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Chris Rodgers
@chrisxrodgers.bsky.social
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Neuroscientist. My group at Emory researches how the brain integrates perception and action for free behavior
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tyk314.net
You keep me going, #BethesdaDeclaration. Thank you, @jeremymberg.bsky.social .
#NIHStrong #FEDStrong #defendresearch #defenddata
Niblings enjoy their Swifty style friendship bracelets.
November 24, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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markhisted.org
Proud Leslie Knope Stan here. And yes a big part of what’s positive about about her is her optimism. Optimism is vital
joestieb.bsky.social Joe Stieb @joestieb.bsky.social · 21d
Cynicism usually ages better than optimism, but the Knopes of the world are the load-bearing pillars of democracy and civic life; sorry that they aren't cool.

Also "neoliberal shill" lol she literally fights back against the growing power and negative health effects of Sweetums and Paunch Burger.
brenthor.bsky.social Truckstop Vigilante @brenthor.bsky.social · 22d
The reason 30 Rock succeeds years later while parks and rec has aged like a toilet full of milk, is that 30 Rock doesnt shy away from portraying Liz Lemon as an obvious villian with a victim/hero complex, whereas Leslie Knope was played just a straight hero character, even tho she is a neolib shill
November 5, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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terriblemapshq.bsky.social
A map of every church in Poland
October 26, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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adorrego.bsky.social
Oh no! The mouse in the whiteboard has gained consciousness
October 27, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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karaswisher.bsky.social
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October 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Much as we would like it to be, this is still not really a “no”, but a carefully calibrated “maybe”
roopikarisam.bsky.social Roopika Risam @roopikarisam.bsky.social · Oct 18
Dartmouth is OUT! Thank goodness... a friend at U of A and I have been playing "Who will be the last of the 9 standing?" and it's not gonna be us!
Dear Secretary McMahon, Ms. Mailman, and Mr. Haley, I appreciated the opportunity to speak with you yesterday. I welcome further engagement around how we can (a) enhance the long-standing partnership between the federal government and this country's leading research universities and (b) ensure that higher education stays focused on academic excellence. As I shared on the call, I do not believe that the involvement of the government through a compact--whether it is a Republican- or Democratic-led White House- is the right way to focus America's leading colleges and universities on their teaching and research mission. Our universities have a responsibility to set our own academic and institutional policies, guided by our mission and values, our commitment to free expression, and our obligations under the law. Staying true to this responsibility is what will help American higher education build bipartisan public trust and continue to uphold its place as the envy of the world. We remain open to other ways to work with the federal government to enhance higher education. Best, Sian Leah Beilock President
October 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
🎃 What is the origin of the trope that when you show up to a Halloween party without a costume, you are "dressed as a serial killer because they could look like anyone"? Is this trope specific to the US or do other countries have it too?
October 17, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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philipcball.bsky.social
Kathleen Lonsdale's notebook used while determining the crystal structure is also rather wonderful - such elegant handwritten calculations.
Notebook of Kathleen Lonsdale for determining the crystal structure of benzene.
October 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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jeremymberg.bsky.social
I have been trying to get this published as an op-ed, but I am going to post it here since I think it is timely in light of the "consent" extortion events.

Deafening Quiet from the Scientific Establishment

jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g...

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jeremymberg.github.io
October 6, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I'm seeing a lot of folks post this with the caption "Dartmouth says no" or similar. I don't think that this message actually says "no". It says they are "committed" and will "defend" and "do better", but no actual action is specified - not even rejecting the compact. Keep the pressure on!
Screenshot of Dartmouth message: https://president.dartmouth.edu/news/2025/10/response-compact-academic-excellence-higher-education
October 4, 2025 at 9:28 PM
From talking to people just a bit older or just a bit younger than me, I now realize that I vastly overestimated the cultural importance of The Mighty Ducks movies
October 4, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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sciencevs.bsky.social
This moment from our latest episode with science writer @edyong209.bsky.social is 🔥

We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪

Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇

open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...
October 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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currentbiology.bsky.social
Here, the 'ballistic tongues' paper by Yu Zeng and team
www.cell.com/current-biol...

plus dispatch by Sam Van Wassenbergh

www.cell.com/current-biol...
Biomechanics: Squeezing power drives ballistic tongues
Chameleons and lungless salamanders independently evolved very fast projectile tongues. In both cases, ballistic performance involves a long, blunt-ended skeletal rod that slides freely within a power...
www.cell.com
September 8, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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kennylogins.bsky.social
numbers station morning... @griph.bsky.social I think if you return a digital library loan early the person who gets "your" copy should get it with a passive aggressive "you're welcome" note on the first page from you. Just a little idea to make everything slightly worse. Cheers. September 13, 2024 at 12:01 PM
August 31, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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abradacabla.bsky.social
September 5, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The underlying values of diversity, equity, and inclusion remain important. Ending the DEI programs lends credence to the false claim that "DEI" is some sinister plot. The choice was likely made in an attempt to avoid gov ire, but premature compliance does not buy safety - look at Columbia.
cdelawalla.bsky.social Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · Sep 3
Emory University just closed all our DEI offices and programs.

This is egregious.
I know Emory’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion efforts have meant a great deal to many, not just as programs, but as a statement about who we are and what we believe in. As someone who has reaped the benefits of the needs these programs were meant to address, I know they were created with the best of intentions and staffed by talented, committed professionals. We live in a time of changing expectations and new requirements, however. Federal laws and mandates have been implemented that require higher education institutions to alter fundamentally or even close offices and programs focused on DEI. The standards are clear, and we must act accordingly. Guided by the Office of General Counsel and other appropriate campus officials, we will work promptly and carefully to discontinue current DEI offices and programs. We will also work closely with each impacted employee to provide appropriate support and assistance through the transition.
September 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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jeremymberg.bsky.social
My quote of the day

At any moment, an old world is passing and a new world is coming into being. We have sharper eyes for the fall than the rise because the old world is the one we know.

John Updike
September 3, 2025 at 11:09 AM
just realized that I say "a NIDCD fellowship" but "an NINDS fellowship". Crazy that the third letter of the initialism subconsciously drives the article that feels right to use!
September 1, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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cdelawalla.bsky.social
My forever meme.
Bob's burger meme: I hope everyone's having a good time, and if you're not, I'd like to see you organize something on this budget and in this time frame.
August 29, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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nsousanis.bsky.social
My statement on Ai from the mini-comic as syllabus i made for new class I'm teaching that starts tomorrow! It robs you of your decisions & struggles - and the joy of being surprised. We won’t to be robbed of our learning - this is essential. This & the full mini at post:
bsky.app/profile/nsou...
a snippet of a mini-comic, at top - straight line stretches from point A to B. Immediately below, same dot at A, then becomes a curving, meandering line that winds through the page and ends at a point with rays and a question mark emanating from it. Text reads: "Nothing can do this for you - for that robs you of experience and conflates answers with learning. Rather, it's all the decisions you make along the way, the mistakes, struggles, and surprises! These pathways you create - this is learning.
August 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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seanmcarroll.bsky.social
This is indeed the challenge of the moment.
birchlse.bsky.social Jonathan Birch @birchlse.bsky.social · Aug 24
For all of us there should be some threshold where we put aside all our other projects and focus instead on resisting tyranny. It's just extremely difficult to see where that line is from the inside, when you're the frog being boiled.
August 24, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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paulbloomatyale.bsky.social
The most Canadian headline ever.
August 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
2025 is your university providing programming for faculty on "Navigating Moral Distress"
August 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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olveczky.bsky.social
Proud to be associated with this work led by Kiah Hardcastle and Jesse Marshall. It parses the role of the basal ganglia in the control of learned and innate behaviors, showing that they are essential for one but not the other. Then digs deeper to find the neural basis for this difference. Congrats!
August 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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altcdc.altgov.info
4/4 Russ Vought, Project 2025 mastermind, said about us:

“When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work, because they are increasingly viewed as the villains. We want their funding to be shut down … We want to put them in trauma.”

He meant it literally. We won't forget.
August 10, 2025 at 12:54 AM