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
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The first step is a court-mandated treatment program, but any failure to adhere to the program can be put in state conservatorship.
Forced treatment doesn't work well, making a sentence likely.
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Very elegant simulation study!
"Our simulations show that the simple principle of a declining reference point as a deadline approaches explains shifts in subjective value and effort-based choices, providing a mechanistic account of phenomena previously linked to scarcity, FOMO, and related effects"
This is a willful misuse of mental health diagnosis to imprison people.
"The administration calculated the number of CARE Court petitions received per capita to determine success"
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apropos of nothing:
A stark reality has therefore emerged in modern warfare: ...AI is reliably providing an alibi for the prosecution of wholesale methods of killing without, in turn, provoking much by way of substantive political censure or legal accountability.
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“Alberto Gutierrez was taken by ICE agents on January 9 in Echo Park. According to the family, Gutierrez began to feel seriously ill last Friday, and his repeated requests for medical attention was denied. Gutierrez died around 1:00 am on February 27. He was the sole provider for his wife and son.”
Gavin Newsom is harm perpetuation.
Rarely have such minimal consequences been delivered to so richly deserving a person. Would that we are finally free of this malign presence in public life, who has returned from disgrace far too many times already. Fuck you, Larry.
1. Kevin Gross and I have a new paper out today PLOS Biology.
We used economic models based around screening games and the market for unpaid labor to highlight a meltdown cycle threatening peer review.
“Everyone thinks universities have to do what donors want because they pay the bills. But that gets it backward, and not just at Hopkins.”
I highly recommend reading this piece.
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It’s PhD admission season in the US and elsewhere. Is anyone collecting and sharing info about what admissions letters are saying this year, especially in the neuro/psych/bio space? Last year there were some (unfortunate) changes at some Unis, eg
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Last week, I was fired in retaliation for confronting DOGE staff in 2025. Today, I launch my campaign for U.S. Congress in Maryland’s 6th district.
Marylanders show enormous bravery in defense of our communities. #MD06 deserves a Rep as brave as its residents.
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"Hope in the Face of Genocide" film screening and presentation Mon Feb 23 630pm at @ucirvine.bsky.social
Register here: lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/4jthqv3
Gratitude to the @cogcompneuro.bsky.social organizers for setting the proceedings deadline on a Thursday/Friday, instead of Sunday/Monday. Especially before a three-day weekend! All other conferences please take note.
If you're an academic outside of Minnesota wanting to help folks, one way to do that is to offer a guest lecture for faculty in the Twin Cities so they can have a break. Sanctuary Campus Network is coordinating these and you can sign up here:
This hasn't stopped in Los Angeles, it's just no longer "news" - the only reason this kidnapping was reported is be because it happened directly in front of an NPR journalist who writes on immigration.
Spoke with a PI whose postdoc is trapped abroad because of social media vetting. It appears the postdoc missed disclosing one account and it's unclear if they can come back… ever.
This is the country we live in now.
like i love this story and I think it reveals something important. the atari is encoding a ton of information about the rules of chess explicitly in a very small amount of data, and the associational model, despite a much larger amount of data & computation, does not effectively model the game
NPR's Adrian Florido has been buying fruit from the same fruit-cart vendor in his LA neighborhood for years. On Tuesday, Florido was there when federal immigration agents whisked him away.
Applications for #UMich #Psychology Diversity Recruitment Weekend are in 2 days! If you are thinking about applying to psychology PhD programs in the future this may be for you! The application is short, but the benefits are big
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Screenshot of tweet from Huberman that reads: “The other is that dog breeds w/different shaped heads are predictive of their demeanor and intelligence. And while I don’t! believe in Phrenology I now do pay some attention to how the shapes of peoples heads relates to their intellect and steadiness, or lack thereof.”
In response to announcement that he will be a new CBS contributor, Andrew Huberman tweeted “I’ve always gone issue-by-issue on health & science, spoken to experts w/a range of takes & presented where I see the center of (data) mass pointed. I’ll do the same with @CBSNews”. In Sept he posted this:
Bovino out to pasture.
*Multi-region computations in the brain*
When two regions are better than one...
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#neuroskyence
Google Scholar has at least two posters, both relating to RNA cancer therapies, co-authored by an Alex J. Pretti affiliated with a gene therapy company headquartered in the MSP suburbs.
The New York Times reports that a group of “scientific” racists misused National Institute of Health data (that families were assured would be protected) to write bogus papers on supposed to biological racial differences. Gift link.
The entire wave of preemptive compliance was completely unnecessary. How many careers were altered, initiatives and individuals abandoned, principles compromised? For nothing.
Does memory fade slowly, or in drops and bursts? We analyzed 728k tests from 210k people. Key finding: “stability” isn’t a trait you either have or don’t have - it’s often a time-limited state at different points in aging. Preprint "Punctuated Memory Change": 👇 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
But when I asked an organizer what they wanted to see out of press coverage, they told me they wanted people to see the beautiful things they are building here, and not just the worst stories of the worst of ICE's crimes.
What people are doing here is beautiful. It's a tragic beauty, but a real one
