New audio for "WHY?—can we have both fairness & progress?". Check it out on the site or on the podcast. open.spotify.com/episode/6nK6...
Innovators throughout the ages have found ways to apply knowledge in one area of expertise to another domain to create breakthroughs. This series makes a strong case for "reasoning by analogy".
See if this shift in perspective unlocks your inner genius.
#Polymaths #Genius #Innovation #Musk
Where children learn and old lords rest deep in rural England. At St James’s, Somerton, Oxfordshire, village life seems timeless. Here, I was struck by how a transient moment of modern life was left as but a shadow by the tomb chest of Sir Thomas Fermor (d.1580) and his second wife Bridget Bradshaw.
On New Year’s Day, take a moment to be present with those relatives we lost, those relatives we found, and those relatives that we’re learning how to better care for. This is worth a deep mindful breath, of grief and gratitude.
open.substack.com/pub/mongabay...
A bunch of daddies hypnotized at school, burly bodies squeezed into small desks, eager to please the professor controlling them. "Yes, teacher!" they say eagerly like a chorus, deep voices contrasted their simple-minded childish tones. They're learning that silly daddies are meant to obey teacher
Sir: It seems the boy is learning very well. In a recent game of cum or air he found amazing focus. Deep breathing exercises while edged, cut off air wait for cum or fight. Wanting to please me he slowed his breath closed his eyes and shot an incredible load. Did he get air? 😈
I just created a series of seven deep-dive videos about AI, which I've posted to youtube and now here. 😊
Targeted to laypeople, they explore how LLMs work, what they can do, and what impacts they have on learning, well-being, disinformation, the workplace, the economy, and the environment.
With some trepidation, I'm putting this out into the world:
gershmanlab.com/textbook.html
It's a textbook called Computational Foundations of Cognitive Neuroscience, which I wrote for my class.
My hope is that this will be a living document, continuously improved as I get feedback.
I've been working for ages on a comprehensive revamp of the Stanford Encyclopedia Entry on "Animal Consciousness", with new sections on non-Western perspectives, methodological challenges and evolutionary big pictures, and it's out today: plato.stanford.edu/entries/cons.... Hope you find it useful!
Human astrocytes are among my favorite things to photograph under the microscope! I feel like I’m looking at stars in the sky!
Can you identify the blood vessel in the middle of the image?
Markers: 💙 Dapi 💛 GFAP
🌟 🔬 🧠 #Microscopy #Neuroscience
Neuroscience is moving away from a modular view of the brain because the brain is not modular. It is network of murmuring neurons. Great metaphor by @pessoabrain.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/o...
#neuroscience
I relocated from Brazil to the US in 2017 for a Postdoc in Neuroscience. A dream coming true, the US was the place to be in my field. The country I moved to no longer exists. Now I'm preparing to move to Germany, and sad about all the scientists who don't have the same chance to escape. #BrainDrain
Emma is a war refugee and survivor of conversion therapy whose work, feminism, and feedback have all been invaluable to me and my nonfiction. Please consider helping her out if you can.
Am attempting to write stuff that requires more research so I've been reading more nonfiction in the last few months.
I haven't been a naturally curious person as an adult. (Depression? IDK.) So it's something that requires some effort.
I do find it annoying how some people dismiss long YouTube video essays as "bad" just because of their length. I get if you don't have the time to watch them, thats ok! But length isn't quality. Yes, movies and TV shows may be shorter, but you listen to nonfiction audiobooks that are 10 hours, yes?
I earnestly would equate video essays more with academic articles or nonfiction books. Are some giant wastes of drivel and time? Sure. But some aren't, and length isn't a measure of its quality, but the quality of its time usage is.
My nonfiction essay writing class has ended. It was very much a success! I tried out something that was new to me AND required me being vulnerable while strangers critiqued my work. So just a little push to try stuff out.
Phantomarine is updated! Ch 7 p 37
Girl, don't give him the satisfaction.
www.phantomarine.com/comic/737-in...
#webcomics #comics
Voltar no tempo pra impedir a Coreia do Sul de ser uma grande potência exportadora de cultura pop e, consequentemente não fazerem webcomics de scrollar no celular que, depois, seriam postas junto com mangás em sites de ler scan online pra evitar a queda do Mangadex e do Batoto
By the way, fuck ICE. #webcomics
Daniel was in a band in high school. Then his sister died, he fell out with his band's guitarist, & years went by. So how did he end up back here, in a vibes-audition for the same band? Something to do with that guitarist's 'marry me' eyes, probably
#KeepingTime #webcomics
🎸 keepingtimecomic.com
I think us folks at @chimeracomics.bsky.social are ready to eat-- uh, turn the page! yeah! :D
Go and check out all the brilliant webcomics on chimeracomics.org 💙💗💛
I want to be a polymath!
Just remember that last year @albomp.bsky.social’s government approved a carbon bomb, the North West Shelf Gas project.
For those that pay attention to and respect climate science, and laws of physics and chemistry, you’ll appreciate why this is an issue.
When a container of mixed nuts is shaken, the largest nuts rise to the top.
This phenomenon is known as the ‘Brazil nut effect,’ and there are a couple of mechanisms at play.
Or: “Making physics fun with snacks.” 🧵⬇️
i'm just gonna say, only the physics, chemistry, and physiology prizes matter.
the economics one is basically fake and the peace prize is an award for advancing a narrative. insulin is an achievement. peace prizes don't even award peace itself and are actual participation trophies.
In the scene depicted, the instructor is teaching quantum physics and temporal mechanics. She calls out a student who is being an ass and doesn't even know his classmates' names. But to bigots, the mere presence of an LGBTQI+ actor (Tig Notaro) is "DEI training."
Question:
Would YOU stay if you were asked to do something that violated your ethics, professionalism, and sense of decency?
Hey #kidlitartpostcard! My name is Dominique, im an illustrator who enjoys drawing animals, non-fiction, folklore, and nature.
I am repped by Kelly Sonnack at Andrea Brown Literacy, working in picture books, coloring for graphic novels, and book covers.
🌵 www.dominiqueramsey.com
for the record when i call my work "graphic novels" i just mean it's a comic that's you know. in a format that's, like, kinda long, and not a continuing story
