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Scott Marek @smarek0502.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

What matters most for childhood brain organization? We analyzed 649 variables. The answer: Socioeconomics (SES); with brain patterns pointing at sleep & stress as drivers. Even brain-IQ associations were better explained by SES. In Science today: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Kevin Mitchell @wiringthebrain.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

The strongest version of this illusion I’ve seen! Absolute head-wrecker!

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Eric Earl @ericearl.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Keep up the amazing work! And the replication study? Very thorough and cool stuff!

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Eric Earl @ericearl.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

I am writing @bidsstandard.bsky.social make our formation of this new BIDS Working Group official. Here is our read-only Google Doc addressed to the Steering Group. Thanks to the team for making this happen! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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BEP Process Working Group Open Letter

December 11, 2025 Dear BIDS Steering Group, The BIDS Extension Proposal (BEP) process has been instrumental in expanding BIDS to support diverse neuroimaging modalities and use cases. Through our in...

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Eric Earl @ericearl.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Sad I couldn't be at EBRAINS Summit this year, but glad that @christinerogers.bsky.social and Julia and Yarik are representing BIDS with the help desk!

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Damien Fair @drdamienfair.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Hello all of you #ABCD and #HBCD data users! Did you know we recently deployed the NBDC Sandbox? Jupyter, R-Studio, or open your own linux environment. Compute in place, No Download. A 'SAFE' Cluster environment. Go check it out! nbdc.lassoinformatics.com/sandbox

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Sandbox

Lasso is designed to streamline secure access, querying, and responsible use of the ABCD and HBCD datasets.

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BIDS (Brain Imaging Data Structure) @bidsstandard.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Join us for the BIDS virtual Town Hall Wednesday, July 16 at 11:00 AM EDT — on the OSSIG Crowdcast at crowdcast.io/ossig2025 We’ll present updates from BIDS, extension proposals, and the community. We hope to see you there and hear your thoughts. @ohbmossig.bsky.social

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Crowdcast

Where the world gathers

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Eric Earl @ericearl.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Hey #neuroskyence, if you value and want to support the Open Science Special Interest Group's Open Science Room #OSSIG #OSR programming at #OHBM, they need our signatures right now on a petition. Please visit and sign and share anything else you can with them. Even a testimonial. chng.it/4hxrPQdxBq

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Sign the Petition

Preserve the Open Science Room at the Organization for Human Brain Mapping Annual Meeting

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Michelle Greene @mgreenephd.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

I'm excited to announce that my lab's open textbook on Scientific Computing for Cognitive Neuroscience (v1.0) has just gone live! Our goal is to help mend the gap between the computational skills needed by cognitive neuroscience, and typical curricula that don't yet include it. 1/3

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Eric Earl @ericearl.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

I submitted my abstract for SfN's Neuroscience 2025 conference! 🤞Looking forward to seeing friendly faces in November.

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Gary Marcus @garymarcus.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

You can’t cut funding to universities, signal to kids that using ChatGPT to write the papers is ok, and expect professors to save the day and the educational system without financial support to completely overhaul the curriculum. You can’t just wave your hands and hope for the best.

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MyFriendsCallMeMoon [They/Xi] @xy-moon.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Thank you, @marisakabas.bsky.social, for helping us tell our story. Today starts my 3rd month of unemployment for daring to be trans/non-binary in federal spaces. @cnn.com @apnews.com @nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com @wusa9.com.web.brid.gy @metroweekly.bsky.social @maddow.msnbc.com

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Amstat-American Statistical Association @amstatnews.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Big news from the ASA! We’ve partnered with Instats to offer free access to courses in stats, data science, and research methods for US gov employees with a .gov email. Learn more: www.instats.org.

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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Please highlight this story. ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago. kfor.com/news/local/w...

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'We're citizens!': Oklahoma City family traumatized after ICE raids home, but they weren't suspects

A woman says her family’s fresh start in Oklahoma turned into a nightmare after federal immigration agents raided their home, taking their phones, laptops, and life savings – even though they were …

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Chris Markiewicz @markiewicz.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Last week I started a little project to archive the NIMH Data Archive (NDA) data dictionaries: codeberg.org/effigies/nda... A first diff is now available to view changes: codeberg.org/effigies/nda...

A view of Codeberg's diff interface showing changed files and lines added in the baes_01.csv file. The diff is helpfully formatted as a table.

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Matthew B. Jané @matthewbjane.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

The meta-analysis on the relationship between Fluoride and IQ by Taylor et al. (2025) that RFK Jr. has cited contains major methodological flaws and data integrity issues that we describe in the following pre-print (submitted to meta-psychology): osf.io/preprints/os...

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Hilary Mason @hilarymason.com · 05/04/2025

This Github ticket is the kind of proposal that inexperienced engineers tend to make, because they think it's about code, and not about the humans who use the system. In any competent organization, these junior folks would get some very direct feedback and it would be a growth moment.

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Gary Marcus @garymarcus.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

this looks really dirty.

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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Understand this: by trying to gut Medicaid, the House GOP is targeting seniors in nursing homes, kids with disabilities, and low-income workers who can’t get health coverage from their jobs. All so the GOP can slash taxes for millionaires, billionaires, and billionaire corporations.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Republicans=Nazis

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

this is the crux of it!!!

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Nicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Anyone know of an an opportunity for Katie?

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Elvisha Dhamala @elvisha.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

“assess the prevalence of and threat posed by the prescription of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, stimulants, and weight-loss drugs” These medications save lives. This is not ok. 🧪

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Establishing the President's Make America Healthy Again Commission

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.

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Sylvia Perry @sylviapperry.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

I don't even know what to say. I knew this was coming, but it's still a lot to process.

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Amy Feldman @amyfeldman7.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

If you’ve been directly impacted by a pause or cancellation of an NIH study session, we @forbes.com would like to talk to you

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Ilan Schwartz @germhuntermd.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Scientific advancements aside, this is economically irresponsible Every $1 spent by NIH generates $2.46 For example, in 2023, $47B in NIH spending generated ~$93B Halting NIH spending will LOSE the US a lot of money (and talent)

An image of NIH campus. Text says : With annual budget of more than $47 billion, NIH is the largest single public funder of biomedical and behavioural research in the world. In fiscal year 2023, NIH funding generated an estimated $92.89 billion in economic activity

Every state and almost every congressional district received a share of NIH investment
Each year, NIH awards over 60,000 grants that directly support more than 300,000 researchers at more than 2,500 different institutions
In fiscal year 2023, every $1 of NIH funding generated approximately $2.46 of economic activity

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Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are all good things. They don’t happen automatically, we have to actively work to bring them about. Shout it from the rooftops.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 22/01/2025

Communications shutdown. Travel ban. Canceled study sections. Now a hiring freeze? Shutting down the NIH indefinitely without stated cause is literally an act of sabotage. Left: yesterday. Right: today.

Jan 21 2025: 27 job openings listed at NIH.

Jan 22 2025: There are no postings at this time.

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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

When Elon Musk, the richest man on earth, is set to pay the same amount in taxes for Social Security as your neighborhood dentist, we’ve got a problem. I'm fighting to get the wealthy to pay their fair share into Social Security so we can increase benefits.

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Caterina Gratton @caterinagratton.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

fMRI network measures are affected by sampling error 🎲, physiological artifacts 💗, arousal 👀, and task state 🎞️. We argue that a major challenge in studies of 🧠 network dynamics is distinguishing between these sources of variability. A 🧵 …

Pyramid showing relative influence of non-neural (sampling variability, physiology, head motion) and neural (arousal, task state, spontaneous cognition) effects on functional connectivity

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BIDS (Brain Imaging Data Structure) @bidsstandard.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

We are pleased to announce that the newest member of the BIDS Steering Group is Franco Pestilli. Franco has been elected to a term lasting from 2025-2027, and is replacing outgoing member Ariel Rokem. #BIDS #BrainImagingDataStructure

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Pestilli Lab

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Arielle Keller @ariellekeller.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

☀️ New preprint! ☀️ Cognitive tests from 23,000+ participants in 4 datasets show cyclical fluctuations across the calendar year, including a small but replicable “summer slide” where youth show worst performance after school vacation. t.ly/OMzgl #PsychSciSky #CogPsyc #CogDev #devpsy #CogSci Thread /1

a graph showing a drop in cognitive performance during the summer months in the ABCD Study dataset

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Eric Earl @ericearl.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Welcoming Neuroscience to Bluesky! Love it.

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Eric Earl @ericearl.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

We could not have done this awesome revamp without the support of @incforg.bsky.social, Google Season of Docs, and our fabulous team of Tech Writer @iamdamion.bsky.social and mentors @remigau.bsky.social, @christinerogers.bsky.social, Anthony Galassi, and me! Feel free to provide feedback.

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Chris Markiewicz @markiewicz.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Announcing: BIDS Validator 2.0 This is a complete rewrite to base the validator on the declarative BIDS schema. Most importantly, this validator boasts long-awaited support for BIDS Derivative datasets. bids-standard.github.io/bids-validat... #BIDS #BrainImagingDataStructure

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BIDS Validator

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