@boris@cosocial.caWoo hoo! You all get to start adding stuff to Cosmik Network’s Semble: a social bookmarking tool built on ATProto, so all your data is stored in your own account https://semble.so
I’ve been using it for weeks, have it as a PWA on my phone, and it’s been great to just get the basics of saving links somewhere.
@lysander07@sigmoid.social
@inthehands@hachyderm.ioThe trouble with being Harvard is that your name is the most valuable thing you own. It’s bigger than anything the institution actually does.
Yes, there are some amazing and excellent people at Harvard — and some utter dingbats, as anywhere else — but whatever actual excellence Harvard offers in education or research is secondary. Harvard is a •brand• first and foremost. It’s a name people put on their resumes to make themselves worth more money in capitalism’s eyes.
1/ https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:36n7wd7gg4tapamnog4zyyc6/post/3m2r4uuijyc2r
@iam_jfnklstrm@social.linux.pizza
@tiotasram@kolektiva.socialTL;DR: spending money to find the cause of autism is a eugenics project, and those resources could have been spent improving accommodations for Autistic people instead.
To preface this, I'm not Autistic but I'm neurodivergent with some overlap.
We need to be absolutely clear right now: the main purpose is *all* research into the causes of autism is eugenics: a cause is sought because non-autistic people want to *eliminate* autistic people via some kind of "cure." It should be obvious, but a "cured autistic person" who did not get a say in the decision to administer that "cure" has been subjected to non-consensual medical intervention at an extremely unethical level. Many autistic people have been exceptionally clear that they don't want to be "cured," including some people with "severe autism" such as people who are nonverbal.
When we think things like "but autism makes life so hard for some people," we're saying that the difficulties in their life are a result of their neurotype, rather than blaming the society that punished & devalues the behaviors that result from that neurotype at every turn. To the extent that an individual autistic person wants to modify their neurotype and/or otherwise use aids to modify themselves to reduce difficulties in their life, they should be free to pursue that. But we should always ask the question: "what if we changed their social or physical environment instead, so that they didn't have to change themselves?" The point is that difficulties are always the product of person x environment, and many of the difficulties we attribute to autism should instead be attributed to anti-autistic social & physical spaces, and resources spent trying to "find the cause of autism" would be *much* better spent trying to develop & promote better accommodations for autism. Or at least, that's the case if you care about the quality of life of autistic people and/or recognize their enormous contributions to society (e.g., Wikipedia could not exist in anything near its current form without autistic input). If instead you think of Autistic people as gross burdens that you'd rather be rid of, then it makes sense to investigate the causes of autism so that you can eventually find a "cure."
All of that to say: the best response to lies about the causes of autism is to ask "What is the end goal of identifying the cause?" instead of saying "That's not true, here's better info about the causes."
#autism #trump
P.S. yes, I do think about the plight of parents of autistic kids, particularly those that have huge struggles fitting into the expectations of our society. They've been put in a position where society constantly bullies and devalues their kid, and makes it mostly impossible for their kid to exist without constant parental support, which is a lot of work and which is unfair when your peers get the school system to do a massive amount of childcare. But in that situation, your kid is in an even worse position than you as the direct victim of all of that, and you have a choice: are you going to be their ally against the unfair world, or are you going to blame them and try to get them to confirm enough that you can let the school system take care of them, despite the immense pain that that will provoke? Please don't come crying for sympathy if you choose the later option (and yes, helping them be able to independently navigate society is a good thing for them, but there's a difference between helping them as their ally, at their pace, and trying to force them to conform to reduce the burden society has placed on you).
@Techmeme@techhub.socialOpenAI launches ChatGPT Pulse, a mobile feature for Pro users that delivers daily personalized updates based on their chats, feedback, and connected apps (Hayden Field/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-int
@shriramk@mastodon.socialKathi asks ChatGPT "how to test a graph algo".
Repeats the query 6 months later…now it mentions PBT.
Huh! We ask it why it mentioned PBT. It cites back…
Our own papers and blog, and specifically mentions our own education research work on why graph algos are a great eg.
Moving the needle!
@arXiv_csNE_bot@mastoxiv.pageWhat your brain activity says about you: A review of neuropsychiatric disorders identified in resting-state and sleep EEG data
J. E. M. Scanlon, A. Pelzer, M. Gharleghi, K. C. Fuhrmeister, T. K\"ollmer, P. Aichroth, R. G\"oder, C. Hansen, K. I. Wolf
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.04984
@seeingwithsound@mas.toEven #Nature now uses #AI to generate content: Sensory substitution devices and perception https://www.
@relcfp@mastodon.socialLooking for a not-for profit alternative for academics by academics? An alt to academia DOT edu, Facebook, Research Gate, etc. Check out #ProfBook
https://profbook.net/share/PvJ-2503ZCJ
@geant@mstdn.social⏳ The #TNC26 Call for Proposals closes this week.
We’re looking for presentations, interactive sessions, and side meetings that encourage collaboration and spark new thinking.
Whether you want to share your research, walk us through a new piece of transformative technology, or lead a discussion on pressing challenges our community is facing, we want to hear from you.
Submit by 27 N…
@grifferz@social.bitfolk.com"Kindly share the appropriate contact person or email address for your security team, along with any details regarding a bug bounty program or incentives for reporting vulnerabilities, as this effort has required considerable time and resources."
kindly research whether there is a bug bounty and optionally ask if unsure before putting in considerable time and effort without being asked, you fucking jackass.
@lschiff@mastodon.sdf.org#Censorship of agency research continues, see the latest at the EPA. This assault endanger all of us--make calls, write letters, talk to people you know! https://defendresearch.org
