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Kate Nave @kathrynnave.eurosky.social · 19/08/2025

I'm still seeing a fair few downloads of the uncorrected pre-print for 'A Drive to Survive – so just re-upping that the proofed and finalised #OpenAccess PDF is available completely free here. direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...

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Dialectical Systems @dialecticalsys.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Today we celebrate the new edition of Varela’s Principles of Biological Autonomy (1979) from MIT Press, with a new critical apparatus by Ezequiel Di Paolo & Evan Thompson, reconnecting Varela's legacy in cognitive science to his theoretical biology dialecticalsystems.eu/publications...

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New edition of Principles of Biological Autonomy - Dialectical Systems

Today, we celebrate the new publication of Principles of Biological Autonomy (1979) by MIT Press, now accompanied by a new critical apparatus by Ezequiel Di Paolo and Evan Thompson.Varela’s ideas cont...

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Omar Sakr @omarsakr.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

In January, Israeli historian Lee Mordechai released a 124 page report with 1,400 footnotes detailing evidence of Israel’s genocide, which he continues to update. How many of you heard about it? witnessing-the-gaza-war.com/wp-content/u...

Screenshot of Middle East Eye article: “Israeli historian produces vast database of war crimes in Gaza”; Lee Mordechai says his country is committing genocide, as his report documents a wide range of atrocities committed by Israeli forces

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Edouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

a year ago, Rafaat Al-Areer was intentionally and cowardly killed by Israel, like many intellectuals, scholars, doctors, teachers, lawyers in Gaza.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 25/08/2024

Remember always the AP Style guide comes from a time when column inches in a newspaper were dear and every trick they could use to jam a few more characters into a line became acceptable use. That extra "s" in things like "Harris's" add up over the length of a whole newspaper.

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Jen @cassiciacum.bsky.social · 05/06/2024

For any academic who needs to hear this: your institution will not love you back. No matter how much you sacrifice for them, how much you accomplish, they will not love you back. At the end of the day, institutions are corporations, not families. They act in their own interests, not yours.

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Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 10/02/2024

It's very hard for public figures to win defamation suits, but climate scientist (and former Mindscape guest) Michael Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social just did, since the lies about him were so egregious. Good for him! arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

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