Chris Rodgers
@chrisxrodgers.bsky.social
Neuroscientist. My group at Emory researches how the brain integrates perception and action for free behavior
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Proud Leslie Knope Stan here. And yes a big part of what’s positive about about her is her optimism. Optimism is vital
Cynicism usually ages better than optimism, but the Knopes of the world are the load-bearing pillars of democracy and civic life; sorry that they aren't cool.
Also "neoliberal shill" lol she literally fights back against the growing power and negative health effects of Sweetums and Paunch Burger.
Also "neoliberal shill" lol she literally fights back against the growing power and negative health effects of Sweetums and Paunch Burger.
The reason 30 Rock succeeds years later while parks and rec has aged like a toilet full of milk, is that 30 Rock doesnt shy away from portraying Liz Lemon as an obvious villian with a victim/hero complex, whereas Leslie Knope was played just a straight hero character, even tho she is a neolib shill
November 5, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Proud Leslie Knope Stan here. And yes a big part of what’s positive about about her is her optimism. Optimism is vital
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A map of every church in Poland
October 26, 2025 at 1:25 PM
A map of every church in Poland
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Oh no! The mouse in the whiteboard has gained consciousness
October 27, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Oh no! The mouse in the whiteboard has gained consciousness
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Much as we would like it to be, this is still not really a “no”, but a carefully calibrated “maybe”
Dartmouth is OUT! Thank goodness... a friend at U of A and I have been playing "Who will be the last of the 9 standing?" and it's not gonna be us!
October 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Much as we would like it to be, this is still not really a “no”, but a carefully calibrated “maybe”
🎃 What is the origin of the trope that when you show up to a Halloween party without a costume, you are "dressed as a serial killer because they could look like anyone"? Is this trope specific to the US or do other countries have it too?
October 17, 2025 at 1:11 PM
🎃 What is the origin of the trope that when you show up to a Halloween party without a costume, you are "dressed as a serial killer because they could look like anyone"? Is this trope specific to the US or do other countries have it too?
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Kathleen Lonsdale's notebook used while determining the crystal structure is also rather wonderful - such elegant handwritten calculations.
October 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Kathleen Lonsdale's notebook used while determining the crystal structure is also rather wonderful - such elegant handwritten calculations.
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I have been trying to get this published as an op-ed, but I am going to post it here since I think it is timely in light of the "consent" extortion events.
Deafening Quiet from the Scientific Establishment
jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g...
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Deafening Quiet from the Scientific Establishment
jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g...
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jeremymberg.github.io
October 6, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I have been trying to get this published as an op-ed, but I am going to post it here since I think it is timely in light of the "consent" extortion events.
Deafening Quiet from the Scientific Establishment
jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g...
1/14
Deafening Quiet from the Scientific Establishment
jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g...
1/14
I'm seeing a lot of folks post this with the caption "Dartmouth says no" or similar. I don't think that this message actually says "no". It says they are "committed" and will "defend" and "do better", but no actual action is specified - not even rejecting the compact. Keep the pressure on!
October 4, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I'm seeing a lot of folks post this with the caption "Dartmouth says no" or similar. I don't think that this message actually says "no". It says they are "committed" and will "defend" and "do better", but no actual action is specified - not even rejecting the compact. Keep the pressure on!
From talking to people just a bit older or just a bit younger than me, I now realize that I vastly overestimated the cultural importance of The Mighty Ducks movies
October 4, 2025 at 9:10 PM
From talking to people just a bit older or just a bit younger than me, I now realize that I vastly overestimated the cultural importance of The Mighty Ducks movies
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This moment from our latest episode with science writer @edyong209.bsky.social is 🔥
We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪
Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...
We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪
Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...
October 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
This moment from our latest episode with science writer @edyong209.bsky.social is 🔥
We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪
Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...
We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪
Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...
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Here, the 'ballistic tongues' paper by Yu Zeng and team
www.cell.com/current-biol...
plus dispatch by Sam Van Wassenbergh
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
plus dispatch by Sam Van Wassenbergh
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Biomechanics: Squeezing power drives ballistic tongues
Chameleons and lungless salamanders independently evolved very fast projectile tongues.
In both cases, ballistic performance involves a long, blunt-ended skeletal rod that
slides freely within a power...
www.cell.com
September 8, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Here, the 'ballistic tongues' paper by Yu Zeng and team
www.cell.com/current-biol...
plus dispatch by Sam Van Wassenbergh
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
plus dispatch by Sam Van Wassenbergh
www.cell.com/current-biol...
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The underlying values of diversity, equity, and inclusion remain important. Ending the DEI programs lends credence to the false claim that "DEI" is some sinister plot. The choice was likely made in an attempt to avoid gov ire, but premature compliance does not buy safety - look at Columbia.
Emory University just closed all our DEI offices and programs.
This is egregious.
This is egregious.
September 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The underlying values of diversity, equity, and inclusion remain important. Ending the DEI programs lends credence to the false claim that "DEI" is some sinister plot. The choice was likely made in an attempt to avoid gov ire, but premature compliance does not buy safety - look at Columbia.
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My quote of the day
At any moment, an old world is passing and a new world is coming into being. We have sharper eyes for the fall than the rise because the old world is the one we know.
John Updike
At any moment, an old world is passing and a new world is coming into being. We have sharper eyes for the fall than the rise because the old world is the one we know.
John Updike
September 3, 2025 at 11:09 AM
My quote of the day
At any moment, an old world is passing and a new world is coming into being. We have sharper eyes for the fall than the rise because the old world is the one we know.
John Updike
At any moment, an old world is passing and a new world is coming into being. We have sharper eyes for the fall than the rise because the old world is the one we know.
John Updike
just realized that I say "a NIDCD fellowship" but "an NINDS fellowship". Crazy that the third letter of the initialism subconsciously drives the article that feels right to use!
September 1, 2025 at 10:51 PM
just realized that I say "a NIDCD fellowship" but "an NINDS fellowship". Crazy that the third letter of the initialism subconsciously drives the article that feels right to use!
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My forever meme.
August 29, 2025 at 10:49 AM
My forever meme.
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My statement on Ai from the mini-comic as syllabus i made for new class I'm teaching that starts tomorrow! It robs you of your decisions & struggles - and the joy of being surprised. We won’t to be robbed of our learning - this is essential. This & the full mini at post:
bsky.app/profile/nsou...
bsky.app/profile/nsou...
August 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
My statement on Ai from the mini-comic as syllabus i made for new class I'm teaching that starts tomorrow! It robs you of your decisions & struggles - and the joy of being surprised. We won’t to be robbed of our learning - this is essential. This & the full mini at post:
bsky.app/profile/nsou...
bsky.app/profile/nsou...
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This is indeed the challenge of the moment.
For all of us there should be some threshold where we put aside all our other projects and focus instead on resisting tyranny. It's just extremely difficult to see where that line is from the inside, when you're the frog being boiled.
August 24, 2025 at 12:11 PM
This is indeed the challenge of the moment.
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The most Canadian headline ever.
August 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The most Canadian headline ever.
2025 is your university providing programming for faculty on "Navigating Moral Distress"
August 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
2025 is your university providing programming for faculty on "Navigating Moral Distress"
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Proud to be associated with this work led by Kiah Hardcastle and Jesse Marshall. It parses the role of the basal ganglia in the control of learned and innate behaviors, showing that they are essential for one but not the other. Then digs deeper to find the neural basis for this difference. Congrats!
Excited to announce that my first postdoc paper is now online!
Links:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
rdcu.be/eAcN7
In it, we examine the perennial question: what changes in the brain when learning a new motor skill?
Read more below to find out 👇
Links:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
rdcu.be/eAcN7
In it, we examine the perennial question: what changes in the brain when learning a new motor skill?
Read more below to find out 👇
Differential kinematic coding in sensorimotor striatum across behavioral domains reflects different contributions to movement - Nature Neuroscience
Hardcastle and Marshall et al. show that striatal function is domain specific, required for task-related but not spontaneously expressed movements. This functional distinction is reflected in starkly ...
www.nature.com
August 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Proud to be associated with this work led by Kiah Hardcastle and Jesse Marshall. It parses the role of the basal ganglia in the control of learned and innate behaviors, showing that they are essential for one but not the other. Then digs deeper to find the neural basis for this difference. Congrats!
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4/4 Russ Vought, Project 2025 mastermind, said about us:
“When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work, because they are increasingly viewed as the villains. We want their funding to be shut down … We want to put them in trauma.”
He meant it literally. We won't forget.
“When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work, because they are increasingly viewed as the villains. We want their funding to be shut down … We want to put them in trauma.”
He meant it literally. We won't forget.
August 10, 2025 at 12:54 AM
4/4 Russ Vought, Project 2025 mastermind, said about us:
“When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work, because they are increasingly viewed as the villains. We want their funding to be shut down … We want to put them in trauma.”
He meant it literally. We won't forget.
“When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work, because they are increasingly viewed as the villains. We want their funding to be shut down … We want to put them in trauma.”
He meant it literally. We won't forget.
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A gunman opened fire on federal workers at CDC because of disinformation promoted by the right, including agency leaders, and the administration has said nothing. We knew project2025 wanted federal workers to be “traumatized”, apparently it’s also ok if they’re killed www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/u...
Suspect and Officer Are Dead After Shooting Outside C.D.C. in Atlanta
www.nytimes.com
August 9, 2025 at 12:48 PM
A gunman opened fire on federal workers at CDC because of disinformation promoted by the right, including agency leaders, and the administration has said nothing. We knew project2025 wanted federal workers to be “traumatized”, apparently it’s also ok if they’re killed www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/u...