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We were wrong about what electrical stimulation can do https://bioniclab.substack.com/p/we-were-wrong-about-what-electrical It is also about time that neuroscientists start rethinking what it really means to "restore vision" to the blind.

⚡ We Were Wrong About What Electrical Stimulation Can Do
Why BCIs Fail Series: Post 7

Russian MP warns Putin: We’re on the brink of social collapse
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/06/13/russian-mp-warns-putin-were-on-the-brink-of-social-collapse/

Respecting Reform Voters Means Telling Them They're Wrong and Immoral (Toby Buckle/Liberal Currents)
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/respecting-reform-voters-means-telling-them-theyre-wrong-and-immoral/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260512/p23#a260512p23

“In Bombay Beach, everything that can go wrong in the world has gone wrong;
that’s why people most describe it as apocalyptic or post-apocalyptic,” said Tao Ruspoli.
“You have climate change, environmental collapse, severe poverty and contaminated water.
The beauty of the apocalypse is that it exposes all the problems of our culture and then asks the question, what’s next?
What do you do once the end has happened?”

You won't win a 5K race carrying children on your back but you might have a lot of fun!
#photos #photography #sports

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #SoundsOfSurvivance
Ken Pomeroy:
🎵 Wrango
#KenPomeroy
https://kenpomeroy.bandcamp.com/track/wrango
https://open.spotify.com/track/6yev0L4M2x4bUW5zcw8Us2

Don't leave for the weekend until you've checked out today's Metacurity for the most critical infosec developments you should know, including
--Google sues AI-powered scam ring behind fake carrier rewards texts,
--Oracle warns of critical PeopleSoft flaw,
--Israeli firm suspected of election interference in France, Scotland and New York,
--Authorities dismantle crypto laundering service tied to ransomware gangs,
--Novo Nordisk discloses breach involvi…

Google sues AI-powered scam ring behind fake carrier rewards texts
Oracle warns of critical PeopleSoft flaw, Israeli firm suspected of election interference in France, Scotland and New York, Authorities dismantle crypto laundering service tied to ransomware gangs, Novo Nordisk discloses breach involving clinical trial patient data, much more

If the best known result from a given research field is always wrong, what is the best know result of the live coding field, and in what way is it wrong?
https://slab.org/2011/12/21/best-known-and-wrong/

The environmental toll of the artificial intelligence boom continues to mount
as tech companies use ever more power to run their data centers
and enormous amounts of water for cooling.
A new investigation by U.N. scientists warns that AI’s water use in 2030 will match the needs of 1.3 billion people,
while its power use will be triple that of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nigeria combined
— countries with a total population of 650 million.
“Most people underst…

“New Form of Imperialism”: Renowned U.N. Scientist on AI Boom’s Huge Water, Carbon & Land Footprint
The environmental toll of the artificial intelligence boom continues to mount as tech companies use ever more power to run their data centers and enormous amounts of water for cooling. A new investigation by U.N. scientists warns that AI’s water use in 2030 will match the needs of 1.3 billion people, while its power use will be triple that of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nigeria combined — countries with a total population of 650 million. “Most people understand AI as a digital technology, as…