.paulekman.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Wouldn't be where I am without the mentorship and training of my first postdoctoral mentor #paulekman ...
May this Bay Area legend of experimental psychology #restinpeace ...
https://www.paulekman.com/blog/the-passing-of-dr-paul-ekman/
May this Bay Area legend of experimental psychology #restinpeace ...
https://www.paulekman.com/blog/the-passing-of-dr-paul-ekman/
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Let’s see if the “personal liberties and free markets” editorial board of the Washington Post will actually take Trump to task over his comments excusing the murder of one its own columnists.
Given that they’ve purged me and all their opinion writers who actually care about human rights.
Given that they’ve purged me and all their opinion writers who actually care about human rights.
November 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Let’s see if the “personal liberties and free markets” editorial board of the Washington Post will actually take Trump to task over his comments excusing the murder of one its own columnists.
Given that they’ve purged me and all their opinion writers who actually care about human rights.
Given that they’ve purged me and all their opinion writers who actually care about human rights.
#til : excite.com still works great as a search engine ( anti- #enshittification )
November 17, 2025 at 8:07 PM
#til : excite.com still works great as a search engine ( anti- #enshittification )
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Ultralight trackers make it possible, for the first time, to track the migration route of individual butterflies. Here are the routes taken by six monarchs this fall. Poor CMP032 got blown out to sea in New Jersey, and still managed to make it back to Florida. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/s...
November 17, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Ultralight trackers make it possible, for the first time, to track the migration route of individual butterflies. Here are the routes taken by six monarchs this fall. Poor CMP032 got blown out to sea in New Jersey, and still managed to make it back to Florida. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/s...