matt
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matt
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Follow for entrepreneurship + health
Started listening to the Mind & Life podcast, which is a podcast from the Mind & Life Institute started by the Dalai Lama, a neuroscientist, and an entrepreneur.

The institute and podcast talk about Buddhism + Neuroscience/Psychology and how they intersect. Really cool
June 9, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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After all, it was German people seeing their Jewish friends and neighbours being abused by the Nazis that led to an upsurge in pro-Jewish feeling and staved off what could have turned into a holocaust.
What the fuck?
January 10, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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My very last issue (on ♿️) has now come out with BMJ Medical Humanities: I have stepped down from my role as Editor in Chief. There are a lot of factors—after 17 years editing two consecutive journals, it was time. But there’s more, and I feel we should talk about the climate of #academic publishing
January 9, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Wow, this is insane. Definitely illegal
Court docs: Mark Zuckerberg gave the Meta team training Llama AI models approval to use data from LibGen, which offers access to pirated, copyrighted material (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

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January 10, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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NEWS ANALYSIS | ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH
Big Agriculture Is Leading Us Into the Bird Flu Abyss
The federal government's deference to agriculture industry interests has put the US at risk of a public health crisis.
By Schuyler Mitchell , TRUTHOUT January 6, 2025

truthout.org/articles/big...
Big Agriculture Is Leading Us Into the Bird Flu Abyss
The federal government’s deference to agriculture industry interests has put the US at risk of a public health crisis.
truthout.org
January 7, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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EPA Report: Formaldehyde Poses Health Risk — EPA warns formaldehyde is a significant health risk in a newly released report, urging corrective actions.

https://www.propublica.org/article/formaldehyde-epa-report-public-health
January 5, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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AMD invests $20M in drug-discovery company Absci, which will move toward greater use of AMD's GPUs; Absci has 470+ AI chips, most of which are from Nvidia (Belle Lin/Wall Street Journal)

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January 8, 2025 at 1:40 PM