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Thinking about John Locke lately. His core principles: 1) government serves the people, 2) they have the right to remove corrupt governments, and 3) checks and balances are necessary. Finally: when these are violated, the people have the right of revolution. iep.utm.edu/locke/#:~:te....

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Sam Gershman writes beautifully about how theory-free neuroscience prevents the field from reaching its promise. Beautiful and true. Most folks do not test hypotheses. Running a NHST does not a hypothesis make. www.thetransmitter.org/theoretical-...

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So local. Just had to cross the road. #canada #bc #farmeggs #britishcolumbia #saltspringisland #gulfislands #islandlife #farmstand #southerngulfislands #chickens #eggs #crosstheroad

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Mind bending (in a wonderful way) conversation between philosopher-in-the-wild Tobias Rees and @noemamag.com editor-in-chief Nathan Gardels about how AI is upending what we think…about many things. Highly recommended. 👍👍👍👍👍 Why AI Is A Philosophical Rupture www.noemamag.com/why-ai-is-a-...

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Very much looking forward to digging into this one.

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@neurograce.bsky.social has a lovely essay about agency - worth a ready.

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Good morning. You are still here. Do something kind for someone you love today--and if you can, for someone else in your community, even if they're a stranger. We're in this together. ❤️

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I really needed this poem today and maybe you do too? "Good Bones," by the wonderful Maggie Smith. www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/89897/...

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New research into the single-celled organism is providing clues about what the early planet looked like – and raising the prospect that we may not be alone in the universe! source: @philipcball.bsky.social @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

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Fed up with Meta? Avoiding Instagram or Facebook isn’t enough to stop Meta from harvesting and profiting from your private information. Here’s how to limit Meta’s ability to monetize your personal data.

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Inspiring. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/s...

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New randomized, controlled trial by the World Bank of students using GPT-4 as a tutor in Nigeria. Six weeks of after-school AI tutoring = 2 years of typical learning gains, outperforming 80% of other educational interventions. And it helped all students, especially girls who were initially behind.

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♻️

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The entire world is fucked and Australia is just like, “we found a worse spider” as if we have time for this right now www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...

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It's an old song. But I think it has a vibe for today's stress. youtu.be/gp5JCrSXkJY?...

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Mood for today is the sublimely bonkers Declare Independence by Björk. "Don't let them do that to you." We'll need more of this spirit in 2025. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P5x...

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This is excellent. I'd add a further suggestion to Ian's survival plan: make sure to do things that have nothing to do with the flood of shit, and which feel healthy and life-affirming.

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The most craven, shameless selling out ……(to be clear signing on in the first place was craven, clinging to the corporate underbelly is just verification of what we already knew)

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I think it’s time to bring my most viral tweet over from the bad place.

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it’s nice to actually see some hard-hitting news reporting done without an obvious left or right wing bias

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Another example in which thinking about how current AIs work leads to new ideas about how our own brains work. It theoretical, of course, but also provocatively interesting. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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While we’re banning books… Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar. Be. Like. Finland.

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if i were bono, i’d quit music & open up a gluten free bakery called “Where The Treats Have No Grain”

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We were in Washington today with a few spare hours, so Scottie and I went to the Nat’l Museum of Natural History and the National Archives to see a few endangered things: butterflies, ocean life, the Constitution.

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Anne Telnaes, Pulitzer-winning editorial cartoonist for the Washington Post, has resigned. The paper censored a cartoon that criticized billionaires. Democracy dies in broad daylight, too. anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...

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Of course this is stupid, but her kids are grown, it makes her happy, and I get treats. Don’t ruin this for me.

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Something to keep in mind for 2025 Written by James Miller of A Small Fiction

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Yup

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This. @mikecaulfieldf1.bsky.social mikecaulfield.substack.com/p/critical-r...

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sorry for everything, it’s just [gestures to everything]

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What he said

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Avenues towards a well-defined theoretical formulation of the constraints to the logic of living systems. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

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On billionaires…

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