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Benjamin Franks

@myaac.at

Husband, Father, Neuroscientist, Assistive Technology Specialist

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To be fair the colour was more teal than blue πŸ˜‚

02.03.2026 22:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Love it 😊

25.02.2026 14:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

As a Star Trek fan , when I first read this I thought it said Benjamin Sisko fires Manchester United past Everton. I always thought his sport was baseball ⚾️ 😊

24.02.2026 23:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

@tg-at.bsky.social updated for the new book 😎

08.02.2026 01:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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discovr: Interactive Tutorials and Data for "Discovering Statistics Using R and RStudio" Interactive 'R' tutorials and datasets for the textbook Field (2026), "Discovering Statistics Using R and RStudio", &lt;<a href="https://www.discovr.rocks/" target="_top">https://www.discovr.rocks/</a...

In preparation for the imminent publication of the new edition of my R textbook, the updated interactive tutorials are now available on CRAN. I did a massive re-write last summer, road tested them in my teaching last term, and I’m pretty happy with them. For now. cran.r-project.org/web/packages...

06.02.2026 19:35 πŸ‘ 38 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3

Yes definitely, specially if you butter each slice on both sides..,you are essentially frying the sandwich in butter. By that definition, most toasties and fried sandwiches 😊

01.02.2026 19:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Only What Is Alive Can Be Conscious | NOEMA Artificial intelligence doesn’t meet the test.

Neuroscientist @anilseth.bsky.social's new essay in Noema is a rigorous & compelling challenge to the notion that complex computation like AI can give rise to consciousness, Nathan Gardels writes.

#consciousness #ai

28.01.2026 20:53 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s going to be a built in feature of so many key pieces of software that avoiding it will be hard … Firefox introduced A I features , but will introduce a kill switch to remove the AI elements after user push back. So if people complain, you might get a non AI version.

16.01.2026 10:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ohh that’s a very impressive organ 😳🧐

08.01.2026 23:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

New year and already the calendar of AT/ AAC must attend events is filling up. Communication Works North and South hosted by @acecentreuk.bsky.social and @cenmac.bsky.social will be an opportunity for networking and seeing the best in communications technology. With workshops and presentations. 😊

06.01.2026 20:28 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Is it a parallel interface, serial interfaces and token ring networks??

05.01.2026 14:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

What about the crazy USB C /thunderbolt situation? x. It reminds me of the Sesame Street quiz/song. β€œOne of these things is not like others, one of these things is not quite the same 😎😊

05.01.2026 14:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Literally or metaphorically? 😊

04.01.2026 09:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Rest in pieces 😞😊

28.12.2025 19:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That and entirely correct! a very Dad thing to say, all dad’s need to develop a sense of humour that is quirky and ideally, occasionally embarrassing! πŸ§πŸ˜ŠπŸ˜‚

Plus trolling estate agents, is definitely a Mitzvah 😊

14.12.2025 18:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I think you would be surprised by the number of men who love choosing gifts and wrapping for Christmas. My wrapping isn’t very elegant, but that’s where gift boxes 🎁 and bags come into their own 😊πŸ₯³

28.11.2025 18:42 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A brilliant panel for the β€œWhat is consciousness ?” Part of the series of podcasts called β€œA Question of Science”
Hosted by Prof Brian Cox at The Francis Crick Institute @crick.ac.uk

@smfleming.bsky.social has a link below to the Podcasts and a video of the event. β¬‡οΈπŸ’­

26.11.2025 09:49 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Communication Works is back! πŸŽ‰

We're delighted to announce that Communication Works will return to Oldham and London next year and registration is now open!

North - Fri 22nd May, Oldham Events Centre
South - Wed 24th June, Charlton Athletic Football Club

Register your FREE place: buff.ly/6tnfqtB

24.11.2025 10:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Bloomsbury/UCL people: Have you tried this new Lebanese Cafe - Matbakh Kitchen - located on Great Ormond Street? The food is delicious! My Mums family came from Syria and I’m so happy to find truly authentic home cooking. Do try if you’re in the area.

17.11.2025 12:27 πŸ‘ 478 πŸ” 63 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 4
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The Life Scientific - Julia Simner on tasty words and hearing colours - BBC Sounds Professor Julia Simner tests Jim for synaesthesia with surprising results.

Julia Simner on tasty words and hearing colours:

Julia Simner from University of Sussex School of Psychology is on The Life Scientific on BBC Radio 4 with Jim Al-Khalili with a name check for Jamie Ward, Louisa Rinaldi and the team at The University of Sussex

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

04.11.2025 10:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The difference is that he has been doing it his whole life so he’s a professional liar at this point (or sociopath , take your pick) so probably doesn’t even see it as lying! πŸ€₯ 🧐

04.11.2025 07:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Having had cats for years, it makes me laugh when new cat owners get fancy cat beds. If you then put a box next to it , they will go for the box every time πŸ“¦.
My daughter would make a cat bed by putting a blanket or towel in the box.

31.10.2025 15:17 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Mussolini was the first to call the ideologically Fascism from the Latin for bound together.

12.10.2025 23:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

For him 🧐

09.10.2025 12:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m guessing that he isn’t going to sort out their visa or get them a job. So it’s only really available to Americans who have a substantial income and a flexible job that allows them to move. He’s not doing it out of the goodness of his heart, it’s a money making scheme, Guardian is advertising

09.10.2025 12:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ§΅πŸ†“πŸ”“πŸ¦‹ #bskySPEECHIES. #Brava @carorowland.bsky.social et al. See that, @bronwynhemsley.bsky.social @lucyebryant.bsky.social @katharinebeals.bsky.social Not a gestalt language processor in site, no mention of analytic language learners because it's all strictly rooted in empiricism!

27.06.2025 09:08 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Fatbergs are getting more common in London. The vile thing was removed, I wonder if Thames Water has considered up cycling and selling Fatberg candles and and soap to help pay for maintenance.

I also thought Trump was back in America and didn’t visit London 🀒

07.10.2025 14:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I have a great 4K monitor from LG that suits me and my workflow. The issue was one of space on a small desk, given it was part of a 2 display setup. That link is great thanks for sharing 😊

04.10.2025 00:52 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Enjoy 😊

04.10.2025 00:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Well worth the effort to find then ? πŸ™‚

03.10.2025 11:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0