Paula Kuokkanen

Cones, sycamore keys, dried berries, acorns & their caps, seedheads & lichen twigs arranged on a white background. Hidden in the photo is a tiny deer stag for you to find.

My mental health declined pretty badly last wk but some of you asked for more photos like the hunt-the-tiny-owl one I made & I wanted to try to make an advent calendar so:some lovely things that fell off trees & this time a tiny deer stag to find.
Do let me know if you enjoy this & I'll make more 🦌

The CNRS is breaking free from the Web of Science From January 1st 2026, the CNRS will cut access to one of the largest commercial bibliometric databases, Clarivate Analytics'

From January 1st 2026, the CNRS will cut access to one of the largest commercial bibliometric databases, Clarivate Analytics' Web of Science, along with the Core Collection and Journal Citation Reports.

Are you a postdoc or 4-5th year grad student working on any problem in environmental microbiology and are interested in giving a virtual seminar (via zoom) on your hard work to a crowd of interested researchers at Montana State's Thermal Biology Institute in spring? Email/DM me!

Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.

tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.

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Tattoo ink induces inflammation in the draining lymph node and alters the immune response to vaccination | PNAS Despite safety concerns regarding the toxicity of tattoo ink, no studies have reported the consequences of tattooing on the immune response. In thi...

Tattoo ink causes a months long inflammatory response.

Tattoo ink at injection sites decreases the effectiveness of the covid vaccine but increases the effectiveness of the flu vaccine.

Net (PFN) architecture, which captures complex interactions between features while maintaining computational efficiency. The TabPFNMix model can be represented as: f_ TabPFNMix where is a tree-based feature transformation, and is a neural network that processes the transformed features.

But… but… the function they used fits perfectly with everything in Fig 1 🤓

Picture of textbook cover with title "Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience"

Announcing a new open access textbook for entry level behavioral neuro. Funded by NSF. Written by a collection of 26 neuro experts. Method demonstration videos and author interviews too. Consider using it in your courses to reduce financial barriers to education.

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Our python workshop is returning! Undergraduate educators, join us on July 27-30 for "Coding with Allen Institute Data."

No prior coding experience needed. Travel, meals, & stipend included.

Apply by Feb. 2 at: https://alleninstitute.org/events/educator-coding-workshop-2026/

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Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or Full Professor of Cognitive Science - Vacancy at Aarhus University Vacancy at School of Communication and Culture - Linguistics, Cognitive Science and Semiotics, Dept. of, Aarhus University

CogSci in Aarhus is hiring, open rank (assi, asso or full prof).
We want somebody working on and teaching computational modelling of cognitive processes and/or social processes. Students are amazing, work/life balance very satisfactory, and colleagues are nice!

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OU College of International Studies professor reportedly arrested by ICE U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reportedly arrested an OU professor at Will Rogers International Airport Saturday.

My colleague, Dr. Vahid Abedini, was illegally detained by ICE on Saturday. He is currently being held without a court date in sight, despite being in the country legally. Please spread the word! We must ensure his due process rights are upheld. www.oudaily.com/news/ou-prof...

Less than 2 weeks to go until rent needs to be paid and I still need 146 new sign-ups.

You get literally 1000s of posts, over 900 recipes for £5 and more added every day.

16% off if you sign up annually!

Please just give it a try. You improve my life and can cancel anytime.

That’s one of the biggest reasons why I keep making my sourdough regularly. Typically it’s good or very good, but once in a while it’s just fucking delicious 😋

I was good in maths in school, realized in time that I liked calculations but not proofs, studied physics, found hearing & neuroscience super exciting during my Erasmus year in Berlin.

BlueSky hivemind! I have a request.

By January latest, I will need a warm hat. I have a skein of chunky yarn and very basic crochet skills (e.g. I've made scarves).

Gimme your best idiot-proof hat patterns. Bonus points if they're free. DOUBLE bonus points if they fit a large (23") cranium.

Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.

An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.

If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."

There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.

Thank you for sharing, a beautiful and soothing picture 🦉🌱🌾🌸

As funding falters, young brain scientists rethink careers in research Research on brain disorders may slow as young neuroscientists struggle to find jobs and research grants.

Thanks to @npr.org for highlighting this story!
www.npr.org/sections/sho...

I have just donated $65 to help Ruaa. If you are able to, please share or donate any amount.

Call for junior or mid-career group leaders in neuroscience! Apply by 30 Jan to join the FENS-Kavli Network. We are looking for excellent and engaged future scholars who are committed to exchanging scientific ideas & improve neuroscience in Europe. fenskavlinetwork.org/who-we-are/a...

Alex Crawford: "The misery for those with no homes in Gaza just got worse"

Alex reports on the aid piling up in Jordan as Israel continues to block its entry into Gaza (including crutches and wheelchairs, which Israel has been blocking for months)

Get yourself a really cool and different advent calendar! Kids love learning about weird critters (eels are very weird, complimentary). Adults concerned about nature or just looking for a break from all the STUFF will appreciate the knowledge & art in this. C'mon. Do it for the eels.

Paris. It was not 'built like this.'
Thanks Anne Hidalgo, a DOER, for greening Paris. Along the way, showing the world's mayors that change is doable.

Situation Modification: it’s NOT willpower, but the wisdom to shape the situations that shape you. Angela Duckworth

Disability Visibility anthology Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century (Vintage Books, 2020) Click here for more about the anthology adapted for young people.     Order paperback, e-bo…

the world is a bit smaller tonight with the death of Alice Wong. if you aren't familiar with who she was please pick up any of her books.

This video I did it before gencide as student day in gaza, ahhh everything destroyed even me

World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating

The majority of people — politicians, business folk and public alike — fail to realise how violent a 2.6°C hotter world (over 4°C in Europe) will be. Displacements, forced migrations and armed conflicts will become the norm at every level, everywhere, including in currently peaceful regions. #COP30