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Alejandro de la Vega @neurozorro.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

9/10 phishing emails I get are just tests from UT's security office. At this point I don't know if that's training me really well, or just desensitizing me.

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Parker Welch @parkerwelch.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

About an hour ago at Austin City Council, the Rosedale school re-zoning was delayed a second time, not to the next council meeting like last time, but to SEPTEMBER But hey, that’s okay, it’s only money right? What does that greedy school district need it for anyway

C14-2025-0094 - 2117 W 49th St. and 4709 Rosedale Ave. Multifamily - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 2117 West 49th Street and 4709 Rosedale Avenue (Shoal Creek Watershed). Applicant Request: To rezone from family residence (SF-3) district zoning to multifamily residence highest density-conditional overlay (MF-6-CO) combining district zoning. Staff Recommendation and Zoning and Platting Commission Recommendation: To grant multifamily residence highest density-conditional overlay (MF-6-CO) combining district zoning. Owner/Applicant: Austin Independent School District (AISD). Agent: Dubois Bryant & Campbell, LLP (David Hartman). City Staff: Cynthia Hadri, Austin Planning, 512-974-7620.
Postponed to September 10, 2026 at the request of CM Siegel

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

I am begging “environmentalists” to understand that building dense infill housing is one of the most environmentally friendly policies possible

screenshot from a UC Berkeley study evaluating the environmental impacts of various local policies

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 03/04/2026

The Federal Transit Administration released its annual report on new transit projects to fund. The report recommends a total of just $1.2 b for existing & new projects, a massive reduction from previous years. The federal role in funding new transit projects is being decimated.

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Alejandro de la Vega @neurozorro.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

You can check this out now: compose.neurosynth.org We're continuing to add even more features to streamline and automate meta-analysis-- making it a key part of every scientist's toolkit!

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Neurosynth-Compose App

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Imaging Neuroscience @imagingneurosci.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by James D. Kent, Alejandro de la Vega, et al: Neurosynth Compose: A web-based platform for flexible and reproducible neuroimaging meta-analysis doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...

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Neurosynth @handle.invalid · 29/01/2026

Our paper is published! doi.org/10.1162/IMAG... Take a look at the previous post where I described the preprint, I'm too lazy (or efficient?) to re-write it. Besides it was perfect. #neuroscience #openscience #metaanalysis

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Neurosynth @handle.invalid · 21/01/2026

The following phrases are approved for use during our town hall: "Wow!" "Interesting!" "I've never seen that before!" Those same phrases are discouraged when describing someone's MRI results. Choose the right context, join our town hall: bit.ly/ns-townhall #openscience #neuroskyence

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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Neurosynth Compose 2026 January Townhall. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

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Neurosynth @handle.invalid · 17/12/2025

As the year comes to a close, we are taking stock of what we've done and what we are looking forward to in 2026. (One thing we are looking forward to is our January 22nd TownHall! Register here: bit.ly/ns-townhall). Keep reading for some fun stats! ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

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Neurosynth @handle.invalid · 05/12/2025

💡🎥🎭 We have a short video series to help you get a jump-start on your Meta-Analyses! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Neurosynth Compose Quickstart Tutorial Series - YouTube

Get started with Neurosynth Compose: https://compose.neurosynth.org/

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Alejandro de la Vega @neurozorro.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Our latest paper outlining our ecosystem of tools for mining the neuroimaging literature, is finally officially published in eLife! doi.org/10.7554/eLif...

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Mining the neuroimaging literature

New tools for literature mining, such as automated analysis of the research literature, are accessible, scalable, and reliable.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Vinay Prasad, a former adult oncologist, has moved to disrupt the childhood vaccine schedule by asserting - against all evidence - that administering multiple vaccines at the same time “could blunt their efficacy.” The added burden/delay of separating shots would sharply reduce US vaccination rates.

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FDA quietly positions itself to disrupt childhood vaccine schedule

While CDC turmoil grabbed the media spotlight, a quieter but potentially more consequential drama unfolded last week at FDA. The agency has positioned itse...

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jen sometimes aph 🌻 @bunnibytz.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

KASIE HUNT: Over the summer you said, “There’s no vaccine that’s safe and effective”. Do you still believe that? RFK JR: “I never said that.” KASIE HUNT: “Play the clip.” RFK JR (clip): “There’s no vaccine that is safe and effective.” (March 2024) ht: @cwebbonline.com

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Neurosynth @handle.invalid · 26/08/2025

🚀 New in Neurosynth Compose: AI-Assisted Curation Curating studies for a neuroimaging meta-analysis usually takes hundreds of hours. Our new feature uses LLMs + zero-shot learning to extract study details directly from full-text articles. Try it now: 👉 compose.neurosynth.org

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Neurosynth-Compose App

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

1. We interrupt this programming for some LEGITIMATELY GOOD NEWS Violent crime in Baltimore has PLUMMETED to historic lows How did the city do it? Baltimore adopted a comprehensive set of "woke" policies, treating violence as a public health issue

This April, Baltimore saw five homicides.

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Alejandro de la Vega @neurozorro.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

I officially made my last student loan payment (of my life hopefully??). I'm 38, and graduated from college 16 years ago...

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

The 14th Street Busway has been a smashing success: faster commutes, fewer crashes, calmer streets. So why is Eric Adams blocking a similar plan for 34th Street?

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Mr Targeted Harassment @jarjarfan69.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Texas can't adequately warn people about deadly floods, but it can immediately let me know that a cop got hurt 250 miles away from me.

A "blue alert" from the state of Texas for an injury to a cop 250 miles away from where I live.

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Neurosynth @handle.invalid · 09/07/2025

Excited to share our latest preprint: "Neurosynth Compose: A Web-Based Platform for Flexible and Reproducible Neuroimaging Meta-Analysis" Here, we cover the why, what, and how of the next generation Neurosynth ecosystem for reproducible neuroimaging meta-analysis. osf.io/preprints/os...

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Thomas Nichols @nichols.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Happy to see Julio Peraza's lastest posted, "NiCLIP", using a CLIP model to improve 'reverse inference' prediction of task fMRI results based on peak coordinate data www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... w/ @angielaird.bsky.social @neurozorro.bsky.social James Kent & JB Poline

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Josh Grubbs @joshuagrubbsphd.com · 05/05/2025

American scientists are **incredibly** expensive in the global context American science has, historically, been **incredibly** well funded American innovation has been the product of a level of financial investment that is unparalleled globally.

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Alejandro de la Vega @neurozorro.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

The way most NIH funded scientists and federal staff are behaving right now is a real world prisioner's dillema.

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Nature @nature.com · 29/04/2025

In 100 days in office, US President Donald Trump has destabilized eight decades of government support for science. This has included terminating more than 1,000 grants in areas such as climate change, cancer, and HIV prevention. Will US science survive Trump 2.0? www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Alejandro de la Vega @neurozorro.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

I hate to admit but I'm mostly on here to check politics but for that same reason I'm also not here as much as I'd like...

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Jeff Browndyke @jeffbrowndyke.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Columbia's Alzheimers Disease Research Center has been crippled, as a result. No one voted to kill research to help stem the tide on rising dementia prevalence. arstechnica.com/science/2025...

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Trump administration’s attack on university research accelerates

With billions in grants put on hold, targeted universities will see research crippled.

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Council Member Zo Qadri @cmzoqadri.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Our office received a petition advocating to keep the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Councils separate. I fully agree - bicyclists deserve a focused, citizen-led voice at City Hall. We always appreciate hearing from constituents, and your input is always important to me.

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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

E-bikes are car-replacers. Authors of a new paper that examined 10 e-bike studies across Northern Europe: "E-bikes can substitute for all other modes of transport, but car use appears to be the most affected." www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Sherry Pagoto, PhD @drsherrypagoto.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

New report shows that NIH grants fueled $95 billion in economic activity and 407,782 jobs in 2024. That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved. Show me a better investment than that. www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

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NIH Grants Fueled $95 Billion In FY 2024 Economic Activity, Finds New Report

National Institutes of Health grants generated almost $95 billion in economic activity nationwide in FY 2024 according to a new report by United for Medical Research.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 13/03/2025

The thing about scientific research is that it’s one of the few national investments that’s a clear public good even if you entirely discount the actual ostensible point of it.

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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Sci-friends. Should you accept an invitation to review NIH grants if you are very angry about what the Administration is doing to NIH? Can you fairly evaluate applications?

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

I know this is going to sound naive or earnest, but I genuinely find myself shocked by how little people seem to be upset by the levels of corruption we're seeing. Is that the median voter assumes everyone is corrupt already? Or isn't actually getting stories about the corruption?

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

ATTENTION If anyone from Columbia is interested in communicating with reporters and/or can share documents to help reporters cover this nightmare and cover it accurately, PLEASE reach out to me (or have them do so) on signal (jeremymberg.78). 1/n

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

From the other site... (from EVP at Columbia to a training grant director)

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Tristan Yates @tristansyates.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Last year, I was overjoyed to receive an NIH NRSA fellowship to study toddler brains and caregiving effects on memory at Columbia. Last night, my grant was terminated.

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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

With his permission, I'm sharing Dean Treanor's response to Ed Martin's letter:

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Mike Greicius @mikegreicius.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

🧪The Alzheimer's Disease Research Center program is a crown jewel in the NIA's funding portfolio. 35 centers in red, blue and purple states put data in a single repository working towards a shared goal of curing AD. Funding for center renewals is on hold. tinyurl.com/yc2pr626 #standupforscience2025

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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Love what Mike Eisen did at eLife, but he could not be more wrong here. The Republican base doesn’t hate NIH because of “loss of trust,” they hate NIH and Fauci because rightwingers have run a coordinated funded attack on science for decades. Has Eisen watched Fox since 2019???

No. No. 1000 times No. We don't need to explain the value of science to "the people". Our problem isn't that people don't value of trust science in theory - they love science! It's that they question it's value IN PRACTICE. They question US. To save science we need to show them that they can and should revive their trust in US and OUR INSTITUTIONS to deliver on the promise of science everyone believes in.

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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Please forward this thread on Bhattacharya’s terrible recent writing to as many people as you can. Jay Bhattacharya has his Senate hearing today, and the NYT publishes a fawning opinion essay about him (just as happened during the Kavanaugh and Gorsuch hearings). People are trying to whitewash him.

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the beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Trump claimed the Biden administration spent $8 million "making mice transgender." The White House tried to back up this number with records of funding for research into cancer, asthma, and HIV, some of which used *transgenic* (genetically modified) mice.

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Trump Decried Millions Spent 'Making Mice Transgender.' It Was Cancer and Asthma Research

President Trump falsely claimed that Biden spent $8 million on 'making mice transgender,' but the real research was for human health.

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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Quick request: Please do contact us if you're a scientist at a university or outside NIH, and you serve on an #NIH council or advisory board, including the intramural Board of Scientific Counselor review boards (the reviews that impose high standards on NIH!) We'd love to be in touch.

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dmschnyer.bsky.social @dmschnyer.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

@utpsychology.bsky.social is searching for a Director of the Clinical Services and Training Center. Looking for a dynamic person who can help our clinic better serve the greater Austin community while providing excellent training for our graduate students. Apply here - apply.interfolio.com/164324

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Sam Stein @samsteindc.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

NEWS: The USAID official put on leave for disseminating two memos about Rubio's failure to push through life-saving foreign aid was in the process of writing a THIRD memo when fired. We obtained it. It's far more alarming than the first two. www.thebulwark.com/p/what-a-wee...

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Thank you! I, too, am shocked that so many are so quiet as if they think it will protect them from the worst of this. I don't think it will.

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Alejandro de la Vega @neurozorro.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Interesting day to watch Civil War (movie) on an international flight out of the US

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