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neuro postdoc @UMD interested in how juvenile play shapes later life decision making. Also: climbing | biking | Arsenal | Baltimore (she/her)

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me counting down the hours until a football match that will almost definitely stress me out for two hours

13.03.2026 03:28 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Gas in the US has been so much "cheaper" than that in other places like the UK & Europe for a long time; instead of in dollars, we're *all* paying for it by way of these & other externalities. Is it worth it? (no)

10.03.2026 14:58 πŸ‘ 86 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

$1 BILLION a day for a war.
That same $1B could instead could in the US:
- Fund ~40% of the U.S. HIV treatment program
- Feed ~5.6 million people for a month through SNAP
- Equal ~ΒΌ of the entire federal homelessness budget
Every. Single. Day.

08.03.2026 22:13 πŸ‘ 118 πŸ” 46 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
MDTA Chesapeake Bay Crossing Study |

Last day to add your comment on whether we should have bike lanes on the new Bay Bridge!

www.baycrossingstudy.com

09.03.2026 13:23 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I went to read more about this and found this live tracker website, where you can watch the estimated cost rise over $11k per SECOND. Horrifying

05.03.2026 16:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A folding bike -- halfway folded -- sits on the concrete in front of the McKeldin Mall fountain. It's very foggy. Trees lining the sides of the Mall become increasingly less visible towards the background of the photo, and you can barely see a dark shape behind the fountain that is the library.

A folding bike -- halfway folded -- sits on the concrete in front of the McKeldin Mall fountain. It's very foggy. Trees lining the sides of the Mall become increasingly less visible towards the background of the photo, and you can barely see a dark shape behind the fountain that is the library.

McKeldin Mall viewed from a bit further back. A large grassy space is seen in the foreground. The fog mostly obscures the trees lining the Mall and from this distance, the library is not apparent at all, obscured entirely by dense fog.

McKeldin Mall viewed from a bit further back. A large grassy space is seen in the foreground. The fog mostly obscures the trees lining the Mall and from this distance, the library is not apparent at all, obscured entirely by dense fog.

Ominous fog this morning, can hardly see the library

05.03.2026 12:51 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

$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

If Arsenal do win the Premier League this season, they'll need to have the parade in the Cardiac Care unit because that's where everyone will be.

01.03.2026 18:28 πŸ‘ 1238 πŸ” 169 πŸ’¬ 72 πŸ“Œ 24
A wood block painting of st Totteringham. Announcing that Tottenham can not catch arsenal in the league

A wood block painting of st Totteringham. Announcing that Tottenham can not catch arsenal in the league

IT'S HAPPENED AGAIN.

HAPPY EARLIEST ST. TOTTERINGHAM'S DAY

01.03.2026 15:59 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I see the winner of the FIFA Peace Prize is at it again, doing more peace and stopping more wars.

Oh.

Get Infantino out of FIFA. Football deserves better than this ghoulish, obsequious, evil little toad of a man. He represents everything that's wrong about the game and the world.

28.02.2026 08:16 πŸ‘ 877 πŸ” 123 πŸ’¬ 37 πŸ“Œ 3

I yell a lot about media coverage of traffic violence because it has an impact on attitudes, behavior, and policy. This is just the latest study to reinforce why media coverage of crashes needs to change, not just in the U.S. but around the world.

27.02.2026 12:17 πŸ‘ 77 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

This is insulting to both science & doctors. If anything, in my experience it can be rather difficult to access contraceptive pills. I am an anxious person whose in-office blood pressure readings are always a bit high, so I used to have to regularly provide a month of twice daily home readings.

26.02.2026 16:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is more than 10.5 NIH budgets.

Absolutely outrageous when they gutted NSF and destroyed USAID.

For what?

22.02.2026 19:53 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Mood update... Reading all the NLD content!

22.02.2026 19:36 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It's 11 am and I've cried twice already (earlier when they talked about Johnny Gaudreau and now, of course) what does the day have in store COYG

22.02.2026 15:57 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A humidifier on the sink in front of a bathroom mirror. The combination of small "on" and "full" lights above a wide curved vent make a pleasant smiling face and on the back of the humidifier, which can be seen in the mirror, another wide curved air vent and the two screws holding it together above it make a horrified face.

A humidifier on the sink in front of a bathroom mirror. The combination of small "on" and "full" lights above a wide curved vent make a pleasant smiling face and on the back of the humidifier, which can be seen in the mirror, another wide curved air vent and the two screws holding it together above it make a horrified face.

Me whenever I have to communicate with other human beings #anxiety

17.02.2026 06:19 πŸ‘ 9143 πŸ” 2658 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1

Did that when I was visiting the area a few years ago, probably one of my favorite hikes ever! So cool to get 360 degree views right in the middle of a city

18.02.2026 13:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations!!!

15.02.2026 23:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
butterfly meme

8 hours writing

achievement: deleted two lines

in this progress?

butterfly meme 8 hours writing achievement: deleted two lines in this progress?

# AcademicChatter

13.02.2026 15:13 πŸ‘ 69 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Guinness 0 is better than it has any right to be. So good

12.02.2026 13:43 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick

11.02.2026 19:56 πŸ‘ 12097 πŸ” 4187 πŸ’¬ 86 πŸ“Œ 190
Pet Shop Boys - What Have I Done to Deserve This?

Pet Shop Boys - What Have I Done to Deserve This?

gooners finding out the kai injury news

11.02.2026 20:54 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

post a banger that's not in english

10.02.2026 14:28 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

*this* is america

09.02.2026 01:32 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Absolutely superb HT show wow wow wow

09.02.2026 01:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

No Kings includes Draft Kings

08.02.2026 23:49 πŸ‘ 26105 πŸ” 6099 πŸ’¬ 185 πŸ“Œ 110

And if it is, how is that not also a second yellow for Haaland? Bizarre

08.02.2026 18:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And it continues to be hilarious, what is even happening

08.02.2026 18:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I have to admit that whole sequence was kind of hilarious

08.02.2026 18:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

That’s approximately 167 five-year R01 #NIHGrants worth of taxpayer dollars.

08.02.2026 03:38 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1