For sure - although in our case the food pantry is on campus and we are not and so having a hyper local option seemed important too.

There’s also a good deal of evidence that some people put themselves in contexts to feel badly (negative emotions) so that definition doesn’t work either. See work from Maya Tamir’s group, among others. Good example of how people’s intuitions about emotions don’t typically map to the data.

Valence doesn't map to approach avoid so those terms are not interchangeable. Lots of evidence that there are contexts when things are very bad and individuals approach.

Want one of these t-shirts? I’m thinking about ordering a gross for everyone in any position of academic leadership.

I think sending a staff member or student in a direct flight w the tissue is prob the best option which seems kinda nuts.

My pref is “blah blah blah” 😭

Totally. Many people don’t understand that science is possible because of people. My lab is lucky to have senior professional scientific staff. If we lose funding, they will go elsewhere and the lab will never recover.

This sounds like a lot of fun!

💯 this is SO important. And it can take a lot of different forms. We are currently biobanking tissue from animals for projects (hopefully) in the future - and that's actually some of the most exciting work to me.

Also, can't go wrong with old papers! Good lessons in writing there, too!

I 💜 that motivation. Keep on keepin' on!

I'm kinda busting out all of the tools I know: working with collabs that I adore and respect, working with my lab team which is smart and fun and driven, working on questions that I know are important, reading *a lot* including things that don't seem super relevant. None of it's helping much.