* Putting on my voice cancelling headphones with pink noise to block out the white noise of the dehumidifier* IT'S CALLED HAVING TASTE ok
Just because you can doesn't mean you should 😭 but I will say most Brits I've met were traumatized by soggy sprouts as kids and aren't likely to be on board with this either...
✨📢 To all the new people joining 💙 BlueSky 💙 in recent days I think a introduction is in order The Brunel Uni Centre for Culture and Evolution is a hub of world-leading (yes I do say myself 💅) researchers in evolutionary and cross-cultural approaches to psychology and behaviour We DO IT ALL (ish)
PSA: there is no such thing as “mind viruses”, woke or otherwise. Complaints about “The Woke Mind Virus” translate to “CULTURE CHANGED IN WAYS I REFUSE TO UNDERSTAND. I DONT WANT TO SHARE A WORLD DESIGNED FOR FOLKS LIKE ME WITH FOLKS WHO AINT ME” It’s a brazen admission of ignorance, no more. 🤡💩
I’m sadly not at #CES2024Durhamgo.bsky.app/8yXwjAn
Be kind to yourself. We all get super tired toward the second half of the semester/ quarter. Don't just assign long papers or new articles you haven't read... lol
Super interesting flash talk, summarising how work on the origins and function of big God religious belief is focused on 'Christian'* belief and norms, and is not well suited to explaining Hinduism. *I'd argue it's broader than that but it's definitely a key source of bias.
I've started seeing some fat bear posts popping up, which tells me people are already getting amped for Fat Bear Week. If you are jonesing for some fat bear content, you might be interested in this research on how helpful microbes help bears get chonky. 🧪 news.ncsu.edu/2022/09/gut-...
The study offers insights that will inform wildlife management.