Kati
@katiconen.bsky.social
Postdoc in systems neuroscience, interested in sequences, generalization, flexible cognition
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This is really a worthwhile read, for a summary of what has happened and what we as individuals can do
I signed the 10% Giving Pledge this year, and this week, I decided to donate 19% of my annual income to global health charities.
It's not going to be anywhere near "enough", but I'm happy to do it --
It's not going to be anywhere near "enough", but I'm happy to do it --
We don't have to sit back and just watch the horror unfold
This month, I signed a pledge to donate at least 10% of my lifetime income to effective charities.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev
April 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
This is really a worthwhile read, for a summary of what has happened and what we as individuals can do
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American scientists aren't special. It's the institutions, and willingness to spend on research, that set them apart. Similarly invest here, and you will naturally attract the best talent from *everywhere*.
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
Europe to burned American scientists: We’ll take you in
The EU’s body for scientific research, as well as local, regional and national governments, are mobilizing to poach top U.S. scholars.
www.politico.eu
April 6, 2025 at 10:45 AM
American scientists aren't special. It's the institutions, and willingness to spend on research, that set them apart. Similarly invest here, and you will naturally attract the best talent from *everywhere*.
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
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If you live in #NorthCarolina and you voted in the Nov 24 election, odds are you or someone you know is at risk of having your ballot thrown out.
Check thegriffinlist.com to find out what to do.
Check thegriffinlist.com to find out what to do.
April 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
If you live in #NorthCarolina and you voted in the Nov 24 election, odds are you or someone you know is at risk of having your ballot thrown out.
Check thegriffinlist.com to find out what to do.
Check thegriffinlist.com to find out what to do.
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March 26, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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In vivo reconstruction of Duvernoy's postmortem vasculature images
- Fast, high-res imaging: Whole-brain 0.35 mm MRI in <7 min at 7 T
- Vessel-type specific podt-processing: Capturing large leptomeningeal, pial, and intracortical meso-veins
PDF: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
- Fast, high-res imaging: Whole-brain 0.35 mm MRI in <7 min at 7 T
- Vessel-type specific podt-processing: Capturing large leptomeningeal, pial, and intracortical meso-veins
PDF: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
March 26, 2025 at 8:38 PM
In vivo reconstruction of Duvernoy's postmortem vasculature images
- Fast, high-res imaging: Whole-brain 0.35 mm MRI in <7 min at 7 T
- Vessel-type specific podt-processing: Capturing large leptomeningeal, pial, and intracortical meso-veins
PDF: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
- Fast, high-res imaging: Whole-brain 0.35 mm MRI in <7 min at 7 T
- Vessel-type specific podt-processing: Capturing large leptomeningeal, pial, and intracortical meso-veins
PDF: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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HEY @washingtonpost.com AND @nytimes.com, DO YOU THINK IT'S NEWSWORTHY THAT THE RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD IS WALKING AROUND THE GOVERNMENT "DELETING" CHUNKS OF IT AT HIS WHIM? DO YOU THINK THIS MIGHT DESERVE A LITTLE BIT OF ALARM
February 4, 2025 at 12:02 AM
HEY @washingtonpost.com AND @nytimes.com, DO YOU THINK IT'S NEWSWORTHY THAT THE RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD IS WALKING AROUND THE GOVERNMENT "DELETING" CHUNKS OF IT AT HIS WHIM? DO YOU THINK THIS MIGHT DESERVE A LITTLE BIT OF ALARM
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SCHATZ: “.. I will oppose unanimous consent. I will vote no. I will do maximal delays until this is resolved.”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | Democratic Senator Says He Will Stall Trump Nominees Until USAID Is Back
The move would require Senate Majority Leader John Thune to use precious floor time to advance the president’s nominees through the confirmation process.
www.wsj.com
February 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
SCHATZ: “.. I will oppose unanimous consent. I will vote no. I will do maximal delays until this is resolved.”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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"Academics from poorer backgrounds are both more likely to not publish and to have outstanding publication records. Academics from poorer backgrounds introduce more novel scientific concepts, but are less likely to receive recognition" 👀
Climbing the Ivory Tower: How Socio-Economic Background Shapes Academia
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
January 29, 2025 at 9:46 PM
"Academics from poorer backgrounds are both more likely to not publish and to have outstanding publication records. Academics from poorer backgrounds introduce more novel scientific concepts, but are less likely to receive recognition" 👀
If you want context on the strategy the current administration is using, with USAID and in general - pull funding (illegally), pull people, instill fear, overwhelm.
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
Inside Trump’s purge at the agency that saves millions of lives
USAID has become a testing ground for dismantling government agencies, agency employees tell Vox.
www.vox.com
January 30, 2025 at 5:05 PM
If you want context on the strategy the current administration is using, with USAID and in general - pull funding (illegally), pull people, instill fear, overwhelm.
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
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University of Chicago is asking researchers to halt purchases, starting new experiments, and travel in light of the federal pause on grants
January 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
University of Chicago is asking researchers to halt purchases, starting new experiments, and travel in light of the federal pause on grants
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Madrid tripled the length of its metro system in just 12 years, faster and cheaper than almost any other city in the world.
Left: in 1994
Right: after 2007
Cost per mile: £64–91 million
(around 7x cheaper than London's Jubilee & Northern line expansions & 14x cheaper than Toronto's Ontario line)
Left: in 1994
Right: after 2007
Cost per mile: £64–91 million
(around 7x cheaper than London's Jubilee & Northern line expansions & 14x cheaper than Toronto's Ontario line)
December 6, 2024 at 1:23 PM
Madrid tripled the length of its metro system in just 12 years, faster and cheaper than almost any other city in the world.
Left: in 1994
Right: after 2007
Cost per mile: £64–91 million
(around 7x cheaper than London's Jubilee & Northern line expansions & 14x cheaper than Toronto's Ontario line)
Left: in 1994
Right: after 2007
Cost per mile: £64–91 million
(around 7x cheaper than London's Jubilee & Northern line expansions & 14x cheaper than Toronto's Ontario line)
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We've been saying "See you later, Alligator" for decades, when "Sayonara, Capybara" was right there.
May 10, 2023 at 3:15 PM
We've been saying "See you later, Alligator" for decades, when "Sayonara, Capybara" was right there.
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One cannot highlight this often enough.
Chart by @scientificdiscovery.dev / @ourworldindata.org, more details at: ourworldindata.org/data-insight...
Chart by @scientificdiscovery.dev / @ourworldindata.org, more details at: ourworldindata.org/data-insight...
December 2, 2024 at 4:21 PM
One cannot highlight this often enough.
Chart by @scientificdiscovery.dev / @ourworldindata.org, more details at: ourworldindata.org/data-insight...
Chart by @scientificdiscovery.dev / @ourworldindata.org, more details at: ourworldindata.org/data-insight...
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⚠️Urgent public service announcement for anyone using Microsoft Office: by default Office will scrape your documents, unless you opt out, as described below:
November 26, 2024 at 3:03 PM
⚠️Urgent public service announcement for anyone using Microsoft Office: by default Office will scrape your documents, unless you opt out, as described below:
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Beleaf in yourself
📷 Katie Emberley
📷 Katie Emberley
November 19, 2024 at 5:48 PM
Beleaf in yourself
📷 Katie Emberley
📷 Katie Emberley
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Ah yes, love to live in a state where the city and the state are basically in a race to see who can destroy the place first while attempting to pin it on the other guy. 🫠
Providence is facing court judgment that "could potentially devastate our City and residents," said Mayor Smiley
“The State has a deficit. Go to the City of Providence to get the money.”
open.substack.com/pub/steveahl...
“The State has a deficit. Go to the City of Providence to get the money.”
open.substack.com/pub/steveahl...
Providence facing court judgment that "could potentially devastate our City and residents," said Mayor Smiley
In court documents that came out last week, there was a letter from the Governor that said to an official at PPSD, “The State has a deficit. Go to the City of Providence to get the money.”
open.substack.com
November 13, 2024 at 1:42 PM
Ah yes, love to live in a state where the city and the state are basically in a race to see who can destroy the place first while attempting to pin it on the other guy. 🫠
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“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo.
“lmao" said Gandalf, “well it has.”
“lmao" said Gandalf, “well it has.”
July 1, 2024 at 4:44 PM
“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo.
“lmao" said Gandalf, “well it has.”
“lmao" said Gandalf, “well it has.”
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Obsessed with the casualness of the abstract
October 29, 2024 at 8:57 PM
Obsessed with the casualness of the abstract
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A geometrical solution underlies general neural principle for serial ordering
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Neuroscience
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Neuroscience
A geometrical solution underlies general neural principle for serial ordering - Nature Communications
How the brain sequentially encodes knowledge is not fully understood. Here authors propose a geometric framework for the elusive neural principles of serial reasoning and sequence encoding. Neural rep...
www.nature.com
September 23, 2024 at 11:37 AM
A geometrical solution underlies general neural principle for serial ordering
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Neuroscience
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Neuroscience
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"In this context, most research misconduct looks like what chronically overwhelmed people do when striving to meet unrealistic production quotas: They start cutting corners."
www.statnews.com/2024/09/23/r...
www.statnews.com/2024/09/23/r...
New HHS rules can’t address the primary reason for research misconduct
Today’s research environment incentivizes the very misconduct institutions want to stop.
www.statnews.com
September 23, 2024 at 9:56 AM
"In this context, most research misconduct looks like what chronically overwhelmed people do when striving to meet unrealistic production quotas: They start cutting corners."
www.statnews.com/2024/09/23/r...
www.statnews.com/2024/09/23/r...
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My latest book carving! “The Facts on File: Visual Dictionary!” More pics at juliastrand.com
September 23, 2024 at 11:06 AM
My latest book carving! “The Facts on File: Visual Dictionary!” More pics at juliastrand.com
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Ever been confused how to relate 3 variables (like Age, Brain and Cognition) via linear statistical models? See this gentle primer (with @rogierk.bsky.social) for structural equation modelling, including concepts like mediation, moderation and measurement invariance: github.com/MRC-CBU/misc...
November 16, 2023 at 8:59 AM
Ever been confused how to relate 3 variables (like Age, Brain and Cognition) via linear statistical models? See this gentle primer (with @rogierk.bsky.social) for structural equation modelling, including concepts like mediation, moderation and measurement invariance: github.com/MRC-CBU/misc...