This is a really fun project. Thanks @pfcook.bsky.social !

Faith Uwadiae, Ecosystems Manager at Wellcome, says: "We're supporting Black-led initiatives that expand opportunities for Black researchers in an intentional and thoughtful way."

Many Black-led initiatives in the UK that support the careers of Black researchers provide mentoring, safe spaces, networks and advocacy.

But they're often underfunded.

That's why we’re launching a new funding programme in partnership with Do it Now Now to help strengthen these initiatives. [1/3]

What an excellent outcome!

Congrats also to @oxfordpsychiatry.bsky.social for winning the Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Award.

Max Taquet also Highly Commended for the Breakthrough Researcher Award, and the BReal programme led by Jacinta O'Shea Research Engagement finalist.

OxCIN logo

We're excited to announce that WIN is now the Oxford University Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging: OxCIN! Our mission: developing and deploying neuroimaging and related technology to solve big challenges in basic neuroscience and brain health. oxcin.ox.ac.uk/about/vision

A Call for Constructive Engagement | AAC&U A Call for Constructive Engagement

The presidents of 200 US colleges declare:

"As leaders of America’s colleges, universities, and scholarly societies, we speak with one voice against the unprecedented government overreach and political interference now endangering American higher education."

Good!

www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...

congratulations!

I know I'm biased (married to the EIC and friends with lots of the team) but... 500 papers is amazing!

Imaging Neuroscience has shown what can be achieved in breaking away from for-profit publishing when you have a dedicated, capable team and a supportive scientific community. Super proud.

I remember you & I raving about this cover over beers at my pond 😘

Visualisation of 1³ + 2³ + ... + 9³ by stacking of small cubes (so, 2³ is visualised by a cube consisting of 2 small cubes on each side). The total number of small cubes in this image is 2025 (or 1 + 8 +27 +64 + 125 + 216 + 343 + 512 + 729).

Don't forget to write 2025 as
1³+2³+3³+4³+5³+6³+7³+8³+9³
(next opportunity is only in 3025)!
(Or, for the #math and #LaTeX lovers:
\begin{equation}
\sum_{n=1}^9 n^3
\end{equation})

'A Complete Unknown': The Ballad of TOSHI And INTRODUCING 'THE TOSHI AWARDS!'

I wrote a review of A COMPLETE UNKNOWN: the brand new Bob Dylan bio pic. And I guarantee you it is totally unlike any other critique of the film that you are ever going to run in to. merrillmarkoe.substack.com/p/a-complete...

Look, if everyone tells me you're a great guy and I ask you to drive to school and pick up the kids and you say ok yeah sure no prob and you and come back with six raccoons from the local animal shelter while leaving my kids lost and crying on a sidewalk somewhere?

That's at least partly on you.

here be dragons

Very proud of what the @imagingneurosci.bsky.social team - and the broader neuroimaging community - has achieved in such a short time. The pivot away from for-profit publishing was a risk worth taking.

Check out the 2024 paper collage!

Well that's a plot twist that Jonathan Franzen could get behind

Me in 2004, teaching 10th graders: For the love of god don't cite Wikipedia, it's not a reliable source

Me in 2024, to literally anyone in earshot: Good ol' Wikipedia, the only thing the internet hasn't fucked up yet

How tf do you make fonts fashion YouTube video by Wisdom Kaye

If fonts were fashion. This is so well done.
youtube.com/shorts/F29qw...

Microfeminism: The next big thing in fighting the patriarchy People are sharing the different tactics they use help to uplift women in small ways.

I'm loving this idea of microfeminism. About how every day habit the little things can change the world. I'm especially loving the school teacher that calls the dad first. These acts are not insignificant they sometimes matter more. What is your act of micro feminism? www.npr.org/2024/12/04/g...

In anything, if you want to go
From just a beginner to a pro
You need a montage (Montage!)
Even Rocky had a montage (Montage!)

Asking the right questions

Well hi there!

Thanks @imagingneurosci.bsky.social for making it easy to find a bunch of bsky buddies...