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Dr Ben Wolfe

@benwolfevision.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor Psychological and Brain Sciences University of Toronto Mississauga Co-Director, APPLY Lab (www.applylab.org) Least important mammal in his house (just ask the cats). "If vision worked like *that*, we'd all be dead."

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Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 15h
I have been catified again.
A man in glasses in kawaii style with cat earsA cat with neon shoesCharlie Brown with green shoes, hashtag slay hashtag queen
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Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 20h
Since I’m lecturing about attention today for cognitive psychology, might as well have my feet capture my students’ attention.
A man’s foot with a bright green shoe
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Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I might need to ask our receiving dept what the weirdest thing that’s ever come in the door is.
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Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The NYT dumplings, tomato and chili crisp vinaigrette is a reliable excellent dinner
Tomatoes and dumplings;
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Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Maybe someone on the other side of the pond from me has the right kit / knows the right person.
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Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A student gave us this tin. So I filled it with scones that bring back memories of grad school.
A tin covered in cat illustrationsThe tin has been opened and it’s full of cheeseboard corn-cherry scones
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Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Oh good (he says, remembering whipping them down the length of the sanctuary)
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Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Well, someone made choices.
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Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I saw a banana old fashioned on a menu. It needed to happen.
A brown cocktail with a singular large ice cube, garnished with a dried banana slice 

This was a banana old fashioned at Rasa in Toronto and it was quite good
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Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
So, what @mgreenephd.bsky.social is saying here is that my cats have a different purrspective on the visual world than their thumb-beasts do!
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Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Haven’t done that. The Globe and Mail’s group has yet to send me anything too notable (I get the sense I’m rather younger than their average reader). Discovery Communications, OTOH, c.2015, well…
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Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I mean, if someone wanted to point me at Bulk Plush Weasels, I’d appreciate it.
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Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Again!
A pen drawing of a cat with glasses and severely divergent pupils. Captioned "Dr Cat Wolfe" and "Welcome to Pawchology"
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Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I needed non-leather shoes, and my feet don't like Chucks anymore, so I found all-canvas slip-ons. In a shade of green that makes my spouse giggle when she sees them on my feet.
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Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Having tested this hypothesis twice in the last week, a glass of Itoen's bottled hojicha is Ben's Go Juice. Had said glass with an early lunch at 11. I've made lemon bars from scratch, replaced one LED potlight (when they die, you get to take the entire thing out), replaced the furnace filter...
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Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I think he’s planning a career shift to government.
White and tabby cat, paw on pillow, vaguely Churchillian
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Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Hmm. I’m skeptical
A civilian SUV with an Ontario “chemical storage - authorized personnel only - in case of fire use caution” sticker.
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Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Help your colleagues by procrastiworking! More seriously, I tell every brand-new faculty member this: You're faculty now. We want you to succeed. Ask for help. Ask for examples. Pick our heads.
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Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Surprised in some ways, certainly.
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Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Ooooooh.
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Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
What in the fractal hells?
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Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
What, we needed breakfast
Freshly baked apple cake
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Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
My allergies have major opinions at the moment. Yay for 2nd-generation antihistamines. Although I'll note that 4pm hojicha + 9pm double-tap Aerius was interesting...
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Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Tell. Me. About. Your. Books. I probably won't know about them otherwise.
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Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
How I know term has started: Sunday afternoon cooking project to build a bank of prepped lunches for us for a few days.
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Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Heirloom tomatoes in profusion
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Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
You know one of the Bake Off spinoffs is successful when there's The Great *Celebrity* Version This post brought to you by the existence of The Great Celebrity Pottery Throw Down
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Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Out of curiosity… anyone have expertise in Canon’s wide-format printers? I may (hopefully not!) be running to the end of keeping my venerable Designjet 130 functional, so a replacement may be coming…
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Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
He just desires the bag
White and tabby cat putting the chomp on a synthetic bag handle. Bag is full of 10kg or more of apples.
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Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
How about no? No sounds good to me.
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Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
It would be nice if, pre-election, one got some semblance of information from the region about mayoral candidates. Yes, there’s a list of names, but there’s better than a dozen of them, and at least half can’t be bothered to have a website. I want my Voter Info Guide, thanks.
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Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
“Oddly damp grimdark dudes” is just fun as a description
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Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
As someone who flew out of BNA a lot back in my early 20s, this is excellent.
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Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This made me cackle out loud at my desk
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Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Catified in the first week
A man drawn as a cat; captioned as Prof wolfe as a cat! Or
Dr. Wolfe as a cat
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Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Font nerdery!
youtube.com
Modern Day Typographer - Elle Cordova
YouTube video by Elle Cordova
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Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Using Gulliver's Travels as a way to think about the cognitive failures of AI use in teaching and learning was a neat read.
thedial.world
Jonathan Swift v. AI — The Dial
Three hundred years ago, the satirist warned of a world in which reading and writing are replaced by the flashy simulation of human knowledge. Can he help us fix it?
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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 08/09/2026
I have received news of a perfectly named cafe located on the waterfront of Nova Scotia's capital, if you know what I mean
"Broken Man cafe" sign on a big plate glass window, through which one can see cafe tables and chairs and backs of people's heads. In the distance, a sign indicates that this is Pier 22 on the Halifax waterfront
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Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The Madness has started, heralded, as is tradition, by teaching Cognitive Psychology at 9am on the first day of classes.
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Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I mean, I’m glad there’s a discussion about what is necessary for thought, but as I have to go teach cognitive psychology to undergraduates in the morning, I’m going to opt for sleep.
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Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Health Canada is now mandating these labels, and I hadn’t seen a trifecta until this weekend
Health Canada food label, reads

High in / Élevé en Sat fat / Gras sat.
Sugars / Sucres
Sodium
Health Canada / Santé Canada
ALL VARIETIES / TOUTES LES VARIÉTÉS
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Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I mean, this was part of being the one person in the lab that could solder, but “foot-switch repairman for the Zeiss two-head binocular surgical microscope” Perhaps the most memorable bit was the phone tree I hit which included “if you have a patient on the table, press 9”
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Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
@mehr.nz Alright, you convinced me…
Sam’s plum cake before hitting the oven
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Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Keeping my twenty year old Designjet running is proving increasingly fun. Might need to keep a closer eye out for someone dumping theirs.
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Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Term starts Tuesday, and I put at the end of my (very long, yay for required pieces) syllabus "if you've read all the way to the end, send me a note and a cat/pet picture" I've gotten to see some very cute cats (and a couple of good dogs) as a result
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Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I gather that a marina / boatyard scene in the Annals of the Largest Man was filmed in our neighbourhood.
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Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Looks at my stupid MSI OLED monitor that I'm contemplating replacing with an LG
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Damon Young @damonyoung.com.au · 04/09/2026
This Finnish guy has been teaching himself Sumerian, and sent a cuneiform tablet to the British Museum to check his progress. They just emailed him that they've sent him something in the post. I'm now thrilled and excited for a total stranger! Clay tablet mail! www.reddit.com/r/Cuneiform/...
a photo of a hand holding a cuneiform tablet
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Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Well, there goes about 2.2 kg of brisket into my smoker for an overnight run. We’ll see how it does.
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Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
On our way to Germany two weeks ago, I got my bag pulled at security... and turns out I'd left one of my Opinel No.8 knives in it! I have several of them, and this wasn't one I have nostalgia for, but that wasn't clever. They're also oddly expensive in Canada (about $30 CAD!)
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