Computational cognitive scientist, migrant, learning as I go.
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I don't normally ask for this, but if you are concerned about #COVID19, please share my latest post with others. I'd like it to reach folks who AREN'T already COVID-aware.
I’ve Read 3,000 Studies About COVID: Here’s What You’re Ignoring That Could (Still) Harm You or a Loved One
I share some simple conclusions, along with over 100 links to research. My goal is to urge more awareness and commonsense caution.
Kenan Malik on Shakespeare, decolonization and universal human rights: "The trend for cultural reappraisal could risk upholding the very ideas it aims to dismantle"
"Why Techdirt Is Now A Democracy Blog (Whether We Like It Or Not)" is perhaps Mike Masnick's most important TechDirt post -- which is saying something given how long he's been publishing this essential-reading blog.
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/why-techdirt-is-now-a-democracy-blog-whether-we-like-it-or-not/
New important scientific paper by @AndyPerfors, @spiantado and #CelesteKidd: "Trans-inclusive gender categories are cognitively natural"
Link to the journal:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-023-01657-y
Non-paywalled link:
https://perfors.net/files/2023/PerforsPiantadosiKidd23.pdf
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On the basis of decades of cognitive science research into the nature of lexical concepts, we argue that gender categories that reflect the reality of the experiences of transgender people are more useful and cognitively natural than sex-based category definitions.
Trump's immigration policies are already harming agriculture, and it could quickly hurt us in grocery store aisles. After ICE agents rounded up undocumented workers around Bakersfield, many workers are now afraid to go to work.
“People aren’t going to work and kids aren’t going to school. Yesterday about 25 percent of the workforce, today 75 percent didn’t show up.”
“You are talking about a recession-level event if this is the new long-term norm.”
https://newrepublic.com/post/190555/donald-trump-immigration-deportations-farm-workers
My 4- minute update on #COVID19 in the US. Summary:
- COVID risks decline to Moderate, but are still High or Very High in half of US states
- The latest of four dozen studies on COVID reinfections consistently find higher risks of Long COVID and other health impairments with reinfections.
Take care, friends!
Augie Ray
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