Just got reminded of the fabulous work of Alfred Korzybski at the Emergence Workshop @sussex.ac.uk hosted by the Centre of Cognitive Science (COGS). Thanks to Inês Hipólito, Michael Silberstein, Anna van Oosterzee and Lionel Barnett for some great presentations.

A communication subspace relays context-dependent actions from human prefrontal to motor cortex www.nature.com/articles/s41... #neuroscience

Fluctuating internal states mediate neural–behavioral covariations in V1 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #neuroscience

Prefrontal modulation of striatal engagement: a hierarchical framework for goal-directed behavior www.nature.com/articles/s42... #neuroscience

Read the full paper in @science.org (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...) or the arXiv (arxiv.org/abs/2603.20639). Photo: cover illustration by Alex Schomburg of Ray Cummings’ “The Exile of Time”

Ukazał się mój zgryźliwy tekst na temat uprzywilejowania niektórych humanistów (tych równiejszych) w obecnej ewaluacji: academia.pan.pl/panoptykon-z... A poza tym jest to coś, co jest niepotrzebnym kosztem i błędnym środkiem prowadzenia polityki naukowej.

Decades of activism fought to make American cities handicap-accessible by installing curb cuts and tactile pavement. Delivery robots default to stopping in those curb cuts, effectively eliminating access to public walkways for those using mobility aids.

Somewhere in Poland #photography #architecture #photosky #hello

Czarna skrzynka nawet po otwarciu nie da się pojąć. Ot i problem. youtu.be/lu8jur1cVDk

FOLKLORIC SUBS OPEN 🦌

As many of you know, I’ve been fascinated by brain attractor dynamics lately. Thrilled to share a new preprint on their link to orthogonal neural representations, co-authored with Karl Friston: arxiv.org/abs/2505.22749 - with implications for both neuroscience & AI! First in a series - stay tuned!

"The Self-Evidencing Agent" - my new book - is out now with @mitpress.bsky.social Can be purchased, or just download the whole thing for free, via the 'Open Access' option. I'm grateful to @anilseth.bsky.social and Karl Friston for the generous endorsements. mitpress.mit.edu/978026255389...

Here's my new little app for searching through your parallel corpora and translation memories: github.com/milekpl/corp... (MIT License)

new paper with @robertchisciure.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1... "Cognition all the way down 2.0: neuroscience beyond neurons in the diverse intelligence era" 🧪

#architecture #cracow #kraków #poland #jagiellonianuniversity #photography #streetphoto

#photography #sculpture #architecture #oldtown #cracow #poland

Anytime someone is bitching about libgen I know I’m dealing with a psychopath #science #accesibility #academicsky #wtf #fuckinscience #openscience #libgen

The only way to get EVERYTHING back? Show the f*ck up for THE TOXIC AVENGER – in theaters now! #ImWithToxie #ShowTheFckUp

Yesterday, 2 schoolchildren were shot and the shooter died. Kids suffer so much violence. And it's dismissed by the adults who could change that.

Karl Friston in #mlst Philosophy done right! So many references, obviously @drmichaellevin.bsky.social mentioned #academicsky #philosophy #neuroscience #strangeloop youtu.be/PNYWi996Beg

reasonable work & school accommodations are suicide prevention

"Hostility, exclusion and academic bullying should be formally recognised as research integrity issues because they directly impact who gets to succeed and whose voices are silenced." By @maddipow.bsky.social

Here are some of the things @prismreports.org does to verify whether a pitch or piece is AI-generated (I hope this is helpful for others): 1. AI pieces and pitches all kind of look the same, and they're structured the same: - intro - Subhead and body of text repeated 4 or 5 times

It's time to go in HARD for THE TOXIC AVENGER – only in theaters NOW! Show the f*ck up and get tickets NOW. #ImWithToxie #TheToxicAvenger #ShowTheFckUp #TheHeroWeNeedNow

The only legitimate reason to still be on Twitter/X is if you are doing research on misinformation and extremism.

The kicker, of course, being that every teacher teaches in a "neurodiverse classroom".

It's a shame it took me almost a month to find out Margaret Boden died. And it's a shame it took most media a month to write about one of the greatest philosophers of the last century. #philosophy #philsci #ai #cogsci www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/s...

New Element in the Philosophy of Biology series—free to download until August 26! Ingo Brigandt explores how to scientifically represent & explain human cognitive diversity, set against the assumption of a shared human nature 👇🧠 www.cambridge.org/core/element... #HPBio #philsky #neuroskyence #HPS

Top Researchers May Suppress More Information Than They Provide: Surveying NBER Dismissive Literature Reviews #AcademicSky nonpartisaneducation.org/Review/Artic...

A new study finds that chimpanzee babies learn vocal and visual communication patterns from their mothers. The findings may shed light on the way human babies learn from those close to them.

A New Partner - Acid Chimp! in @ahoycomicmags.bsky.social's TOXIE TEAM-UP #3 by @bryceingman.bsky.social, @sandyjarrell.com & @robsteen.bsky.social + @baheds.bsky.social w/ @thecarollay.bsky.social + @kekw-writer.bsky.social w/ @steveconley.bsky.social #ExpectMore comicsbodega.com/preview-toxi...

@martalempart.bsky.social wygrała z @OrdoIuris o słynne zdanie, którego nie mogła przez lata wypowiadać. To znaczy, że nie musicie się bać mowić, że Ordo Iuris to finansowani przez Kreml fundamentaliści.

THE TOXIC AVENGER COMICS #2 by @mattbors.bsky.social and @sobreiro.bsky.social lands next week—but you can read the first 5 pages of the hard-boiled crime issue today, courtesy of @flickeringmyth.bsky.social. (Bonus: that @deadredfred.bsky.social A cover!) www.flickeringmyth.com/exclusive-pr...

New paper: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Final version of this paper with Alexis Pietak (allencenter.tufts.edu/our-team/ale..., www.researchgate.net/profile/Alex...) is now out: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... "Harnessing the analog computing power of regulatory networks with the Regulatory Network Machine"

Voting done. #bazarek 100% korali w koralach. #polishpresidentialelections

#bazarek Pamiętajcie, że Palade podał w pierwszej turze inne cyferki niż to się później okazało. Poza tym to *isior jest. A jak wiemy—***** ***. 🌈🪸(rafa koralowa bo nie mam emoji korali)

“Our results are consistent with the notion that individuals with ASD may have… 🌟 baseline retinal overactivity 🌟 to repetitive single light flashes and that the GABAergic system modulates this retinal response differently in autistic and nonautistic individuals.” …cool cool cool.

The sound of cells in the brain just doesn’t get old! It’s how I fell in love with #neuroscience 🧠🧪👩🏻‍🔬 Celebrating small victories - first #neuropixels recordings in the lab. Congrats to the team that made it happen!

Can a single brain cell be surprised? www.nature.com/articles/s41... Yes, but nothing shocks married neurons.

New paper with @bhartl.bsky.social and @andreaszoettl.bsky.social Neuroevolution of decentralized decision-making in N-bead swimmers leads to scalable and robust collective locomotion t.co/UOaCSE9B9d

What is possible in the space of organs, organoids and organisms? How can synthetic biology help designing new types of tissues and even novel organs? How can cognition be engineered from scratch? Check our paper @jordiplam.bsky.social @drmichaellevin.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

TANK vs TESLA "We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again" - ⁠WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank

Polski Kongres Logiki, 22-26 września 2025, Toruń www.filozofia.pl/2025/05/06/p...

Save 30% #NewBook "Technocreep and the Politics of Things Not Seen," edited by Neda Atanasoski & @nassimparvin.bsky.social , which captures the ambivalence of new and emerging technologies that provoke a sense of creep. #TechnologyStudies #CulturalStudies buff.ly/gCDoq6G

“I’ll go for a ‘maybe?’ and ‘or something’, after a pause,” Mulligan explains. “Even though I come out with random and weirdly particular facts throughout the duration of the film, it surely signals I have a merely healthy interest in the subject. They will never know.”

Of course the Catholich Church should be mocked. It is one of the most powerful institutions in the world. On top of that, it is misongynist (like Trump), anti-abortion (like Trump), making people have children they cannot afford (supported by Trump), and has a long list of corruption (like Trump).

two people with compatible neurotypes may RAPIDLY form a strong bond When meeting someone you IMMEDIATELY know you’ll be BFFs the insta-friendships where your relationship is exceptionally close, quirky, and highly specific that one who just “gets” you right away & ends up being your ride or die

WALKING WOLF--the story of a European werewolf raised by Comanche Indians in the Old West--on sale today via Amazon Kindle and Barnes & Noble. Also available as an audiobook www.amazon.com/Walking-Wolf...