Alexander Pope decried the cruelty of cooking lobsters alive in 1713. 313 years later the practice will finally be banned. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

14 two-year postdocs for academics of any nationality who cannot continue their research due to US politics. Do share if you know of such.

Jetzt schwarz auf weiß: Das Wirtschaftsministerium von Katherina Reiche bestellt einen Expertenbericht (schon mit nahegelegtem Spin), bekommt ihn - und schreibt ihn dann vor Veröffentlichung so um, dass das darin steht, was Reiche will. "mehr EE nötig"(l.) - gestrichen.

Und hier sind vier Seiten aus „Männer, die die Welt verbrennen“. Ich sage seit Jahren: Der Kampf um die Zukunft Deutschlands wird im Inneren der Union entschieden. Wenn sich die pro-MAGA Fossilfreunde in der Partei durchsetzen, können wir alle einpacken. Dann hat Putin gewonnen.

Ich habe gerade nachgesehen: über die entstehende „rechte Internationale“, die sich jetzt auch in der offiziellen Sicherheitsstrategie des Trump-Regimes wiederfindet, habe ich zum ersten mal 2016 geschrieben.

A new book by @metzinger.bsky.social lays out an epistemically responsible and spiritually deep response to the looming climate crisis, one that pulls no punches in its critique of religion and capitalism. It's the unflinching, honest appraisal we need right now. www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/B0FZ...

Hey all, Thomas Metzinger has a new book out, have a look: www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/B0FZ... @metzinger.bsky.social

Frei verfügbar: Brailovskaia, J., Buchmann, J., Hertwig, R., Metzinger, T., Montag, C., et a. (2025): Soziale Medien und die psychische Gesundheit von Kindern und Jugendlichen. Diskussion Nr. 40, Halle (Saale): Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina. thomasmetzinger.com/wp-content/u...

With J. Brailovskaia, J. Buchmann, R. Hertwig, C. Montag, A.-R. Sadeghi, S. Schneider, I. Spiecker gen. Döhmann, I. & A. Waldherr. Social Media and the Mental Health of Children and Adolescents. Discussion No 40, Halle (Saale): German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. doi.org/10.26164/leo....

What if there were a drug that allowed us to study consciousness in its most basic form? Christopher Timmermann describes the potential of 5-MeO-DMT, a psychedelic that strips away everything but awareness. Read the full article here: bigthink.com/neuropsych/5...

Towards a computational phenomenology of meditative deconstruction: modelling ‘letting go’ and the deconstruction of experience with active inference osf.io/preprints/ps...

Christopher Timmermann profiles.imperial.ac.uk/c.timmermann... wins the €20.000,- "2025 Neuroscience of Pure Awareness Prize" with this contribution: osf.io/preprints/ps...

George Deane and Daphne Demekas win the € 20.000,- Computational Phenomenology of Pure Awareness Prize mpe-project.info/wp-content/u... for 2025 with this contribution: osf.io/preprints/ps...

George Deane and Daphne Demekas win the € 20.000,- Computational Phenomenology of Pure Awareness Prize mpe-project.info/wp-content/u... for 2025 with this contribution: osf.io/preprints/ps...

The 25 most powerful ideas of the 21st century: 1. Dream engineering "For years, trying to convince scientists to take dreams seriously was a nightmare. Now the tide has turned ..." www.sciencefocus.com/future-techn...

Here is the full report: www.anthropic.com/news/disrupt...

New preprint: Modelling meditative deconstruction via letting go! 🧘 Model shows how the phenomenology of defabrication naturally emerges from the dynamics of hierarchical active inference. I take a computational phenomenology approach, with a model that is in-silico and formalised.🧵

"... a sense that the field has reached an uneasy stasis." "... most extant experimental research (...) is geared toward supporting them rather than attempting to falsify or compare them, reflecting a confirmatory posture that hinders progress. " www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...

Internationaler Strafgerichtshof ersetzt Microsoft Office

"... a sense that the field has reached an uneasy stasis." "... most extant experimental research (...) is geared toward supporting them rather than attempting to falsify or compare them, reflecting a confirmatory posture that hinders progress. " www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...

Die Antwort auf die Kleine Anfrage zur #Patientenakte, die auch mich in den letzten Tagen schon ziemlich hat staunen lassen, ist jetzt öffentlich. Sie ist nicht sicher und es ist auch nicht verhinderbar, dass die Gesundheitsdaten in den USA landen. Wow.

This is relevant for applied ethics: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

“Americans are democracy’s equivalent of second-generation wealth,” he told me. They were born into democracy and have no appreciation of what life is like without it. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

"An account as weird, wild, and nontraditional as its subject." @publisherswkly.bsky.social reviews "Strange Attractor: The Hallucinatory Life of Terence McKenna." On sale tomorrow:

Zur Erinnerung: DAS ist das Problem der deutschen Automobilindustrie. (Grafik von Ember) Sie hat die Elektro-Revolution verschlafen und will jetzt verzweifelt Zulieferer retten, die nur Teile für Verbrenner herstellen können. Innovator's Dilemma in Reinkultur.

Powerful scientific clues to the mystery of consciousness are emerging from its very absence. Advanced meditation research seeks to scientifically understand profound and powerful shifts in consciousness that can arise from contemplative mastery. One such shift, which we call...

It's release day for STRANGE ATTRACTOR, the first and surely the definitive biography of Terence McKenna! @gmantic.bsky.social did an incredible job on this book. It's one of the best biographies I've ever read. Get it today! mitpress.mit.edu/978026204957...

Charlie Kirk, der neue Held von Spahn, Ulf Poschardt und Nius, wurde von Bob Vylan als „Stück Scheisse“ bezeichnet. Aber da ist mehr: Kirk gibt vor Trumps Putschversuch am 6. Januar zu, 80 Busse voller gewaltbereiter Schläger organisiert zu haben! Ein wahrer Meinungsbefreier - mit Fäusten.

The rise of generative AI chatbots has led to the creation of tools that purport to offer people the opportunity to speak directly with religious figures, such as Jesus Christ go.nature.com/4n8ggxb

Israel has officially begun annexing the West Bank by forcing residents of several Area C towns to obtain special Israeli permits to pass through the checkpoints at their entrances. It starts in villages northwest of Jerusalem: Beit Iksa, Nabi Samu’il, and Khallayleh. www.wafa.ps/Pages/Detail...

Oxford has fallen. Repeat: Oxford has fallen… 🤖 #HigherEducation #academia

Your PDF is here: www.leopoldina.org/fileadmin/re...

Now available in English: The German National Academy's Proposal for Social Media & Mental Health of Children and Adolescents: www.leopoldina.org/en/publicati...

Der Vorschlag ist eine der Handlungsempfehlungen aus dem Leopoldina-Diskussionspapier „Soziale Medien und die psychische Gesundheit von Kindern und Jugendlichen“. Zum Papier: www.leopoldina.org/publikatione...

The deadline for submissions for the 2025 Neuroscience of Pure Awareness Prize (€20k) is soon: Sept 30th. For the best contribution to neuroscience that substantially advances our understanding of the neural mechanisms underlying the experience of pure awareness. For details, see screenshot!