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Reposted by Burkhard Schäfer, Erich Fromm

thetransmitter.bsky.social
Figuring out how the brain uses information from visual neurons may require new tools, writes @neurograce.bsky.social. Hear from 10 experts in the field.

#neuroskyence

www.thetransmitter.org/the-big-pict...
Connecting neural activity, perception in the visual system
Figuring out how the brain uses information from visual neurons may require new tools. I asked nine experts to weigh in.
www.thetransmitter.org
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by Burkhard Schäfer

burkhardschafer.bsky.social
I was at her Edinburgh gig last night, and it was wonderful (AND we repaired an unstable timeline involving one copy of Poyums Annaw, a space time anomaly and the Edinburg Book Festival, but that's a story for another day) - if you want to treat yourself, and there is one near you, get a ticket!
lenniesaurus.bsky.social
Len Pennie @lenniesaurus.bsky.social · 27d
🚨LOW TICKET WARNING🚨 there are 8 tickets left for my event in Glasgow with Denise Mina on Tuesday, so if you want a ticket, nows your chance! www.waterstones.com/events/len-p...

by Burkhard Schäfer

burkhardschafer.bsky.social
she said, voice shaking: I think I just understood my PhD! (she had passed her Viva 14 years ago...) We never found out how pickled gherkins on rye bread had triggered that epiphany
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by Burkhard Schäfer

burkhardschafer.bsky.social
I remember an evening email with my parents and brothers, some day in the late 70s. Among the usual chatter, my mother's face suddenly went vacant, and she stared silently at the wall. My father asked if everything was all right....
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lenniesaurus.bsky.social
🚨LOW TICKET WARNING🚨 there are 8 tickets left for my event in Glasgow with Denise Mina on Tuesday, so if you want a ticket, nows your chance! www.waterstones.com/events/len-p...
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by Burkhard Schäfer

burkhardschafer.bsky.social
This is brilliant news, and what a great project!
pat-err.bsky.social
Patrick James Errington @pat-err.bsky.social · Sep 16
🎉 Thrilled to share that I've received a @ukri.org #FutureLeadersFellowship for our transdisciplinary, participatory, & practice-partnered project #RewritingWor(l)ds @re-writer.bsky.social/ rewriting-worlds.ed.ac.uk researching #poetry, creative engagement, & #wellbeing for young people
Rewriting Wor(l)ds
Rewriting Worlds is a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship project researching young people's creative engagement with poetry at the University of Edinburgh.
rewriting-worlds.ed.ac.uk
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pat-err.bsky.social
🎉 Thrilled to share that I've received a @ukri.org #FutureLeadersFellowship for our transdisciplinary, participatory, & practice-partnered project #RewritingWor(l)ds @re-writer.bsky.social/ rewriting-worlds.ed.ac.uk researching #poetry, creative engagement, & #wellbeing for young people
Rewriting Wor(l)ds
Rewriting Worlds is a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship project researching young people's creative engagement with poetry at the University of Edinburgh.
rewriting-worlds.ed.ac.uk
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issyclarke.bsky.social
I am so pleased to announce that I have been awarded a @ukri.org Future Leaders Fellowship www.ukri.org/news/ukri-an... to undertake the project 'A Multi-Dimensional Understanding of the Digital Far Right'.
UKRI announces winners of £120 million Future Leaders Fellowships
Research into the causes of lung cancer and Alzheimer’s disease are among 77 projects to be funded by UKRI’s Future Leaders Fellowships.
www.ukri.org
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by Burkhard Schäfer

burkhardschafer.bsky.social
Eleanor Morton's latest take on AI - worse than Craig
youtube.com/shorts/8-lgJ...
We Have AI Now
YouTube video by Eleanor Morton
youtube.com
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wolvendamien.bsky.social
Last week at @4sweb, I got the honour of being on a on Disability Access, Infrastructure, & Technoableism panel w/ @chartblay.bsky.social , @ashleyshoo.bsky.social, & Raquel Velho, learning from & speaking w/ them & @disabilitystor1.bsky.social & @besswww.bsky.social, as commenters & interlocutors…
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Reposted by Burkhard Schäfer

privacyinternational.org
Privacy is essential for people with disabilities to live with independence and dignity.

While assistive tech can empower autonomy, mishandling sensitive health or disability data can lead to discrimination, stigma or control.

Learn more:

privacyinternational.org/case-study/5...
Why Privacy Matters to People with Disabilities
Privacy is a universal right, but for people with disabilities, it’s often compromised in the very systems designed to support them. Accessing essential services and benefits frequently requires the…
privacyinternational.org
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Reposted by Burkhard Schäfer, Joanna Bryson, Rob Marchant , and 1 more

kostchristian.bsky.social
Only 10 days left to apply:

We are searching for a senior postdoc (3 +3 years) in the field of theoretical ecology and evolution.

The position provides the opportunity to closely interact with experimentalists and develop own research projects.

Please RT.

Details 👇:
shorturl.at/iiiOv
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Reposted by Burkhard Schäfer

abeba.bsky.social
"The idea of robot/AI rights acts as a smoke screen, allowing theorists and futurists to fantasize about benevolently sentient machines with unalterable needs and desires protected by law." firstmonday.org/ojs/index.ph...
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eliothiggins.bsky.social
New batch of emails from Russia's disinformation campaign, which added Chancellor Merz of Germany to its list of targets, which has previously focused on Moldovan president Maia Sandu and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.
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by Burkhard Schäfer

burkhardschafer.bsky.social
While many get overexcited on AI and copyright Audibe quietly finds low-tech solutions to rip off authors and redistribute money from creators to billionaires. An important petition here: www.change.org/p/convince-a... and for background, this video helps: www.youtube.com/@Elisabeth_W...
Sign the Petition
Convince Audible to revise it's New Royalty Model
www.change.org
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lenniesaurus.bsky.social
Exactly one month til I'm heading across the UK with POYUMS ANNAW. Already so many of yous have bought books and tickets, and been so supportive of my work, thank you!! Tickets are available for most dates (if you've missed your city or you're not able to attend we're livestreaming the 24th)
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Reposted by Burkhard Schäfer, Margaret Mitchell

emilymbender.bsky.social
Letting Google set the narrative about the environmental costs of "AI" is like letting tobacco companies set the narrative about the effects of second-hand smoke by measuring the health effects of sitting through one neighbor smoking one cigarette.
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Reposted by Burkhard Schäfer

asls.org.uk
Running she comes, late,
Reeling in under the last
Bronze brimmings. She sits
Among twenty whispers.

—George Mackay Brown, “Island School”
published in Carve the Runes: Selected Poems by George Mackay Brown (Polygon 2021)
#Orkney #poetry
birlinn.co.uk/product/carv...
Island School George Mackay Brown A boy leaves a small house Of sea light. He leaves The sea smells, creel And limpet and cod. The boy walks between steep Stone houses, echoing Gull cries, the all-around Choirs of the sea, Ship noises, shop noises, clamours Of bellman and milkcart. The boy comes at last To a tower with a tall desk And a globe and a blackboard And a stern chalk- smelling lady. A bell Nods and summons. A girl comes, cornlight In the eyes, smelling Of peat and cows And the rich midden. Running she comes, late, Reeling in under the last Bronze brimmings. She sits Among twenty whispers.
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canongate.co.uk
The wonderful @lenniesaurus.bsky.social has been shortlisted for Scottish Writer of the Year! If you've enjoyed her poetry or tireless (and frankly incredible) efforts promoting Scots with her Scots word of the day series, send her a vote:

projects.handsupfortrad.scot/scotslanguag...
Scots Language Awards 2025 shortlist unveiled
Hands Up for Trad are gled tae annoonce that amang the braw nominees includit on the shortleet for a Scots Leid Award 2025, are weel worthy fowk fae Scottish literature, theatre, eddication an busi…
projects.handsupfortrad.scot
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by Burkhard Schäfer

burkhardschafer.bsky.social
This sounds absolutely excellent!
mrose.ink
Meredith Rose @mrose.ink · Aug 5
Got my tentative schedule for DragonCon, and FOLKS...
"POKELAW - speculative ethics of Pokemon" - SUNDAY at 1:00 PM. Panelists: Meredith Rose, Lucas Matos Hernandez, Will Harris, Jess Eppstein, Ryan Consell Description: Capturing wild animals for bloodsport, using unsupervised preteends for fieldwork, how did any of this get ethics clearance?
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mrose.ink
Got my tentative schedule for DragonCon, and FOLKS...
"POKELAW - speculative ethics of Pokemon" - SUNDAY at 1:00 PM. Panelists: Meredith Rose, Lucas Matos Hernandez, Will Harris, Jess Eppstein, Ryan Consell Description: Capturing wild animals for bloodsport, using unsupervised preteends for fieldwork, how did any of this get ethics clearance?
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benpatrickwill.bsky.social
Two startups have just launched embryo selection software based on genomic IQ prediction. Both have support from "educational genomics" researchers, but some scientists say the startups are selling "snake oil." New post on genetics, IQ and education codeactsineducation.wordpress.com/2025/08/04/e...
Educational genomics and embryo selection startups
Photo by David Matos on Unsplash Two new genomics startups have released consumer services claiming to allow parents to screen and select embryos based on polygenic scores for IQ. Both are already …
codeactsineducation.wordpress.com
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by Burkhard Schäfer

burkhardschafer.bsky.social
Ahhhh.... The "stand up" part threw me there. And my physio sometimes asks me to do unusual movements, to see if I can, so I'd def. done the same thing you did and thought he'd have his reasons 😆
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by Burkhard Schäfer

burkhardschafer.bsky.social
That's...pretty much how I would have understood it too.... What were you supposed to be doing?
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by Burkhard Schäfer

burkhardschafer.bsky.social
So you mean you are extremely well coordinated? 😄
(from concreteplayground.com/sydney/bars/...)
a painting of a bear on a monocycle, balancing lots of food, and the name "Blind bear" underneath it

by Burkhard Schäfer

burkhardschafer.bsky.social
Dunan Mor, ann am Muile. Tha e cho èibhinn. (dunan - little fort/fortlett; mor- big: little big fort)
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by Burkhard Schäfer

burkhardschafer.bsky.social
Qualified immunity, obviously. While there are cases that broadly indicate that police destroying evidence is a violation of civil rights, there is no single case that specifically addresses the destruction/suppression of earrings.

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lenniesaurus.bsky.social
Gulls. youtube.com/shorts/SJZsD...
they infuriate me. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙
YouTube video by Miss PunnyPennie
youtube.com
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Reposted by Burkhard Schäfer

korimichele.bsky.social
I'm holding onto one thing.
I love you.
A black and red ink drawing, reading "Even in the hardest times/ I am confident we will find ways to love." In the center panel is a person hugging a bundle of fire tightly, and it is flanked with simplified decorative flower motifs. Ink on vellum, digitally layered. By Kori Michele Handwerker.
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Reposted by Burkhard Schäfer, Tim Bale, Rebecca Sear

iandunt.bsky.social
The trans rights stitch-up: How the government plans to silence parliamentary debate on the most far-reaching restriction of minority rights in our lifetime open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...
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