Tiziana Metitieri
@timetit.bsky.social
clinical researcher & clinical neuropsychologist @ Anna Meyer Chidren's Hospital IRCCS, Firenze, adjunct prof @ IUL, open science advocate, un blog, articoli sparsi, soliti treni #pendolarezen e #F1 fan
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Moyamoya is a rare cerebrovascular disorder where arteries at the base of the brain narrow, blocking blood flow.
It can be devastating in children.
Lauren Harris, Charlotte Malcolm et al find metrics from neuroimaging help identify the neurocogntiive outcomes for these children:
tinyurl.com/mrx3vhy9
It can be devastating in children.
Lauren Harris, Charlotte Malcolm et al find metrics from neuroimaging help identify the neurocogntiive outcomes for these children:
tinyurl.com/mrx3vhy9
November 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Moyamoya is a rare cerebrovascular disorder where arteries at the base of the brain narrow, blocking blood flow.
It can be devastating in children.
Lauren Harris, Charlotte Malcolm et al find metrics from neuroimaging help identify the neurocogntiive outcomes for these children:
tinyurl.com/mrx3vhy9
It can be devastating in children.
Lauren Harris, Charlotte Malcolm et al find metrics from neuroimaging help identify the neurocogntiive outcomes for these children:
tinyurl.com/mrx3vhy9
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
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How have monsters changed over history? Do they morph with shifting cultural anxieties? Or do they mostly stay the same, sprung from primal, timeless fears?
Just one of the topics discussed in our latest episode, w/ @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social & Natalie Lawrence!
Listen: disi.org/monsters-and...
Just one of the topics discussed in our latest episode, w/ @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social & Natalie Lawrence!
Listen: disi.org/monsters-and...
October 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
How have monsters changed over history? Do they morph with shifting cultural anxieties? Or do they mostly stay the same, sprung from primal, timeless fears?
Just one of the topics discussed in our latest episode, w/ @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social & Natalie Lawrence!
Listen: disi.org/monsters-and...
Just one of the topics discussed in our latest episode, w/ @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social & Natalie Lawrence!
Listen: disi.org/monsters-and...
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The Python Software Foundation was recommended for a $1.5M grant from the National Science Foundation. The terms of the award said PSF could not work on DEI, whether or not the grant funding was used for it.
PSF therefore declined the funding.
Science suffers, but commitment to core values remains
PSF therefore declined the funding.
Science suffers, but commitment to core values remains
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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The official home of the Python Programming Language
www.python.org
October 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The Python Software Foundation was recommended for a $1.5M grant from the National Science Foundation. The terms of the award said PSF could not work on DEI, whether or not the grant funding was used for it.
PSF therefore declined the funding.
Science suffers, but commitment to core values remains
PSF therefore declined the funding.
Science suffers, but commitment to core values remains
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Following its fabulous premiere at #VeniceFilmFestival join us and watch the trailer of:
ELVIRA NOTARI - BEYOND SILENCE by Valerio Ciriaci
From the margins, Italy’s first woman film director returns to view.
www.firsthandfilms.com/films/Elvira...
ELVIRA NOTARI - BEYOND SILENCE by Valerio Ciriaci
From the margins, Italy’s first woman film director returns to view.
www.firsthandfilms.com/films/Elvira...
October 14, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Following its fabulous premiere at #VeniceFilmFestival join us and watch the trailer of:
ELVIRA NOTARI - BEYOND SILENCE by Valerio Ciriaci
From the margins, Italy’s first woman film director returns to view.
www.firsthandfilms.com/films/Elvira...
ELVIRA NOTARI - BEYOND SILENCE by Valerio Ciriaci
From the margins, Italy’s first woman film director returns to view.
www.firsthandfilms.com/films/Elvira...
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il regista Valerio Ciriaci presenta il suo documentario
ELVIRA NOTARI
oltre il silenzio
(Ita/USA, 2025)
al cinema da lunedì 13 ottobre 2025
tuttascena1.wordpress.com/2025/10/14/v...
ELVIRA NOTARI
oltre il silenzio
(Ita/USA, 2025)
al cinema da lunedì 13 ottobre 2025
tuttascena1.wordpress.com/2025/10/14/v...
October 14, 2025 at 4:42 PM
il regista Valerio Ciriaci presenta il suo documentario
ELVIRA NOTARI
oltre il silenzio
(Ita/USA, 2025)
al cinema da lunedì 13 ottobre 2025
tuttascena1.wordpress.com/2025/10/14/v...
ELVIRA NOTARI
oltre il silenzio
(Ita/USA, 2025)
al cinema da lunedì 13 ottobre 2025
tuttascena1.wordpress.com/2025/10/14/v...
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Handedness is a great example of something innate to each of us (and many other animals) that is NOT genetically determined (Identical twins do not necessarily have the same handedness). It is, as they say, complicated…
Great review on The Genetics of Human Handedness: Microtubules and Beyond www.cell.com/trends/genet... - handedness is such an interesting phenotype!
Genetics of human handedness: microtubules and beyond
Handedness (i.e., the preference to use either the left or the right hand for fine
motor tasks) is a widely investigated trait. Handedness heritability is consistently
estimated to be 25%. After decad...
www.cell.com
October 16, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Handedness is a great example of something innate to each of us (and many other animals) that is NOT genetically determined (Identical twins do not necessarily have the same handedness). It is, as they say, complicated…
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Kimika Hara, contemporary embroiderer from Japan #WomensArt
October 14, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Kimika Hara, contemporary embroiderer from Japan #WomensArt
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I got very curious about this. You can trace Shearer's unit (21 CCS) and you can see what looks like the echo of his little blaze of fame: in Sept 1916 you get visits from various grandees including ... the editor of the BMJ, who presumably came to see for himself.
October 13, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I got very curious about this. You can trace Shearer's unit (21 CCS) and you can see what looks like the echo of his little blaze of fame: in Sept 1916 you get visits from various grandees including ... the editor of the BMJ, who presumably came to see for himself.
recording of Hania Rani’s new ‘Non Fiction-Piano Concerto in Four Movements’
Featuring, among others, percussionist Valentina Magaletti:
"hearing Hania in the room trying to descrive a sound and what she wants evoke with that sound just brings me back to the magical that music entails"
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Featuring, among others, percussionist Valentina Magaletti:
"hearing Hania in the room trying to descrive a sound and what she wants evoke with that sound just brings me back to the magical that music entails"
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Hania Rani - documenting Non Fiction
YouTube video by Hania Rani
youtube.com
October 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
recording of Hania Rani’s new ‘Non Fiction-Piano Concerto in Four Movements’
Featuring, among others, percussionist Valentina Magaletti:
"hearing Hania in the room trying to descrive a sound and what she wants evoke with that sound just brings me back to the magical that music entails"
...
Featuring, among others, percussionist Valentina Magaletti:
"hearing Hania in the room trying to descrive a sound and what she wants evoke with that sound just brings me back to the magical that music entails"
...
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Incredible vision on Alfred Nobel’s part to use the money he earned inventing dynamite to create the world’s greatest trolling opportunity
October 10, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Incredible vision on Alfred Nobel’s part to use the money he earned inventing dynamite to create the world’s greatest trolling opportunity
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Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
nyti.ms
October 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
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Alonso has a very slow stop, then soon after is told by his race engineer that there are 34 laps to go.
He replies: "If you speak to me every lap, I will disconnect the radio"
#F1 #SingaporeGP
He replies: "If you speak to me every lap, I will disconnect the radio"
#F1 #SingaporeGP
October 5, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Alonso has a very slow stop, then soon after is told by his race engineer that there are 34 laps to go.
He replies: "If you speak to me every lap, I will disconnect the radio"
#F1 #SingaporeGP
He replies: "If you speak to me every lap, I will disconnect the radio"
#F1 #SingaporeGP
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In 1884, Ferrier’s map guided a groundbreaking case. A young man named Henderson suffered seizures, convulsions, and paralysis.
Doctors used Ferrier’s work to pinpoint the tumour in his brain. /4
Doctors used Ferrier’s work to pinpoint the tumour in his brain. /4
October 4, 2025 at 2:08 PM
In 1884, Ferrier’s map guided a groundbreaking case. A young man named Henderson suffered seizures, convulsions, and paralysis.
Doctors used Ferrier’s work to pinpoint the tumour in his brain. /4
Doctors used Ferrier’s work to pinpoint the tumour in his brain. /4
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Why does this matter? Sensational stories hailing a dramatic rewrite of human origins are regularly repurposed by some as a tool to undermine the legitimacy of evolution. Take this example of Mike Pence talking to US Congress way back in 2002. Full transcript: www.congress.gov/congressiona...
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September 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Why does this matter? Sensational stories hailing a dramatic rewrite of human origins are regularly repurposed by some as a tool to undermine the legitimacy of evolution. Take this example of Mike Pence talking to US Congress way back in 2002. Full transcript: www.congress.gov/congressiona...
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We can remember Goodall’s accomplishments and legacy while recognizing that National Geographic created a narrative that erased the local people who contributed to her research. Her African colleagues deserve to be credited, not erased (10/10).
October 2, 2025 at 4:18 PM
We can remember Goodall’s accomplishments and legacy while recognizing that National Geographic created a narrative that erased the local people who contributed to her research. Her African colleagues deserve to be credited, not erased (10/10).
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What the narrative leaves out is the contributions of the local Tanzanians who assisted and facilitated Goodall's early research, as well as preceding and concurrent research. Nat Geo created a story about a lone white woman alone with chimpanzees, erasing the Africans that were beside her (3/10)
October 2, 2025 at 4:18 PM
What the narrative leaves out is the contributions of the local Tanzanians who assisted and facilitated Goodall's early research, as well as preceding and concurrent research. Nat Geo created a story about a lone white woman alone with chimpanzees, erasing the Africans that were beside her (3/10)
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📚 How Do Psychology Journals Handle Postpublication Critique? A Cross-Sectional Study of Policy and Practice doi.org/10.1177/2515...
How Do Psychology Journals Handle Postpublication Critique? A Cross-Sectional Study of Policy and Practice - Annie Whamond, Simine Vazire, Beth Clarke, Nicholas Moodie, Sarah Schiavone, Robert T. Thib...
Postpublication critique, such as letters to the editor, can contribute to the validity and trustworthiness of scientific research. We conducted a cross-section...
doi.org
October 1, 2025 at 4:52 PM
📚 How Do Psychology Journals Handle Postpublication Critique? A Cross-Sectional Study of Policy and Practice doi.org/10.1177/2515...
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Finally officially published! "Race science in mainstream psychology, 1960–2010" with @rhacodactylus.bsky.social (who needs a job btw) direct.mit.edu/qss/article/... 🧵
#histsci #sts #philsci #metascience
#histsci #sts #philsci #metascience
Race science in mainstream psychology, 1960–2010
Abstract. Anthropologists and human geneticists have long rejected efforts to purportedly scientifically justify racial inequality and colonialism. But race science has persisted, at least on the marg...
direct.mit.edu
October 1, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Finally officially published! "Race science in mainstream psychology, 1960–2010" with @rhacodactylus.bsky.social (who needs a job btw) direct.mit.edu/qss/article/... 🧵
#histsci #sts #philsci #metascience
#histsci #sts #philsci #metascience
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UK painter Melissa Scott-Miller, Back gardens in #autumn, Islington, 2016 #WomensArt
October 2, 2025 at 4:39 AM
UK painter Melissa Scott-Miller, Back gardens in #autumn, Islington, 2016 #WomensArt
The obituary of Eleanor Maguire by Georgina Ferry in The Lancet
“She kept emphasising that what the
hippocampus was involved in was the creation of something she called scenes”, says O’Keefe. “And we now see that she was right"
“She kept emphasising that what the
hippocampus was involved in was the creation of something she called scenes”, says O’Keefe. “And we now see that she was right"
September 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The obituary of Eleanor Maguire by Georgina Ferry in The Lancet
“She kept emphasising that what the
hippocampus was involved in was the creation of something she called scenes”, says O’Keefe. “And we now see that she was right"
“She kept emphasising that what the
hippocampus was involved in was the creation of something she called scenes”, says O’Keefe. “And we now see that she was right"
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I'm diving into the history of computers in cognitive experiments for next week's introduction to PsychoPy. Sadly, chronic computeritis is not a problem we give much thought to any more :)
September 17, 2025 at 10:23 AM
I'm diving into the history of computers in cognitive experiments for next week's introduction to PsychoPy. Sadly, chronic computeritis is not a problem we give much thought to any more :)
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Brunello Cucinelli shares suspended as short seller makes new Russia claims
Client Challenge
www.ft.com
September 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Brunello Cucinelli shares suspended as short seller makes new Russia claims
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De Niro: "I gotta go. A couple cases of Tylenol fell off a truck and now I gotta figure out how to put autism in them."
September 24, 2025 at 4:06 AM
De Niro: "I gotta go. A couple cases of Tylenol fell off a truck and now I gotta figure out how to put autism in them."