Haley
haleyv.bsky.social
Haley
@haleyv.bsky.social
Postdoc | (micro)glia, cannabinoids and stress | BiInSci, ADHD/cPTSD and First-Gen Doc

Skincare/eyeshadow enthusiast | Year round iced coffee drinker | Tired
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Once you start thinking of AI as a war on humanity, on human thought, on human inquiry, on human labor, on nuance and critical thinking, it slots in pretty seamlessly with the right wing ideological project, oligarchical political projects, big tech's political projects, etc
November 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Remember how we always talk about there being many, many ways to resist? This may seem like a small one, but it’s actually HUGE.

This administration is absolutely hell bent on the eugenics of the disabled and chronically ill.

Wearing a health mask is an ENORMOUS act of resistance.
November 4, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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I think a lot about the chance we had at the start of COVID to finally become a more compassionate, collectivist nation, and how profoundly we were failed not only by the sociopathic greed of the ruling class but by each other.

It doesn’t mean we won’t get there, but the lost opportunity haunts me.
Remember how just a few years ago during the worst of the pandemic when we saw how the govt can actually do big things and saw that our collective health & well-being are intertwined, and then corporations got mad that they lost a modicum of power and helped fund a backlash of amnesia and fascism?
October 30, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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The centrist democratic position between 2006-2016ish was all “lean orgs!” And I kept saying, “oh yes sure make it easier for stable institutions to break.” We need to own how much our bleating about bureaucratic efficiencies created an easier-to-capture university.
Everyone wants to streamline bureaucracy, but maybe we'd get better results by making it *harder* for university admins to chase fads. Imagine the money we'd save with a mandatory cooling-off period before launching a "Center for Blockchain Studies" or dumping millions into the latest edtech toy.
In about three years the entire university pivot to AI curricula and schools and programs is going to be so deeply embarrassing. We will all pretend it never happened and I will be standing there, looking at people with a mirror in my eyes. This is all so embarrassing.
October 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Hi. I wrote an essay about AI slop: How it feels like an invasive species for the internet. How its boosters describe building a future that’s devoid of craft. How frictionlessness can be nihilistic & how this stuff seems to leach part of our shared humanity out of the world. I hope you'll read it.
AI’s Invasive Species
The slop is winning.
www.theatlantic.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Oldtober day 19, and something entirely not RPG related at all! It’s a rat, for @haleyv.bsky.social.
#oldtober #notinktober #illustration
October 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Excited to share our new publication on the impact of #THC exposure during gestation on brain development. This stunning work, led by Lani Cupo, describes several years of datas collection and examines brain development and maturation using MRI and behaviour

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Impact of prenatal delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol exposure on mouse brain development: a fetal-to-adulthood magnetic resonance imaging study - Molecular Psychiatry
Molecular Psychiatry - Impact of prenatal delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol exposure on mouse brain development: a fetal-to-adulthood magnetic resonance imaging study
www.nature.com
October 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Does anyone know of a funding agency that asks applicants not to use genAI in their grants? Trying to develop a framework about this, so seeing examples would be great. Unfortunately the 🇨🇦 Tri-council statement is disappointing on this.
October 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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I'm looking forward to speaking at @canacn.bsky.social's annual meeting tomorrow! I’ll be talking about all things #Cannabis, including our current preclinical and human research that is relevant to policy and expanding consumer knowledge.

Come say hello! #Neuroskyence
May 23, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Happening soon at #CAN2025: Join this IBRO-supported DEI session to see how Support Our Science boosted trainee #funding & join discussions led by a panel of researchers 💡
Discover this & other IBRO activities at the #conference: buff.ly/TLMXWms

@canacn.bsky.social @julielefebvrelab.bsky.social
May 20, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Visit us at booth 4 at #CAN2025 from 22 May to learn how IBRO can support your #neuroscience journey 💫
Check out our booth schedule if you want to chat with our representatives - and discover all other IBRO activities: buff.ly/TLMXWms

#conference @canacn.bsky.social @julielefebvrelab.bsky.social
May 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Calling all #neuroscientists at #CAN2025 - stop by the #FutureLeaders photobooth on the Mezzanine level in the Linden Room!

Passez au photobooth #FutureLeaders dans la salle Linden au mezzanine !@canacn.bsky.social
May 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Thank you @canglia.bsky.social for a wonderful #CAN2025 satellite!! Excited to make use of my prize mug ☕.
May 21, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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🇨🇦 🧠 Are you a #Postdoc in #Canada or #Canadian abroad? We are selecting #speakers for the (second round of the) 2025 Canadian #Neuroscience #Seminars: Postdoctoral Series. Apply by July 6th, 2025 @ 23:59PT.

Find more details here: tinyurl.com/56m946jh

Apply through this form: tinyurl.com/42cwhae3
May 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
🛫 YYJ - YVR - YYZ 🛬
Toronto-bound for @canacn.bsky.social !! Excited to also attend @canglia.bsky.social and @braincanada.bsky.social satellite meetings!! I'll be (the one?) in a pink respirator if you want to say hi 👋
#CAN2025
May 19, 2025 at 7:21 PM
New @LaboTremblay paper from PhD student Colin comparing 2D and 3D #microglia morphology analysis out now in Glial Health Research www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A comparison of microglial morphological complexity in adult mouse brain samples using 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional image analysis tools
Characterizing cell morphology has been an important aspect of neuroscience for over a century to provide essential insights into cellular function an…
www.sciencedirect.com
May 16, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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the technodystopia is here

nymag.com/intelligence...
May 7, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Thrilled to share a new article! We found a decline in the male-to-female ratio of lifetime cannabis use prevalence among adults in Ontario, (maybe in adults aged 30 or older only?)

Huge thanks to my co-authors @camhnews.bsky.social

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Changes in the Sex/Gender Gap in Cannabis Use in Ontario, Canada From 2001 to 2019
Introduction Although cannabis use has been historically higher in men than women, some research suggests a narrowing of the sex/gender gap in recent decades. We characterised trends in cannabis use...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 2, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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