Eliza Bliss-Moreau
@eblissmoreau.bsky.social
Affective neuroscientist studying how & why we feel from womb-to-tomb.
Chancellor’s Leadership Professor of Psychology @ UC Davis
Core Scientist @ the CNPRC
blissmoreaulab.ucdavis.edu
CNY -> Chestnut Hill -> Yolo
Views my own.
Chancellor’s Leadership Professor of Psychology @ UC Davis
Core Scientist @ the CNPRC
blissmoreaulab.ucdavis.edu
CNY -> Chestnut Hill -> Yolo
Views my own.
I am so thankful that I am teaching an *amazing* grad class this term. I learned from @baleslab.bsky.social that one way to teach a grad seminar was pick a topic and write a publishable paper as a team. It's been a lot of fun and we've all learned a lot. Highly recommend!
February 11, 2026 at 2:51 AM
I am so thankful that I am teaching an *amazing* grad class this term. I learned from @baleslab.bsky.social that one way to teach a grad seminar was pick a topic and write a publishable paper as a team. It's been a lot of fun and we've all learned a lot. Highly recommend!
If you want to understand how far-reaching the corporate rot in media is, read this gutting piece about the fall of Oregon Public Broadcasting.
(And follow @ryanjhaas.bsky.social and @leahsottile.bsky.social’s new publication @thewesternedge.bsky.social which will be amazing bc they’re amazing)
(And follow @ryanjhaas.bsky.social and @leahsottile.bsky.social’s new publication @thewesternedge.bsky.social which will be amazing bc they’re amazing)
This is easily the hardest thing I've ever had to write.
February 10, 2026 at 6:07 AM
Reposted by Eliza Bliss-Moreau
This is a catastrophic unforced error.
It was quite something to hear @ohsunews.bsky.social President Shereef Elnahal equate the shambolic lies of fringe groups (“others”) with the heartfelt & credible testimony of the scientists & veterinarians in his employ.
“Teammates” don’t support rivals.
It was quite something to hear @ohsunews.bsky.social President Shereef Elnahal equate the shambolic lies of fringe groups (“others”) with the heartfelt & credible testimony of the scientists & veterinarians in his employ.
“Teammates” don’t support rivals.
February 10, 2026 at 4:24 AM
This is a catastrophic unforced error.
It was quite something to hear @ohsunews.bsky.social President Shereef Elnahal equate the shambolic lies of fringe groups (“others”) with the heartfelt & credible testimony of the scientists & veterinarians in his employ.
“Teammates” don’t support rivals.
It was quite something to hear @ohsunews.bsky.social President Shereef Elnahal equate the shambolic lies of fringe groups (“others”) with the heartfelt & credible testimony of the scientists & veterinarians in his employ.
“Teammates” don’t support rivals.
Just gonna leave this here so hopefully people can connect the dots from reducing the numbers, type, and quality of nonhuman animals available for ethical biomedical research to what comes next...
www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/ice-exp...
www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/ice-exp...
February 10, 2026 at 4:22 AM
Just gonna leave this here so hopefully people can connect the dots from reducing the numbers, type, and quality of nonhuman animals available for ethical biomedical research to what comes next...
www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/ice-exp...
www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/ice-exp...
There's a special place in hell for people who benefit daily from state of the art medical treatment and then argue that the means to discover the next state of the art treatment should be eliminated.
February 10, 2026 at 4:07 AM
There's a special place in hell for people who benefit daily from state of the art medical treatment and then argue that the means to discover the next state of the art treatment should be eliminated.
Thanks! I did get a sitter for this morning and went to my office and got two things off of my to do list from last fall. Only 10 more to go!
February 7, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Thanks! I did get a sitter for this morning and went to my office and got two things off of my to do list from last fall. Only 10 more to go!
Ugh. Solidarity. I’ve been behind - even way behind - before, but this is something else.
February 7, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Ugh. Solidarity. I’ve been behind - even way behind - before, but this is something else.
It's really a mindf*ck to be a generally "on top of it" person and be so swamped with unpredictable work and work chaos that I am so far behind on everything - including commitments to collaborators - that I am honestly not sure I can dig out and catch up.
February 7, 2026 at 9:47 PM
It's really a mindf*ck to be a generally "on top of it" person and be so swamped with unpredictable work and work chaos that I am so far behind on everything - including commitments to collaborators - that I am honestly not sure I can dig out and catch up.
We're about to start a new circuit manip experiment and I'm deep in the chemo/optogenetics lit.
I can't stop thinking about whether money related to child SA and the explotation of women funded the development of that tech.
I can't stop thinking about whether money related to child SA and the explotation of women funded the development of that tech.
Recognizing that there are a lot of ways to be in the Epstein files that are totally benign (e.g., cited in a paper sent to him), there is a lot of evidence in the files that high profile scientists were engaged morally questionable (at best) behavior.
Universities really need to take a stand.
Universities really need to take a stand.
Would love to see MIT take the same sort of action vis a vis high profile players in the Epstein files (beyond the Media Lab situation)
February 7, 2026 at 8:39 PM
We're about to start a new circuit manip experiment and I'm deep in the chemo/optogenetics lit.
I can't stop thinking about whether money related to child SA and the explotation of women funded the development of that tech.
I can't stop thinking about whether money related to child SA and the explotation of women funded the development of that tech.
Recognizing that there are a lot of ways to be in the Epstein files that are totally benign (e.g., cited in a paper sent to him), there is a lot of evidence in the files that high profile scientists were engaged morally questionable (at best) behavior.
Universities really need to take a stand.
Universities really need to take a stand.
Would love to see MIT take the same sort of action vis a vis high profile players in the Epstein files (beyond the Media Lab situation)
February 7, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Recognizing that there are a lot of ways to be in the Epstein files that are totally benign (e.g., cited in a paper sent to him), there is a lot of evidence in the files that high profile scientists were engaged morally questionable (at best) behavior.
Universities really need to take a stand.
Universities really need to take a stand.
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"No, really, I am certain. They do not throw poop."
"No, really, I am certain. They do not throw poop."
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Sadly, not aliens."
"Sadly, not aliens."
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"It's not designed to work that way"
"It's not designed to work that way"
February 7, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"No, really, I am certain. They do not throw poop."
"No, really, I am certain. They do not throw poop."
Would love to see MIT take the same sort of action vis a vis high profile players in the Epstein files (beyond the Media Lab situation)
February 7, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Would love to see MIT take the same sort of action vis a vis high profile players in the Epstein files (beyond the Media Lab situation)
“Nerd tunnel vision” apparently includes narcissism, misogyny, and a defunct moral compass.
This behavior just scratches the surface of want (most? many?) women in science deal with on a daily basis.
This behavior just scratches the surface of want (most? many?) women in science deal with on a daily basis.
From 2019: Jeffrey Epstein liked to describe himself as a “science philanthropist,” and academics liked to take his money.
As more of Epstein’s enablers are uncovered, it’s worth asking why it was so easy for him to infiltrate science in the first place.
Read more from @lopatto.bsky.social:
As more of Epstein’s enablers are uncovered, it’s worth asking why it was so easy for him to infiltrate science in the first place.
Read more from @lopatto.bsky.social:
Jeffrey Epstein infiltrated science because it was ready to accommodate him
What could “nerd tunnel vision” possibly mean?
www.theverge.com
February 3, 2026 at 6:25 PM
“Nerd tunnel vision” apparently includes narcissism, misogyny, and a defunct moral compass.
This behavior just scratches the surface of want (most? many?) women in science deal with on a daily basis.
This behavior just scratches the surface of want (most? many?) women in science deal with on a daily basis.
The Venn diagram of “psychologists & neuroscientists that women said were creeps” & “psych and neuro dudes in the Epstein files” isn’t a perfect overlapping circle. The latter is nested within the former. We’ve been screaming this for ages & there more out there.
For the love of god, trust women.
For the love of god, trust women.
February 2, 2026 at 2:42 AM
The Venn diagram of “psychologists & neuroscientists that women said were creeps” & “psych and neuro dudes in the Epstein files” isn’t a perfect overlapping circle. The latter is nested within the former. We’ve been screaming this for ages & there more out there.
For the love of god, trust women.
For the love of god, trust women.
One more cog in the MAHA misinformation and propaganda machine.
January 28, 2026 at 3:52 PM
One more cog in the MAHA misinformation and propaganda machine.
"Momma, why you so sad? You angry? You frustrated? I give you hug and make you happy?"
Soul crushingly on repeat from my (almost) 3 year old this weekend, blissfully unaware of the world he's growing up in and how his namesake fought in WW2 to ensure this wouldn't be the world order.
Soul crushingly on repeat from my (almost) 3 year old this weekend, blissfully unaware of the world he's growing up in and how his namesake fought in WW2 to ensure this wouldn't be the world order.
January 25, 2026 at 11:16 PM
"Momma, why you so sad? You angry? You frustrated? I give you hug and make you happy?"
Soul crushingly on repeat from my (almost) 3 year old this weekend, blissfully unaware of the world he's growing up in and how his namesake fought in WW2 to ensure this wouldn't be the world order.
Soul crushingly on repeat from my (almost) 3 year old this weekend, blissfully unaware of the world he's growing up in and how his namesake fought in WW2 to ensure this wouldn't be the world order.
Lemme see how the ones I’m about to order turn out and then I can share the templates!
January 25, 2026 at 6:26 AM
Lemme see how the ones I’m about to order turn out and then I can share the templates!
Reposted by Eliza Bliss-Moreau
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
January 25, 2026 at 1:18 AM
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
Reposted by Eliza Bliss-Moreau
Let’s be clear about what the Trump regime is saying to Minnesota: “We will continue murdering your citizens unless you help us rig your election.”
Pam Bondi's conditions for Minnesota: 1) give us all your state data on your food programs, including SNAP 2) repeal all your sanctuary policies in the state (since it has led to "so much crime and violence") and 3) hand over your state voting rolls. Letter here: www.fox9.com/news/minneap...
Minneapolis shooting: AG Pam Bondi gives Gov. Walz conditions for ICE to leave Minnesota
www.fox9.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:35 AM
Let’s be clear about what the Trump regime is saying to Minnesota: “We will continue murdering your citizens unless you help us rig your election.”
Spoonflower to make custom flags based on PowerPoint slides 😭 (until I learn they are fascist, hopefully not 🤞🏻)
January 25, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Spoonflower to make custom flags based on PowerPoint slides 😭 (until I learn they are fascist, hopefully not 🤞🏻)
Hope. Maybe a tiny bit of hope.
man the stuff i am seeing on IG from
the most normie, i don’t really talk about politics accounts suggests something different
the most normie, i don’t really talk about politics accounts suggests something different
January 25, 2026 at 5:57 AM
Hope. Maybe a tiny bit of hope.
Reposted by Eliza Bliss-Moreau
As ICE terrorizes our communities, farmworkers are still feeding this country — every single day.
#WeFeedYou
#WeFeedYou
January 25, 2026 at 4:46 AM
As ICE terrorizes our communities, farmworkers are still feeding this country — every single day.
#WeFeedYou
#WeFeedYou
I watched the whole meeting and often they are *already* doing what you suggest: quoting stats related to mouse models and claiming the NHP work in adjacent fields is subject to the same issues.
So bad for humanity.
So soul crushing for those of us fighting to do ethical NHP work.
So bad for humanity.
So soul crushing for those of us fighting to do ethical NHP work.
January 25, 2026 at 5:27 AM
I watched the whole meeting and often they are *already* doing what you suggest: quoting stats related to mouse models and claiming the NHP work in adjacent fields is subject to the same issues.
So bad for humanity.
So soul crushing for those of us fighting to do ethical NHP work.
So bad for humanity.
So soul crushing for those of us fighting to do ethical NHP work.
Reworking an assignment for my big undergrad class and checking the questions in dif AI monsters and this is new (compared to a year ago)...
January 25, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Reworking an assignment for my big undergrad class and checking the questions in dif AI monsters and this is new (compared to a year ago)...