Reposted by Tjeerd BoonstraHeidi Jacobs @heidijacobslab.bsky.social · 02/10/2026*** Postdoc Position*** We have a unique opportunity for a postdoc with expertise in MRS/fMRS to investigate neurochemical changes in aging and Alzheimer's disease at MGH in Boston!! (Deadline extended) 044
Reposted by Tjeerd BoonstraAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence: 2637209985728
Reposted by Tjeerd BoonstraAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Nigel Farage filmed celebrating illegal foreign donations Undercover footage reveals plot to break the law by funnelling offshore funds through a UK donor. Donations funded a series of widely reported polls boosting Reform ahead of the local elections channel4news.substack.com/p/exclusive-... 1082085935
Tjeerd Boonstra @tjeerdwboonstra.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Happy to have contributed to the extension of BIDS to different types of EMG data. Kudos to @neuromechanist.bsky.social for leading this project! 040
Reposted by Tjeerd BoonstraMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Paris funeral homes overwhelmed after record heatwavefrance24.comParis funeral homes overwhelmed after record heatwaveFrance on Monday counted its heat-related deaths, as a funeral business representative said Paris morgues have been overwhelmed by a spike in fatalities during a record-breaking heatwave. 312154
Reposted by Tjeerd BoonstraI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 29/06/2026It’s weird to be clearly living through exactly what was warned about with global warming and still have the concept treated as a future event or hypothetical. 21492262469
Reposted by Tjeerd BoonstraQuentin André @quentinandre.bsky.social · 24/06/2026HBS' latest filing in the Gino lawsuit contains a few new details: 1. A committee of 26 professors, admins, and fellows reviewed the allegations, and *unanimously concluded* that there was *clear and convincing evidence* of research misconduct. 13522
Reposted by Tjeerd BoonstraPeter Kok @peterkok.bsky.social · 24/06/2026I am recruiting a postdoctoral researcher and a PhD student, funded by a new ERC grant. The grant focuses on the role of the hippocampus in visual perception, using 7T fMRI (hippocampal subfields, cortical layers) and MEG+iEEG. The intended start dates for both positions are in early 2027. 🧠🟦 1/3 210391
Reposted by Tjeerd BoonstraImaging Neuroscience @imagingneurosci.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Our first Impact Factor is 3.0 — an important milestone for a new journal. As with most new journals, the first IF is affected by the smaller publication volume in the launch year. Latest citation data are encouraging, and the journal’s IF is set to rise in 2027. 15820
Reposted by Tjeerd BoonstraImaging Neuroscience @imagingneurosci.bsky.social · 14/06/2026We are delighted to announce that Shella Keilholz will shortly become the Editor-in-Chief of Imaging Neuroscience, following the selection process described in our Author Guide. Steve Smith is stepping down as EiC after serving for three years, following the transition from NeuroImage. 0266
Reposted by Tjeerd BoonstrabioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 11/06/2026The Limited Range of Motion of the Knee Does Not Fully Explain the Altered Neural Control of Plantar Flexors During Gait in Non-Neurological Knee Flexion Contracture www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20… 011
Reposted by Tjeerd BoonstraMichael Okun @michael-okun.bsky.social · 10/06/2026I’ve officially resigned as Associate Editor for Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. It used to be a reputable journal, but became a case study in how forced automation destroys academic integrity. 👇 5435861430
Reposted by Tjeerd BoonstraEBRAINS @ebrains.bsky.social · 18/05/2026EBRAINS has released the Roadmap 2026–2036 community contributions ahead of the Strategy Symposium taking place in Munich on 21-22 May 2026. Read more: ebrains.eu/news-and-eve... 012
Reposted by Tjeerd BoonstraGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 14/04/2026I don't know why this is so hard for some people to grasp. If we extend our use of fossil gas, rather than going all-out for grid batteries, heat pumps and induction hobs, we extend our dependence on *foreign* sources of gas, regardless of whether we also use the UK's last remaining reserves. 🧵 14948441185
Tjeerd Boonstra @tjeerdwboonstra.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Thought-provoking documentary on Naomi Shuster-Eliassi and what it means to believe in peace now on NPO www.npodoc.nl/artikelen/co...npodoc.nlKijk de documentaire 'Coexistence, My Ass!' op npodoc.nlDocumentaire over de Israëlische cabaretière en vrijheidsactivist Noam Shuster Eliassi. 000
Reposted by Tjeerd BoonstraJane Rosenzweig @janerosenzweig.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Worth a read. And if you have ideas to share about how you're navigating your own classroom right now, please consider writing for theimportantwork.substack.com 1288
Reposted by Tjeerd BoonstraMicah G. Allen @micahgallen.com · 03/03/2026This post really put together the pieces in a way that floored me. Everything is about to change and we have to confront that reality causalinf.substack.com/p/claude-cod...causalinf.substack.comClaude Code 27: Research and Publishing Are Now Two Different ThingsSome Claude Code fan fiction about the economics of publishing with AI agents set in the very near future 12910
Reposted by Tjeerd BoonstraAndrew Perfors @perfors.net · 01/02/2026I am really angry about all of the scientists who cozied up to Epstein even after it was known who he was. I am nearly as angry at how many people are justifying this as "they had to, it's how academia works" NO IT FUCKING WELL ISN'T 14809147
Reposted by Tjeerd BoonstraHeleen Slagter @haslagter.bsky.social · 29/01/2026What is the brain for? Active inference is widely discussed as a unifying framework for understanding brain function, yet its empirical status remains debated. Our review identifies core predictions across the action-perception cycle and evaluates their empirical support: osf.io/preprints/ps... 210039
Reposted by Tjeerd BoonstraEmily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 28/01/2026I was interviewed for two documentaries about "AI" that both premiered at Sundance this year: @ghostdoc2026.bsky.social ("Ghost in the Machine") and "The AI Doc: How I Became an Apocaloptimist". As a pair, these films are a study in contrasts. Another long 🧵>> 518272
Reposted by Tjeerd BoonstraGary Marcus @garymarcus.bsky.social · 22/01/2026LLMs are not the way to AGI - and the big guns are finally starting to acknowledge it. open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...open.substack.comBreaking: Sir Demis Hassabis becomes the latest to say that ChatGPT is a dead-end and that we must turn our focus to world modelsPer the Times of India: 1017962
Reposted by Tjeerd BoonstraShyznogud @shyznogd.bsky.social · 20/01/2026"Amazing moment on French TV. A French judge explains how Trump sent people from the US Embassy basically trying to intimidate her during Le Pen's trial for embezzlement - something they've done to other judges around the world My English sub-titles 👇" @AlexTaylorNews no twitter 1011388
Reposted by Tjeerd BoonstraPsyPost @psypost.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Psilocybin microdosing fails to boost cognitive performance in rigorous trialspsypost.orgPsilocybin microdosing fails to boost cognitive performance in rigorous trialsA comprehensive new study challenges the popular productivity trend, finding that taking small amounts of magic mushrooms offers no measurable improvements in focus, memory, or mood compared to a placebo. 011
Reposted by Tjeerd BoonstraKai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Hard to overstate how deranged this message is. And yes, it's been officially confirmed to be real... 28018
Reposted by Tjeerd BoonstraAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 19/01/2026The Nobel Peace Prize becoming so prestigious that wars are fought over a head of state coveting it is some real monkey paw stuff for Alfred Nobel. 139100171760
Reposted by Tjeerd BoonstraDarren Dahly @statsepi.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Omg it's a "real" thing. Whom do I know around Utrecht that can put an end to this? 😜 www.limesurvey.org/blog/knowled...limesurvey.orgUnderstanding the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES)Learn about the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES), a trusted tool for measuring employee engagement. Explore its dimensions, scoring methods, and importance 011
Reposted by Tjeerd BoonstrabioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 10/01/2026Aging redirects prior expectations from perception to action www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20… 072
Reposted by Tjeerd BoonstraTomer Ullman @tomerullman.bsky.social · 09/01/2026once again being driven insane by ML conference submissions 311118
Tjeerd Boonstra @tjeerdwboonstra.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Company Flow’s Funcrusher Plus felt dystopian in 1997. In 2026 it mostly just feels… current www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvkV...youtube.comHelp WantedYouTube video by Company Flow - Topic 000
Reposted by Tjeerd BoonstraAlan Bince Jacob @alanbince.bsky.social · 23/12/2025✨ My first preprint from my PhD with @tjeerdwboonstra.bsky.social is live ! We reveal reduced precision weighting of prediction errors in older adults during step initiation using Go/No-Go stepping paradigm and Hierarchical Gaussian Filter 👇 doi.org/10.64898/202...doi.orgReduced belief updating impairs adaptive step initiation in older adultsAgeing is associated with declines in mobility and balance that threaten independence and increase the risk of falls. Although these changes are often attributed to deterioration of muscular and senso... 182
Reposted by Tjeerd BoonstraPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 10/12/2025Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it. 1914199935249
Reposted by Tjeerd BoonstraScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 27/11/2025Rutger Bregman: "Donald Trump is the most openly corrupt president in American history”. A key line from the Reith lectures, which BBC excised without the author's permission. And now BBC is telling its journalists they may not quote the line anywhere. A shocking lapse in basic journalistic ethics.theguardian.comBBC tells staff they cannot quote Trump line removed from Reith lectureJournalists not allowed to repeat Rutger Bregman’s corruption claims against US president in coverage of edit 17331
Reposted by Tjeerd BoonstraChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 04/12/2025A note on learning physics ⚛️ for starting PhD students: At the risk of saying something completely useless because everyone has it worked out There is no magic trick, your classmates *may* be faster than you, but they are still studying as long as they need to and you are quite capable of the same 742373
Reposted by Tjeerd BoonstraElliot Murphy @elliot-murphy.bsky.social · 29/11/2025Brilliant eye-tracking study on statistics/structure 👀 "We conclude that linguistic knowledge guides moment-by-moment reading in two dissociable ways: Forward reading is driven by the word’s surprisal, and backward reading reflects syntactic structure building operations." osf.io/preprints/ps...osf.ioOSF 092
Reposted by Tjeerd BoonstraPhilip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 27/11/2025SocArXiv announces moratorium on AI-topic papers 0287
Reposted by Tjeerd BoonstraSmut Clyde, X-Ray Haruspex @smutclyde.bsky.social · 26/11/2025Rate your score on Factor Fexcectorn. Well done, Scientific Reports. pubpeer.com/publications... 1816553
Reposted by Tjeerd BoonstraSarah Garfinkel @sarahgarf.bsky.social · 24/11/2025** Recruiting a postdoc ** We are looking for a postdoc to work on emotion, mental health, and interoception, based in London at @ucl.ac.uk in my lab (Clinical and Affective Neuroscience). Part of a large Wellcome Grant (co-led with the brilliant @camillanord.bsky.social) 18586
Reposted by Tjeerd BoonstraJörn Diedrichsen @diedrichsenjorn.bsky.social · 24/11/2025The Sensorimotor Superlab with @gribblelab.org and @andpru.bsky.social is a unique place to work and learn. We are now accepting MSc and PhD applications for Fall 2026. Join our awesome team at Western University... For application instructions see diedrichsenlab.org and gribblelab.org/join.html!diedrichsenlab.orgDiedrichsenlab 13124
Reposted by Tjeerd BoonstraJoao Barbosa @jbarbosa.org · 25/11/2025Y’all are reading this paper in the wrong way. We love to trash dominant hypothesis, but we need to look for evidence against the manifold hypothesis elsewhere: This elegant work doesn't show neural dynamics are high D, nor that we should stop using PCA It’s quite the opposite! (thread) 36923
Reposted by Tjeerd BoonstraBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 09/11/2025Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer. He is a computer safety researcher. And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine. In under 1600 words. aphyr.com/posts/397-i-... 117102835626
Reposted by Tjeerd BoonstrabioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 09/11/2025Neural manifolds that orchestrate walking and stopping www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202… 074
Reposted by Tjeerd BoonstraStephen Curry @scurry.bsky.social · 07/11/2025How much longer is the @royalsociety.org going to look away from the devastating actions of its honoured fellow, Elon Musk? Such moral cowardice. 0278
Reposted by Tjeerd BoonstraRich Haridy @richharidy.bsky.social · 07/11/2025This is a solid open label LSD microdosing trial from a strong New Zealand team who are well aware of the shortcomings of all the research in the field. Perhaps best to consider this study Part 1 of a larger project. The results are certainly promising but Part 2 is underway and it's the big one.sciencedirect.comLSD microdosing in major depressive disorder: results from an open-label trialMajor depressive disorder (MDD) affects approximately 5% of the global population. Classic psychedelics have shown promise in treating various mental … 173
Reposted by Tjeerd BoonstraObservant @observant-um.bsky.social · 09/10/2025De faculteitsraad Health, Medicine and Life sciences sprak dinsdag opnieuw over de werkdruk. Passen de normuren nog wel bij wat docenten feitelijk doen? De raad vroeg het bestuur om uitleg. #Werkdruk #UniversiteitMaastricht #Normuren #Faculteitsraad www.observantonline.nl/Home/Artikel... 001
Reposted by Tjeerd BoonstraPeter Moleman @molemanpeter.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Hoe ik vertrok uit Gaza – en voor het eerst oog in oog stond met een Israëlische soldaat decorrespondent.nl/16372/hoe-ik...decorrespondent.nlHoe ik vertrok uit Gaza – en voor het eerst oog in oog stond met een Israëlische soldaatMijn leven lang kende ik het Israëlische leger alleen van veraf: van de vliegtuigen, raketten en drones die de dood over ons in Gaza uitstorten. Maar tijdens mijn evacuatie naar Nederland zag ik voor ... 001
Reposted by Tjeerd BoonstraImaging Neuroscience @imagingneurosci.bsky.social · 05/09/2025Launched in 2023, Imaging Neuroscience is now firmly established, with full indexing (PubMed, etc.) and 700 papers to date. We're very happy to announce that we are able to reduce the APC to $1400. Huge thanks to all authors, reviewers, editorial team+board, and MIT Press. 223380
Reposted by Tjeerd BoonstraAlexander Mathis @trackingskills.bsky.social · 04/09/2025We developed Arnold - the first control policy that learns multiple motor skills across detailed musculoskeletal models. A small step towards understanding the computational principles behind motor intelligence.arxiv.orgArnold: a generalist muscle transformer policyControlling high-dimensional and nonlinear musculoskeletal models of the human body is a foundational scientific challenge. Recent machine learning breakthroughs have heralded policies that master ind... 1144
Reposted by Tjeerd BoonstraObservant @observant-um.bsky.social · 04/09/2025De druk op de Maastrichtse woningmarkt voor studenten lijkt een stuk lager dan voorgaande jaren. Het totaal aantal studenten stijgt nauwelijks, waardoor er geen extra kamers nodig zijn, zegt het hoofd van Maastricht Housing. www.observantonline.nl/Home/Artikel... #Studentenkamers #Maastricht 001