Pretty cool that people are mad about this. I was raised by gay people in the 90s and every time it is mainstream to support gay parents raising children I am like, “What? Really? 🤯🥹”
I guess all we gotta do now is make it absolutely politically unsavory for SCOTUS to be homophobic.
I’m down.
“I can do for you what Martin did for the people.” - Beyoncé to Jay-Z, Upgrade U, B’Day, 2006
🤣 podcasts are what is wrong with America!!! Fewer Podcasts, 2028
^^ rofling and then I got here. 🏴☠️
Making America Healthier by…
*checks notes*
Getting rid of WOKE science (clearly is everything done at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) so we can…
*checks notes*
Have more defense spending!
Also proud ex-co-grad student of @lafosse.bsky.social
Proud co-grad student of @cianadeveau.bsky.social , & huge fan of her project on contextual modulation. This work builds off of @lafosse.bsky.social ‘s research which investigates the input-output function which may drive these spatial & temporal transformations pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
These results converge with Deveau et al. (www.cell.com/neuron/full...) on temporal sequence filtering and Lange et al. (www.science.org/doi/10.1126...) on learning-induced redundancy. A consistent picture emerges: (early) visual cortex actively infers the statistical structure of the natural world.
New paper out in @cp-neuron.bsky.social 🎉
What determines contextual modulation in V1? Why does the visual surround sometimes facilitate and sometimes suppress a neuron's response to its preferred stimulus?
March 28, Medical Center Metro, Bethesda, No Shadow Kings Defend Medical Research Rally & Food Drive 9:30 am food drive starts 10am music by allstrike 10:20am Speakers
Map showing the location of the rally at 9000 Rockville Pike
Come hear from
@lauramatalopez.bsky.social
@michaeldgreen.phd
And other great speakers during our No (Shadow) Kings NIH Vigil! ❌👑
Also rock out to @allstrike.bsky.social
📆Saturday March 28th, 10am
📍Medical Center Metro/Outside NIH Welcome Center
💌 RSVP:
actionnetwork.org/events/no-sh...
You are raising the coolest kid, Theresa!! Thanks for sharing the joy they bring
A heads down approach will not save science. We need to speak up, live our values, and demand integrity.
www.statnews.com/2026/03/12/n...
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Screenshot of an email “As a result of bargaining unit determinations, union dues will no longer be deducted from your monthly stipend beginning with the April 1, 2026, stipend payment. Thanks for your partnership on this matter. NIH Employee & Labor Relations Branch
This ridiculous union busting does nothing to help the early career researchers the NIH director claims to support. This is ridiculous.
I know, it's across the government. And it's awful.
That's why we need to impeach the mastermind behind much of it! actionnetwork.org/forms/civil-...
Current NIH leadership want you to think they are using rigorous, consistent & scientific processes to screen studies to align them with agency priorities.
But the process that they have put down on paper is a sham.
It’s important to know NIH is not following its own guidance. Here’s why:
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NIH sent notice this week that it will no longer recognize a union of early career researchers on the basis that trainees aren't "employees." My latest for @science.org.
www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH leadership wants to strip worker's rights from the majority of scientists on its campuses.
But, the NIH does not get to say whether we are a union or not. We do, and we are no strangers to having to fight for our union. Time for a short history lesson. 1/n
Disclaimer: all views are my own.
Shoutout to @27unihted.bsky.social for all their advocacy on the SBIR/STTR program.
Great news! Congratulations to @27unihted.bsky.social for leading a big push that helped get this done. And to the many others who advocated for this important program.
35! Floor 1, west entrance
Until now! Thrilled to see we are back in action. Proud to say the 3D printed images are DEIA, after so much campus art celebrating NIH diversity has been removed and altered.
We have a rotating exhibit of Cajal drawings at NIH. Along with the drawings, a 3D printed model of the image is printed to make Cajal’s work accessible.
I was invited to write captions for the images with a group of NIH neuroscientists but our last contribution, from Dec. 2024, never went up.
Wild.
Another thing that stood out to me: Cunhate Na Bangna, the ex-President of the Guinea-Bissau ethics committee, was unaware of documents approving the study that listed his name next to someone else’s signature. He resigned from the committee years ago.
Corruption & fraud across continents.
Its kind of wild to watch academic publishing collapsing in real time and the wheels of the system (journals, tenure & promotion committees, etc) just keep moving as tho publishing more and chasing high impact factor journals is gonna help science and society.
(Below is not an outlier situation)
Hey all! Thanks for the follow and thanks for organizing the starter pack @tyk314.net. I’m not on here much, so I’ll do a summary…
Here is a paper I’m reading:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Here is a policy I care about:
unitedforcures.org/united-for-c...
Here is me and a nice dog I know:
"without fear or favor"
"Public service sometimes requires standing firm in the face of threats".
#standfirm #NIHknows
Thank you to my friend who Door Dashed me the beer.
I know a lot of you on here are hyper motivated. Here is one incredibly lazy, indulgent thing you can do for yourself or someone you love.
