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Varun @mkvarun.com · 24/09/2026

Hi Dr. Bo, I'm interested in the Research Assistant position and wondering if visa sponsorship is offered for the position. Thank you!

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Varun @mkvarun.com · 23/08/2026

For genuinely selling mattresses, bed frames, routers, and other household items on Marketplace. And there is no option for appeal, its all automated responses and agents asking you to respond to "Was this is joke?", "Was it for awareness?" to only to say "sorry access is still restricted".

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Varun @mkvarun.com · 23/08/2026

As a cherry on top, Facebook has suspended my account instead citing "our technology has found your account has violated commerce policies". The irony of letting scammers free but suspending innocent account is pathetic. Clearly, Facebook is the scam that should be boycotted.

A post on Facebook by me that says:
As a cherry on top, Facebook has suspended my account instead citing "our technology has found your account has violated commerce policies". For genuinely selling mattresses, bed frames, routers, and other household items on Marketplace. And there is no option for appeal, its all automated responses and agents asking you to respond to "Was this is joke?", "Was it for awareness?" and only to say "sorry access has been restricted". The irony of letting scammers free but suspending innocent account is pathetic. Clearly, Facebook is the scam that should be boycotted.

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Varun @mkvarun.com · 20/08/2026

Hey Dr. Steph, I was wondering if this position is still open and if international applicants are eligible.

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Varun @mkvarun.com · 31/07/2026

I'd appreciate if you could share this post with neuro-specialists you know! #Neuro #NeuroTech #DoctorsOfBluesky #Neuroscience #Neurology

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Varun @mkvarun.com · 31/07/2026

The survey is to understand: - Which manual/repetitive work consumes the most time - Gaps in existing diagnostic technology - Infrastructure challenges affecting daily practice Open to connecting with anyone interested in neuro-tech and clinicians to map out real clinical challenges firsthand.

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Varun @mkvarun.com · 31/07/2026

If you're a neurologist, neuroradiologist, neurosurgeon or a similar neuro specialist, I'd love to get your input. I'm conducting a quick 3-min survey to understand the clinical workflow bottlenecks in neurological care. Survey: tally.so/r/OD9Zxk

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Neurological Care Workflow Survey

Made with Tally, the simplest way to create forms.

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Varun @mkvarun.com · 20/07/2026

bsky.app/profile/moth...

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Varun @mkvarun.com · 20/07/2026

Hey, I'm a Proton user too, here's my referral link for Proton unlimited, if you are still considering: go.getproton.me/SH2t2

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Exclusive offer - Proton Unlimited | Proton

Exclusive offer: Get 30% off a Proton Unlimited plan today.

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Varun @mkvarun.com · 19/07/2026

There is a "give a month, get a month" referral if someone signs up for the subscription using your referral. ** Shamelessly inserting my referral code :) if someone is feeling generous: EDRUXCHZ **

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Varun @mkvarun.com · 19/07/2026

Only downside is that the subscription plan currently higher compared to ChatGPT, Claude etc however, the subscription does provide "unlimited messages and chats" which is probably more than the low-tier options of others. Haven't tried it. The free version works good until you run out of limits.

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Varun @mkvarun.com · 19/07/2026

End-to-end encrypted AI assistant, built by Moxie Marlinspike, Founder of @signal.org Hoping this is as revolutionary as the E2EE algorithm developed at Signal and gets integrated by other AI chat platforms. Works pretty good so far! Confer blog: confer.to/blog/ Confer AI: confer.to

A snapshot from confer.to landing page that contrasts the features of Confer with the fine print of other AI models.

With Confer:
1. A frontier open model
2. Image understanding
3. Web search with sources
4. Tool use
5. MCP
6. Memory you control
7. ChatGPT import
8. Folders

The usual fine print (of other models)
We may review your conversations.
Your chats may train our models.
We may share your conversations with partners
Employees can access your content
A subpeona can reach your conversations
We can still read chats you've deleted
We value your privacy

All of the product, none of the fine print - because we can't read your data.
Encrypted on your device, and it stays that way at every step. Open source, so anyone can check.
Shows links to its blog page for: 1. Encryption 2. Private inference

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Varun @mkvarun.com · 19/06/2026

Yes, it works now! Been having this issue since the past two days.

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Varun @mkvarun.com · 19/06/2026

@owoolnough.bsky.social @bsky.app The Neurojobs feed only shows 2 posts for me now. At one point I got a message saying “This feed is offline, contact the owner” and I couldn’t see any posts. Any clue what’s the issue?

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Varun @mkvarun.com · 07/06/2026

Any tips on how to combat executive dysfunction?

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Varun @mkvarun.com · 28/05/2026

I recently exported my photos from Google to Proton and one of the issues I faced was was Google Photos Takeout completely messes up the timestamps on these photos. So here's a GitHub repo I built to fix metadata of photos and videos: github.com/MKVarun/goog... @proton.me @github.com #GooglePhotos

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GitHub - MKVarun/google-photos-metadata-fix

Contribute to MKVarun/google-photos-metadata-fix development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Varun @mkvarun.com · 28/05/2026

Hi, I'm interested in applying to the Kempner AI Fellow position and wanted to know if this role is open for internationals as well.

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Varun @mkvarun.com · 23/05/2026

Hi Keith, just sent in my application for this position! Let me know if you or someone you know can put me in touch with the hiring team. Thank you!

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Varun @mkvarun.com · 20/05/2026

“Just let it go, enjoy the ride. Without the low, there ain’t a high” ~ High, Young Rising Sons

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High by Young Rising Sons on Apple Music

Song · 2014 · Duration 2:45

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Varun @mkvarun.com · 21/04/2026

“Keep on running Keep on running Keep on running Till there’s no where to go/run” ~ Nineties Kids, Julian 🎵

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Nineties Kids by Julian on Apple Music

Song · 2020 · Duration 3:28

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Varun @mkvarun.com · 14/04/2026

Is skeet the official “tweet” equivalent on this app? Am I skeeting this!?

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Varun @mkvarun.com · 10/04/2026

Hey Philip, I’m interested in opportunities at NeuroVigil and would appreciate if you could look at my profile. I have four years of research experience in comp. neuro. working with EEG, MRI, neuropixels and applying ML techniques to neural data. Happy to share my resume! Website: www.mkvarun.com

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Proton @proton.me · 10/04/2026

Stop retyping your personal info everywhere. Save time, stay organized, and protect your data with Identities in Proton Pass. Fill forms out in seconds, while keeping everything secure and in one place.

A General ID Identity entry for John Proton who has a Swiss phone number and an email address that starts "john.proton"

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Varun @mkvarun.com · 02/04/2026

And obviously, this isn't an isolated case. There were over 200 or more people who have been sold the same serial number of airpods products accounting to over $20,000 scammed from victims with multiple people involved in this: from marketplace scammers to counterfeit product manufacturers.

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Varun @mkvarun.com · 20/03/2026

@proton.me I’m having issues with Lumo. It logs me out everything I close the app on my phone and takes a long time to open the chat interface.

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Signal @signal.org · 09/03/2026

We also want to emphasize that Signal Support will *never* initiate contact via in-app messages, SMS, or social media to ask for your verification code or PIN. If anyone asks for any Signal related code, it is a scam. We make this clear when users receive their SMS code during initial signup. 5/7

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Varun @mkvarun.com · 06/03/2026

@brainking.bsky.social I thought you were the Dr. Philip Low who passed away.

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Varun @mkvarun.com · 23/02/2026

If I delete disconnected card and add back will I lose my chats?

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Varun @mkvarun.com · 23/02/2026

@germnetwork.com I keep getting “repair key” error on germ app and when I try reconnect Bluesky to it keeps saying “login failed please try again”

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 13/02/2026

Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes! "Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."

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Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky

Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For

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Varun @mkvarun.com · 03/02/2026

Hi Dr Lak, I have a background in working on computational neuroscience problems with the application of AI and data analysis to mice neural data in vision. I was wondering if you have openings in your lab at this time that requires my skillset. I’m currently a research scholar at Purdue.

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Varun @mkvarun.com · 23/01/2026

The most important part of every plan is planning on your plan not going according to plan. ~ The Psychology of Money, Morgan Housel

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Varun @mkvarun.com · 29/04/2025

But If Not (November 5th 1967) Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

“AND ONE DAY SOME GREAT OPPORTUNITY STANDS BEFORE YOU
AND CALLS UPON YOU TO STAND UP FOR SOME GREAT PRINCIPLE
SOME GREAT ISSUE, SOME GREAT CAUSE

AND YOU REFUSE TO DO IT BECAUSE YOU ARE AFRAID
YOU REFUSE TO DO IT BECAUSE YOU WANT TO LIVE LONGER
YOU'RE AFRAID THAT YOU WILL LOSE YOUR JOB
OR YOU'RE AFRAID THAT YOU WILL BE CRITICIZED
OR THAT YOU WILL LOSE YOUR POPULARITY
OR YOU'RE AFRAID THAT SOMЕBODY WILL STAB YOU OR SHOOT AT YOU OR BOMB YOUR HOUSE (YEAH)

SO YOU REFUSED TO TAKE THE STAND

WELL YOU MAY GO ON AND LIVE UNTIL YOU ARE 90
BUT YOU’RE JUST AS DEAD AS 38 AS YOU WOULD BE AT 90
AND THE SENSATION OF BREATHING IN YOUR LIFE IS BUT THE BELATED ANNOUNCEMENT OF AN EARLIER DEATH OF THE SPIRIT

YOU DIED WHEN YOU REFUSED TO STAND UP FOR RIGHT (YEAH)
YOU DIED WHEN YOU REFUSED TO STAND UP FOR TRUTH
YOU DIED WHEN YOU REFUSED TO STAND UP FOR JUSTICE”

~ BUT IF NOT, NOVEMBER 5TH 1967, DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

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Varun @mkvarun.com · 18/01/2026

It takes about 66 days on average for a behavior to become a habit. Its all about frequency and consistency of repetition for a habit to become automatic and effortless.

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Varun @mkvarun.com · 18/01/2026

"Which means 'relief' for all New Yorkers!" He knew what he was doing here.

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Varun @mkvarun.com · 18/01/2026

"The more knowledge you seek, the less you will understand." - Tao Te Ching (47), Lao Tzu

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Varun @mkvarun.com · 15/01/2026

Hi Dr. Gu, I'm interested in this position and I've sent you an email regarding this. I have a Master's degree from Purdue and extensive experience in building computational tools to diagnose neural diseases and understand neural mechanisms. Looking forward to hearing back from you!

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Varun @mkvarun.com · 15/01/2026

Hi Zach, I have applied to the positions you posted. I have an MS ECE degree from Purdue and a background in working with ML and neural data analysis, and was wondering if there are opportunities to work on computational modelling techniques as well -- as a full-time Research Scientist.

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Varun @mkvarun.com · 15/01/2026

Awesome. Emailed you!

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Varun @mkvarun.com · 14/01/2026

I can help! I've applied to the position and was wondering if you are open to recruiting me as a Research Scientist/Associate (since I don't have a formal PhD degree). I have extensive experience working at the intersection of ML, neuroscience and neural data analysis, to build computational models.

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Varun @mkvarun.com · 14/01/2026

Hi Dr. Regina, I have applied to this position! I have an extensive research background in working with neural data, analyzing and building computational models. I would love to discuss more about the position and projects you are currently working on.

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Varun @mkvarun.com · 05/01/2026

I’m currently looking for full-time roles in Machine Learning, Data Science, or Computational Neuroscience. If you know of any relevant roles or teams hiring, I would greatly appreciate a connection. Portfolio: www.mkvarun.com #MachineLearning #DataScience #AI #JobSearch #NeuroJobs #STEMJobs

mkvarun.com

Varun Machhale Kumar

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Varun @mkvarun.com · 27/12/2025

@germnetwork.com is it true that he’s your worst nightmare??

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WIRED @wired.com · 26/12/2025

Privacy stalwart Nicholas Merrill spent a decade fighting an FBI surveillance order. Now he wants to sell you phone service—without knowing almost anything about you.

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A New Anonymous Phone Carrier Lets You Sign Up With Nothing but a Zip Code

Privacy stalwart Nicholas Merrill spent a decade fighting an FBI surveillance order. Now he wants to sell you phone service—without knowing almost anything about you.

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Varun @mkvarun.com · 15/12/2025

Make the gallery, camera and gif icons more modern and less “square-y”.

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