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Pink Pony Club and War Pigs are best bluegrass style. Big Richard energy

Doom scrolling this blue sky today

One of my talented graduate students (@breunigsophie.bsky.social) is putting together an immune-psychiatric focused symposium submission for the Behavior Genetics Association 2025 meeting in Atlanta. She needs one more talk to fill the symposium; if interested send me a message!

I hate when Monday falls on a Thursday. At least tomorrow is Friday. I think.

πŸš¨πŸ“°New paper from IBG Member Dr. Chandra Reynolds and collaborators that finds prolonged sitting impacts heart health and aging in the Colorado Adoption/Twin Study of Lifespan behavioral development and cognitive aging (CATSLife), even in young adults: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

When the dishwasher beeps at the end of its cycle the dog runs to hide in the kid's room. This has happened three times today. Unloading the dishwasher isn't even one of the dog's chores. Dog tax:

@mediaarchaeology.bsky.social I ran across this picture from a pandemic era virtual tour you put on. This is the only time my cat ever showed any interest in what was on a screen. I'm not sure if he was really into the old tube style displays being shown, or if the archeology cat got his interest.

Welcome to the official account for the University of Colorado Boulder, aka CU Boulder, in @bsky.app! We are excited to be here. Stay tuned... πŸ’›πŸ–€

Check out this University of Colorado newsletter that describes work being done by IBG faculty member @dangustavson.bsky.social using the VETSA twin dataset to examine genetic and environmental influences on cognitive decline. www.colorado.edu/asmagazine/2...

The Onion should buy Elsevier next

Continuing to violate social norms. This time by lying on the beach parallel to the water. Refuse to confirm.

In LA, Wish You Were Here finished just as the Dodgers hit a grand slam. Pretty sure the whoops were for the music and the high fives for the game.

That thing when you're in LA and are bringing part of La Brea home on your 11 year old

New OpEd in the Hastings Center Bioethics Forum -- my commentary on the Trump campaign's discussion of "genes": www.thehastingscenter.org/the-alarming...

IBG is taking applications for our next Director of Finance and Administration. This position coordinates and supervises the administrative, financial, and research activities of the Institute. Applications are due by October 13, 2024. For more information, please see link below: t.co/UgfpXXpNz4