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Haroon Popal

@hpopal-brain

Post-Doctoral Associate | NIH F99/K00 D-SPAN scholar | Interested in social cognition and the cerebellum

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$300 Million in jet planes lost to a fuckup.

That’s 83 five year NIH R01 grants burned in minutes due to error, aka poor execution of this unnecessary war which serves only to make the world more dangerous.

02.03.2026 15:28 πŸ‘ 151 πŸ” 63 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Oppose Nomination of Casey Means for Surgeon General The Senate HELP Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing on the nomination of Casey Means to serve as U.S. Surgeon General on Wednesday, February 25th. While we were hoping this nomination was dead, i...

If you’re watching Casey Means’ Surgeon General confirmation hearing and you are now certain she’s unqualified, you can join @defendpublichealth.bsky.social in our efforts to stop her confirmation.

It will take less than 5 minutes.

actionnetwork.org/letters/oppo...

25.02.2026 16:21 πŸ‘ 134 πŸ” 63 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 7

I know from eye witnesses that RFK Jr wears jeans to gym regularly. But jeans in an ice bath?! He’s a parody of himself.

18.02.2026 01:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies

Trump and his goons pushed out (or didn't replace) more than 10,000 federal government STEM Ph.D.s since he took office, representing 106,636 years of federal work experience. www.science.org/content/arti...

14.02.2026 13:48 πŸ‘ 84 πŸ” 58 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 4

Even Trump didn’t watch the Turning Point USA half time show. Sad.

09.02.2026 02:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Collective Bargaining Rights for Faculty For far too long, faculty at Maryland's public universities have been left behind when it comes to collective bargaining rights. Almost every other public and state employee in the state of Maryland h...

@uam-umd.bsky.social are fighting for collective bargaining rights for non-tenure track faculty at Maryland's 4yr public universities. Use the link to send a letter supporting them to Senate President Bill Ferguson.

02.02.2026 21:27 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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News from central Jersey: I'm running to represent New Jersey's 12th Congressional District.

By entering the fray, I hope to bring ideas of repairing our frayed republic. Not only to defend it in 2026, but to build something stronger, for generations to come!

samwang.substack.com/p/entering-t...

04.02.2026 03:00 πŸ‘ 535 πŸ” 153 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 34

Blame @ingridsbrain.bsky.social

29.01.2026 20:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Stop being lazy bums and report your subcortical findings.

29.01.2026 20:00 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Nine subcortical/cerebellar atlases included in the subcortex_visualization Python package (and subcortexVisualizationR package in R). The atlases are depicted in two-dimensional vector graphic format.

Nine subcortical/cerebellar atlases included in the subcortex_visualization Python package (and subcortexVisualizationR package in R). The atlases are depicted in two-dimensional vector graphic format.

The extended version of my thesis procrastination project/subcortex visualization package is out now in both Python and R, now that I’ve graduated 🀠 This figure shows the 9 atlases included (and counting)!

Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Website: anniegbryant.github.io/subcortex_vi...

27.01.2026 03:04 πŸ‘ 115 πŸ” 46 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 5
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28.01.2026 15:37 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.

27.01.2026 05:36 πŸ‘ 18998 πŸ” 6274 πŸ’¬ 928 πŸ“Œ 1172

Republicans woke up one day and said β€œlet’s turn a US city into a war zone”

26.01.2026 05:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Third world shit right here.

25.01.2026 01:30 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I think most Americans have been led to believe that "non-violent protest" means non-confrontational demonstration held with all the proper permits. They don't get that it was non-violent direct action that was practiced in the 60s and confrontation was the point.

24.01.2026 21:58 πŸ‘ 454 πŸ” 47 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 5

Americans need to stop trying to wait it out and think that things will return to normal. They need to start taking the actions to ensure things return to normal.

24.01.2026 22:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Another reason why DEI is important: we, or our parents, have lived through this in our home countries. Americans have taken their democracy for granted. Refugees have seen this shit before and have experience in how to deal with it.

24.01.2026 22:35 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Seven Nazi collaborators voted to fund ICE's terrorist attacks on Americans.

Tom Suozzi (New York)
Henry Cuellar (Texas)
Don Davis (North Carolina)
Laura Gillen (New York)
Jared Golden (Maine)
Vincente Gonzalez (Texas)
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Washington)

Seven collaborators who MUST be primaried.

24.01.2026 19:02 πŸ‘ 87 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 1

Also call this loser and tell him to resign. (202) 225-5936

24.01.2026 21:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Seriously @alsobrooks.senate.gov , get off twitter

24.01.2026 21:00 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Republicans used immigration to get their base angry at democrats prior to the election. The inaction from democratic leaders seems to be a similar strategy for the midterms. They don’t want to stop Trump bc they want us angry for the midterms. Call this Cuck and tell him to resign.

24.01.2026 20:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I really like this idea. Going to journal clubs in grad school excited about the paper we read this week, and then having all the more senior people bash the article killed my participation.

23.01.2026 15:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Jolly Good Ginger

15.01.2026 13:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So, correct me if I’m wrong, but all you have to do to abduct a woman now is dress in camo, cover your face and have a gun and we have to submit or risk death? How are we supposed to know if you’re ICE or not?

09.01.2026 18:06 πŸ‘ 7064 πŸ” 2036 πŸ’¬ 331 πŸ“Œ 103

Tidal can do it automatically when you do their subscription.

08.01.2026 01:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I am a lawyer and yes, they should be doing that.

07.01.2026 20:13 πŸ‘ 57 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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This holiday season, Free DC wants you to "procott" these local businesses While boycotts operate on withholding money, procotts are about spending it.

Rather than simply boycotting e-commerce giants, Free DC is organizing a "procott" in time for holiday shopping.

Their local shopping guide features 50+ spots on board to support D.C.'s autonomy, including @solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social, @metrobardc.bsky.social, @loyaltybooks.bsky.social, and more:

30.11.2025 14:57 πŸ‘ 90 πŸ” 47 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.

28.11.2025 13:40 πŸ‘ 19686 πŸ” 4761 πŸ’¬ 411 πŸ“Œ 202
Henry Cuellar (TX-28) 	Jimmy Panetta (CA-19)
Don Davis (NC-01) 	Chris Pappas (NH-01)
Laura Gillen (NY-04) 	Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03) 
Jared Golden (ME-02) 	Josh Riley (NY-19)
Maggie Goodlander (NH-02) 	Pat Ryan (NY-18) 
Josh Gottheimer (NJ-05)	Kim Schrier (WA-08) 
Adam Gray (CA-13)	Eric Sorensen (IL-17) 
Marcy Kaptur (OH-09)	Tom Suozzi (NY-03) 
Susie Lee (NV-03)	Gene Vindman (VA-07)
David Min (CA-47)	George Whitesides (CA-27)

Henry Cuellar (TX-28) Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) Don Davis (NC-01) Chris Pappas (NH-01) Laura Gillen (NY-04) Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03) Jared Golden (ME-02) Josh Riley (NY-19) Maggie Goodlander (NH-02) Pat Ryan (NY-18) Josh Gottheimer (NJ-05) Kim Schrier (WA-08) Adam Gray (CA-13) Eric Sorensen (IL-17) Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) Tom Suozzi (NY-03) Susie Lee (NV-03) Gene Vindman (VA-07) David Min (CA-47) George Whitesides (CA-27)

These 20 House Democrats just joined Republicans in voting to fully repeal DC's police reform laws.

Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.

They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.

20.11.2025 03:05 πŸ‘ 1840 πŸ” 813 πŸ’¬ 109 πŸ“Œ 286
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D.C.’s pretrial bail system mirrors the federal one β€” no one is jailed just for being charged, and judges already weigh risk & safety, not wealth. Congress shouldn’t be micromanaging local D.C. laws. If we want fairness & accountability, we should pass D.C. statehood & let D.C. chart its own future.

19.11.2025 21:41 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0