Fred First

Fred First

@fred1st

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How to Push Back

joycevance.substack.com/p/how-to-push-back?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=607357&post_id=156016448&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=2j0en6&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Jan 30, 2025

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Build your own newsfeed | Inoreader

www.inoreader.com/article/3a9c6e7786bb6a91-it-was-a-trap-ex-prosecutor-says-afraid-trump-just-summoned-the-sleeping-giant

Jan 30, 2025

1

Scientists Map How Brain Chemicals React to Emotional Words

scienceblog.com/553023/scientists-map-how-brain-chemicals-react-to-emotional-words/

emotions

Jan 30, 2025

3

‘A Dangerous Virus’: Bird Flu Enters a New Phase

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/health/bird-flu-h5n1.html

birdflu

Jan 29, 2025

6

Mapping the Cosmic Tapestry: Mind, Memory, and Myth in the Search for Extraterrestrial Influences.

www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/1/26/2299324/-Mapping-the-Cosmic-Tapestry-Mind-Memory-and-Myth-in-the-Search-for-Extraterrestrial-Influences

Jan 28, 2025

4

Why scientists are enlisting fungi to save endangered plants

knowablemagazine.org/content/article/food-environment/2025/mycorrhizal-fungi-help-save-endangered-plants-ecosystems?utm_source=Knowable+Magazine&utm_campaign=ede241f1c4-KM_NEWSLETTER_2025_01_26&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-ede241f1c4-536752488

fungi
microbiome
soil

Jan 26, 2025

3

Focus: A Brief Guide on How to Improve Focus and Concentration

jamesclear.com/focus

Jan 26, 2025

Brain experiment suggests that consciousness relies on quantum entanglement

bigthink.com/hard-science/brain-consciousness-quantum-entanglement/

HEP
entanglement

Jan 24, 2025

1

The Needs of Dementia Caregivers | Harvard Magazine

www.harvardmagazine.com/2025/01/harvard-caring-for-elderly-dementia

caregiver

Jan 23, 2025

164

Why Music Matters

www.songsandsmiles.com/why-music-matters/

music
dementia

Jan 23, 2025

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Popular Summertime Fruit, Blueberries, Could Be Soon Wiped Out Worldwide, Researchers Warn

www.wideopenspaces.com/popular-summertime-fruit-blueberries-could-be-soon-wiped-out-worldwide-researchers-warn/

Jan 22, 2025

1

Technology News | TechHQ | Latest Technology News & Analysis

techhq.com/2025/01/google-quantum-breakthrough-marred-by-parallel-universe-claim/

quantum physics
multiverse

Jan 20, 2025

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Boone’s Lick Road | Missouri Encyclopedia

missouriencyclopedia.org/places/boones-lick-road

Jan 20, 2025

1

The caterpillars that can kill you

knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2025/meet-the-venomous-caterpillars?utm_source=Knowable+Magazine&utm_campaign=83e8e24150-KM_NEWSLETTER_2025_01_19&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-83e8e24150-536752488

Jan 20, 2025

4

Former FDA Commissioner Stokes Bird Flu Fear — Here’s What He Gets Wrong

childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/former-fda-commissioner-david-kessler-bird-flu-fear-what-he-gets-wrong/

birdflu

Jan 19, 2025

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Neurosurgeon explains non-woo-woo way to scientifically manifest your goals: ‘There is no magic here’ (New York Post)

l.smartnews.com/p-ict5oM0/QeUtz0

Jan 18, 2025

How one brain circuit encodes memories of both places and events

medicalxpress.com/news/2025-01-brain-circuit-encodes-memories-events.html

memory
grid cells

Jan 18, 2025

5

New Distance Measurements Intensify Mystery of Universe's Expansion Rate

scienceblog.com/553228/new-distance-measurements-intensify-mystery-of-universes-expansion-rate/

Jan 18, 2025

5

A good man gone to glory

garrisonkeillor.substack.com/p/a-good-man-gone-to-glory?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=292075&post_id=154824307&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2shkz&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Jan 15, 2025

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Heisenberg’s Dynamic Concepts. The Metaphor beyond the Limits of Language

www.academia.edu/50033935/Heisenberg_s_Dynamic_Concepts_The_Metaphor_beyond_the_Limits_of_Language?email_work_card=abstract-read-more

quantum physics
language

Jan 15, 2025

1

FACTS About the Palisades Fires: Debunking the Lies Blaming Gavin Newsom

krassencast.com/p/facts-about-the-palisades-fires-debunking

wildfires
trump

Jan 14, 2025

3

Is Consciousness Research The Next Big Quantum Use Case?

thequantuminsider.com/2025/01/11/is-consciousness-research-the-next-big-quantum-use-case/

entanglement
consciousness

Jan 14, 2025

62

The Machine in the Garden

paulkingsnorth.substack.com/p/the-machine-in-the-garden?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=250836&post_id=153208536&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2shkz&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

christianity

Jan 14, 2025

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Mind blindness decoded: people who can’t see with their ‘mind’s eye’ still activate their visual cortex

www.scimex.org/newsfeed/mind-blindness-decoded-people-who-cant-see-with-their-minds-eye-still-activate-their-visual-cortex-study-finds

aphantasia

Jan 14, 2025

3

Fire Weather

chrishedges.substack.com/p/fire-weather?utm_campaign=email-half-post&r=566fd&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

wildfires

Jan 13, 2025

102

How colours affect the way you think

www.bbc.com/future/article/20220713-the-hidden-meaning-of-your-favourite-colour

perception
color
vision

Jan 12, 2025

3

Takeover of Invasive Species Due to Climate Change: The Bush Honeysuckle

cwp.missouri.edu/2017/takeover-of-invasive-species-due-to-climate-change-the-bush-honeysuckle/

invasives

Jan 11, 2025

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Returning Fire to the Landscape | U.S. Department of the Interior

www.doi.gov/wildlandfire/returning-fire-landscape

wildfires
invasives

Jan 11, 2025

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Yes, even most unexpected landscapes in the US can and will burn

www.vox.com/climate/24111549/wildfire-risk-increasing-everywhere-us-east-south?ueid=942f05b3243c92cbd9290100f18f0684&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=TEx%201/9&utm_term=Sentences

invasives
wildfires

Jan 11, 2025

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Flammable invasive grasses are increasing risk of devastating wildfires

www.science.org/content/article/flammable-invasive-grasses-increasing-risk-devastating-wildfires

invasives
wildfires

Jan 11, 2025

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How Swaths of Invasive Grass Made Maui's Fires So Devastating

www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-swaths-of-invasive-grass-made-mauis-fires-so-devastating-180982729/

invasives
wildfires

Jan 10, 2025

1

As Worst Fire in LA History Raged, Trump Saw Tragedy as a Political Opportunity

truthout.org/articles/as-worst-fire-in-la-history-raged-trump-saw-tragedy-as-a-political-opportunity/?utm_source=Truthout&utm_campaign=377464b693-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_01_09_09_26_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_bbb541a1db-62844fa454-650238637

ecopolitics
wildfires

Jan 10, 2025

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Neuroscientist show how stress reshapes fear memories via the brain's endocannabinoid system

www.psypost.org/neuroscientist-show-how-stress-reshapes-fear-memories-via-the-brains-endocannabinoid-system/

emotions
stress
biology

Jan 10, 2025

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Teaming Up to Take On the Double Threat of Invasives and Wildfires | U.S. Department of the Interior

www.doi.gov/wildlandfire/teaming-take-double-threat-invasives-and-wildfires

wildfires
invasives

Jan 10, 2025

5

Morning Coffee Linked to Lower Death Risk, Study Finds

scienceblog.com/553019/morning-coffee-linked-to-lower-death-risk-study-finds/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

health
coffee

Jan 9, 2025

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What is "emotional intelligence" in AI robots and chatbots and what are the possible implications to future human interactions with these entities and to the evolution of them? 🔎 You.com | AI for workplace productivity

you.com/search?q=What+is+%22emotional+intelligence%22+in+AI+robots+and+chatbots+and+what+are+the+possible+implications+to+future+human+interactions+with+these+entities+and+to+the+evolution+of+them%3F&fromSearchBar=true&tbm=youchat&cid=c0_aad7ba1b-b6a8-4879-9089-8c9096bf1aac

emotions
intelligence

Jan 9, 2025

1

How Loneliness and Social Isolation Impact Physical Health

scienceblog.com/552841/how-loneliness-and-social-isolation-impact-physical-health/

emotions
loneliness

Jan 6, 2025

51

Mirror bacteria could pose major health risks

theweek.com/science/mirror-bacteria-health-risks-disease

chirality

Jan 6, 2025

52

Why small annoyances can harm us more than big disruptions | Psyche Ideas

psyche.co/ideas/why-small-annoyances-can-harm-us-more-than-big-disruptions?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

psychology

Jan 5, 2025

5

Concerning Bird Flu Virus Mutations Found in Severely Ill Patient

www.scientificamerican.com/article/concerning-bird-flu-virus-mutations-found-in-severely-ill-patient/

birdflu

Jan 4, 2025

2

The Cat in the Tree: Why AI Content Leaves Us Cold

theconvivialsociety.substack.com/p/the-cat-in-the-tree-why-ai-content?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=6980&post_id=153888418&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2shkz&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Jan 3, 2025

1

The risks of reversed chirality: Study highlights dangers of mirror organisms

www.news-medical.net/news/20241216/The-risks-of-reversed-chirality-Study-highlights-dangers-of-mirror-organisms.aspx

chirality
synthbio

Jan 3, 2025

4

We Don't Have to Destroy Ourselves

www.forkingpaths.co/p/we-dont-have-to-destroy-ourselves?utm_source=multiple-personal-recommendations-email&utm_medium=email&triedRedirect=true

AI
future-proofing
chirality

Jan 1, 2025

10

Scientists are no longer sure the Universe began with a bang | Aeon Essays

aeon.co/essays/scientists-are-no-longer-sure-the-universe-began-with-a-bang?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=d642cb638e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_13&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-e088b817f1-68706637

Dec 30, 2024

7

Study reveals the brain's uncanny ability to recognize faces under suppressed awareness

www.psypost.org/study-reveals-the-brains-uncanny-ability-to-recognize-faces-under-suppressed-awareness/

Dec 29, 2024

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