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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 5h

Couch. People from PDX will understand.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 12h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Heinrich Gompf @hgompf.bsky.social · 4h

She flies with her own wings?

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 8h

“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”

Marco Rubio whispers into Donald Trump's ear.

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 11h

Yep. He’s right. No stores in Portland anymore. I can only eat the food that grows in my garden. And I sew all my own clothing. It’s rough here.

Or….maybe grandpa’s dementia is getting the best of him

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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lajudge.bsky.social @lajudge.bsky.social · 11h

If their bloc attire looks like it’s brand new from Lululemon, that’s a huge clue.

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Quinn Eastman @qeastman.bsky.social · 14h

My brain is boggling at how scientists are still finding clusters of neurons that they didn't know about before. In the parabrachial nucleus, no less. In my book I described the PBN as the fusebox in the basement #neuroscience

Nature @nature.com · 14h

The newfound ensemble of neurons could lead to therapies to treat persistent pain

go.nature.com/4gZHzrv

Brain area linked to chronic pain discovered — offering hope for treatments

The newfound ensemble of neurons could lead to therapies to treat persistent pain, which affects roughly one of five people globally.

go.nature.com

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Sofajunkie @bserienjunkie.bsky.social · 17h

Volkswagen gekauft, kein Volk drin. Das ist Betrug.
#VeggieWurst

Der Bikey @derbikey.bsky.social · 17h

Prinzenrolle gekauft, komplett aufgefressen, kein Prinz drin. Das ist Betrug.
#VeggieWurst

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Gen. JC Christian @genjcchristian.bsky.social · 2d

Intelligence officials confirm that aluminum tubes used to produce nuclear weapons have been found in Portland.

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Heinrich Gompf @hgompf.bsky.social · 16d

Will this interfere with the rapture?

Heinrich Gompf @hgompf.bsky.social · 16d

The Role of Sleep in Dementia Prevention: Building the Case for Causality

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Validate User

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 17d

Today is World #AlzheimersDay
A note of optimism @science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Heinrich Gompf @hgompf.bsky.social · 17d

Excellent news, the day before flying to Yurp.

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Disruption continues at Heathrow, Brussels and Berlin airports after cyber-attack

Zaventem asks airlines to cancel half of Monday departures, while most of Heathrow flights expected to operate

www.theguardian.com

Heinrich Gompf @hgompf.bsky.social · 18d

youtu.be/OkvjhWirED8?...

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Heinrich Gompf @hgompf.bsky.social · 19d

with the all-important "DO NOT USE" label still intact

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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 19d

Verbatim: "White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson described Mr Swain as a "longtime Democrat donor who has spent hundreds of dollars supporting liberal politicians, including loser Kamala Harris, with radical climate policies that the American people have repeatedly rejected."

Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 20d

Indeed. Earlier this summer, the White House did this to me, as a scientific expert source in media, and issued a formal statement regarding my personal campaign contribution history in an attempt to discredit my commentary on wildfire, climate, and federal policy. Yet more alarm bells ringing...

Amy Kristin Sanders @amykristinsanders.bsky.social · 20d

I had this exact same experience this morning. Same reporter as Heidi.

This is *not* normal.

I have spoken to the press on these issues for two decades. No government official has ever demanded to know my identity in order to give a comment on a story.

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Heinrich Gompf @hgompf.bsky.social · 19d

Cannabis and sleep architecture: A systematic review and meta-analysis

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A follow-up to this SRS podcast:

sleepresearchsocietypodcast.podbean.com/e/srs-podcas...

Cannabis and sleep architecture: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Cannabis use for sleep is increasingly prevalent, yet its effects on sleep architecture remain unclear. This systematic review and meta-analysis exami…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Heinrich Gompf @hgompf.bsky.social · 20d

I really hate this new trend. Having spent a part of my life learning how to fly and thinking of making it a profession, it frustrates the hell out of me to not be able to look out the window. I usually try to get a window seat to preempt anyone else from closing the shade.

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bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 21d

Automated Locus Coeruleus segmentation and age-related signal changes across Neuromelanin-sensitive MRI and T1/T2-weighted images https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.12.675918v1

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Heinrich Gompf @hgompf.bsky.social · 21d

The role of orexin and MCH neurons in the hypothalamus in sleep-wake regulation and learning-forgetting balance

www.frontiersin.org/journals/neu...

Frontiers | The role of orexin and MCH neurons in the hypothalamus in sleep-wake regulation and learning-forgetting balance

Orexin (Orx) and melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) neurons in the lateral hypothalamic area are central to regulating the sleep-wake cycle and coordinating...

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Heinrich Gompf @hgompf.bsky.social · 22d

Predator odor avoidance test in the open field outside the building where we do our behavioral experiments.

Heinrich Gompf @hgompf.bsky.social · 22d

No need to worry about batteries with sodium nitrate concentrators. They're putting them up all over the Gobi desert / Hexi corridor (along areas that aren't very scenic and already have a highway and other things like wind farms).

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Heinrich Gompf @hgompf.bsky.social · 22d

The paper itself:

www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...

The how and why of sleep: Motor theory and catecholamine hypothesis

This perspective examines sleep’s mechanism (“how”) and function (“why”). The motor theory posits that sleep is governed by distributed motor-control circuits; the catecholamine hypothesis identifies ...

www.cell.com

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Heinrich Gompf @hgompf.bsky.social · 22d

I have an entire lecture just on the history of sleep research for the undergrads. It helps orient them to the material that follows, but it still feels like it only scratches the surface and leads to one specific direction that I want the class to go in.

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Quinn Eastman @qeastman.bsky.social · 22d

This review is wonderful, but it is a reminder that the history of 20th century #sleep research is difficult to fit into a paragraph; it's much more unruly once you dive into it @kenmillerwrites.bsky.social

Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 22d

Why do we sleep? And how?
The 2 theories, broken down
cell.com/neuron/fullt...

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Vlad Vyazovskiy @vyazovskiy.bsky.social · 23d

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Bidirectional modulation of sleep and wakefulness via prefrontal cortical chemogenetics

The drive to sleep is inescapable but its biological substrate remains largely elusive. Until recently, the search for sleep centres in the mammalian brain focussed on subcortical neurons that promote...

www.biorxiv.org

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