Madeline ⋆.˚ ⋆𓇼｡𖦹
@madelineshaw.bsky.social
(she/her)
Master's Student in Computational Neuroscience
Special interests: functional connectivity, prenatal/neonatal neurocognitive development, language acquisition, quantum physics, etc...
Master's Student in Computational Neuroscience
Special interests: functional connectivity, prenatal/neonatal neurocognitive development, language acquisition, quantum physics, etc...
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In a world awash with negative science/health news this is unashamedly great news. connectsci.au/news/news-pa...
Seventh patient in HIV remission after stem cell transplant | News | ConnectSci
connectsci.au
December 3, 2025 at 7:21 AM
In a world awash with negative science/health news this is unashamedly great news. connectsci.au/news/news-pa...
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RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
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Trump administration dismisses eight immigration judges in New York City
Trump administration dismisses eight immigration judges in New York City
The judges all worked at 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan, which houses a court that reviews cases of migrants attempting to regularize their status. Images of scuffles with police and of immigrant families being separated have gone viral around the world, making the address a symbolic site of Trump's crackdown on migrants nationwide.
www.lemonde.fr
December 3, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Trump administration dismisses eight immigration judges in New York City
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CNRS cancels Web of Science in order to focus on qualitative evaluation and promoting the development of open databases.
www.cnrs.fr/en/update/cn...
www.cnrs.fr/en/update/cn...
The CNRS is breaking free from the Web of Science
From January 1st 2026, the CNRS will cut access to one of the largest commercial bibliometric databases, Clarivate Analytics'
www.cnrs.fr
December 1, 2025 at 12:31 PM
CNRS cancels Web of Science in order to focus on qualitative evaluation and promoting the development of open databases.
www.cnrs.fr/en/update/cn...
www.cnrs.fr/en/update/cn...
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Another example of the role of oscillations in brain function. In this case, interactions between theta and higher frequencies.
Episodic memory involves transient and sparse connectivity aligned to both internal and external events
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
#neuroscience
Episodic memory involves transient and sparse connectivity aligned to both internal and external events
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
#neuroscience
Episodic memory involves transient and sparse connectivity aligned to both internal and external events
Episodic memory depends on the coordination of local processing with global organization. This study reveals that episodic memory relies on brief, sparsely connected brain states coordinated across me...
doi.org
November 29, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Another example of the role of oscillations in brain function. In this case, interactions between theta and higher frequencies.
Episodic memory involves transient and sparse connectivity aligned to both internal and external events
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
#neuroscience
Episodic memory involves transient and sparse connectivity aligned to both internal and external events
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
#neuroscience
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#ISS #astronauts photograph two #comets soaring over Earth’s auroras #Photography #AuroraBorealis
Link for more info and photos: www.popsci.com/science/come...
Link for more info and photos: www.popsci.com/science/come...
November 27, 2025 at 12:34 AM
#ISS #astronauts photograph two #comets soaring over Earth’s auroras #Photography #AuroraBorealis
Link for more info and photos: www.popsci.com/science/come...
Link for more info and photos: www.popsci.com/science/come...
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Dysfunctional oscillatory bursting patterns linked to working memory in adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
link.springer.com/article/10.3...
#neuroscience
link.springer.com/article/10.3...
#neuroscience
Dysfunctional oscillatory bursting patterns linked to working memory in adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder - Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience
Background Identifying neural markers of clinical symptom fluctuations is prerequisite to developing more precise brain-targeted treatments in psychiatry. We have recently shown that working memory (W...
link.springer.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Dysfunctional oscillatory bursting patterns linked to working memory in adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
link.springer.com/article/10.3...
#neuroscience
link.springer.com/article/10.3...
#neuroscience
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“The problem is that when it is installed in a health sector that prizes efficiency, surveillance and profit extraction, AI becomes not a tool for care and community but simply another instrument for commodifying human life.”
What we lose when we surrender care to algorithms | Eric Reinhart
A dangerous faith in AI is sweeping American healthcare – with consequences for the basis of society itself
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
“The problem is that when it is installed in a health sector that prizes efficiency, surveillance and profit extraction, AI becomes not a tool for care and community but simply another instrument for commodifying human life.”
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wrote about the president’s flagrant and destructive corruption in a column that references street fighter, the simpsons, machiavelli, and a host of revolutionary-era americans (gift link)
Opinion | The White House Gold Rush Is On
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:51 AM
wrote about the president’s flagrant and destructive corruption in a column that references street fighter, the simpsons, machiavelli, and a host of revolutionary-era americans (gift link)
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Infant botulism as of 11/14: 23 cases, 8 newly identified. All consumed ByHeart baby formula, now recalled.
Sadly ByHeart’s initial recall was limited to just 2 Lot numbers, this may have contributed to additional illnesses.
TLDR: Stop using any ByHeart Whole Nutrition infant formula immediately!
Sadly ByHeart’s initial recall was limited to just 2 Lot numbers, this may have contributed to additional illnesses.
TLDR: Stop using any ByHeart Whole Nutrition infant formula immediately!
Infant Botulism Outbreak Linked to Infant Formula, November 2025
Details on an outbreak of infant botulism linked to infant formula, November 2025.
www.cdc.gov
November 17, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Infant botulism as of 11/14: 23 cases, 8 newly identified. All consumed ByHeart baby formula, now recalled.
Sadly ByHeart’s initial recall was limited to just 2 Lot numbers, this may have contributed to additional illnesses.
TLDR: Stop using any ByHeart Whole Nutrition infant formula immediately!
Sadly ByHeart’s initial recall was limited to just 2 Lot numbers, this may have contributed to additional illnesses.
TLDR: Stop using any ByHeart Whole Nutrition infant formula immediately!
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Dehumanising asylum seekers is normalised to the point where this isn't a fringe opinion apparently 🤬
The Sun has been told Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will on Monday propose confiscating jewellery, watches, necklaces from asylum seekers to meet asylum costs
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
November 17, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Dehumanising asylum seekers is normalised to the point where this isn't a fringe opinion apparently 🤬
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Windy wildflowers and grasses.
Muhly grass and solidago line St George shoreline on Apalachicola bay
#scape #seascape #muhlygrass #solidago #wildflowers #bloomscrolling #winds
Muhly grass and solidago line St George shoreline on Apalachicola bay
#scape #seascape #muhlygrass #solidago #wildflowers #bloomscrolling #winds
November 15, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Windy wildflowers and grasses.
Muhly grass and solidago line St George shoreline on Apalachicola bay
#scape #seascape #muhlygrass #solidago #wildflowers #bloomscrolling #winds
Muhly grass and solidago line St George shoreline on Apalachicola bay
#scape #seascape #muhlygrass #solidago #wildflowers #bloomscrolling #winds
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> “Australian creatives are not only world class, but they are also the lifeblood of Australian culture, and we must ensure the right legal protections are in place,” Hon Rowland MP said.
natlawreview.com/article/copy...
natlawreview.com/article/copy...
Australia Rejects AI Text and Data Mining Copyright Exception
The Albanese Government has rejected a proposal to amend Australia’s copyright laws to allow artificial intelligence (AI) systems to freely train on copyright works, according to an official statement...
natlawreview.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
> “Australian creatives are not only world class, but they are also the lifeblood of Australian culture, and we must ensure the right legal protections are in place,” Hon Rowland MP said.
natlawreview.com/article/copy...
natlawreview.com/article/copy...
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Excited to share my most recent postdoctoral work in the Jeanne lab @yaleneuro.bsky.social !
“Sensory processing reformats odor coding around valence and dynamics”
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We ask: how is a sensory code transformed across multiple stages of processing to inform behavior?
“Sensory processing reformats odor coding around valence and dynamics”
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We ask: how is a sensory code transformed across multiple stages of processing to inform behavior?
Sensory processing reformats odor coding around valence and dynamics
Extracting relevant features of a complex sensory signal typically involves sequential processing through multiple brain regions. However, identifying the logic and mechanisms of these transformations...
www.biorxiv.org
November 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Excited to share my most recent postdoctoral work in the Jeanne lab @yaleneuro.bsky.social !
“Sensory processing reformats odor coding around valence and dynamics”
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We ask: how is a sensory code transformed across multiple stages of processing to inform behavior?
“Sensory processing reformats odor coding around valence and dynamics”
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We ask: how is a sensory code transformed across multiple stages of processing to inform behavior?
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@pressprogress.ca needs your solidarity and support right now more than ever
We’re raising money to pay our legal bills – and to be blunt, we’re going to need a lot of help
If you’re able, please help us out and support our Journalism Defence Fund:
pressprogress.ca/journalism-d...
We’re raising money to pay our legal bills – and to be blunt, we’re going to need a lot of help
If you’re able, please help us out and support our Journalism Defence Fund:
pressprogress.ca/journalism-d...
PressProgress: Defend Canadian Journalism
pressprogress.ca
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
@pressprogress.ca needs your solidarity and support right now more than ever
We’re raising money to pay our legal bills – and to be blunt, we’re going to need a lot of help
If you’re able, please help us out and support our Journalism Defence Fund:
pressprogress.ca/journalism-d...
We’re raising money to pay our legal bills – and to be blunt, we’re going to need a lot of help
If you’re able, please help us out and support our Journalism Defence Fund:
pressprogress.ca/journalism-d...
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New issue of Nature - with NINE studies on #brain #development from the BRAIN Initiative Cell Atlas Network (BICAN) 🧠🧪🔬
An amazing set of resources for all scientists working on the brain!
🧠 Immersive feature:
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
🧠 Perspective:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
An amazing set of resources for all scientists working on the brain!
🧠 Immersive feature:
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
🧠 Perspective:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 5, 2025 at 6:53 PM
New issue of Nature - with NINE studies on #brain #development from the BRAIN Initiative Cell Atlas Network (BICAN) 🧠🧪🔬
An amazing set of resources for all scientists working on the brain!
🧠 Immersive feature:
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
🧠 Perspective:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
An amazing set of resources for all scientists working on the brain!
🧠 Immersive feature:
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
🧠 Perspective:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Please RT. Post-doc opportunity alert! 💥 closing 10th December.. Come join our team (www.thelowlab.org) at Imperial, London, working on the structure and mechanism of bacterial secretion systems.
For more details and to apply please see
www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
For more details and to apply please see
www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
November 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Please RT. Post-doc opportunity alert! 💥 closing 10th December.. Come join our team (www.thelowlab.org) at Imperial, London, working on the structure and mechanism of bacterial secretion systems.
For more details and to apply please see
www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
For more details and to apply please see
www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
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I asked my French publisher why they are so completist publishing all of an author's work, even novels less likely to sell. She said she sees part of her role as like monasteries in medieval times, to preserve knowledge through the dark ages. I was struck in the gut a bit by this, felt emotional.
November 2, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I asked my French publisher why they are so completist publishing all of an author's work, even novels less likely to sell. She said she sees part of her role as like monasteries in medieval times, to preserve knowledge through the dark ages. I was struck in the gut a bit by this, felt emotional.
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Finally, some longitudinal data on faculty morale.
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Finally, some longitudinal data on faculty morale.
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I do not think the era of Islamophobia or anti Arab racism is over but I do think this book ends a particular era of a particular kind of Democratic politics and opens up a new one
November 5, 2025 at 4:35 AM
I do not think the era of Islamophobia or anti Arab racism is over but I do think this book ends a particular era of a particular kind of Democratic politics and opens up a new one
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I'm grateful to @chicagotribune.com reporters—including @royalpratt.bsky.social and @adrianaperez.bsky.social—for following each of these disturbing but important stories. (Video threaded below story, but CW: violent struggle)
November 3, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I'm grateful to @chicagotribune.com reporters—including @royalpratt.bsky.social and @adrianaperez.bsky.social—for following each of these disturbing but important stories. (Video threaded below story, but CW: violent struggle)
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‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud University
Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...
www.ru.nl
November 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
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The average US taxpayer spends $36 a year on SNAP
You know what they spend on corporate subsidies? $670
Poor and disabled people who need food are not the problem
If you’re angry about “your money” feeding people but not angry it’s giving tax cuts to the wealthy?
You’re doing their dirty work.
You know what they spend on corporate subsidies? $670
Poor and disabled people who need food are not the problem
If you’re angry about “your money” feeding people but not angry it’s giving tax cuts to the wealthy?
You’re doing their dirty work.
October 31, 2025 at 8:44 PM
The average US taxpayer spends $36 a year on SNAP
You know what they spend on corporate subsidies? $670
Poor and disabled people who need food are not the problem
If you’re angry about “your money” feeding people but not angry it’s giving tax cuts to the wealthy?
You’re doing their dirty work.
You know what they spend on corporate subsidies? $670
Poor and disabled people who need food are not the problem
If you’re angry about “your money” feeding people but not angry it’s giving tax cuts to the wealthy?
You’re doing their dirty work.