Reposted by Alex DanversChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 04/05/2026Wow 🤩 The Weather Channel posted this. 565138163529
Reposted by Alex DanversMFCarter @mfcarter.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Bravo New York! Mayor Mamdani and NYPD Announces Fewest Murders, Shooting Incidents in Recorded History for First Three Months of the Year. 171106791937
Reposted by Alex DanversLuke Knox @lukeknox.me · 05/04/2026never forget when the Easter Bunny sent Teddy Roosevelt to the shadow realm 7848541124
Reposted by Alex DanversTheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 05/04/2026A different perspective. Always helpful. 190193474260
Reposted by Alex DanversDez Fenton @butisitart.bsky.social · 22/03/2026You know how in a library no one’s trying to sell you anything? That’s how the internet was. 268147292852
Reposted by Alex DanversDigital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 22/03/2026🫧 Smoke trapped in a bubble on water: surface tension, soap film physics and fluid mechanics in action 310109761967
Reposted by Alex DanversAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 14/03/2026I don’t think this shit will work but i never want to hear about free speech from any trumpers or anti anti trumpers ever again, fuck off forever bsky.app/profile/cram... 216102372467
Reposted by Alex DanversThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Connect the dots 372120164493
Reposted by Alex DanversRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/03/2026DHS nominee Markwayne Mullin is one of the most active stock-traders in the Senate — and violated the STOCK Act against insider trading as recently as last August. He currently holds stock in L3Harris, which has millions in contracts with ICE and FEMA. The grift continues. 530162777335
Reposted by Alex DanversPrinceton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 06/03/2026The utilization—and weaponization—of charm in contemporary global politics. Charm by Julia Sonnevend is now available in #paperback, with a new preface by the author! Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb... #Sociology 082
Reposted by Alex DanversMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Never forget that this what The Washington Post said when Noem was nominated. 739127342836
Reposted by Alex DanversMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 02/03/2026DOJ's recent 6th Circuit filing misspelled: Voters as “Votors” Emergency as "Emeregency" United States as "United Staes" And, it included a non-party in the caption. These are the people who want access to your sensitive voting records and who my team fights in court every day. 1009229847464
Reposted by Alex DanversThe Onion @theonion.com · 02/03/2026Commentary: Anyone Else Have Those Weird Dreams Where Sobbing Future Generations Beg You To Change Course? bit.lyAnyone Else Have Those Weird Dreams Where Sobbing Future Generations Beg You To Change Course?The human subconscious is such an interesting thing. No matter how much you think you’ve got it figured out, it’ll always spit out the most random stuff. Take me, for example. After coming home from a... 8876401408
Reposted by Alex DanversTom Bonier @tbonier.bsky.social · 02/03/2026I made this monster of a chart to show the partisan split of the early/abs vote in the TX primary by age/race/gender. You can see why Republicans must be worried about what they're seeing in the turnout data. 1319560
Reposted by Alex DanversAdrian Haith @adrianhaith.bsky.social · 20/10/2025New Pre-Print: www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/... We’re all familiar with having to practice a new skill to get better at it, but what really happens during practice? The answer, I propose, is reinforcement learning - specifically policy-gradient reinforcement learning. Overview 🧵 below...biorxiv.orgPolicy-Gradient Reinforcement Learning as a General Theory of Practice-Based Motor Skill LearningMastering any new skill requires extensive practice, but the computational principles underlying this learning are not clearly understood. Existing theories of motor learning can explain short-term ad... 36422
Reposted by Alex DanversDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 28/02/2026If you are an elected official that opposes military strikes on Iran, the head of CBS News will clap back at you. Will be interesting to see if she does this for other objectors, or just Muslim politicians, but it does raise the question how much her views of the Middle East shape the news. 442952565
Reposted by Alex DanversAuditory-Visual Speech Association (AVISA) @avsp.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Musical ability and emotion recognition in speech prosody: The role of pitch discrimination link.springer.com/article/10.3... "Why does musical expertise predict enhanced emotion recognition in speech prosody? ...music training is an artifactual correlate of prosodic emotion recognition" 😮link.springer.comMusical ability and emotion recognition in speech prosody: The role of pitch discrimination - Psychonomic Bulletin & ReviewWhy does musical expertise predict enhanced emotion recognition in speech prosody? Evidence for a causal role of music training is weak, and correlations with musical aptitude could reflect basic audi... 0154
Reposted by Alex DanversRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/02/2026U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1.5 trillion. Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government. Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits. The military industrial complex is cheering today. 563124834743
Reposted by Alex DanversRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Five corporations control 90% of the US media market. Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere. It means more power for them and less freedom for you. 590119124757
Reposted by Alex DanversRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/02/2026The richest man owns X. The second and third richest men control Google. The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?nytimes.comNetflix Backs Out of Bid for Warner Bros., Paving Way for an Ellison Takeover 17923874316417
Reposted by Alex Danversdan mentos @danmentos.com · 25/02/2026why do nerds suddenly appear every time I post here 1464444542
Reposted by Alex DanversMark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 22/02/2026"In Chicago, of 92 people arrested for assaulting or impeding officers last fall, 74 cases have resulted in no charges; in 13 cases, charges were filed and dismissed; and five charged cases were still pending. . . there have been no convictions. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comDoJ cases against protesters keep collapsing as officers’ lies are exposed in courtString of embarrassing defeats for prosecutors as experts condemn DoJ effort to cast people as ‘violent perpetrators’ 606236388351
Alex Danvers @drdanvers.bsky.social · 21/02/2026“As Karen got to know the guards at the Northwest ICE Processing Center where she was held, she kept hearing the same thing from them: that ICE officers are paid a bonus every time they detain someone. “Individual ICE agents get money per head that they detain – the guards told me that,” Karen says” 011
Reposted by Alex DanversWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Okay, but here is what is going to happen: mainstream candidates are going to win primaries, and if we say “vote blue no matter who,” people will accuse us of saying it as a secret trick to boost moderates. Establishing VBNMW NOW, before the primary, makes it clear the obligation is universal. 3050447
Reposted by Alex DanversAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/02/2026Moskowitz on Maria Bartiromo show's: "Americans voted to have people deported -- criminals and gang members -- they did not vote for people to be shot in the street by masked men. So I think Kristi Noem needs to go." 32495722496
Reposted by Alex DanversNicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Yes! Let's have more discussion about the big things holding back neurosci so we can rally to find solutions. I agree with @suthanalab.bsky.social that silos across species in both measures and the uptake of results into theories is on the "big problems" short list. What do you see as solutions? 7377
Alex Danvers @drdanvers.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Really wonderful interview here about alternatives to capitalism. Mattei does a great job responding to a lot of centrist knee-jerk reactions here, and I think sounds really active on the ground in Oklahoma. #econ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...podcasts.apple.comClara Mattei: capitalism is not natural - it’s enforcedPodcast Episode · Ways to Change the World with Krishnan Guru-Murthy · 02/13/2026 · 38m 021
Reposted by Alex DanversAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Many people in South Africa, where Elon is from, died to create a genuinely multiracial polity. They were killed by people who thought like Elon. The people who thought like Elon also lost. Seems their “common culture” of white supremacy wasn’t enough. bsky.app/profile/alan... 13444421132
Reposted by Alex DanversMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Today’s reminder that the 2026 elections already weren’t going to be free & fully democratic by any actual meaningful standard even before we started worrying about ICE & outright fascism. Again normal pro-democracy parties do not make restricting suffrage the central pillar of their policy agenda. 69542
Reposted by Alex DanversChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 15/02/2026This is what ICE does every day. Hunt little kids who are here legally. They get sent to a place called the “baby jail” in Texas. Very little of it ends up on video like this. But it’s routine. And disgusting. 606135336195
Reposted by Alex DanversStephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Seems like the inevitable consequence of arguing over the exact definition of fascism. 2424
Reposted by Alex DanversRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Medicare for All would save $450B a year. Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity. Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall. It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities. 463174116030
Reposted by Alex DanversThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/02/2026“I’ve never protested before - but I just watched 4th & 5th grade kids run away from our own government.” 😕🇺🇸💔 (From @crindivisible.bsky.social ) 639288079944
Reposted by Alex DanversWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Glad this is getting covered, but also… Completely surreal to read the NYT report on this as recently disclosed info, and just an allegation. This happened to every observer I know! It happened to me twice! I have it on video both times! www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u... 492932840
Alex Danvers @drdanvers.bsky.social · 14/02/2026This story feels too crazy, but also right on brand. ““Will take down (Pope) Francis,” Bannon wrote to Epstein in June 2019. “The Clintons, Xi, Francis, EU – come on brother.”” www.cnn.com/2026/02/14/w...cnn.comSteve Bannon courted Epstein in his efforts to ‘take down’ Pope Francis | CNNSteve Bannon, a longtime adviser to US President Donald Trump, discussed opposition strategies with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein against Pope Francis, with Bannon saying he hoped to “take do... 020
Reposted by Alex DanversPrivate Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 14/02/2026🌹 Happy Valentine's Day From the Private Eye archive. Issue 1437, February 2017. 22996197
Reposted by Alex DanversMike X. Nichols @mikexnichols.bsky.social · 14/02/2026i often think about this review 134149294124
Reposted by Alex DanversJoe Bak-Coleman @jbakcoleman.bsky.social · 14/02/2026This was one of the concerns with our paper on disclosable ties to industry. Somewhere around 200 or so authors in our dataset are indicated as tied to industry, which is a lot of opportunity for a SLAPP suit. www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgNearly one-third of social media research has undisclosed ties to industry, preprint claimsIndustry-linked studies were also more likely to focus on particular topics, suggesting these ties may be skewing the field 12410
Reposted by Alex DanversWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 14/02/2026And the last thing I’ll say about this: I actually feel kind of bad for people who engage in this behavior, because underneath it there really seems to be a desire for a community and to be doing something with purpose. I see it here and I even see it some in the even larger far-right swarm. 23069
Reposted by Alex DanversWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Like I’ve watched groups tweet lies about me almost every day for months or years, behavior that should have gotten them institutionalized, but then one day they find something that for some reason spreads like wildfire, and suddenly normal people seem distinctly more uncomfortable talking to me. 630612
Reposted by Alex DanversWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 14/02/2026People don’t really understand the nature of the problem. It’s not lots of little random ankle-biter tweets. That’s annoying but whatever. It’s when hating you becomes this communal pursuit that exists separately from yourself. Like there’s an entire group of people working together to target you. 58104662
Reposted by Alex DanversMike Cookson 🔶 🇪🇺🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @mikecookson.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Just checking, it's now ok to flee your homeland, because you're afraid for your safety, and seek refuge in another Country? Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then. 37477092408
Alex Danvers @drdanvers.bsky.social · 14/02/2026This article raises the larger point that it’s not just Individual decisions or moral failings that the Epstein files reveal. It’s a culture and clique that was self-reinforcing and enabling. 032
Reposted by Alex DanversNicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Here, @philipcball.bsky.social sums up the whole ugly Epstein mess and why it matters (along multiple dimensions). Reading it was therapeutic. 2287
Reposted by Alex DanversMarcus Hutchins @malwaretech.com · 14/02/2026It’s so funny to think about the fact that there’s people out there deferring every life decision to this 333126532913
Reposted by Alex DanversAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 14/02/2026One of the better ideas I’ve seen. Scott Galloway with his “Resist and Unsubscribe. Resistandunsubscribe.com 1212100580
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