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It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

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Thank you to Ingrid Wickelgren and the team at Quanta for putting together this great piece, describing work by my lab and others on the neural representations of events

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Hi community, say hello to our Institute—lots of good people, hope it can help start great conversations

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WYOMING: “Thank you, Madam chairman.” “I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.” “Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”

submitted 18 hours ago • 1329 comments

PLOS has issued a statement on recent US Executive Orders and scientific integrity. We are determined to stand firmly behind our mission, our values and our principles, and against any attempt at censorship or undermining of the core principles of scientific inquiry. plos.io/3D4O8cH

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So. It has officially happened. I have been officially let go from my position at CDC. I wasn’t a probationary employee. I had stellar performance reviews every year. I’ll be ok. But please understand that many worked HARD to get into these positions and were doing great public health work.

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Here's the lawsuit filed by the AP against Trump admin officials alleging ban from spaces like the Oval Office and Air Force One b/c of how the outlet is handling the admin's use of "Gulf of America" instead of "Gulf of Mexico" is unconstitutional: assets.bwbx.io/documents/us...

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Teaching Perception and I'm struck by the difficulty of the term "surface reflectance" to talk about color. Truly reflective surfaces do not create color, they just reflect what's already there. It would be easier to explain if this was "surface scatter"

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Looking at my calendar "Interview the used guy" ... what in the hell was that supposed to mean sudden flash of memory "interview the uscd guy" What a difference a few pixels makes.

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“[SSA] has our bank information, our earnings records, the names and ages of our children, and much more.” “Warning about the risks of Mr. Musk's team accessing the data, Ms. Altman added, ‘There is no way to overstate how serious a breach this is.’” (🎁 link)

submitted 4 days ago • 65 comments

for pity’s sake, I am BEGGING university leaders to stop framing this issue in terms of what this will cost the university. people dont care! EXPLAIN WHAT THIS WILL COST THE PUBLIC: closed hospitals and clinics, skipped treatments, loss of access to experimental drugs, unemployment, recession

submitted 13 days ago • 143 comments

@mcuban.bsky.social Do you think that people who using a new automatic bag-punching machine at the gym would learn how to box?

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In the coming weeks, a lot of slow-on-the uptake folks are going to begin belatedly realizing Trump is both an inept moron and a dangerous autocrat. Our great civic challenge in these trying times will be calmly welcoming them aboard instead of primal-screaming in their faces.

submitted 16 days ago • 415 comments

Imagine if the media pointed out there was already a Government Accountability Office whose job it is to go after actual waste and fraud, not just things Elon doesn’t like, and found $70 Billion in savings last year and $2 Trillion in waste since 2003. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governm...

submitted 5 days ago • 135 comments

i have colleagues who somehow still think "we survived Trump 1.0, it'll be ok". this is not the same game. we are losing. Musk’s DOGE & the DOE threaten to revoke federal funding for public schools & universities unless they remove all DEI programming w/in 14 days www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

submitted 6 days ago • 3 comments

On Monday, Feb. 17, 2025 (Presidents’ Day), coordinated protests will occur in all 50 states at or near each state’s capitol (and some city halls) to peacefully oppose the Trump Administration’s actions and “Project 2025” agenda. Find details for your state ⬇️🪧

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The 50501 Movement has planned protests at all 50 state capitols and the U.S. Capitol on Presidents’ Day at noon. While mainstream media isn’t covering it, many YouTubers have stepped up to provide coverage.

submitted 7 days ago • 300 comments

If you build models with fiber optic lighting inside you learn three things: 1. The strands cannot be long enough when you install them 2. Actually that's not true, they can be too long 3. These strands are sentient, motile and will actively thwart you.

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

My civic could easily hang with these bad boys.

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When you hear “Make America Healthy Again” please remember who the Nazi’s targeted first. They wanted to make Germany healthy and “pure” The Aktion T4 program mass murdered people with disabilities. They tested the gas chambers on us. Please do not obey in advance. Speak out. Save lives.

submitted 8 days ago • 22 comments

Awful: Internal USAID memo instructs employees to refrain from talking to the media about cuts in assistance to the most vulnerable or they may get fired, WaPo reports. Trumpworld knows this is a big political problem for them. Keep the focus on it. New piece: newrepublic.com/article/1915...

submitted 7 days ago • 303 comments

Checking in with sources this morning... The total from NIH was apparently slightly more than 1500 people (out of 5200 HHS Department-wide) 1/n

submitted 7 days ago • 5 comments

What these nihilistic vandals are doing to dismantle science & medicine—generations of expertise & public service & life improving benefits—is cultural revolution level national self harm. No foreign foe could inflict such brutal damage & senseless suffering on US so fast & effectively & unresisted.

submitted 7 days ago • 510 comments

Today, along with 2,000 other NIH employees, I had to clear out my office 😭 It was truly the honor of my life to work with such incredibly passionate people focused on improving human health. I’ve never experienced a more positive culture where everyone cared about their job and serving others.

submitted 7 days ago • 361 comments

This is the Deputy Attorney General doing an outright Stringer Bell "is you taking notes on a criminal fucking conspiracy?" And to be perfectly clear: this is a crime. It's obstruction of justice, cut and dry, plain as day, no ambiguity about it.

submitted 9 days ago • 24 comments

If you're looking for a concrete action to take today--and you're a Visa cardholder--take 2 min and send an email to them today. 👇

submitted 12 days ago • 128 comments

Pop quiz about how Canvas LMS works! What fun. To access my list of sent messages I first click on: A: Inbox B: Outbox C: Sent D: Mailbox

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Yep! Call Governor Hochul and tell her to fire Adams NOW. 1-518-474-8390

submitted 8 days ago • 21 comments

In addition to being brave and the right thing to do, Sassoon’s letter points out that the Emperor has no clothes — it demolishes the utterly fatuous, transparently corrupt excuses for dismissing the Adams case.

submitted 9 days ago • 79 comments

Nice reporting by @berkeleyjr.bsky.social “Direct cost is the groceries," Golden said. "Indirect costs are the money you need to have a refrigerator and to pay your electric bill so that the milk and eggs don’t go bad.” www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

I want to highlight that it’s been three weeks since a law prof told us there was an entire literature that might justify stripping citizenship from children who would otherwise enjoy it— and absolutely no effort has been made to support that despite the claim being seen by a 1,000,00 or so people.

submitted 9 days ago • 17 comments

Re-upping: Please share with anyone who might be interested!

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