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Christian Kliesch
@enactedmind.bsky.social
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Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Potsdam.
Interested in cognition and what it means to be human. So far. I identified potential culprits: Bodies in development, minds enacting, babies being clever but mostly useless at doing things.
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Christian Kliesch @enactedmind.bsky.social · Mar 21
In this paper I make the claim that human social behaviour emerges from a uniquely human developmental trajectory in which infants are born with large brains are limited in their ability to interact with their environment directly.
enactedmind.bsky.social Christian Kliesch @enactedmind.bsky.social · Mar 21
Here is a preprint for my paper "Post-natal dependency as the foundation of social learning in humans" osf.io/preprints/ps...
OSF
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nathankhensley.bsky.social
This must be weird news to see if you’re one of the literally hundreds or even thousands of university administrators who preemptively censored faculty, scrubbed websites, changed the names of centers, etc.
January 23, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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moreperfectunion.bsky.social
A major coalition is launching a general strike in Minnesota tomorrow, aimed at pushing out ICE.

It includes:

-Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1005
-The MN AFL-CIO
-SEIU Local 26
-UNITE HERE Local 17
-CWA Local 7250
-Saint Paul and Minneapolis Federations of Educators
-Faith leaders

And more. 🧵
January 22, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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clbergpowers.bsky.social
Solidarity walkout in Massachusetts, convening at 3 at South Bay in Dorchester. Buses from some communities with Neighbor to Neighbor coordinating. You can sign up here to find a bus ride. www.mobilize.us/n2nma/event/...
January 22, 2026 at 3:05 PM
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eicathomefinn.bsky.social
'There are now so many federal immigration officers operating in the region that they outnumber the Minneapolis police force five to one.'
Minneapolis leaders call the ICE surge a ‘siege’. My reporting from there concurs
After covering Trump’s immigration policies from Chicago and LA, the Twin Cities operation feels like a marked escalation
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:01 AM
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margaret.bsky.social
I have been actively involved in protest movements for 24 years. I have never seen anything approaching this scale. Minneapolis is not accepting what's happening here. ICE fucking murdered a woman for participating in this, and all that did is bring out more people, from more walks of life.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
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timoconnorbl.bsky.social
To snatch a five year old carrying a school bag from the street and tell the parents nothing as you send that child to a prison thousands of kilometres away is unalloyed evil.

Every person in this chain of command should be prosecuted. Every single one. They have to be.
discosaurus.bsky.social Disco @discosaurus.bsky.social · 3d
This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
Kid in a hat and backpack, maybe 5, getting detained
January 22, 2026 at 4:36 AM
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ubisurv.net
#Israel continues to eliminate any possibility of a Palestinian state or even basic assistance to #Palestinians, whether it is in Gaza, the West Bank or elsewhere. Today they demolished the #UNRWA headquarters in #EastJerusalem.

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Israel bulldozes Unrwa headquarters in East Jerusalem
Palestinian refugee agency compound is demolished, while teargas is fired at UN vocational school in West Bank
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:49 PM
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cos.io
In a new Nature article, COS Exec Director Brian Nosek & others discuss the toll of layoffs, funding cuts, & attacks on science in the U.S.: "..[T]here are actors that seem very clear in their behavior to not actually have good intentions for improving science"
‘Shattered’: US scientists speak out about how Trump policies disrupted their careers
Nature - Researchers lay bare the human toll of lay-offs, funding cuts and attacks on science one year after the president’s return to the White House.
www.nature.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:18 PM
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adambonica.bsky.social
If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:

America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.

What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
Screenshot of a data visualization titled “The Cost of American Exceptionalism,” subtitled “What would change if the U.S. matched the OECD average?” The page explains that each card shows how outcomes would change if the U.S. matched the average of 31 peer democracies. Below, a section labeled “Economy & Inequality” displays eight cards comparing U.S. figures to OECD averages. Highlights include: +$19K per household per year in redistributed income and +$96K in redistributed wealth if the top 1% matched OECD shares; a 71% lower CEO-to-worker pay ratio (from 354× to 101×); 50 million more workers with union coverage; 26 million more people with health insurance; $2.1 trillion saved annually in healthcare spending; $691 less per person per year in prescription drug costs; and intergenerational economic mobility being twice as high. Each card shows the U.S. value alongside the OECD average.
January 12, 2026 at 9:36 PM
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gewkvup.bsky.social
No more excuses! Drop your pens, drop your pipettes, switch off your lasers!
Out for the #Hochschulaktionstag!
January 19, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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historleans.bsky.social
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Letter from a Birmingham Jail, 1963. 🗃️ #MLKDay #BlackEduSky
“I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action"; who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by a mythical concept of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait for a "more convenient season." Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection. I had hoped that the white moderate would understand that law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and that when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress. I had hoped that the white moderate would understand that the present tension in the South is a necessary phase of the transition from an obnoxious negative peace, in which the Negro passively accepted his unjust plight, to a substantive and positive peace, in which all men will respect the dignity and worth of human personality. Actually, we who engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is already alive. We bring it out in the open, where it can be seen and dealt with. Like a boil that can never be cured so long as it is covered up but must be opened with all its ugliness to the natural medicines of air and light, injustice must be exposed, with all the tension its exposure creates, to the light of human conscience and the air of national opinion before it can be cured.”
January 19, 2026 at 2:43 PM
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annecurrie.bsky.social
Unfortunately, this is the world we now seem to be living in. If folk want noise and action, one thing you can do is click on and read positive change climate articles

We talk a lot about right wing press but remember the news we see is the news that generates clicks
carbonbrief.org Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 5d
NEW – Analysis: UK newspaper editorial opposition to climate action overtakes support for first time | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @sylviahayes.bsky.social

Read here: buff.ly/eAPkvkx
Number of UK newspaper editorials arguing for more (blue) and less (red) climate action, 2011-2025. Some editorials also present a “balanced” view, which is categorised as advocating for neither “more” nor “less” climate action. These editorials are not represented in this chart. Source: Carbon Brief analysis.
January 19, 2026 at 10:25 AM
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priyasilverstein.com
Introducing CORTRE: a reporting guideline for reproducibility efforts 👉 cortre.github.io

We are excited to officially announce CORTRE: COmplete Reporting for Transparent Reproducibility Efforts 🎯

🧵👇
January 19, 2026 at 10:19 AM
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nbedera.bsky.social
For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.

The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.
Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.
www.ms.now
January 16, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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gew.de
Bei den Tarifverhandlungen geht es auch um die rund 300.000 studentischen Beschäftigten – wir wollen den #TVSTUD! #Profisbrauchenmehr #Zusammengehtmehr #GEW #Tarifrunde #TVL
Wir wollen den TVStud! Wir wollen den TVStud! Wir wollen den TVStud! Wir wollen den TVStud!
January 15, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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windjunky.bsky.social
Globally, no single day in 2025 was cooler than its 1991-2020 average.
climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
January 14, 2026 at 12:44 PM
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ericumansky.bsky.social
This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan.

A citizen.

Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.

"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.

Agents took and sold his phone

And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
January 13, 2026 at 10:20 PM
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acyn.bsky.social
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
January 13, 2026 at 1:20 AM
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danibeck.bsky.social
No journal will take this commentary I wrote In October so fuck it, here it is on medium.

🍉
The science community is letting Palestine and the wider Arab community down
At a neurodevelopment conference I recently attended, where the focus is child health and development, I was astounded that not one voice…
medium.com
January 9, 2026 at 8:31 AM
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shashj.bsky.social
"A medic at one Tehran hospital said there were "direct shots to the heads of the young people, to their hearts as well", while a doctor said an eye hospital in the capital had gone into crisis mode"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Iran medics describe hospitals overwhelmed with dead and injured protesters
Hundreds of people are believed to have been killed and injured by the security forces, with more than 70 bodies brought to one hospital.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 10, 2026 at 10:05 PM
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birchlse.bsky.social
Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).
An email from Martin Peterson to university administrators.
January 8, 2026 at 5:38 PM
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briannosek.bsky.social
Please consider a donation sustain this critical service for research and education about implicit social cognition. The website has generated very useful data and discussion to understand the strengths, weaknesses, and processes of implicit measurement.
projectimplicit.bsky.social Project Implicit @projectimplicit.bsky.social · 17d
Project Implicit is a research nonprofit behind tools millions use to understand bias. Like many public science orgs, sustaining this work has become increasingly difficult. We are at risk of closing without additional support.

Help protect this impt work by donating here: 4agc.com/donate/impli...
January 7, 2026 at 11:51 AM
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publichealthguy1.bsky.social
i know it’s not the first time it’s happened this year but can we just pause and recognize how insane it is that the federal government has shut down an entire large city’s schools for multiple days with their terror
ericmgarcia.bsky.social Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 16d
Minneapolis public schools canceled classes officials after Roosevelt High School said armed Border Patrol officers came on school property during dismissal Wednesday and began tackling people, handcuffed two staff members and released chemical weapons on bystanders
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Minneapolis schools cancel classes after Border Patrol clash disrupts dismissal at Roosevelt
Minneapolis schools closed for the week citing safety concerns after an encounter involving armed Border Patrol agents near Roosevelt High School.
www.mprnews.org
January 8, 2026 at 1:27 PM
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dropsitenews.com
🚨 Breaking: Israeli forces raided Birzeit University north of Ramallah on Mon., storming the campus, injuring students and detaining several people, according to Anadolu Agency & other outlets.

At least 11 Palestinian students were injured, some by live fire and others by tear gas inhalation and...
🚨 Breaking: Israeli forces raided Birzeit University north of Ramallah on Monday, storming the campus, injuring students, and detaining several people, according to Anadolu Agency and other outlets. At least 11 Palestinian students were injured, some by live fire and others by tear gas inhalation and shrapnel, and were treated in hospital, Anadolu reported. Witnesses said Israeli troops smashed the main gate, entered multiple university buildings, and fired tear gas, stun grenades, and live ammunition as students fled across campus. Several students, journalists, and the university’s vice president for academic affairs were detained during the operation, according to Xinhua. Israeli forces also seized equipment and property belonging to student groups, the Times of Israel reported. The raid followed a student event held in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails and coincided with preparations to screen the film “Hind Rajab,” which documents Israel’s murder of the five-year-old child during Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Israeli forces entered the campus shortly before the scheduled screening, which had been organized as part of student-led activities, Anadolu reported. הארץ חדשות @haaretznewsvid Translated from Hebrew Documentation: Students at Birzeit University near Ramallah flee as gunfire is heard in the background, today. Use according to section 27A of the Copyright Law
January 6, 2026 at 6:21 PM
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mcxfrank.bsky.social
Now up as a reviewed @elife.bsky.social preprint: "Continuous developmental changes in word recognition support language learning across early childhood" elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...

Using data from ~2000 kids ages 1-6, we quantify links between word recognition and early vocabulary growth!
Paper title and authors
January 5, 2026 at 9:39 PM