It's publication day for 📘Elusive Cures. What a moment!
This is my 1st book & my 1st time on Mindscape (one of my favorite podcasts).
Here, @seanmcarroll and I have a wide-ranging conversation about the brain, including: Why are brain and mental disorders so hard to understand and treat?
The podcast: preposterousuniverse.com/podca…
The book: press.princeton.edu/books/hard…
Elusive Cures
A neuroscientist’s bold proposal for tackling one of the greatest challenges of our time—brain and mental illnessespress.princeton.edu
Alien Shooter (2003) wasn’t a big deal when it was originally released but it’s built a cult following.
It’s got similar gameplay to Alien Breed and Shadowgrounds.
But what makes it stand out is that there’s way more hordes of aliens. They might be a little dumb, but they keep coming—just don’t abate!
That said, what’s up with this office? Who’s running it? How did this even happen?
The video game actors' strike may be over soon, @theverge reports. SAG-AFTRA announced a tentative contract yesterday; the strike began almost a year ago after the union and a committee from companies including Activision, Epic Games and EA, failed to agree on worker protections around AI. Here's where things currently stand.
#Entertainment #VideoGames #Gaming #Union #LaborLaws #Tech #Technology #AI #SAGAFTRA
The video game actors’ strike may be over soon
SAG-AFTRA has reached a “tentative” contract agreement with major gaming companies that could potentially end the 11-month-long video game actors’ strike.Jess Weatherbed (The Verge)
Government to cut funding to football federation over Rodrigues row
The Luxembourg Football Federation (FLF) will lose access to some government funding as a result of its handling of the controversy surrounding GersonBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Verfassungsschutzbericht: Im Schnitt jede Woche eine islamistische Terrortat
Der Verfassungsschutz hat seinen aktuellen Bericht vorgelegt. Demnach ist die Zahl extremistischer Straftaten um ein Drittel auf 85.000 Fälle gestiegen. Die Zahlen sind zu hinterfragen. Die Antworten offenbaren indes eine spannende Geschichte.Anna Diouf (Tichys Einblick)
With a rising tide of authoritarianism in the US and around the world, sharing information with trusted journalists safely is more important than ever. If you're active on Reddit, we (@freedomofpress) are hosting an AMA on the subject there momentarily:
Trump team plans to send thousands of migrants to Guantanamo starting as soon as this week
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LA Protesters Aren’t Inviting Violent Authoritarianism, They’re Mobilizing to Stop It
Adam Schiff and centrist concern trolls have it completely backward: Trump’s immigration crackdown is the source of pervasive violence.Natasha Lennard (The Intercept)
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Republicans Plan To Steal Billions In Already-Awarded Broadband Grant Money From States That Attempt ‘AI’ Oversight | Techdirt
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Republicans Plan To Steal Billions In Already-Awarded Broadband Grant Money From States That Attempt ‘AI’ Oversight
We’ve noted how Republicans are busy screwing up the infrastructure bill’s $42.5 billion BEAD broadband grant program. After performatively whining that the program wasn’t moving …Techdirt
#PreparedNotScared: How Black women are changing the prepper narrative
https://19thnews.org/2025/06/black-women-preppers-survivalists-trump-america/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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🚨 My Monkey's Paw prediction is coming true: RFK Jr. fires entire CDC vaccine advisory panel:
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My Monkey's Paw prediction is coming true: RFK Jr. fires entire CDC vaccine advisory panel
Me, on April 22nd: So, all of that was last summer. Skip ahead ten months and voila, the U.S. Supreme Court did indeed hear arguments in the case yesterday...ACA Signups
Denmark Breaks Record with Massive Energy Creation Capable of Powering 100,000 Homes for 10 Hours
In an exciting leap forward for renewable energy, Denmark has unveiled a revolutionary molten salt battery that promises to change the future of sustainableBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
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Safety and stability remain out of reach for many Ukrainians.
The #EU stands firm in its support for them.
That's why we are proposing to extend temporary protection until March 2027.
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And we are committed to paving a shared, fair, and predictable path
🔷Supporting long-term solutions
🔷 Facilitating voluntary return and visits
🔷 Helping people to make informed decisions
Ukraine's future depends on its people
We stand with them
We #StandWithUkraine
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❌ ⚕️ Al-Amal Hospital in the southern #gaza strip has gone out of service, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (🔵 WHO), announced on Tuesday
With the closure of Al-Amal, he said, Nasser Medical Complex is now the only remaining hospital with an intensive care unit in Khan Younis.
Report: WAFA JUN-10 20:00 loacl-t
View / Why the Warner Bros. Discovery merger was doomed from the start
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Why the Warner Bros. Discovery merger was doomed from the start
Warner Bros. Discovery’s split is the latest proof that conglomerates are out of fashion.Liz Hoffman (www.semafor.com)
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When Bohr got it wrong: the impact of a little-known paper on the development of quantum theory – Physics World
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