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EJVallender

@ejvallender.bsky.social
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Comparative/Evolutionary/Neuro Genetics (he/him) - Personal opinions only

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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Everytime you think the writers have well and truly jumped the shark, they find another twist. The new Director of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research has published a case report on…. wait for it…. Leopards eating faces #ISYN www.joms.org/article/S027...
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Head and neck injury from a leopard attack: case report and review of the literature
Animal bites are frequently encountered in a trauma center and result in injuries ranging from innocuous to life threatening. In the United States, more than 10,000 patients are hospitalized each year...
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Dr Rehaminator's Monster Cock @drrehaminator.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"I'm too talented to need shortcuts" goes so fucking hard.
youtube community post from Huggbees that discusses why he does not and will not ever use AI in his art
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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
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Spaceballs Assholes
Alt: Spaceballs Assholes
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Princeton Neuroscience Institute @princetonneuro.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
We're hiring! PNI is recruiting an assistant professor of neuroscience working with non-human primates in any area. Review begins Oct 19: apply.interfolio.com/192521 #NeuroJobs #Neuroskyence
photo of PNI and psychology building
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Truthout @truthout.org · 04/09/2026
Trump’s DoD is reportedly working to divert billions of dollars in federal funding from the National Institutes of Health to the Pentagon. The Pentagon secretly signed an agreement that could give them “access to billions of dollars that Congress provided to NIH for critical biomedical research.”
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Trump Admin Secretly Working to Divert Billions From NIH Budget to Fund Iran War
An interagency agreement would give the Pentagon access to the health agency’s coffers on top of its own massive budget.
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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Maurice Clarett would like a word.
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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Do you like Ontarian music? I like Ontarian music Don't you like Ontarian music Baby?
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
There are many uses for AI in science - modeling, data analysis, certain diagnostics - none of those are LLMs and frankly not even really “AI” as we’ve come to know it at all and TBH we need a different name for this kind of “AI” so the science stuff can stop getting dragged into this argument.
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Bruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
A House Democrat on Thursday introduced articles of impeachment against White House budget chief Russell Vought, accusing the Project 2025 architect & far-right ideologue of unlawfully terminating federal funds appropriated by Congress & putting the Trump regime’s political priorities over the law.
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Impeachment Articles Filed Against 'Unelected Shadow President' Russell Vought | Common Dreams
"Vought’s blatant abuse of power and complete disregard for the Constitution warrants immediate removal by Congress," said Democratic Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove.
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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Also upping the GiftLinks feed. Harder to find something than it should be, but usually I can get there.
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Vinny Costa @vincentcostaphd.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Elnahal cited the thousands of scientists who contacted him from around the globe as indicating that OHSU has something special in terms or resources. You did. It was a primate center. With the new plan & colony reduction, you lose it. You reap what you sow. In this case, mediocrity & uncertainty
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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
The board of directors at Oregon Health & Science University has voted unanimously to develop a plan to scale down the university’s primate research center and pivot its focus to new approach methodologies. #neuroskyence By @callimcflurry.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/nonhuman-pri...
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Oregon primate research center to downsize monkey colony
The plan, approved today, follows talks about converting the center into a sanctuary and preserves some of the nonhuman primate studies.
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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I was ready to post @cartilagefree.bsky.social
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Aurelius Raines II (He/Him) @aureliusr2.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
On this, Emmit Tills birthday, I want to share one of my favorite speculative Poems “I saw Emmett Till this week at the grocery store” by Eve L. Ewing share.google/mWtwTI9NvriN...
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“I saw Emmett Till this week at the grocery store” by Eve L. Ewing
Terrance Hayes explores how Emmett Till has become a haunting, powerful figure in Black poetry.
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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Not really the point, but any info on the artists/craftspersons behind those wall art would be appreciated.
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Paul Bleicher @pbleic.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Astonishing. RFK Jr. adds 8 members to a 6 member FDA advisory panel. 6 of them were sellers of peptides, and the 7th a compounding pharmacist. In an 8-6 vote with all 8 votes coming from these new panel members, the panel approved 4 peptides against the objections of FDA scientists.
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FDA Panel Supports Lifting Restrictions on Four Peptides (Gift Article)
In an all-day hearing, the agency’s scientists argued against allowing broad access to unproven drugs that the agency had banned three years ago.
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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
It says "The, Bart, the."
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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
He out-AIed AI!
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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
He's a new Harry Kane.
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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Worst "We Didn't Start the Fire" verse.
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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
You have to go through Mourinho, Nuno, and Conte (plus some interims) first.
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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Lindisfarne revisited?
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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Almiron looks like Charles Boyle.
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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Price still went up £10M...
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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Coming for Forrest and Jenny next.
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Forrest Gump with Jenny and Tom Hanks
Alt: Forrest Gump with Jenny - reflecting pool scene
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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Every high school and community theater production of Les Mis.
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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
This is going to actively change who I root for.
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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Must be nice...
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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
"Make sure he pays you!"
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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Do you hear the people sing?
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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Baby's first #FluorescenceFriday! Blood-brain barrier in the baboon dlPFC. #neuroskyence
Fluorescence image of the baboon dlPFC. It is pretty.
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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Spursy, even.
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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
I just went 82-0, think you can go 82-0? www.82-0.com/share?id=cQy...
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82-0
Build the ultimate NBA all-time team and see if you can go 82-0
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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
#booksky strikes! Now my order is in too.
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Wendy @evavictorine.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Well, well, well, look at who finally has a complete set of the Graphic Canon series thanks to the sale at @sevenstories.bsky.social!! They join Gilgamesh (not pictured, but beloved) and the top two religion-y ones (also newly arrived).
A stack of books from Seven Stories Press, the top two about Hebrew myth, the bottom six consisting of the entirety of the Graphic Canon series.
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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
COYS (basketball)
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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Callo, y entiendo, y me quito La pompa del rimador: Cuelgo de un árbol marchito Mi muceta de doctor.
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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
All right, stop.
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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Don Jr. is PISSED!
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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Just don't buy the Pavlyuchenko instead.
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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Researchers at a national primate center in Oregon have formed a grassroots nonprofit to argue against the center becoming an animal sanctuary, a transition the facility’s host university has been exploring since February. By @callimcflurry.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/nonhuman-pri...
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Oregon primate center scientists fight proposed sanctuary transition
A group of employees have launched a series of campaigns to advocate for their work and argue against the center’s potential transition to an animal sanctuary.
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Dr Alison Weiss @dralisonweiss.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
“Normally, a junior faculty would just need to focus on writing grants and publishing papers, and instead, I’m fighting for the right to still be a scientist.”
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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Had to stop by. Everything @musicologyduck.bsky.social promised.
Expensive gas station in DC.
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David Grimm @david-grimm.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Critics say the proposal was made without consulting experts, does not specify how the transfer or lifetime care of the animals would be funded, and could endanger the monkeys if they’re not carefully integrated into their new home. My latest for @science.org
science.org
CDC plan to retire lab monkeys to Texas sanctuary draws ire
Critics say proposal was rushed and could endanger the animals
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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young
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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Mighty Mighty Mighty Bosstones
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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Slightly increase a band The Whom
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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Absolute horses.
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Science Magazine @science.org · 30/04/2026
A gene-therapy approach to thwart the AIDS virus that has long struggled to gain traction may have new momentum after a study found it could “functionally cure” at least some monkeys. scim.ag/4upKfnQ
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A novel gene-therapy approach to ‘functionally cure’ HIV succeeds in some monkeys
Six animals suppressed AIDS virus after one shot of treatment that makes cell-receptor antibody
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
He also noted that funding announcements will have sections where institutes can articulate their particular interests to help encourage applications relevant to key topics key to the institute missions. This is ironic given that NIH and the administration has largely blocked targeted NOFOs. 13/30
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