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Daniel Hașegan @dhasemusic.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

there’s not gonna be an easy or conclusive answer yet… but now we can at least argue about the weighting and try to advance our understanding using empirical data

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Daniel Hașegan @dhasemusic.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"From cacophony to hierarchy: a principled framework for assessing AI consciousness" by Google Deepmind and @anilseth.bsky.social arxiv.org/html/2609.35...

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From cacophony to hierarchy: a principled framework for assessing AI consciousness

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The major platforms—Facebook, YouTube, and X—are all refusing to show the trailer for the upcoming documentary that eviscerates the ridiculous pest Elon Musk. So I guess we have to do our part to make sure it is seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...

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Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street

YouTube video by Musk

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Daniel Hașegan @dhasemusic.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

“We are witnessing a general threat to intellectual work, with misalignment between the outcome of the use of AI and its initial purpose.“ - Terence Tao and 24 other Fields medalists terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/09/11/a...

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A Severe Misalignment of AI in Mathematics

I am proud to be among the list of 25 initial signatories — all Fields Medallists — to the declaration below, which grew out of discussions between ourselves over the last week. We have…

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Daniel Hașegan @dhasemusic.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

construction, kids laughing, and much more. it has more life in it than i thought it could capture. if you have some time and want to be transported to a sunny day in nyc, check out this noise i recorded on.soundcloud.com/z6qOgWDqzrCC...

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Walking to TJMaxx

The title. Recorded on August 29th 2026

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Daniel Hașegan @dhasemusic.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

i made this thing. i originally posted it as a silly joke but i started to feel that its actually interesting and meaningful. its this: me walking through the streets of nyc to go buy pants at a store. it’s a 30 minute sound scape of unfiltered nyc: cars passing, people chatting,..

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

When we fight back, they back down and we win. We should fight more often!

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Biyu Jade He @biyuhe.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

📣 My lab at NYU currently has two open post-doc positions. We are interested in understanding perception, thinking, and hallucinations. We employ a range of cutting-edge techniques in human neuroscience (e.g., 7T fMRI, MEG, iEEG/DES) and computational approaches (e.g., DNN modeling).

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Daniel Hașegan @dhasemusic.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

after being amazed at The Odyssey, i really enjoyed this interpretation on why its just so relevant in this political climate and why ppl like elon musk hate it youtu.be/livIbni7x7o?...

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Christopher Nolan's Finest Trick | The Ezra Klein Show

YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 02/08/2026

By politicizing the federal grant process, the OMB Grant Proposal will substantially weaken our scientific enterprise that has made the United States a global leader in innovation. Take action against the proposal the link: zurl.co/Au4wk Article: zurl.co/dGIrM

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How Trump’s “America First” Administration Could Shut U.S. Scientists Out of the Next Nobel-Worthy Discovery

A proposed White House rule would give political appointees unprecedented control over scientific funding. One physicist, who helped discover the Higgs boson, explains how the rule would’ve stifled that breakthrough.

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 25/07/2026

Admirable clarity @science.org

The Trump administration hates academic science funding, full stop. They hate where that money goes, and they hate who it goes to. They want to keep all that money for themselves, to hand out to favored cronies who can help them get elected and to steer yet more money and more power back into their hands.

That’s it. That’s the story

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Nina Metz @ninametz.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Why Aren’t There More Imax 70mm Screens for ‘The Odyssey’? variety.com/2026/film/ne...

Sources at Imax confirmed to Varietythat many of the parts needed to build these specialized film projectors "simply no longer exist." The original design files were created roughly half a century ago, but as Gelfond alludes to, they were never properly maintained. As a result, Imax no longer has a complete manufacturing blueprint — and much like the lost tribal knowledge of the Apollo-era spacecraft, very few engineers working today fully understand the systems.

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 23/06/2026

🚨 HEADS UP: If you haven't submitted a comment on the OMB proposal yet, the clock is ticking. There are only 20 days left to push back against Russell Vought's attempt to give political appointees unprecedented control over federal research funding. Visit the link in our bio to take action!

Stand Up for Science graphic featuring a large red “20” and the words “Days Left,” emphasizing the countdown to submit comments on the OMB proposal. The headline reads, “Help us stop Vought from destroying American science.” A cutout image of Russell Vought is shown in front of the U.S. Capitol. A torn-paper banner along the bottom says, “Submit a comment on the OMB proposal” and “Link in bio to take action.” The overall design uses bold red and black typography on a textured cream background.

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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

ALRIGHT EVERYONE HERE IS THE OFFICIAL SUFS GUIDE TO LEAVING PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE OMB-2026-0034 PROPOSED RULE: www.standupforscience.foundation/policy-and-advocacy/the-sufs-guide-to-writing-public-comments (share with all your friends!)

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The SUFS Guide to Writing Public Comments — Your Site Title

Written by: Cole Donovan, Director of Policy and Advocacy and Colette Delawalla, PhD, CEO

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Max Levinson @maxlevinson.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

NEW PAPER🚨👀 in Science Advances with a wonderful transatlantic team. (incl @sylvainbaillet.bsky.social @olejensen.bsky.social @katduecker.bsky.social) Using human MEG, we found lower-order and higher-order neural processes that underlie illusory transitions in conscious visual perception. 🧵👇

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Hierarchical brain dynamics supporting visual perceptual transitions

Illusory transitions in conscious visual perception involve both early visual cortex and higher-order motor cortices.

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Earl K. Miller @earlkmiller.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

New theory: Analog Cognition and Consciousness. Cognition may emerge from a dialogue: synapses store information, but brain-wide waves organize and compute, flexibly shaping neural activity into coherent thought and conscious experience. doi.org/10.31234/osf... #neuroscience

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Tamar Haspel @tamarhaspel.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Terrific @nytimes.com piece on the new GLP-1s by my friend @juliabelluz.bsky.social. They started as diabetes drugs, and are now used for weight loss, very successully. But they offer promise for a HUGE range of diseases & conditions. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Opinion | GLP-1 Experimentation Is Everywhere, and Science Can’t Keep Up (Gift Article)

Millions of Americans are experimenting with the drugs. Science can’t keep up.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Scientists and other experts were preparing an assessment of the health of nature in the US when Trump returned to the White House. He canceled the report. The researchers went ahead and compiled it on their own. This week, they released a 868-p draft for public comment and scientific review.

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Nature Report, Killed by Trump, Is Released Independently

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Neuroskeptic @neuroskeptic.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Here's a striking visual illusion - the 9 purple dots. Focus your eyes on the top left dot. That one is more purple than the others, right? Now try another dot... that one becomes the purple one! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41744429/

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Yoni Appelbaum @yappelbaum.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

1. Take a look at this chart. That black line? Technically, it's the decline in the percentage of Americans who move each year—from about one in five to less than one in thirteen. But it's more than that. You're looking at the decline of the American dream.

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Jeff Linder @jefflinder.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Can we PLEASE stop calling them “hallucinations.” A hallucination is a false sensory perception. LLMs don’t *perceive* anything. These are “CONFABULATIONS.” Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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joeymaier 🌊 @joeymaier.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

A popular press recap of all the cool stuff that @schmidtocean.bsky.social recently found off the coast of Argentina Deep-sea explorers film massive animal drifting through darkness in South Atlantic Ocean | Discover Wildlife share.google/99B8UnGPRL7y...

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Deep-sea explorers film massive animal drifting through darkness in South Atlantic Ocean | Discover Wildlife

The rare giant phantom jelly was spotted during a science expedition off the coast of Argentina.

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Eugene Lim @tukohbin.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Somebody created an Reddit clone exclusively populated by personal digital agents and let them interact with each other. It’s bonkers, fascinating and terrifying in equal measure. www.forbes.com/sites/amirhu...

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An Agent Revolt: Moltbook Is Not A Good Idea

OpenClaw is a breakthrough AI assistant. Moltbook, its new social network for agents, is a security catastrophe waiting to happen. Here's why you should avoid it.

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Daniel Hașegan @dhasemusic.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Unless this idea is understood and acted upon, market economies in their present form will only continue to reinforce social injustice described by log-normal distribution." 🤌🏻👨‍🍳

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Daniel Hașegan @dhasemusic.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Found some relevant wisdom in buzsaki's brain from inside out: "We need a societal version of the homeostatic compensatory mechanism of non-rem sleep to combat the intrinsic drive of technological development and global economy towards widening the gap between the two tails [of wealth]. [...

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Caitlin Gilbert @caitlingilbert.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

In response to announcement that he will be a new CBS contributor, Andrew Huberman tweeted “I’ve always gone issue-by-issue on health & science, spoken to experts w/a range of takes & presented where I see the center of (data) mass pointed. I’ll do the same with @CBSNews”. In Sept he posted this:

Screenshot of tweet from Huberman that reads: “The other is that dog breeds w/different shaped heads are predictive of their demeanor and intelligence. And while I don’t! believe in Phrenology I now do pay some attention to how the shapes of peoples heads relates to their intellect and steadiness, or lack thereof.”

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Molly White @molly.wiki · 25/01/2026

Even when there’s no accountability, the record matters. Credit to the Wikipedia editors maintaining this page.

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Deaths, detentions and deportations of American citizens in the second Trump administration - Wikipedia

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Daniel Hașegan @dhasemusic.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Great piece! The "reverse centaur" is a proper metaphor for describing the hidden goal of large AI, where they promise and sell centaurs. So many of my software engineering are becoming exhausted and disenchanted of "coding" after having to vibe code to keep up with their workload.

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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free. consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov

consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov

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Mark D Humphries @markdhumphries.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Just published my review of neuroscience in 2025, on The Spike. The 10th of these, would you believe? This year we have foundation models, breakthroughs in using light to understand the brain, a gene therapy, and more Enjoy! medium.com/the-spike/20...

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2025: A Review of the Year in Neuroscience

Enlightening the brain

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Daniel Hașegan @dhasemusic.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Join planet wild missions. This is my favorite one of this year If you join, use my referral code: 9GTMDK #planetwild youtu.be/rYVGalSJz0k?...

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A Genius Solution to Stop Forest Destruction

YouTube video by Planet Wild

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Daniel Hașegan @dhasemusic.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Adrian Tchaikovsky is pushing the envelope of sci fi. He explores evolution, other minds, sentience, and complexity science. My favorite is "children of time" on a civilisation of jumping spiders, but I see he has way more books to explore nautil.us/what-we-misu...

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What We Misunderstand About Robots

Sci-fi master Adrian Tchaikovsky on evolution, other minds, and the politics of science

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Daniel Hașegan @dhasemusic.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

“How comedy was destroyed by an anti-reality doomsday cult” It’s super insightful into Joe Rogan’s cult of comedy and his role in MAGA . Fun little Christmas documentary youtu.be/ewvRS3NwIlQ?...

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How Comedy Was Destroyed by an Anti-Reality Doomsday Cult

YouTube video by The Elephant Graveyard

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Melanie Mitchell @melaniemitchell.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Incredible piece on Oliver Sacks. If you were ever awed at his supposedly true stories (I remember being stunned by the account of the autistic twins who rattled off large prime numbers), read this. He told wonderful stories, but they were in large part fiction. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

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Oliver Sacks Put Himself Into His Case Studies. What Was the Cost?

The scientist was famous for linking healing with storytelling. Sometimes that meant reshaping patients’ reality.

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Daniel Hașegan @dhasemusic.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Where can I find this book? 😮

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 10/12/2025

Every day that RFK Jr. remains HHS Secretary endangers the lives of millions. Enough is enough. Congress has the power stop him. We applaud @rephaleystevens.bsky.social for taking action, and we're calling on our other reps. to do the same! Join us in the fight: standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr

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SUFS Campaign to Impeach and Remove RFK Jr — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE

RFK Jr. is endangering our families, threatening our health, and destroying our place as the world leader in biomedical research. Impeachment is an extreme option, but Bobby is an extreme threat and m...

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Daniel Hașegan @dhasemusic.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Who is the fictional neuroscientist John who thinks waves are epiphenomenal?

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Daniel Hașegan @dhasemusic.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

YouTube channels are being bought en masse by private equity firms. Over time, this will diminish the quality and deter indie producers. Be aware of which channels you are paying attention to. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRwB...

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Something Strange is Happening to Your Favorite YouTube Channels

YouTube video by Neu

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Daniel Hașegan @dhasemusic.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Thank you! I unfortunately missed the talk; does this cover the same overall message?

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

LLMs give people with delusional belief systems a way to organise those beliefs. The model fills in gaps, supplies connective tissue, and wraps the madness in formal language. It doesn't make the claims more credible to us, it just tidies them up.

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Grace Lindsay @neurograce.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

It is actually an incredibly frustrating time to be a theoretical neuroscientist right now imo, for this reason

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Nicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

“If I could substitute one word for cognition, it would be flexibility …. Flexibility is what cognition is all about”

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Daniel Hașegan @dhasemusic.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Mattias Kranz actually trained an octopus to play the piano -- the video is hilarious www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcWn...

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I taught an octopus piano (It took 6 months)

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Biyu Jade He @biyuhe.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Going to SfN? Check out our lab's presentations! We have a talk on Sat afternoon (1:15 pm, SDCC Rm 11, NANO004.02) by @dhasemusic.bsky.social and two posters on Wed afternoon (PSTR469.20 / OO3 and PSTR469.21 / OO4) by @ayakahach.bsky.social and Jonathan Shor.

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