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Andy Leber

@andyleber.bsky.social
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Cognitive neuroscience professor, sustainability advocate, Columbus Crew fan. Opinions my own. He/him

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Brynn Sherman @brynnsherman.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Last month, I launched my lab at Ohio State. Our lab website is now live, and we're recruiting graduate students this cycle! If you're interested in the cognitive (neuro)science of learning & memory, please reach out! www.momentslab.org
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OPAM @opam.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Join us tomorrow for our very first OPAM online workshop! In it @rebeccahirst.bsky.social will show us how Psychopy can be a useful tool for designing experiments both in person (with eyetracking!!) and online. The workshop will be completely free and a video will be posted online afterwards!
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Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Can confirm that my NSF grant "How False Beliefs Form & How to Correct Them" was cancelled today because it is "not in alignment with current NSF priorities" Shocking that understanding how people are misled by false information is now a forbidden topic. Our work will continue but at a smaller scale
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Megan Zahneis @mzahneis.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Here's a copy of an NSF grant termination notice that went out today. "NSF is issuing this termination to protect the interests of the government pursuant...on the basis that they no longer effectuate the program goals or agency priorities." Not subject to appeal. #HigherEd #AcademicSky
Text of email: Dear [redacted],

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has undertaken a review of its award portfolio. Each award was carefully and individually reviewed, and the agency has determined that termination of certain awards is necessary because they are not in alignment with current NSF priorities. Effective immediately, the following are terminated: [redacted]

NSF is issuing this termination to protect the interests of the government pursuant to NSF Grant General Conditions (GC-1) term and condition entitled Termination and Enforcement; on the basis that they no longer effectuate the program goals or agency priorities. This is the final agency decision and not subject to appeal. Costs incurred as a result of this termination may be reimbursed, provided such costs would otherwise be allowable under the terms of the award and the governing cost principles. In accordance with your award terms and conditions, you have 30 days from the termination date to furnish a summary of progress under the award and an itemized accounting of allowable costs incurred prior to the termination date. 

Sincerely, [redacted] Division Director 
Office of Budget Finance and Award Management (BFA) 
Division of Grants and Agreements (DGA)
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Hilary Barth @hilarybarth.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
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A University President Makes a Case Against Cowardice
The Trump Administration wants to punish schools for student activism. Michael Roth, of Wesleyan, argues that colleges don’t have to roll over.
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Andy Leber @andyleber.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
College/university faculty colleagues: I’ve signed this petition, alongside thousands of faculty across the US, which urges coordinated, collective action to respond to the administration’s attacks on funding and academic freedom. Please consider signing too. sites.google.com/view/we-must...
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Andy Leber @andyleber.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
As I have stated already, I reject the administration's steps to defund universities under the guise of protecting Jews from anti-semitism. Not in my name! If you are a Jewish academic and feel similarly, please read the post below and consider signing this important letter.
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Yan Matusevich @ymatusik.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Just got an email from the Fulbright Association. As of right now, funding has been cut off to 12,500 US citizens currently abroad and and more than 7,400 foreigner scholars and students in the United States
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Dr. Liz Kirby @thekirbylab.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Columbus Ohio stood up today. At the peak, we counted 2800 people! #standupforscience
Photo of many people at a rally in front of a government buildingPhoto of many people at a rally in front of a government buildingPhoto of a person at a rally wearing a placard that says "Got smallpox? Polio? Measles? Me neither! #fundsciencePeople gathering around a table, making posters
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
As a professor & a Jew I’m sick to my heart about the attack on Columbia—which is a) escalation of the war on all of higher ed; b) Jew-washing fascism, with the intention of inciting more antisemitism, which in turn will be used as cover for more fascism.
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Andy Leber @andyleber.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
All of this can be true: Hamas is a terrorist organization; Anti-semitism cannot be tolerated; Palestinians have suffered terribly; Islamophobia cannot be tolerated; We all deserve peace, safety & freedom. And punishing a whole university brings only harm. As a Jew, I don't want this in my name.
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Trump Administration Cancels $400 Million in Grants and Contracts to Columbia University
The Trump administration blamed the university’s failure to protect Jewish students from harassment during protests last year over the war in Gaza.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Compelling pushback from @jmgrohneuro.bsky.social and the Board of Scientific Counselors at the National Institute on Mental Health (NIMH) regarding termination of tenure-track investigators driven by DOGE. 1/2
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Atul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts. Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 22/02/2025
🚨 WANT TO HELP US STAND UP FOR SCIENCE? 🚨 Here's a little update on where we're currently at with the planning process! Is your state red or grey & you want to see an event happen? Fill out our volunteer form or share with a friend! airtable.com/app4h5wUssMG... #standupforscience2025
Photo of the United States with a color code for states that have rallies confirmed, in progress, needing a leader, or no leader.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Gov. Mills: I’ll comply with the state and federal laws Trump: We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funds. Gov Mills: See you in court
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Andy Leber @andyleber.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Just 12 of my Bluesky connections are following this account. If you are looking to fight for science in the US, please give a follow, and please make a plan for March 7th!
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Andy Leber @andyleber.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Their policies are unpopular, and so are they. And the trend is heading downward. Keep talking to your friends and loved ones. today.yougov.com/politics/art...
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Donald Trump's popularity, Democrats' response, Elon Musk, DOGE, and Gaza: February 9-11, 2025 Economist/YouGov Poll | YouGov
This week’s Economist/YouGov poll covers Donald Trump's popularity, his executive orders, congressional responses, Elon Musk, DOGE, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Want to go visit the national parks this year? Sorry. The reservation system is shut down, EMT personnel are gone, so don't get hurt or lost. No one can clean the bathrooms or cabins, so they'll be closed. Rangers are fired. www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
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Yosemite halts camping reservations, with no timetable for their return
Yosemite halts camping reservations, with no timetable for their return at a time when federal employees are being laid off
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Rick Perlstein @rickperlstein.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Another way the dictatorship might kill you. This is from a friend who is a retired air traffic controller.
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Andy Leber @andyleber.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Mark your calendars!
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Darby Saxbe @darbysaxbe.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
list of banned keywords
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Marco Rubio's new acting undersecretary of state for public diplomacy, ladies and gentlemen.
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Andy Leber @andyleber.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Humanity is constantly in a struggle against tyranny. A cardinal rule of the fascist playbook is to divide us, but now more than ever is a time for everyone struggling for freedom, peace, and prosperity everywhere to work together. Sure, boo the anthem, but don’t let them take away your empathy.
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Andy Leber @andyleber.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
AP&P is a fantastic journal that is close to my own heart (for which I have served as Associate Editor for the past few years). @sarahshomstein.bsky.social is leaving big shoes to fill as she departs as Editor in Chief, so please help the Journal find the best possible person for the job!
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Jesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · 22/01/2025
China appears set to become the world's first clean tech hegemon, their global influence & domestic economy secured through a network of minerals, batteries, EVs, solar, wind & nuclear production & exports. Meanwhile, the US under Trump tries to hang on to its role as 20th century petro-hegemon. 🔌💡
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Andy Leber @andyleber.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
#Severance Season 2 premieres in 2 days! Not sure what to do with yourself until then? Check out this amazing event from last year, in which the brilliant, fun, and multi-talented neurosurgeon Dr. Vijay Agarwal came to Ohio State to present The Science of Severance. (1/2)
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CogFest 2024: The Science of Severance
YouTube video by Center for Cognitive & Brain Sciences
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Abdel Abdellaoui @dr-appie.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
This machine does 75% of your PhD for you
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
The letter signed by >15,000 physicians re: RFK Jr www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
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Andy Leber @andyleber.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
My lab has joined bluesky and is creating a starter pack for academic researchers studying attention. Please suggest names to help build the list! #AttentionResearchSky
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Psychtoolbox @psychtoolbox.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
On the 16th day of 🎄 Christmas #Psychtoolbox gave to me…. A new PTB release with beta quality 🍎 macOS Apple Silicon Mac support, enjoy! PTB "Appletizer“ release details here: psychtoolbox.org/news.html
A Christmas Apple
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M.J. Crockett @mjcrockett.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Is it Bad to leave Twitter? No. Here are 7+ years of insights from my lab’s research that explain why. Featuring work w/ @williambrady.bsky.social @killianmcloughlin.bsky.social 🧵
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Andy Leber @andyleber.bsky.social · 09/10/2024
The Ohio State Dept of Psychology is pleased to announce a faculty search in the Cognitive Neuroscience of Human Memory. The position will be tenure-track or tenured (Assistant or Associate rank). Review of applications will begin 11/8/24. More details here: tinyurl.com/5bzcwvtt
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Assistant or Associate Professor - Cognitive Neuroscience of Human Memory
Screen reader users may encounter difficulty with this site. For assistance with applying, please contact hr-accessibleapplication@osu.edu. If you have questions while submitting an application, pleas...
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Andy Leber @andyleber.bsky.social · 09/10/2023
The Department of Psychology at The Ohio State University invites applications for two positions involving diversity science, psychology, and racial/health disparities. (1/3)
The Department of Psychology at The Ohio State University invites applications for two positions involving diversity science, psychology, and racial/health disparities. Review of applications will begin on October 23, 2023. 
Open Rank Faculty Search:  A tenure-track Assistant Professor or tenured Associate Professor or Professor faculty position in diversity science. We welcome applications from scholars who address topics relevant to diversity and/or health equity in their research and teaching/training. 

Fellow to Faculty Position: An early-career scholar with a focus on Psychological Science and Racial and Health Disparities. This position is part of The Ohio State University’s Provost’s Tenure-Track Fellow to Faculty Program.
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