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Aaron Wolfe @adwolfe.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

This has fascinating implications for how concepts are represented in our brain or in general.

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cta @chicagocta.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

If your girl...
-Travels all over the city with you
-picks you up
-opens the door for you
That's not your girl
that's a bus

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Sort of insane fact about how broken US urban planning is—America now spends more building *just the lights for roads and highways* than on all subways & ground mass transit combined Spending on roadway *pavement* is 18x transit spending

a graph of roadway and mass transit lights

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Aaron Wolfe @adwolfe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

(these are from a list of top 10 El Niños ranked by ONI strength, there may be other El Niño years I forgot)

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Aaron Wolfe @adwolfe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Yeah if you visit climate reanalyzer you can turn years on and off -- here are just the recent El Niño years: 1982, 1986, 1991, 1997, 2002, 2009, 2015, 2023, and 2026 so far

A plot of Daily Sea Surface Temperature in the Niño 3.4 region for the years 1982, 1986, 1991, 1997, 2002, 2009, 2015, 2023, and 2026, with 2026 highlighted in red, showing that the current sea surface reading for this year is around 30C versus the next highest measured reading of 28.9C, which occurred in 1997. The red line for 2026 has been trending higher than all previous El Niño years since around June.

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Aaron Wolfe @adwolfe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

there will always be people who prefer "human music" just like there are hipster indie heads now, but I agree that probably about 75-85% of all music we hear on a daily basis (in commercials, in movies, in stores etc) will be AI generated

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Ryan Cummings @weakinstrument.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

1/n: Because of record-breaking diesel prices, the Trump Admin is reportedly considering a diesel export ban. There is one part of the country that this would squeeze tremendously, risking physical shortages that would prevent people from heating their homes in winter: New England (PADD 1A).

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Aaron Wolfe @adwolfe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Yeah that's what makes it tricky--we don't know where consciousness *is* in the brain so we can't really say whether or when it is happening or not. We can barely say how general anesthesia works. There is a pretty active area of research on understanding the neuroscience of consciousness.

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Aaron Wolfe @adwolfe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

If you are blackout drunk after a night out and you stumble home, unlock your front door, manage to make a peanut butter sandwich, brush your teeth and crawl into bed... did you experience cognition without consciousness? I don't have a good answer, but if asked I'd probably say yes.

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Micah Warren @micah541.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

cloak and dagger navier stokes cims.nyu.edu/~tristanb/st...

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 17/08/2026

1. Recently I’ve received lots of emails from people I don’t know personally, asking for my feedback on their books or papers. They explain the connection between my work and theirs and ask me to take a look. The catch, of course, is that the emails are transparently, obviously, written by AI.

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Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I wouldn't call myself a cartoonist, but I had the vision and just needed it to be on paper to the best of my ability.

A hand drawn eight panel cartoon. First two panels are a colander sitting frowning on a shelf. Then the colander is frowning straining pasta, then three more panels of frowning sitting on a shelf. Then a big panel where it's projecting a bunch of crescent eclipse shapes and smiling with speech bubbles around saying "Wow! Look! Amazing! Beautiful!" And then one final panel where it's sitting on a shelf smiling.

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Aaron Wolfe @adwolfe.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Distributing security lines away from the airport is a clever idea! One of those "so obvious in hindsight" situations

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

A statement from the Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee on the proposed OMB regulations. www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/majorit... 1/3

appropriations.senate.gov

Sen. Collins Asks OMB to Withdraw Parts of Grant Rule, Extend Comment Period | United States Senate Committee on Appropriations

United States Senate Committee on Appropriations

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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

UPDATE: We learned that the folks behind Project 2025, are encouraging their base to write comments in favor of the rule. This suggests our efforts are working and they are shaken. IT ALSO MEANS WE NEED TO GO OUT WITH A BANG. MAKE YOUR COMMENT TODAY!!!

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Aaron Wolfe @adwolfe.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

I love learning such odd little quirks about the world. Like in this case--it seems a global phenomenon that retired engineers are wont to rewrite Relativity in their own terms.

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Aaron Wolfe @adwolfe.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

they don't mention it in their Locations or FAQs (they totally should)... so not a guarantee

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Aaron Wolfe @adwolfe.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Given all the news lately my first thought reading this in my timeline was "oh no not another one"

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

3500 comments have been recorded so far and there are hundreds of thousands of scientists in the US--its time for everyone to step up NOW OR NEVER 🧪

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Aaron Wolfe @adwolfe.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

important for anyone seeking or planning to seek federal funding in the US

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

I heard from several sources yesterday that NIH is planning to release a Request for Information (RFI) that apparently will include this: Scores and percentiles for NIH grant applications will not be shared with applicants although they will be provided to NIH program officers and staff. 1/3

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Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

We’re excited to announce #Worm27 will be in Kobe, Japan, July 18–22, 2027. Join the global Worm community for science, collaboration, and connection in a stunning city between mountains and sea. Save the date—Kobe awaits! What are you most excited for? Tell us below.⬇️

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Sholto David @sholtodavid.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Earlier this week I posted an example of a fake western blot provided by ThermoFisher to demonstrate the validity of a p53 antibody. I considered it an amusing curiosity. In fact Thermo Fisher Scientific has systematically manipulated antibody validation data!

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Aaron Wolfe @adwolfe.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

I'm a big believer in using the right system for the right problem! This is a great review of alternative models for neuroscience research

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Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Sometimes you just get that shot. Anna's hummingbird with a little friend, in my yard. Davis, CA. #birds #ants

Anna's hummingbird hovering. Facing to the right. With a small ant on the tip of its bill.

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Aaron Wolfe @adwolfe.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

I mostly still use Google out of habit, but this is getting absolutely ridiculous. Open to suggestions for a new default search engine for my home page.

theverge.com

Google Search is now using AI to replace headlines

Let us know if you see more.

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Tim Lohman @lohman.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

From my institution. The OVCR released guidance today re the 2024 NIH Public Access Policy, specifically the applicability of the Government Use License/Federal Purpose License: research.washu.edu/topics/publi...

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Public Access | Research | WashU

Requirement that investigators submit final peer-reviewed journal manuscripts that arise from NIH funds to the digital archive PubMed Central

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Aaron Wolfe @adwolfe.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

all lupins have a ton of alkaloids I believe--usually require long soaking periods before eating. i once had to soak a batch of lupins for nearly 2 weeks before the bitter flavor was removed

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Natalie Christie Peluso 🧠 @nataliepeluso.com · 28/12/2025

Upping this because it's an important read: results suggest there are spatially distributed brain areas which appear to use oxygen *more efficiently* during tasks, especially in the DMN - which is contrary to the assumptions made by conventional BOLD. 🧠🧶 #neuroskyence

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Statement from the American Academy of Neurology: “This decision was made without consulting key neurology stakeholders, and there was no formal announcement nor a clear succession plan for NINDS leadership. NINDS plays a vital role in funding and directing research into the brain”

aan.com

Statement on Sudden Departure of NINDS Director

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Mike Greicius @mikegreicius.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

🧪 #neuroskyence Walter Koroshetz was a steady hand at the helm of NINDS over the last decade (and especially over the last year which must have felt like a decade to him). I'm sorry to see him go and shudder at the prospect of a Jay Bhattacharya-endorsed replacement. www.statnews.com/2025/12/27/n...

statnews.com

Director of NIH neurological disorders institute is ousted, adding to leadership churn

Walter Koroshetz, director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, will soon be leaving his role, STAT has learned. His departure

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Aaron Wolfe @adwolfe.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

"[Students] have not been given the opportunity to think about why education is worthwhile or even what it truly is, and they experience significant anxiety about their work as students." Really good article with lots of good ideas: mattdinan.substack.com/p/the-ai-ske...

mattdinan.substack.com

Permission Structures

How AI-skeptic Professors Can Still Help Students Write Papers

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Python Software Foundation @python.org · 27/10/2025

TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-... 🧵

python.org

The official home of the Python Programming Language

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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Any academic folks on H1B visas (even with stamps in passports) please get legal advice from your University attorneys before leaving the US.

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Aaron Wolfe @adwolfe.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Incidentally I saw both crab and this post on Discover so my Like wasn't even from a follower!

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Aaron Wolfe @adwolfe.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

This is probably one of the best retorts I've seen to justifying science anywhere. Taken from here: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

A caption from an Article in Nature. The headline is: "What’s a surprising question that you are asked about your job?" The text reads:
"People often ask us to justify why we do our work or explain its broader benefit to society. I often retort with: “No one asks an accountant, or someone making money from money, what their greater purpose is.” Yet, someone like me working to conserve frogs is treated as if that’s not a real job. I’m not tired of justifying that what I do is important, because we are saving species from the face of extinction. But I do enjoy making people laugh with that joke, because it’s true."

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Neil Lawrence @lawrennd.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Close call at 39,000 ft. On the perils of 'vibe coding' through BA WiFi while flying to Nairobi ...

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

I offer only this and only once with a huge YMMV caveat: If people telling you to rage quit are not also inviting you into something — be it their organization, their strategy, their active movement — it isn’t a real call to action. It’s a (maybe righteous) temper tantrum.

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Aaron Wolfe @adwolfe.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

This place is incredible and I highly recommend it!

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Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

This story should not have been published. They hint at an accusation (Mamdani said he is black to get into a fancy college) they can't back up. That this was published tells me that Mamdani's most important opponent may not be Cuomo or Adams but a paper whose NEWS section will run stuff like this.

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BluesterB @bluesterb.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Good call.

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Heard Island Government @heardislandgov.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Defence Ministry Update: Border surveillance has not detected any abnormal activity. We stand rock-hop-ready to rock, set to defend ourselves against all threats both foreign and domestic (elephant seals mainly)

Penguin looking through telephoto camera lense

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

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Eamon Javers @eamonjavers.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

One big point amid all the headlines: I was texting with press secretary Karoline Leavitt during the event and she confirms that the 34 percent tariff on China is ON TOP of the previous 20 percent. So that means the rate on China will be *54* percent when these tariffs take effect.

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hi, no thanks @hmmvryintrstng.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

james surowiecki has discovered where the completely fabricated trump tariff rate has come from for each country "...for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us."

Just figured out where these fake tariff rates come from. They didn't actually calculate tariff rates + non-tariff barriers, as they say they did. Instead, for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us.

So we have a $17.9 billion trade deficit with Indonesia. Its exports to us are $28 billion. $17.9/$28 = 64%, which Trump claims is the tariff rate Indonesia charges us. What extraordinary nonsense this is.

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

More in "bloodbaths": Per a source, the National Institute on Aging's leadership has been "decimated," including deputy director Amy Kelly and scientific director Luigi Ferrucci. And apparently acquisitions teams across all of NIH have been fired.

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