Allison
@cortexandcaffeine.bsky.social
(she/they) 🌈🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Clinical Psychology PhD 🧠 Neuropsychology
Clinical Psychology PhD 🧠 Neuropsychology
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sauron just watching saurmans death over and over in the palantir terrifying himself
June 3, 2025 at 7:10 AM
sauron just watching saurmans death over and over in the palantir terrifying himself
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Trans rights are human rights.
September 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Trans rights are human rights.
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A lot of lone nuts with no coherent political philosophy seem to be very closely related to one specific political philosophy
September 12, 2025 at 9:20 PM
A lot of lone nuts with no coherent political philosophy seem to be very closely related to one specific political philosophy
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It seems like we have a motherfucking gun problem.
September 11, 2025 at 10:37 PM
It seems like we have a motherfucking gun problem.
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Seen out and about in Chicago.
September 5, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Seen out and about in Chicago.
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Ok Eric, delete the sentence "I hope this email finds everyone happy and thriving and not linking their worth as an individual to their academic productivity or ability to effect change in an increasingly bleak and bitter world" and step away from the keyboard for a bit.
August 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Ok Eric, delete the sentence "I hope this email finds everyone happy and thriving and not linking their worth as an individual to their academic productivity or ability to effect change in an increasingly bleak and bitter world" and step away from the keyboard for a bit.
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CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%.
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
August 3, 2025 at 12:01 AM
CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%.
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
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“The country with the Statue of Liberty deprived us of our liberty without any kind of evidence,” Leonardo José Colmenares Solórzano, a 31-year-old Venezuelan who was held in CECOT for months, said two days after he was returned to his family.
Now That They’re Free, Venezuelan Men Want the World to Know What They Endured in CECOT
Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration say they endured months of physical and mental abuse inside a Salvadoran prison. Though happy to be home, they say the fact that they were released…
www.propublica.org
August 2, 2025 at 3:00 AM
“The country with the Statue of Liberty deprived us of our liberty without any kind of evidence,” Leonardo José Colmenares Solórzano, a 31-year-old Venezuelan who was held in CECOT for months, said two days after he was returned to his family.
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the greatest trick the right ever pulled was convincing the left progress can only be made in slow methodical steps.
August 1, 2025 at 6:03 PM
the greatest trick the right ever pulled was convincing the left progress can only be made in slow methodical steps.
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We shouldn't need a Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, but here we are. Still underpaid. Still undervalued.
66 cents on the dollar means we lose thousands every year, for doing the same job.
Over a lifetime? That’s hundreds of thousands gone.
Pay Black women. Period.
66 cents on the dollar means we lose thousands every year, for doing the same job.
Over a lifetime? That’s hundreds of thousands gone.
Pay Black women. Period.
July 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
We shouldn't need a Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, but here we are. Still underpaid. Still undervalued.
66 cents on the dollar means we lose thousands every year, for doing the same job.
Over a lifetime? That’s hundreds of thousands gone.
Pay Black women. Period.
66 cents on the dollar means we lose thousands every year, for doing the same job.
Over a lifetime? That’s hundreds of thousands gone.
Pay Black women. Period.
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anyway, happy birthday america, I guess
They’ve destroyed American medical research, the American education system, the American university research system, and the aid system that protected millions of lives, and they’ve given our anti-immigrant masked paramilitary police force a budget the size of a nation
July 3, 2025 at 8:51 PM
anyway, happy birthday america, I guess
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Ok.
But here’s the thing:
Juneteenth is not about freedom being won, it’s about freedom being ENFORCED.
The heroes of Juneteenth are the Union Soldiers who went from plantation to plantation looking slaveholders in the face & saying: fuck with us if you dare.
Freedom is not won, it is SEIZED
But here’s the thing:
Juneteenth is not about freedom being won, it’s about freedom being ENFORCED.
The heroes of Juneteenth are the Union Soldiers who went from plantation to plantation looking slaveholders in the face & saying: fuck with us if you dare.
Freedom is not won, it is SEIZED
Juneteenth calls us to understand the realities of our past, celebrate the resilience and achievements of Black Americans, and align the course of our country toward its founding creed of liberty and justice for all. Wishing everyone a meaningful Juneteenth!
June 19, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Ok.
But here’s the thing:
Juneteenth is not about freedom being won, it’s about freedom being ENFORCED.
The heroes of Juneteenth are the Union Soldiers who went from plantation to plantation looking slaveholders in the face & saying: fuck with us if you dare.
Freedom is not won, it is SEIZED
But here’s the thing:
Juneteenth is not about freedom being won, it’s about freedom being ENFORCED.
The heroes of Juneteenth are the Union Soldiers who went from plantation to plantation looking slaveholders in the face & saying: fuck with us if you dare.
Freedom is not won, it is SEIZED
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W.E.B. Du Bois on Robert E. Lee:
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
June 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
W.E.B. Du Bois on Robert E. Lee:
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
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Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.
June 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.
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As we celebrate Pride, remember those who are not here.
40,000 squares of the AIDS Memorial Quilt on display October 11-13 1996 on the National Mall in Washington D.C.
40,000 squares of the AIDS Memorial Quilt on display October 11-13 1996 on the National Mall in Washington D.C.
June 5, 2025 at 12:30 AM
As we celebrate Pride, remember those who are not here.
40,000 squares of the AIDS Memorial Quilt on display October 11-13 1996 on the National Mall in Washington D.C.
40,000 squares of the AIDS Memorial Quilt on display October 11-13 1996 on the National Mall in Washington D.C.
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NEW: Important Context spoke with a dozen people working at NIH about Director Jay Bhattacharya.
The descriptions were universally unflattering, painting the health economist as ineffectual, dishonest, ideological, arrogant, and uncommitted to science.
www.importantcontext.news/p/out-of-his...
The descriptions were universally unflattering, painting the health economist as ineffectual, dishonest, ideological, arrogant, and uncommitted to science.
www.importantcontext.news/p/out-of-his...
“Out Of His Depth,” “Sold His Soul,” “Clueless”: NIH Staffers Speak Out About Director Bhattacharya
Widespread dissatisfaction over the NIH’s “continuous free fall” has people speaking out.
www.importantcontext.news
June 2, 2025 at 12:13 PM
NEW: Important Context spoke with a dozen people working at NIH about Director Jay Bhattacharya.
The descriptions were universally unflattering, painting the health economist as ineffectual, dishonest, ideological, arrogant, and uncommitted to science.
www.importantcontext.news/p/out-of-his...
The descriptions were universally unflattering, painting the health economist as ineffectual, dishonest, ideological, arrogant, and uncommitted to science.
www.importantcontext.news/p/out-of-his...
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It’s a dark time for those who are LGBTQ+ in the United States.
I hope your celebration of joy in being who you are is in direct proportion to the hate dispensed by the U.S. government.
Happy Pride Month.
Illegitimi non carborundum
I hope your celebration of joy in being who you are is in direct proportion to the hate dispensed by the U.S. government.
Happy Pride Month.
Illegitimi non carborundum
June 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
It’s a dark time for those who are LGBTQ+ in the United States.
I hope your celebration of joy in being who you are is in direct proportion to the hate dispensed by the U.S. government.
Happy Pride Month.
Illegitimi non carborundum
I hope your celebration of joy in being who you are is in direct proportion to the hate dispensed by the U.S. government.
Happy Pride Month.
Illegitimi non carborundum
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I’ll admit I’m in my feelings about The Regime cancelling international students’ visa interviews so they can scour their social media.
I’ve had the pleasure of working with many such students. I’m not gonna bullshit you about them. They were the best of the best, and were often fulfilling…
I’ve had the pleasure of working with many such students. I’m not gonna bullshit you about them. They were the best of the best, and were often fulfilling…
May 28, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I’ll admit I’m in my feelings about The Regime cancelling international students’ visa interviews so they can scour their social media.
I’ve had the pleasure of working with many such students. I’m not gonna bullshit you about them. They were the best of the best, and were often fulfilling…
I’ve had the pleasure of working with many such students. I’m not gonna bullshit you about them. They were the best of the best, and were often fulfilling…
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🚨 A new rule would let career scientists like NSF/NIH program officers be replaced by political appointees
Already 14,000+ public comments, deadline is Friday
📣 Comments can be short. Courts consider them—and scientists with NSF/NIH experience are especially impactful
Speak up! shorturl.at/WKuBj
Already 14,000+ public comments, deadline is Friday
📣 Comments can be short. Courts consider them—and scientists with NSF/NIH experience are especially impactful
Speak up! shorturl.at/WKuBj
May 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
🚨 A new rule would let career scientists like NSF/NIH program officers be replaced by political appointees
Already 14,000+ public comments, deadline is Friday
📣 Comments can be short. Courts consider them—and scientists with NSF/NIH experience are especially impactful
Speak up! shorturl.at/WKuBj
Already 14,000+ public comments, deadline is Friday
📣 Comments can be short. Courts consider them—and scientists with NSF/NIH experience are especially impactful
Speak up! shorturl.at/WKuBj
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One critical ingredient of diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM🧪 is being a kind and inclusive reviewer. This means regarding the authors receiving the review as valued members of our community.
scienceforeveryone.science/p/the-power-...
scienceforeveryone.science/p/the-power-...
The power of manuscript reviews
How we craft reviews for early career researchers shapes our culture and community
scienceforeveryone.science
May 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
One critical ingredient of diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM🧪 is being a kind and inclusive reviewer. This means regarding the authors receiving the review as valued members of our community.
scienceforeveryone.science/p/the-power-...
scienceforeveryone.science/p/the-power-...
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There’s been some “advice” coming from some quarters for scientists not to focus on DEI-related funding cuts.
I wholly reject this concept.
Cutting programs designed to reduce science and healthcare disparities is as detrimental to science as anything else, both morally and functionally.
I wholly reject this concept.
Cutting programs designed to reduce science and healthcare disparities is as detrimental to science as anything else, both morally and functionally.
May 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
There’s been some “advice” coming from some quarters for scientists not to focus on DEI-related funding cuts.
I wholly reject this concept.
Cutting programs designed to reduce science and healthcare disparities is as detrimental to science as anything else, both morally and functionally.
I wholly reject this concept.
Cutting programs designed to reduce science and healthcare disparities is as detrimental to science as anything else, both morally and functionally.
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This, too, is America.
Rümeysa Öztürk spoke briefly at a press conference held when she arrived at Logan Airport tonight.
"My dear professor and lab mates are here today. I just want to highlight that. ... My advisor sent my dissertation proposal to the prison. My lab mates have been reading me books on the phone."
"My dear professor and lab mates are here today. I just want to highlight that. ... My advisor sent my dissertation proposal to the prison. My lab mates have been reading me books on the phone."
LIVE NOW: Rümeysa Öztürk and her legal team
Best QUALITY link
Best QUALITY link
May 11, 2025 at 1:46 AM
This, too, is America.
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I won’t be able to forget the description of the 16-year-old daughter’s screams of agony while her mother was kidnapped and the police protected the kidnappers. It’s happening here.
A report from the scene of a horrifying kidnapping on the streets of Worcester, MA today by @billshaner.bsky.social www.welcometohellworld.com/they-dont-ne...
They don't need a warrant
A federal kidnapping in Worcester
www.welcometohellworld.com
May 9, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I won’t be able to forget the description of the 16-year-old daughter’s screams of agony while her mother was kidnapped and the police protected the kidnappers. It’s happening here.