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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

IT Support Angel, probably: "Guys, does anyone know why our prayers from atheists just skyrocketed? Do I need to bring another server online?"

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Jared Young @jaredwyoung.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

So gutted to hear the death of #TimCurry - he had health issues, but still shocking to lose such an amazing talent! If you know me, you know I loved his performance in #RockyHorror but he was great in so many #Clue #Legend Friends just game me this last night! #NotThat80yrOld

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Neuropsychopharmacology @npp-journal.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Cannabis use (CU) may treat cognitive deficits of people with bipolar disorder (BD). Attention and temporal perception in BDCU=healthy nonCU & >BDnonCU + THC treatment improved temporal perception in BD! @jaredwyoung.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Evidence for pro-cognitive benefits of cannabinoids in people with bipolar disorder - Neuropsychopharmacology

Neuropsychopharmacology - Evidence for pro-cognitive benefits of cannabinoids in people with bipolar disorder

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Jared Young @jaredwyoung.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Really proud & honored to win the @ibnsconnect.bsky.social 2026 Outstanding Achievement Award! Thanks to all my mentors & lab inc Dept Psychiatry UCSD & IBNS-I talked re working w so many amazing researchers but also on changes we brought to IBNS, encouraging all to be the change they want to see

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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

This is also how NIH talked itself out of fixing the Ginther Gap. “Oh look, some of this is due to CV and some is due to the topics proposed so never mind the 80% of the bias left unexplained*.” *institutional and systemic racial bias

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Jared Young @jaredwyoung.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Currently closest I've ever been to the equator, sitting at 1.29° S in Nairobi on our way to Kilimanjaro after an amazing #IBNS2026 @ibnsconnect.bsky.social Thanks to everyone that did so much organizing a great meeting in a really novel location! #Thanks

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Sounds like communism

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Stacy Farina @stacyfarina.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I love this action-oriented thread! If you want to learn even more about what you can do, please consider attending these two events today and tomorrow: zurl.co/g3vTZ secure.ucs.org/a/2026-6-3-s...

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Emergency Science Meeting by Stand Up for Science

OMB’s latest proposed rule, “Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance,” would place political ideologues over scientific experts in federal research funding decisions. Say goodbye to cancer treatme...

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 02/06/2026

1/6 🚨 ACTION NEEDED: OMB's proposed federal grant rule (OMB-2026-0034) could shift final funding decisions from scientific peer review toward political appointees across federal agencies. Comments close July 13. Comment: www.regulations.gov/commenton/OM...

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 28/05/2026

This could be very VERY BAD. It looks like a way to remove transparency of peer review, which would enable political apparatchiks to have much more power over decisions on where grant money goes.

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Zoe McElligott @nanopharmnc.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

#WCBR enthusiasts! We are soliciting nominations for Pioneer Awards for #WCBR2027! Please nominate with gusto here: t.e2ma.net/click/mm16lo... please repost also!

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Brett Shaw @brettshaw.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Corruption in plain sight. It will take a decade to fix this debacle. #TrumpCorruption

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Because of course they did. Trump complains about “weaponization” of justice but it’s just a confession.

Screenshot of a New York Times breaking news tweet reporting that the Justice Department opened an investigation into E. Jean Carroll, who had accused Donald Trump of rape and won a civil case in which a jury found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation. Photo shows Carroll walking through a crowd outside a courthouse.

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Jared Young @jaredwyoung.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

I happily cancelled my Paramount+ subscription given they cancelled @colbertlateshow.bsky.social for political reasons. DESPITE my adoration of #StarTrek #StrikeForceFive #Colbert #1STAmendment #FreeSpeech I hope you all do too!

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Jared Young @jaredwyoung.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Join us @sobp-org.bsky.social #SOBP2026 for our translational approach to understanding aspects impacting and mechanisms underlying abnormal development + those that might promote resilience! w Drs Benson Ku, Dani Dumitriu, Mandy Kentner, & Hiro Morishita Broadway Ballroom 6th Floor

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Christian Cazares, Ph.D. @fleabrained.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

I got to chat about my career path and how what started as a means to earn a paycheck turned into a personal mission to use my background in science to improve access to neuroscience research education. genomicpress.kglmeridian.com/view/journal...

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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Today is Freedom of Information Day! The Freedom of Information Act ensures we have the right to transparency from our government and anyone can submit a FOIA request. They have to respond! We'd love to know what topics you requested - drop in the comments! 🧵 1/2

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ACOG @acog.org · 24/02/2026

ACOG has withdrawn as a liaison organization from CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, citing concerns about recent changes that undermine the committee’s scientific integrity and evidence-based approach to vaccine policy. Read the press release: buff.ly/gKx1qor

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Jared Young @jaredwyoung.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

“With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably. -- Star Trek: The Next Generation” ― Jean luc Picard #StarTrek #TNG #Facism #PunchNazis

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Brian Trainor @briantrainor.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

@achrisman.bsky.social and I had a fun time on Brainpod www.nature.com/npp/podcast talking about Audrey's new paper looking at distinct populations of oxytocin neurons in the PVN with AJ Robison, Andrew Eagle and Chiho Sugimoto www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Podcasts | Neuropsychopharmacology

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Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

BREAKING Former ICE agent: On my first day training new cadets, I received secretive orders to teach them to violate the Constitution by entering homes without a judicial warrant.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Sen. Mike Lee isn't “based.” He’s actually just dumb.

Screenshot of an X exchange in which Joe Perticone quotes a post comparing ICE to cartel hitmen, and another user responds that cartel hitmen wear masks. The embedded image shows security camera-style footage of armed individuals near vehicles at what appears to be a gas station.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 20/02/2026

The worst figures on campus arguing that campuses had become overrun with wokeness were all best buddies with Epstein. Quelle surprise. www.salon.com/2026/02/19/j...

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Jeffrey Epstein helped fuel the campus culture wars

The academics in the Epstein files aren’t all criminals, but they shared beliefs about whose work matters.

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

A new paper shows that less than 2 months of exposure to Twitter’s algorithmic feed significantly shifts people’s political views to the right. Moving from chronological feed to the algorithmic feed also increases engagement. This is one of the most concerning papers I’ve read in awhile.

The political effects of X's feed algorithm
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10098-2
Received: 16 December 2024
Accepted: 4 January 2026
Published online: 18 February 2026
Open access
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Germain Gauthier,5, Roland Hodler?5, Philine Widmer35 & Ekaterina Zhuravskaya3,4,5 m
Feed algorithms are widely suspected to influence political attitudes. However, previous evidence from switching off the algorithm on Meta platforms found no political effects'. Here we present results from a 2023 field experiment on Elon Musk's platform X shedding light on this puzzle. We assigned active US-based users randomly to either an algorithmic or a chronological feed for 7 weeks, measuring political attitudes and online behaviour. Switching from a chronological to an algorithmic feed increased engagement and shifted political opinion towards more conservative positions, particularly regarding policy priorities, perceptions of criminal investigations into Donald Trump and views on the war in Ukraine. In contrast, switching from the algorithmic to the chronological feed had no comparable effects.
Neither switching the algorithm on nor switching it off significantly affected affective polarization or self-reported partisanship. To investigate the mechanism, we analysed users' feed content and behaviour. We found that the algorithm promotes conservative content and demotes posts by traditional media. Exposure to algorithmic content leads users to follow conservative political activist accounts, which they continue to follow even after switching off the algorithm, helping explain the asymmetry in effects. These results suggest that initial exposure to X's algorithm has persistent effects on users' current political attitudes and account-following behaviour, even in the absence of a detectable effect on partisanship.

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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

I’m being told that I have to come up with $25,000 in tariff fees for a needed scientific instrument. When will we get to dump these stupid tariffs?

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

The IRS is being gutted under Trump — which is great news for any rich tax cheats who want to dodge what they owe. And instead of fixing this, Trump is of course suing the agency for $10 billion dollars — which will come out of the taxpayers pocket. The grift never ends.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Spain's Deputy Prime Minister Yolanda Díaz: “I have left X. That network is a place of hate. “We are not vassals of Elon Musk or Trump.”

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

1. It was not an accident. 2. It was not a staffer. 3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia. 4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares. 5. His base agrees with him. 6. He will do it again. 7. No one in power will hold him accountable.

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God @thegodshow.com · 06/02/2026

Today President Epstein kicked off Black History Month by sharing a racist AI video of Barack and Michelle Obama. It's not funny. He's a racist fascist pedophile who mocks murder victims and anyone who still supports him is pure evil.

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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Not that it would be okay to do this to an undocumented immigrant either but THIS GUY IS A LEGAL IMMIGRANT and also his lawyer hand delivered his medication and they REFUSED TO GIVE IT TO HIM. Enraging! How do ANY of these people live with themselves?

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Seems 💯 accurate.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Absolutely packed house for the ICE out training in East Kensington tonight, put on by @riverwardsdems.bsky.social. I’ll share out things I learn here.

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Abraham Palmer @abepalmer.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

I am proud to be part of a country that includes the brave citizens of Minneapolis.

Thousands of people protesting in cold weather

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

This is how our government has been corrupted: 1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office. 2) Elected officials rewrite the rules in the donors' favor. 3) Donors make a huge profit. 4) Repeat. For the sake of democracy, we must get Big Money out of politics.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Elon Musk's net worth just hit $800 billion. How? One of his corporations acquired another one of his corporations. Meanwhile, Elon's companies pay next to nothing in federal income taxes and get billions of dollars in government contracts. This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 28/01/2026

Early Arthropods xkcd.com/3199/

3-panel comic. (1) [Three small arthropods on ocean floor.] ARTHROPOD 1: Now that we’re multicellular, what are your plans? I’m gonna evolve little legs and swim around with them! ARTHROPOD 2: I’m gonna evolve sharp pincers and use them to crunch stuff! ARTHROPOD 3: I’m gonna evolve glands to make string from my butt and use it to construct elaborate geometric nets hundreds of times my size to catch other animals. (2) [Silence] (3) ARTHROPOD 1: *Dude.* ARTHROPOD 2: Can you *please* just be normal about this? ARTHROPOD 3: *What??!*

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 28/01/2026

Trump’s fundraisers are now using the threat of dispatching ICE against citizens as an email engagement tactic.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Sanctuary policies are legal. The Supreme Court has been clear for decades that the federal government cannot commandeer state or local governments to enforce federal immigration law. This isn’t “playing with fire.” It’s constitutional law.

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Stories of WiN @storiesofwin.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Our next profile is here! Dr. Eva Pool studies the role of affect in learning and decision making. Follow the link below to listen and learn more 💜 www.storiesofwin.org/profiles/202... #StoriesOfWiN #WomenInNeuroscience

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Susanne Ahmari @ahmarilab.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

And last, but never least, the iconic @jaredwyoung.bsky.social- an inspirational translational researcher, advocate, and karaoke performer. Thank you for all you do for the field 🙏🏼💗🧠 And that’s a wrap (or a kilt 😘) on #FashionsOfACNP!!! @acnporg.bsky.social #ACNP2026

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Susanne Ahmari @ahmarilab.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

These stylish Pitt Crew PIs, Dr Jill Glausier & Dr Marianne Seney, are ready to dive into the mechanisms underlying schizophrenia and depression with high resolution microscopy after they get back from #ACNP2026!🔬🧠 #FashionsOfACNP

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Susanne Ahmari @ahmarilab.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Next up in #FashionsOfACNP: Dr. Rene Hen sporting the perfect beach-to-bench outfit. Straight from the runways of Paris, equally comfortable whether you’re poolside or at a neurogenesis poster 🧠🇫🇷🥐 @acnporg.bsky.social

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Susanne Ahmari @ahmarilab.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

@madrelabutd.bsky.social owning the floor in this flamenco-adjacent ensemble💃🏻 If you’ve found her Experience and Resilience committee sessions rewarding, her lab can tell you what’s happening to your dopamine 💗🧠 #FashionsOfACNP #ACNP2026

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