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Haley Kragness

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AP Stylebook @apstylebook.com · 23/09/2026
Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics.
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Haley Kragness @haleykrag.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
We are hiring! bucknell.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...
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Assistant Professor of Psychology: Clinical or Counseling
Position Title: Assistant Professor of Psychology: Clinical or Counseling Position Type: Full time Location: 221 O'Leary Center Categories: Faculty Exempt Job Summary: Job Duties: The Psychology Depar...
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Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
He had no satisfactory answer, but the answer is this: Academics who play along with automating various parts of our jobs are partaking in our own industry's destruction. When it comes time for these companies to begin charging real money for their devastatingly high compute costs, university (cont)
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Micah @rincewind.run · 12/02/2026
you can just not fund this shit under any circumstances you don’t have to pretend they need better training, or are doing an important job incorrectly they’re just racist thugs doing ethnic cleansing and the whole gang should be in jail
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Some important new government policy that Native Americans might be interested in:
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/01/2026
Posts may be a bit more sporadic from me today as my kids are home from school because my city is being brutalized by the federal government to the extent that it's unsafe for schools to be open
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Claire Fallon @claireefallon.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
the government is claiming this was an act of self-defense, so it's important to remember the last time that they shot someone and flat-out, demonstrably lied through their teeth to cover up for it
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Claire Fallon @claireefallon.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
dismantle ICE and salt the earth it grew from
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 13/12/2025
AS A PROFESSOR, I AM ASKING HOW ARE OUR STUDENTS SUPPOSED TO LEARN IN THESE CONDITIONS? HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GO TO SCHOOL AND TAKE EXAMS KNOWING SOMEONE MIGHT JUST SHOW UP WITH AN EASY TO ACQUIRE AUTOMATIC WEAPON? HOW??????????
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Derek Silva @derekcrim.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
What is happening at Ursinus right now appears to be directly out of the higher ed consultant playbook. Gut the institution of those who deliver on the core academic mission to ‘cut costs’ — without acknowledging the costs of those cuts. More people should be talking about this.
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Haley Kragness @haleykrag.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
i made a small personal gift because CHS is *THE* reason i can progress my research program and train students in developmental science from my small town in rural pennsylvania. thank you CHS team!!!!!
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 01/11/2025
“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy--they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made…”
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Haley Kragness @haleykrag.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
the adoption of what now?!
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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 27/06/2025
Hello & HAPPY FRIDAY, as promised an open letter by my lovely colleagues and myself. Everybody, feel free to sign this even if you are not NL-based and ‼️ share ‼️ (anonymous signature is poss): Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia openletter.earth/open-letter-...
Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia
Our demands, see link
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Koraly @drkoraly.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
The NIH Brain Development Cohorts (NBDC) Data Hub is now available! •Researchers can explore ABCD & HBCD Study data in one place – with robust query & data analysis tools, documentation, & workflows •Learn more & apply for data access: www.nbdc-datahub.org @theabcdstudy.bsky.social
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NBDC Data Hub
NIH Brain Development Cohorts (NBDC) Data Sharing Platform: Unifying ABCD and HBCD data management in one powerful platform.
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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Been quiet lately for a good reason (vacation), but hopping onto to say: 🚨 NEW NSF LAWSUIT TODAY!!! 🥳🥳🥳 Targets grant terminations & freezes in spending congressionally appropriated funds. Press release: democracyforward.org/updates/coal... Complaint: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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two little girls are dancing on a stage .
Alt: two little girls are dancing on a stage, one snaps her fingers
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Haley Kragness @haleykrag.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
see taskmaster also for examples of functional fixedness, common ground, mnemonics, and more to come .. (work in progress!) taskmasterpsych.blogs.bucknell.edu
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Teaching Psychology with Taskmaster
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Senator Alsobrooks: You’ve been unable to address specific questions about your agency. Can you name which office the Safe to Sleep program operates out of? RFK Jr.: Guesses wrong 5 times Alsobrooks: It is the Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD.
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Martha W. Alibali @marthaalibali.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
"Imagine the auto industry without 3D printing. NSF funded that. Artificial intelligence? NSF. MRI machines that help doctors diagnose you? NSF. Doppler radar technology that makes aviation safer by conquering wind shear? NSF. Duolingo‘s underlying programming? NSF. The internet itself? NSF."
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Extrapolating from history: the labor market will cannibalize mid-tier knowledge workers, burn out senior knowledge workers, then shout at colleges & govt for not making enough labor-market ready grads, then govt will blame moms for not making K-12 prepare kids for college pre-labor-market skills.
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Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
-Across the 4 years of the grant 22! undergrads participated in the research process learning about experimental design and psychological research We talk a lot about how the elimination of NSF funding affects grad student and postdocs- it it also diminishes the richness of undergraduate education
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
So therefore the court finds that she does not pose danger to community or present risk of flight. THE COURT ORDERS THE GOVERNMENT TO RELEASE OZTURK FROM CUSTODY IMMEDIATELY. "Ms. Ozturk is free to return to her home in Massachusetts."
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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
New RSV vaccine, treatment linked to dramatic fall in baby hospitalizations arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
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New RSV vaccine, treatment linked to dramatic fall in baby hospitalizations
CDC study finds big declines in hospitalizations—and they may be underestimates.
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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Another key difference is that the answers calculators provide are accurate
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
okay this is an emergency assistance thread for anyone who got this National Endowment for the Arts email today some of you can still get your money and I’m going to tell you how article to come later this weekend but here is the Cliffs Notes version:
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Haley Kragness @haleykrag.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
hey #devpsychsky my lab group is wondering .... any lit out there on gendered preferences for toys based on their gross vs. fine motor affordances? i feel like there's probably stuff on this but maybe we're using the wrong keywords!
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Nihil Dev 🇩🇰🇬🇱🇺🇦🇨🇦🇵🇸 @nihildev.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Ever wonder how many lives have been saved by NIH-funded research - including your own? Enter any medical condition and instantly see how your tax dollars transformed science into survival. www.ourhealthroi.com
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Our Health ROI
Explore how your tax dollars fund life‑saving medical research.
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Kathy Hirsh-Pasek @kathyhirshpasek.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Important piece in @washingtonpost.com on the War against children www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | Donald Trump’s war on children
The administration is divesting from future generations. It will cost America dearly.
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Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
"What emerges is a more intimate picture of Öztürk and how a child development researcher charged with no crime ended up in a crowded cell in Louisiana." www.propublica.org/article/rume...
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American Rendition: Rümeysa Öztürk’s Journey From Ph.D. Scholar to Trump Target Languishing in Louisiana Cell
“So horrifying and so heartbreaking”: Öztürk’s close friend provides an intimate look into one of the hundreds of foreign students who have had their visas revoked — and in dozens of instances have be...
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Paul Gowder @gowder.io · 11/04/2025
COMPARE: the results of fighting back to the results of not fighting back
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Haley Kragness @haleykrag.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
when I moved to canada this didn't even strike me as odd because it is also a common construction in philly, as in, "yew dun yor hoagie??"
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Hisham Zerriffi @hishamzerriffi.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
U.S. citizen interested in grad studies at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver (Canada)? Grad programs are re-opening applications of US programs for one week. With expedited decisions. U.S. Applicant Week: www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant... #AcademicChatter #Canada #GradSchool
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US Applicant Week
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 06/04/2025
Trade deficit. I have bought food from say, Chilis. They have never bought food from me. There is a trade deficit with Chilis. I’m still doing fine. The trade deficit argument SOUNDS compelling, but it’s a straw man with no relevancy
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
What Canada doesn't tell you, but should, is that you should try to enter through pre-clearance at nearly every Canadian airport (excluding Billy Bishop) if possible. You can only be denied, and not detained by ICE, if you run into trouble in pre-clearance. I speak from experience.
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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 05/04/2025
Out this week @cogscisociety.bsky.social! @samhforbes.bsky.social & I ”urge extreme caution in the use of LLMs in classrooms lest we further normalize: pupils losing their privacy, reducing contact between learner and educator, deskilling teachers & polluting the environment” doi.org/10.1111/cogs...
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To Improve Literacy, Improve Equality in Education, Not Large Language Models
Huettig and Christiansen in an earlier issue argue that large language models (LLMs) are beneficial to address declining cognitive skills, such as literacy, through combating imbalances in educationa...
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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 04/04/2025
🚨UPDATE: Rümeysa Öztürk has now suffered three separate asthma attacks while in DHS custody. She has not received her required asthma medications—a violation of her fundamental right to medical care. This is cruelty, it is neglect, and it is a damning moral and legal failure.
Pressley, Warren, Markey Sound Alarm on Rümeysa Öztürk’s Medical Neglect, Renew Urgent Calls for Her Release (1/2):

“It is unconscionable that Rümeysa Öztürk—a young woman pursuing her education, exercising her First Amendment rights, and contributing to her community—remains detained by DHS. Her ongoing incarceration is not only a blatant violation of her constitutional rights to due process and free speech, but it is now an egregious denial of her fundamental right to medical care. Pressley, Warren, Markey Sound Alarm on Rümeysa Öztürk’s Medical Neglect, Renew Urgent Calls for Her Release (2/2):

“According to her lawyer, Rümeysa has not received her required asthma medications and has now suffered three separate asthma attacks while in custody. This is cruelty, it is neglect, and it is a damning moral and legal failure.

“As her representatives in Congress, we demand DHS immediately provide Rümeysa with access to the health care she needs, and absent compelling evidence justifying her detention and the revocation of her status, we call for Ozturk’s release and the restoration of her visa. Every minute she remains in custody is another minute her health and rights are at risk, and DHS must move with urgency.”
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Haley Kragness @haleykrag.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
this has no place in an institution of higher education www.npr.org/2025/04/02/n...
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Parents sue Bucknell alleging hazing led to freshman football player's death
Freshman Calvin "CJ" Dickey Jr., died after his first practice at the university. His parents are suing the school, also alleging staff neglected to account for his sickle cell trait during training.
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Haley Kragness @haleykrag.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
chuffed.org/project/just...
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Justice for Rümeysa Öztürk
Dear Friends, Allies, and Supporters,
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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
I’m calling for Rumeysa Ozturk’s release, as well as the restoration of her visa. And I’m working to get more information on this disturbing incident.
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Led by Elizabeth Warren, New England lawmakers demand release of detained Tufts University grad student - The Boston Globe
Senator Warren is demanding answers about Rumeysa Ozturk's “disturbing” arrest and detainment by ICE officials.
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Eliza Bliss-Moreau @eblissmoreau.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
It’s exhausting not just in the moment but also existentially, as I look into the future and think about a country without intellectual inquiry.
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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Trump and Musk now come for Harvard. After Columbia did the cut and run, this was inevitable. The only answer for universities is to join together and say no. Also, look at these lies. Anti-semitism is a pretext used because it draws some support from Democrats. This is an ATTACK on freedom.
WASHINGTON — Today, the Departments of Education (ED), Health and Human Services (HHS), and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), announced a comprehensive review of federal contracts and grants at Harvard University and its affiliates. This review is part of the ongoing efforts of the Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism.
The Task Force will review the more than $255.6 million in contracts between Harvard University, its affiliates and the Federal Government. The review also includes the more than $8.7 billion in multi-year grant commitments to Harvard University and its affiliates to ensure the university is in compliance with federal regulations, including its civil rights responsibilities.
“Harvard has served as a symbol of the American Dream for generations – the pinnacle aspiration for students all over the world to work hard and earn admission to the storied institution,” said Secretary of Education Linda McMahon. “Harvard’s failure to protect students on campus from anti-Semitic discrimination - all while promoting divisive ideologies over free inquiry - has put its reputation in serious jeopardy. Harvard can right these wrongs and restore itself to a campus dedicated to academic excellence and truth-seeking, where all students feel safe on its campus.”
Today’s actions by the Task Force follow a similar ongoing review of Columbia University. That review led to Columbia agreeing to comply with 9 preconditions, links to an external website for further negotiations regarding a return of canceled federal funds. This initiative strengthens enforcement of President Trump’s Executive Order titled “Additional Measures to Combat Anti-Semitism, links to an external website. The Task Force ensures that federally funded institutions uphold their legal and ethical responsibilities to prevent anti-Semitic harassment.Linda WWF McMahon suddenly interested in freedom at Harvard
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AAUP @aaup.org · 29/03/2025
“Bending the knee and precomplying will not stave off these attacks. Acquiescing to censorship will not stop the threats. Only engaging in collective, bold, public, strategic struggle & disruption has the potential to do so. We did not pick this fight, but this is the fight that we are in.”
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Letter to Faculty on Self-Censorship and Boldness (opinion)
In a letter to fellow faculty, Nolan L. Cabrera argues that self-censorship is not a strategy for self-preservation.
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Kathleen Hughes, PhD @kathmhughes.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
I am calling on all #devpsyc colleagues to condemn & speak out about the abduction of Rumeysa Ozturk by the US govt on March 25, 2025. She is a developmental psychology graduate. #childpsyc #developmentalpsyc #lifespanpsyc #acadmicsky #childrenandyouth @srcdorg.bsky.social @issbd.bsky.social
Dear Developmental Colleagues,
I’m a developmental psychologist, Associate Professor (Teaching), and Undergraduate Program Director for the Department of Psychology at the University of Calgary. I specialize in social emotional learning, peer relationships, and children’s media.  
On March 25th, a developmental psychology graduate student at Tufts University in Massachusetts was abducted by the United States government. Rumeysa Ozturk is a PhD student in Child Study & Human Development with a focus on prosocial development and children’s media. She is from Turkey and was studying in the USA on a student visa. Her visa was revoked when she participated in political letter writing asking Tufts University to acknowledge the Palestinian genocide. This political activity made her a target. 
No peaceful political activity should ever lead to unlawful detainment. The Palestinian-Israel conflict is heartbreaking. My spouse and child are Jewish, we lost an Israeli family member on October 7th, 2022. I’ve seen increases in anti-semitism on university campuses in the past two years, but I know and I acknowledge that the majority of protestors are not hateful, and they want peace and human rights. 
Rumeysa Ozturk is one of us. Therefore, I am calling on leaders in Developmental Psychology to stand up for Ozturk, to pressure academic societies such as SRCD, SRA, & ISSBD to release a statement regarding her unjust abduction. We need to shine a spotlight and put international pressure on this abduction to help ensure her safety and release. Please also consider writing your political representatives. Ozturk has been relocated from Massachusetts to Louisiana. Her lawyer has lost contact with her in the past day. Our efforts can make a difference during these critical days. 
Sincerely,
Kathleen Hughes, PhD
Associate Professor (Teaching)
Undergraduate Program Director
University of Calgary
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Jonathan F. Kominsky @jfkominsky.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
If @washingtonpost.com weren't bootlicking cowards, they would report that every $1 invested in NIH is estimated to drive $2.56 of economic activity in the US, so what this actually is doing is causing unfathomable damage to american science AND costing the american people $4.6 billion annually.
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Kathy Hirsh-Pasek @kathyhirshpasek.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Decided to speak out on the state of our union. Just published in the Philadelphia Inquirer eedition.inquirer.com/infinity/art...
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Coming home to a foreign land
Coming home to a foreign land
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
TBH the analysis should go the other way: anyone who believes in cutting NIH research should be challenged to find one (1) approved medication or device that did *not* rely on NIH-funded research. There aren't any. Skim any patent/publication on them and you'll see. www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
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Charlotte Moore-Lambert @charlottereads.com · 22/03/2025
being an indie bookseller in the helltimes has felt both very stable and very stabilizing, and part of me wishes everyone could be on my side of the counter for a little while, because I think it would help some of you be a little less cynical and doomy right now. so here is my VERY anecdotal data:
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steven t. piantadosi @spiantado.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Join the AAUP
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Frank A. Russo @thinkauditory.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Congratulations to @karlinave.bsky.social @eehannon.bsky.social @auditoryjoel.bsky.social on advancing this registered report on tagging neural entrainment to beat (and meter) -- an immense amount of work on the part of the organizers and from the many contributing labs made this possible.
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WIRED @wired.com · 18/03/2025
They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
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Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
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