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Physics In History @PhysInHistory: This is the most detailed model of a human cell ever created, using data from X-ray, NMR, and cryoelectron microscopy. Cellular landscape cross-section through a eukaryotic cell. Evan Ingersoll & Gael McGill.

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Where search engines fear to tread. Paul Walker explores christian weirdness on Medium. In this instalment: "14 Weird Christian Book Covers That Will Make Your Eyes Bleed" medium.com/inspire-beli... An weird it is.....

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Luckily, science doesn’t give a fuck what you believe.

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Rutgers University mathematician Alex Kontorovich takes us on a journey through the continents of mathematics to learn about the awe-inspiring symmetries at the heart of the Langlands program. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bJe...

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“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.” ― Hannah Arendt

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Child showing mother a picture on a laptop. Greek, circa 110 BC. Marble.

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The new GOP slogan (thank you, Joni Ernst.)

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Psychologists John Gartner and Harry Segal return after a forced hiatus (watch the opening of the show for details) to tackle the push-back from the Courts on Trump’s tariffs and attacks on Harvard, as well as the revelations about the Biden mental health cover-up. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnAo...

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Happy Pride Everyone--Especially the People Who Resent it!

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The new executive order allows political appointees to undermine research they oppose, paving the way for state-controlled science, write Colette Delawalla, Victor Ambros, Carl Bergstrom, Carol Greider, Michael Mann and Brian Nosek for The Guardian Opinion. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Psychologists say belief in conspiracy theories may stem from spite linked to social or psychological disadvantage. Tackling misinformation means addressing deeper inequality, reports Eric W. Dolan via PsyPost. www.psypost.org/new-research...

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People who believe in conspiracy theories may be more likely to exhibit specific cognitive biases found in individuals with subclinical delusional thinking, according to a pair of new studies published in Applied Cognitive Psychology, writes Eric W. Dolan for PsyPost. www.psypost.org/scientists-i...

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I use ChatGPT frequently and I use normal etiquette as if it is a person. This is practical as it is programmed to do the same. Do I assume it is self-aware? No, it is just a computer program. But its interface manners are impeccable.

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Was fascism a one-off phenomenon in the 30s? Or is it like a tree, with Hitler and Mussolini as branches? Really good @lrb.co.uk piece on "thinking about fascism as a constant presence" and why we are all vulnerable to fascism's emotional pull www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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Forgetting to wear a mask in public must be like someone turning on the kitchen light for these cowardly cockroaches

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I hadn't been paying attention from my cave in NL and then all the TACO stuff hit. I had to ask ChatGPT what it was all about and it gave me a very concise answer, plus the link to this video from The Indian Express explaining it all. Cool. Talk about going viral... www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1CY...

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Consciousness in deep hypothermic circulatory arrest: a feasibility study: cardiothoracicsurgery.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

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"Once, many people feel that they don’t have a voice, and the Foldscope community is a way that you can use creativity to distinguish yourself — not your status, who you know or where you published your paper." www.quantamagazine.org/how-paradoxi...

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The Register looks at the 2026 budget for the US National Science Foundation. Yikes!

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How fast does planet Earth move through space? Earth rotates on its axis, revolves around the Sun, orbits the Milky Way, moves within the Local Group, and hurtles through intergalactic space. Which ones matter most might surprise you. bigthink.com/starts-with-... #space #astronomy #motion #Earth

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He might not be able to kick a football, but he sure knows how to drop a mic.

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If you watch one thing, watch this. Scott Pelley, a reporter for CBS for 30+ years, is sounding the alarm: “Law is under attack. Journalism is under attack. Universities are under attack.”

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The New Yorker Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, May 28th By Christopher Weyant “Every time I start to think about the water, Trump comes up with another stupid distraction.” www.newyorker.com/cartoons/dai...

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Bernardo Kastrup shares how he got a very bad tinnitus by unthinkingly dismantling a burglar alarm beeper. He overcame the debilitating effect of the tinnitus and chose a new career path, essentially a new life as the one man philosophy army we know today.

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There's been another surge of people to Bluesky in recent days due to constant X outages. Welcome to everyone just arriving! Bluesky allows you to follow large groups of people at once with Starter Pack. Here is a Starter Pack featuring MeidasTouch contributors, hosts, and staff!

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Can’t unsee it now

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What if phenomenal consciousness, signs, communication, and interpretation are fundamental aspects of all living systems, whether or not we can detect brains? In this conversation, Hans Busstra talks to philosopher Dr. Yogi Hendlin about widespread meaning-making in nature. youtu.be/6hHRtu8Y2sM

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The Contrarian

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UVA DOPS has been at this and related research for half a century +. The DOPS Trilogy of psychology textbooks are landmarks: 1. Irreducible Mind (2007) 2. Beyond Physicalism (2015) 3. Consciousness Unbound (2021) Not your read-in-an-hour distractions, but rigorously documented scientific tomes.

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Just worth mentioning: I'm in the second month of my ChatGPT+ subscription and I am very happy. It has become my main search tool with DDG being second. It shows me possible solutions to technical questions where I might have given up. I still have to remain cautious, as glaring mistakes do happen.

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"You read books, eh?" A 1949 red scare Herblock cartoon about pressures on teachers that hits hard once again.

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Benjamin Cain writes on MEDIUM about: The Irrelevance of New Atheists and Trumpian “Christians” The underlying conflict between fading American liberalism and China’s totalitarian atheism medium.com/gods-funeral... I like this one: "Donald Trump’s troglodytic authoritarianism" A very good read.

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And we just passed another million users to 36M for BlueSky!

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NASA’s astrobiology ambitions are at risk of collapsing under the White House’s proposed budget. But your voice can make a difference, writes Michael L. Wong for SciAm. archive.ph/siMFs www.scientificamerican.com/article/trum...

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I myself use Apple Mail for sending large files, but SwissTransfer seems a good alternative. www.swisstransfer.com

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Strong encryption apps like Signal and WhatsApp are surging in popularity, even among national security officials. But governments continue efforts to gain backdoor access, reigniting debates over privacy vs. security. buff.ly/I2rmFLA Richard Forno, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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I don't have the faintest clue about this subject, but I sure like the picture ;-)

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We were warned. www.planetearthandbeyond.co/p/musk-just-...

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The problem is the song

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Loads available on the subject, mostly paintings and Kirlian. I like Kirlian stuff, but it doesn't convince me from a bio-physical standpoint. The paintings are artistically interesting, but also for attempting to document the artists experiences. The link to bio-physics is far off for now though.

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Friday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...

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