Laurie O'Neill
@laurieoneill.bsky.social
BA in Cognitive Science from Muhlenberg College. Research Coordinator at Jefferson. Once a Bostonian, now a Philadelphian. Let's Go Red Sox/Flyers! Writes a lot.
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Laurie O'Neill
@laurieoneill.bsky.social
· Apr 21
Ever wonder what a neural network would look like in a novel organism w/o selection for specific structure and function? New #preprint with morphological, behavioral, electrophysiological, and transcriptomic analysis of a new kind of Xenobot with a nervous system:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
I'm on this paper! Thrilled to have my first pub ever! 🔬🥳
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Gender Ideology: Both a completely new liberal concept that no one 5 years ago ever heard of before AND somehow infecting the writings of ancient Greek philosophers.
Texas A&M says PLATO may be gender or race ideology
I mean, they are so close to getting the criticisms of the western canon 😹
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
I mean, they are so close to getting the criticisms of the western canon 😹
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
Texas A&M Bans Plato - Daily Nous
Drop the race and gender material from your course and the Plato readings, or teach a different course. You have a day to decide. That's a paraphrase of what Martin Peterson, professor of philosophy at Texas A&M University, was told by university officials today about his upcoming "Contemporary Moral Problems" course, due to start next
dailynous.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Gender Ideology: Both a completely new liberal concept that no one 5 years ago ever heard of before AND somehow infecting the writings of ancient Greek philosophers.
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As a Ukrainian, if you ever cared about Russia's fascist illegal, illegitimate and unjust invasion of Ukraine, you should absolutely care about US's fascist illegal, illegitimate and unjust invasion of Venezuela. My solidarity and best wishes to all Venezuelans.
January 3, 2026 at 7:27 AM
As a Ukrainian, if you ever cared about Russia's fascist illegal, illegitimate and unjust invasion of Ukraine, you should absolutely care about US's fascist illegal, illegitimate and unjust invasion of Venezuela. My solidarity and best wishes to all Venezuelans.
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when Kevin O’Leary said he was a vampire from 1601, I believed him. that felt right.
December 31, 2025 at 10:48 PM
when Kevin O’Leary said he was a vampire from 1601, I believed him. that felt right.
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December 25, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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メリクリ(meri-kuri), the Japanese abbreviation for Merry Christmas, sounds a lot like “Marie Curie,” so I’m officially treating it as a physics holiday too 🧪⚛️🎄
December 25, 2025 at 5:31 AM
メリクリ(meri-kuri), the Japanese abbreviation for Merry Christmas, sounds a lot like “Marie Curie,” so I’m officially treating it as a physics holiday too 🧪⚛️🎄
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I wish Lydia Tár was real so she could appear on one of the new CBS debate shows
December 23, 2025 at 9:40 AM
I wish Lydia Tár was real so she could appear on one of the new CBS debate shows
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The anti-intellectualism is the point here. They openly admit to not taking higher education seriously, while then complaining that conservatives are supposedly discriminated against in higher education. No, it's not because of your views; it's because you're proud of not doing the reading.
Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.
December 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The anti-intellectualism is the point here. They openly admit to not taking higher education seriously, while then complaining that conservatives are supposedly discriminated against in higher education. No, it's not because of your views; it's because you're proud of not doing the reading.
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𝗩𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺
Looks quite interesting.
"Collective coordination" as state where unspecialized cells coordinate behavior through distributed signaling before specialized tissues like the brain can emerge.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#neuroskyence
Looks quite interesting.
"Collective coordination" as state where unspecialized cells coordinate behavior through distributed signaling before specialized tissues like the brain can emerge.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#neuroskyence
December 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
𝗩𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺
Looks quite interesting.
"Collective coordination" as state where unspecialized cells coordinate behavior through distributed signaling before specialized tissues like the brain can emerge.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#neuroskyence
Looks quite interesting.
"Collective coordination" as state where unspecialized cells coordinate behavior through distributed signaling before specialized tissues like the brain can emerge.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#neuroskyence
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In October, the International Society for Artificial Life recognized several SFI researchers and co-authors with the ISAL Award for Outstanding Publication of 2024.
The award celebrates the paper “Fundamental constraints to the logic of living systems," which was published last fall.
The award celebrates the paper “Fundamental constraints to the logic of living systems," which was published last fall.
Fundamental logic of life paper receives Outstanding Publication award
In October, the International Society for Artificial Life recognized several SFI researchers and co-authors with the ISAL Award for Outstanding Publication of 2024. The award celebrates the paper “Fun...
www.santafe.edu
December 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
In October, the International Society for Artificial Life recognized several SFI researchers and co-authors with the ISAL Award for Outstanding Publication of 2024.
The award celebrates the paper “Fundamental constraints to the logic of living systems," which was published last fall.
The award celebrates the paper “Fundamental constraints to the logic of living systems," which was published last fall.
My God, this is horrific.
An MIT professor was fatally shot at his home in Brookline last night, police said.
MIT professor fatally shot at his Brookline home, officials say - The Boston Globe
Nuno F.G. Loureiro was pronounced dead at a hospital, according to the Norfolk District Attorney’s office.
trib.al
December 17, 2025 at 1:33 PM
My God, this is horrific.
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Had to explain Ea-Nasir to my therapist
December 16, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Had to explain Ea-Nasir to my therapist
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if you oppose zionism you should work to ensure jews are safe in the diaspora, otherwise you are affirming the core zionist tenet that jews are not safe anywhere and therefore we are better off being unsafe under our own rule in our own state. zionism is _reaction_ to antisemitic action.
December 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
if you oppose zionism you should work to ensure jews are safe in the diaspora, otherwise you are affirming the core zionist tenet that jews are not safe anywhere and therefore we are better off being unsafe under our own rule in our own state. zionism is _reaction_ to antisemitic action.
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Dunkin’ Donuts taking over a spot that was previously run by Starbucks is so Boston.
December 14, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Dunkin’ Donuts taking over a spot that was previously run by Starbucks is so Boston.
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Indianapolis Star, November 22, 1918
December 12, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Indianapolis Star, November 22, 1918
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I don't know why but in the last 2 days I've seen multiple people posting about my favorite shark the tasselled wobbegong and in case your timeline has not been similarly blessed I just think you should be aware that this is what it looks like
December 9, 2025 at 8:44 AM
I don't know why but in the last 2 days I've seen multiple people posting about my favorite shark the tasselled wobbegong and in case your timeline has not been similarly blessed I just think you should be aware that this is what it looks like
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have any progenitors of late 90s cyber culture written a techno libertarian response to the rise of techno fascism
December 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
have any progenitors of late 90s cyber culture written a techno libertarian response to the rise of techno fascism
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radiator in my room when its fifty degrees outside: 🥵🔥😤🥵🌡️
radiator in my room when it is 11 degrees outside: 🙅♂️🙂↔️😶
radiator in my room when it is 11 degrees outside: 🙅♂️🙂↔️😶
December 9, 2025 at 8:24 AM
radiator in my room when its fifty degrees outside: 🥵🔥😤🥵🌡️
radiator in my room when it is 11 degrees outside: 🙅♂️🙂↔️😶
radiator in my room when it is 11 degrees outside: 🙅♂️🙂↔️😶
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One of the biggest drivers of high housing costs is that a small, highly motivated group of incumbent homeowners block new housing in their neighborhoods and almost no one is organized to push back.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
December 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
One of the biggest drivers of high housing costs is that a small, highly motivated group of incumbent homeowners block new housing in their neighborhoods and almost no one is organized to push back.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
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The philosophers were so preoccupied with whether they should that they didn't stop to think if they could.
December 3, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The philosophers were so preoccupied with whether they should that they didn't stop to think if they could.
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happy “let’s circle back to that in the new year” season to all who celebrate.
December 1, 2025 at 2:09 PM
happy “let’s circle back to that in the new year” season to all who celebrate.
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my take on the OU essay girl is that it is once again protestant nonsense. if you tried citing the bible at a Catholic university they’d ask what you were doing reading that and give you an F.
December 1, 2025 at 8:35 PM
my take on the OU essay girl is that it is once again protestant nonsense. if you tried citing the bible at a Catholic university they’d ask what you were doing reading that and give you an F.
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Do not embarrass Bruce the Shark by asking him about what happened to that Kintner boy...thats a terrible question...I think you’re a terrible reporter.
November 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Do not embarrass Bruce the Shark by asking him about what happened to that Kintner boy...thats a terrible question...I think you’re a terrible reporter.
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"I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know potatoes.”
-Platato
-Platato
November 14, 2025 at 8:19 PM
"I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know potatoes.”
-Platato
-Platato
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
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For those who watched, who would you say was series MVP?
November 2, 2025 at 5:21 AM
For those who watched, who would you say was series MVP?