Josh Rodefer
@rodefer.bsky.social
Neuroscientist interested in cognition & pharmacology; BS Denison, PhD Minnesota; dad/husband/Pgh sports, #angret 🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇪🇺
Reposted by Josh Rodefer
Well, well, well, imagine this:
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Well, well, well, imagine this:
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Reposted by Josh Rodefer
Reposted by Josh Rodefer
Hang onto these pictures because Hegseth will have the offending sign removed as soon as he sobers up today.
November 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Hang onto these pictures because Hegseth will have the offending sign removed as soon as he sobers up today.
Reposted by Josh Rodefer
This is bonkers.
Awards will now be made independent of peer review decisions?
Determinations will be made by who precisely? A political commissar (politruk)?
Awards will now be made independent of peer review decisions?
Determinations will be made by who precisely? A political commissar (politruk)?
November 21, 2025 at 8:44 PM
This is bonkers.
Awards will now be made independent of peer review decisions?
Determinations will be made by who precisely? A political commissar (politruk)?
Awards will now be made independent of peer review decisions?
Determinations will be made by who precisely? A political commissar (politruk)?
Reposted by Josh Rodefer
Science PSA: Never abbreviate “analysis” as “anal”. Ever.
November 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Science PSA: Never abbreviate “analysis” as “anal”. Ever.
short sighted at best....NHP research has been instrumental in the development of new treatments for human conditions (as well as other animals conditions/diseases as well).
EXCLUSIVE: CDC to end all monkey studies. Decision handed down by recent college grad and former DOGE employee who is now deputy chief of staff at the agency. Animals were being used in studies of HIV prevention. Some may be euthanized. My latest for @science.org
Exclusive: CDC to end all monkey research
Studies related to HIV and other infectious diseases will be phased out, sources say; fate of the agency's animals remains unclear
www.science.org
November 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
short sighted at best....NHP research has been instrumental in the development of new treatments for human conditions (as well as other animals conditions/diseases as well).
Reposted by Josh Rodefer
"The Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika as a hate symbol.
"Instead, the Coast Guard will classify the Nazi insignia as 'potentially divisive' under its new guidelines.
"The new policy similarly downgrades the definition of nooses and the Confederate flag."
Free link wapo.st/3Mbd9a6
"Instead, the Coast Guard will classify the Nazi insignia as 'potentially divisive' under its new guidelines.
"The new policy similarly downgrades the definition of nooses and the Confederate flag."
Free link wapo.st/3Mbd9a6
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
wapo.st
November 20, 2025 at 6:36 PM
"The Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika as a hate symbol.
"Instead, the Coast Guard will classify the Nazi insignia as 'potentially divisive' under its new guidelines.
"The new policy similarly downgrades the definition of nooses and the Confederate flag."
Free link wapo.st/3Mbd9a6
"Instead, the Coast Guard will classify the Nazi insignia as 'potentially divisive' under its new guidelines.
"The new policy similarly downgrades the definition of nooses and the Confederate flag."
Free link wapo.st/3Mbd9a6
Reposted by Josh Rodefer
A last-minute addition slipped into the sweeping legislation that reopened the federal government last week to end the longest shutdown in US history has thrown the multibillion-dollar CBD market into disarray. https://cnn.it/4895MY8
November 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
A last-minute addition slipped into the sweeping legislation that reopened the federal government last week to end the longest shutdown in US history has thrown the multibillion-dollar CBD market into disarray. https://cnn.it/4895MY8
Reposted by Josh Rodefer
Jeffrey Epstein survivors released a new video urging Congress to vote to release the Epstein files
November 17, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Jeffrey Epstein survivors released a new video urging Congress to vote to release the Epstein files
What perfect album came out the year you were 16?
November 17, 2025 at 1:09 AM
What perfect album came out the year you were 16?
Reposted by Josh Rodefer
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Reposted by Josh Rodefer
T/L cleanser: @randyrainbow.bsky.social knows a Big Phony Smuck when he sees one! bsky.app/profile/rand...
November 15, 2025 at 3:34 AM
T/L cleanser: @randyrainbow.bsky.social knows a Big Phony Smuck when he sees one! bsky.app/profile/rand...
Reposted by Josh Rodefer
Such an important point, from p. 11 of Jim Ryan's letter (link below). Universities, law firms, & NGOs have been inundated w EOs & other demands since Jan. 20th insisting that they cease any behavior inconsistent w the "president's priorities." But the president is not the law, not in this country!
November 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Such an important point, from p. 11 of Jim Ryan's letter (link below). Universities, law firms, & NGOs have been inundated w EOs & other demands since Jan. 20th insisting that they cease any behavior inconsistent w the "president's priorities." But the president is not the law, not in this country!
I believe you’re referring to Cankles Hand-Bruise Dementia McGee
JD Vance: "I serve under Donald Trump, who is very healthy. If I served under Joe Biden, I'd probably be worried every minute of every day that he was gonna croak and that I'd have to become president."
November 14, 2025 at 2:51 AM
I believe you’re referring to Cankles Hand-Bruise Dementia McGee
Friends don’t let friends take jobs in the UT system #SorryNotSorry
“Texas A&M University System regents voted Thursday to limit how instructors may discuss matters like gender identity and race ideology in classrooms, tightening the rules in a conservative state where debates over academic freedom have flared for months.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Friends don’t let friends take jobs in the UT system #SorryNotSorry
What a stupid asshat. 🙄
JD Vance calls ibuprofen "useless medication" and implies it's not "necessary, safe and effective."
November 12, 2025 at 11:44 PM
What a stupid asshat. 🙄
Reposted by Josh Rodefer
Impeach
NEW: Jeffrey Epstein said in emails that he had been advising the Russian government on how to deal with Donald Trump, one of several cases in which he wielded his connections to try to influence the course of foreign affairs. w @nahaltoosi
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 12, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Impeach
Sad on so many levels … but inspiring that other countries are stepping up
Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Early Career Rescue Fellowship
www.uni-konstanz.de
November 11, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Sad on so many levels … but inspiring that other countries are stepping up
when your most important ally doesn't trust you, maybe you should rethink some of your actions and behaviors.
Huge. And I am reminded of an excellent paper from years ago by Ashley Deeks on “Peer Constraints” — papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
www.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
when your most important ally doesn't trust you, maybe you should rethink some of your actions and behaviors.
Sen AOC?
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Sen AOC?
Reposted by Josh Rodefer
Shapiro: He rose to some prominence by writing a book about growing up in Appalachia, where there are a whole lot of people who get SNAP. He made millions of dollars off telling their stories, and then he turned his damn back on those very people he likes to write about and claim as his own.
November 8, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Reposted by Josh Rodefer
Brother Warnock lays it plain.
November 6, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Brother Warnock lays it plain.
Is Trump ill? He seems like he’s not up for the demands of the job. #SleepyDon
November 7, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Is Trump ill? He seems like he’s not up for the demands of the job. #SleepyDon
Reposted by Josh Rodefer
And now, an important announcement from Captain Jean Luc Picard.
November 7, 2025 at 7:31 AM
And now, an important announcement from Captain Jean Luc Picard.
Reposted by Josh Rodefer
and there it is. the absolutely massive change in R01s funded multi-year. our perceptions that the new mandate, sorry strong suggestion, has had a dramatic effect on forward funding and therefore success rates is validated.
2025
Here the largest fraction is for R01 awards, followed by RF1s, and R21s.
In most cases, these were R01s that had not particularly reason to be forward funded except that NIH had put itself in a situation when large amounts of funding needed to be committed by the end of the fiscal year
21/25
Here the largest fraction is for R01 awards, followed by RF1s, and R21s.
In most cases, these were R01s that had not particularly reason to be forward funded except that NIH had put itself in a situation when large amounts of funding needed to be committed by the end of the fiscal year
21/25
November 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
and there it is. the absolutely massive change in R01s funded multi-year. our perceptions that the new mandate, sorry strong suggestion, has had a dramatic effect on forward funding and therefore success rates is validated.