Cristin Welle
@cgracewh.bsky.social
Neuroscientist and neural engineer at the University of Colorado. Neurotechnology enthusiast and with a passion for ceramics, vintage fashion and pets. And my amazing husband and 3 boys!
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"For perspective, only 14,500 satellites are currently in orbit. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk now wants to dramatically increase that number by about 70 times, raising questions about the environmental toll from the required rocket launches and the potential for space debris."
FCC Fast-Tracks SpaceX's Plan for 1M Satellites. And It Wants Your Thoughts
Usually, the commission takes weeks or months to respond to a filing, but it kicked off a public comment period for SpaceX's orbital data center plan in just a few days.
www.pcmag.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:43 PM
"For perspective, only 14,500 satellites are currently in orbit. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk now wants to dramatically increase that number by about 70 times, raising questions about the environmental toll from the required rocket launches and the potential for space debris."
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Proud of my sister and brother-in-law for organizing their fellow residents to stand united against absolute crooks of landlords
www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
Queens apartments deteriorating after building managers were arrested, tenants say
After their building managers were arrested on fraud charges, tenants in Queens say their apartments were left in chaos.
www.cbsnews.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Proud of my sister and brother-in-law for organizing their fellow residents to stand united against absolute crooks of landlords
www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
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At NIH, "grant awards must be approved by presidential political appointees. Review steps have been added throughout the agency, from review of contracts, review of formerly-perfunctory employee term renewals, review of travel, and even review of weekly money disbursements to grantees"
What a joke.
What a joke.
New at Can We Still Govern: NIH scientist @markhisted.org reviews the damage done to American biomedical science in the last year and looks ahead:
"Scientists should not be political partisans, but they should be partisans for liberal democratic principles."🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/american-b...
"Scientists should not be political partisans, but they should be partisans for liberal democratic principles."🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/american-b...
American biomedical science in 2026
Where we are, how we got here, and what to do next
donmoynihan.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:37 PM
At NIH, "grant awards must be approved by presidential political appointees. Review steps have been added throughout the agency, from review of contracts, review of formerly-perfunctory employee term renewals, review of travel, and even review of weekly money disbursements to grantees"
What a joke.
What a joke.
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Oh my god www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
ICE agents shatter window, leave 1-month-old baby, mother in car after Portland arrest
Video shows federal immigration agents leaving behind an infant and broken glass after detaining a Guinean immigrant with no known criminal history.
www.pressherald.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Oh my god www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
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No Kings is hosting what is shaping up to be the largest ICE Watch training in history tonight.
Join here: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
Join here: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
January 26, 2026 at 4:01 PM
No Kings is hosting what is shaping up to be the largest ICE Watch training in history tonight.
Join here: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
Join here: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"
January 25, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"
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Now is the time!! ☎️
January 24, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Now is the time!! ☎️
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Scenes from today's protests. This is what Minnesota looks like. This is who we are. We show up for our neighbors. Such amazing energy on a brutally cold day.
January 24, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Scenes from today's protests. This is what Minnesota looks like. This is who we are. We show up for our neighbors. Such amazing energy on a brutally cold day.
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Proud of Cleveland Owns's role in supporting People's Plumbing, a badass plumbing co-op!
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People's Plumbing offers pay-what-you-can repairs in Cleveland
People's Plumbing offers repairs using what's called a gift economy model. That means people pay workers what they can.
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January 21, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Proud of Cleveland Owns's role in supporting People's Plumbing, a badass plumbing co-op!
signalcleveland.org/inside-cleve...
signalcleveland.org/inside-cleve...
Join us in Italy to hear all the latest on Neuroelectronic Interfaces! We have an amazing group of speakers. Only a few slots remains, so apply today!
www.grc.org/neuroelectro...
www.grc.org/neuroelectro...
2026 Neuroelectronic Interfaces Conference GRC
The 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Neuroelectronic Interfaces will be held in Lucca (Barga), Lucca Italy. Apply today to reserve your spot.
www.grc.org
January 12, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Join us in Italy to hear all the latest on Neuroelectronic Interfaces! We have an amazing group of speakers. Only a few slots remains, so apply today!
www.grc.org/neuroelectro...
www.grc.org/neuroelectro...
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A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 2:52 PM
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
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📌NOTE: In the final year of Joe Biden's presidency 2 million jobs were created.
In the first year of Trump's presidency 584,000 jobs were created.
This is the weakest annual growth since 2003.
In other words, generationally horrible.
Trump is a terrible president, and an even worse human being.
In the first year of Trump's presidency 584,000 jobs were created.
This is the weakest annual growth since 2003.
In other words, generationally horrible.
Trump is a terrible president, and an even worse human being.
January 10, 2026 at 12:55 AM
📌NOTE: In the final year of Joe Biden's presidency 2 million jobs were created.
In the first year of Trump's presidency 584,000 jobs were created.
This is the weakest annual growth since 2003.
In other words, generationally horrible.
Trump is a terrible president, and an even worse human being.
In the first year of Trump's presidency 584,000 jobs were created.
This is the weakest annual growth since 2003.
In other words, generationally horrible.
Trump is a terrible president, and an even worse human being.
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A wonderful description of "Fascism" written by and for the men and women that confronted and defeated it in WWII
January 10, 2026 at 2:31 PM
A wonderful description of "Fascism" written by and for the men and women that confronted and defeated it in WWII
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What is the computational role of dendritic excitations? Byung Hun Lee and team mapped voltage dynamics throughout the dendritic trees of CA1 pyramidal neurons in mice navigating in virtual reality. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
January 4, 2026 at 6:17 AM
What is the computational role of dendritic excitations? Byung Hun Lee and team mapped voltage dynamics throughout the dendritic trees of CA1 pyramidal neurons in mice navigating in virtual reality. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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This is really cool, by increasing neuroplasticity, it enables repair of brain damage. Aka, returning, memory, skills, connections to broken musculoskeletature system.
This, along with vagus nerve stimulation are very intriguing ways to fix what is broken. 🧪🧠
This, along with vagus nerve stimulation are very intriguing ways to fix what is broken. 🧪🧠
📣 A remarkable new study shows that a single high-equivalent dose of #psilocybin in mice can rapidly increase neuroplasticity by repairing and creating new neural connections in the #brain.
Researchers observed structural remodeling of #dendritic spines in the medial #frontalcortex...
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Researchers observed structural remodeling of #dendritic spines in the medial #frontalcortex...
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December 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM
This is really cool, by increasing neuroplasticity, it enables repair of brain damage. Aka, returning, memory, skills, connections to broken musculoskeletature system.
This, along with vagus nerve stimulation are very intriguing ways to fix what is broken. 🧪🧠
This, along with vagus nerve stimulation are very intriguing ways to fix what is broken. 🧪🧠
Data centers in space??
Another day, another data center story, this time in 🌒 space 🚀 www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Billionaires want data centers everywhere, including space
Guess what scientists think?
www.theverge.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Data centers in space??
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Really, you'll fight it with every tool? Maybe you should have thought of that during the shutdown deal, which contained no punishment for the administration violating the power of the purse and withholding duly appropriated funding.
This is constitutional softball.
This is constitutional softball.
A deeply dangerous — and blatantly retaliatory action against Colorado — by the Trump administration.
NCAR is one of the most renowned scientific facilities in the WORLD — where scientists perform cutting-edge research everyday.
We will fight this reckless directive with every legal tool we have.
NCAR is one of the most renowned scientific facilities in the WORLD — where scientists perform cutting-edge research everyday.
We will fight this reckless directive with every legal tool we have.
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
December 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Really, you'll fight it with every tool? Maybe you should have thought of that during the shutdown deal, which contained no punishment for the administration violating the power of the purse and withholding duly appropriated funding.
This is constitutional softball.
This is constitutional softball.
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NSF will dismantle National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder 😡🤦♀️
Trump administration to dismantle key climate research center - “Maybe if Colorado had a governor who actually wanted to work with President Trump, his constituents would be better served,” said a senior White House official. wapo.st/4p3YwDx
Trump administration to dismantle key climate research center
Russell Vought, who directs the White House Office of Management and Budget, announced plans to split up the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, citing concerns about “clima...
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December 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM
NSF will dismantle National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder 😡🤦♀️
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$600 million dollar bet by Astera Foundation to solve consciousness via reading and writing of neural activity led by Doris Tsao.
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Neuroscientist Doris Tsao joins Astera to lead its new neuroscience program - Astera
The Astera Institute is excited to launch a major new neuroscience research effort led by Dr. Doris Tsao, who will be joining as Chief Scientist for Astera Neuro. We seek to understand one of the deep...
astera.org
December 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
$600 million dollar bet by Astera Foundation to solve consciousness via reading and writing of neural activity led by Doris Tsao.
astera.org/neuroscienti...
astera.org/neuroscienti...
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Nature research paper: Connectivity underlying motor cortex activity during goal-directed behaviour
go.nature.com/4pFLw7V
go.nature.com/4pFLw7V
Connectivity underlying motor cortex activity during goal-directed behaviour - Nature
All-optical mapping of neural connectivity in motor cortex links network topology to network dynamics and computation underlying naturalistic goal-directed behaviour.
go.nature.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Nature research paper: Connectivity underlying motor cortex activity during goal-directed behaviour
go.nature.com/4pFLw7V
go.nature.com/4pFLw7V
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Folks @ #SfN2025 - wondering what to do on this rainy Saturday evening? I've got the solution for you. Come to hear discussions about how we can help advocate for our science and ourselves, meet new & old friends, & enjoy some snacks at the WINE social. 7pm at Deck 655 tonight.
November 15, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Folks @ #SfN2025 - wondering what to do on this rainy Saturday evening? I've got the solution for you. Come to hear discussions about how we can help advocate for our science and ourselves, meet new & old friends, & enjoy some snacks at the WINE social. 7pm at Deck 655 tonight.
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Research on brain disorders may slow as young neuroscientists struggle to find jobs and research grants. n.pr/4pgmAna
As funding falters, young brain scientists rethink careers in research
Research on brain disorders may slow as young neuroscientists struggle to find jobs and research grants.
n.pr
November 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Research on brain disorders may slow as young neuroscientists struggle to find jobs and research grants. n.pr/4pgmAna
Lots to learn from these two brave and inspirational women.
November 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Lots to learn from these two brave and inspirational women.
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It turns out when you fire all the staff who handle travel bookings, visas, and security, the inspectors can't do their job either. These absolute dipshits.
The Food and Drug Administration is scrambling to hire contractors to replace fired employees who helped plan thousands of food and drug safety inspections throughout the world.
FDA hiring contractors to replace fired staff who supported safety inspections
The Food and Drug Administration is scrambling to hire contractors to replace fired employees who helped plan thousands of food and drug safety inspections throughout the world.
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April 18, 2025 at 10:06 PM
It turns out when you fire all the staff who handle travel bookings, visas, and security, the inspectors can't do their job either. These absolute dipshits.