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Why is a cross-species spinal cord taxonomy important? 🧠📈

Join us on March 11 for an interactive webinar on this collaborative effort.

RSVP for link: https://alleninstitute.org/events/neuroscience-cell-types-webinars/

Nine Memorable Depictions of AI in Fiction Humans have long been fascinated with consciousness. Before even coming close to fully understanding our own, we’ve devoted much of our imagination (and now resources) into creating it. This urge i…

Thanks for the MACHINEHOOD shoutout, @justinkey.bsky.social! I love the rest of the list, too. Can't wait to dive into your debut!

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A blast from the past!

Awesome! Hope you enjoy both!

Nice to see a shoutout for Runtime, which will hit it's 10th anniversary in this May! 🥹

Gonna log off this app for the rest of the weekend but I wanted to boost this.

If you are interested in participating in the nomination process for the Ignyte awards we have an application.

Our awards are very dear to me. I thought the dire urgency of them would fade. I was wrong. We keep going 🖤

Alright. As is now tradition, here are my 10 favorite African SFF stories from 2025 📖 📚

Featuring tales from: @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social @clarkesworldmagazine.com @omenanamag.bsky.social @giganotosaurus.bsky.social @zamashort.com @khoreo.bsky.social @willthisbeaproblem.bsky.social + more!

Blue, black and white ink painting with blobby shapes

Mitosis, ink on yupo, 2026 #sciart

Samit is not only an excellent writer, he has years of practical wisdom, experience, and skills to share!

He's running 2 workshops, one for global markets, one that's for the Indian market. Applications are currently open.

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Indian Ocean Writers’ Residency Call for Applications in Bentota, Sri Lanka from July 9‒15 2026. Partial or full scholarships are available. The residency is hosted by Tambapanni Academic Publishers, Colombo, in collaboration with the Max Weber Forum, New Delhi. With mentorship from Sri Lankan author Vajra Chandrasekera (winner of the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction) and other Sri Lankan and international scholars and writers. The course director is Amal Chatterjee from the University of Oxford. The deadline for applications is January 31st 2026. For further information, visit www.tambapannipublishers.lk or email tapresidency@tambapannipublishers.lk

I will be one of the speakers/mentors at the Indian Ocean Writers’ Residency in Bentota, Sri Lanka from July 9‒15 2026. Applications close at the end of January—please do apply if you're interested, and share with anyone else who might be!

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Thanks for the highlight!!

Right?! It is tragic indeed.

Oof, that sounds terrible and terrifying! I'm glad you pulled through it.

There's so much we're still learning about the immune system, the brain, and the nervous system. Modern medicine is good, but there's much that it still can't do.

Happy new year!

Here's the January newsletter article for Ansyme: a fascinating look at sickness response (or lack thereof) for certain pneumonia infections.

Wishing you manageable health in the new year and lots of delightful baby milestones 💜

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And if you're not reading Malka Older, you should be!

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On the Oracle Alice Wong, Disability, and Community | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice. When Alice Wong died in November, she left behind a legacy of care for a community of people with long COVID who know they are not alone.

This is the most personal piece I've published in some time.

My fiancé left me a few months after I recovered from COVID-19. Recovered is probably the wrong word. I could remember my birthdate again.

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‘Unprecedented’ dorsal root ganglion atlas captures 22 types of human sensory neurons The atlas also offers up molecular and cellular targets for new pain therapies.

A new atlas of the human dorsal root ganglion contains more than 53,000 neurons and nearly 500,000 non-neuronal cells from 126 people.

By @callimcflurry.bsky.social

#neuroskyence

www.thetransmitter.org/peripheral-n...

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