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RE: https://mstdn.social/@david_colquhoun/117186446261000529
Ghastly

I’m doing tech support for my mother-in-law because Google thinks she’s a bot and keeps closing up her gmail account.
She handed me her ziplock bag of passwords and her old phone for 2FA.

How fast do drugs work? A new review, with James Higham, now on arXiv https://arxiv.org/pdf/2609.01228 . Supplementary stuff at

One takeaway from Ramaswamy and Vance deciding to make child rape apologia their closing argument in Ohio
is that Republicans seem to have taken from Trump’s success the idea that "nothing matters".
(It’s not only Republicans who have made that inference, of course.)
The problem is that Trump imitators can’t get away with the same kind of things that Trump can:
The crude insult comedy that works to at least some extent for an established reality TV star

Trumpism without Trump - Lawyers, Guns & Money
One takeaway from Ramaswamy and Vance deciding to make child rape apologia their closing argument in Ohio is that Republicans seem to have taken from Trump’s success the idea that LOL nothing matters. (It’s not only Republicans who have made that inference, of course.) The problem is that Trump imitators can’t get away with the […]

Ach, wer die #Serie #PleaseLikeMe noch nicht gesehen hat, sollte das unbedingt nachholen. Zum Beispiel jetzt direkt in der #arte-Mediathek. Da gibt es gerade alle sechs Staffeln 🥰🫠

SpaceX Whines About Space Collisions After Gutting Regulators That Oversee That Sort Of Thing https://www.techdirt.com/2026/10/26/spacex-whines-about-space-collisions-after-gutting-regulators-that-oversee-that-sort-…

RE: https://mstdn.social/@david_colquhoun/117186446261000529
What is it with philosophers? I guess that it's a problem that they don't understand either genetics or maths. Nonetheless they mostly manage to avoid becoming fascists.

Hat die Stadtbibliothek #Köln gerade probleme mit der Website? Ich komme nicht in mein #Bibliothek​skonto... 👀

, “lying and deception are rational behaviours to achieve many goals. This is why humans do it. And this is why the AIs do it now.”
Yoshua Bengio
See https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/sep/

‘If you build something vastly smarter than you, it better be on your side’: can we stop AI from deceiving us?
The long read: We are used to the idea that our fellow humans might intentionally mislead or manipulate us, but the idea that machines can now do the same is deeply unsettling. Researchers are racing to find solutions before it’s too late

Good grief. Trump not only interferes with football and the law. Now he has interfered with the University of Ghent's judgement about US "Philosopher" and alround ignoramus (about genetics and mathematics), Nathan Cofnas.
Shame on Ghent for succumbing to pressure.
https://www.<…

Jason Arday accuser given three-month teaching ban but can continue research
Nathan Cofnas allowed to resume Ghent University work, as US ambassador claims credit for lifting of suspension