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Brilliant, as usual 👏

I can foresee no problems with this at all. None. All will be fine. Promise.

What have I just read? 🤷‍♂️ Orban will win again and the Leftist chatterati just doesn’t get why share.google/wpOee1fFITQW...

They attacked the Muslim Sisters of Éire, one of the kindest and mostly welcoming groups out on the streets of Dublin providing meals to the unhoused. Fuck every single one of these rat fucks.

And this too!

Get with the programme, people!

1/ This Yanis Varoufakis screed made me so angry the only way I can salvage my day is to go through it line by line as catharsis. You are welcome to come on the journey toward my aneurism with me. An angry h/t to @sianushka.bsky.social for bringing this into my life. unherd.com/2026/04/why-...

An excellent piece on B. F. Skinner's strange lack of intellectual curiosity which also highlights why, on the other hand, Operant Conditioning is such a tempting tool when looking at organisational behaviour. Viz. the UK Home Office for one.

latest post: the (forgotten) ancestry of reinforcement learning: skinner, hebb, and what lies within Some thoughts on why the originator of reinforcement learning is overlooked today... www.brainpizza.com/p/the-forgot... #reinforcementlearning #bfskinner #dohebb #psychskyence #neuroskyence

latest post: the (forgotten) ancestry of reinforcement learning: skinner, hebb, and what lies within Some thoughts on why the originator of reinforcement learning is overlooked today... www.brainpizza.com/p/the-forgot... #reinforcementlearning #bfskinner #dohebb #psychskyence #neuroskyence

Ireland gives Trump a lesson on Europe share.google/RHyeSQZlhFUL...

Dublin as you've never seen it: hoodmaps.com/dublin-neigh...

Fabulous results:

Re-upping! I have a new ERC Synergy grants, & have PDF positions available for a research programme bringing together fNIRS brain imaging, public policy, neuroAI & cognitive forensics. Please forward to anyone who might interested 😀

How the big five academic publishers profit from article processing charges direct.mit.edu/qss/article/... Maybe use these supernormal profits to employ an actual peer review college wi/ appropriate public professional guidelines & ethics? & create a new professional scientific pathway?

Love this: 'Uninterrupted thought cycles are the fundamental resource that universities are mining. The more uninterrupted thought a university mines, the more successful it will be.' Cal Newport. Source: archive.ph/Kdtfm#select...

I want to recruit 3 postdocs at Trinity College Dublin for the neuroscience arm of JUSTICE, a new @erc.europa.eu Synergy project. Focus: • fNIRS hyperscanning • deliberative groups under pressure • silence, dissent, conformity, status, and coercive drift /1

I want to recruit 3 postdocs at Trinity College Dublin for the neuroscience arm of JUSTICE, a new @erc.europa.eu Synergy project. Focus: • fNIRS hyperscanning • deliberative groups under pressure • silence, dissent, conformity, status, and coercive drift /1

How can we study human development over two thousand years? For most periods and regions, we lack reliable data on income, health, or education. Before 1800, and outside Europe, historical records are extremely fragmentary. Thread 👇 🧵

This is not a fly uploaded to a computer | The Verge share.google/uhPVJw9i0wFh...

Yay!

civilisations diverging an evolutionary biological lens on the evolving global order www.brainpizza.com/p/civilisati...

Stay Classy www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Cognitive Republic Catch Up steady.page/en/cognitive... #psyskyence #democracy #cognitive

Cognitive Republic Catch Up steady.page/en/cognitive... #psyskyence #democracy #cognitive

Creative Brain Week starts today! Don't miss out on some fascinating talks and workshops, click here for events: creativebrainweek.com/event/creati... #creativebrainweek

Why pointing out hypocrisy doesn't change minds in identity politics. Inspired by this post, written by @shanewriter.bsky.social, a neuroscience professor at Trinity College Dublin ↓ steady.page/en/cognitive...

If we don’t build housing to solve homelessness, we don’t really want to solve homelessness. #UrbanTruth

@thomaszimmer.bsky.social might be of interest

MAGA is an ‘identity-centred’ political form - take it seriously Latest post is up: steady.page/en/cognitive... #maga #trumpism #identity #wef #munich #personalist #politics #cognitiverepublic #ingroup #outgroup

MAGA is an ‘identity-centred’ political form - take it seriously Latest post is up: steady.page/en/cognitive... #maga #trumpism #identity #wef #munich #personalist #politics #cognitiverepublic #ingroup #outgroup

welcome to the brexit

ah yes, the question we wake up to everyday now www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWts...

This study tracked neural responses to political content over 2.5 years using fMRI. Changes in political identity influenced neural plasticity, with significant shifts in the amygdala, hippocampus, caudate, & reward systems, reflecting evolving political affiliations. www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Social media use and wellness. Not what you might think... link.springer.com/article/10.1...

V interesting interview with Helga Nowotny on the future of European science Helga Nowotny, sociologist: "We need a European Union of Capital" to exist scientifically share.google/7c33qW6N3ORA...

Glad I haven't verified 🫣 thelocalstack.eu/posts/linked...

Well, that was good 42 - 21 #thatwasgood #result #sixnations #irevseng #Ireland #England

Well, that was good 42 - 21 #thatwasgood #result #sixnations #irevseng #Ireland #England

14 - 42 #sixnations #whoops #annihilation

OMG! What was that #sixnations

Dare I hope #sixnations

Whoops 🤭 🏉

Why is happening #sixnations #ireveng

1/Just back from Munich Security Conference. A few takeaways: 1.Old transatlantic alliance based on taken for granted trust is over (one official described it as a funeral). 2.US might talk nice but still is on a collision course w/Europe. 3.US firms stand to lose. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/w...

That was rough, glad 🇮🇪 <just about> won, but 🇮🇹 handed out some strong medicine Well done Italy! 💊 💪 😅 #sixnations

At last! #sixnations

At last! 17 - 10! #sixnations