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Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social) reply parent
Cool! Thanks for sharing your great work.
Micah G. Allen (@micahgallen.com) reposted
New preprint! We are pleased to share our Hierarchical Bayesian framework for Interoceptive Psychophysics! Implemented in rstan, we provide a complete suite of tools spanning model comparison, parameter recovery, multifactor designs, power analysis, and more! 🎯 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social) reply parent
I love this book. Really impressive.
Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social)
Team #Rebhuhn
Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social) reply parent
Team Rebhuhn!
Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social) reply parent
Grossartig! Ziel der Evolution sollte eine Symbiose von Mensch, Steak und Château Mouton sein 😇
Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social) reply parent
Meinen Namen gibt es 3 mal. Wenn mein Sohn noch daheim leben würde, hätte es den Ort angezeigt 😇
Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social) reply parent
Schönes Haiku!
Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social) reply parent
However, the idea of liquified brain tissue accumulating in a skin fold is much more poetic.
Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social) reply parent
Absolutely hilarious!
Danny Kodicek (@dannykodicek.bsky.social) reposted
@gralefrit.bsky.social You have to see these! A friend of mine has been collating a series of images entitled "Things my students have written turned into Philomena Cunk quotes" and they're just glorious.
Parc de Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona (@prbb.org) reposted
‼️Un equipo liderado por Maria Bernabeu ( @embl.org) ha creado un modelo 3D de la barrera hematoencefálica para entender cómo el parásito de la malaria consigue causar patogénesis microvascular cerebral. Es la 📷 #FotoDeLaSemana y la puedes ver aquí: ℹ️
Quantum Zeitgeist Superposition (@superposition.bsky.social) reposted
Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social) reply parent
In der Tat.
Ursulala (@ursulala.bsky.social) reposted
Meanwhile in LA:
Dr. Davey F. Wright ⛏️🦕🧬 (@daveyfwright.bsky.social) reposted
"Elisabeth S. Vrba, the “Three Musketeers,” and the Expansion of Macroevolutionary Theory"
Reinhard Steurer (@steurer.bsky.social) reposted
Russisches Roulette, 4 oder 5 von 6 Patronen geladen - und wir sind immer noch dabei, nachzuladen...
Armin Thurnher (@arminthurnher.bsky.social) reposted
Ist es wahr, dass es ab heute in Österreich verboten ist, Dick-Pics zu verschicken? Kaum zu glauben!
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Wolfgang F. Rothe (@wolfgangfrothe.bsky.social) reposted
Flood the zone. #Kirche #Katholisch #Missbrauch #Vertuschung #Deutschland #Köln #Düsseldorf #Woelki #Priester #Bischof #Justiz #Staatsanwaltschaft #Gericht #Meineid
Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social) reply parent
But Kickl is an honourable man. So are they all, all honourable.
Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social) reply parent
Ah, die Pfahlbauten von La Tène!
Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social) reply parent
Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social) reply parent
Das Inkompetenzzentrum BAG wieder einmal. What else is new?
Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social) reply parent
Not at all.
Christian Cargnelli (@chrisl7000.bsky.social) reposted
Swinging Sixties: "More money for clothes & fun if you don't smoke". Ad in London's Rave magazine (September 1967). @robertrotifer.bsky.social
Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social) reply parent
Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita…
Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social) reply parent
There was a specific type of (usually one-horse) carriage, called „Doctor’s carriage“
Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social) reply parent
Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social) reply parent
GV Federspiel!
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Matthew Freeman (@mjafreeman.bsky.social) reposted
Are you a postdoc interested in the mechanisms of disease? Do you have a great record and an exciting vision? Come and start your own lab @dunnschool.bsky.social by applying for sponsorship for early career fellowships. Deadline 30th September...pass it on! www.path.ox.ac.uk/work-with-us...
Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social) reply parent
Appalling
Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social) reply parent
Ja eh. Aber wenn ich dieses Gesicht sehe, kräuseln sich meine Zehennägel.
Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social) reply parent
Fiel Fergnügen!
Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social) reply parent
I remember reading this book as a postdoc, quite some years ago. It was a moment of enlightenment that has influenced my thinking rather enduringly.
Szabolcs Panyi (@szabolcspanyi.bsky.social) reposted
‼️Meanwhile in Hungary: Austria’s Erste Group released an AI-generated video of historic European acts of “courage, solidarity, and shaping the future”—then, at Erste Hungary’s request, cut the part about the 2025 Budapest Pride march, banned by Orbán’s government. 🎥 Original video in low quality.👇
Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social)
Wo sind die tapferen Hamasklatscher:innen jetzt? Das ist ihre Chance, zu zeigen, dass sie doch nicht die antisemitischen Kackbratzen sind, für die sie gehalten werden. Also: auf zur Demo gegen Poutines Nachtigall!
Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social) reply parent
I am sure the brave protesters who called out the so-called genozide of Palestinians will not hesitate to demonstrate against Poutine‘s nightingale.
Institute of Art and Ideas (@iai.tv) reposted
“Philosophy is strengthened when we engage with the important issues of our time,” argues Lee McIntyre. | iai.tv/articles/nav... In this interview, McIntyre delves into the complex nature of truth, and the vital role philosophers must play to promote clarity. #philsky #techsky
Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social) reply parent
Tu. Das. Weg!!!
Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social) reply parent
ISA
Gerold Riedmann (@riedmann.net) reposted
Sehr gute Nachrichten, Maria @windhager.bsky.social. Es wird derzeit versucht, die Linien des Sagbaren neu zu ziehen. Journalisten, Kolumnisten und Satiriker waren mit Urteilen konfrontiert, die die Pressefreiheit einschränkten. Dieses Urteil gibt uns Zuversicht, weiter sagen zu können, was ist.
Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social) reply parent
Besonders die wenig bekannte Kochtechnik des „Druckmaden“ verdient Wiederbelebung. Aber Schdronz und Kolpf fehlen, die gehören einfach in ordentliche Kohlrouladen.
Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social) reply parent
The general issue of appropriate bias control becomes a more crucial one in AI applications and obviously critical in such self-learning approaches. One more nice example for applying „artificial integrity“.
Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social) reply parent
Nein. Die Verteilung intellektueller Fähigkeiten ist ziemlich gaussisch, unabhängig vom sozialen Status.
Auschwitz Memorial (@auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social) reposted
31 August 1923 | A Dutch Jew, Elias Leeger, was born in Amsterdam. In #Auschwitz from 8 August 1942 (no. unknown) He perished in the camp on 14 September 1942.
Auschwitz Memorial (@auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social) reposted
30 August 1905 | A Polish woman, Wanda Moraczewska, was born in Winniki. A teacher. In #Auschwitz from 13 October 1942. No. 22537 She perished in the camp on 1 December 1942.
Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social) reply parent
Mississippi has been a failed state for decades now.
Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social) reply parent
Was man sich an einem Sonntagmorgen wünscht 🤣🤣👍
Bunkerhunter (@bunkerhunter.bsky.social) reposted
Mekrwürdiges Stöckchen, dass ich da gefunden habe. Muss ich Frauchen und Herrchen zeigen … 😂
Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social) reply parent
Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social) reply parent
Also bitte! Torino, wo die Pizza herkommt.
Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social) reply parent
Hatte ich auch schon und ich hab einen sehr expliziten Protest geschrieben.
Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social)
OK, hear me out...A LORD OF THE RINGS remake, but with these two taking the One Ring to Mordor
GuyIncognito (@guyincognit0.bsky.social) reposted
OK, hear me out...A LORD OF THE RINGS remake, but with these two taking the One Ring to Mordor:
Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social) reply parent
Klingt überzeugend.
Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social) reply parent
Lo risolvo: i militari…
Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social) reply parent
Eben
Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social) reply parent
Ein Hirnschlag scheidet schon einmal aus.
The Times & Sunday Times (@thetimes.com) reposted
Her memoir about growing up during the Cultural Revolution sold 15 million copies. But Jung Chang says she will never set foot in her homeland again ⬇️
Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social) reply parent
Mein ganz herzliches Beileid!
Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social) reply parent
‚Wofür mein Herz schlägt‘ #FotoVorschlag Meine Tiere, die Natur, besonders die Berge, Bücher und Wissenschaft. Für letzteres hatte ich kein Bild.
Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social) reply parent
This only smashes the preacher who doesn’t speak the truth.
Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social) reply parent
Ein städtischer Halbkanton am Rheinknie dürfte ähnliche Probleme mit dem Polizeikorps haben…
Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social) reply parent
Nice try 😏 That would be Sackler‘s Dream. „Doc, I have lower back pain, it‘s really bad, I need some fentanyl.“ - „Sure, have some patches!“ Seriously: having biomarkers would enable a diagnostic and therapeutic evaluation of pain nature and intensity, which could guide therapies.
Dailyfun (@dailyfun.bsky.social) reposted
❤️
Katharine Hayhoe (@katharinehayhoe.com) reposted
@nature.com I love this article - but WHY are the only share options to X and Facebook when the whole point of the article is that science-based posts get more shares here? www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gulag Gulagovich Gulagov (@gregory.levonian.net) reposted
Are you behind this, @volatilitysmile.bsky.social? www.france24.com/en/europe/20...
Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social) reply parent
This has potential…
Nesia Zurek, PhD (@docnessmonster.bsky.social) reposted
A blood test for pain? New work in Nature identifies circulating biomarkers that distinguish chronic pain states—offering a path toward objective, biologically grounded diagnostics. #PainResearch #Neuroskyence #Biomarkers #ScienceWatch #SciComm #ScienceInTranslation #ChronicPain
U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (@usrepkathycastor.bsky.social) reposted
Secretary Kennedy’s complete disregard for facts and basic science have disqualified him from leading the nation’s health agency. Secretary Kennedy is clearly unfit for the job, and he must resign immediately. My full statement: castor.house.gov/news/documen...
Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social)
Die Blutzeugen. So wichtig!
Hat Wahn Sinn? (@vanfredmogl.bsky.social) reposted
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Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social) reply parent
I know five year old donkeys who know more about science than that creature
Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social) reply parent
Natürlich kann das nur der signifikanteste Beitrag zur deutschen Musik seit Karl dem Grossen sein: youtu.be/RCdNmkjd6qg?...
Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social) reply parent
youtu.be/RCdNmkjd6qg?...
Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social) reply parent
Furchtbar.
Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social) reply parent
Damnatio memoriae is the very least…
Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social) reply parent
Had this been common knowledge in the days of Socrates, Xanthippe would not have scolded him for not properly cleaning their Tupperware (τάπερ σκεύη), he would not have spent his time in the agora, and Plato would never have written his dialogues. Philosophy as we know it would not exist.
Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social) reply parent
Sounds about right…😒
Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social) reply parent
Eventuell wäre es gut gewesen, vor Jahren in Molten Salt-Reaktoren zu investieren. Leichtwasserreaktoren sind definitiv keine Zukunftstechnologie und wenn Ölbert et al dort die Versorgungssicherheit sehen, ist das wie alles aus dem „Trump before Trump“-Lager bestenfalls rückwärtsgewandt.
Captain Fanta (@sassy0210.bsky.social) reposted
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Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh no! Please Canadians, don’t follow the lead of those southern idiots! It would be a shame.
N.P. Thompson 🍁 (@nptwrites.bsky.social) reposted
Pay attention, Canada. If Alberta is successful in this book banning, this will spread. Look around you, b/c this is how it starts. We're on the same ledge the US was on. And we either start fighting this right-wing rise now, or we follow the Americans over the edge. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social) reply parent
Same here. How could one shoot a man in a wheelchair? What has become of the US?
Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social)
Sounds interesting
Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social) reply parent
Incredible…how appalling is this?
Leigh Harrison Helberg (@leighhelberg.bsky.social) reposted
Do not look away. #TrumpsAmerica
Hunteress #MerzNichtMeinKanzler Edition (@hunteress.bsky.social) reposted
CW: explicit violence, shooting, attempted murder
Mathias mit 1 Tee (@malo82.bsky.social) reposted
Post a movie from the year you were born Oida hier sind ja alle ur alt 🤭
M15c4t0n1c 🐙 | planet facts & Arkham files (@m15c4t0n1c.bsky.social) reposted
Schrieb ich vorhin nicht noch, 'liest man auch nicht so oft'? Hier kann man es lesen! www.fr.de/politik/die-...
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The New Yorker (@newyorker.com) reposted
In advance of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence next year, the Trump White House sent a letter to the Smithsonian, announcing its intention to conduct an extensive review of all semiquincentennial plans. nyer.cm/vYIAkWB
Dr. Michael von Forstner 🇪🇺 (@epiguy.bsky.social) reply parent
Bella gerant alii, tu felix Austria…