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Steve Shea

@neuroshea.bsky.social

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PI at CSHL. Olfaction, audition, and autism. @sheacshl @[email protected] Discogs: http://bit.ly/2xlZLbJ Opinions here are mine alone.

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Steve Shea @neuroshea.bsky.social · Nov 22

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.

Steve Shea @neuroshea.bsky.social · 9d

How about launching a meme coin to fund my lab fully with anonymous donors? Is that cool?

Steve Shea @neuroshea.bsky.social · 9d

I wasn't sure what you meant until I got to this part:

Steve Shea @neuroshea.bsky.social · 12d

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...

Steve Shea @neuroshea.bsky.social · Aug 27

C’mon bro. It’s not exactly subtle. It doesn’t even require a rudimentary grasp of irony, just 4th grade level reading comprehension.

Steve Shea @neuroshea.bsky.social · Aug 8

Awesome! Congratulations Needhi!

Steve Shea @neuroshea.bsky.social · Jun 25

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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Steve Shea @neuroshea.bsky.social · Jun 25

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

Steve Shea @neuroshea.bsky.social · Jun 19

@drugmonkey.bsky.social 14 equally contributing authors. This has to be a new record, right? www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Alisa Shea @alisa-shea.bsky.social · Jun 14

No Kings NYC

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Alisa Shea @alisa-shea.bsky.social · Jun 14

No Kings NYC

Steve Shea @neuroshea.bsky.social · Jun 3

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.

Steve Shea @neuroshea.bsky.social · May 12

I took the “no” position. I think they have become far more annoying and pretentious than they were 15-20 years ago, but she thinks they were always this insufferable.

Steve Shea @neuroshea.bsky.social · May 12

Having an argument right now with @alisa-shea.bsky.social about whether Arcade Fire has “always been like this.”

Steve Shea @neuroshea.bsky.social · May 1

1) is nihilism. How could we ever know anything? And 2) we have plenty of examples of manipulating representations in ways that seem as though they would satisfy your objection. This sounds strange to us, because these issues aren't really up for debate among neuroscientists.

Steve Shea @neuroshea.bsky.social · May 1

1) the fact that there is inference in most biological data, so it is filtered through our instruments and we can never really observe most things and 2) your contention that you can’t manipulate a neural representation with external forces.

Steve Shea @neuroshea.bsky.social · May 1

Please correct me if I am misreading, but it sounds like you are making a legalistic argument about whether you are ontologically committed to the existence of representations based on:

Steve Shea @neuroshea.bsky.social · May 1

I can’t believe I’m actually saying this, because I hate the terminology, but you should really have a look at the hippocampal “engram” work by Steve Ramirez and others. Checks all of T & P’s criteria in one stroke. More thoughts after I finish reading your paper.

Steve Shea @neuroshea.bsky.social · May 1

"Who are you going to believe? Me or your lying instruments?" Also, when the vanguard of your repertoire of scientific examples is somatotopy and delay period activity in working memory tasks, maybe try reading some neuroscience from the past 40 years.

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Dr. Becca @docbecca.bsky.social · Apr 22

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.

Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · Apr 22

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.”

David Green, PhD @ecologistgreen.bsky.social · Apr 17

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

Steve Shea @neuroshea.bsky.social · Apr 21

Steve Shea @neuroshea.bsky.social · Apr 2

I totally agree, but all the PI's not fired trainees are now completely screwed and have to "explore reassignment options," acting as a force multiplier for the carnage.

Steve Shea @neuroshea.bsky.social · Mar 27

Who are these people? This is unacceptable. “We’re the police” OK sure

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · Mar 26

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...

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · Mar 26

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

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Micah @rincewind.run · Mar 25

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

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · Mar 25

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.

Steve Shea @neuroshea.bsky.social · Mar 21

Your wish is granted. open.spotify.com/playlist/7eF...

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