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Robots, VR and a cat Head of Chaos at @vrsummit.bsky.social catlab.rub.de

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Art Pilacinski @fatresearchcat.bsky.social · 10h
Together with a colleague we submitted a proposal that got good reviews outlining minor issues and encouraging resubmission. We addressed all issues and more, resubmitted and.... ...got rejected.
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Professor Hubert Farnsworth: Good News, Everyone!
ALT: Professor Hubert Farnsworth: Good News, Everyone!
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 20h
6 October 1938 | An Italian Jewish boy, Carlo Polacco, was born in Genoa. In December 1943 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber. --- Watch a short video & see the ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III at Auschwitz II-Birkenau: youtube.com/shorts/ipQmBPAlJQ8
Black and white grainy image of a young boyu in a striped top, looking to the side.
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Art Pilacinski @fatresearchcat.bsky.social · 22h
Big fan of this nonsense from Accuweather 👌 www.accuweather.com/en/press/acc...
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AccuWeather Introduces First-Of-Its-Kind Brightness Index
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Art Pilacinski @fatresearchcat.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Today Brazil is choosing between normality and the most fucked up idiot state one could possibly imagine. Keep your thumbs pressed for the right choice...
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Brazil Jumpscare Meme
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
2 October 1936 | Czech Jewish girl, Anita Brandeisová, was born in Prague. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 28 October 1944. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection. --- Gas chambers and crematoria of Auschwitz: youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
Portrait of a young girl with curly hair and a bow, wearing a light-colored outfit. The child has a serious expression and is looking directly at the camera.
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Pedro Lopes @pedrolopes.org · 01/10/2026
We’re hiring at UChicago Computer Science! We’re looking for tenure-track Assistant Professors with particular interests in Robotics, Embodied Intelligence, AI, and Systems. Come help shape our growing CS department in Chicago: apply.interfolio.com/193574 share widely!
Photo of our building
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Art Pilacinski @fatresearchcat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Massacre anniversary at Babyn Yar coming up Sept. 29-30 – San Diego Jewish World
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Art Pilacinski @fatresearchcat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I have a crazy important deadline so yesterday we bought a whole tub of Lego...
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Art Pilacinski @fatresearchcat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I have to admin nothing pisses me off as much as my "smart" AI not listening to instructions, which makes it so dumb in the end.
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Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Are Techbro billionaires discovering their established and tolerated business practice with hardware i.e. 'release the cool thing we developed without bothering to consider malfunction/abusive use, and mop up/hush up real world damage causing bad press later' really does not work with software?
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
23 September 1938 | A German Jewish girl, Mirjam Helene Friedmann, was born in Berlin. The family fled to Prague in 1938. In 1941, Mirjam was deported to Litzmannstadt ghetto & in August 1944 to #Auschwitz. She was murdered in a gas chamber. --- Children at Auschwitz: youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA
A vintage black and white photo showing a smiling girl in a hooded coat and white shoes standing next to a plush teddy bear.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
27 September 1902 | A Dutch Jew, Leo de Vries was born in Amsterdam. A bank clerk. He arrived at #Auschwitz from Westerbork on 5 March 1944. He was among 477 people from his transport who were murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
26 September 1937 | An Italian Jewish girl, Elena Calo, was born in Florence. On 23 May 1944, she was murdered in a gas chamber in #Auschwitz. --- Children at Auschwitz Lesson: lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN Podcast: youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA
Vintage black and white photo of a young girl with curly hair and a large bow on top of their head, wearing a light-colored outfit.
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Art Pilacinski @fatresearchcat.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I wanted to comment on that video but someone was faster
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VR Summit @vrsummit.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
🏆 And there are prizes up for grabs! 💶 €1,750 cash prize 🏢 Six months of office rental at TGW Bochum Build your XR prototype and give your idea a future beyond the weekend! Join us 👉 vrs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/registration...
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Registration – VR Summit 2026
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Future of Citizenship @futureofcit.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Check out our new website! futureofcitizenship.net
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Laboratory for the Future of Citizenship
A research and policy lab studying how artificial intelligence, digital minds and blended minds will change citizenship, personhood and identity under the law.
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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Check out the first new species of wild cat discovered in more than a century. The even better news: it’s adorable.
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See the first new species of cat discovered in more than a century—it’s adorable
The cat is smaller than a house cat but has the spots of a leopard
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
16 September 1936 | A French Jewish girl, Suzanne Mol, was born in Paris. She arrived at #Auschwitz on 21 Aug 1942 in a group of 1,000 Jews deported from Drancy. She was among 817 murdered in gas chambers after the selection. --- Children at Auschwitz: lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN
Vintage photograph of a smiling girl wearing a cap and a dress.
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Vatnik Soup @vatniksoup.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
In today’s Vatnik Soup, we’ll introduce the “Safeguard Swiss neutrality” ballot initiative, which goes to a nationwide vote in Switzerland on 27 September. Superficially, its promise can sound appealing: peace, sovereignty, and permanent armed neutrality. But most of that is a distraction:
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PsyPost @psypost.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Even light drinking is linked to worse hand dexterity and balance as we age
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Even light drinking is linked to worse hand dexterity and balance as we age
Even drinking within recommended guidelines might impact your physical coordination over time. Researchers found that a lifetime of low-level alcohol consumption is linked to subtle declines in balance and hand dexterity as healthy adults age.
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Francesco Tortora @francescotortora.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Hey folks! Check out our new preprint!📍 Bridging animal and human research, we dynamically manipulated contextual properties in VR to investigate how elemental and configural representations interact to shape the human defensive system across multiple response domains. doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The Denisovans are considered one of modern humans’ closest ancient ancestors, yet we know very little about how they looked or lived. A new analysis gives tantalizing clues, suggesting they may have looked more like us than we thought.
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Scientists unlock new clues to what a mysterious ancient human ancestor looked like
An analysis of ancient bones found in a Chinese cave offer glimpses of how Denisovans lived more than 130,000 years ago
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Art Pilacinski @fatresearchcat.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Hi everyone, So, if you ever wanted to have a device to go back in time and prevent Hitler/Stalin from coming to power you NOW have the opportunity to do so. Stop the disaster while you can.
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Art Pilacinski @fatresearchcat.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
You all can skip the first 1/3 and get to the actual article. Well written and provides a good source of info for those who will ask you "oh well, but what did he actually get wrong?"
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
James Orr. Peter Thiel. Race science. Tech authoritarianism. We've spent years tracing the networks behind Britain’s ‘Dark Enlightenment’. Help us launch an urgent new investigative project to follow the money and map how it operates. #LightUpTheDark subscribe.bylinetimes.com/lightuptheda...
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#LightUpTheDark – Byline Times
Dark Enlightenment: The US Far-Right War on British Institutions Help Byline Times Fund aN URGENT New INVESTIGATIVE SERIES #LightUpTheDark What is the Dark Enlightenment? The extraordinary anti-DEI me...
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Art Pilacinski @fatresearchcat.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
All AfD voters are fucking cunts and should go and fuck themselves. Thank you for attention to this matter.
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Art Pilacinski @fatresearchcat.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I can't believe that it's 2026 and it feels like fucking 1932...
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Russell Shilling @shilling.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Weird Al teaches us about the brain! @bwjones.bsky.social youtu.be/J6ILiEuUvM0?...
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The Brain Song – “Weird Al” Yankovic
YouTube video by alyankovic
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Eric Schares @eschares.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
🚨Update: Our analysis of global APC expenditure has now been expanded to cover more publishers (7 -> 14) and more years (2019-2025). We estimate $15B in APCs paid over seven years, $3.7B in 2025 alone. Elsevier crosses the $1B threshold by itself in 2025. arxiv.org/abs/2608.16322 #ScholComm
Line chart showing 5 biggest publishers from 2019-2025
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VR Summit @vrsummit.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
👋 Coming alone? You can still join the VRS Hackathon. You don’t need a ready-made team — registration is open for both individuals and teams. Come with your skills and ideas, meet others and tackle the challenge together. 📅 10–11 Oct | Bochum 👉 vrs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/hackathon-20... #Hackathon
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JJ @jjodx.eurosky.social · 27/08/2026
Tactile suppression during movement as optimal integration of somatosensory feedback across time www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #sensorimotor
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Tactile suppression during movement as optimal integration of somatosensory feedback across time
When reaching for an object, tactile sensations from a sleeve sliding over the moving arm are often ignored, yet the computational principles governing this phenomenon remain unclear. Prevailing accou...
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VR Summit @vrsummit.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
🚀 What can you build in one XR weekend? Last year’s VRS Hackathon focused on haptics. This year’s challenge will be revealed at the event. Discover the challenge, form a team and see how far you can take an idea in two days. 📅 10–11 Oct | Bochum 👉 vrs.rub.de/hackathon-20... #VRResearch
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VR Summit @vrsummit.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
1/2 ✨ Meet our next #SpeakerSpotlight for #VRSummit2026: 🔹 Stefanie Broering — Ruhr University Bochum 🔹 Markus Berger — University of Rostock 🔹 Lukas Gehrke — Zander Labs
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VR Summit @vrsummit.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
1/2 📣 We’re delighted to welcome Prof. Dr. Marc Erich Latoschik of the University of Würzburg as a keynote speaker at #VRSummit2026! He leads the Chair of Human-Computer Interaction, researching immersive systems, social VR, avatars and virtual humans.
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Art Pilacinski @fatresearchcat.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
A clear, fact-based and lucid opinion piece on the latest Ghent affair science4justice.nl/2026/08/23/w...
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Guest post by Pieter Beck: Why I believe Nathan Cofnas violated Ghent University’s Code of Ethics - Science for justice - NL
Dr Beck is a postdoctoral researcher in history and philosophy of science, Department of Philosophy and Moral Sciences, Ghent University Pieter Beck, recipient of one of the Jan Gillis prizes awarded ...
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Tinker Ready @tinkerr.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
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Why Older Pedestrians Fare Worse in Car Crashes (Gift Article)
They are more likely than other age groups to die after being hit by a vehicle.
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Art Pilacinski @fatresearchcat.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I think I missed the moment when supporting child killers became a thing...
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Art Pilacinski @fatresearchcat.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
My paper just got an editorial rejection from iScience because 1) not all authors clicked a link in their authorship confirmation email and 2) not everyone used an institutional email. The paper was an invited transfer from Curr. Biol. where none of these were a problem 🤡
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The 60 largest planned data centers could produce the same amount of carbon dioxide emissions as 27 coal plants. Big Tech CEOs are polluting our planet and selling out our future to line their own pockets. We need a data center moratorium — now.
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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Putin is using Iran to deplete America’s military to give him leverage against Ukraine and potentially Eastern Europe. Trump is the fool Putin has dreamed of to restore the power of the former Soviet Union.
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Art Pilacinski @fatresearchcat.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
#Luigi had 100% accuracy 👌
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Art Pilacinski @fatresearchcat.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Making money on religious bullshit has long traditions. All you have to do is to keep you sheep obedient ❤️
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VR Summit @vrsummit.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
1/2 📣 We’re delighted to welcome Maví Sánchez-Vives of Hospital Clínic de Barcelona as a keynote speaker at #VRSummit2026! Her research combines neuroscience and VR to explore perception, embodiment, behaviour and neurorehabilitation. #VRResearch
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Art Pilacinski @fatresearchcat.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
It's the time of the year when vacation responders mating season starts... #academicsky
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Melissa Jo Peltier @melissjpeltier.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Important read. I’m pretty confident that the vast majority of humans do NOT choose to burn up & starve on an unlovable fiery planet. Why are we letting these profit-obsessed death cult freaks decide the future for all of us?
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Art Pilacinski @fatresearchcat.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Our baby be like
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Nick Holmes @thehandlab.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
This graph took me 3 years to make. It's perhaps the largest-ever #metaanalysis of #TMS #BrainStim data. It includes my first real scientific discovery 🧵: When you stimulate the hand with a brief electric pulse, your brain and spinal cord are momentarily less excitable: muscle output decreases 1/n
Muscle excitability (y-axis) plot against the time between stimulation of the hand (PNS) and stimulation of the cortico-spinal pathway (TMS) to the muscle (x-axis). The x-axis is in milliseconds, from 1 to 1000 on a log scale; the y-axis is the log10 ratio of muscle excitability with prior hand stimulation versus without. Each blue dot in the figure is a group mean, obtained from 353 papers. The blue line is the random effect meta-analytic mean; where the blue line goes thicker (between 17-64ms, then 100-320ms) there is a significant meta-analytic effect (i.e., the line is below zero, muscle excitability is decreased). The plot includes over 11000 datapoints. Most datapoints are concentrated in the 16-30ms period, which is studied as 'short-latency afferent inhibition' (SAI).
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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
This campaign is a feature, not a bug. We must speak out when pogrom-like violence is happening on a daily basis and the government is openly enabling the perpetrators. On our website at www.progressiveisrael.org/partners-for... 1/
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Jakub Limanowski @jlimanowski.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
😀New lab paper by @fannipeters.bsky.social, with a (somewhat) new angle on comparing perceptual sensitivity to visuomotor kinematic asynchronies a.k.a. visual feedback delays - vs mere positional mismatches: link.springer.com/article/10.3...
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Detection of mismatching visual kinematics during visuomotor incongruence: A comparison of spatially matched delays versus offsets along identical trajectories - Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
Introducing delays to visual movement feedback or displacing it in space is a common experimental manipulation to study the neurocomputational basis of self–other distinction. While both manipulations...
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Art Pilacinski @fatresearchcat.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
The biggest mystery of scientific publishing is the time needed to build a pdf file from pdf files...
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