Sydney Ashton
@sydneyeashton.bsky.social
neuro postdoc @UMD interested in how juvenile play shapes later life decision making. Also: climbing | biking | Arsenal | Baltimore (she/her)
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Greatly looking forward to #SfN2025 to ✨debut✨ the new rat task I've been developing this past year since starting my postdoc. Also, check out my trainees' posters: lab tech Anthony (who's applying to grad school this cycle!) and stellar undergrad Ben. It's their first SfN so please say hi!
November 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Greatly looking forward to #SfN2025 to ✨debut✨ the new rat task I've been developing this past year since starting my postdoc. Also, check out my trainees' posters: lab tech Anthony (who's applying to grad school this cycle!) and stellar undergrad Ben. It's their first SfN so please say hi!
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Transportation costs are the second largest burden on American family budgets (17%), after housing (33%)!
To address the affordability crisis, we must create cities with abundant housing of all types (subsidized, social, coop, market rate) and make walking, biking, and taking transit convenient.
To address the affordability crisis, we must create cities with abundant housing of all types (subsidized, social, coop, market rate) and make walking, biking, and taking transit convenient.
August 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Transportation costs are the second largest burden on American family budgets (17%), after housing (33%)!
To address the affordability crisis, we must create cities with abundant housing of all types (subsidized, social, coop, market rate) and make walking, biking, and taking transit convenient.
To address the affordability crisis, we must create cities with abundant housing of all types (subsidized, social, coop, market rate) and make walking, biking, and taking transit convenient.
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Big big thanks
to all the program officers and scientific review officers coming back online and managing to instill positivity and we-can-do-this attitudes in emails out to applicants & reviewers who might have wondered: What will happen to all of this good work?
Answer: let's do this.
to all the program officers and scientific review officers coming back online and managing to instill positivity and we-can-do-this attitudes in emails out to applicants & reviewers who might have wondered: What will happen to all of this good work?
Answer: let's do this.
November 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Big big thanks
to all the program officers and scientific review officers coming back online and managing to instill positivity and we-can-do-this attitudes in emails out to applicants & reviewers who might have wondered: What will happen to all of this good work?
Answer: let's do this.
to all the program officers and scientific review officers coming back online and managing to instill positivity and we-can-do-this attitudes in emails out to applicants & reviewers who might have wondered: What will happen to all of this good work?
Answer: let's do this.
Greatly looking forward to #SfN2025 to ✨debut✨ the new rat task I've been developing this past year since starting my postdoc. Also, check out my trainees' posters: lab tech Anthony (who's applying to grad school this cycle!) and stellar undergrad Ben. It's their first SfN so please say hi!
November 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Greatly looking forward to #SfN2025 to ✨debut✨ the new rat task I've been developing this past year since starting my postdoc. Also, check out my trainees' posters: lab tech Anthony (who's applying to grad school this cycle!) and stellar undergrad Ben. It's their first SfN so please say hi!
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Do you teach #rstats? Do your students complain about how lame and old-fashioned dplyr is? Don't worry: I have the solution for you: github.com/hadley/genzp....
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
GitHub - hadley/genzplyr: dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap
dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap. Contribute to hadley/genzplyr development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Do you teach #rstats? Do your students complain about how lame and old-fashioned dplyr is? Don't worry: I have the solution for you: github.com/hadley/genzp....
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
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If Musk maxes out that contract, a person making $150,000/year -- a really good salary! -- would have to work 585,333 years to match his average annual take-home
November 6, 2025 at 10:29 PM
If Musk maxes out that contract, a person making $150,000/year -- a really good salary! -- would have to work 585,333 years to match his average annual take-home
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I am selfish
I am wrong
I am right, I swear I'm right
I swear I knew it all along
I am wrong
I am right, I swear I'm right
I swear I knew it all along
This Is What a Vindicated Iguana Looks Like
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I am selfish
I am wrong
I am right, I swear I'm right
I swear I knew it all along
I am wrong
I am right, I swear I'm right
I swear I knew it all along
Obviously not the worst thing going on right now, but I am feeling sad about my F32 that was supposed to go to study section today. On the other hand, I got the mythical bike car this morning, for the first time in my >year of daily train commuting. Lifted my spirits a bit. It's really nice.
November 4, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Obviously not the worst thing going on right now, but I am feeling sad about my F32 that was supposed to go to study section today. On the other hand, I got the mythical bike car this morning, for the first time in my >year of daily train commuting. Lifted my spirits a bit. It's really nice.
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My new newsletter is out, in which we use basic high-school maths to complain about street design
simple.ghost.io/lets-do-the-...
simple.ghost.io/lets-do-the-...
November 1, 2025 at 11:52 AM
My new newsletter is out, in which we use basic high-school maths to complain about street design
simple.ghost.io/lets-do-the-...
simple.ghost.io/lets-do-the-...
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do traffic lights in other cities fail when it rains or is that just a here thing?
October 30, 2025 at 12:49 PM
do traffic lights in other cities fail when it rains or is that just a here thing?
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Making a recurring donation to your local food bank is one of the easiest & most effective ways to help people in your community. Now is a great time to either set one up or increase your existing support. Find a food bank near you: www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
October 26, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Making a recurring donation to your local food bank is one of the easiest & most effective ways to help people in your community. Now is a great time to either set one up or increase your existing support. Find a food bank near you: www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
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You probably already know this, but today was the first full missed pay check for most of your friends, colleagues, POs and SROs at the NIH.
Stay strong out there folks. If you need help, ask for it. As always, try to be kind.
Stay strong out there folks. If you need help, ask for it. As always, try to be kind.
October 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
You probably already know this, but today was the first full missed pay check for most of your friends, colleagues, POs and SROs at the NIH.
Stay strong out there folks. If you need help, ask for it. As always, try to be kind.
Stay strong out there folks. If you need help, ask for it. As always, try to be kind.
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Something like 80-90% of money spent on cars leaves the local economy and maybe even the country.
We need to talk more
about how transit by contrast provides good Union jobs in your community!!!
We need to talk more
about how transit by contrast provides good Union jobs in your community!!!
The good news is that investing our transportation funding better can also deliver high-quality union jobs. bsky.app/profile/nrdc...
October 24, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Something like 80-90% of money spent on cars leaves the local economy and maybe even the country.
We need to talk more
about how transit by contrast provides good Union jobs in your community!!!
We need to talk more
about how transit by contrast provides good Union jobs in your community!!!
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Dante's seven factors of authentication
October 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Dante's seven factors of authentication
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"With power comes responsibility" - the footballer who cycles to work - www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
'With power comes responsibility' - Hector Bellerin wins BBC Green Sports Award
Former Arsenal defender Hector Bellerin talks about his attempts to live a more sustainable life as he wins the BBC Green Sports Award.
www.bbc.com
October 6, 2025 at 8:25 PM
"With power comes responsibility" - the footballer who cycles to work - www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
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Its Halloween season 🎃 and since the world is hellfire, what better way to distract ourselves then with horror movies!
The 2020s have already proven to be one of the best eras for horror ever. To fill your October with some viewing ideas, this is my list of the top 30 horror movies of the 2020s.
The 2020s have already proven to be one of the best eras for horror ever. To fill your October with some viewing ideas, this is my list of the top 30 horror movies of the 2020s.
a scarecrow sits next to a carved pumpkin in the dark
ALT: a scarecrow sits next to a carved pumpkin in the dark
media.tenor.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Its Halloween season 🎃 and since the world is hellfire, what better way to distract ourselves then with horror movies!
The 2020s have already proven to be one of the best eras for horror ever. To fill your October with some viewing ideas, this is my list of the top 30 horror movies of the 2020s.
The 2020s have already proven to be one of the best eras for horror ever. To fill your October with some viewing ideas, this is my list of the top 30 horror movies of the 2020s.
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bluesky needs a "LIKE EVERY POST AS I SCROLL" feature for times like this
September 28, 2025 at 5:36 PM
bluesky needs a "LIKE EVERY POST AS I SCROLL" feature for times like this
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I think analyzing every pixel of every moment of the game might have been a mistake
September 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I think analyzing every pixel of every moment of the game might have been a mistake
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It's as clear a penalty as you will ever see.
"Desgracia Part 2"
"Desgracia Part 2"
NO FOUL?
Fuck right off.
Fuck right off.
September 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
It's as clear a penalty as you will ever see.
"Desgracia Part 2"
"Desgracia Part 2"
My late season bloomers have really taken off the last few days. Absolutely delightful
September 27, 2025 at 1:44 PM
My late season bloomers have really taken off the last few days. Absolutely delightful
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tired: defensive walking
wired: offensive walking
wired: offensive walking
September 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
tired: defensive walking
wired: offensive walking
wired: offensive walking
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Hahahaha I love sports always have please don’t look back at my previous posts hahahaha
September 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Hahahaha I love sports always have please don’t look back at my previous posts hahahaha
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Full Light Rail service has resumed between North Avenue and Camden Yards stations after the fire that occurred several weeks ago along Howard Street. Shuttle bus service is no longer in place. We appreciate your patience and as a...
https://mta.maryland.gov/service-alerts/24207
https://mta.maryland.gov/service-alerts/24207
September 22, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Full Light Rail service has resumed between North Avenue and Camden Yards stations after the fire that occurred several weeks ago along Howard Street. Shuttle bus service is no longer in place. We appreciate your patience and as a...
https://mta.maryland.gov/service-alerts/24207
https://mta.maryland.gov/service-alerts/24207
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Inadequate bike infrastructure is a major contributor to cyclist casualties in the US, but the attitudes of US drivers are also a huge factor. They view cyclists not as fellow commuters but as obstacles that don’t belong there, and they assume anyone biking instead of driving is being a contrarian.
September 15, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Inadequate bike infrastructure is a major contributor to cyclist casualties in the US, but the attitudes of US drivers are also a huge factor. They view cyclists not as fellow commuters but as obstacles that don’t belong there, and they assume anyone biking instead of driving is being a contrarian.