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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

The House just passed its budget resolution, so reconciliation is now officially underway. This is their bill to destroy Medicaid and SNAP while cutting taxes disproportionately for the rich. THIS IS VERY REAL and can be enacted even if all Ds vote no. Thread on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Academic Skyers: I am compiling a list of policies and statements from various universities about how they are handling the "pause" in terms of stopping expenditures (or not). Please respond to this post with your institution and materials. THANK YOU!

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Lisa Boulanger @neurocentric.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Our cat has a bad upper respiratory infection. Indoor cat, no other pets. Spouse and I both had upper respiratory infections that lasted a month, just now recovered. Vet is skeptical, says human-cat transmission is unlikely. Really? Virus folks?

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Lisa Boulanger @neurocentric.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

So…a student is taking pictures of the final exam with their phone. Is this step one of chatGPT telling them the answers? Or are they just memorializing my incredible work as an exam-writer?

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Lisa Boulanger @neurocentric.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Dear driver, thank you for the equivalent of a bathroom magazine while I waited out this light.

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Dan 🐟 C @zebrafish007.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Bones, scales, and lymphatic vessels in juvenile #Zebrafish for #FluorescenceFriday #WeinsteinLab 🧪🔬

highly detailed dorsal view of three fish with scales and lymphatic vessels shown in different colors with curved bodies as if the fish were swimming. the two fish on the outside are facing downward, and the fish in the middle is facing upward. the left most fish has magenta scales and green lymphatic vessels, the center fish has blue scales and orange lymphatic vessels, and the right fish has green scales and purple lymphatic vessels.

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Lisa Boulanger @neurocentric.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

Cool owl fact I learned this week: for many species, their feathers contain porphyrin, which glows under UV light. The porphyrin fades over time, so the amount and pattern of glow can help determine their age. Also the glow is brightest in places on the owl where the sun don't shine.

A Northern Saw-Whet owl, about the size of a stick of butter, being held by a field biologist participating in a licensed bird banding program. The owl's right wing is extended and is illuminated with UV light, revealing a wide area of bright hot pink fluorescence, which indicates this is a hatch year bird.

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Ms "I Want To Eat Your Brain" ugh, no, not YOURS, gross! 🤢 @brainmist.bsky.social · 06/03/2024

This one feels like a punch in the chest: Vinay Krishnan on the bird app.

The image contains a block of text which reads:

there’s laundry to do and a genocide to stop

there’s laundry to do and a genocide to stop. I have to eat better and also avoid a plague. my rent went up $150. I’ll need to pick up more shifts. Twenty people died in Rafah this morning and every major news outlet is stretching the limits of passive voice to suggest whole families may have leaped up through the air at missiles that otherwise had the right of way. I just got a notification that my student loan payments are starting up again and my phone isn’t charged. My cousin got COVID for a fourth time and can no longer work or walk or even feed himself. The person across from me on the L train seems to fashion themself a punk rock revolutionary, but they’re not wearing a face mask, and that’s the kind of cognitive dissonance that makes me want to steal batteries. Fascists keep winning primaries for both parties, and I think I gained a few pounds. (cont in comments)

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Lisa Boulanger @neurocentric.bsky.social · 27/02/2024

On my drive home last night, after dark, I saw a fox that had stolen a child's stuffed animal. At least that's how my brain tried to make sense of the little fox kit it was carrying in its mouth.

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Lisa Boulanger @neurocentric.bsky.social · 15/02/2024

Welp, about that request to edit a volume for Frontiers

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Adam Summers @fishguy.bsky.social · 14/02/2024

I have travel, room, and board for an art student interested in spending 10 weeks at Friday Harbor Labs this spring. Our awardee could not make it. Apply here, decision Monday: fridayharborlabs.wufoo.com/forms/x1c6oi... 🐡

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Lisa Boulanger @neurocentric.bsky.social · 14/02/2024

CDC says just use hand sanitizer after you pump the water, we'll tell John Snow to put the handle back

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Andrea L Graham @grahammunology.bsky.social · 13/02/2024

Interested in independent postdoctoral research in ecology, behavior, evolution, & allied fields? Princeton EEB is seeking Research Fellows! 🦚🦭🦎🦑🌵🦋🐛🌴🪸 please see link below, repost, and reach out with any Qs!! puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app...

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Lisa Boulanger @neurocentric.bsky.social · 13/02/2024

Gonna eat these at 1pm on June 10, wish me luck

Chip bag that says “best by June 10 2024 12:32 pm”

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Lisa Boulanger @neurocentric.bsky.social · 06/02/2024

Glad I took down our Christmas tree yesterday, because

Daffodil shoots pushing through oak leaf litter

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Lisa Boulanger @neurocentric.bsky.social · 29/11/2023

Tell me this is not true. Please.

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Lisa Boulanger @neurocentric.bsky.social · 29/11/2023

Lost my debit card. Looked up the transaction date of the last IRL card use on the bank webpage. Looked in my phone photos for that date and my sleeve was visible in one. Got that jacket out of the closet and there was my card in the pocket. So satisfying.

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Lisa Boulanger @neurocentric.bsky.social · 17/10/2023

Any #neuroscience #science folks who have used a gene gun--ever have one that fails to fire? Gas tank full and connected, new batteries. Not ours so I can't take it apart.

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Lisa Boulanger @neurocentric.bsky.social · 04/10/2023

Trying to work outside and it is absolutely hailing acorns. I have occasionally worried the giant oak trees will fall and crush our house, but it seems more likely they'll just pelt me with acorns until I jump up and step barefoot on one of these Lego bricks of the forest™️

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Lisa Boulanger @neurocentric.bsky.social · 03/10/2023

Happy #Arachtober. Check out the crazy neon yellow metallic paintjob on this orchard orbweaver

a small spider with a yellow metallic body and green legs.

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Tim Stearns @stearnslab.bsky.social · 02/10/2023

Congratulations to Karikó and Weissman on the Nobel Prize! The 2005 paper that is the basis for the award has a simple hypothesis - that modified bases prevent the immune response to exogenous RNA - which is then tested by well-designed experiments. A classic. www.cell.com/immunity/ful...

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Ran Blekhman @blekhman.bsky.social · 29/09/2023

If you're serving on NIH study section in the coming weeks, consider downloading your applications today before the shutdown A new feature on eRA makes this super easy - you can download a zip with all your assigned applications in one click

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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 27/09/2023

Remember to tell your junior faculty that lots (38% in this poll) of funded grants have been reviewed 3, 4, 5….. times before funding as “A0” or “A1”.

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Lisa Boulanger @neurocentric.bsky.social · 26/09/2023

Submitting a letter of reference and feeling disappointed to click "Dr" or "Professor": Dr Professor Miss Mr Mrs Ms Baron Baroness Bishop Brigadier Brother Canon Captain Chief Rabbi Chief Superintendent Colonel Commander Commodore Count Countess Dame Dr Lord Duke Earl Father Flight Lieutenant (cont)

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 23/09/2023

Whole East coast just waiting for the Cat in the Hat

Dr Seuss page: The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play. So we sat in the house all that cold cold wet day.

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Lisa Boulanger @neurocentric.bsky.social · 18/09/2023

All the airlines today: Well, at least we only lost your bag, not the whole plane

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Lisa Boulanger @neurocentric.bsky.social · 18/09/2023

Lab member: "Here's a Google doc!", Me: downloads as a Word file, edits, and emails it back to them. Lab member: "What, is your fax machine broken?"

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Mark Westneat 🐟 @mwestneat.bsky.social · 13/09/2023

Princeton University. Multiple faculty positions in Ecology, Evolution and Behavior. 🧪🐟🦑🌎 #AcademicSky puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app...

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Lisa Boulanger @neurocentric.bsky.social · 08/09/2023

Put some ground cherries in a coffee cup on my desk, husks are vaguely café au lait colored. How long till I pick it up and take a swig? Relevant to this word problem, it's Friday afternoon and I'm working on two grants, two papers, and two different talks, one of which is 2.5 hours long.

Glass coffee cup on a desk, contains ground cherries in light brown husks.

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Lisa Boulanger @neurocentric.bsky.social · 05/09/2023

Back to school day. First day of 37th grade!

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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 05/09/2023

The biggest stressor is getting funded. What helps is getting funded, as it turns out.

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Lisa Boulanger @neurocentric.bsky.social · 05/09/2023

So, protip, if the lawn mower is making a weird noise, it's never a bad idea to stop it, flip it over, and check if the blade is 90% unscrewed and about to become a Propeller of Death ️™️

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Lisa Boulanger @neurocentric.bsky.social · 03/09/2023

Trying to rebuild my neuroscience list from the bad place. Say hello so I can follow you if I haven't already!

Primary mouse neuron fluorescently labeled (green) with an anti-synaptophysin antibody.

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