Jim Coan
@jimmycoan.bsky.social
Exploring human connection through science and art. Inventor of Social Baseline Theory. Director of the Virginia Affective Neuroscience Lab. Host of the podcast “Circle of Willis." https://linktr.ee/jimcoan
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Jim Coan
@jimmycoan.bsky.social
· Dec 24
Veronica Coan: “Daddy, do scientists just spend most of their time saying, ‘this is bullshit, this is bullshit, and this is also bullshit?’”
Jim Coan: “Yes, my love, that is what scientists spend most of their time doing.”
Jim Coan: “Yes, my love, that is what scientists spend most of their time doing.”
Google Gemini and I reimagined it as a painting by Caravaggio.
November 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Google Gemini and I reimagined it as a painting by Caravaggio.
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The administration captured in one picture.
November 7, 2025 at 12:33 AM
The administration captured in one picture.
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<elon musk voice> We must RETVRN to the classic literature of the Western Canon which, from Tolkien on back through Shakespeare and Beowulf to the Ancient Greeks, is unfailingly about how if you just side with the toughest-looking guys in your area then you can’t go wrong </falls and wets pants>
October 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
<elon musk voice> We must RETVRN to the classic literature of the Western Canon which, from Tolkien on back through Shakespeare and Beowulf to the Ancient Greeks, is unfailingly about how if you just side with the toughest-looking guys in your area then you can’t go wrong </falls and wets pants>
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I just watched Paul McCartney play 2.5 hours of time capsule-worthy classics. My verdict is that he’s the greatest songwriter in the history of rock n roll.
October 18, 2025 at 3:47 AM
I just watched Paul McCartney play 2.5 hours of time capsule-worthy classics. My verdict is that he’s the greatest songwriter in the history of rock n roll.
Lord, this was good.
October 17, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Lord, this was good.
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Every time someone makes me read something Peter Thiel said it’s like “Scrooge McDuck is Jesus Christ and Huey, Dewey, and Louie are Gabriel, Raphael, and Uriel and Daisy is Mary Magdalene and that’s why women voting has lowered American sperm count.”
October 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Every time someone makes me read something Peter Thiel said it’s like “Scrooge McDuck is Jesus Christ and Huey, Dewey, and Louie are Gabriel, Raphael, and Uriel and Daisy is Mary Magdalene and that’s why women voting has lowered American sperm count.”
This shit…that line About killing people in particular…would have made my father, who proudly served in the Army almost his entire life, throw up.
Hegseth: "A few months ago I was at the White House when President Trump announced his liberation day for America's trade policy. It was a landmark day. Well, today is another liberation day. The liberation of America's warriors ... you kill people and break things for a living."
October 1, 2025 at 1:40 AM
This shit…that line About killing people in particular…would have made my father, who proudly served in the Army almost his entire life, throw up.
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A spray-painted bronze statue titled “Best Friends Forever” showing Trump and Jeffrey Epstein holding hands was placed on the National Mall in front of the U.S. Capitol early Tuesday.
September 23, 2025 at 10:06 PM
A spray-painted bronze statue titled “Best Friends Forever” showing Trump and Jeffrey Epstein holding hands was placed on the National Mall in front of the U.S. Capitol early Tuesday.
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Somebody has to say it
Boy, that escalatored quickly
Boy, that escalatored quickly
September 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Somebody has to say it
Boy, that escalatored quickly
Boy, that escalatored quickly
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I may be biased, but I love this department! ❤️❤️❤️ Everyone should apply!
University of Colorado Boulder Psychology & Neuroscience is searching for TWO tenure track assistant professors!!
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#socialpsychology #cogpsyc #PsychSciSky #PsychJob
#psycjobs #psychology
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#socialpsychology #cogpsyc #PsychSciSky #PsychJob
#psycjobs #psychology
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Assistant Professor
jobs.colorado.edu
September 23, 2025 at 11:38 PM
I may be biased, but I love this department! ❤️❤️❤️ Everyone should apply!
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Have they brought the golden calf into the stadium yet?
September 21, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Have they brought the golden calf into the stadium yet?
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Not just Unpopular! He's also the Most Unworthy-Unqualified-Unethical-Uneducated-Unprepared-Undemocratic-Unfortunate-Unhinged-Unjust-Unread-Unappealing-Unconscionable-Untrustworthy-Unscrupulous-Unstable-Unbearable-Unlikable-Unreliable-Unsound & Unctuous President in Modern American History. 🇺🇸 🙄
September 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Not just Unpopular! He's also the Most Unworthy-Unqualified-Unethical-Uneducated-Unprepared-Undemocratic-Unfortunate-Unhinged-Unjust-Unread-Unappealing-Unconscionable-Untrustworthy-Unscrupulous-Unstable-Unbearable-Unlikable-Unreliable-Unsound & Unctuous President in Modern American History. 🇺🇸 🙄
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Disney/ABC have a responsibility to refuse to participate in corruption.
Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow.
People have power. Ask Target
Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow.
People have power. Ask Target
September 20, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Disney/ABC have a responsibility to refuse to participate in corruption.
Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow.
People have power. Ask Target
Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow.
People have power. Ask Target
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When someone says one thing to gain power and then a contradictory thing when exercising that power, the most useful lens for understanding it is power, not hypocrisy.
September 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
When someone says one thing to gain power and then a contradictory thing when exercising that power, the most useful lens for understanding it is power, not hypocrisy.
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Interesting idea actually
Suggestion: A strike of musicians, writers, hosts, actors, lighting, electricians--everyone, shutting down all TV studios, until Jimmy Kimmel is reinstated.
This is the kind of action we need, instead of sitting around just waiting to be gutted.
This is the kind of action we need, instead of sitting around just waiting to be gutted.
September 18, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Interesting idea actually
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Wittgenstein: It is impossible to use words without making meaning.
Vogue:
Vogue:
September 16, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Wittgenstein: It is impossible to use words without making meaning.
Vogue:
Vogue:
Remember kids: there is no idea or level of complexity that requires bad writing.
September 16, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Remember kids: there is no idea or level of complexity that requires bad writing.
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Is she talking to Groypers? Because dems just want her to have good health care.
September 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Is she talking to Groypers? Because dems just want her to have good health care.
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People are following federal agents around DC w/the Imperial March. 😘
CHICAGO!!
Will add some basic ICE melting🧊 resources below.
Plz add other resources/ideas, & let’s get sub threads by city, so eg one person can start a Boston reply thread and everyone can add stuff to that thread — ?
🧵
CHICAGO!!
Will add some basic ICE melting🧊 resources below.
Plz add other resources/ideas, & let’s get sub threads by city, so eg one person can start a Boston reply thread and everyone can add stuff to that thread — ?
🧵
September 9, 2025 at 9:29 AM
People are following federal agents around DC w/the Imperial March. 😘
CHICAGO!!
Will add some basic ICE melting🧊 resources below.
Plz add other resources/ideas, & let’s get sub threads by city, so eg one person can start a Boston reply thread and everyone can add stuff to that thread — ?
🧵
CHICAGO!!
Will add some basic ICE melting🧊 resources below.
Plz add other resources/ideas, & let’s get sub threads by city, so eg one person can start a Boston reply thread and everyone can add stuff to that thread — ?
🧵
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Contributing to anti-doomscrolling with Max Linder, the sparkling French comedian who inspired Chaplin and is the earliest known movie star with his name on a poster (circa 1909).
September 13, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Contributing to anti-doomscrolling with Max Linder, the sparkling French comedian who inspired Chaplin and is the earliest known movie star with his name on a poster (circa 1909).
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#SeaScrolling. Necessary. #Breathe.
September 13, 2025 at 1:35 PM
#SeaScrolling. Necessary. #Breathe.
Not much to say about Charlie Kirk. I didn’t know much about him. It’s horrible that he was killed. I do feel like it’s a good time to say, again, that words are not violence. Violence is violence. And there’s too much of it.
September 12, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Not much to say about Charlie Kirk. I didn’t know much about him. It’s horrible that he was killed. I do feel like it’s a good time to say, again, that words are not violence. Violence is violence. And there’s too much of it.