I honestly don't care what the Irish government uses if they leave X. Threads! Mastodon! Carrier Pigeons! Dust off fax machines! There is no possible justification for any government body, politician, or institute continued presence on X.

Latest post: Democratic operating systems are glitching everywhere: Let's (not) patch and repair them steady.page/en/cognitive... #democracy #politics #cognitiverepublic #experiment #learning

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OMG. Of course Huberman doing a collab with Gwyneth! This is so wellness GRIFTER-O-RAMA that it seems like satire! Gold. 🙏 "The meat-to-bean ratio in chili is crucial." WTF? Huberman Is Optimizing Turkey Chili www.thecut.com/article/andr... cc @drandrealove.bsky.social @drjengunter.bsky.social

More evidence, as if you needed it, that techbros have an utterly bizarre view of cognitive function (in addition to being, shall we say, ethically dubious): timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/t... www.brainpizza.com/p/the-tech-i...

A concept I've been meaning to float to make sense of what's happened to the US Constitution is an idea from the British constitutional tradition: "implied repeal." It's useful because it helps us to understand that Article I, & much else of the US Constitution, has been implicitly repealed.

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And I think liberals should stop taking the bait and ceding ground on immigration. Immigration is good. Multiculturalism is good. Free trade is good. Stop being embarrassed to say so.

HNY

Scientists have uncovered evidence of Ireland's largest prehistoric hillfort settlement share.google/1sPJC9L2DzNl...

Just finished this masterpiece from 1943. The para feels entirely true today. #hesse #glassbeadgame #politics

Nice view, eh?

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated that the 1918 flu pandemic was caused by a lab virus from vaccine research, a defective influenza vaccine. Let’s analyze what a lie this is. First, in 1918, 107 years ago, virology was in its infancy

#12DaysofIrishResearch: Six Irish researchers have secured ERC 2025 Consolidator Grants, driving breakthroughs from AI-assisted judicial decision-making to bone cancer treatment. This success pushes Ireland’s ERC funding under Horizon Europe past €200m: https://pulse.ly/hu3mteivso

Superb essay on the politics of grievance mongering, negative solidarity, and anger. aeon.co/essays/what-... 'When identity is built through antagonism, it becomes dependent on conflict...And that means it can’t stop; it can’t rest...'

PubMed has competition from Germany. That’s a very good thing The whole world can’t lean on one country’s scientific library www.statnews.com/2025/12/26/p... #freedom www.zbmed.de/en/

Some cracking Christmas reading here. FitzGerald comes out of this as someone whose grasp far failed his reach, and Haughey as someone who could have achieved so much more had he not been so venial and corrupt.

Free to read:

Not too late!

For Alzheimer's disease, it's no longer a debate of amyloid (Aβ) versus tau. They are interactive drivers and this new, optimistic review maps out a path towards disease-halting therapies @cellcellpress.bsky.social cell.com/cell/fulltex...

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Two books, one theme: the modern state versus the lone operator steady.page/en/cognitive... #Christmasreading #cdeg #degaulle #jackel #acertainidea #France #biography

Two books, one theme: the modern state versus the lone operator steady.page/en/cognitive... #Christmasreading #cdeg #degaulle #jackel #acertainidea #France #biography

The UK will celebrate net emigration and depopulation come 2027. And by 2028 it will start to realise, with an ageing society and low growth, what a really silly thing it has done. The right will go "pro-natalist", the centre-left will be completely stuck.

Last-minute gifting help: a Cognitive Republic membership ⏰ steady.page/en/cognitive...

Latest cognitive republic post is up, including a gift link steady.page/en/cognitive...

Ever lose an airplane ✈️? Wow. Air India finds missing plane 13 years after it ‘vanished’ share.google/YtIUuXaJjLgh...

Latest cognitive republic post is up, including a gift link steady.page/en/cognitive...

Forget the far right. The kids want a 'United States of Europe.' www.politico.eu/article/unit...

Big new blogpost! My guide to data visualization, which includes a very long table of contents, tons of charts, and more. --> Why data visualization matters and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful. www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/salonis-gu...

The conventional response to our democratic malaise (interlude):- tl,dr: “let’s do some incremental tinkering” But you should read: steady.page/en/cognitive... #abundance #thebulwark #guardrails #democratic #norms #prosperity #constitution #information #deliberation #corruption #micawber

The conventional response to our democratic malaise (interlude):- tl,dr: “let’s do some incremental tinkering” But you should read: steady.page/en/cognitive... #abundance #thebulwark #guardrails #democratic #norms #prosperity #constitution #information #deliberation #corruption #micawber

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A few thoughts on the new US national security strategy that was released today. 🧵 www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...

1/Quick thoughts of implications of US National Security Strategy for Europe -- weaponized interdependence meets nationalist international. The US will use its tools (economic, technology, and financial dominance) to press for far right agenda. www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...

five (surprising) ideas from cognitive and social neuroscience being idle; social pain ?= physical pain; social GPS; synchrony; unstable memories (and some bonus Alzheimer's treatment news on the way) www.brainpizza.com/p/five-surpr...

I don't believe Irish military neutrality is viable any more. There are bad state-level actors across the world, our global tech infrastructure is critical to society but also extremely vulnerable to modern hybrid and low-cost attack methods.

five (surprising) ideas from cognitive and social neuroscience being idle; social pain ?= physical pain; social GPS; synchrony; unstable memories (and some bonus Alzheimer's treatment news on the way) www.brainpizza.com/p/five-surpr...

A new experiment - part of the first chapter of the Cognitive Republic - Building Societies That Experiment, Learn, and Evolve - a book published section by section in public. We can do better. #democracy #society #cognitive #republic #experiment #psychscisky #governance #neuroskyence #politics

The Unfinished Contract —Our Democracies Must Learn or Die steady.page/en/cognitive...

And a bit more here: www.brainpizza.com/p/from-neuro...

Highly recommended! How on earth can human beings hold a conversation? The most you think about it the weirder it is. This great book explores how our brains manage the complex process of chatting :)

And a bit more here: www.brainpizza.com/p/from-neuro...

My book "Talking Heads: The New Science of How Conversation Shapes Our Worlds" is a bargain audiobook in the UK (.99p) and USA (.99c) atm - I read it all aloud, so for hours of listening pleasure - snap it up! www.amazon.co.uk/Talking-Head... www.amazon.com/Talking-Head...

Nationalism: what is it good for? Latest podcast with @jimpowerecon1962.bsky.social and @shanewriter.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/0v7q...

I did a podcast on nationalism so you don't have to read my new paper "From ‘Neurons to Nations’: Neurocognitive Foundations of Nationalism" pca.st/episode/956d... but you can download it here anyway for more detail: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #nationalism #identities

Hello darkness my old friend

Free download access to the final print version of my paper: From ‘Neurons to Nations’: Neurocognitive foundations of nationalism kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...

New paper: From ‘Neurons to Nations’: Neurocognitive Foundations of Nationalism www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Highlights Nationalism is rooted in shared neurocognitive capacities for memory, identity, and emotion. Collective memory & imagination shape national identity in the human brain.