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matt @mattbalint.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Here is one of the podcast episodes I found fascinating about some of the possible theories around consciousness and where it comes from podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m... It’s from 5 years ago, so maybe the science has changed a bit, but still interesting

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Anil Seth - How Our Minds Predict Our Reality

Podcast Episode · Mind & Life · 05/13/2020 · 1h 4m

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matt @mattbalint.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Started listening to the Mind & Life podcast, which is a podcast from the Mind & Life Institute started by the Dalai Lama, a neuroscientist, and an entrepreneur. The institute and podcast talk about Buddhism + Neuroscience/Psychology and how they intersect. Really cool

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matt @mattbalint.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Vietnamese food rocks! This guy is an asshole for writing this article trashing immigrants

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Guy Halsall @realhistoryguy.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

After all, it was German people seeing their Jewish friends and neighbours being abused by the Nazis that led to an upsurge in pro-Jewish feeling and staved off what could have turned into a holocaust.

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matt @mattbalint.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

I like too how he tries to draw a comparison between $17M and several hundred thousand dollars lol. What’s the argument here? That they relocated all $17M in funds to woke initiatives? The stats don’t even really work in his favor here lol

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matt @mattbalint.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Couldn’t find links quickly for 2024 so I posted 2023 but I imagine it’s more of the same story

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matt @mattbalint.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Also the other problem is the lack of accountability for where the money is going and how it’s spent. The DoD keeps failing audits www.stripes.com/theaters/us/...

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‘This was not a surprise’: Pentagon again fails annual audit of $3.8 trillion in military assets

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matt @mattbalint.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

It’s not 2%. In 2023 it was 13.3% of the federal budget. The problem isn’t funding the military. The problem is the bloat for the military budget. So much money gets spent on government contractors that overbill the federal government. usafacts.org/articles/how...

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How much does the US spend on the military? | USAFacts

Since 1980, defense spending has risen by 62%, climbing from $506 billion to $820 billion by 2023, after adjusting for inflation.

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Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · 09/01/2025

My very last issue (on ♿️) has now come out with BMJ Medical Humanities: I have stepped down from my role as Editor in Chief. There are a lot of factors—after 17 years editing two consecutive journals, it was time. But there’s more, and I feel we should talk about the climate of #academic publishing

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matt @mattbalint.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Wow, this is insane. Definitely illegal

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NewJukeboxCafe 🇨🇦 @newjukeboxcafe.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

NEWS ANALYSIS | ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH Big Agriculture Is Leading Us Into the Bird Flu Abyss The federal government's deference to agriculture industry interests has put the US at risk of a public health crisis. By Schuyler Mitchell , TRUTHOUT January 6, 2025 truthout.org/articles/big...

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Big Agriculture Is Leading Us Into the Bird Flu Abyss

The federal government’s deference to agriculture industry interests has put the US at risk of a public health crisis.

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BizToc @biztoc.com · 05/01/2025

EPA Report: Formaldehyde Poses Health Risk — EPA warns formaldehyde is a significant health risk in a newly released report, urging corrective actions. www.propublica.org/article/formalde…

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Techmeme @techmeme.com · 08/01/2025

AMD invests $20M in drug-discovery company Absci, which will move toward greater use of AMD's GPUs; Absci has 470+ AI chips, most of which are from Nvidia (Belle Lin/Wall Street Journal) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

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