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Spotify Wrapped can’t quantify my analog collection, but if it tracked dance moves by genre, soundtracks would dominate. Although I was just introduced to acid jazz a few hours ago…
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Happy LDOC! Wrapped up the semester by handing out a few NoAs from the Institute of Very Good Ideas after my class delivered 1-minute pitches of their classmates’ proposals. Crushed it. So proud of the creativity, curiosity, and care they brought all semester. 💊💉🧠🌶️⚡

🚨 UNC Psych & Neuro is hiring TWO Teaching Assistant Professors (one Psych, one Neuro) starting July 2026!

If you love creating engaging classroom experiences and mentoring undergrads, please consider applying or sharing widely. Check it out + apply by Jan 14

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Haunted not by ghosts 👻, but by the thought of someone taking credit for your work 😱🧬🔬

Wesleyan University president says Trump's antisemitism fight doesn't protect Jews Michael Roth, Wesleyan University's first Jewish president, says the Trump administration is using antisemitism as a "cloak" to get universities to be loyal to the president.

Michael Roth, Wesleyan University's first Jewish president, says the Trump administration is using antisemitism as a "cloak" to get universities to be loyal to the president.

UMass faculty calls on land grant universities to join in fight against Trump administration; McGovern, AG also weigh in AMHERST — Faculty at the University of Massachusetts are calling on Chancellor Javier Reyes and President Martin Meehan to form a compact with the 250 land grant and public universities across the cou...

This is how you do it.

The "Mutual Academic Defense Compact".

The moral imperative may be to fight...

but the strategic imperative is to not fight alone:

www.gazettenet.com/UMass-Amhers...

Friendly reminder to myself and all my other people pleasers out there, you can’t fill other people’s cups if yours is empty 😅

“I live in constant fear…”

Why do I still get nervous on exam day when I am the one administering the exam?! Can my stress/anxiety systems just not right now? We are overstimulated enough!

‘We’re Being Punished’: NIH Tosses Some Grant Applications From Minority Researchers The sudden withdrawal affects early-career scholars who applied for a prestigious federal grant with a diversity notation — flagging that they came from underrepresented backgrounds.

www.chronicle.com/article/were...

I have learned from several sources that NIH staff tried to find out how to transfer F31-diversity applications to other program announcements for funding but were not able to do this. I don't know whether this was technical (regulations) or ideological.

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Wouldn’t even let me return my key 🔑 😅

The face of a hobbit who threw up his breakfast at 6 am and is wondering where his second breakfast is.

I'm thrilled to see this work published! Thanks to @neuroshea.bsky.social for putting me on this project and the many lab members and colleagues who ended up contributing in one way or another to get this over this finish line. 🙏

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Xylazine is an agonist at kappa opioid receptors and exhibits sex-specific responses to naloxone adm... bioRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a research and educational institution

So proud to share our first paper examining the role of #xylazine in the drug supply! This work is the definition of a team effort! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...