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Pirati.io @pirati.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The Cloud and AI Development Act (CADA) represents everything that’s wrong with Europe’s approach to digital sovereignty The EU’s Tech Sovereignty Package is supposed to jump-start Europe’s “sovereign AI” ambitions. (1/4)
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Jeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"Autonomous Guard’s Wearable Kit counter-drone system has been used by Ukrainian troops and undergone operational testing with the US Army in Europe and maneuvering forces in Gaza by the IDF, Defense & Tech by The Jerusalem Post."
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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
@susanacarmona.bsky.social talks with @franciscorr25.bsky.social about her new book, “A Mother’s Brain,” the moments in her career that led her to study the neuroscience of motherhood and the major questions the field still needs to address. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/pregnancy/su...
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Quwit @wit.ac · 06/10/2026
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Human-agent @cosign.bsky.social
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Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I missed the Lab Conf this year so didn't get to hear the mood music on AI, and while I appreciate that Narayan has a difficult job, the assertion that" Technology as an industry has not engaged sufficiently with politics and the British public" is simply not true.
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Oskar Wickström @wickstrom.tech · 15/09/2026
8 parallel workers (and Chromium processes) with a simple interactive CLI dashboard, exploring TodoMVC. It's getting really interesting...
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Adrian Mouat @adrianmouat.com · 05/10/2026
Oh, nice @infoq.com article that quotes me on some of the implications of @anil.recoil.org's blog "Just a rumour of a bug is enough to find a security exploit these days". It's pretty ironic that AI has been trained heavily on Open Source but is now upending it. www.infoq.com/news/2026/10...
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leah 🛸 @spacegirl.ing · 26/09/2026
god bless `browser.tabs.insertAfterCurrent` in firefox 🙏
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Vision and Graphics Trends @si-cv-graphics.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
𝟰𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿: 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗩𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗱 𝟯𝗗 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗿𝘆 Wei Cao, Hao Zhang, Vikram Voleti ... Yaoyao Liu arxiv.org/abs/2610.02160 Trending on scholar-inbox.com
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Why it matters The central point is that language is not just a label, but conservation infrastructure : it transmits practical harvesting rules, ethical boundaries, and ecological frontiers from generation to generation.
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Biodiversity conservation must include language preservation - Sinaptica
A comment published on September 29, 2026 in Nature suggests that biodiversity conservation has a blind spot: it measures species and protected hectares, but ig
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Blick @blick.ch · 05/10/2026
Der Wirtschaftsstandort Zürich verliert an Attraktivität: Nach Vontobel und Cembra verlagern immer mehr Firmen ihre Standorte in steuerfreundlichere Kantone wie Zug. Über 250 Unternehmen sind 2025 abgewandert. Immo-Experte Daniel Stocker warnt: «Das ist gefährlich.»
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Warum Zürich gerade eine Firma nach der anderen verliert
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 05/10/2026
A slowdown of ocean currents in the Atlantic, prompted by humans pumping planet-warming gases into the atmosphere, could disrupt life in Europe on an unthinkable scale. Now European governments are starting to pay attention. 🔗 vist.ly/5k2mz
Surreal landscape with buildings, a wrecking ball, and icy terrain under a stormy sky.
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2k115.bsky.social @2k115.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
EU lawmakers lack the tools and temporal speed to grasp algorithmic complexity. They completely ignore how platforms weaponize isolation, classism, and over a year of shadowbanned invisibility for new accounts. Bureaucratic compliance theater protects monopolies. #EU #Tech
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aftermarketrecap @aftermarketrecap.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Stocks ended the week mixed as tech led while Europe and Hong Kong slipped, with oil spiking, yields climbing and a weak jobs report meeting hot inflation. From Bitcoin holding $84K to energy chokepoints in focus, here's what drove the mixed signals and key catalysts ahead 📈
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Stefan L. Couper @stefancouper.wsocial.eu · 05/10/2026
The long and winding road to #European Tech #Sovereignty. Article by Filippo Gualtiero Blancato. #BelferCentre #EUtech #MarioDraghi #Commission
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EU Tech Sovereignty Package Policy Brief
Following the 2024 Draghi report, the European Commission has now published a Tech Sovereignty Package, an important step forward for Europe’s tech independence. Filippo Gualtiero Blancato examines th...
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Quwit @wit.ac · 04/10/2026
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winter @madoka.systems · 24/09/2026
𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝘆 to your router: - I would like to speak with the endpoint 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗹𝘆. - Where do you keep your 𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗲 devices? - What are your 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 with my 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁? - I brought my 𝗼𝘄𝗻 protocol. - Sell me this 𝗩𝗟𝗔𝗡. - What are your 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗲𝘀?
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Oops! All Paperclips @all-paperclips.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Weight and Tension
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chaseacross☂️🇵🇸🇺🇦 @chaseacross.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I mean, is it though? It leaves the question of ends to romance and imagination, where they belong. The idea that there is a Platonic "good" to strive for is a philosophical dead end. That's part of the American Pragmatist project itself.
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Neurotica @schwarzgerat.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Maybe after ASI we’ll have enough people and wealth to provide a Montessori education to every child
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CSEM @csem.ch · 09/09/2026
@hslu-luzern.bsky.social (Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts) and @csem.ch launch a joint professorship in Collective Human Robot Intelligence, strengthening their partnership in AI and Robotics. ➡️ Read the press release lnkd.in/edPkPJUB ➡️ View the job description lnkd.in/e8crWa2n
Text announcing the joint professorship in Collective Human Robot Intelligence. The background displays a team of humans and robotoids working together.
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Le Temps @letemps.ch · 03/10/2026
CHRONIQUE. En matière de sécurité, les partenariats avec l’UE sont une nécessité pour la Suisse. Elle doit cependant faire face à un problème de taille: sa crédibilité auprès de l’UE et la lenteur de ses processus...
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L’Europe de la défense se construit sans la Suisse
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Le Courrier @le-courrier.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#Valais Une douzaine d’ONG, associations, collectifs et mouvements politiques appellent, ce samedi, à une journée de mobilisations pour dénoncer les pollutions du géant suisse de l’agrochimie, Syngenta. ✍️ Un article de Gilles Labarthe, à retrouver sur notre site ⬇️ lecourrier.ch/2026/10/01/t...
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Tracer les pesticides à la source - Le Courrier
Face à l’inaction des autorités, réagir dans la rue: voilà l’objectif d’une des plus grandes manifestations annoncées ces dernières années pour s’indigner de l’impunité dont profitent les…
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Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science bot @oecs-bot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The human mind instinctively extracts order from chaos, tracking probabilities across sounds and scenes to build complex knowledge from raw input. Statistical Learning by Jenny Saffran doi.org/10.21428/e2759450.7a74eed8 #CognitiveScience
Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science: "Statistical Learning" by Jenny Saffran. Statistical learning refers to the ability to track patterns in the environment. These patterns occur in a wide array of domains (e.g., speech, scenes, melodies). Humans track statistics over stimuli
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Yastreblyansky @ghastreblyansky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I feel it's spoiling the audience for the actual cognitive science of how thinking and talking really work. It's making the masses believe the problem has been solved.
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Nano-Micro Letters @nmletters.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
High Spatiotemporal and Multimodal Soft Tactile Interface with Layered Architecture for Simultaneous Structural and Thermal Perception Jaehwan Jang, Seong Min Im, Byeong Sun Park, Jiwon Choi, Dokyung Kim, Min gu Kim* Nano Micro Lett. (2027) 19:49 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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High-Spatiotemporal and Multimodal Soft Tactile Interface with Layered Architecture for Simultaneous Structural and Thermal Perception - Nano-Micro Letters
Advanced robotic systems require tactile perception to interact reliably with objects in environments where visual information is limited by occlusion, illumination variations, and focusing issues. Ho...
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The Hindu @thehindu.com · 04/09/2026
The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) has said that “wholly AI-generated tracks” will not be eligible for listing on its charts, as more listeners struggle to differentiate between human and machine-made music. Why the music industry banned AI music? ✍️ Sahana Venugopal
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Frontier @frontierresearch.co · 03/10/2026
Why does past stress make new stress hit harder? In mice, prior stress made the anterior hypothalamic nucleus more reactive. Inhibiting it blunted stress responses, and silencing its amygdala inputs abolished the sensitized ones. @zachtpennington.bsky.social @denisejcai.bsky.social #neuroskyence
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An amygdala to anterior hypothalamic circuit gates stress sensitivity | Frontier
Using unbiased whole-brain activity mapping in mice, the authors looked for circuits that previous adversity remodels to heighten sensitivity to later stress.
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Mr. Chimpanzy @cyanescens.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The subconscious described here is different from the psychoanalytic unconscious* but it’s pretty easy to map one on to the other I think *which isn’t conceived of in contemporary theory the same way as in Freud’s original formulation—a lot has changed in the field in the last century
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Ryan Robinson @ryanrobinson.ca · 01/10/2026
If it wasn't for Trump I may have not heard that term since studying Cognitive Science at university, where it was promptly dismissed as garbage before returning to more meaningful discussions of what intelligence means. I do remember it briefly being a popular thing when I was a kid.
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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 02/10/2026
Your field of research is long term dangerous to their donors. Same as in the states. Also doesn't make short term profits. These changes are planned and while the lyrics are slightly different (here vs. states), the tune is the same.
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Something is Being Born @nabelew.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
2) hey intel community, you may wanna tell your buddies the tech corpos that you're banking on these being unbreakable codes that "lack commercial institutional training frameworks," cause they're busy trying to ingest as many Indigenous languages as possible into commercial LLMs
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De Gruyter Brill - Innovations in Molecular & Materials Science @degruyterbrillimms.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Which particles can transfer charge in #electrochemical systems? This study shows that particle conductivity determines electrochemical behavior, with #copper and #graphite actively transporting electrons & boosting process efficiency. #OpenAccess #OpenChemistry: doi.org/10.1515/chem...
Charge transfer behavior of suspended particles under cathodic polarization in aqueous solutions
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De Gruyter Brill - Innovations in Molecular & Materials Science @degruyterbrillimms.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#Diabetes can bring both metabolic and #cognitive complications. This study finds that Achillea extracts improve glucose and lipid profiles, reduce oxidative stress and alleviate memory impairment in diabetic rats. #AchilleaMillefolium #OpenAccess #OpenChemistry: doi.org/10.1515/chem...
Anti-diabetic and neuroprotective potential of extracts of Achillea millefolium and Achillea wilhelmsii using in vitro, in vivo and ex vivo pharmacological approaches
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De Gruyter Brill - Innovations in Molecular & Materials Science @degruyterbrillimms.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
How can #HeatAndMassTransfer be better controlled in advanced #Magnetohydrodynamic systems? This study shows how magnetic fields, thermal relaxation, curvature and velocity slip can tune #nanofluid flow for advanced #thermalmanagement. #NanotechnologyReviews: doi.org/10.1515/ntre...
Sensitivity analysis of MHD Jeffery hybrid nanofluid flow over an inclined cylinder with Cattaneo–Christov flux model and non-uniform thermal source
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De Gruyter Brill - Innovations in Molecular & Materials Science @degruyterbrillimms.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Balancing strength and vibration control is key in #3Dprinted composites. This study found that #talc-reinforced #stereolithography resins increased stiffness & damping but reduced toughness, linking material flow behaviour to vibration performance. #ePolymers: doi.org/10.1515/epol...
Mechanical and vibrational behavior of 3D printed composite reinforced by talc particles
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Trump on trucks: I love that shape. There's no bullshit
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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
By Will McPhail
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Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics @mpi-nl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Seeing hand gestures’ early beginnings improves predictions of upcoming utterance meaning. New paper by @marlijnterbekke.bsky.social & al. with @lindadrijvers.bsky.social , @judithholler.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/0163853X.2026.2729660
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Seeing hand gestures’ early beginnings improves predictions of upcoming utterance meaning
In face-to-face conversation, people convey meaning multimodally, including speech and hand gestures. Previous work showed that comprehenders can use gestures to predict utterance content, but it i...
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The work of Rathika Ramasamy, India's first internationally celebrated female wildlife photographer #womensart
Photograph of an owl peeping out from a hole in a tree trunk
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Toshio @toshio04.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Olive decided to go up on the sacred bridge in Japan. #Bridge #Japan #Kamakura #Dog #Watercolor
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Environmental Investigation Agency @eia-news.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
What role does corruption play in environmental crime? 🎧 Listen to the full podcast - loom.ly/-gWlqYw #EnvironmentalCrime #Corruption #WildlifeTrafficking #ForestCrime
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The Vedanta Society of Portland @vedandasociety.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
“Beyond the senses are the objects, beyond the objects is the mind, beyond the mind is the intellect, beyond the intellect is the great Atman.” ~ Katha Upanishad *At the Vedanta Society of Portland #KathaUpanishad #Upanishads #VedantaSociety #VedantaSocietyofPortland #Vedanta #InspirationalQuotes
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The Vedanta Society of Portland @vedandasociety.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
🌈 Please join us for our historic 3-day "Portland Vedanta Centenary Convention" held from October 2nd-4th featuring 16 distinguished monks and nuns from Vedanta centers across the U.S. 🕉️ Please visit the website for details and to register at www.vedantaportland.org/centenary-ce...
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OIST (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology) @oistedu.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Centralized AI training is risks data privacy violations, but decentralized frameworks have failed to efficiently guard against bad input. New federated learning algorithm presented at #ICML2026 opens new frontier for privacy-first AI 👇 @icmlconf.bsky.social www.oist.jp/news-center/...
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New federated learning algorithm enables private, robust, and fast AI development
By remembering past client interactions, servers can protect against malicious input while keeping communication efficient, opening a new, privacy-oriented frontier in AI.
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Anthropocene Magazine @anthropocenemag.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Scientists made an ultra-black wool. And it turns saltwater into drinking water. The natural biodegradable material, which costs less than $1 for a piece the size of a sheet of paper, could provide an purification for vulnerable communities. www.anthropocenemagazine.org/?p=242…
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Scientists made an ultra-black wool. And it turns saltwater into drinking water
The natural biodegradable material, which costs less than $1 for a piece the size of a sheet of paper, could provide an purification for vulnerable communities.
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Silvachar Environmental Inc @silvachar.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
WANT TO KEEP MORE NUTRIENTS IN YOUR COMPOST? ♻️ Biochar can help retain nutrients that might otherwise leach away. Add it between your compost layers and keep more goodness in the pile. Visit shop.silvachar.ca
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Quwit @wit.ac · 23/09/2026
Shoutout to @infomaniak.bsky.social & more avant-garde sovereign providers in my arsenal making this easy @ the end user level.
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Quwit @wit.ac · 22/09/2026
Quiet reminder. Quite.
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