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DeBarra Shaw

@d2chattoway.bsky.social

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DeBarra Shaw @d2chattoway.bsky.social · Jul 5

Dr. Michael Levin continues groundbreaking work,sparking epic conversations. Great talk here… ✨

Sheila Macrine, PhD @macrinephd.bsky.social · Jun 7

Great talk by @drmichaellevin.bsky.social on reviewing ideas around the scaling of intelligence in unconventional substrates
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"Scaling Intelligence in Biology, Artificial Life, and Beyond" by Michael Levin

YouTube video by Michael Levin's Academic Content

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DeBarra Shaw @d2chattoway.bsky.social · 1d

Stylish gang! 😎👍🐈

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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 2d

@thetransmitter.bsky.social and @neuromatch.bsky.social have teamed up to learn more about what early-career neuroscientists need.

#neuroskyence

www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...

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DeBarra Shaw @d2chattoway.bsky.social · 2d

Beautiful birdie! ❤️

DeBarra Shaw @d2chattoway.bsky.social · 2d

❤️❤️❤️

DeBarra Shaw @d2chattoway.bsky.social · 2d

Cool cats! 😎😺🫖

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DeBarra Shaw @d2chattoway.bsky.social · 3d

Latest Long Now Talk by Blaise Aguera y Arcas connecting evolutionary dots between life, computation and symbiogenesis… ✨

The Long Now Foundation @longnow.org · 3d

To answer to the question "what is intelligence?" @blaiseaguera.bsky.social connects the evolutionary dots between life, computation, and symbiogenesis in the latest Long Now Talk:
youtu.be/KhSJuqDUJME?...

Blaise Agüera y Arcas | What is Intelligence? | Long Now Talks

YouTube video by The Long Now Foundation

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DeBarra Shaw @d2chattoway.bsky.social · 3d

That expression! 😹🐈🧡

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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 3d

🗣️ Call for papers!

PRESENCE, a journal devoted to research on teleoperation & virtual environments, is seeking papers for its special issue "Immersed into the Metaverse: Ethnographies of Presence & Embodiment in Virtual Reality."

Deadline: Feb. 1, 2026.

Learn more: direct.mit.edu/pvar

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Thousand Brains Project @thousandbrains.org · 4d

📺 New Video Drop ✅

@vivianeclay.bsky.social walks through Q3 progress and the priorities for Q4.

- improving Monty’s compositional modeling,
- ease of use, and
- theoretical grounding in behavior.

Watch now: youtu.be/3LN5SeSJhOg?...

2025/10 - 2025 Q3 Review

YouTube video by Thousand Brains Project

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DeBarra Shaw @d2chattoway.bsky.social · 5d

Amazing photo!

DeBarra Shaw @d2chattoway.bsky.social · 6d

Awesome photo. Go Anna! 👍

DeBarra Shaw @d2chattoway.bsky.social · 6d

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DeBarra Shaw @d2chattoway.bsky.social · 6d

So cute!!!! ❤️👍🐈🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛

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Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science bot @oecs-bot.bsky.social · 6d

Neuroscience of Language by Gesa Hartwigsen: https://doi.org/10.21428/e2759450.9793d1ae

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DeBarra Shaw @d2chattoway.bsky.social · 6d

Cute design! 🐝

DeBarra Shaw @d2chattoway.bsky.social · 8d

Sweet little soul… 🐈❤️

DeBarra Shaw @d2chattoway.bsky.social · 9d

Oh what a show-bird cutie! 😊💕

DeBarra Shaw @d2chattoway.bsky.social · 9d

Ohhhh….So touching… ❤️❤️❤️🐈✨

DeBarra Shaw @d2chattoway.bsky.social · 10d

True 😂😂😂

DeBarra Shaw @d2chattoway.bsky.social · 10d

Just chillin’ 🤗🐈❤️

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DeBarra Shaw @d2chattoway.bsky.social · 10d

Amazing photo! We have lots of geckos in Tampa, so I enjoy seeing one of their relatives. Their camouflage is so clever! ✨

DeBarra Shaw @d2chattoway.bsky.social · 10d

So cozy… 📘📙📗🐈💖

BookCat @bookcat.bsky.social · 13d

Good night, dear Bibliophiles🍂

BookCat was under the weather today, but hopes to return tomorrow.

art by Timothy Adam Matthews

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DeBarra Shaw @d2chattoway.bsky.social · 10d

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Dr. Stefania Kapsetaki @steffikapsetaki.bsky.social · Jul 9

What is the bioelectric pattern of immortality and mortality in hydra? Happy to share our latest work with Angelina Pimkina, Patrick McMillen, @parandetayyebi.bsky.social, @drpatricke.bsky.social, and @drmichaellevin.bsky.social in the journal Bioelectricity! www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/...

The Bioelectrics of Immortality and Mortality in Cold-Sensitive Hydra oligactis | Bioelectricity

Introduction: Bioelectric properties of cells are an important aspect of development, regeneration, and cancer. Because of their relevance to the establishment and maintenance of tissue form and funct...

www.liebertpub.com

DeBarra Shaw @d2chattoway.bsky.social · 10d

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Sheila Macrine, PhD @macrinephd.bsky.social · Jul 22

Breakthrough! After 50 years, a monumental proof in abstract mathematics is bringing us closer to a Grand Unified Theory! This quiet revolution is one of science's biggest stories. #Mathematics #ScienceNews #GrandUnifiedTheory #AbstractMath
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The breakthrough proof bringing mathematics closer to a grand unified theory

The Langlands programme has inspired and befuddled mathematicians for more than 50 years. A major advance has now opened up new worlds for them to explore.

www.nature.com

DeBarra Shaw @d2chattoway.bsky.social · 10d

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The Long Now Foundation @longnow.org · 10d

NASA researcher Dr. Lynn Rothschild has
-built synthetic cells
-3D-printed trees
-designed fungal-based housing for the moon

You don't want to miss her upcoming talk exploring bleeding-edge synthetic and evolutionary biology, and how it can save us: longnow.org/talks/02025-...