Michael Taffe
@effatma.bsky.social
Thank you! As your constituent this is exactly the course I want you to purse. Restore the rule of law and our Constitutional protections of civil rights.
The militarization of our communities is unacceptable. I introduced legislation as a 1st step to rein in a lawless ICE and hold officers who violate Americans’ civil rights accountable. I’ll work to get it passed and in the meantime, I urge my colleagues to continue to block additional DHS funding.
January 31, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Thank you! As your constituent this is exactly the course I want you to purse. Restore the rule of law and our Constitutional protections of civil rights.
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🧵Good news out of #NIH today.
(1) NIH is extending #ESI and #K99/R00 eligibility to accommodate researchers whose eligibility would have ended during the previous shutdown. Take a look at NOT-OD-26-020. If your ESI status would have ended in 2025, you get an automatic extension through 2026/03/31.
(1) NIH is extending #ESI and #K99/R00 eligibility to accommodate researchers whose eligibility would have ended during the previous shutdown. Take a look at NOT-OD-26-020. If your ESI status would have ended in 2025, you get an automatic extension through 2026/03/31.
NOT-OD-26-020: Notice of Temporary Extension to Early-Stage Investigator (ESI) Eligibility Period
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Notice of Temporary Extension to Early-Stage Investigator (ESI) Eligibility Period NOT-OD-26-020. OD
grants.nih.gov
January 30, 2026 at 7:34 PM
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And, for completeness’ sake, Dan Ariely asking to add Jeffrey Epstein to his professional network on LinkedIn bsky.app/profile/kjhe...
January 31, 2026 at 1:21 AM
And, for completeness’ sake, Dan Ariely asking to add Jeffrey Epstein to his professional network on LinkedIn bsky.app/profile/kjhe...
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Here’s Duke behavioral economist Dan Ariely asking Jeffrey Epstein for “the name and email of the redhead that was here with you.” This is four years after Epstein’s 2008 conviction for procuring a child for prostitution.
January 31, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Here’s Duke behavioral economist Dan Ariely asking Jeffrey Epstein for “the name and email of the redhead that was here with you.” This is four years after Epstein’s 2008 conviction for procuring a child for prostitution.
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Nature's Impact Factor is in the Epstein Files. Really.
January 31, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Nature's Impact Factor is in the Epstein Files. Really.
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I swear ski conferences are sadistic experiments cooked up by motor and rehabilitation neuroscientists to remind mid-life academics that motor plasticity is a finite resource. #wcbr2026
January 26, 2026 at 10:59 PM
I swear ski conferences are sadistic experiments cooked up by motor and rehabilitation neuroscientists to remind mid-life academics that motor plasticity is a finite resource. #wcbr2026
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I wrote again to Director Bhattacharya about the "Reclaiming Science" monstrosity from yesterday.
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![Dear Director Bhattacharya:
I watched some of the "Reclaiming Science" event at the MAHA Institute.
In the introduction, Debra Sheldon said "Welcome to the members of the press". As I wrote yesterday, it is shocking that this welcome did not extend to two highly credentialed science journalists.
She continued "But millions of Americans only discovered the problems [regarding NIH] during to COVID era when bad science was mobilized in the name of political tyranny."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xtytenkhytpek3zszl3rh44t/bafkreidnvn66rvfxynbmr52fjrdm2o3beamqiy5bqwgc3ys7iyzrxlwlju@jpeg)
January 31, 2026 at 3:44 PM
I wrote again to Director Bhattacharya about the "Reclaiming Science" monstrosity from yesterday.
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What an undertaking this was. So proud of the collection @mayoonthebrain.bsky.social , @brainsbeesbikes.bsky.social , @cbaunez.bsky.social and I collected for the “Stress, Trauma and Cannabinoids” special issue in @psychopharmacology.bsky.social
Editorial: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Editorial: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
EBPS2023 special issue: Stress, trauma and cannabinoids - Psychopharmacology
Psychopharmacology -
link.springer.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:13 AM
What an undertaking this was. So proud of the collection @mayoonthebrain.bsky.social , @brainsbeesbikes.bsky.social , @cbaunez.bsky.social and I collected for the “Stress, Trauma and Cannabinoids” special issue in @psychopharmacology.bsky.social
Editorial: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Editorial: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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I assume a lot of people are going to claim to have been working undercover to expose nefarious goings-on
January 31, 2026 at 3:46 PM
I assume a lot of people are going to claim to have been working undercover to expose nefarious goings-on
With 8 person chairlifts the odds of getting at least one debate over whether gummis or smoking a joint are better snowboarding preparation approaches unity, right? #WCBR2026
January 27, 2026 at 10:48 PM
With 8 person chairlifts the odds of getting at least one debate over whether gummis or smoking a joint are better snowboarding preparation approaches unity, right? #WCBR2026
CBD reduces oxycodone self-administration in a manner that is unrelated to alleviating pain.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Cannabidiol reduces oxycodone self-administration while preserving its analgesic efficacy in a rat model of neuropathic pain
Prescription opioid misuse is a significant public health concern among individuals with chronic pain. Treating severe pain often requires high doses of opioids, increasing the risk of developing an opioid use disorder. Cannabidiol (CBD) is a ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
January 23, 2026 at 4:29 PM
CBD reduces oxycodone self-administration in a manner that is unrelated to alleviating pain.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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Lab member: can I show you some data?
Me, 9am: YES
Me, 8pm: YES
Me, 3am: YES
Me, while undergoing surgery: YES
Me, 9am: YES
Me, 8pm: YES
Me, 3am: YES
Me, while undergoing surgery: YES
January 13, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Lab member: can I show you some data?
Me, 9am: YES
Me, 8pm: YES
Me, 3am: YES
Me, while undergoing surgery: YES
Me, 9am: YES
Me, 8pm: YES
Me, 3am: YES
Me, while undergoing surgery: YES
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JUST IN: Judge Mehta rules that Trump/Russ Vought's termination of environmental grants during the shutdown — targeted solely at states that voted for Kamala Harris — violated the 5th Amendment's Equal Protection clause and orders them restored.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
January 12, 2026 at 6:04 PM
JUST IN: Judge Mehta rules that Trump/Russ Vought's termination of environmental grants during the shutdown — targeted solely at states that voted for Kamala Harris — violated the 5th Amendment's Equal Protection clause and orders them restored.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Pacific Beach offers an opinion on matters political.
January 10, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Pacific Beach offers an opinion on matters political.
E-cigarette vaping remains high in adolescent populations tlneuro.wordpress.com/2026/01/08/e...
E-cigarette vaping remains high in adolescent populations
The Monitoring the Future survey of drug use trends only added vaping to its questionnaires for the 2014 dataset. I remarked after the initial data were reported in 2015 that single year point esti…
tlneuro.wordpress.com
January 8, 2026 at 10:05 PM
E-cigarette vaping remains high in adolescent populations tlneuro.wordpress.com/2026/01/08/e...
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We can't work with foreign collaborators, but they can send money to a foreign PI to conduct an ethically questionable study in a vulnerable population in another foreign country?
This is what corruption looks like.
This is what corruption looks like.
December 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
We can't work with foreign collaborators, but they can send money to a foreign PI to conduct an ethically questionable study in a vulnerable population in another foreign country?
This is what corruption looks like.
This is what corruption looks like.
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Vaping has remained constant in this population, at 15-16%.
monitoringthefuture.org/data/bx-by/d...
monitoringthefuture.org/data/bx-by/d...
Prevalence/Trends
Substance Use Prevalence and Trends among 8th, 10th, and 12th Graders
monitoringthefuture.org
December 17, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Vaping has remained constant in this population, at 15-16%.
monitoringthefuture.org/data/bx-by/d...
monitoringthefuture.org/data/bx-by/d...
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#TobRegSky #PedSky #MedSky #EpiSky #addictionsci #policysky #polisky #neuroskyence #neurosci🛟 🫁💊
Nicotine pouch use (last 30 days) in 12th graders has tripled in the last two years, from 1.1% to 4.4%, according to new Monitoring The Future data.
monitoringthefuture.org/data/bx-by/d...
Nicotine pouch use (last 30 days) in 12th graders has tripled in the last two years, from 1.1% to 4.4%, according to new Monitoring The Future data.
monitoringthefuture.org/data/bx-by/d...
Prevalence/Trends
Substance Use Prevalence and Trends among 8th, 10th, and 12th Graders
monitoringthefuture.org
December 17, 2025 at 8:39 PM
#TobRegSky #PedSky #MedSky #EpiSky #addictionsci #policysky #polisky #neuroskyence #neurosci🛟 🫁💊
Nicotine pouch use (last 30 days) in 12th graders has tripled in the last two years, from 1.1% to 4.4%, according to new Monitoring The Future data.
monitoringthefuture.org/data/bx-by/d...
Nicotine pouch use (last 30 days) in 12th graders has tripled in the last two years, from 1.1% to 4.4%, according to new Monitoring The Future data.
monitoringthefuture.org/data/bx-by/d...
Sneaky!
Here's PIRG researcher RJ Cross getting the Alilo Smart AI bunny to tell @savanahsellers.bsky.social about S&M, the FoloToy Sunflower Warmie telling me it is actually both a cactus and a teddy bear (???) and the Miiloo spouting the CCP line on Taiwan.
December 11, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Sneaky!
Never expected to have to call @repscottpeters.bsky.social office about the fact pirating oil tankers and ginning up fake war pretexts is bad but here we are.
Call your Congress Critter, friends.
Call your Congress Critter, friends.
December 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Never expected to have to call @repscottpeters.bsky.social office about the fact pirating oil tankers and ginning up fake war pretexts is bad but here we are.
Call your Congress Critter, friends.
Call your Congress Critter, friends.