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The loneliest generation: What it is like to grow up in England today | IPPR

Depression doesn't shrink the brain like we thought it did | New Scientist
Dysthymia

Autistic Burnout vs. Depression | Neurodivergent Insights

Defining autistic burnout through experts by lived experience: Grounded Delphi method investigating #AutisticBurnout - Julianne M Higgins, Samuel RC Arnold, Janelle Weise, Elizabeth Pellicano, Julian N Trollor, 2021

What Is Autistic Burnout? A Thematic Analysis of Posts on Two Online Platforms - Jane Mantzalas, Amanda L. Richdale, Achini Adikari, Jennifer Lowe, Cheryl Dissanayake, 2022

“Having All of Your Internal Resources Exhausted Beyond Measure and Being Left with No Clean-Up Crew”: Defining Autistic Burnout - Dora M. Raymaker, Alan R. Teo, Nicole A. Steckler, Brandy Lentz, Mirah Scharer, Austin Delos Santos, Steven K. Kapp, Morrigan Hunter, Andee Joyce, Christina Nicolaidis, 2020

“Shutdowns Are Like You’re Stuck on the Blue Screen of Death”: A Metaphor Analysis of Autistic Shutdowns - Katie Paris, Alexandru “Zeph” Lodestone, Melissa Houser, Laura Foran Lewis, 2025
Coral Stack - Build Local-First. Encrypted. Effortless.
DIDComm
The CRDT Dictionary: A Field Guide to Conflict-Free Replicated Data Types - Ian Duncan - Ian Duncan
Lea: research-oriented social media

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We appreciate the love ❤️ But limited engagement and few followers on Bsky makes some (not us!) question whether it's worth it Be sure to…

In an era where research evaluation methods are evolving, the Research Contribution Claim Network makes trustworthy tracking of non-traditional research output easy!
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ATProto Science Community Garden (by ATProto Science) — Semble
"... our desire and attention falls to certain things because of the way that we feel about the person, place, or thing that introduces it…

Capturing our Attention
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It's getting harder to focus every day

Almost anything you give sustained attention to will begin to loop on itself and bloom

Movements of the Mind: A Theory of Attention, Intention and Action
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Why Cosmik Network? (by Wesley Finck) — Semble

Science Must Decentralize

Rivet - Infrastructure for Software That Thinks - Rivet
Cybersecurity Looks Like Proof of Work Now

Leadership fails, leadership failures, leaders fail

Why Good Leaders Fail

(PDF) Leadership Failure in the Eyes of Subordinates: Perception, Antecedents, and Consequences *

(PDF) The Perils of Sycophancy: Historical Lessons for Contemporary Leadership
Where Should Science Go Next
Dr. Casey Fiesler (@cfiesler.bsky.social)
Algorithms may be making political polarization worse than we think
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Balkanization

Meta’s Legal Troubles Are Worse than You Think
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Doomscrolling
Do Drunk Mice Sire Weird-Looking Offspring? – Quentin André
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Dan Singleton 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ on Twitter / X
Is the map of global bat distribution in this paper (Nov 2025, ‘Sustainability’ journal) AI nonsense? Comments from experts on LinkedIn are…

Trans Journalists Association Stylebook and Coverage Guide
AI Use Disclosure resources
as we get further into the end of days, I'm reminded about how much of research taste, values and judgment is bound up in the taste, values…
Chris Olah on Twitter / X

Anti-democratic attitudes are highly contagious, new psychology study finds
Hyperactive–impulsive ADHD traits predict higher curiosity in adults: evidence from a cross-sectional study
Understanding the influence of digital technology on human cognitive functions: A narrative review

How the hypercuriosity of ADHD may have helped humans thrive | Aeon Essays

The Entangled Brain: How Perception, Cognition, and Emotion Are Woven Together
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W — Trust your feed
Even as @wsocial.eu onboards more and more users, they can’t seem to get them to talk to each other 🤐 This atrocious engagement rate (~9…

W Social is a textbook case for everything wrong with digital sovereignty
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