iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Early EEG responses indicate liking for artworks presented in rapid visual streams www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…

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Joohn Choe @joohnchoe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It annoyed me that there was no public dashboard for right-wing disinformation on Facebook, so I made one. This is it for today, Sep 29 2026. Full analysis, methodology (I did this for free) and limitations on Patreon: www.patreon.com/joohn/posts/...

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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I know this sounds alarmist. But people aren't nearly alarmist enough about how our healthcare system will convulse next year. Up to ten million have lost their insurance. And the trillion in cuts haven't even begun. And people are already being institutionalized against their will.

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Carolyn Dicey Jennings @cdj.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This years fellows include the wonderful @felipedebrigard.bsky.social ! Congrats, Felipe! This is also huge for philosophy, which rarely sees recipients of this fellowship #philsky

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manes @michaelanes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Two Leigh films for me: Naked Secrets and Lies Trainspotting Children of Men The Zone of Interest very, very difficult to leave Peeping Tom out of the list...

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Will Gervais @willgervais.com · 29/09/2026

🚨NEW PREPRINT🚨 @aiyanakoka.bsky.social Meara Geraty and I revisited religious priming, breaking the causal claim into links that we robustly tested. Do God Primes Prime God? Converging Evidence Against the Efficacy of Experimental Religious Priming osf.io/preprints/ps... #PsychSciSky #metascience

Do God Primes Prime God? Convergint evidence against the efficacy of experimental religious priming.

WIll Gervais, MEara Geraty, Aiyana Willard

then the rest of the image is a screenshot of the table of contents.

plot summarising bayes factor results testing:
Prime -> Religious concepts (overt primes yield positive evidence, scrambled sentence negative)

Prime -> prosociality: universaly evidence strongly favoring the null result across 4 primes and 2 operationalisations of prosociality

Prime -> suspicion: fairly universal evidence in favor of priming methods causing suspicion

Religious concepts -> $$$: four independent sets of evidence favoring the null

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manes @michaelanes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Siri, what is benevolent sexism?

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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Ah yes, because historically women who accuse men of rape receive damages and the rapists receive justice and consequences for their actions! (See: The President of the United States of America)

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Dr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026

This is quite cool. My university is the first organisation in the world to force Microsoft to allow us to turn off copilot summaries in Word 365, after a backlash against it from staff (including, very vocally, me). That cannot have been easy for our heroic IT people so hats very much off to them!

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Jill Pantozzi @jillpantozzi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Last month, a Google alert directed me to an interview I did with cartoonist Matt Furie—creator of Pepe the Frog…only I haven’t done any interview and I’d never even met Furie. So I clicked. "None of this is true": AI, content farms, and one completely made-up article. bsky.app/profile/then...

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manes @michaelanes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Now this is absolutely wrong, no matter how one feels about generative AI use. Evidence shows in many studies that people are not learning a lot. Those who do are already ahead, and motivated, and use the tools in the way experts do. That is not everyone, not by a long shot.

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Many Minds podcast @manymindspod.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

New episode!! 🎉🎙️ A conversation w/ @samgilbert.bsky.social all about cognitive offloading. We humans have long used tools to help us remember and reason. But as new technologies emerge, it's a good time to take stock: What does offloading do for us—and to us? Listen: disi.org/cognitive-of...

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manes @michaelanes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I’ve been wearing soccer jerseys to my MWF classes. Sometimes with matching sweatpants, jackets or shoes (full kit wanker!) I post photos on instagram and (some) students across campus have started to find and like my photos. Today I graduated to video - wearing a Senegal shirt and shoes.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The main reason you haven’t heard about campus sexual violence in a few years is because Trump and SCOTUS have made it much, much harder for survivors to come forward. You might vaguely remember that Title IX was a big battleground in his first term. And that we lost.

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Luke Benn @lukethekatochos.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A recent study by UCL's Centre for Holocaust Education highlighted this as a common misconception among English secondary students, with only 28.6% correctly answering that the British gov first new about the mass murder in 1941-42 (see digest 1 for details) holocausteducation.org.uk/research/80-...

holocausteducation.org.uk

Teaching and learning about the Holocaust 80 years on: A study of student knowledge and understanding in England – Centre for Holocaust Education

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Yu Kanazawa @knzw783.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

🧠🎬👴 Smith, M. E., Brazil, C. K., Brucks, M. G., Martin, L. E., Power, J., & Bailey, H. R. (2026). A functional magnetic resonance imaging investigation of the effect of prior experience on event perception and memory in young and older adults. Psychology and Aging. Advance OP doi.org/10.1037/pag0...

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https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0001036

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Ilse / 일쓰 @thincan2121.eurosky.social · 27/09/2026

And endless, endless tent camps.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026

Google finally updated some of its satellite images of Gaza and my god, it's horrific. The entirety of Rafah has been demolished. The majority of Khan Younis is in ruins. Entire towns completely leveled and erased of the map.

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Json Momoa @jotatx.eurosky.social · 27/09/2026

Oh-ho boy. This is a major violation

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~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Sorry but you might as well lay your face down in an earthenware bowl that says "For the leopards" round the edge.

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

If you want to understand how Jeffrey Epstein was able to abuse so many just read about the fraternity brothers in the group chat who knew what was happening and chose to say nothing.

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Dr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.northsky.social · 26/09/2026

Not that I think this is what they're doing, but if they actually wanted to disrupt the match, they would have to agree to play today to prevent call-ups. The greatest material impact now would come from walking off the pitch when the stadium is full.

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

@zeit.de interviewed me about American autocracy. It was published on Sept. 23, 2026.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

In January, Ramirez introduced a standalone bill to abolish ICE and redirect its funding to safety-net programs that can help people navigate the spiraling affordability crisis. truthout.org/articles/the...

truthout.org

The Movement to Abolish ICE Is Gaining Momentum

As activists rally around federal legislation to dismantle ICE, Amnesty International joins the call for abolition.

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cwc_ffm @cwcffm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

"Snubbing city administrators recommendation, Heidenau council votes to reject future installations of brass plaques commemorating Nazi victims" Times of Israel www.timesofisrael.com/german-town-...

timesofisrael.com

German town bans new Holocaust-memory ‘stumbling blocks,’ with center and far-right support

Snubbing city administrators recommendation, Heidenau council votes to reject future installations of brass plaques commemorating Nazi victims

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Bumblejack @bumblejack.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Blood Tribe just showed up in downtown Springfield, Ohio. Looks like Christopher Pohlhaus is with them. Waiting to see if I can get any better photos from folks.

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Joe Bak-Coleman @jbakcoleman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Notably the journalist who covered it is part of the Tarball Center for AI journalism, funded by by a who’s who of EA/rationalists and AI-tied philanthropy. It’s an industry aligned group, like we used to see with tobacco and still see with fossil fuels. Sucks to see this in science.

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Kaitlin Is Just Getting Started @gothamgirlblue.com · 26/09/2026

I have not done an in-person interview in 9 (!!!) years, but when I was, it never ever occurred to me to bring any food or beverage into the interview. If I needed sustenance beforehand, it was up to me to prepare and be done before walking in. But race and gender had a major impact on my approach…

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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

who’s gonna explain to him that making sure others have food, water, medicine, shelter and safety is the core of every ‘moral story of how we live together’

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

"if the last two years have confirmed anything, it’s that the logic of collective resistance is sound. Not only is the immediate price for bucking Trump small; it actually works. It’s one of the only things that can really disarm him." newrepublic.com/article/2158... via @newrepublic.com

newrepublic.com

Trump’s Angry Tirade Over Failing Press Ban Reveals His Achilles’ Heel

Trump is furious that news organizations are fighting back against his vile efforts to punish their colleagues—because collective resistance to his authoritarianism actually works.

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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

chat is this good?

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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I’ve been reporting on the CDC for years, and have written about many of its troubles over the past year. I was still shocked by the extent of the staff losses and political interference I found when reporting this one. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...

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‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)

The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.

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Sandra Romero Pinto @sromeropinto.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Happy to have this finally out! TL;DR: The evolution of beliefs over time can be formulated as a dynamical system, and OFC neural activity appears to implement this system with its own dynamics. These emerge without explicit supervision—when animals learn to predict value in simple Pavlovian tasks

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manes @michaelanes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Lotsa Kamala discourse on here. She met with or had an appearance with Jeffries last week or whatever? I voted for her last time despite an utter lack of courage & independence in standing up to Biden's clear support for Israel's genocide. She is suddenly more brave? Pardon my slowness to engage.

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Abby Sliva @abbysliva.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The iced coffee discourse is a psyop by big employer to present the illusion that they are holding job interviews

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

David Quammen's essay in The New York Times today closes with this paragraph. It's both a scientific falsehood, and an incredibly dangerous narrative. If you're willing to give me five minutes of your time, I'd like to explain why.

The Ebola virus doesn’t need to spill back. It abides in its reservoir host, and awaits its next opportunity. A virus can’t climb out of a bat or a monkey and fly off in search of human prey. It can only spill over. If humans left the reservoir host alone — not hunting it, not capturing it, not eating it, not exporting it live, not disturbing its forest habitat — the virus wouldn’t re-emerge in humans. It would remain where it is, harming no one. But of course that’s not what happens. And when viruses spill, they often spill into us, because the human population is such a big, busy target.

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Eric Bottorff @torff.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

lol I fucking knew *Breaking Bad* would end up topping that NYTimes list---it's not even the best show in its own fictional universe, as that honor goes to *Better Call Saul*.

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manes @michaelanes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Putting a marker down (meaning I will be absolutely wrong): Georgia vs. Northern Ireland will be a good game at Noon. Both teams ranked around 70 by FIFA. Opta predicts Georgia will win (2.5X more likely.) I agree with that. Georgia has players you know:

Georgia v. Northern Ireland at Noon today. Predicted chance of Georgia win = 53%, of draw = 25% and of NIR win = 22%.

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manes @michaelanes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

There is only one word for John Paul Jones in this concert from 1969; sexy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEPo...

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Led Zeppelin - How Many More Times (Danmarks Radio 1969) [Official Video]

YouTube video by Led Zeppelin

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manes @michaelanes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Favorite bassist(s) you ask? I am so happy about all the love for Bootsy Collins on here. But! And! John Entwhistle Chris Squire Dave Allen of Gang of Four Bruce Thomas of EC & the Attractions Surprisingly, I'm not seeing the mentions of the latter three very much!

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manes @michaelanes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I'm a simple person with simple tastes.

Picture of Summer: The Original Hits record by Donna Summer.

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manes @michaelanes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Hey football-loving friends, you must turn on the Denmark-Norway game right now. Great match. Norway was cruising 2-0 in the first 15 minutes and Denmark has come roaring back to tie 2-2 in Oslo! Really nice football, good goalkeeping.

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Michael Byron #Fella @michaelby.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Coming from the President--a member of the far right, nationalist PIS Party, this is reassuring!

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Chris Mooney @chriscmooney.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Last week I shared a graphic (from a story in the Conversation co-authored with Cornell's Bruce Lewenstein) depicting the struggles of U.S. science magazines. See below. Here, I want to share another way of viewing the data.....(/1)

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