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Applications close in one week!
If you (or someone you know) has what it takes to run an ambitious research program, we want to hear from you.
If you (or someone you know) has what it takes to run an ambitious research program, we want to hear from you.
Applications for the 2026 cohort of the Brains Research Accelerator are now open!
If you have a deep technical background and an ambitious research idea that's beyond the scope of a startup or academic lab, you should apply!
spec.tech/brains
If you have a deep technical background and an ambitious research idea that's beyond the scope of a startup or academic lab, you should apply!
spec.tech/brains
Speculative Technologies
Speculative Technologies is a nonprofit resarch organization unlocking new materials and manufacturing technologies
spec.tech
November 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Applications close in one week!
If you (or someone you know) has what it takes to run an ambitious research program, we want to hear from you.
If you (or someone you know) has what it takes to run an ambitious research program, we want to hear from you.
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Greetings from this morning’s #NoKings rally on the Lexington MA Battle Green, which was packed with patriots once again to stand up against a corrupt and capricious would-be ruler. More photos… 🧵 @indivisible.org @universalhub.com
October 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Greetings from this morning’s #NoKings rally on the Lexington MA Battle Green, which was packed with patriots once again to stand up against a corrupt and capricious would-be ruler. More photos… 🧵 @indivisible.org @universalhub.com
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We are having a great No Kings! rally in Lexington with the tagline "It Started Here." Register and join us: www.mobilize.us/lexingtonala...
@lexingtonalarm.bsky.social
@swingbluealliance.org
@progressivemass.bsky.social
@mass50501.bsky.social
@lexingtonalarm.bsky.social
@swingbluealliance.org
@progressivemass.bsky.social
@mass50501.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 1:49 AM
We are having a great No Kings! rally in Lexington with the tagline "It Started Here." Register and join us: www.mobilize.us/lexingtonala...
@lexingtonalarm.bsky.social
@swingbluealliance.org
@progressivemass.bsky.social
@mass50501.bsky.social
@lexingtonalarm.bsky.social
@swingbluealliance.org
@progressivemass.bsky.social
@mass50501.bsky.social
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BIG ANNOUNCEMENT📣: I haven’t been this excited to be part of something new in 15 years… Thrilled to reveal the passion project I’ve been working on for the past year and a half!🙀🥳 (thread 👇)
October 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT📣: I haven’t been this excited to be part of something new in 15 years… Thrilled to reveal the passion project I’ve been working on for the past year and a half!🙀🥳 (thread 👇)
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Applications for the 2026 cohort of the Brains Research Accelerator are now open!
If you have a deep technical background and an ambitious research idea that's beyond the scope of a startup or academic lab, you should apply!
spec.tech/brains
If you have a deep technical background and an ambitious research idea that's beyond the scope of a startup or academic lab, you should apply!
spec.tech/brains
Speculative Technologies
Speculative Technologies is a nonprofit resarch organization unlocking new materials and manufacturing technologies
spec.tech
October 1, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Applications for the 2026 cohort of the Brains Research Accelerator are now open!
If you have a deep technical background and an ambitious research idea that's beyond the scope of a startup or academic lab, you should apply!
spec.tech/brains
If you have a deep technical background and an ambitious research idea that's beyond the scope of a startup or academic lab, you should apply!
spec.tech/brains
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If you have questions, we have answers!
We are doing two Q+A sessions about AI Brains in the coming weeks:
1. June 3 at 8p ET: lu.ma/eli2c08p
2. June 9 at 1p ET: lu.ma/vxx85ug5
We are doing two Q+A sessions about AI Brains in the coming weeks:
1. June 3 at 8p ET: lu.ma/eli2c08p
2. June 9 at 1p ET: lu.ma/vxx85ug5
Applications are now open for a special cohort of the Brains Accelerator targeting ambitious AI research programs, with a special focus on security and governance capabilities!
spec.tech/ai-brains
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spec.tech/ai-brains
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May 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
If you have questions, we have answers!
We are doing two Q+A sessions about AI Brains in the coming weeks:
1. June 3 at 8p ET: lu.ma/eli2c08p
2. June 9 at 1p ET: lu.ma/vxx85ug5
We are doing two Q+A sessions about AI Brains in the coming weeks:
1. June 3 at 8p ET: lu.ma/eli2c08p
2. June 9 at 1p ET: lu.ma/vxx85ug5
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Applications are now open for a special cohort of the Brains Accelerator targeting ambitious AI research programs, with a special focus on security and governance capabilities!
spec.tech/ai-brains
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spec.tech/ai-brains
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May 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Applications are now open for a special cohort of the Brains Accelerator targeting ambitious AI research programs, with a special focus on security and governance capabilities!
spec.tech/ai-brains
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spec.tech/ai-brains
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Kári Stefánsson, founder and CEO of deCODE Genetics, the Icelandic company wholly owned by Amgen but operated largely independently, has been fired.
www.mbl.is/frettir/innl...
www.mbl.is/frettir/innl...
Hoppuðu upp í einkaþotu til að vera komnir til Íslands á undan mér
„Þetta er ósköp einfalt, ég var boðaður á fund og sagt að ég væri rekinn,“ sagði Kári Stefánsson, sem staddur var í Kaliforníu þegar náðist í hann. „Síðan var ég skilinn eftir inni í herbergi, stjórne...
www.mbl.is
May 4, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Kári Stefánsson, founder and CEO of deCODE Genetics, the Icelandic company wholly owned by Amgen but operated largely independently, has been fired.
www.mbl.is/frettir/innl...
www.mbl.is/frettir/innl...
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Looking for a job in immunology or biotech research?
✨IMPRINT is #hiring! ✨
Join us to help revolutionize how we decode the body’s immune memory, uncover the causes of chronic diseases, and drive breakthroughs in autoimmunity and neuropsychiatric research.
#BiotechJobs #Immunology #sciencejobs
✨IMPRINT is #hiring! ✨
Join us to help revolutionize how we decode the body’s immune memory, uncover the causes of chronic diseases, and drive breakthroughs in autoimmunity and neuropsychiatric research.
#BiotechJobs #Immunology #sciencejobs
Jobs — Imprint FRO
Join our team—current openings at Imprint
www.imprint.org
May 1, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Looking for a job in immunology or biotech research?
✨IMPRINT is #hiring! ✨
Join us to help revolutionize how we decode the body’s immune memory, uncover the causes of chronic diseases, and drive breakthroughs in autoimmunity and neuropsychiatric research.
#BiotechJobs #Immunology #sciencejobs
✨IMPRINT is #hiring! ✨
Join us to help revolutionize how we decode the body’s immune memory, uncover the causes of chronic diseases, and drive breakthroughs in autoimmunity and neuropsychiatric research.
#BiotechJobs #Immunology #sciencejobs
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Spectech is hiring a program associate for the Brains Research Accelerator!
Are you/do you know someone relatively early in their career who has:
- Technical training
- Intense attention to detail
- An interest in ambitious research programs?
If so, please get in touch.
spec.tech/jobs
Are you/do you know someone relatively early in their career who has:
- Technical training
- Intense attention to detail
- An interest in ambitious research programs?
If so, please get in touch.
spec.tech/jobs
April 14, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Spectech is hiring a program associate for the Brains Research Accelerator!
Are you/do you know someone relatively early in their career who has:
- Technical training
- Intense attention to detail
- An interest in ambitious research programs?
If so, please get in touch.
spec.tech/jobs
Are you/do you know someone relatively early in their career who has:
- Technical training
- Intense attention to detail
- An interest in ambitious research programs?
If so, please get in touch.
spec.tech/jobs
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Ah yes, the morphological species concept, so snakes are lampreys are hagfish!
www.newscientist.com/article/2475...
www.newscientist.com/article/2475...
April 7, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Ah yes, the morphological species concept, so snakes are lampreys are hagfish!
www.newscientist.com/article/2475...
www.newscientist.com/article/2475...
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A few weeks ago, I had an incredibly emotional call with James Coney, a writer for the Sunday Times whose son Charlie was in the @genomicsengland.bsky.social 100k project and was recently diagnosed with ReNU syndrome. This beautiful article tells their story ❤️ www.thetimes.com/article/0bcc...
My son Charlie — and the breakthrough that changed our lives
James Coney and his wife, Sarah, struggled not knowing why their 12-year-old was born with a severe learning disability. In their darkest moments, they blamed themselves. Then, out of the blue, came a...
www.thetimes.com
March 2, 2025 at 12:06 PM
A few weeks ago, I had an incredibly emotional call with James Coney, a writer for the Sunday Times whose son Charlie was in the @genomicsengland.bsky.social 100k project and was recently diagnosed with ReNU syndrome. This beautiful article tells their story ❤️ www.thetimes.com/article/0bcc...
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I wrote an extended essay attempting to:
- Synthesize the zeitgeist around universities, our research ecosystem, and technological stagnation
- Argue that part of the solution unbundling the roles the university has monopolized
- Suggest concrete actions to do that
unbundle-the-university.com
- Synthesize the zeitgeist around universities, our research ecosystem, and technological stagnation
- Argue that part of the solution unbundling the roles the university has monopolized
- Suggest concrete actions to do that
unbundle-the-university.com
Unbundling the University
Why universities need to be unbundled and how to do it
unbundle-the-university.com
February 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I wrote an extended essay attempting to:
- Synthesize the zeitgeist around universities, our research ecosystem, and technological stagnation
- Argue that part of the solution unbundling the roles the university has monopolized
- Suggest concrete actions to do that
unbundle-the-university.com
- Synthesize the zeitgeist around universities, our research ecosystem, and technological stagnation
- Argue that part of the solution unbundling the roles the university has monopolized
- Suggest concrete actions to do that
unbundle-the-university.com
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how it feels logging on today
February 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
how it feels logging on today
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Hey man sorry to hear about all your political turmoil. Would it help if I scrolled around on the computer all day and drove myself insane?
February 6, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Hey man sorry to hear about all your political turmoil. Would it help if I scrolled around on the computer all day and drove myself insane?
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I was led to believe by R.E.M. that I would feel a lot better about this.
February 1, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I was led to believe by R.E.M. that I would feel a lot better about this.
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I'm excited to introduce the 2025 class of Brains Fellows!
We're working with these talented scientists and technologists to execute on ambitious ideas that are beyond the scope of individual academic labs, startups, or large companies.
Check out their ideas:
blog.spec.tech/p/meet-the-2...
We're working with these talented scientists and technologists to execute on ambitious ideas that are beyond the scope of individual academic labs, startups, or large companies.
Check out their ideas:
blog.spec.tech/p/meet-the-2...
Meet the 2025 Brains Fellows
We’re excited to introduce the 2025 class of Brains Fellows!
blog.spec.tech
January 30, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I'm excited to introduce the 2025 class of Brains Fellows!
We're working with these talented scientists and technologists to execute on ambitious ideas that are beyond the scope of individual academic labs, startups, or large companies.
Check out their ideas:
blog.spec.tech/p/meet-the-2...
We're working with these talented scientists and technologists to execute on ambitious ideas that are beyond the scope of individual academic labs, startups, or large companies.
Check out their ideas:
blog.spec.tech/p/meet-the-2...
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New post on the Speculative Technologies blog about lessons from 2024 and updated hypotheses going into 2025.
We got some things right, some things wrong, and uncovered some things we didn't know we didn't know.
blog.spec.tech/p/spectech-l...
We got some things right, some things wrong, and uncovered some things we didn't know we didn't know.
blog.spec.tech/p/spectech-l...
Spectech Lessons and Updated Hypotheses from 2024
Things we got right, things we got wrong, and things we didn't know we didn't know
blog.spec.tech
January 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
New post on the Speculative Technologies blog about lessons from 2024 and updated hypotheses going into 2025.
We got some things right, some things wrong, and uncovered some things we didn't know we didn't know.
blog.spec.tech/p/spectech-l...
We got some things right, some things wrong, and uncovered some things we didn't know we didn't know.
blog.spec.tech/p/spectech-l...
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🚀 Calling all visionary scientists and engineers! Announcing our call for Focused Research Organization proposals in the UK. 🔬Submit your concept paper by Feb 7 & full proposal by March 28. More here: www.convergentresearch.org/frost-uk ⤵️
FROST UK — Convergent Research
www.convergentresearch.org
January 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
🚀 Calling all visionary scientists and engineers! Announcing our call for Focused Research Organization proposals in the UK. 🔬Submit your concept paper by Feb 7 & full proposal by March 28. More here: www.convergentresearch.org/frost-uk ⤵️
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It’s the 12th day of Christmas and there is so much shit I’ve got to return. So many birds.
January 6, 2025 at 8:14 PM
It’s the 12th day of Christmas and there is so much shit I’ve got to return. So many birds.
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Me agreeing to circle back in the new year: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!
Me when they circle back in the new year: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
Me when they circle back in the new year: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
January 2, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Me agreeing to circle back in the new year: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!
Me when they circle back in the new year: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
Me when they circle back in the new year: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
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He grinned a little as he thought it; for he had always liked that pause, that fearful pause, the moment before things changed.
December 17, 2024 at 1:45 AM
He grinned a little as he thought it; for he had always liked that pause, that fearful pause, the moment before things changed.
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The work of Taiwanese sculptor Hsu Tung Han 韓旭東 - of wood sculptures carved as if pixelated and uploading
[Via his Flickr www.flickr.com/photos/hsutu...
[Via his Flickr www.flickr.com/photos/hsutu...
December 19, 2024 at 1:25 AM
The work of Taiwanese sculptor Hsu Tung Han 韓旭東 - of wood sculptures carved as if pixelated and uploading
[Via his Flickr www.flickr.com/photos/hsutu...
[Via his Flickr www.flickr.com/photos/hsutu...
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FutureHouse is launching an independent postdoctoral fellowship program for exceptional researchers who want to apply our automated science tools to specific problems in biology and biochemistry, in collaboration with world-leading academic labs. 1/
December 19, 2024 at 3:29 PM
FutureHouse is launching an independent postdoctoral fellowship program for exceptional researchers who want to apply our automated science tools to specific problems in biology and biochemistry, in collaboration with world-leading academic labs. 1/