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Excited to be a (very tiny part) of this new AI Research Institute, led by the amazing Ellie Pavlick. Looking forward to doing some human factors and education work, and getting to hopefully nerd out with some cognitive scientists!
https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-07-29/aria-ai-i…

Brown University to lead national institute focused on intuitive, trustworthy AI assistants
A new institute, based at Brown and supported by a $20 million National Science Foundation grant, will convene researchers to guide development of a new generation of AI assistants for use in mental and behavioral health.

I supported Bernie Sanders against Clinton.
Just posting because I believe it's good to admit one's mistakes.
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/bernie-sanders-kamala-harris…

Bernie Sanders blames election loss on Kamala Harris choosing billionaires over the working class
Sanders said while Joe Biden has been blamed election loss, it was ultimately Harris’s fault for cosying up to billionaires

TRIBE: TRImodal Brain Encoder for whole-brain fMRI response prediction
St\'ephane d'Ascoli, J\'er\'emy Rapin, Yohann Benchetrit, Hubert Banville, Jean-R\'emi King
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.22229

TRIBE: TRImodal Brain Encoder for whole-brain fMRI response prediction
Historically, neuroscience has progressed by fragmenting into specialized domains, each focusing on isolated modalities, tasks, or brain regions. While fruitful, this approach hinders the development of a unified model of cognition. Here, we introduce TRIBE, the first deep neural network trained to predict brain responses to stimuli across multiple modalities, cortical areas and individuals. By combining the pretrained representations of text, audio and video foundational models and handling th…

🧁 How a popular sweetener could be damaging your brain's defenses
#poison

How a popular sweetener could be damaging your brain's defenses
Found in everything from protein bars to energy drinks, erythritol has long been considered a safe alternative to sugar. But new research suggests this widely-used sweetener may be quietly undermining one of the body's most crucial protective barriers—with potentially serious consequences for heart health and stroke risk.

Brian Branch: Injury-tested Lions are 'better than last year,' hungry to 'get that Super Bowl' https://www.nfl.com/news/brian-branch-injury-tested-lions-are-better-than-last-year-hungry-to-get-that-super-b…

There’ve been articles all over lately, based on a single small (n=55) study that purports to show adverse effects of cannabis use by the elderly. Here’s some evidence to the contrary. A series of studies show improved working memory function with cannabis use for those over 65 years of age. Heading on down to the dispensary as soon as I post this toot. It’s science, friends.

The Benefits of Daily Cannabis for the Middle-Aged Brain
Even daily use of low-level cannabis does not have a negative impact on cognition in older adults, recent research finds.

Brian Schottenheimer is already ahead of Garrett, McCarthy https://insidethestar.com/brian-schottenheimer-is-already-ahead-of-garrett-mccarthy

Brian Schottenheimer doesn't care to hurt feelings, only championships https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news/dallas-cowboys-brian-schottenheimer-doesnt-care-hurt-feelings-only-championships

Cowboys' Brian Schottenheimer shares emotional moment with media https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news/dallas-cowboys-brian-schottenheimer-shares-emotional-moment-with-media

Juanyeh Thomas sends strong message about HC Brian Schottenheimer https://insidethestar.com/juanyeh-thomas-sends-strong-message-about-hc-brian-schottenheimer