Farid Aboharb
@aboharbf.bsky.social
🇻🇪🇸🇾 Immigrant, RutgersU > TriIMDPhD > Penn Psychiatry. Interested in learning/making cool things.
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Your periodic reminder:
“Elon Musk admitted to his biographer that the reason the Hyperloop was announced—even though he had no intention of pursuing it—was to try to disrupt the California high-speed rail project to get in the way of that actually succeeding.” — @parismarx.com in @gizmodo.com
He’s always been this way.
He’s always been this way.
Silicon Valley's Push Into Transportation Has Been a Miserable Failure
The titans of tech brought plenty of disruption to our broken transportation system but delivered little in the way of innovation.
gizmodo.com
August 7, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Your periodic reminder:
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When I tell you white supremacy is built into every single aspect of American law and you cannot have a single effective movement without taking that into account, shit like “it’s illegal to poison a rich white neighborhood but legal to pollute a poor Black neighborhood” is what I mean.
Today I learned that when sugarcane farmers burn their fields, a “black snow” falls for months on communities downwind. Under FL law, burns are prohibited when the wind is blowing into wealthy, white neighborhoods. They’re only allowed when it’s blowing into poor, majority black areas.
Sugarcane burning is a plague on these Black Floridians
“I like to call it 'structured' racism.”
www.motherjones.com
August 6, 2025 at 5:32 PM
When I tell you white supremacy is built into every single aspect of American law and you cannot have a single effective movement without taking that into account, shit like “it’s illegal to poison a rich white neighborhood but legal to pollute a poor Black neighborhood” is what I mean.
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@chefjoseandres.bsky.social speaks plainly:
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/o...
"people of good conscience must now stop the starvation in Gaza. There is no excuse for the world to stand by and watch two million human beings suffer on the brink of full-blown famine."
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/o...
"people of good conscience must now stop the starvation in Gaza. There is no excuse for the world to stand by and watch two million human beings suffer on the brink of full-blown famine."
Opinion | José Andrés: People of Good Conscience Must Stop the Starvation in Gaza
www.nytimes.com
July 27, 2025 at 4:53 PM
@chefjoseandres.bsky.social speaks plainly:
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/o...
"people of good conscience must now stop the starvation in Gaza. There is no excuse for the world to stand by and watch two million human beings suffer on the brink of full-blown famine."
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/o...
"people of good conscience must now stop the starvation in Gaza. There is no excuse for the world to stand by and watch two million human beings suffer on the brink of full-blown famine."
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My university has announced a fund to essentially poach doctoral students from US institutions. DM me if you do work on the history/social impacts of AI and are interested in being poached 😂
July 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
My university has announced a fund to essentially poach doctoral students from US institutions. DM me if you do work on the history/social impacts of AI and are interested in being poached 😂
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Any Democrat working against Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee, was never a Democrat in the first place. They are moderate Republicans who spent years seeking political power by posing as Democrats in a heavily blue area.
After Zohran Mamdani scored a resounding victory in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary, some in his own party are strategizing about how to defeat him in November.
Zohran Mamdani’s Foes Go to Unusual Lengths to Derail His Mayoral Hopes
After Mr. Mamdani scored a resounding victory in New York City’s Democratic primary, some in his own party are strategizing about how to defeat him in November.
trib.al
July 8, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Any Democrat working against Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee, was never a Democrat in the first place. They are moderate Republicans who spent years seeking political power by posing as Democrats in a heavily blue area.
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New speaker announcement: Joseph Taylor (Harvard University) will present at the Brainclinics TMS Masterclass and Certification Course his latest results and insights titled: From Scalp to Circuit: Evolving TMS Targeting Approaches.
June 3, 2025 at 8:19 AM
New speaker announcement: Joseph Taylor (Harvard University) will present at the Brainclinics TMS Masterclass and Certification Course his latest results and insights titled: From Scalp to Circuit: Evolving TMS Targeting Approaches.
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An excellent analysis of the reactionary mind.
June 28, 2025 at 3:54 AM
An excellent analysis of the reactionary mind.
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This times a thousand, and it's messed up how a political assassination just kind of fell out of the news right away.
A radical Christian just murdered the speaker of a state house but the real worry is the theocratic muslim who said the bus should be cheaper
June 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
This times a thousand, and it's messed up how a political assassination just kind of fell out of the news right away.
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Zohran Mamdani, who just bested Cuomo in mayoralty primary, wants to bring universal "school-streets" (school-proximate streets closed to cars + trucks) to #NYC.
That's made things a whole lot safer, and healthier, for kids in #Paris and #London, but until now, it's been a non-starter in the US.
That's made things a whole lot safer, and healthier, for kids in #Paris and #London, but until now, it's been a non-starter in the US.
June 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Rents going up? “Don’t build apartments”
Rents going down? “Don’t build apartments”
Rents going down? “Don’t build apartments”
Hey folks, we built enough so that rents are coming down ever so slightly. It’s a slippery slope.
The best time to stop building was yesterday but the second best time is now.
The best time to stop building was yesterday but the second best time is now.
June 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Rents going up? “Don’t build apartments”
Rents going down? “Don’t build apartments”
Rents going down? “Don’t build apartments”
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One thing I’ve decided during this creative & inspiring week in Paris — it’s time to write my 1st book. On cities & better city-building obviously. Might be 2 books actually, since I don’t know which of my 2 ideas to do first.
Any advice from authors out there? Like should I get an agent or not?
Any advice from authors out there? Like should I get an agent or not?
June 23, 2025 at 3:23 AM
One thing I’ve decided during this creative & inspiring week in Paris — it’s time to write my 1st book. On cities & better city-building obviously. Might be 2 books actually, since I don’t know which of my 2 ideas to do first.
Any advice from authors out there? Like should I get an agent or not?
Any advice from authors out there? Like should I get an agent or not?
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the thing with Mamdani is that he’s obviously an incredible political talent - the campaign he’s run has been extremely impressive even if you don’t like his policies
the party should be delighted, and that they’re instead pulling out all the stops to beat him speaks volumes
the party should be delighted, and that they’re instead pulling out all the stops to beat him speaks volumes
June 22, 2025 at 6:59 PM
the thing with Mamdani is that he’s obviously an incredible political talent - the campaign he’s run has been extremely impressive even if you don’t like his policies
the party should be delighted, and that they’re instead pulling out all the stops to beat him speaks volumes
the party should be delighted, and that they’re instead pulling out all the stops to beat him speaks volumes
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Thank you to everyone in the lab for celebrating my promotion to full professor!
I am grateful for all that we have accomplished together and look forward to many more years of discovery 🧪 (plus plenty of cakes 🍰) ahead.
I am grateful for all that we have accomplished together and look forward to many more years of discovery 🧪 (plus plenty of cakes 🍰) ahead.
June 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Thank you to everyone in the lab for celebrating my promotion to full professor!
I am grateful for all that we have accomplished together and look forward to many more years of discovery 🧪 (plus plenty of cakes 🍰) ahead.
I am grateful for all that we have accomplished together and look forward to many more years of discovery 🧪 (plus plenty of cakes 🍰) ahead.
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HAPPENING NOW: A sea of protesters have gathered in Ann Arbor, Michigan for a “No Kings Day” rally against Donald Trump (Video: WXYZ-TV)
June 14, 2025 at 9:09 PM
HAPPENING NOW: A sea of protesters have gathered in Ann Arbor, Michigan for a “No Kings Day” rally against Donald Trump (Video: WXYZ-TV)
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U.S. people: Be sure to turn out for No Kings Day protests tomorrow (Sat June 14) afternoon, google the one nearest you. With all that's happening on so many fronts, not least the movements toward authoritarian martial law amidst widespread raids of working people, it matters now more than ever.
June 13, 2025 at 10:40 PM
U.S. people: Be sure to turn out for No Kings Day protests tomorrow (Sat June 14) afternoon, google the one nearest you. With all that's happening on so many fronts, not least the movements toward authoritarian martial law amidst widespread raids of working people, it matters now more than ever.
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💯!!!
U.S. people: Be sure to turn out for No Kings Day protests tomorrow (Sat June 14) afternoon, google the one nearest you. With all that's happening on so many fronts, not least the movements toward authoritarian martial law amidst widespread raids of working people, it matters now more than ever.
June 13, 2025 at 11:03 PM
💯!!!
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Sen. Alex Padilla: "If this is how this DHS responds to a senator with a question, I can only imagine what they're doing to farmers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California and throughout the country. We will hold this administration accountable."
June 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Sen. Alex Padilla: "If this is how this DHS responds to a senator with a question, I can only imagine what they're doing to farmers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California and throughout the country. We will hold this administration accountable."
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If only the pros outweighed the cons.
June 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM
If only the pros outweighed the cons.
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Delighted to announce our CogSci '25 workshop at the interface between cognitive science and design 🧠🖌️!
We're calling it: 🏺Minds in the Making🏺
🔗 minds-making.github.io
June – July 2024, free & open to the public
(all career stages, all disciplines)
We're calling it: 🏺Minds in the Making🏺
🔗 minds-making.github.io
June – July 2024, free & open to the public
(all career stages, all disciplines)
June 6, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Delighted to announce our CogSci '25 workshop at the interface between cognitive science and design 🧠🖌️!
We're calling it: 🏺Minds in the Making🏺
🔗 minds-making.github.io
June – July 2024, free & open to the public
(all career stages, all disciplines)
We're calling it: 🏺Minds in the Making🏺
🔗 minds-making.github.io
June – July 2024, free & open to the public
(all career stages, all disciplines)
Good to see this awesome work out!
Hot off the press! We found that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) induces a previously undescribed, second brain event after seizure, called cortical spreading depolarization (CSD), using optical neuroimaging in both a mouse model to human patients. 🧵 below!
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Electroconvulsive therapy generates a postictal wave of spreading depolarization in mice and humans - Nature Communications
The underlying mechanism of electroconvulsive therapy remains not fully understood. Here, the authors use optical neuroimaging in mice and humans to show that electroconvulsive therapy elicits a secon...
doi.org
May 30, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Good to see this awesome work out!
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New evidence shows electroconvulsive therapy triggers a brain event called cortical spreading depolarization, challenging previous assumptions about how ECT achieves its therapeutic effects. doi.org/g9mnvt
Electroconvulsive therapy's 'hard reset' effect: Brain wave discovery challenges long-held assumption
During his third-year psychiatry clerkship as a medical student, Zach Rosenthal, MD, Ph.D., was part of a team providing care to a young man with schizophrenia and severe catatonia.
medicalxpress.com
May 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
New evidence shows electroconvulsive therapy triggers a brain event called cortical spreading depolarization, challenging previous assumptions about how ECT achieves its therapeutic effects. doi.org/g9mnvt
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Welcome to Trump's America, where you can bribe the president in exchange for legal immunity.
The United States was founded on the principle that everyone is subject equally to the law. MAGA is converting us into a mafia state, a haven for obscene criminality.
The United States was founded on the principle that everyone is subject equally to the law. MAGA is converting us into a mafia state, a haven for obscene criminality.
May 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Welcome to Trump's America, where you can bribe the president in exchange for legal immunity.
The United States was founded on the principle that everyone is subject equally to the law. MAGA is converting us into a mafia state, a haven for obscene criminality.
The United States was founded on the principle that everyone is subject equally to the law. MAGA is converting us into a mafia state, a haven for obscene criminality.
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The latest issue of Lancet Psychiatry contains a profile of me, in which they describe me as “one of the discipline’s foremost public intellectuals”!!!
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
May 15, 2025 at 12:49 AM
The latest issue of Lancet Psychiatry contains a profile of me, in which they describe me as “one of the discipline’s foremost public intellectuals”!!!
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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SPRINGSTEEN, on tour in the UK:
“.. "In my home, the America I love, the America I’ve written about, that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous administration."
@variety.com
variety.com/2025/music/n...
“.. "In my home, the America I love, the America I’ve written about, that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous administration."
@variety.com
variety.com/2025/music/n...
May 14, 2025 at 11:15 PM
SPRINGSTEEN, on tour in the UK:
“.. "In my home, the America I love, the America I’ve written about, that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous administration."
@variety.com
variety.com/2025/music/n...
“.. "In my home, the America I love, the America I’ve written about, that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous administration."
@variety.com
variety.com/2025/music/n...