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Nori Jacoby @norijacoby.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Excited to share our new research—led by @harinlee.info —using rare @researchdeezer.bsky.social data to uncover how music choices reflect both individual preferences and city-level cultural patterns. A unique collaboration between science and industry! 🎶📊 #BigData @co3lab.bsky.social

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Gasser Elbanna @gelbanna.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

At Frontiers in NeuroAI symposium @kempnerinstitute.bsky.social, I will be presenting a poster entitled "A Model of Continuous Phoneme Recognition Reveals the Role of Context in Human Speech Perception" (Poster #17). Work done with @joshhmcdermott.bsky.social. #NeuroAI2025 🧵1/4

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Hector Diaz @iamhectordiaz.com · 08/05/2025

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

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Rebecca Saxe @rebeccasaxe.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

In case you missed CDS last week, here is the preprint for Young-Eun Lee's presentation:, "Children learn what is right or wrong selectively from a legitimate authority’s punishment" osf.io/preprints/os...

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Hannah Mechtenberg @hannahmech.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

New science alert!!! Myself, Shawn Cummings, Sahil Luthra, & @emilymyers.bsky.social tested whether monetary reward during talker-specific phonetic recalibration biased listeners to learn more about one talker vs another. The results are complicated? doi.org/10.3758/s13414-025-03048-z (1/thread)

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Cents and shenshibility: The role of reward in talker-specific phonetic recalibration - Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics

To what degree might speech perception be affected by factors external to the speech signal? Here, we consider whether listeners consider the value of individual talkers (e.g., a person that is import...

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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

BREAKING: NSF has frozen all grant funding, as of yesterday. It's unclear when they will resume funding awards, or why the pause has been put in place. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones

US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.

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Yohan J John @dryohanjohn.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Amodei: "For several years, we [...] have been trying to solve this problem, to create the analogue of a highly precise and accurate MRI that would fully reveal the inner workings of an AI model." Neuroimaging folks: "How do we break this to you..." www.darioamodei.com/post/the-urg...

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Dario Amodei — The Urgency of Interpretability

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Eliezyer de Oliveira @eliezyer.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Does your research involve comparing experimental conditions? Then our latest publication is for you: We developed generalized contrastive PCA (gcPCA), a tool for comparing high-dimensional datasets. 🧠📊 doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012747 This tool was born out of necessity, here is the story. 🧵 1/

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Matti Vuorre @matti.vuorre.com · 10/04/2025

100%. I admit only having one up at prereview.org but plan to do a whole lot more. Also I'd imagine the role of editors will become even more important in terms of discovery as soon as we move to the preprints-as-primary model. So we need platforms for editorializing as well as preprint peer review.

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PREreview: Open preprint reviews. For all researchers.

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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 10/04/2025

#RECALL: About 250K Fisher-Price Brunch & Go Stroller Toys recalled. The yolk of the toy egg can crack and create small parts, posing a choking hazard to young children. Get replacement toy. CONTACT: 855-853-6224 or at www.service.mattel.com. More: cpsc.gov/Recalls/2025...

Recalled Brunch & Go Stroller Toy and tag with model number

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 09/04/2025

Published an op-ed for @cnn.com: “Nobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger.” A personal reflection on what’s at stake as science funding gets slashed. I’d be grateful if you could amplify both in and beyond the science world. www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/h...

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Nobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger | CNN

Dr. Ardem Patapoutian says he watches “with deep sadness as the United States’ remarkable scientific enterprise, which took generations of hard work and national investment to build, faces a concerted...

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Nancy Kanwisher @nancykanwisher.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

At least 10 principal researchers at NIH have been fired, including Richard Youle, winner of the Breakthrough Prize for his groundbreaking research identifying mechanisms behind Parkinson’s disease. Is this making America great? www.wired.com/story/doctor...

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Doctor Behind Award-Winning Parkinson’s Research Among Scientists Purged From NIH

Leading scientists at the National Institutes of Health, the US’s leading medical research agency, were swept up Tuesday in the Trump administration’s latest firing blitz.

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Not sure if this has been shared here yet, but this is video of Rumeysa Ozturk's arrest posted by WCVB. It's terrifying.

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Brittany Charlton @britshmit.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

🚨 ALL my remaining NIH grants were just terminated Without philanthropic gifts, this is the end of 1️⃣ my career (as I know it) 2️⃣ @lgbtqhealthexce.bsky.social 3️⃣ our LGBTQ health equity work Yet, reading about LGBTQ families in my kid's class reminded me: love knows no bounds 🌈 You with us?

Mother and daughter smiling while holding a book titled "Sam is my Sister"

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Nancy Kanwisher @nancykanwisher.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Here are six examples of how foreign visitors to the US with no criminal record are being treated: 1. Mahmoud Khalil, a green card holding student with no criminal record married to an American is abducted by ICE and is still in detention over a week later. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/n... ......

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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

I decided to start a #thread 🧵 of stories about legal residents and tourists being (illegally) arrested, detained and/or deported by the Trump regime. I'll only post stories from serious sources, as rumors and conspiracies are really not needed in this authoritarian moment.

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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

We don't spend a penny on marketing. It's all word of mouth for @costplusdrugs.com That's how we keep prices so low. Please spread the word !

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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

We need to organize--let’s help each other. NIH is cancelling grants, but it's not clear exactly what they're cancelling and why. Without this information, we can't respond. I've started a Google Sheet to track grant cancellations. Please add any canceled grants you know of and spread the word!

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Rescinded NIH Grants

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the beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Trump claimed the Biden administration spent $8 million "making mice transgender." The White House tried to back up this number with records of funding for research into cancer, asthma, and HIV, some of which used *transgenic* (genetically modified) mice.

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Trump Decried Millions Spent 'Making Mice Transgender.' It Was Cancer and Asthma Research

President Trump falsely claimed that Biden spent $8 million on 'making mice transgender,' but the real research was for human health.

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CALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell. This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

I love a good tour

The peoples union tour of black out dates for businesses starting with February 28th - economic blackout

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Josh McDermott @joshhmcdermott.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

If you are here at the last day of ARO, don’t miss Sagarika Alavilli’s talk on “Measuring and Modeling Multi-Source Environmental Sound Recognition”, happening at 9:45 in Ocean Ballroom 9 - 12.

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Josh McDermott @joshhmcdermott.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Two posters from our lab on deep auditory models, presented today at ARO: T107 - “Modeling Normal and Impaired Hearing With Deep Neural Networks Optimized for Ecological Tasks” by Mark Saddler et al. T138 - “Modeling Continuous Speech Perception Using Artificial Neural Networks” by Gasser Elbanna

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Josh McDermott @joshhmcdermott.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Two more posters from our lab are being presented today at ARO: M133 - “Neural Network Models of Hearing Clarify Factors Limiting Cochlear Implant Outcomes” by Annesya Banerjee et al. M166 - “Preferences for Loudness and Pitch Vary Across Cultures” by Malinda McPherson et al.

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Josh McDermott @joshhmcdermott.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

If you are at ARO today, lots of stuff to see from our lab. Posters: SU181 - “Optimization Under Ecological Realism Reproduces Signatures of Human Speech Recognition” by Annika Magaro et al. SU184 - “Texture Streaming in Auditory Scenes” by Jarrod Hicks

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Josh McDermott @joshhmcdermott.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

If at ARO today, check out Lakshmi Govindarajan's poster on "Confidence in Sound Localization Reflects Calibrated Uncertainty Estimation". Number S147 if you are at the meeting.

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rob pike @robpike.io · 22/02/2025

Repost if you have tinnitus.

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Metabo_Dave @metabodave.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

This is happening everywhere, officially and unofficially.

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Robert Stribley @stribs.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

If you’ve never seen this flash debate on trans rights it’s well worth your time.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Thanks to all of the NIHers and their friends who reached out to me. I am still here (DM me or Signal jeremymberg.78) I still have a very incomplete picture but based on what I have been told, the damage to NIH and to many wonderful people who work(ed) there is/was impossible for me to imagine 1/n

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Timothy Hyde @hydetimothy.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Allegory alert!

Photo of a bald eagle under the headline "Bald eagle in Massachusetts euthanized after testing positive for bird flu"

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too. EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them. Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)

KNOW YOUR
RIGHTS
IN CASE OF ICE:
CONOCE TUS DERECHOS
EN CASO DE ENCUENTRO CON ICE:

DO NOT OPEN YOUR DOOR.
ICE cannot enter your home without a warrant signed by a judge.
Tell the agents to show you the warrant by sliding it under the door.
NO ABRAS TU PUERTA.
ICE no puede entrar a tu casa sin una orden firmada por un juez. Diles a los agentes que te muestren la orden deslizándola debajo de la puerta.

ASK THEM
TO LEAVE.
If ICE doesn't have a warrant, tell them you do not consent for them to enter your home and ask them to leave. At work, ICE cannot enter employee-only areas without permission.
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PÍDALES QUE SE VAYAN.
Si ICE no tiene una orden judicial, diles que no das tu consentimiento para que entren a tu casa y pídeles que se vayan. En el trabajo, ICE no puede ingresar a áreas exclusivas para empleados sin permiso.

REMAIN SILENT.
You have the right to remain silent.
If the agents ask you questions, tell them,
"I wish to remain silent."
PERMANECE EN SILENCIO.
Tienes derecho a permanecer en silencio.
Si los agentes te hacen preguntas, diles:
"Deseo permanecer en silencio".

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Nancy Kanwisher @nancykanwisher.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

I don't often collect my paper mail, so only saw this just now. "the strength of our Nation is defined in part by the boldness of its science, the quality of its research, and the progress it brings forth." Exactly!

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Only In Boston @onlyinbos.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

The 2026 Massachusetts gubernatorial election is scheduled to take place on November 3, 2026. Incumbent Democratic Governor Maura Healey and Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll are running for re-election to a second term in office.

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Patrick Mineault @patrickmineault.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

I asked for your favorite examples of the importance of cell types in systems neuro. I used those as a seed for Deep Research. Here's the report: chatgpt.com/share/67a8ea... It's illustrative of what o3 can and can't do 1/

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ChatGPT - Cell Types in Neuroscience

Shared via ChatGPT

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Trajan Hammonds @starlord37.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Last night I found out that the NSF math postdoctoral fellowship I applied for is being deleted because it does not comply with Trump’s executive orders on DEI in the federal government. I’m going to answer some FAQs and share some thoughts about this ordeal in this thread 1/n

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Nancy Kanwisher @nancykanwisher.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

If you are a neuroscientist, please use SFN's site to write to your reps about the importance of funding for science (they have letters ready to go, you can just use theirs or write/edit as you see fit): www.sfn.org/advocacy/adv...

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Ashley Juavinett, PhD @ashleyjuavinett.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Dear biologists & neuroscientists -- I'd like to collect some cursory data on what the "typical" breakdown of funding between federal & private looks like in labs. If you run a research lab or know enough about yours, could you fill this small form out? forms.gle/PEzWEYojBjfj...

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Neuroscience & biology lab funding

What is the current rough breakdown of funding sources for your lab? The answers below should add to 100%!

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Nancy Kanwisher @nancykanwisher.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Academic workers across the country are organizing to call on our congressional representatives on Thursday, 1/30, at 3pm ET / 12pm PT to demand these restrictions be lifted immediately. There will be a training over zoom at the beginning of the event. Join us! form.jotform.com/250226137228...

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Join researchers across the country in fighting restrictions on the NIH

Please click the link to complete this form.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

BREAKING: SCOTUS, ON 5-4 VOTE, WILL NOT STOP TRUMP'S FRIDAY SENTENCING IN NEW YORK COURT.

(ORDER LIST: 604 U.S.)

THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 2025

ORDER IN PENDING CASE
24A666 TRUMP, DONALD J. V. NEW YORK, ET AL.

The application for stay presented to Justice Sotomayor and
by her referred to the Court is denied for, inter alia, the
following reasons. First, the alleged evidentiary violations at
President-Elect Trump’s state-court trial can be addressed in the
ordinary course on appeal. Second, the burden that sentencing
will impose on the President-Elect’s responsibilities is
relatively insubstantial in light of the trial court’s stated
intent to impose a sentence of “unconditional discharge” after a
brief virtual hearing.
Justice Thomas, Justice Alito, Justice Gorsuch, and Justice
Kavanaugh would grant the application.

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Shirley Wang @shirleybwang.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

I'm hoping to hire a postdoc this year to join our growing lab at Yale! Looking for someone interested in EMA/digital phenotyping, formal theories, complex systems, & computational psychiatry. If this sounds like you, please reach out! Official ad coming soon.

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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 02/01/2025

If you got a liquid-burning indoor fire pit for the holidays, throw it away. These things are also sold as tabletop fire pits, fire pots, miniature fireplaces, or portable fires for indoor use. They're extremely dangerous. www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/9...

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9-year-old boy seriously hurt after indoor fire pit sparks Maryland townhome fire

A Maryland family was making s’mores with an indoor fire pit they were gifted for Christmas, when the kit sparked a fire in their living room and critically injured a 9-year-old boy. The boy and his m...

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