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Jim Thompson

@jimthommo.bsky.social
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He/him. Professor of Psychology at GMU. I study social perception and cognition. Carlton supporter.

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bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 20h
rpSTS Stimulation Disrupts Shared Neural Responses to Social Content during Naturalistic Viewing www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
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Jim Thompson @jimthommo.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Wot?
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Jim Thompson @jimthommo.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Bloom wouldn't approve, but might drop by for a sneaky one
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Jim Thompson @jimthommo.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This mini-blew up so remember ppl: trans rights now!
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Jim Thompson @jimthommo.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Meant to say unders but whatever
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Jim Thompson @jimthommo.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
To answer my own q, from 5-15 to 9-19. I still think that's understandable bsky.app/profile/cook...
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Jim Thompson @jimthommo.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Interesting. I thought a week or so back Cook was still fairly conservative in their predictions re the House. Wonder if/how that has changed
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Jim Thompson @jimthommo.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Hello computer, Decompile and distill Kafka's The Metamorphosis Make me transform into something cooler than a bug, like a dog or a WOLF! Make my name cool, like, Zak Wolf Make the main character me. When I'm not around, the other characters should be asking "Where's that cool wolf guy Zak Wolf?"
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I think people should listen to what the administration trying to bring back spectacle lynchings, race riots, and middle passage-esque deportation voyages are trying to tell you about themselves. bsky.app/profile/bren...
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Jim Thompson @jimthommo.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I just plan to sniff and say it was never really artificial intelligence anyway, so call it what you will
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Jim Thompson @jimthommo.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
On the plus side, they've destroyed the program I would submit to anyway!
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Jim Thompson @jimthommo.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Awesome, now the fucked up shit on the internet that I need to make sure my 12yo kid can't see is being produced and distributed by the US govt
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Gremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
It would make more sense to change the name from AI to AIEEEEEE!, which is the way I pronounce it in my head
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Jim Thompson @jimthommo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
searching "from:mehr.nz plum" again
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Jim Thompson @jimthommo.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Me with my colleagues when they wrote to me about how disappointed they were that I did not get a Nobel Prize for my earlier and deeper discoveries
Man smiling as if with friends but he is alone
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Jim Thompson @jimthommo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I'm guessing one upside is that Chevrolet will be required to re-release the SS?
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Jim Thompson @jimthommo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
[strongest Chapel Street accent as is humanly possible]: MALAKAS!!!!
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Jim Thompson @jimthommo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Ugh no way. Kiwis are already a trash fruit, why make it worse?
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Jim Thompson @jimthommo.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
So much great science was funded by SBE. Just trying to wrap my mind around the cogneuro program gone
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Jim Thompson @jimthommo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Like all things long haul, I like to break it up into chunks of time and set myself a goal for each chunk. Like, watch an episode of something on the phone. Then get up and walk for 30mins, buying something cheap (gum, travel toothpaste), use bathroom etc. Mission-focused though. Repeat as needed
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Mike Cook @mtrc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Every AI/HCI paper I review now just sounds like this.
Research [25] shows that people [26] enjoy the feeling of winning games [3,5,19]. Enjoying things can lead to longer life expectancy [2], higher economic productivity [9,22,33-40,302] and improve mental health [9]. Yet many games still include losing players [67,4]. A recent study showed that less than half of the players in a Chess [1] match win on average [42]. We have developed an LLM-driven co-creative [66], user-led [11], mixed-initiative [80] assistant for Chess [2], through which players can redefine the rules of Chess [3] using generative AI prompting such that they are the winner of Chess [4]. A study (n=3) showed that 100\% of people felt better, healthier and more self-actualised after using our tool, showing that this may be the way forward for games and human culture more broadly in the future.
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Jim Thompson @jimthommo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I think there is still a massive gap between how tasks can be solved and how they are solved in the human brain. Maybe that gap is even growing.
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Jim Thompson @jimthommo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Jim Thompson @jimthommo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
REACHER S4 E5 "Bridge"
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Jim Thompson @jimthommo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I bet we are going to see some journalists wrap themselves in pretzels trying to justify this, or blame the interviewee, but if you can't see how unbelievably wrong this is you shouldn't be in the business
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Jim Thompson @jimthommo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It is so incredibly unethical of both USA Today and the particular reporter that did this.
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Jim Thompson @jimthommo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
After introducing pinch and a punch for the first of the month to my family it's been years since I won. When my kid was young it was easy as she didn't know what months were. Now it's harder. But today I won!
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Jim Thompson @jimthommo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
OMG I need to dig into this but at first glance it looks awesome!!
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Jim Thompson @jimthommo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Still believe that if the SC thinks executions by the State are so constitutional they should be mandated to attend every single one, no exceptions.
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Jim Thompson @jimthommo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
There is no way to perform capital punishment in a way that preserves human dignity and the rule of law. None.
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 01/10/2026
it’s good to remind people today we aren’t going to trauma-inform our way to “more humane” forms of caging and execution
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Jim Thompson @jimthommo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It is truly sickening that we allow the state to execute people. I don't understand why it isn't a requirement of the Supreme Court that they attend executions. If they think it is so important that the state take the life of a citizen, then they should skip the opera or w/e and be there as witness
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Christa Pike was tortured yesterday by the state of TN in every single USians name and the fact is that this is a country that is mostly OK with this. This says everything about all of us. We are all implicated in this barbaric practice. It's sickening.
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Jim Thompson @jimthommo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
What you don't want to spend your time and lab resources helping a highly privileged HS student build an EEG-controlled wheelchair?
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Jim Thompson @jimthommo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
You gotta admit this is a good ad
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Jim Thompson @jimthommo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Trying to explain "Wharfie Time" and why it cost Freo the GF to my wife and I think this might be the last straw for her
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
My opinion on the TV list: Bluey got robbed
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Jim Thompson @jimthommo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Burnley right now
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Spice Adams Rubbing Hands Meme: Yellow & Pink Suit
ALT: Spice Adams Rubbing Hands Meme: Yellow & Pink Suit
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Jim Thompson @jimthommo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Can't wait to hear about the record-breaking fines imposed upon Man City! Al Mubarak might even have to look down the back of his second couch to scratch together the spare change
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Jim Thompson @jimthommo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
No Man City but tbh nothing would surprise
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Jim Thompson @jimthommo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I think this is a bit unfair on the FA. I'm sure they will have to pay a hefty fine!
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Jim Thompson @jimthommo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Yeah I was just about the break it to you that they are not much cheaper these days! System76 and Framework make some good systems, but are over $2k for anything decently specc'd
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Jim Thompson @jimthommo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Bit harsh on NZ - I hear the sun shines there at least one day a year
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Jim Thompson @jimthommo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
RIP Angry. Turns out you weren't such a bad boy after all youtu.be/otxGDgwJ_-w?...
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David Leheny @davidleheny.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Best TV Shows of the 21st century, from me, an American Dad in my 50s 10. Bosch Season 7 9. Bosch Season 5 8. Reacher Season 3 7. Bosch Season 4 6. Reacher Season 2 5. Bosch Season 2 4. Bosch Season 6 3. Reacher Season 1 2. Bosch Season 1 1. Bosch Season 3
Bosch and Reacher posters
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Jim Thompson @jimthommo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Very! Which is either its charm (Alan Ritchson definitely plays it tongue firmly in cheek) or it's downfall
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Jim Thompson @jimthommo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Of course I want cheap punches taken out of the game, but I think every player, no matter the team, if they get to 300 games with no suspensions they should get a free hit (to the body, let's not be silly) on Jack Ginnivan. They get to choose where/when.
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Jim Thompson @jimthommo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
oh man I had a nice neat day planned today and now you've thrown this in front of me
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Jim Thompson @jimthommo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Me when I need to go over my first draft
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Jim Thompson @jimthommo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Tough morning for the Moruzzi and Magoun stans out there. If you have one in your life maybe check in on them to see if they need a hug
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