Dr. Liz Kirby
@thekirbylab.bsky.social
Assoc prof in Psych dept at Ohio State University. PI of a neural stem cell-focused lab. Check us out: u.osu.edu/kirbylab
Also cats.
Also cats.
Pinned
Dr. Liz Kirby
@thekirbylab.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Announcing a new open access textbook for entry level behavioral neuro. Funded by NSF. Written by a collection of 26 neuro experts. Method demonstration videos and author interviews too. Consider using it in your courses to reduce financial barriers to education.
openstax.org/details/book...
openstax.org/details/book...
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Every week, Nature publishes yet another breathless puff piece about some AI startup, based only unpublished claims from the company and interviewing only those who work there.
How can the leading scientific journal publish piece after piece that would make Kevin Roose blush?
I think it's that...
How can the leading scientific journal publish piece after piece that would make Kevin Roose blush?
I think it's that...
December 30, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Every week, Nature publishes yet another breathless puff piece about some AI startup, based only unpublished claims from the company and interviewing only those who work there.
How can the leading scientific journal publish piece after piece that would make Kevin Roose blush?
I think it's that...
How can the leading scientific journal publish piece after piece that would make Kevin Roose blush?
I think it's that...
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"In accordance with our informal tradition of updating documents every thirty years, whether they need it or not, our university is pleased to present this updated org chart that most accurately captures our system of governance." #McSweeneysTop25of2025
An Accurate Organizational Chart of Your University
Our 20th most-read article of 2025. - - -In accordance with our informal tradition of updating documents every thirty years, whether they need it ...
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December 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"In accordance with our informal tradition of updating documents every thirty years, whether they need it or not, our university is pleased to present this updated org chart that most accurately captures our system of governance." #McSweeneysTop25of2025
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Mark Blokpoel & I have maintain a living open interactive textbook “Theoretical Modeling for Cognitive Science and Psychology.”
Recently, Mark updated Ch 9 & 10 so they have embedded, running and editable, code again.
Check it out! ✨
computationalcognitivescience.github.io/lovelace/
Recently, Mark updated Ch 9 & 10 so they have embedded, running and editable, code again.
Check it out! ✨
computationalcognitivescience.github.io/lovelace/
December 27, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Mark Blokpoel & I have maintain a living open interactive textbook “Theoretical Modeling for Cognitive Science and Psychology.”
Recently, Mark updated Ch 9 & 10 so they have embedded, running and editable, code again.
Check it out! ✨
computationalcognitivescience.github.io/lovelace/
Recently, Mark updated Ch 9 & 10 so they have embedded, running and editable, code again.
Check it out! ✨
computationalcognitivescience.github.io/lovelace/
From the lab fridge. Deep haiku thoughts for the weekend.
December 13, 2025 at 2:13 AM
From the lab fridge. Deep haiku thoughts for the weekend.
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An important write up from the NYT on the funding changes at the NIH.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine (Gift Article)
A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:51 AM
An important write up from the NYT on the funding changes at the NIH.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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New York Times article on science funding with some depressing but familiar curves with interactive graphics.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine (Gift Article)
A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:57 AM
New York Times article on science funding with some depressing but familiar curves with interactive graphics.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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"I’ve grown a lot as an eater since then, and I’ve worked to mature my underdeveloped palate to handle anything that Aunt Linda or anyone else throws my way. Tonight, when I got to the table and saw a lineup of yams, I was able to lean on that preparation and get the job done."
Post-Dinner Interview with a Twelve-Year-Old Who Sat at the Grown-Ups’ Table for the First Time on Thanksgiving
REPORTER: I’m here live with Ted moments after completing his first Thanksgiving dinner at the Grown-Ups’ Table. At only 12 years and 209 days, you...
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November 28, 2025 at 1:30 AM
"I’ve grown a lot as an eater since then, and I’ve worked to mature my underdeveloped palate to handle anything that Aunt Linda or anyone else throws my way. Tonight, when I got to the table and saw a lineup of yams, I was able to lean on that preparation and get the job done."
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On the Factor Fexcectorn and autism bicycle AI slop study: I got an answer from Springer Nature this morning that this scientific paper will be retracted! 🧪
Full story: nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/riding-the...
Full story: nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/riding-the...
Riding the Autism Bicycle to Retraction Town
Does anyone *really* know their Factor Fexcectorn?
nobreakthroughs.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:25 AM
On the Factor Fexcectorn and autism bicycle AI slop study: I got an answer from Springer Nature this morning that this scientific paper will be retracted! 🧪
Full story: nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/riding-the...
Full story: nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/riding-the...
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Hey @nature.com, have you got an explanation for how the hell THIS happened? & especially why you accepted a paper with such a bizarre piece of genAI slop in it?!
& more to the point, why we should take you seriously at all going forward?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
& more to the point, why we should take you seriously at all going forward?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Hey @nature.com, have you got an explanation for how the hell THIS happened? & especially why you accepted a paper with such a bizarre piece of genAI slop in it?!
& more to the point, why we should take you seriously at all going forward?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
& more to the point, why we should take you seriously at all going forward?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Scientists: have you been the target of an online harassment campaign, doxxing, or weaponized FOIA requests? I'd like to talk to you about steps you had to take to protect your digital security for an upcoming Nature story. (You can be anonymous if necessary.)
RTs appreciated.
RTs appreciated.
November 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Scientists: have you been the target of an online harassment campaign, doxxing, or weaponized FOIA requests? I'd like to talk to you about steps you had to take to protect your digital security for an upcoming Nature story. (You can be anonymous if necessary.)
RTs appreciated.
RTs appreciated.
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"essays produced by ChatGPT are soulless, boring abominations. Words, phrases and punctuation rarely used by the average college student are pervasive." www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:39 PM
"essays produced by ChatGPT are soulless, boring abominations. Words, phrases and punctuation rarely used by the average college student are pervasive." www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
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“The number of cyberattacks is not relenting”
Hackers are ramping up attacks on academic institutions to access valuable data and to demand ransoms
go.nature.com/49tiOCc
Hackers are ramping up attacks on academic institutions to access valuable data and to demand ransoms
go.nature.com/49tiOCc
Cyberattacks' harm to universities is growing — and so are their effects on research
Hackers are ramping up attacks on academic institutions to access valuable data and to demand ransoms.
go.nature.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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This is misinformation by default, so if you're a journal and you use AI slop for your cover or your announcements, you're not scientific in any way and should be shamed mercilessly 🧪
November 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
This is misinformation by default, so if you're a journal and you use AI slop for your cover or your announcements, you're not scientific in any way and should be shamed mercilessly 🧪
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Apropos of... well...
I'm reviewing applications for a variety of things right now and can tell when letters are written by AI. There aren't many of them but they do exist. They are... not good.
If you're an academic trainee, choose your mentors wisely.
I'm reviewing applications for a variety of things right now and can tell when letters are written by AI. There aren't many of them but they do exist. They are... not good.
If you're an academic trainee, choose your mentors wisely.
November 17, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Apropos of... well...
I'm reviewing applications for a variety of things right now and can tell when letters are written by AI. There aren't many of them but they do exist. They are... not good.
If you're an academic trainee, choose your mentors wisely.
I'm reviewing applications for a variety of things right now and can tell when letters are written by AI. There aren't many of them but they do exist. They are... not good.
If you're an academic trainee, choose your mentors wisely.
If only the intern that picked this image had read the AI section of my course syllabus. Could have saved them and their otherwise reputable journal some serious embarrassment.
November 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
If only the intern that picked this image had read the AI section of my course syllabus. Could have saved them and their otherwise reputable journal some serious embarrassment.
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Hey, just because AI knows about those arm-organs and you don't isn't a reason to get mad 🤣
November 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Hey, just because AI knows about those arm-organs and you don't isn't a reason to get mad 🤣
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We have written two reviews providing a practical guide and fundamentals of cell migration:
(1) How to select an optimal cell migration assay,
(2) How to analyze cell migration data.
We also added a perspective on AI methods of analysis.
Coming out soon in Nature Methods.
(1) How to select an optimal cell migration assay,
(2) How to analyze cell migration data.
We also added a perspective on AI methods of analysis.
Coming out soon in Nature Methods.
November 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
We have written two reviews providing a practical guide and fundamentals of cell migration:
(1) How to select an optimal cell migration assay,
(2) How to analyze cell migration data.
We also added a perspective on AI methods of analysis.
Coming out soon in Nature Methods.
(1) How to select an optimal cell migration assay,
(2) How to analyze cell migration data.
We also added a perspective on AI methods of analysis.
Coming out soon in Nature Methods.
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Thousands of No Kings protesters stage peaceful demonstration at Ohio Statehouse #NoKings ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/18/t...
Thousands of No Kings protesters stage peaceful demonstration at Ohio Statehouse • Ohio Capital Journal
Thousands of 'No Kings' protesters demonstrated peacefully Saturday afternoon against the Trump administration at the Ohio Statehouse.
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October 18, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Thousands of No Kings protesters stage peaceful demonstration at Ohio Statehouse #NoKings ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/18/t...
Just updated my AI policy for my course next spring. Added a section about using AI "to study".
October 13, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Just updated my AI policy for my course next spring. Added a section about using AI "to study".
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Thank You MIT. Now who's next?
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment
www.nytimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Thank You MIT. Now who's next?
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
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MIT Rejects the Compact!
I am so proud.
"The document also includes principles with which we disagree, including those that would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution. And fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief ...
I am so proud.
"The document also includes principles with which we disagree, including those that would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution. And fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief ...
October 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
MIT Rejects the Compact!
I am so proud.
"The document also includes principles with which we disagree, including those that would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution. And fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief ...
I am so proud.
"The document also includes principles with which we disagree, including those that would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution. And fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief ...
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For anyone on the neuroscience job market, our ads are up. We are looking for anyone working in systems neuroscience of animals to join us in southern Alberta 🇨🇦
#academicsky #neuroskyence #neuroethology #academicjobs #Canada
neurojobs.sfn.org/job/39049/as...
#academicsky #neuroskyence #neuroethology #academicjobs #Canada
neurojobs.sfn.org/job/39049/as...
Assistant Professor (Neuroscience, Tenure Track) - Lethbridge (City), Alberta (CA) job with University of Lethbridge | 39049
Assistant Professor (tenure track) of the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
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September 4, 2025 at 7:59 PM
For anyone on the neuroscience job market, our ads are up. We are looking for anyone working in systems neuroscience of animals to join us in southern Alberta 🇨🇦
#academicsky #neuroskyence #neuroethology #academicjobs #Canada
neurojobs.sfn.org/job/39049/as...
#academicsky #neuroskyence #neuroethology #academicjobs #Canada
neurojobs.sfn.org/job/39049/as...
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💥 OpenStax just hit $3 billion in student savings!
We’re proud to serve the educators and institutions that make access a reality. Let's keep making an amazing education accessible to all, together!
https://openstax.org/press/openstax-surpasses-3b-in-student-savings-grows-beyond-textbooks
We’re proud to serve the educators and institutions that make access a reality. Let's keep making an amazing education accessible to all, together!
https://openstax.org/press/openstax-surpasses-3b-in-student-savings-grows-beyond-textbooks
October 6, 2025 at 10:15 PM
💥 OpenStax just hit $3 billion in student savings!
We’re proud to serve the educators and institutions that make access a reality. Let's keep making an amazing education accessible to all, together!
https://openstax.org/press/openstax-surpasses-3b-in-student-savings-grows-beyond-textbooks
We’re proud to serve the educators and institutions that make access a reality. Let's keep making an amazing education accessible to all, together!
https://openstax.org/press/openstax-surpasses-3b-in-student-savings-grows-beyond-textbooks
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It's Avril Lavigne's birthday today, so we are contractually obligated to re-share this banger from our archives.
The Girl from Avril Lavigne’s “Sk8er Boi” Responds 18 Years Later
I’m the unnamed girl from Avril Lavigne’s 2002 hit, “Sk8er Boi” and I’m here to set the record straight after 18 years of silence. I’m finally read...
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September 27, 2025 at 4:33 PM
It's Avril Lavigne's birthday today, so we are contractually obligated to re-share this banger from our archives.