So the total amount of drones they launched in 2023 is equivalent to one night in 2025

My new column praises Italian Senator Calenda’s viral push back of Ru propaganda and argues that democratic debate requires more of this. "We cannot hide confrontation over facts and truth behind the false-equivalency facade of 'let’s agree to disagree'." " www.policymagazine.ca/when-confron...

My piece on the dramatic changes inside Russian schools since 2022, with weapons training in the classroom and a push from kindergarten to prepare soldiers for future conflicts. “They are preparing kids ideologically & psychologically for war,” said @irgarner.bsky.social www.wsj.com/world/russia...

“Building on Ruins: The Russification of Mariupol, One Apartment Block at a Time”

Nine out of 10 residential buildings in Mariupol were damaged or destroyed during Russia’s invasion. Now, the apartment blocks are being rebuilt – and offered for sale to Russians with low-interest mortgages. Residents who survived the siege must become Russian citizens to claim their homes.

Russia struck an apartment building in Kyiv just now. As Ukraine strikes russian oil industry-a working engine of russian war machine, russia strikes apartment buildings in out of cities.

If you’re in North America and have a view to the north or northwest, there’s heavy auroral activity going right now!

Must read. Basically, if you’ve fallen for Ru propaganda, the chatbots will dig you in even deeper. Also note this: “Grok provided the highest number of Russian sources even when asked neutral questions, the research found.” Higher than the Chinese chatbot!

Nature suggests you use their "Manuscript Adviser" bot to get advice before submitting I uploaded the classic Watson & Crick paper about DNA structure, and the Adviser had this to say about one of the greatest paper endings of the century:

This is a great demo. I used to use it (not this exact method) in a sensation & perception course. It takes some attention to set up but does work reliably.

Are humans really the only rational animals? Our NEW PAPER 🎉 out in @science.org suggests otherwise! In a large collaboration led with my joint first author @hanna-schleihauf.bsky.social, we show that “Chimpanzees rationally revise their beliefs” 🧵

Fortunate to hear writer Volodymyr Rafeyenko speak on “Language, Identity, and the Experience of Occupation” at Yale, moderated by @uilleamblacker.bsky.social . Rafeyenko’s new work: books.huri.harvard.edu/books/signal... Blacker’s latest piece: www.londonukrainianreview.org/posts/defens...

When asked about Russia’s war in Ukraine, ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, DeepSeek, and xAI’s Grok all regularly cite Russian propaganda www.wired.com/story/chatbo...

A new Harvard study shows that 2025 protests are likely the most geographically widespread in US history.

The human safari is Kherson is the years long practice of Russian drone operators using Kherson's civilians as live fire training and they post the video to Telegram

Meanwhile in Russia: state TV host Vladimir Solovyov argued that Ukraine is not a real country. His weatherman rejoiced that Ukrainians are being plunged "into the primordial age," with their critical infrastructure being destroyed just in time for winter. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLhM...

Today, like every day. Russia targets and kills civilians, striking homes, kindergartens, and hospitals. Ukraine targets Russian and Russian-occupied oil refineries to reduce their capacity to maintain their invasion.

Meanwhile in Russia: state TV host Vladimir Solovyov and his guests insisted that Ukraine should not be allowed to exist, "If there is no Ukraine, there is no problem." Solovyov's main concern was how to control and "reeducate" millions of Ukrainians. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNZs...

Something happened in the last five days on Russia-Ukraine. In which I parse the news and try to figure out what that something was: open.substack.com/pub/macspaun...

Air alert in Kyiv, warning of threat of ballistic missiles, reports of launches and fast incoming targets, then the sound of explosions in the Ukrainian capital - all in the space of six minutes. Explosions also reported in Zaporizhzhya and Dnipro. No, Putin doesn’t want peace.

Can AI simulations of human research participants advance cognitive science? In @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social, @lmesseri.bsky.social & I analyze this vision. We show how “AI Surrogates” entrench practices that limit the generalizability of cognitive science while aspiring to do the opposite. 1/

One good thing about Russia's Matryoshka disinformation campaign emailing us their fake news posts everyday of the week is you can get a sense of what really worries Russia. The last few days have been dominated by videos about how unpopular Macron is for wanting to send Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine

Both Lavrov and Peskov have now rejected any ceasefire deal or talks. The media needs to report this clearly and widely. Russia rejects peace. Front-page. Straightforward headlines.

“The sharp increase in exports of fiber-optic cables and lithium-ion batteries, among other drone components, reveals how the close partnerships between Russian and Chinese manufacturers are helping Moscow gain a pivotal advantage in the conflict” www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

Thé « Russian speakers in Ukraine want to be in Ru» nonsense needs to stop. 11yrs of Ukrainian resistance to Ru across the linguistic spectrum has shown how twisted and wrong this narrative is. Witkoff needs to be removed from the Ru-Ukraine war diplomatic team.

Partial view of #NoKings Middletown CT

“Go home” Ukrainians are home

‘“when asked who chose to hold the [Trump/Putin] meeting in Budapest, a location with great historical significance to both Russia and Ukraine, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt simply told the HuffPost, “Your mom did.”’ www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-...

Trump’s fixation on the idea that Pu wants to end the war leads to this endless cycle of trying to set up another meeting to talk it out. He’s wasting everyone’s time, including his own. In the meantime, Ukrainians are dying. Morbid irony given his insistence he wants to save lives.

All the people convinced that this time it was different should bear this in mind in 3-6 weeks when the White House starts up the "Trump's finally fed up with Putin and willing to do something" circus yet again.

Putin and Trump should sign some sort of memorandum in Budapest, that’ll fix everything

My team at the Crowd Counting Consortium (@djpressman.bsky.social, Hammam, & Chris Shay) has a new piece, whose title speaks for itself. A 🧵 with some key descriptive takeaways:

⚡️Russian missiles pound Ukrainian cities in massive morning attack. Explosions have been reported in Kharkiv, Ilium, Kropyvnytskyi, and Poltava. Earlier, the Air Force issued a nationwide missile warning after Russia launched MiG-31 bombers.

Hello #MCLS2026 !☘️ We are delighted to announce the dates for our upcoming conference in Padua, Italy! 🇮🇹 Thanks to the local organisers at Università di Padova S. Caviola, R. Rugani, M. Ranzini, and others @mcls-official.bsky.social @mclstrainee.bsky.social #neuroskyence #cogsci #edusky #devpsy

Meanwhile in Russia: decorated state TV host Vladimir Solovyov threatened Ukraine and the West with destruction. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TewC...

Universities teach journalism, law, even coding — so why not open-source research? We spoke with @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social 's Open-Source Global Justice Investigations Lab about bringing investigation skills into the classroom. 🎧 Listen on Stage Talks with Bellingcat: rss.com/podcasts/bel...

MIT rejects federal compact: www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...

That currently ballistic missiles and drones are, as every other week, hitting one of Europe's oldest national capitals is not really news anymore. Maybe it will be reported in worldwide mass media tomorrow. Maybe it won't. Greetings from Kyiv.

Happy to share that our BBS target article has been accepted: “Core Perception”: Re-imagining Precocious Reasoning as Sophisticated Perceiving With Alon Hafri, @veroniqueizard.bsky.social, @chazfirestone.bsky.social & Brent Strickland Read it here: doi.org/10.1017/S014... A short thread [1/5]👇

NEW Harris & Harvard CAPS Poll shows Americans (Replicans + Democrats alike) want President Trump to punish Russia & support Ukraine. 77% of American voters support additional sanctions on Russia 68% believe the Trump administration should continue to arm Ukraine + impose sanctions

Seen on this evening’s walk.

Russian attack overnight on Ukraine: 50 missiles and 500 drones. Via @united24media.com and monitorwar_ua

Russian drone attack strikes Ukrainian passenger train www.rferl.org/a/russian-dr...

The universities are: MIT, University of Pennsylvania, University of Virginia, University of Texas, Vanderbilt University, University of Arizona, Brown University, Dartmouth College

Munich, now. Airport closed due to drones. www.cnn.com/2025/10/02/e...

Long time in the making: our preprint of survey study on the diversity with how people seem to experience #mentalimagery. Suggests #aphantasia should be redefined as absence of depictive thought, not merely "not seeing". Some more take home msg: #psychskysci #neuroscience doi.org/10.1101/2025...

“How to hold Russia’s propagandists accountable The most dangerous words aren’t necessarily the most violent ones. And disinformation campaigns could offer a new avenue for establishing responsibility.” www.politico.eu/article/russ...

It is bad that Trump wants to use American soldiers against their fellow Americans. And it is also bad that Trump wants foreign powers to exploit his unnecessarily, artificial, and pre-scripted civil war.

Need a timeline cleanse? My research group took a field trip to our wonderful local children’s museum. See this “caffe”? When you press the button, a woman’s voice calls to you in Italian about your coffee order. Sometimes she says she’s closed. If you persist, she relents and makes your coffee. 1/