Scrivenix—a Flatpak application that downloads and installs the Windows version of Scrivener plus WINE on Intel Linux. Has a GUI installer that includes License activation (you need a license key for the Windows version to do this). https://github.com/adgalloway/Scrivenix

GitHub - adgalloway/Scrivenix: A WINE based application for running Scrivener 3 seamlessly on Linux

A WINE based application for running Scrivener 3 seamlessly on Linux - adgalloway/Scrivenix

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If you would like to teach theoretical modeling skills to your psychology or cognitive science students, or would like to learn these skills yourself, check out our open online textbook: computationalcognitivescience.github.io/lovelace/

With @remyfurrer.bsky.social, a new piece in Nature Human Behavior. The standard description of a polygenic score as a "genetic predisposition" essentializes a statistical construct. It's not language policing: PGS are a new kind of entity; now is the time to think carefully about what they are.

Polygenic risk scores are not genetic predispositions - Nature Human Behaviour

Nature Human Behaviour - Polygenic risk scores are not genetic predispositions

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"If you have been reading about the latest AI advances in (or on) maths, this is essential reading. And you don't need to be a mathematician to feel deeply moved by it." kirwinhampshire.substack.com/p/the-dark-n...

The Dark Night of Mathematics

What are we really doing?

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Book review 📚 The secret relationships that govern life on Earth go.nature.com/455Qum1

The secret relationships that govern life on Earth

Books on parasitism and symbiosis inspire wonder at the strange ways in which species’ lives intertwine.

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Everything said within: 100% My one quibble is with the headline framing, which gives “these two guys bravely stand up to buck the trend“ energy, when they speak for almost* our entire field, writers, editors, artists, readers. (* always a few turds in the punch bowl, amirite?)

The Register@theregister.com · 2d ago

Sci-fi authors Scalzi and Stross decry AI's dystopian impact on their craft

Q&A with @devezer.bsky.social about metascience, open science, and her work in this area.

Q & A with Berna Devezer

Critical Metascience

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“Theory and Model Building in Psychology” New book edited by @fabianhutmacher.bsky.social and Alexander Wendt, with chapters by @ufeest.bsky.social, @devezer.bsky.social, @mieronen.bsky.social, and @bringmannlaura.bsky.social. link.springer.com/content/pdf/...

Really good thread here. A science-fiction framing to help clearer thinking about a difficult/complex topic. (Like good science fiction generally.)

Nick Harkaway@nickharkaway.com · 3d ago

Selective time travel is one of the most interesting aspects of SF narratives around time. A lot of shows will talk about “fixed points” in time, essentially to prevent the characters from strategically or logistically deploying time travel to dismantle the crisis the story is about.

"When a conversation slows, I no longer see it as a sign of failure. I see it as evidence that we are finally doing the harder work of understanding one another" www.science.org/content/arti...

In my new piece for @serrc.bsky.social, I discuss @beccamonteleone.bsky.social Martin Pérez Comisso & @elmahajric.bsky.social's "Cyberpositionality: Sociotechnical Location in the Digital Age." I cover their analysis of the nature of online community, & also modes of resistance in the digtal age. …

SERRC@serrc.bsky.social · last wk.

Thoughts on Cyberpositionality: The Construction of Digital Communities in Digital Spaces, Damien Patrick Williams I found Rebecca… https://social-epistemology.com/2026/07/28/thoughts-on-cyberpositionality-the-construction-of-digital-communities-in-digital-spaces-damien-patrick-williams/

Don't worry folks, your Minister of State in the Department of Agriculture is only *personally* a climate denialist and far-right wannabe.

Donncha O’Connell@donnchalaw.bsky.social · 4d ago

Noel Grealish attended ‘anti-woke’ conference addressed by Nigel Farage. Department of Agriculture confirms his attendance at the event but says the Minister of State for Agriculture was present in personal capacity. www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Also recommend @olivia.science 's CAIL website and the Allies section bsky.app/profile/oliv...

Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ@olivia.science · 3mo ago

CAIL = prerequisite knowledge for a critical perspective, such as to tell apart nonsense hype from true theoretical computer scientific claims. For example, the idea that human-like systems are a sensible or possible goal is the result of circular reasoning and anthropomorphism.

Urgent! If you work in an Irish HEI, please sign and share this open letter asking the Dept of Justice to overturn its refusal of visas to Palestinian students who were supposed to be evacuated from Gaza to take up fully funded places and scholarships at Irish HEIs: openletter.earth/refusal-of-v...

I'll be running a 6-week course at the @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social in Dublin in September on writing science fiction and fantasy. Check out the details on their website if you'd like to join me in my discussions about making stuff up. irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/writ...

Geologist Marie Tharp was born #OTD in 1920. She built the first accurate map of the Atlantic Ocean floor, discovering the Mid-Atlantic Ridge that provided evidence for seafloor spreading and plate tectonics. 🧪 👩‍🔬 Image: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

After a break, The HPS Podcast is back for Season 6! 🎙️ In our first episode, I'm joined by Dr. Magdalena Skipper, Editor-in-Chief of Nature, for a conversation about trust in science, transparent peer review, COVID-19's legacy, & the inequities that continue to shape who gets published.

S6 E1 - Magdalena Skipper on Scientific Publishing

Podcast Episode · The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science · 30 July · 39min

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Here's a really nice paper by @edbaggs.bsky.social on "James J. Gibson’s affordance examples". The affordance idea is often glossed as about "possibilities for action". Anyone who actually reads Gibson will see many examples that don't fit that schema. psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...

Breaking news

"Being honest would mean admitting that we're failing and we can't do that because then we'd have to stop failing. That would mean ending fossil fuel subsidies and banning all new gas, coal and oil projects. And to anyone suggesting harming our precious children like that, we say, how dare you?"

Honest Government Ad | Net Zero (feat. Greta Thunberg)

YouTube video by thejuicemedia

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Bastard!

852dude@852dude.bsky.social · 2w ago

The HPS Podcast is back! 🎙️ Season 6 returns at the end of this month, and we've spent the past few months collecting and preparing some exciting new interviews that we can't wait to share with you. Stay tuned for more updates! In the meantime, why not revisit some episodes from Season 5? 🎧

The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science

Leading scholars in History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (HPS) introduce contemporary topics for a general audience. Developed by graduate students from the HPS program at the University ...

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With some big film directors pushing genAI, we're seeing the 'It's-just-a-tool' line again. Over 30+ years of writing and art, I've used loads of tech as tools. They all had one thing in common: they gave me precise control over my work. GenAI is like trying to cook using other people's leftovers.

Impressive to be able to write a complete article on remote working without citing a single piece of evidence relating to productivity, job satisfaction, employee well-being

The Irish Times@irishtimes.com · 2w ago

Gerard Howlin: Scaling back remote working should be on the agenda as payback for public sector pay rises

Link to the paper (it's open access!): compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... >

Thinking Clearly About Sampling and Representation With the Total Survey Error Framework

Collecting a sample that represents the population of interest well constitutes a challenge across the social and behavioural sciences. Psychology in particular frequently relies on convenience sampl...

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New paper out now 🥳 When psychologists discuss generalisability, they often refer to vague notions of representativeness. We provide an accessible intro to the total survey error framework as a tool to reason about this more rigorously. w @taymalsalti.bsky.social @ruben.the100.ci >

“Who knows what other childhood curiosities are quietly growing into world-changing ideas right now in bedrooms, backyards and notebooks across the globe? The next big breakthrough might not come from a high-tech lab. It might come from a 10-year-old who just can’t stop wondering about butterflies”💖

Oisín McGann@oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 3w ago

I don’t know why this post doesn’t give his name, but it’s Jo Nagai. This is a true story. medium.com/@zehraanjum2...

I can't watch these alas (I presume for geographical reasons, though maybe BBC have just missed a trick). On between cartoons after school, 8 yr old me hated it (just a man talking?)...until it became some of my favourite television, and started a love of Greek myths. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

BBC - Odysseus The Greatest Hero Of Them All - Episode guide

All episodes of Odysseus The Greatest Hero Of Them All

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I think the difficulty of understanding feedback loops underlies many big debates in science: Origin of life: "genes first" vs "metabolism first" (neither, it's a feedback loop) Development: "nature vs nurture" (neither, it's a feedback loop) Neuroscience: "brain vs behaviour" (you guessed it!)

The creator of Roger Rabbit (who is 85 years old by the way) is a good sort Crossposted with @openvibe.social