Steve Shea
neuroshea.bsky.social
Steve Shea
@neuroshea.bsky.social
PI. Olfaction, audition, and autism. Discogs: http://bit.ly/2xlZLbJ Opinions here are mine alone.
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A heads up as this site grows: some accounts may not be who they appear. Even among other scientists. Don’t let down your guard when following someone back.
“Another hero has failed me
He’s a guest VJ on MTV”
November 17, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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Can’t make it tonight? I’ll be presenting this poster again on Tuesday morning (8 a.m.–12 p.m.) in the Sensory Motor Systems poster session, board W13 ✨ @neuroshea.bsky.social @sfn.org
November 15, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Excited to share that I received #Sfn2025 ‘s Professional Trainee Development Award!

Check out my poster M9 “Dopamine dynamics in the nucleus accumbens during maternal behavior in postpartum and virgin CBA/CaJ mice” tonight at the Early Career Development Session, 6:45–8:45 p.m.
November 15, 2025 at 6:33 PM
TIL that Wolfman in the gaslamp district has karaoke. every. night.

You can use that information however you’d like. #sfn2025
November 15, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Our old friend @parklifeneuro.bsky.social has resurfaced and is already putting some glib, cowardly clown on blast. Just FYI, he is the genuine article, so you can follow him.
I sincerely hope that you or someone you care deeply for never get really sick, but god forbid if they did, then maybe you would understand what incredibly stupid shit just flies out of your piehole.
JD Vance calls ibuprofen "useless medication" and implies it's not "necessary, safe and effective."
November 13, 2025 at 4:46 PM
For all the people who think scientists are getting fat off of federal grants, I would just like to mention that yesterday, at the spry age of 52, I bought the first new car I have ever bought in my life. I don't mean to brag or anything, but it's a 2026 base model Corolla.
November 13, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Vivek Ramaswamy’s face: “oh man give me that sweet sweet copium”
November 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The family says they came to the wrong house on a "tip", demanded to see ID, shot the dog for whatever reason, and bolted, leaving the family as they struggled to save their dogs life. This is inexcusable, but their boss is a known dog murderer. A fish rots from the head.
kfoxtv.com/news/local/e...
El Paso family claims Border Patrol killed their dog during search, CBP reviewing incident
U.S. Customs and Border Protection says they are reviewing a "use of force incident" in El Paso, after a family says a Border Patrol agent unjustifiably shot...
kfoxtv.com
October 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
This article is some of the worst "both sides" trash I
have ever seen. It's written to hide the ball from the reader - just have a look at this graph. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
September 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM
C’mon bro. It’s not exactly subtle. It doesn’t even require a rudimentary grasp of irony, just 4th grade level reading comprehension.
August 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Apropos of nothing... www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1c-...
Revenge of the Nerds (1984) - Alpha Betas Takeover Dorm Scene (HD)
YouTube video by Mr. Marshmello
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June 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
This is astonishingly disrespectful and a colossal waste of resources. This building was purpose built for NSF and completed only in 2016. www.scientificamerican.com/article/trum...
Trump Administration Ousts National Science Foundation from Headquarters Building
Employees at the National Science Foundation say they’ve been blindsided by a plan for the Department of Housing and Urban Development to take over their offices
www.scientificamerican.com
June 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
@drugmonkey.bsky.social 14 equally contributing authors. This has to be a new record, right? www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org
June 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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No Kings NYC
June 14, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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No Kings NYC
June 14, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Does anyone know anything about what is going on at NIDCD?Council met almost a month ago and I have a top scored grant just waiting to be funded. The whole institute has only issued 6 NOAs since then. I have no information about my grant.
June 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Having an argument right now with @alisa-shea.bsky.social about whether Arcade Fire has “always been like this.”
May 12, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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If you call yourself a scientist but willingly admit to being unable to evaluate a preprint (something I teach my undergrads to do) then you need to stop calling yourself a scientist.
There is a lot I disagree with here but perhaps this most of all: “I’ve interviewed dozens of scientists who don’t know how to evaluate preprints, what they can trust, or what they can use in their own research.”
Who’s with me? #PeerReview ensures the integrity of scientific knowledge.

Science isn’t social media, and it’s dangerous to treat it as such. For this reason, I believe preprints serve an anti-science agenda & threaten our fields.

Check out my editorial in @ScholarlyKitchen.bsky.social.

🧪 #SciPub
April 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
April 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Who are these people? This is unacceptable. “We’re the police” OK sure
A different angle showing the kidnapping of Runeysa Ozturk by U.S. secret police in Massachusetts.

(via Daniel Boguslaw on Twitter) x.com/DRBoguslaw/s...
March 27, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.

They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.

From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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the speed at which these guys have broken everything has given a lot of folks who should know better the impression that they are an unstoppable force and the only option is to negotiate the terms of surrender

just because the clown car goes very fast does not mean it isn’t full of clowns
Whatever the immediate fallout of the scandal, what is going to stick around is the impression it gives, of hapless idiots doing ridiculous things. And I think that seriously reduces the appeal of capitulating to these jokers.
March 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
"Cock the hammer it's time for Ash-TON" Glad to have you aboard! @drkingothebeach.bsky.social
March 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
So I have extended the deadline by an hour since certain GenX PIs who struggled to log in the first time didn't understand that they were supposed to vote 👀
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March 18, 2025 at 12:02 AM
@michaelhendricks.bsky.social @nanopharmnc.bsky.social @mattsmear.bsky.social @evolbrain.bsky.social a gentle reminder you have less than 25 minutes to get your votes in
gentle.you
March 17, 2025 at 11:37 PM