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In a User Generated Reality, the need for control is inversely correlated with the level of trust.
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Dynamic mechanisms that couple the brain and breathing to the external environment
Abstract: Brain and breathing activities are closely related. However, the exact neurophysiological mechanisms that couple the brain and breathing to stimuli in the external environment are not yet agreed upon. Our data support that synchronization and dynamic attunement are two key mechanisms that couple local brain activity and breathing to external periodic stimuli. First, we review the existing literature, which provides strong evidence for the synchronization of brain and breathing in terms of coherence, cross-frequency coupling and phase-based entrainment. Second, using EEG and breathing data, we show that both the lungs and localized brain activity at the Cz channel attune the temporal structure of their power spectra to the periodic structure of external auditory inputs. We highlight the role of dynamic attunement in playing a key role in coordinating the tripartite temporal alignment of localized brain activity, breathing and input dynamics across longer timescales like minutes. Overall, this perspective sheds light on potential mechanisms of brain-breathing coupling and its alignment to stimuli in the external environment.
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"Anti-homeless architecture" perfectly symbolizes a militarized culture that prioritizes profit over people.
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AI music generators Udio, Suno issue forceful fair use defense v. music labels
AI music generators Suno and Udio file Answers. They came to fight. Both represented by Latham & Watkins, they raise a forceful fair use defense. But even further: a copyright misuse defense alleging the music labels are engaged in anticompetitive uses of their copyright.
#Comment: Limited hang-out from the octopus which owns all sides, testing the market reactions to their ancient technologies being rolled-out. The game is rigged, the acoustic warfare will continue.
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Us self-important hairless monkeys should pause our gadget obsessions and ego trips for a sec, and focus on the 90% decline in old-growth forests and the dramatic drop in river health globally over the past few hundreds of years. The situation is truly insane.
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AI Girlfriend engagement time estimates, by a leading tech bros.
My Comment: Talking to an AI for 21h/week (3h/d) is weird today. Talking with loved ones (spouse, children, parents, friends) for 12h/week, is the US average today.
Talking to an AI for 21h per week will be normal tomorrow. Talking with loved ones for 1h per week, will be the US average.
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As the decade-old advancements in BCI technology are being revealed and normalized, it will be interesting to see the narratives and rollout strategies that emerge to navigate this arcane terrain.
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Gazing at Earth from space reveals mesmerizing fractal patterns everywhere. Here's a stunning photo of the Bayuda Desert from orbit.
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The Battle of Abu Klea, 16 and 18 January 1885
Photograph of two Sikh soldiers of the Camel Corps, by Felice Beato, ca. 1884/85 -
Captain Harry Plumridge Levita
Harry Plumridge Levita was born in Lancashire in 1862. He was the elder brother of Sir Cecil Bingham Levita. Their father was Emile Levita, a descendant of Elijah Levita who wrote the first novel in Yiddish. Emile arrived in Manchester in 1844 and became a prominent banker and merchant, both in Manchester and London. He obtained British citizenship in 1871 and was director of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. He was married to Katherine Plumridge Rée from the Danish-Jewish Rée family. Emile and Katherine lived in the country and owned a grouse moor in Wales. One of their descendants was Enid Levita, paternal grandmother of David Cameron.
Harry Plumridge Levita, son of Emile and Katherine, Joined the KDG as a lieutenant on 23 Aug 1884. Promoted to captain on 5 Aug 1891. He was on the Sudan Expedition of 1885 with the 19th Hussars (12 Nov 1884). He reached the rank of lieutenant-colonel serving in the yeomanry. The London Gazette of 14 Jan 1918 listed him as commanding the Eastern Command Depot. The DNW auction of 28th & 29th March 2012 included Lot 1096, Lieutenant-Colonel Levita’s Order of St Stanislaus, 2nd Class. Neck badge and breast star.
Harry was married to Constance Mary Ellison from London. They lived at 27 Ennismore Gardens, South West London. He was Fellow of the Zoological Society and a member of the Naval and Military Club in Piccadilly. One of their children was Francis Ellison Levita who was involved in the Curragh Incident. He was a lieutenant in the 4th Hussars who became an early casualty of World War One. He was killed in action on 12 Oct 1914 at Godewaersvelde. Lieutenant-Colonel Harry Levita died in 1919. The photo shows Captain Levita in regimental frock coat and pill box forage cap, in Norwich in 1894.
