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greg_j_davis
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‘Never knowingly Reviewer 2’
https://www.viscog.psychol.cam.ac.uk/

Attention, Visual Cognition, Social Cognition, Security Screening, Decision-making

Uni of Cambridge, DfT College of Experts

Consciousness Myster ̶i̶a̶n̶on

ATLAS Task: https://rdcu.be/dU4sr
Pinned
Capability Browns don't win prizes

Need a glowering homage to soviet carparks

with external cooling pipes :D
once played poker at stag do

but didn't want to win anyone's money, ofc.

Pleading w someone to stop increasing bet
when I had straight flush was not an effective strategy
November 26, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.

Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Nature inside

Fresco of a forsaken palace near Siena, Italy.
Via @biancodavinci
November 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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LOLZ. Who ever thought of this is my kind of people.
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Vanished 240 years ago, the UK’s largest bird of prey – the white-tailed eagle – just returned to English skies like it never left.
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Vanished 240 Years Ago, the UK’s Largest Bird of Prey Just Returned to English Skies Like It Never Left
After vanishing from England centuries ago, a fearsome predator is now soaring back into southern skies—and it's not just passing through.
share.google
November 21, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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November 21, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Today is Carers Rights Day. Across the country people are caring for each other and dealing with tough times.

This isn't just Ed’s story. It's the story of millions, and that's who the Liberal Democrats will continue to fight for.
November 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Like positive framing of not being tall as a man, this feels in short supply...

www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
Men drawn to manosphere 'need to feel valued, not judged'
James Blake, presenter of Men of the Manosphere documentary, expolores why young men are drawn to certain influencers and how to help.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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People using Chrome may want to know about this.
To disable the new default AI mode. Type chrome://flags in your address bar. Search for AI mode in the search box below and disable the three options displayed.
November 19, 2025 at 7:53 PM
My Raleigh e-bike is good but has back tyre w

‘blancmange’ level puncture resistance

#weeklyPuncture
November 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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This slide unfortunately generalizes well 🥲
November 11, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Tiny intervention at threshold making a massive difference :)
Ireland winning goal and end of match with Irish commentary
November 16, 2025 at 6:33 PM
'Scientists taking no chances with control condition' :D

news.sky.com/story/shout-...
Shout at seagulls to stop them taking your food, research suggests
Researchers tested 61 gulls by playing recordings of a male voice shouting, speaking and the neutral birdsong of a robin.
news.sky.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Adam Scott meeting the pope, for anyone interested in that sort of thing
November 15, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Wow, BBC Jane Eyre 2011 is spectacular

Can't remember how accurate it is,
and don't have the expertise to judge,

but it is spellbinding
November 15, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official.

How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.

www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Volvo v40 *cross mf country*

doesn't carry spare wheel...

no wonder LLMs are taking over
November 15, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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"[T]he root problem is arguably that #ChatGPT still pretends to be a person—a consistent entity that knows you... It assumes the mantle of human emotion and acts like it understands you and sympathizes with what you’re going through" arstechnica.com/ai/2025/11/o... #ethics #tech #design #business
OpenAI walks a tricky tightrope with GPT-5.1’s eight new personalities
New controls attempt to please critics on both sides with a balance between bland and habit-forming.
arstechnica.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Bluesky 'search'.. is it based on Windows 98 engine?
November 15, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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In Ireland, if you have money it is legal to drive your car at 200km/h. www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
Motorists caught speeding at over 200km/h on motorway avoided driving bans after making charity donations
Donation of €20,000 sought from motorist driving at speed in excess of 200km/h
www.irishtimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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How “intelligent” is a slime mold? When it solves mazes, it might not be thinking:it’s obeying physics. Our new paper with
@jordiplam.bsky.social shows how it follows a least action principle,letting physics do the job arxiv.org/pdf/2511.08531
@drmichaellevin.bsky.social @docteur-drey.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 4:17 AM