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Word Aware @wordaware.bsky.social · 1d

Wow!
'People with Developmental Language Disorder may not be believed as much as other people' within the Justice system.
This is why we need way more awareness of DLD.

EngagewithDLD @edldproject.bsky.social · 1d

Article summary: www.engage-dld.com/post/knowled...
YouTube summary: www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_Ir...
Email [email protected] to request a full copy of the paper.

#devlangdis #DLD #justicesystem
#DLDday #youcan’tseeDLD #DLDawareness

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P. Dominikus Kraschl OFM @dominikuskraschl.bsky.social · 6h

The elegance of autumn.

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Dorothy Bishop @deevybee.bsky.social · 5h

yup. Me too

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Colossal @thisiscolossal.com · 6h

From Parth Kothekar's M.C. Escher-inspired series of papercuts

www.thisiscolossal.com/2022/10/part...

a hand holding a trippy white paper cut to distort perspective

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 6h

I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.

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Jason Moore @moorejh.bsky.social · 6h

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 6h

🎵 They did the Monster Slash 😭 @ellecordova.bsky.social

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Anna Abalkina @abalkina.bsky.social · 16h

I’m honored to be named one of Tagesspiegel’s “100 Researchers of Berlin” for 2025, featured in today’s category “Swimming against the current.” Grateful to be recognized alongside inspiring researchers who challenge convention and push boundaries

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John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 16h

“Memory, logic and problem-solving, cognitive dissonance and friction — we do not yet know the cost to our brains if we abdicate these abilities to an algorithm.”

www.thetimes.com/article/0aac...

Oxford students need diversity training ‘to protect free speech’

Professor Irene Tracey, the university’s vice-chancellor, stressed the importance of EDI on campus

www.thetimes.com

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 22h

JEP: General; Psych Science; Nature Human Behaviour

Photo of a Kansas City Chiefs press conference with Andy Reid, Travis Kelce, and Patrick Mahomes. Reid is wearing a gray suit and red tie with a lapel pin. Kelce is wearing a camp-style short-sleeved shirt with a bird print, along with a suede cap, and Mahomes is wearing a white collared shirt, a pink checkered double-breasted vest, and a pale pink tie.

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 21h

A textbook image I did a few years ago showing a trap-jaw ant (Odontomachus rixosus) with her mandibles held open and trigger hairs forward, and then in the closed position.

The snapping shut of the trap is one of the fastest measured animal movements.

A split-screen image showing (top) a face view of an elongated ant standing on a reflective surfave, facing us with toothy brown jaws held 180 degrees open, and (bottom), the same ant with jaws closed, the bluntly toothed tips held together.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks, New Yorker

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Nancy Kanwisher @nancykanwisher.bsky.social · 1d

I am proud of MIT, where our branch of AAUP has voted unanimously to endorse this statement urging MIT leadership and the MIT Corporation to reject the Compact wholesale
docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Letter Regarding Compact

MIT Chapter of the American Association of University Professors October 6, 2025 Statement on the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” MIT has been invited by the federal governmen...

docs.google.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

Cartoon by @ivan-ehlers.bsky.social.

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Cedric Boeckx @cedricboeckx.bsky.social · 1d

Very interesting set of reflections on developmental language & reading disorders, across layers of analysis, by @drelsje.bsky.social
@nickyjdawson.bsky.social @emljames.bsky.social @salonikrishnan.bsky.social
(With many good references to @deevybee.bsky.social’s important work) 🧪🧬🧠🗣️

Dr Elsje van Bergen @drelsje.bsky.social · 2d

🧩Learning to talk & read isn’t just about effort or teaching—it’s shaped by biology, experience & context

🧠Our new review links genetics, neuroscience, psychology & education to show why some children find language or reading easier.

📖 doi.org/10.31234/osf...

🖼️genes→brain→cognition→behaviour 🧵👇

Figure 2 in the review: Levels of analysis from genes and brain systems to cognition and behaviour.
The child both influences and is influenced by parents through genetically shaped interactions, and by the wider school and social environment.
Figure design by Neil Usher.
Figure from this review paper: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/w23yz_v1

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Dorothy Bishop @deevybee.bsky.social · 1d

my thought exactly - these vox pops serve no useful function.

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Grant Jacobs BioinfoTools/NotJustDNA 🔬🧬🖥️✍️📚 @notjustdna.bsky.social · 2d

🥇 This year from The Journal of Immaterial Science – an "an open-access, beer-reviewed" “Satirical science journal, welcoming fictional research from all fields” – has awarded a medicine prize to Kennedy Jr for "taking bold action to reduce life expectancies in the USA".

H/T @krapnik.bsky.social

From The Journal of Immaterial Science @JImmatSci

"BREAKING: The 2025 Noble Prize for Medicine has been awarded to RFK Jr. for “taking bold action to reduce life expectancies in the USA”. By undermining the health system, RFK Jr. has led the charge to combat the USA's aging population and prevent a pension crisis."

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Dorothy Bishop @deevybee.bsky.social · 2d

wow! how amazing. Thanks to you all for taking this on - I am looking forward to reading it 😀

Dr Elsje van Bergen @drelsje.bsky.social · 2d

💬 This paper grew from a special issue celebrating Professor @deevybee.bsky.social—four of us invited from different fields for a “scientific blind date.”

That spark became a truly interdisciplinary review.
📖 doi.org/10.31234/osf...

🖼️ writing retreat, Wellcome Collection (London)

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Dr Elsje van Bergen @drelsje.bsky.social · 2d

💬 This paper grew from a special issue celebrating Professor @deevybee.bsky.social—four of us invited from different fields for a “scientific blind date.”

That spark became a truly interdisciplinary review.
📖 doi.org/10.31234/osf...

🖼️ writing retreat, Wellcome Collection (London)

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 2d

"the quickest way to get a collaborator to return edits on your manuscript is to write down their affiliation wrong" (ancient academic proverb)

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Rodrigo Vargas @vargaslab.bsky.social · 3d

⭐️Nominate an Impactful Dataset

@agu.org invites you to nominate an impactful dataset!

📊Submissions will be considered for inclusion in an upcoming featured commentary published in AGU Advances.

Submit nominations by 20 October.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

@agubiogeosciences.bsky.social

Nominate an Impactful Dataset

You are invited to nominate a dataset to be included in a commentary about the impact of Earth, space, and environmental data using the dimensions of people, planet, and prosperity. Selected submitter...

docs.google.com

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Gary Hershorn @garyhershorn.bsky.social · 2d

A 98 percent illuminated waxing gibbous moon rises behind the Empire State Building a day before the Harvest Supermoon as the sun sets in New York City, Sunday evening.

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Mike Melton @mikemelton.bsky.social · 2d

Goth band album cover.

Groove-billed Anis are fabulous birds. A type of cuckoo, this species lives in social groups of up to 10 birds and they collectively guard their territory and even share a nest together!

These birds were taking a break today at @tapirvalley.bsky.social to groom each other.

Five black birds perch closely together on a branch, their glossy feathers and long tails standing out against a blurred green forest background.

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Jason Kander @jasonkander.bsky.social · 2d

I was a skeptic about the import of the Epstein files.

But 3 invasions of cities, one military buildup outside Venezuela, a government shutdown, and so many other things meant to distract have me convinced whatever’s in there is the biggest presidential scandal in U.S. history.

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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 2d

Hell of a thing to put next to a statue of Joan of Arc. (h/t David Pilling)

Fire extinguisher next to a statue of Joan of Arc

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