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Stephen David

@stephenvdavid.bsky.social
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Brains, hearing, behavior, computation. Dad, science believer, cyclist, and mind wanderer.

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Stephen David @stephenvdavid.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
NIH has opened a public comment period on its agency-wide strategic plan. Many comments have come from animal rights groups. Please consider commenting in favor of animal studies. Deadline is tonight, May 26, 8:59pm PT. Even a brief note can make a difference. rfi.grants.nih.gov?s=6998c3a23e...
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Stephen David @stephenvdavid.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
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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Stephen David @stephenvdavid.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Figure 3. Diversity of subspace models within a single recording site.
A. Spectro-temporal filters define three most important dimensions for each of 8 neurons in a cortical column. B. SSRFs show regions in the subspace that evoke activity for that neuron. C. 1D SSRF marginals show tuning that can be monotonic or U-shaped. D. SSRFs produce very diverse time-varying activity across a cortical column, despite most neurons sharing a very similar tuning subspace.
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Stephen David @stephenvdavid.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Oops, managed not to attach a figure in the original post. Figure 1. Mapping from CNN to subspace encoding models. rdcu.be/e5gLY
Schematic of procedure for measuring subspace from DNN model. Traces illustrate the projection of a natural sound stimulus onto each subspace dimension, subspace receptive fields (SSRFs) map from the subspace projection to neural spike rate.
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Stephen David @stephenvdavid.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Call it #ExplainableAI or just making sense of complexity. We establish a direct link between DNNs fit to #AuditoryCortex and more intuitive subspace models from the 2000s. Congrats @jeremewingert.bsky.social @satyaparida.bsky.social & Sam Norman-Haignere! #NeuroAI #SensoryNeuroscience rdcu.be/e5gLY
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Stephen David @stephenvdavid.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Ha, sorry! It’s hard to run the site as a part time gig. I do usually reply to emails but occasionally they get lost. Mostly I’m struggling with keeping the site from crashing because it’s bombarded by web scrapers all the time. Pls resend and I can get you access!
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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 05/04/2025
Oh wow: Portland Oregon is NOT KIDDING #handsoff
Portland OR Hands Off Rally
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 12/02/2025
Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025! Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide! #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Don't be a useful idiot puppet for the regime drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/02/25/d...
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Don’t be a useful idiot puppet for the regime
I say this to myself regularly in the past weeks, mostly when it comes to sitting on my hands about my regular NIH-related and academic science career-related hobby horse issues as they arise. We h…
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Stephen David @stephenvdavid.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
This article is practically ancient (several days old), but it still resonates. In my bubble, I only hear complaints from universities and professional organizations. Does biotech value basic science research? www.statnews.com/2025/02/11/n...
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As outcry builds over Trump cuts to NIH payments, drugmakers are MIA
Drugmakers — major beneficiaries of NIH-backed university research — have been largely silence on the Trump administration's cuts to agency research payments.
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Stephen David @stephenvdavid.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Feel like I just got a big bear hug. See you at ARO!
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Stephen David @stephenvdavid.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Hi, Bluesky community! Recent events have finally propelled me away from Twitter. Happy to see so many familiar names and faces here!
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