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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · Aug 17

We’re not distracted and it’s not going away.

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dmessinger.bsky.social @dmessinger.bsky.social · Aug 12

Swimming around Manhattan. @njohnstonphotography; @newyorkopenwater

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Aug 6

Our brain-immune system axis has recently has some fascinating new reports
Here is one summarized
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
More here erictopol.substack.com/p/our-braini...

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · Jul 26

Why call? Why sign letters? Why protest? What does it do??

It. Adds. Up. And PRESSURE WORKS!

Keep it up, Dorks!

#StandUpForScience

www.politico.com/news/2025/07... 14 Republican senators urge White House to release delayed NIH funds - POLITICO

14 Republican senators urge White House to release delayed NIH funds

Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) is leading the letter making the ask of OMB director Russ Vought.

www.politico.com

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Liz Simpson @simpson.bsky.social · Jun 18

New paper by PhD student, Arushi Malik! Stability of individual differences in social and nonsocial visual attention from newborn to 14 months #OpenAccess w/ wonderful team @tiffany6390.bsky.social, @shuoz.bsky.social, @semaylott.bsky.social, @dmessinger.bsky.social, et al. doi.org/10.1002/dev....

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dmessinger.bsky.social @dmessinger.bsky.social · Jun 13

Automated, digital data collection -- daylong child-specific audio recordings-- is yielding important insights for research in language development and hearing loss. Our new report uses stakeholder interviews to discuss the ethical issues involved pubs.asha.org/doi/abs/10.1...

The Use of Automated Digital Data in Speech, Language, and Hearing Research: Confronting a New Ethical Landscape

Purpose: The use of automated, digital data collection, such as daylong audio recordings of children's language environments, is yielding importa...

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Lynn K. Perry @lynnkperry.bsky.social · Jun 11

Check out our new work in JSLHR where we consider ethical issues in collection of daylong audio recordings in children with language delays and disabilities. This work was part of a bioethics supplement from NIDCD. @dmessinger.bsky.social

ASHA Journals @ashajournals.bsky.social · Jun 9

Using automated, digital data collection -- e.g., daylong audio recordings of children's language environments -- is yielding important insights for research in CSD. But ethical issues have yet to be thoroughly explored. This study does just that. on.asha.org/45hnjh5

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The Use of Automated Digital Data in Speech, Language, and Hearing Research: Confronting a New Ethical Landscape

Purpose: The use of automated, digital data collection, such as daylong audio recordings of children's language environments, is yielding importa...

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Mitch Prinstein @mitchprinstein.bsky.social · May 8

APA leads a coalition of 76 organizations fighting for science and health! Check it out!!!
unitedsciencealliance.org/united-call-...

United Call for Transparency: Federal Agency Reorganizations

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dmessinger.bsky.social @dmessinger.bsky.social · Apr 25

Join our @DevelopmentalScience Team as an Editor!
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Developmental Science

Developmental Science is an international journal publishing contemporary scientific developmental psychology and developmental cognitive neuroscience research.

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Tris @trisresists.bsky.social · Apr 14

Once again sharing this info.

Please share with your friends and loved ones in the National Guard or active duty military.

If you are national guard or active duty military and you are being ordered to violate the constitutional rights of U.S. citizens then this is the number to the GU Rights Hotline. There is support, you don’t have to go thru with it.
1-877-447-4487

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · Apr 15

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

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dmessinger.bsky.social @dmessinger.bsky.social · Apr 12

From a piece of tissue 1*1*1 millimeter: the largest wiring diagram and functional map of the brain to date, containing more than 200,000 cells, four kilometers of axons (the branches that reach out to other cells) and 523 million synapses (the connection points between cells).

Scientists complete largest wiring diagram and functional map of the brain to date

From a tiny sample of tissue no larger than a grain of sand, scientists have come within reach of a goal once thought unattainable: building a complete functional wiring diagram of a portion of the br...

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Apr 12

There's a protein craze.
How much protein should you eat?
In Outlive, Peter Attia's recommendation of 1 g/pound/day is without evidence and may be harmful
"Dr. Attia declined multiple requests for comment"
@nytimes.com by @alicecallahan.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/w...

The More Protein, the Better? (Gift Article)

It’s a common refrain on social media. We fact-checked this and five other big protein claims circulating online.

www.nytimes.com

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U Miami Dept of Psychology @umiamipsych.bsky.social · Mar 28

Longitudinal effects of green, blue, and gray spaces on early adolescent mental health in the United States - #OpenAcess by Shannon Shaughnessy, @dmessinger.bsky.social, & Spencer Evans
doi.org/10.1111/camh...

<em>Child and Adolescent Mental Health</em> | ACAMH Journal | Wiley Online Library

Background Physical environments are linked to adolescents' well-being in various ways. Green and blue (natural) spaces may protect against psychopathology, while gray (urban) spaces may confer risk...

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dmessinger.bsky.social @dmessinger.bsky.social · Apr 1

www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

Administration is weakening U.S. research capacity and endangering Americans, nation’s leading scientists warn

America's longstanding position as the world leader in science, technology, and medical research is now under threat, about 1,900 elected members of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering...

www.eurekalert.org

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · Mar 28

Rumeysa Ozturk must not be deported. You can't kidnap someone off the street for their political views — this isn't Moscow.

She has every right to speak her mind. I've contacted the Administration. I want answers.

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Ellen Roche @ellroche.bsky.social · Mar 26

Rumeysa Ozturk, aTufts human development PhD student, was kidnapped by ICE in broad daylight on the streets of Somerville today, presumably because of pro-Palestinian activism. No info has been shared with her attorney about her whereabouts or alleged charges.

www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

Tufts international graduate student taken into ICE custody

A Tufts University international graduate student was reportedly detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials and remains in federal custody, according to an email sent by the university ...

www.wgbh.org

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · Mar 15

“Nobody feels like their job is safe. Everyone is on edge,” said Kim Hasenkrug, an NIH scientist emeritus… “Even the top people can’t keep track because they’re hiring and firing so much. Direct supervisors of those who were terminated didn’t even know that it was happening.”

At NIH, ‘everyone is on edge’ as they brace for deep cuts and more centralized control

As the NIH braces for cuts of up to 5,000 of its 20,000 positions, “people are scrambling and freaking out,” a researcher said.

www.statnews.com

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · Mar 16

The Hungarians are telling us something.

Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · Mar 15

Budapest today. People are demanding that PM Orban resign.

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Beth Popp Berman @epopppp.bsky.social · Mar 11

This isn't going to get the attention of Columbia, but it's at least as bad: the University of Maine is having its funding cut off because the governor of Maine dared to challenge Trump.

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree @pingree.house.gov · Mar 11

I'm appalled by the USDA's decision to pause funding to the University of Maine System.

This will hurt our farmers, halt critical research, and impact students throughout Maine.

Once again, our state is being targeted for retribution—all because our officials are standing up for the rule of law.

USDA halts more than $100M in funding for University of Maine System programs

The move temporarily pauses USDA funding for Maine's university system after President Donald Trump threatened to cut off the state over Maine's decision to allow transgender athletes to compete in sp...

www.pressherald.com

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Mar 11

From the other site... (from EVP at Columbia to a training grant director)

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Tristan Yates @tristansyates.bsky.social · Mar 11

Last year, I was overjoyed to receive an NIH NRSA fellowship to study toddler brains and caregiving effects on memory at Columbia. Last night, my grant was terminated.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Mar 3

It's Baaaaack...

All NIH (and other HHS employees) received another request for their 5 accomplishments for the past week on Friday and were told by HHS to comply.

It is early in the day, so that NIHers are likely to get jerked around again several times before midnight...

A memo from the Department of Health and Human Services regarding compliance with a request for 5 accomplishments for the week from 2/28/25.

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · Mar 2

We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country.

This Friday, where will you be?

standupforscience2025.org

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Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · Feb 28

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