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Charles F. Caskey

@cfcaskey.bsky.social
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Ultrasound professor, neuroscience, academic, neuromodulation, medical imaging Off-topic: Nashville, bikes, visual art, music

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Charles F. Caskey @cfcaskey.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Dude, no idea. My institute waives fees for some journals, so I use that when I can. Ultrasound journals are usually $1-2k, but cross-disciplinary collaborators rarely cite them, probably because of lower IF. I just paid $8k for my first Nature Comms paper. Doesn't feel like a win despite the IF.
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Charles F. Caskey @cfcaskey.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
My field doesn't have this, but I wanted to say your list does a great job distilling important qualities. Even having 2 of these would be great or maybe a solid B- in each category.
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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 20/05/2026
This is going to come across as pretentious and unhelpful, but I really recommend reading books. Reading a book is the only thing I do where I feel like I'm nourishing my attention span, rather than sanding it down. The trick is to just read whatever you enjoy — not what you feel like you should.
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Charles F. Caskey @cfcaskey.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
I don't remember this part in the book, so clearly I need to re-read the book *and* watch the movie now
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Charles F. Caskey @cfcaskey.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Same. I keep encountering situations where they want to make worst-case projections to "be safe," and it seems like many people don't understand that making decisions based on the worst-case is not safe at all for research progress or any of our jobs (including admin). We're all in this together
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Charles F. Caskey @cfcaskey.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. I have many, but I'm gonna choose one that holds up
media.tenor.com
a couple of people standing in a grassy field
ALT: a couple of people standing in a grassy field
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Charles F. Caskey @cfcaskey.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Yeah, he was just kind of a late-night cable access dude who talked about conspiracy theories of the ultra-rich. Very popular among college crowd and not much of a powerful force.
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Charles F. Caskey @cfcaskey.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
College isn't perfect, but I would view a 3-month GPT-fueled speed run through a bachelor's degree as a negative in general
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Charles F. Caskey @cfcaskey.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Yep. Gadget from Rescue Rangers: a quirky, engineering-savvy problem solver with a warm personality :)
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Charles F. Caskey @cfcaskey.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Oh -- good one! He is so cool I think my 11-yo self would be totally happy with who I married 😅
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Charles F. Caskey @cfcaskey.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Yes, because they are superior in every way except the wire. www.soundguys.com/wired-headph...
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Wired headphones are making a comeback: Here's why
Wired headphones are huge fashion accessories for Gen Z listeners, but we dig beyond the trend to learn why else wired cans are on the rise.
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Charles F. Caskey @cfcaskey.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Ursula bot bringing it on Earth Day
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Charles F. Caskey @cfcaskey.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Yeah, it stings. I keep telling myself it's no different than the past 10 years doing ad hoc 2-3 times per year. As a Xennial academic, this reminds me of many perks / comforts that disappeared within a year of my arrival. Guess we should enjoy things while we can!
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Charles F. Caskey @cfcaskey.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Actual footage of me becoming a standing member of an NIH study section two months before they end Continuous Submission. 🫠
media.tenor.com
a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag
ALT: a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag
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Charles F. Caskey @cfcaskey.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
I'm glad to see the world hasn't completely given up on the concept behind the discontinued Choco Taco
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Charles F. Caskey @cfcaskey.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Cool finding. I also like that the post makes it sound like there are institutes filled with full-time "velvet underground researchers." I'd like to live in that reality
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Charles F. Caskey @cfcaskey.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
💀 omg, more of this and less of everything else that is being normalized lately
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Charles F. Caskey @cfcaskey.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Very sad loss
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Charles F. Caskey @cfcaskey.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Yay, this is great to hear :-) I might use it more now haha Is the issue that the internet seems to use it to describe eerie places? Liminal spaces can be scary (e.g., an old mall undergoing construction, a midlife crisis, etc.), but "liminal" doesn't describe that aspect
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Charles F. Caskey @cfcaskey.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Without consulting a dictionary, I'm gonna type that I think this means being in a state of transition. I don't use it often due to being unsure of this, but I'm still praying I am in the 12% !!
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Charles F. Caskey @cfcaskey.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Being on soft money has enabled some good opportunities, but the apparent floor for hard money positions does seem nice right now. I try not to think what my worst-case scenario is, but it's clearly not great. Still consider myself fortunate to be a researcher on the whole!
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Charles F. Caskey @cfcaskey.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Making NCEs unpredictable seems like another way to bleed research dry. Between the uncertainty of awards being disbursed at the front and a sharp cliff rather than taper at the end, the best adjustment I can think is to make a time machine and convince myself to not take this career path
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Charles F. Caskey @cfcaskey.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
I've had these periodically for like 20 years. The onset is terrifying every time
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Charles F. Caskey @cfcaskey.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Research animals are precious and we owe a lot to them. This isn't the bright spot you think it is, though. These animals are just going to be euthanized and animal research will continue in places that have less supervision.
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Charles F. Caskey @cfcaskey.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Nice. Earlier this year, I created a tab called "Idle scroll" in my browser that links to things like the Public Domain Image Archive. I've also been getting books from the library because it puts me on a timeline to finish them. "Can't doomscroll right now--gotta finish my books!"
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Charles F. Caskey @cfcaskey.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
I gotta say, I wouldn't have clocked these for being from 1895 immediately after Roentgen's discovery of X-rays. I feel like the field of medical imaging moved pretty slow for the period after this.
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Charles F. Caskey @cfcaskey.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
You've got two hands. Mash'em both at the same time!!
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Charles F. Caskey @cfcaskey.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Oh nice, an extra layer of performative authoritarian garbage to cut through as I spend my weekend finishing reviews that are due tonight. The people who wrote these applications deserve to have them reviewed. Monitor away!
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Charles F. Caskey @cfcaskey.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Yeah! Pretty sure it's at 10sec in this song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ia6q...
youtube.com
Flea Fly Mosquito
YouTube video by Sharon, Lois & Bram - Topic
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Charles F. Caskey @cfcaskey.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Fun fact: the "No More Mosquitoes" sample is from Sharon, Lois and Bram's elephant show!
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Charles F. Caskey @cfcaskey.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Golden boy living his best life 🐈
Close-up portrait of a buff-colored cat sitting on a cat bed on a loveseat
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Charles F. Caskey @cfcaskey.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
As an imaging scientist, I will never type the word "imagine" without typing "imaging" first.
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Charles F. Caskey @cfcaskey.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Yo that album is amazing. What does 1982 refer to? Release time frame is def late 90s, early 2000s Warp Records
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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
"Chladni figures" from 1787 created by German physicist and musician Ernst Chladni, showing nodal patterns made by drawing a bow along the edge of a sand-covered plate. More here: publicdomainreview.org/collection/c…
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Charles F. Caskey @cfcaskey.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Also A+ use of what looks like video of a Yayoi Kusama installation in the background
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Charles F. Caskey @cfcaskey.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
As someone who still listens front-to-back, I think this is on you rather than the music, but maybe that's why you have time to decipher NIH funding policies and trends for us :-)
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Charles F. Caskey @cfcaskey.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Oh yah -- I listened to "The New Abnormal" at least 100 times from front to back during pandemic lockdowns
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Charles F. Caskey @cfcaskey.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Yes and "spin up" is a close second for me. "Yo -- just gotta spin up a little extra compute for the product launch!" 🤮
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Charles F. Caskey @cfcaskey.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Is this the bar we're holding our tech entrepreneurs to these days? It seems difficult to spend trillions and *not* transform the world. Hit me up, I can do it for 1/10th of that.
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Charles F. Caskey @cfcaskey.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Planning to resubmit something sitting at 9%. Makes me want to look for another job.
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Charles F. Caskey @cfcaskey.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
As a fan of the em and en dashes prior to the explosion of its use with ChatGPT, I'm conflicted. One one hand, I am happy others will now use this helpful punctuation; however, I don't like that people view it as a signal that GPT was the source of the writing.
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Charles F. Caskey @cfcaskey.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Hehe, part of what makes it a great band name :-) You can search "history of industrial music" to satisfy your curiosity!
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Charles F. Caskey @cfcaskey.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Writing 'Hope all is well!' in an email has felt increasingly awkward lately. Like, no, all is clearly not well, but what am I supposed to do, write 'Hope things are medium okay'?
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Charles F. Caskey @cfcaskey.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Ugh yeah ... Even in predictable times, this process often ends with soft commitments and memos of understanding that can be rescinded. On the other hand, funding new PIs still seems super important and like a high-value investment
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Charles F. Caskey @cfcaskey.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
totally -- I already feel like I strain pre-award folks with all of my failed and resubmitted applications, which is nowhere close to this number
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Charles F. Caskey @cfcaskey.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
"... 40 distinct applications in a single application submission round" is wild! The 6 / year limit seems like a lot, but I can see immediate changes in decision-making for soft money folks who have ~3 simultaneous R01-level grants (e.g. really consider those multi-PI apps...)
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Sara Keller @sarabkeller.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
I'm hiring! I'm recruiting a postdoctoral scholar to help launch and shape my new lab at @uoknightcampus.bsky.social!! careers.uoregon.edu/en-us/job/53...
careers.uoregon.edu
Current Opportunities | UO HR Website
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Charles F. Caskey @cfcaskey.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Quote a record you found in your parents' collection when you were young
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Charles F. Caskey @cfcaskey.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Oof ... I made the New York Times :-(
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Charles F. Caskey @cfcaskey.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
This could for sure play a role, and generally the manuscript / grant treadmill we are all on certainly does. It can be hard to justify spending 2-3 hours reviewing a paper when you're trying to get grant applications and papers out the door.
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