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Note that the two terms that constitute the lover and the beloved in no way coincide. What the one is missing is not what is hidden in the other. This is the whole problem of love. J Lacan

This is a staggering Associated Press report: Israel's assault on Gaza is among the deadliest and most destructive in recent history. More destruction than Aleppo, Mariupol, or, stunningly, the Allied bombing of Germany in World War II. apnews.com/article/israel…

Poem from the brilliant Karen Bakker. May she journey into better worlds. From Stellar Dust To Digital Devices noemamag.com/from-stellar-d… via @NoemaMag

Optimus can now sort objects autonomously 🤖 Its neural network is trained fully end-to-end: video in, controls out. Come join to help develop Optimus (& improve its yoga routine 🧘) → tesla.com/AI

Indigenous people in Brazil celebrating last night's historic Supreme Court win! Sound on!

Introducing Thought Cloning: AI agents learn to *think* & act like humans by imitating the thoughts & actions of humans thinking out loud while acting, enhancing performance, efficiency, generalization, AI Safety & Interpretability. Led by @shengranhu arxiv.org/abs/2306.00323 1/5

Rare 1914 photo of Freud's daughter Sophie with her 1st born son Ernst Wolfgang Halberstadt, the child behind Freud's description of the Fort/Da game in Beyond the Pleasure Principle. Photo included in a recent,edited transcription of Sophie's diary of her son's early childhood.

Wall of honour for the celebration of St Charlemagne at the Grand Collège Stanislas, 28 January 1915. Jacques Lacan is 13 years old and right in the middle of the 3rd row from the bottom. Archives du Grand Collège Stanislas, Paris.

Yet another biological machine on the way Scientists create Liquid Trees; a tank full of water and micro-algae that could be an alternative to trees in urban areas yupthatexists.com/scientists-cre…

Paranoia is the self cure for insignificance. Adam Phillips

We're thrilled to announce our schedule for next semester! Excellent speakers lined up, including @DrEveWatson, Carol Owens & @MattFlisfeder. Kicking things off on 26 Jan is Mera Lee on "A Feminine Mode of Perversion". More info coming soon here: lacaninscotland.com/?p=1579 #Lacan

New study finds that electrifying SUVs could *increase* emissions by gobbling up scarce battery material that could otherwise help electrify smaller cars (not to mention e-bikes, minicars, etc). doi.org/10.1016/j.jcle…

@michaelsoftinc Damn straight. And props to this placement director for exposing what is basically the systemic exploitation in PhD programs. I got mine and left promptly, and I am in a much better place now.

Manuscript treasure trove may offer fresh understanding of Hegel theguardian.com/world/2022/nov…

Philosopher Klaus Vieweg from Jena found five boxes with numerous transcripts of lectures given by Georg Wilhelm Hegel in Heidelberg in the archives of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising. dailynous.com/2022/10/28/fou…

We're back next week with a livestream conversation on Kojin Karatani with @gtupinamba & @DanielTutt. Set a reminder to join us! youtu.be/JLgB4r9SC-Y

Bruno Latour, French philosopher and anthropologist, dies ages 75 theguardian.com/world/2022/oct…