Reinis Lazda
@reinislazda.bsky.social
Probably mostly on Mastodon, here for following purposes.
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November 14, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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By the beginning of the Holocene, dogs already displayed extensive variation
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The emergence and diversification of dog morphology
Dogs exhibit an exceptional range of morphological diversity as a result of their long-term association with humans. Attempts to identify when dog morphological variation began to expand have been con...
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:41 AM
By the beginning of the Holocene, dogs already displayed extensive variation
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Genomics of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder www.nature.com/articles/s41... - comprehensive new review from Michael Owen and colleagues
Genomics of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder - Nature Reviews Genetics
Genomic advances have enhanced our understanding of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder, revealing genetic architectures and risk mechanisms through large-scale genome-wide a...
www.nature.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Genomics of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder www.nature.com/articles/s41... - comprehensive new review from Michael Owen and colleagues
Pārdomas. Folkloristu viedoklis, ka ķekatas ir pieļaujamas no Mārtiņiem, līdzinās situācijai, kurā valodnieki uzstātu, ka motocikls ir jādēvē par šķērsduceli, bet dators nav jālieto nemaz.
Viena lieta ir zināt tradīcijas, cita - saprast, kā tās ir pielāgojamas mūsdienu apstākļiem.
Viena lieta ir zināt tradīcijas, cita - saprast, kā tās ir pielāgojamas mūsdienu apstākļiem.
November 10, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Pārdomas. Folkloristu viedoklis, ka ķekatas ir pieļaujamas no Mārtiņiem, līdzinās situācijai, kurā valodnieki uzstātu, ka motocikls ir jādēvē par šķērsduceli, bet dators nav jālieto nemaz.
Viena lieta ir zināt tradīcijas, cita - saprast, kā tās ir pielāgojamas mūsdienu apstākļiem.
Viena lieta ir zināt tradīcijas, cita - saprast, kā tās ir pielāgojamas mūsdienu apstākļiem.
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"feminist studies have increasingly prioritized ideological narratives over empirical inquiry... rather than serving as a neutral academic discipline, feminist studies now functions predominantly as an advocacy platform – one better suited to political settings"
Evolutionary Psychology and the Crisis of Empirical Rigor in Feminist Studies - Sexuality & Culture
This paper critiques core tenets of feminist studies through the lens of evolutionary psychology, arguing that many claims – such as those concerning patriarchy, social constructionism, fat studies, r...
link.springer.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:19 PM
"feminist studies have increasingly prioritized ideological narratives over empirical inquiry... rather than serving as a neutral academic discipline, feminist studies now functions predominantly as an advocacy platform – one better suited to political settings"
Viena no nelāgākajām lietām, kas var notikt ar sabiedrību - ja protestu laikā tā sāk pulcēties ap apšaubāmām personām ar apšaubāmiem sakariem un uzskatiem.
November 1, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Viena no nelāgākajām lietām, kas var notikt ar sabiedrību - ja protestu laikā tā sāk pulcēties ap apšaubāmām personām ar apšaubāmiem sakariem un uzskatiem.
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“To leave our students to their own devices—which is to say, to the devices of #AI companies—is to deprive them of indispensable opportunities to develop their linguistic mastery, and with it their most elementary powers of thought.” #HigherEducation #academia www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
Opinion | Why Even Basic A.I. Use Is So Bad for Students
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:56 AM
“To leave our students to their own devices—which is to say, to the devices of #AI companies—is to deprive them of indispensable opportunities to develop their linguistic mastery, and with it their most elementary powers of thought.” #HigherEducation #academia www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
Briti vēlas mainīt vēlēšanu sistēmu - uz tādu, kāda ir Latvijā.
So either Labour need to ask candidates to step aside for the Greens to take on Reform....
Or actually bring in a fair democratic process where everyone's votes count equally.
It's time for Proportional Representation.
www.thenational.scot/news/2558507...
Or actually bring in a fair democratic process where everyone's votes count equally.
It's time for Proportional Representation.
www.thenational.scot/news/2558507...
'Just getting started': Zack Polanski reacts as Greens SECOND in new poll
ZACK Polanski has welcomed a new poll putting his party in second place at Westminster.
www.thenational.scot
October 31, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Briti vēlas mainīt vēlēšanu sistēmu - uz tādu, kāda ir Latvijā.
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Yet again, we can't afford to let LLMs become a source of epistemic grounding for society.
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC
www.bbc.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Yet again, we can't afford to let LLMs become a source of epistemic grounding for society.
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This piece highlights how discussions about the genetic underpinnings of complex social traits have barely moved on in 30 years: "the conversation remains chock-full of bad assumptions, thin foundations, and dangerous social and political implications" undark.org/2025/10/16/o...
Reflecting on the ‘Crime Gene’ Conference, 30 Years Later
Opinion | The missteps made by a controversial 1995 conference on genetics and criminal behavior remain unaddressed today.
undark.org
October 18, 2025 at 8:00 AM
This piece highlights how discussions about the genetic underpinnings of complex social traits have barely moved on in 30 years: "the conversation remains chock-full of bad assumptions, thin foundations, and dangerous social and political implications" undark.org/2025/10/16/o...
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"gender stereotypes cannot satisfactorily account for the Gender‐Equality Paradox"
Can Gender Stereotypes Explain the Gender‐Equality Paradox? A Reassessment
The social science literature surprisingly found that gender differences in the choice of and preference for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) study majors are larger in more g...
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 9, 2025 at 5:13 AM
"gender stereotypes cannot satisfactorily account for the Gender‐Equality Paradox"
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Fun write up of Imagination/perception work from @nadinedijkstra.bsky.social @smfleming.bsky.social and others: www.scientificamerican.com/article/newf...
I was just live on Canadian Breakfast radio chatting about it. Bad pun, but this work really has captured the public imagination!
I was just live on Canadian Breakfast radio chatting about it. Bad pun, but this work really has captured the public imagination!
Your Brain Has a Reality Check System—Here’s How It Works
Seeing and imagining use similar brain machinery. New research reveals the brain circuit that identifies what is real, which may help scientists understand conditions such as schizophrenia
www.scientificamerican.com
September 10, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Fun write up of Imagination/perception work from @nadinedijkstra.bsky.social @smfleming.bsky.social and others: www.scientificamerican.com/article/newf...
I was just live on Canadian Breakfast radio chatting about it. Bad pun, but this work really has captured the public imagination!
I was just live on Canadian Breakfast radio chatting about it. Bad pun, but this work really has captured the public imagination!
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🚨 first time ever full brain-wide map of the activity of single neurons during decision-making.
600k+ neurons covering 279 brain areas, which together represent 95% of the mouse brain volume!
Exciting times ahead! 🐭🧠🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
600k+ neurons covering 279 brain areas, which together represent 95% of the mouse brain volume!
Exciting times ahead! 🐭🧠🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A brain-wide map of neural activity during complex behaviour - Nature
The International Brain Laboratory presents a brain-wide electrophysiological map obtained from pooling data from 12 laboratories that performed the same standardized perceptual decision-making task i...
www.nature.com
September 3, 2025 at 7:17 PM
🚨 first time ever full brain-wide map of the activity of single neurons during decision-making.
600k+ neurons covering 279 brain areas, which together represent 95% of the mouse brain volume!
Exciting times ahead! 🐭🧠🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
600k+ neurons covering 279 brain areas, which together represent 95% of the mouse brain volume!
Exciting times ahead! 🐭🧠🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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An unfathomable humanitarian crisis is unfolding in the besieged Sudanese city of el-Fasher. RSF forces are refusing to allow in food
The BBC has some of the only video
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The BBC has some of the only video
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sudan war: Children dying of hunger in Darfur's el-Fasher city
Parents are struggling to feed their children in war-hit Sudan's Darfur region.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 14, 2025 at 4:43 AM
An unfathomable humanitarian crisis is unfolding in the besieged Sudanese city of el-Fasher. RSF forces are refusing to allow in food
The BBC has some of the only video
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The BBC has some of the only video
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Vai es tiešām šorīt Latvijas radio dzirdēju ziņu sižetu, kurā bez komentāriem tika atreferēts "Krievijas gubernatoru" teiktais par to, ka ukraiņu droni nogalinātajuši tik un tik cilvēkus?
Man trūkst vārdu, lai šo pieklājīgi komentētu.
Man trūkst vārdu, lai šo pieklājīgi komentētu.
August 2, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Vai es tiešām šorīt Latvijas radio dzirdēju ziņu sižetu, kurā bez komentāriem tika atreferēts "Krievijas gubernatoru" teiktais par to, ka ukraiņu droni nogalinātajuši tik un tik cilvēkus?
Man trūkst vārdu, lai šo pieklājīgi komentētu.
Man trūkst vārdu, lai šo pieklājīgi komentētu.
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My quote of the day
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
Margaret Mead
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
Margaret Mead
July 5, 2025 at 10:21 AM
My quote of the day
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
Margaret Mead
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
Margaret Mead
Crisis in science has previously turned out to be useful. The end of the Byzantine Empire and the exodus of scholars led to the Renaissance; the exodus from Nazi Germany led to a significant boost of science in America. It can be a personal and national tragedy, but for science, shakeups are useful.
If people think American scientists are somehow going to land in Europe, I've got news for you about the difference between millions and billions.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
July 5, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Crisis in science has previously turned out to be useful. The end of the Byzantine Empire and the exodus of scholars led to the Renaissance; the exodus from Nazi Germany led to a significant boost of science in America. It can be a personal and national tragedy, but for science, shakeups are useful.
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Bellingcat CEO @eliothiggins.bsky.social:
June 9, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Bellingcat CEO @eliothiggins.bsky.social:
Vēl viens, mazāk zināms dzimstību ierobežojošs faktors: parastā mašīnā ērti pārvadāt var 2 bērnus, ne vairāk.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Car Seats as Contraception
Since 1977, U.S. states have passed laws steadily raising the age for which a child must ride in a car safety seat. These laws significantly raise the cost of h
papers.ssrn.com
May 31, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Vēl viens, mazāk zināms dzimstību ierobežojošs faktors: parastā mašīnā ērti pārvadāt var 2 bērnus, ne vairāk.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Researchers in Estonia created a logic game that requires creating a mental model of a haunted house. It's not easy! Only 31% of humans can solve it. But that's way better than generative AI models.
The game is fun, try it via the link below. Whatever we mean by reasoning, this is reasoning.
The game is fun, try it via the link below. Whatever we mean by reasoning, this is reasoning.
May 27, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Researchers in Estonia created a logic game that requires creating a mental model of a haunted house. It's not easy! Only 31% of humans can solve it. But that's way better than generative AI models.
The game is fun, try it via the link below. Whatever we mean by reasoning, this is reasoning.
The game is fun, try it via the link below. Whatever we mean by reasoning, this is reasoning.
Smieklīgi lasīt šādas ziņas - par 500 palielināt karavīru skaitu esot reāli, līdz 38000 tikai vairāku gadu periodā.
Protams, ka 500 ir smieklīgi, bet 38000 ir reāli, un ne tik vien. Pajautājiet ukraiņiem.
Bet Aizsardzības ministrijai ir jāpadomā par savu komunikāciju.
www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas...
Protams, ka 500 ir smieklīgi, bet 38000 ir reāli, un ne tik vien. Pajautājiet ukraiņiem.
Bet Aizsardzības ministrijai ir jāpadomā par savu komunikāciju.
www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas...
Aizsardzības ministrija: Profesionālo dienestu līdz gada beigām var palielināt par 500 karavīriem
Profesionālo dienestu līdz gada beigām var palielināt par 500 karavīriem, intervijā Latvijas Televīzijas raidījumā "Rīta panorāma" sacīja Aizsardzības ministrijas parlamentārā sekretāre Liene Gāt...
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May 27, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Smieklīgi lasīt šādas ziņas - par 500 palielināt karavīru skaitu esot reāli, līdz 38000 tikai vairāku gadu periodā.
Protams, ka 500 ir smieklīgi, bet 38000 ir reāli, un ne tik vien. Pajautājiet ukraiņiem.
Bet Aizsardzības ministrijai ir jāpadomā par savu komunikāciju.
www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas...
Protams, ka 500 ir smieklīgi, bet 38000 ir reāli, un ne tik vien. Pajautājiet ukraiņiem.
Bet Aizsardzības ministrijai ir jāpadomā par savu komunikāciju.
www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas...
Mēdzu kritizēt, bet šoreiz uzslavēšu - izsvērts raksts, aplūko dažādas pozīcijas, nemēģina iet pa priekšu ar vienīgo pareizo viedokli - savējo.
www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas...
www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas...
KNAB sācis pārbaudi arī pret «Ventas Balsi»
Vēstules no Korupcijas novēršanas un apkarošanas biroja ar pieprasījumu skaidrot, pēc kādiem kritērijiem redakcijas izvēlējušās politiķus un pašvaldības, par kurām rakstīt pirms vēlēšanām, un vai par....
www.lsm.lv
May 24, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Mēdzu kritizēt, bet šoreiz uzslavēšu - izsvērts raksts, aplūko dažādas pozīcijas, nemēģina iet pa priekšu ar vienīgo pareizo viedokli - savējo.
www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas...
www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas...
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The belief that artificial consciousness is coming crucially depends on the assumption that consciousness is a computation.
In this new paper, we'll try to convince you that consciousness cannot be a computation
w Albert Gidon and M.Larkum
www.frontiersin.org/journals/neu...
#neuroAI #consci
In this new paper, we'll try to convince you that consciousness cannot be a computation
w Albert Gidon and M.Larkum
www.frontiersin.org/journals/neu...
#neuroAI #consci
May 23, 2025 at 11:10 AM
The belief that artificial consciousness is coming crucially depends on the assumption that consciousness is a computation.
In this new paper, we'll try to convince you that consciousness cannot be a computation
w Albert Gidon and M.Larkum
www.frontiersin.org/journals/neu...
#neuroAI #consci
In this new paper, we'll try to convince you that consciousness cannot be a computation
w Albert Gidon and M.Larkum
www.frontiersin.org/journals/neu...
#neuroAI #consci
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You might miss the gorilla, but your brain didn’t. New research shows that people who say they didn’t see something during inattentional blindness tests can still guess its color, shape, or location.
"Did you notice anything unusual?"
"No."
"Well, something unusual appeared; where do you think it was?"
…
Our new @elife.bsky.social paper on inattentional blindness finishes this dialogue in 25,000 subjects, with implications for the relation between attention and awareness. See below!
"No."
"Well, something unusual appeared; where do you think it was?"
…
Our new @elife.bsky.social paper on inattentional blindness finishes this dialogue in 25,000 subjects, with implications for the relation between attention and awareness. See below!
5 years since our first pilot, and 25,000 participants later, I'm super happy this work with Makaela Nartker, @chazfirestone.bsky.social and Howard Egeth on inattentional blindness is now out in eLife! A little 🧵 of what we found... 1/12 elifesciences.org/articles/100...
May 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
You might miss the gorilla, but your brain didn’t. New research shows that people who say they didn’t see something during inattentional blindness tests can still guess its color, shape, or location.