Reposted by Tod ThieleScott Juntti @scottjuntti.bsky.social · 27/09/2026When a fish sees the world move, it immediately swims with it. This is the optomotor response: a visual reflex found across animals that helps us maintain our position and orientation as our surroundings appear to drift. 🐟👀 14817
Tod Thiele @todthiele.bsky.social · 20/08/2026on.soundcloud.com/UBIzFfnHgMlO...soundcloud.comMaiden Voyage - Herbie HancockListen to Maiden Voyage - Herbie Hancock by スペースマン #np on #SoundCloud 000
Reposted by Tod ThieleDarrin T. Schultz @dts.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Our new paper in Science Advances asks how animals' genomes have changed since their origin from a common ancestor over 600 million years ago, and what patterns in their DNA have arisen in the churn of speciation and extinction. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 315055
Reposted by Tod Thielevoigtvision.bsky.social @voigtvision.bsky.social · 20/08/2026🤩 It's time for some invertebrate eye candy! 🤩 Here's a ctenophore (or comb jelly) stained with phalloidin by John Alexander Salazar Hernandez & imaged on an exaSPIM built by Kaelin Wulf of the team of @adamkglaser.bsky.social as part of the FHL Functional Biodiversity course #microscopy 213732
Reposted by Tod ThieleMaxwell Shafer @maxshafer.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Do you have trouble sleeping when away from home or your partner and family? In our latest, we find that shells 🐚🏠 (homes) and conspecifics 🐟❤️ (family) control (or mask) circadian rhythms in shell dwelling cichlid fish: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...static.klipy.comCallipterus Cichlid Collecting ShellAlt: Callipterus Cichlid Collecting Shell 34019
Reposted by Tod ThieleHL Eisthen, defective human product @hleisthen.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Just learned that Science magazine's "Science Advisor" picked up on our recent preprint on courtship behavior in axolotls. If you're curious, scroll down to the blurb labeled "flirtalotl" for a pretty good summary of the work. Fun! #neuroethology www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgScienceAdviser: We like you a-lotl!Today in Science and science: ScienceAdviser celebrates its third anniversary 0206
Reposted by Tod ThieleBlake Richards @tyrellturing.bsky.social · 19/08/2026People should actually read this short article in the Economist if they can. Not included in this image is data showing if you control for how long students spend studying, then students using AI actually perform equal or better. So, it's the obvious: Skip the homework and you don't learn! 1013437
Reposted by Tod ThieleAlex Schier @schierlab.bsky.social · 19/08/2026What regulates the urge to sleep? William Joo and colleagues identified brain regions that reflect how long mice have been awake. Strikingly, inhibiting one of these regions reduces sleep by 70%, without the major behavioral deficits associated with sleep deprivation. www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comWake-activated neuronal populations that regulate sleep drive - NatureWhole-brain activity mapping, targeted cell manipulations and electrophysiology in mice identify wake-activated neuronal populations that are crucial for sleep drive and can persistently red... 48632
Reposted by Tod ThieleTatiana Engel @engeltatiana.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Difficult decisions take time, but can we keep all accumulated evidence in mind long enough to make better choices? We find that working-memory limitations constrain decision-making, and these effects are modulated by dopamine. biorxiv.org/content/10.6... bioRxiv out with Cina Aghamohammadi et al.biorxiv.orgWorking memory limitations and dopamine modulation in probabilistic reasoningDifficult decisions require gathering evidence over extended periods, placing demands on working memory. Yet, how working memory limitations affect decision-making remains largely unknown. We trained ... 27420
Reposted by Tod ThieleInternational Society for Neuroethology @neuroethology.org · 19/08/2026🚨 How do the results from neuroethological assays generalize to animals behaving outside of the lab in ecologically relevant situations? Check out this review of field neuroethology, an expansion of lab-based neuroethology: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.com 0125
Reposted by Tod ThieleTom Baden @neurofishh.bsky.social · 18/08/2026New primer on Danionella cerebrum, with @xinwei-wang.bsky.social . What a fun little fish :) Free access here: authors.elsevier.com/a/1ndEe_LsQS... 4327
Tod Thiele @todthiele.bsky.social · 19/08/2026on.soundcloud.com/aN2yGuCJzvhp...soundcloud.comOceanic Lullaby - J BoogieListen to Oceanic Lullaby - J Boogie by スペースマン #np on #SoundCloud 000
Tod Thiele @todthiele.bsky.social · 19/08/2026on.soundcloud.com/8S86yw6mSzCd...soundcloud.comSet the Sun - BreakestraListen to Set the Sun - Breakestra by スペースマン #np on #SoundCloud 000
Tod Thiele @todthiele.bsky.social · 19/08/2026on.soundcloud.com/9HoQDYPVPb6U...soundcloud.comLamonts Lament - The Sea And CakeListen to Lamonts Lament - The Sea And Cake by スペースマン #np on #SoundCloud 000
Tod Thiele @todthiele.bsky.social · 18/08/2026on.soundcloud.com/HoMvuvHkrGXd...soundcloud.comBNH - Brand New Heavies (1990)Listen to BNH - Brand New Heavies (1990) by スペースマン #np on #SoundCloud 000
Tod Thiele @todthiele.bsky.social · 17/08/2026on.soundcloud.com/rVR9cWBF7bBQ...soundcloud.comForest Flower, Sunrise-Sunset - Charles Lloyd (Monterey Jazz Festival 1966)Listen to Forest Flower, Sunrise-Sunset - Charles Lloyd (Monterey Jazz Festival 1966) by スペースマン #np on #SoundCloud 000
Tod Thiele @todthiele.bsky.social · 11/08/2026on.soundcloud.com/MWBj5YKIUG9V...soundcloud.comPrana ie Life Breath (Trentemøller; Last Resort)-> Over the Ice (The Field; From Here We Go Sublime)In honor of the Europa Clipper Mission that seeks to determine if Europa has conditions to support life. 000
Tod Thiele @todthiele.bsky.social · 09/08/2026on.soundcloud.com/7PLi94PtxBPn...soundcloud.comFire on the Mountain - Grateful Dead (Live at Barton Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 5/8/77)Listen to Fire on the Mountain - Grateful Dead (Live at Barton Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 5/8/77) by スペースマン #np on #SoundCloud 000
Tod Thiele @todthiele.bsky.social · 09/08/2026on.soundcloud.com/eHhUaewb4Y1p...soundcloud.comAwakeningFor signed CDs, MP3 & Tabs visit http://www.manelijamal.com Happy to announce my second LP "The Lamaj Movement" is now released with Candyrat Records! The CD features some original artwork from me 000
Tod Thiele @todthiele.bsky.social · 09/08/2026on.soundcloud.com/hqKloko8yhQD...soundcloud.comThe AwakeningListen to The Awakening by Ahmad Jamal #np on #SoundCloud 000
Reposted by Tod ThieleZebrafish Rock! @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 09/08/2026May we suggest someone make the Daihatsu Zebra(fish) become a reality?!? 😜 #UseZebrafishResponsibly 171
Reposted by Tod ThieleZebrafish Rock! @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Light sheet fluorescence microscopy (LSFM) movie of axon branching during #zebrafish development in a neurodegenerative disease gene (KLC4) mutant. Credit to @drlizhaynes.bsky.social. #ZebrafishZunday 16517
Tod Thiele @todthiele.bsky.social · 09/08/2026on.soundcloud.com/btJ04FMrHOXl...soundcloud.comAw shucks - Lou DonaldsonListen to Aw shucks - Lou Donaldson by スペースマン #np on #SoundCloud 000
Tod Thiele @todthiele.bsky.social · 09/08/2026on.soundcloud.com/4h64OQq6pGt2...soundcloud.comDe La Soul Ft. Common - The Bizness (prod. By De La Soul)Listen to De La Soul Ft. Common - The Bizness (prod. By De La Soul) by スペースマン #np on #SoundCloud 000
Reposted by Tod ThieleJim Thompson @jimthommo.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Janelia/HHMI seconds away from their latest model organism pivot 082
Reposted by Tod ThieleHHMI @hhmi-science.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Inside a lava lamp? Nope — better. Cryo-CLEM (cryo-correlative light & electron microscopy) is an imaging technique developed by Janelia researchers & #HHMIInvestigator Eric Betzig. Orange blobs = 2 kidney cells; within, endoplasmic reticulum (green) & mitochondria (purple). 📸: Hess & Betzig 1121
Reposted by Tod ThieleBionic Vision Lab @bionicvisionlab.org · 08/08/2026New in Neuron 👁️🧠🧪: Can AI help a cortical visual prosthesis control what the brain actually does after electrical stimulation? We used a bidirectional implant to model and shape stimulation-evoked activity in human visual cortex. doi.org/10.1016/j.ne... #UCSB #AI #BionicVision #Neurotechnology 2205
Reposted by Tod ThieleJoseph Lewczak (Truth Seeker) @truthseeker59.bsky.social · 08/08/2026This photograph captures Salvador Dalí painting a surreal portrait of his wife, Gala, around 1942. This photograph was taken by Philippe Halsman, a renowned portrait photographer who famously collaborated with Dalí on many surreal images. 0226
Reposted by Tod ThieleRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Under Trump & RFK Jr.: -22,000 cyclospora cases and 2 deaths -Multiple ongoing salmonella outbreaks -Measles cases at 35-year high -New "forever chemical" pesticides in our food supply How the hell is any of this Making America Healthy Again? 22843291662
Tod Thiele @todthiele.bsky.social · 07/08/2026on.soundcloud.com/XMVsmd4OdtUq...soundcloud.com6/7/20 Mashup by T.Thiele - "Freedom! '90" (G. Michael) VS. "Ain't Hard to Tell" (Nas)Listen to 6/7/20 Mashup by T.Thiele - "Freedom! '90" (G. Michael) VS. "Ain't Hard to Tell" (Nas) by サウンド #np on #SoundCloud 000
Tod Thiele @todthiele.bsky.social · 07/08/2026on.soundcloud.com/OVlVjlE3zNf7...soundcloud.comPaid in Full (7 Minutes Of Madness Remix) - Eric B. & RakimListen to Paid in Full (7 Minutes Of Madness Remix) - Eric B. & Rakim by サウンド #np on #SoundCloud 000
Tod Thiele @todthiele.bsky.social · 07/08/2026on.soundcloud.com/8ycaysqSsD6q...soundcloud.comMy Philosophy - Boogie Down ProductionsListen to My Philosophy - Boogie Down Productions by サウンド #np on #SoundCloud 000
Tod Thiele @todthiele.bsky.social · 07/08/2026on.soundcloud.com/WhRBJdLXiLSo...soundcloud.comBrighter Days, Where Did They Go - JJ Grey & MofroListen to Brighter Days, Where Did They Go - JJ Grey & Mofro by サウンド #np on #SoundCloud 000
Tod Thiele @todthiele.bsky.social · 07/08/2026on.soundcloud.com/p32fV4OUMPxw...soundcloud.comLIVE: Talking about a Revolution - Tracy ChapmanListen to LIVE: Talking about a Revolution - Tracy Chapman by サウンド #np on #SoundCloud 000
Reposted by Tod ThieleCris Niell @crisniell.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Very happy to share our new review on visual computation in the cephalopod brain, with @vangeliqueallen.bsky.social, out now! We discuss exciting recent advances in understanding how the radically different brain of cephalopods processes the visual scene. 🐙🔬👀 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 211142
Reposted by Tod ThielePawel Burkhardt @pawelburkhardt.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Our Dispatch "Evolution: Ancient monoamines in a neuron-less animal" out in @currentbiology.bsky.social. Monoamine signaling and behavioral responses in placozoans suggest this system predates bilaterians. authors.elsevier.com/a/1nYJl3QW8S... @annaferraioli.bsky.social @msarscentre.bsky.social 15723
Reposted by Tod ThieleBryan Roth @zenbrainest.bsky.social · 06/08/2026A suite of engineered mice for interrogating psychedelic drug actions #psychedelics Congrats to Yi-ting, Ariel, Bill, Gavin, Dewran, Pierre and too many others to mention. A yuuge effort and we hope that folks will find these mice useful www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comA suite of engineered mice for interrogating psychedelic drug actions - Nature NeuroscienceChiu et al. have developed engineered HTR2A mouse lines enabling in vivo mapping, targeting and modulation of receptor-expressing neurons and validated their utility across biochemical, electrophysiol... 0268
Tod Thiele @todthiele.bsky.social · 06/08/2026on.soundcloud.com/dLSJc5kTPskl...soundcloud.comLondinium - Nick WarrenListen to Londinium - Nick Warren by サウンド #np on #SoundCloud 010
Tod Thiele @todthiele.bsky.social · 06/08/2026on.soundcloud.com/e5PHJoEIvGcF...soundcloud.comMiles Davis In A Silent WayVinyl collector just sharing with the world 000
Reposted by Tod ThieleFishEvo Zuzana Musilova @fishevo.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Interested in weird and crazy #photoreceptor types - like “superrods” in some deep-sea fish?🤩 Happy to see you on Wednesday poster (PS3.45) session at #ICN2026 #ICN2026Vancouver @neuroethology.org 1146
Reposted by Tod ThieleInternational Society for Neuroethology @neuroethology.org · 28/07/2026The next speaker is @clairewyart.bsky.social talking about "Unraveling motor strategies during #navigation" 🐟 131
Reposted by Tod ThieleRebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 28/07/2026The long frilly ribbons at the center of jellyfish are actually massive stretched out lips, called 'oral arms' which act as a landing-zone for tentacles. Tentacle: sting prey, contract to oral arm, deposit prey onto frilly lips Oral arm: wrap prey in kiss of death, suck it up to mouth to be digested 412133
Tod Thiele @todthiele.bsky.social · 27/07/2026on.soundcloud.com/RQlO8WYyfI2K...soundcloud.comFirst in Flight - BlackaliciousListen to First in Flight - Blackalicious by キツネ #np on #SoundCloud 010
Tod Thiele @todthiele.bsky.social · 27/07/2026on.soundcloud.com/4mlgsHs95Gsj...soundcloud.comSaarbrucken Bus RideListen to Saarbrucken Bus Ride by キツネ #np on #SoundCloud 020
