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We are the universe being aware of itself. Nontheist. Mindfulness. Consciousness Science.
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Interesting piece on illusionism. But Graziano strangely excludes interoception as a possible mediator of consciousness. Statements like the following: "Your brain has a complex pattern of blood flow... 🧵 www.eneuro.org/content/11/1... #interoception 🧠🫁 #neuroskyence #affectsci

Read: How Compliance-Based Approaches Damage Interoceptive Awareness & Self-Regulation shorturl.at/WYJRW #MentalHealth #autism #interoception #SelfReg

How to harness your emotions www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...

🥗 Cilantro: zesty & fresh or soap on your plate? It’s not just you. Your genes may be behind it! 🧬🧪 Curious? Hit play and find out if you’re a cilantro lover or genetically destined to hate it! 👇 #MolecularBiology #RNASky #SingleCell #neuroskyence #Genetics

Our immune system evolved millions of years before we knew we even had one.

The brain makes information globally available via its overlapping neuronal electromagnetic fields. Consciousness seems to only exist wherever there is a brain. Correlation is not causation. Chicken and egg. #neuroskyence #Neuroscience #ComputationalNeuroscience

Samuel L. Jackson has the right attitude. Every wealthy person should see the justice in paying their fair share back into society.

#jonstewart

Good night 😴 War is when the government tells you who the bad guy is. Revolution is when you decide that for yourself. Benjamin Franklin

Type-1 diabetes, IBD, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, coeliac disease and lupus are all caused by the body attacking itself. But new therapies that reset the immune system could offer lasting help

God: A conjecture in search of evidence.

Operation to recover Mike Lynch’s superyacht suspended after diver dies

What is real in our fundamental physical theories? | iai.tv/articles/spa... Philosopher of science, John D. Norton, argues answers lie in Einstein’s “hole argument.” The events of spacetime don’t form a “substance,” something with independent existence to other things in the world. #philsci 🧪 ⚛️

Plastics in everyday objects may disrupt sleep in same way as caffeine, study finds Findings show for first time how plastic chemicals throw off the body’s internal clock by up to 17 minutes #worldnews www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Tracking the 144+ Lawsuits Against Trump’s Agenda #worldnews www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

‘Get rid of the pseudoscience’: top doctor’s plan to improve America’s health. Eric Topol says we can prevent age-related disease and live fuller lives – but only if we reject anti-science ‘malarkey’. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Bill Gates says his Foundation will close in 2045 and decries Musk for USAID cuts. Microsoft co-founder accuses Trump ally of ‘killing the world’s poorest children’ by slashing US aid funding. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Elon Musk is responsible for “killing the world’s poorest children,” says Bill Gates. "The picture of the world’s richest man killing the world’s poorest children is not a pretty one." arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Loss of empathy is a key problem in people with frontotemporal dementia – our research shows what’s happening in the brain theconversation.com/loss-of-empa...

Just your regular reminder that the vast majority of us want public ownership of our key utilities. Share if you agree 👍🏾

The White House denounced Amazon’s reported move to display the cost of President Donald Trump’s tariffs on products, setting the stage for a high-profile clash between the administration and the popular online marketplace.

Mark Carney, "The lessons of Brexit are beginning to be applied to the US" "When you break trading relationships you end up with slower growth"

Mark Carney is asked how the lessons of Brexit apply to Trump's tariff policy. "When you break off or substantially rupture trade relations with major trading partners... you end up with slower growth, higher inflation, higher interest rates, volatility, a lower currency, a weaker economy." ~AA

It's infuriating how much more honest and direct people abroad can be about the blindingly obvious effects of Brexit, while UK commentators continue to tap-dance around the issues.

100 Days. That’s All It Took to Sever America From the World. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/o...

Coral dying from global warming www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The reality of sex and gender is complicated. It calls for nuanced examination and thought. The public sphere is terribly bad at this. Add in the close ties between gender and people's self-image, and the issue is ripe for demagoguery. Or you could just be kind to people different from you.

The Elephant in the Room by Liz Kalaugher review – how we make animals sick. From frogs to ferrets, an eye-opening account of the ways we affect the health of other species – and vice versa. #worldnews www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

Exploring ultraweak photon emissions as optical markers of brain activity #CEMI www.cell.com/iscience/ful...

Lettuce Talk app coming this summer www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Morten Morland’s Times cartoon: April 17, 2025 www.thetimes.com/comment/cart...

Our review on the theoretical status of oscillations and field potentials is out! What are their effects, and what can electrophysiology signals reveal about how the brain works? w/ @dlevenstein.bsky.social @prokraustinator.bsky.social Bradley Voytek @rdgao.bsky.social www.cell.com/trends/cogni...

China 24 channel shared a video of a Chinese factory dedicated to MAGA merch (since 2016)

UK Gov is hiring - “We’re looking for scientific experts for high-profile roles” www.gov.uk/government/n...

Lured by promises of an education but allegedly trapped in servitude and self-mortification, the former members are suing the ultra-conservative organisation over their ‘exploitation and abuse’ #worldnews www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Nice paper showing beta/gamma doing that top-down/bottom-up thing again. Top-down and bottom-up interactions rely on nested brain oscillations to shape rhythmic visual attention sampling doi.org/10.1371/jour... #neuroscience

A crow's math skills include geometry www.npr.org/2025/04/12/n...

Trump’s next book: “The Art of the Fold” Trump exempts smartphones and computers from new tariffs #worldnews www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

State tells employees to report on one another for ‘anti-Christian bias’ www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

Ben Jennings on Trump’s tariffs pause. #TrumpMarketCrash #tariffwars www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...