Tjeerd Boonstra
@tjeerdwboonstra.bsky.social
Neuroscientist at Maastricht University. Complex networks, brain-body interactions and motor control. Editor for Imaging Neuroscience
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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Neural manifolds that orchestrate walking and stopping https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.08.687367v1
November 9, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Neural manifolds that orchestrate walking and stopping https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.08.687367v1
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How much longer is the @royalsociety.org going to look away from the devastating actions of its honoured fellow, Elon Musk?
Such moral cowardice.
Such moral cowardice.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 12:17 PM
How much longer is the @royalsociety.org going to look away from the devastating actions of its honoured fellow, Elon Musk?
Such moral cowardice.
Such moral cowardice.
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This is a solid open label LSD microdosing trial from a strong New Zealand team who are well aware of the shortcomings of all the research in the field.
Perhaps best to consider this study Part 1 of a larger project. The results are certainly promising but Part 2 is underway and it's the big one.
Perhaps best to consider this study Part 1 of a larger project. The results are certainly promising but Part 2 is underway and it's the big one.
LSD microdosing in major depressive disorder: results from an open-label trial
Major depressive disorder (MDD) affects approximately 5% of the global population. Classic psychedelics have shown promise in treating various mental …
www.sciencedirect.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:12 AM
This is a solid open label LSD microdosing trial from a strong New Zealand team who are well aware of the shortcomings of all the research in the field.
Perhaps best to consider this study Part 1 of a larger project. The results are certainly promising but Part 2 is underway and it's the big one.
Perhaps best to consider this study Part 1 of a larger project. The results are certainly promising but Part 2 is underway and it's the big one.
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De faculteitsraad Health, Medicine and Life sciences sprak dinsdag opnieuw over de werkdruk. Passen de normuren nog wel bij wat docenten feitelijk doen? De raad vroeg het bestuur om uitleg.
#Werkdruk #UniversiteitMaastricht #Normuren #Faculteitsraad
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#Werkdruk #UniversiteitMaastricht #Normuren #Faculteitsraad
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October 9, 2025 at 11:01 AM
De faculteitsraad Health, Medicine and Life sciences sprak dinsdag opnieuw over de werkdruk. Passen de normuren nog wel bij wat docenten feitelijk doen? De raad vroeg het bestuur om uitleg.
#Werkdruk #UniversiteitMaastricht #Normuren #Faculteitsraad
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#Werkdruk #UniversiteitMaastricht #Normuren #Faculteitsraad
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Hoe ik vertrok uit Gaza – en voor het eerst oog in oog stond met een Israëlische soldaat decorrespondent.nl/16372/hoe-ik...
Hoe ik vertrok uit Gaza – en voor het eerst oog in oog stond met een Israëlische soldaat
Mijn leven lang kende ik het Israëlische leger alleen van veraf: van de vliegtuigen, raketten en drones die de dood over ons in Gaza uitstorten. Maar tijdens mijn evacuatie naar Nederland zag ik voor ...
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September 19, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Hoe ik vertrok uit Gaza – en voor het eerst oog in oog stond met een Israëlische soldaat decorrespondent.nl/16372/hoe-ik...
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Launched in 2023, Imaging Neuroscience is now firmly established, with full indexing (PubMed, etc.) and 700 papers to date.
We're very happy to announce that we are able to reduce the APC to $1400.
Huge thanks to all authors, reviewers, editorial team+board, and MIT Press.
We're very happy to announce that we are able to reduce the APC to $1400.
Huge thanks to all authors, reviewers, editorial team+board, and MIT Press.
September 5, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Launched in 2023, Imaging Neuroscience is now firmly established, with full indexing (PubMed, etc.) and 700 papers to date.
We're very happy to announce that we are able to reduce the APC to $1400.
Huge thanks to all authors, reviewers, editorial team+board, and MIT Press.
We're very happy to announce that we are able to reduce the APC to $1400.
Huge thanks to all authors, reviewers, editorial team+board, and MIT Press.
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We developed Arnold - the first control policy that learns multiple motor skills across detailed musculoskeletal models. A small step towards understanding the computational principles behind motor intelligence.
Arnold: a generalist muscle transformer policy
Controlling high-dimensional and nonlinear musculoskeletal models of the human body is a foundational scientific challenge. Recent machine learning breakthroughs have heralded policies that master ind...
www.arxiv.org
September 4, 2025 at 8:45 AM
We developed Arnold - the first control policy that learns multiple motor skills across detailed musculoskeletal models. A small step towards understanding the computational principles behind motor intelligence.
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De druk op de Maastrichtse woningmarkt voor studenten lijkt een stuk lager dan voorgaande jaren. Het totaal aantal studenten stijgt nauwelijks, waardoor er geen extra kamers nodig zijn, zegt het hoofd van Maastricht Housing.
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#Studentenkamers #Maastricht
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#Studentenkamers #Maastricht
September 4, 2025 at 9:09 AM
De druk op de Maastrichtse woningmarkt voor studenten lijkt een stuk lager dan voorgaande jaren. Het totaal aantal studenten stijgt nauwelijks, waardoor er geen extra kamers nodig zijn, zegt het hoofd van Maastricht Housing.
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#Studentenkamers #Maastricht
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#Studentenkamers #Maastricht
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China added 256 GW of solar in H1 2025—over 2× the rest of the world combined (124 GW). With ~80–85% of new solar investment happening in China, it dwarfs nuclear builds & makes short-term coal bumps irrelevant. Exponential change is cementing China as the world’s energy leader. #Solar #BESS #SWB
September 2, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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🚨 New paper alert!
Excited to share our latest work in Movement Disorders:
“Somato-Cognitive Action Network in Focal Dystonia”
👉 doi.org/10.1002/mds....
We found asynchrony between SCAN and cerebellum in different dystonia subtypes. Thread below.
#dystonia #fMRI #PrecisionFunctionalMapping #neuro
Excited to share our latest work in Movement Disorders:
“Somato-Cognitive Action Network in Focal Dystonia”
👉 doi.org/10.1002/mds....
We found asynchrony between SCAN and cerebellum in different dystonia subtypes. Thread below.
#dystonia #fMRI #PrecisionFunctionalMapping #neuro
Somato‐Cognitive Action Network in Focal Dystonia
Background The central pathology causing idiopathic focal dystonia remains unclear. The recently identified somato-cognitive action network (SCAN) has been implicated. Objective We tested whether ...
doi.org
August 28, 2025 at 4:41 PM
🚨 New paper alert!
Excited to share our latest work in Movement Disorders:
“Somato-Cognitive Action Network in Focal Dystonia”
👉 doi.org/10.1002/mds....
We found asynchrony between SCAN and cerebellum in different dystonia subtypes. Thread below.
#dystonia #fMRI #PrecisionFunctionalMapping #neuro
Excited to share our latest work in Movement Disorders:
“Somato-Cognitive Action Network in Focal Dystonia”
👉 doi.org/10.1002/mds....
We found asynchrony between SCAN and cerebellum in different dystonia subtypes. Thread below.
#dystonia #fMRI #PrecisionFunctionalMapping #neuro
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Job alert 🚨 Fully funded PhD position available in our Maastricht lab! Are you interested in predictive processing, individual differences, and computational modelling of behavioural and neural data? Please apply! #NeuroJobs vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...
PhD Candidate: cognitive computational neuroscience of individual differences
PhD Candidate: cognitive computational neuroscience of individual differences
vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl
August 28, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Job alert 🚨 Fully funded PhD position available in our Maastricht lab! Are you interested in predictive processing, individual differences, and computational modelling of behavioural and neural data? Please apply! #NeuroJobs vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...
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PsyArXiv is seeking new moderators to help combat an increase in AI submissions! If you've ever posted a preprint to PsyArXiv, please consider joining. Minimum commitment 1h/month, there's a training session this Monday @ 1pm ET. More info here: forms.gle/9LB1rEtxHAeZ... #PsychSciSky
Expression of Interest in Serving as a PsyArXiv Moderator
As you might have heard, PsyArXiv is having some issues with an increase in low-quality submissions, ranging from AI generated manuscripts to inflate citation metrics, incoherent or nonsensical docume...
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August 15, 2025 at 5:31 PM
PsyArXiv is seeking new moderators to help combat an increase in AI submissions! If you've ever posted a preprint to PsyArXiv, please consider joining. Minimum commitment 1h/month, there's a training session this Monday @ 1pm ET. More info here: forms.gle/9LB1rEtxHAeZ... #PsychSciSky
‘What if it’s just good enough, useful to many without being revolutionary?’
Great read on the current status of genAI and how it may further develop and affect our near future
Great read on the current status of genAI and how it may further develop and affect our near future
Hello. I wrote a nice long essay about AI and this very strange moment where we're constantly told we're living in the dawn of a strange new future but the only thing that's actually clear is that everyone feels pretty unmoored and uncertain. I hope you'll read it
AI Is a Mass-Delusion Event
Three years in, one of AI’s enduring impacts is to make people feel like they’re losing it.
www.theatlantic.com
August 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
‘What if it’s just good enough, useful to many without being revolutionary?’
Great read on the current status of genAI and how it may further develop and affect our near future
Great read on the current status of genAI and how it may further develop and affect our near future
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1. The philosophy of science sometimes gets an unearned reputation as a purely academic exercise that offers little by way of concrete tools for advancing research.
This is wrong.
And today, as we grapple with how AI is changing the nature of scientific activity, it's desperately wrong.
This is wrong.
And today, as we grapple with how AI is changing the nature of scientific activity, it's desperately wrong.
August 19, 2025 at 4:59 AM
1. The philosophy of science sometimes gets an unearned reputation as a purely academic exercise that offers little by way of concrete tools for advancing research.
This is wrong.
And today, as we grapple with how AI is changing the nature of scientific activity, it's desperately wrong.
This is wrong.
And today, as we grapple with how AI is changing the nature of scientific activity, it's desperately wrong.
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These are the most challenging times for early-career scientists and engineers.
My team is doing its bit to help by maintaining and even expanding our database of funding opportunities for early-career researchers.
We found 437 of them.
Download it freely here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
My team is doing its bit to help by maintaining and even expanding our database of funding opportunities for early-career researchers.
We found 437 of them.
Download it freely here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
August 11, 2025 at 11:54 AM
These are the most challenging times for early-career scientists and engineers.
My team is doing its bit to help by maintaining and even expanding our database of funding opportunities for early-career researchers.
We found 437 of them.
Download it freely here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
My team is doing its bit to help by maintaining and even expanding our database of funding opportunities for early-career researchers.
We found 437 of them.
Download it freely here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
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Start your morning with two minutes of the testimony of Samuel Garcia, an average American who drove 3 hours to speak truth to power to the Texas legislature. Let’s decide that we are all Samuel Garcia. Get in their faces and make them listen. Mr. Garcia is a great American.
July 31, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Start your morning with two minutes of the testimony of Samuel Garcia, an average American who drove 3 hours to speak truth to power to the Texas legislature. Let’s decide that we are all Samuel Garcia. Get in their faces and make them listen. Mr. Garcia is a great American.
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Correlation is not cognition.[1] Stop with the nonsense.
Everyday we slip further into the abyss. I often regret reading emails from other academics.
[1] Guest & @andreaeyleen.bsky.social (2023). On Logical Inference over Brains, Behaviour, and Artificial Neural Networks. doi.org/10.1007/s421...
Everyday we slip further into the abyss. I often regret reading emails from other academics.
[1] Guest & @andreaeyleen.bsky.social (2023). On Logical Inference over Brains, Behaviour, and Artificial Neural Networks. doi.org/10.1007/s421...
July 31, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Correlation is not cognition.[1] Stop with the nonsense.
Everyday we slip further into the abyss. I often regret reading emails from other academics.
[1] Guest & @andreaeyleen.bsky.social (2023). On Logical Inference over Brains, Behaviour, and Artificial Neural Networks. doi.org/10.1007/s421...
Everyday we slip further into the abyss. I often regret reading emails from other academics.
[1] Guest & @andreaeyleen.bsky.social (2023). On Logical Inference over Brains, Behaviour, and Artificial Neural Networks. doi.org/10.1007/s421...
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LLMs don't lie because they want to. They lie because they're trained to role-play, reinforced to please and lack grounding in truth.
This misalignment isn't just theoretical: it’s showing up in fabricated data, hallucinated praise, even red-teamed blackmail.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
This misalignment isn't just theoretical: it’s showing up in fabricated data, hallucinated praise, even red-teamed blackmail.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Why AI chatbots lie to us
A few weeks ago, a colleague of mine needed to collect and format some data from a website, and he asked the latest version of Anthropic’s generative AI system, Claude, for help. Claude cheerfully agr...
www.science.org
July 25, 2025 at 6:23 AM
LLMs don't lie because they want to. They lie because they're trained to role-play, reinforced to please and lack grounding in truth.
This misalignment isn't just theoretical: it’s showing up in fabricated data, hallucinated praise, even red-teamed blackmail.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
This misalignment isn't just theoretical: it’s showing up in fabricated data, hallucinated praise, even red-teamed blackmail.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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The Commission is pushing for a massive increase in funding for Horizon Europe 2028-2034. If I understand correctly, Pillar I, which includes @erc.europa.eu and Marie Sklodowska Curie fellowships, would go from the current €25 billion to €44 billion. Let's hope it happens!
Very promising news on the next seven-year EU budget, with a proposed substantial increase for Horizon Europe including the ERC.
We are analysing the other parts of this proposal in more detail.
@Vonderleyen @EZaharievaEU
research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/news/all-res...
We are analysing the other parts of this proposal in more detail.
@Vonderleyen @EZaharievaEU
research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/news/all-res...
Horizon Europe 2028 - 2034: twice bigger, simpler, faster and more impactful
Research and innovation news alert: As part of the next long-term EU budget 2028-2034, the Commission is proposing to double the budget of the research and innovation framework programme to €175 billi...
research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu
July 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The Commission is pushing for a massive increase in funding for Horizon Europe 2028-2034. If I understand correctly, Pillar I, which includes @erc.europa.eu and Marie Sklodowska Curie fellowships, would go from the current €25 billion to €44 billion. Let's hope it happens!
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‘The vehicle suddenly accelerated with our baby in it’: the terrifying truth about why Tesla’s cars keep crashing
‘The vehicle suddenly accelerated with our baby in it’: the terrifying truth about why Tesla’s cars keep crashing
Elon Musk is obsessive about the design of his supercars, right down to the disappearing door handles. But a series of shocking incidents – from drivers trapped in burning vehicles to dramatic stops on the highway – have led to questions about the safety of the brand. Why won’t Tesla give any answers?
www.theguardian.com
July 5, 2025 at 7:47 AM
‘The vehicle suddenly accelerated with our baby in it’: the terrifying truth about why Tesla’s cars keep crashing
Neural control meets biomechanics in the motor assessment of neurological disorders: a narrative review doi.org/10.3389/fnci...
Frontiers | Neural control meets biomechanics in the motor assessment of neurological disorders: a narrative review
The emerging concept of “neurobiomechanics” embodies an integrative approach, bringing together insights from functional anatomy, the physiology of the muscu...
doi.org
July 4, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Neural control meets biomechanics in the motor assessment of neurological disorders: a narrative review doi.org/10.3389/fnci...
Peripheral neural interfaces for reading high-frequency brain signals doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Peripheral neural interfaces for reading high-frequency brain signals - Nature Biomedical Engineering
This Perspective argues that neural activity from the central nervous system that is not directly correlated to force production can be sensed via peripheral neural interfaces.
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July 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Peripheral neural interfaces for reading high-frequency brain signals doi.org/10.1038/s415...