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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Corporate profits and tax revenues grew together until the Trump tax cuts. Now corporate profits are at an all-time high while tax receipts are at their lowest since 2021.

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Bill Nihilist @wmkenkel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"I'm from San Diego and I say it's a small price to pay!"

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Sort of insane fact about how broken US urban planning is—America now spends more building *just the lights for roads and highways* than on all subways & ground mass transit combined Spending on roadway *pavement* is 18x transit spending

a graph of roadway and mass transit lights

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Bill Nihilist @wmkenkel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If you have a R^2 of 0.85 for more than 4 hours, call your doctor

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Bill Nihilist @wmkenkel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Fooled me once already, won't get me again. This is just survivorship bias that comes from only the big F-15s making it back to base.

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Seems like it should be part of the "are phones ruining the kids" debate that every marker of teen mental health has improved since 2021 www.cdc.gov/yrbs/youth-h...

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Laura R Cortes @prefrontalcortes.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

My postdoc work at @uclacollege.bsky.social in the #CorreaLab is now published at @pnas.org! 🙌 Our broad question was - do estrogens act on the brain to coordinate thermoregulatory adaptations during pregnancy? 1/8

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SBN on Bluesky @sbn-bsky.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Only one week left to submit an abstract for a talk at the 3rd Annual SBN Online Research Symposium! Talk submissions close September 28 at 11:59 PM PST. Poster submissions remain open until October 5 sbnorsc.wixsite.com/my-site-1

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Bill Nihilist @wmkenkel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Dogg, the dentist is gonna make you sit on people's laps during X-rays

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 19/09/2026

When we talk about the costs that LLMs impose on society we should not forget the fact that nothing works anymore because everyone is so scared of getting their shit scraped. I can't even use google scholar from my university or starlink because they send too much traffic.

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Bill Nihilist @wmkenkel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Me finishing my 4th manuscript review in this first half of September:

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Bill Nihilist @wmkenkel.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It's as easy as taking pizza crust from a baby (impossible)

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Bill Nihilist @wmkenkel.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I think I misinterpreted this graph to show applications rather than grants

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Bill Nihilist @wmkenkel.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

They cite "an unprecedented number of grant applications" but didn't you just share a graph last week showing the number of apps has been trending down not up?

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Bill Nihilist @wmkenkel.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

You got this bro. Decades of experts were wrong. Economics is a bamboozle. Math is a mirage. Your feelings are true. You can fly if you concentrate hard enough.

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Bill Nihilist @wmkenkel.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This is like watching the 50th mook rush Bruce Lee, gotta love the chutzpah. You're gonna get the definition of "real wages" like a nunchuck to the head.

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Bill Nihilist @wmkenkel.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

"The Hugging Face Hack" by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1533

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Dr. Becca @docbecca.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

My lab is ALSO recruiting a new postdoc to work on an exciting NIH-funded project. Start date ideally by early 2027. Please share with any recent or soon-to-defend neuro/psych PhDs with experience in rodent labs. northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...

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About the Opportunity Job Summary The Shansky Lab is seeking a full-time postdoc to conduct National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded behavioral neuroscience research investigating sex differences in...

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Bill Nihilist @wmkenkel.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I still want to start a scientific society for the study of how hormones act in early life to shape later stress and emotional responses. The Organization for Organizational Effects on Affect 🧪

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Bill Nihilist @wmkenkel.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

If your position is that all derogatory terms are off limits, then you open yourself up to the argument that calling Hitler a Nazi is off limits as the term has always been derogatory. Personally, I am fine with calling Hitler a Nazi (derogatory) www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-arti...

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Everyone Knows The Word "Nazi" But How Did The Term Come Into Being? | War History Online

Everyone knows the word "Nazi" and the evil it entails. World War II is a huge part of our history, with Hitler’s Nazi Germany being remembered as the

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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

“NSF’s biology directorate also appears headed for lower spending. Its solicitation calls for spending $280 million for research across its three “core” areas—foundations of life, living systems, & innovation/infrastructure—compared with $640 million spent in 2023.” NSF is openly flouting Congress

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Bill Nihilist @wmkenkel.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Eliminating the percentile value while retaining the text of reviewers' comments just seems destined to produce that sort of codeword nonsense you see in grad school rec letters, Exceptional (95%) Outstanding (85%) Excellent (75%)...

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Bill Nihilist @wmkenkel.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I'm looking for a postdoc! ...Long ago he killed my mentor and I am on a quest for revenge ⚔️

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Bill Nihilist @wmkenkel.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

...inevitably develop shared interpretations of qualitative descriptors, with certain adjectives functioning as stand-ins for specific score ranges. The result may be not the elimination of numerical ranking, but rather its migration into less transparent and less standardized language."

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Bill Nihilist @wmkenkel.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

...portfolio analyses, and good judgment to make award recommendations". By relying instead on the language of the study section's comments, this plan will likely encourage the emergence of a de facto scoring system embedded in narrative critiques. Over time, reviewers and program staff will...

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Bill Nihilist @wmkenkel.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

My feedback: "I would be the first to agree that NIH grant review is in need of reform, but after reading the proposed changes, I don't see how omitting a final overall impact score will "empower program officials to utilize their substantial expertise... 1/3

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Bill Nihilist @wmkenkel.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Q: Prof. Conan, what is best in academic life? A: To crush your reviewers, to see them go unfunded, and to hear the lamentations of their grad students

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Bill Nihilist @wmkenkel.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Q: Conan, what is best in work/life balance? A: To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to set aside time to listen to the lamentations of your friends and loved ones.

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Bill Nihilist @wmkenkel.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

New office art: "The Impatience For New Data" In 1965, the Mariner 4 probe sent back the first televised images of the surface of Mars. Unable to wait for the processed image, NASA employees hand-colored the data with crayons.🔭🧪

A "real-time data translator" machine converted a Mariner 4 digital image data into numbers printed on strips of paper. Too anxious to wait for the official processed image, employees from the Telecommunications Section at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, attached these strips side by side to a display panel and hand colored the numbers like a paint-by-numbers picture.

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Bill Nihilist @wmkenkel.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

For sale: baby crib. Never used. Baby only sleeps when held 😥

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Bill Nihilist @wmkenkel.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Hey, it's me, the guy who decided all canned beverage boxes should be printed with the image of the cans turned 90⁰ so when you open the cardboard flaps the cans all come rolling out. Greetings from hell!

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Bill Nihilist @wmkenkel.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

A Carhartt jacket would solve this

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Bill Nihilist @wmkenkel.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

ɢᴏᴅ ʜᴇʟᴘ ᴍᴇ, ɪ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ꜱᴍᴀʟʟ ᴄᴀᴘꜱ ᴛᴇxᴛ. ꜱᴏ ꜰɪᴇꜱᴛʏ. ꜱᴏ ᴛɪᴛᴜʟᴀʀ.

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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I really hope someone checks my math and memory of public university starting salaries. The idea that inflation adjusted numbers reflect starting assistant professors making 20% less now than they did 25 years ago is….. whew.

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Bill Nihilist @wmkenkel.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

"This is bullshit. I am *too* elite" I tell myself as I try to conserve storebrand cheese

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Bill Nihilist @wmkenkel.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

This is why everything is still mipped

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Facing federal science budget cuts, biologist Daniel Blumstein resorted to uploading marmot videos to OnlyFans to raise funds for his marmot research. However, when he uploaded his driver’s license for verification, OnlyFans informed him that his appearance didn’t match the marmots in the videos.