God also knows when you use God’s name in vain. And “in vain” doesn’t mean what this person probably thinks it means.

Hal, an orange and white cat, meows inside the glass door while Luna, a black lab, waits patiently on the other side to be let it

Dualities: he wants out. She wants in.
#caterday

Ive also had success with this activity!

Every Wednesday I watch Survivor with John Carroll (season 4) in a bar in Omaha, and I am absolutely here for the live confessional I am about to witness.

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The Center for Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience at WashU has an opening for a postdoctoral scholar! Deadline is May 1.
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Right? If the alternative is “don’t do a No Kings” would that have been better? At least where I am, it laid the groundwork for the upcoming May 1 strike

And it gave them the confidence to challenge the local conservative incumbent state senator who’s run unopposed as long as anyone can remember.

We (dem progressives) are finally acknowledging the importance of local elections and grassroots campaigning. That’s what these rallies really represent

We had MILLIONS of people at no kings events across the country who’ve now taken the small step of protesting in a “glorified parade”. But maybe now they are a little less scared for the actual march. Or maybe they attended a no kings event in their very rural red town where they are a minority…

Holocaust survivor and activist Hedy Epstein passes at 91 (St. Louis Public Radio) – Hedy Epstein was arrested 10 days after Michael Brown was killed by a police officer in Ferguson, in August 2014. She didn’t like the way people who were demonstrating again...

My friend Hedy (www.stlamerican.com/news/local-n...) taught me to make myself useful however I can. When she and 8 others was arrested in Ferguson after Michael Brown’s murder, hundreds had marched to the governor’s office and thousands had been protesting w/o marching.

If these events were the be all end all—then absolutely. But let’s reflect: the march on Washington (MLK’s famous 1963 “I have a dream” speech) had 250,000 people. Bloody Sunday
of 1965 (aka Selma to Montgomery) had about 600 people. do you have Selma w/o Washington?

💯 the objectives are to bring people together and normalize resistance. I’m in the quintessential “blue dot 🔵” of Nebraska. Trust me, there are people here doing the hard work. But the “No kings” provides important energy and entry into the infrastructure. It serves a purpose.

Yard sign I passed walking to work this morning that reads “John Cavanaugh for Congress. Stand up to Trump, defend the blue dot”

If John Cavanaugh is elected to Congress, then MAGA republican Gov Pillan chooses Cavanaugh’s replacement in the Nebraska state unicameral. That seems like an ineffective way to “defend the 🔵” especially when we have other great congressional options in (my pick) Denise Powell and Crystal Rhoades

Attakias Mertens presents “Brain mechanisms behind prospective thinking of socio-emotional scenarios during typical development”

Owais Khan presents “Distinct sensorimotor cortical oscillatory signatures across youth with unilateral and bilateral Cerebral Palsy”

Sara Momtaz presents “Spectral weighting functions for localization in simulated and chronic unilateral hearing loss”

Lee Evans presents “Ned likes sheds and Kate likes keys: early phonological judgment skills in DHH and TH children”

The afternoon session of the 2026 BTNRH Post Doc Symposium was just as strong!

Dr Erica Lescht presents her talk “Visuospatial working memory skills in children who stutter”

Dr Julia Nikolaeva presents “Hidden in plain sight: Gender differences in the clinical presentation of developmental language disorder “

Dr Melissa Hazen presents “Effects of childhood vestibular loss on physical activity, gait, falls, and cognition”

Dr Devon Major presents “Effects of atypical auditory experiences on emotional and social communication”

Today is the 2026 BTNRH Post Doc Research Symposium! This morning’s speakers shared their research with translational impacts on how we best support children with atypical hearing or language. These scholars are shining examples of why NIH’s T32 training grants are so important.

IT guy #1 (about my work laptop): you’re running an IP config?

IT guy #2: oh, we’re deeper than that. *typity-type-clickity-clack* POINTS TO SCREEN

ITG #2: *eyes get big* domain not detected. No wonder she can’t do anything

I don’t know what any of this means but it seems bad.

I like Cavanaugh. In fact, I’ve voted for him twice. But he will still have two years remaining on his term in the unicameral, and Pillen would get to hand pick the replacement. So, since I voted for Cavanaugh to be my senator, I’m going to do that; I’ll be supporting Denise Powell for congress.

The foreground is a worksheet titled “Debunking Script” with the citation Lewandowsky et al (2020) while Emma Kate is in the background next to her PowerPoint slides.

One of our research SLPs is practicing a guest lecture on critically evaluating science (and pseudoscience) for a speech and hearing program. Looks like we are going to do an activity inspired by @lewan.bsky.social. It’s fun to have my two worlds collide.

Is she connected to Women Who Run? It’s a great resource in Omaha for help with postcard writing, canvassing, etc

I mentored a high school student who got published in the Journal for Emerging Investigators. After hours of navigating the platform, we hit ‘submit’ and her face drops, “I expected confetti. Like when I submitted my college applications.”
🎉 🎉 🎉

Cover of the book Escape by Stephan Fishbach. The background is a distorted, disturbing view through island greenery. A boom mic can be seen just entering the scene

Since you seem to like the Traitors, Stephan Fishbach of US Survivor just published this fictionalized account of a reality strategy game contestant. My copy of Escape came in the mail yesterday so no personal review. But I’ve heard that it is simultaneously quite realistic but quite unserious.

Protest sign that reads “Kristi Noem is lying”

Omaha showed up for today’s protest against the paramilitary occupation of Minneapolis and ICE’s executions of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. I’ve been to dozens of protests at 72nd and Dodge. I have never seen this many protesters and this level of overwhelming support from passing cars.

A picture of Donald Trump at a lecture along with a quote from his speech: “I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose voters.” —Donald Trump, January 23, 2016

Ten years ago, he told us what he expected from his supporters. His as he predicted, he has committed crimes and they still voted for him. He continues to lead members at every level of his administration in criminal acts. When will we hold him accountable?

(1) Iron iron iron (2) keep tension on your thread as you thread your machine or it’s likely to knot (aka nest). (3) Drawstring bags are a great starter project: There’s tons of YouTube tutorials; They don’t require much fabric; pretty much anything you do will, in fact, result in a usable bag.

Four cats are lined up in the kitchen eating tuna. From left to right there is an orange and white long-hair, a tortie, a grey American short hair, and a grey part Maine coon.

It’s tuna time! (We’ve operantly conditioned them to come to the kitchen when we whistle. It’s how we get Hal (L) to come home when his outdoor adventure is going longer than our schedules allow.)

Would you show some love to Jess.Inthecities on instagram? After spending time on the seas, she’s a chief leading coast guard recruitment in Minneapolis (with hopes of being transferred to Omaha/KC before retirement)

Stimulus Labels Support Declarative but Not Procedural Memory in Children With and Without Hearing Loss Purpose: Children with hearing loss show deficits in sequential learning, a form of procedural memory, and often perform poorly on verbal serial ...

Labeling pictures with words supports short-term memory more than relying on prior procedural learning. Early implanted children benefit from verbal recoding as much as their typically hearing peers. https://on.asha.org/3LT7m96

@memoryangela.bsky.social @sigperspectives.bsky.social

Screenshot from KETV reads “October 18: Omaha, near 42 and William St. this Omaha yard haunted takes visitors through the horrors of one of William Shakespeare’s most famous pieces of work. The Scottish Graveyard features the three witches, who told Macbeth that he would be king, as well as the tombstones of those who were murdered.” It is accompanied by an image of a screaming witch lit with red lights.

My yard just made the local news’ list of Halloween yard haunts. Can I add this to my CV?

www.ketv.com/article/omah...

I miss Wonderlab so much!

Wow! I have an appointment with my pulmonologist Monday morning. He doesn’t even have a Covid Vaccine for me yet!

A screenshot of the Apple Maps report form. The “name is wrong” option is selected but the send button is disabled

Screen shot from the Apple report function. The “something else” option is selected and the “send” button on the upper right is activated

Had the urge to remind Apple of the correct name for the Gulf of Mexico, but it won’t let me send the issue.