Account details of people working in higher education are increasingly appearing on the dark web, raising the risk of cyberattacks for universities and research organisations. Georgia Louise Luckhurst reports https://ow.ly/bVtK50Ztlj0
Leigh Sosville
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She writes poetry and fiction; researches the arts and humanities; and advocates for neurodiversity and disability. Philosophy-obsessed.
STFC has set out how their prioritisation programme will affect the research projects in their Particle Physics, Astronomy and Nuclear Physics (PPAN) portfolio. Find out more: www.ukri.org/news/stfc-de...
STFC details outcomes for future physics projects
Outcome decisions for individual research projects follow the recent announcement of a plan to balance budget.
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Research is richer when it includes a wide range of perspectives. 🔎🔬 Our Diverse Voices curated resource list helps you discover writers and resources from diverse and often marginalised communities around the world 👉 https://ow.ly/bNfy50YzBkt #DiverseVoices
Hey guys, check this out: Stop Killing Games is launching a sister campaign, Stop Killing the Internet, fighting against government grip of an open internet. www.stopkillingtheinternet.com
Stop Killing the Internet
Governments are walling off the open internet. We are a global movement opposing restrictions — and building a better internet.
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New research shows private firms made £1.6bn in profit from the NHS over the last two years. That money could have paid for over 19,000 nurses. Private companies shouldn’t be profiting from the terrible state of the NHS. Read: www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
I am surprised that no philosopher or bioethicist has done a piece of public philosophy since the doctrine of double effect was mentioned on The Pitt!
I think 4E cognition people are using it right? But now I'm made unsure!!
Helen Rosner@hels.bsky.social · 6mo agoLotta people using “scaffolding” as a metaphor when they mean “armature.” Scaffolding is an exterior structure that allows construction to occur within it, armature is an interior framework around which something is built.
Since I forgot to post it, here's a paper I wrote on predictive processing, structure-function mappings in the brain, and why their relationship is more complicated than you might have thought #philmind #philsci #philsky #philpsy #neurosky #neuroskyence link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Structure and function in the predictive brain - Biology & Philosophy
Predictive processing is an ambitious neurocomputational framework, offering an unified explanation of all cognitive processes in terms of a single computational operation, namely prediction error min...
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Hackney council wants proof that a disabled & autistic child melts down on public transport - so they're going to force him onto public transport and watch. And they're STILL trying to evict this boy & his family from their council home. Is this abuse...? www.katebelgrave.com/2026/03/prov...
Proving an autistic boy has meltdowns by prodding him into one | Kate Belgrave
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Academic freedom is under threat not only from direct political pressure but from subtler forces that discourage researchers from pursuing risky and creative ideas, the president of the European Research Council has warned #AcademicSky https://ow.ly/JM5J50Yq7ao
Just published in Psychological Inquiry! I offer a sustained philosophical and empirical critique of the theory-of-mind-deficit explanation of autism. The ultimate conclusion is that the research programme has become degenerative—and therefore pseudoscientific. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Autism and the Pseudoscience of Mind
The theory-of-mind-deficit explanation of autism proposes that autistics lack a theory of mind, that autism comprises a theory-of-mind deficit (strong version); or, that autistics often have diffic...
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I enjoyed putting together this article for @iai.tv #philosophy #philsci
The quantum world reveals reality is made of relations, not objects
<p><em>We assume that objects are more fundamental than the relationships between those objects. However, philosopher <strong>George Webster</strong> argues that quantum mechanics upends this common-s...
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🗣️Calling all BPOC Writers in the UK🗣️: Registration for Developing Your Craft with SBWN is now open. Get your tickets now: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/developing-y...
Developing Your Craft with SBWN
This series focuses on thinking more deeply and deliberately about the craft techniques in your writing.
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“She compares her work to the efforts of a parent raising a child. She’s training Claude to detect the difference between right and wrong while imbuing it with unique personality traits.”
This Philosopher Is Teaching AI to Have Morals
The tech company has entrusted the philosopher to endow its chatbot with a sense of right and wrong.
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University leaders must decide whether to meet minimum #accessibility standards or make accessibility a hallmark of excellence across #teaching, #research and civic mission, say Ayala Gordon and Sarah Lewthwaite: https://ow.ly/seBw50Y8iXN #Academia #HigherEd #AcademicSky #EduSky
Why digital accessibility is now a leadership issue for universities
The question for university decision-makers is whether to settle for the minimum accessibility required by international regulation or to embed it as a marker of institutional excellence across teaching, research and civic mission
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