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i am a cognitive scientist working on auditory perception at the University of Auckland and the Yale Child Study Center 🇳🇿🇺🇸🇫🇷🇨🇦 lab: themusiclab.org personal: mehr.nz intro to my research: youtu.be/-vJ7Jygr1eg
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I think this is shrewd — PIs should download a hard copy of the official federal notice of award for any active NIH/NSF/etc grant now, in case of foul play later it's also completely wild that this is shrewd, but it is 🫠

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FEDERAL RESEARCH LAB SCIENTIST IN 1965: After five years and seventy million dollars we have invented a new type of plastic that prevents communists from being able to climb ladders too fast FEDERAL RESEARCH LAB SCIENTIST IN 2025: My cure for cancer was shelved because it might benefit Hispanics

submitted 3 hours ago • 45 comments

we used to respect the computer

submitted 1 day ago • 38 comments

Plum cake wasn't enough for everybody so I made an orange olive oil (o-o-o) cake with a blueberry plum coulis. Here it is with an accidentally generous pour

submitted 6 hours ago • 0 comments

Not a bad first draft

submitted 1 day ago • 7 comments

Plum season means plum torte in the oven 🥧

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Countdown (Woolworths) does promotions where kids get collectible cards for every $20 of grocery 7yo's strategy is to find older folks buying a ton of stuff and getting in line behind them He just scored a $500 granny I'd say this is cheating but it's done wonders for saying please and thank-you

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

I chatted with a program director at NIH for a half hour just now It's clear that the people who make American science happen are doing everything they can to keep making it happen in a very difficult environment They deserve our respect and gratitude

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments

NIH indirects case update: Hearing ongoing now, and I'll try to live tweet some notable exchanges. Prior to more detailed arguments, Judge Kelley starts off with a few point questions to both sides: (I'm paraphrasing here)

submitted 1 day ago • 16 comments

*stares in historian*

submitted 2 days ago • 40 comments

just to add to the "air canada sucks" discourse, there is currently no decent way to fly with one stop from Auckland to Montréal. used to be many options via Vancouver, LA, SF, or Houston. sigh

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Universities show their true colors during crises so I'm proud to read that my US employer, Yale School of Medicine, is funding faculty whose labs have been hit by political meddling In addition to bridge funding I gather Yale lawyers are directly challenging anti-science actions in Washington

submitted 2 days ago • 4 comments

Similar or identical OIA to ODT --> article on the 🔥text message. Collins targeted cuts to social science in July. Unclear if advice corrected or addressed her requests. www.odt.co.nz/news/nationa...

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