Konstantin Bakhurin

What is the role of dopamine (DA) in behavior? Our new preprint with first author @KBakhurin deconstructs the reward prediction error (RPE) hypothesis of DA function. Here's a thread.

A North Carolina judge approved releasing bodycam from the aftermath of the police killing of #JasonWalker. An off-duty Fayetteville cop shot Walker, claiming he jumped on his car. A witness disputes this, saying the cop hit Walker as he crossed the street, and shot him 4 times.

There’s not enough ppl taking about #JasonWalker … An off duty officer hit him with his car and then fatally shot him in the back MULTIPLE times. I’m trying to figure out who was being protected and served ? May he rest in peace.

Please, please share this piece widely. It has the potential to reach deep into the mainstream and raise public urgency on climate breakdown. It is already "most shared" across the Guardian. Push this moment theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

NORTH CAROLINA:  “Let’s be clear, This was an execution. His hands were on the steering wheel." — The family of #AndrewBrownJr reacts to seeing the body cam footage. #ElizabethCity Has declared a state of emergency.

Mike Gravel is a hero. He was a young Senator during the Vietnam war and staged several readings of the Pentagon Papers to the public in the Senate chambers (See doc The Most Dangerous Man in America). Look at those crooks laugh.

I had the pleasure of going on Democracy Now this morning to discuss the implications of Kamala Harris’s VP nomination with @aimeeallison. Link to fill ep: democracynow.org/2020/8/12/joe_…

"At least U.S. 11 cities have cut funding from police department budgets or decreased officer numbers with several more in the process amid a national reckoning over systemic racism and police brutality" #592237d7320a" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">forbes.com/sites/jemimamc…

RIP @_michaelbrooks Thank you for expanding my mind to the global leftist movement.