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this is vile and I'm not excusing anything, but I am gonna point out that this is in the style section, not books, and I certainly wonder if the books editors are all groaning in despair at present given that they're likely to take much of the heat for this absurdly poorly considered choice
Think about all the incredible writers you know who can’t get any publicity but James Fucking Frey gets the front page glow up in the Sunday NY Times, called a “literary outlaw” for making shit up in a book billed as non-fiction, and a whole paragraph devoted to him describing his orgasms.
June 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
this is vile and I'm not excusing anything, but I am gonna point out that this is in the style section, not books, and I certainly wonder if the books editors are all groaning in despair at present given that they're likely to take much of the heat for this absurdly poorly considered choice
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"The American Dream:" A Course Syllabus
open.substack.com/pub/joycecar...
open.substack.com/pub/joycecar...
"The American Dream:" A Course Syllabus
Exploring the meaning of “The American Dream” through American literature and film
open.substack.com
February 20, 2025 at 7:47 PM
"The American Dream:" A Course Syllabus
open.substack.com/pub/joycecar...
open.substack.com/pub/joycecar...
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Bad news is coming in fast and furious today.
The Chaos Continues Apace: The NIH Edition
drugmonkey.scientopia.org/2025/01/22/t...
The Chaos Continues Apace: The NIH Edition
drugmonkey.scientopia.org/2025/01/22/t...
The Chaos Continues Apace: The NIH Edition
I don’t have any firm confirmation but over on BlueSky there are reports emerging that the new Administration’s halt of “communication” from any government agency until a po…
drugmonkey.scientopia.org
January 22, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Bad news is coming in fast and furious today.
The Chaos Continues Apace: The NIH Edition
drugmonkey.scientopia.org/2025/01/22/t...
The Chaos Continues Apace: The NIH Edition
drugmonkey.scientopia.org/2025/01/22/t...
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When you snap the perfect picture while your cat is squeezing through the doorway.
December 30, 2024 at 11:14 PM
When you snap the perfect picture while your cat is squeezing through the doorway.
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RuPaul’s Drag Race UK winner The Vivienne dies aged 32
RuPaul’s Drag Race UK winner The Vivienne dies aged 32
Tributes flood in for ‘warm-hearted and amazing’ drag artist James Lee Williams
James Lee Williams, known as drag artist The Vivienne, has died at the age of 32, his public relations representative announced on Sunday.
Simon Jones posted on Instagram on…
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2025 at 8:56 PM
RuPaul’s Drag Race UK winner The Vivienne dies aged 32
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SCIENCE ADVANCES
The human social cognitive network contains multiple regions within the amygdala
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The human social cognitive network contains multiple regions within the amygdala
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The human social cognitive network contains multiple regions within the amygdala
Social association areas are connected to amygdala nuclei involved in social behavior, including basolateral and medial nuclei.
www.science.org
December 3, 2024 at 1:20 PM
SCIENCE ADVANCES
The human social cognitive network contains multiple regions within the amygdala
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The human social cognitive network contains multiple regions within the amygdala
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Abbott elementary starts at 8pm this week with an hour long special. Please spread the word! 🎄 🫡
December 1, 2024 at 9:18 PM
Abbott elementary starts at 8pm this week with an hour long special. Please spread the word! 🎄 🫡
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OK If we are moving to Bluesky I am rescuing my favourite ever twitter thread (Jan 2019).
The renamed:
Bluesky-sized history of neuroscience (biased by my interests)
The renamed:
Bluesky-sized history of neuroscience (biased by my interests)
December 1, 2024 at 8:29 PM
OK If we are moving to Bluesky I am rescuing my favourite ever twitter thread (Jan 2019).
The renamed:
Bluesky-sized history of neuroscience (biased by my interests)
The renamed:
Bluesky-sized history of neuroscience (biased by my interests)
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the most problematic of all medical/moral issues! truly there is a "both sides" dimension to this.
prolonged suffering (so that hospitals can make more money) of the terminally ill is unacceptable; but too-quickly providing death (to save money) is equally unacceptable.
prolonged suffering (so that hospitals can make more money) of the terminally ill is unacceptable; but too-quickly providing death (to save money) is equally unacceptable.
My view on the matter is you shouldn't legalize and formalize it for the abuse/coercion concerns, but medical boards should also kinda look the other way when/if it does happen.
unfortunately, compassion & common sense will probably yield to the profit motive in "assisted dying." why would it be otherwise? in the US there has been a kind of coup--the last election suggests this--away from caring for others & toward caring exclusively for oneself & one's tribe/cult.
December 1, 2024 at 3:14 PM
the most problematic of all medical/moral issues! truly there is a "both sides" dimension to this.
prolonged suffering (so that hospitals can make more money) of the terminally ill is unacceptable; but too-quickly providing death (to save money) is equally unacceptable.
prolonged suffering (so that hospitals can make more money) of the terminally ill is unacceptable; but too-quickly providing death (to save money) is equally unacceptable.
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Our new study is out on BioRXiv!
tinyurl.com/pfcmap
We (@carlenlab.bsky.social lab) mapped the mouse PFC using single-unit activity! We recorded ~23,000 neurons across cortical/subcortical regions and profiled spont. firing patterns to reveal what separates the PFC from other brain regions.
1/n
tinyurl.com/pfcmap
We (@carlenlab.bsky.social lab) mapped the mouse PFC using single-unit activity! We recorded ~23,000 neurons across cortical/subcortical regions and profiled spont. firing patterns to reveal what separates the PFC from other brain regions.
1/n
A Prefrontal Cortex Map based on Single Neuron Activity
The intrinsic organization underlying the central cognitive role of the prefrontal cortex (PFC) is poorly understood. The work to date has been dominated by cytoarchitecture as a canvas for studies on...
www.biorxiv.org
November 25, 2024 at 3:03 PM
Our new study is out on BioRXiv!
tinyurl.com/pfcmap
We (@carlenlab.bsky.social lab) mapped the mouse PFC using single-unit activity! We recorded ~23,000 neurons across cortical/subcortical regions and profiled spont. firing patterns to reveal what separates the PFC from other brain regions.
1/n
tinyurl.com/pfcmap
We (@carlenlab.bsky.social lab) mapped the mouse PFC using single-unit activity! We recorded ~23,000 neurons across cortical/subcortical regions and profiled spont. firing patterns to reveal what separates the PFC from other brain regions.
1/n
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Missed this earlier, but it's fascinating.
Very occasionally, with the right conditions, human brains are preserved long after death and archaeologists stumble across them.
A study catalogued them and found 4,000+ examples from a time span of *12,000* years www.atlasobscura.com/articles/mys...
Very occasionally, with the right conditions, human brains are preserved long after death and archaeologists stumble across them.
A study catalogued them and found 4,000+ examples from a time span of *12,000* years www.atlasobscura.com/articles/mys...
The Mystery of 4,400 Preserved Brains—And One Scientist’s Quest to Solve It
The former undertaker collects human brains, talks to them, and hopes they won’t haunt her.
www.atlasobscura.com
November 30, 2024 at 9:44 AM
Missed this earlier, but it's fascinating.
Very occasionally, with the right conditions, human brains are preserved long after death and archaeologists stumble across them.
A study catalogued them and found 4,000+ examples from a time span of *12,000* years www.atlasobscura.com/articles/mys...
Very occasionally, with the right conditions, human brains are preserved long after death and archaeologists stumble across them.
A study catalogued them and found 4,000+ examples from a time span of *12,000* years www.atlasobscura.com/articles/mys...
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Our latest discovery of “lowest recorded temperature for eukaryotic cell motility” going all the way down to -15deg C. Come for the crazy cold Arctic & stay for diatoms. Will write longer thread - but enjoy video below of diatoms gliding on frozen ice surfaces. Congrats @zqing.bsky.social & team.
November 21, 2024 at 10:36 AM
Our latest discovery of “lowest recorded temperature for eukaryotic cell motility” going all the way down to -15deg C. Come for the crazy cold Arctic & stay for diatoms. Will write longer thread - but enjoy video below of diatoms gliding on frozen ice surfaces. Congrats @zqing.bsky.social & team.
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You asked for it...
November 19, 2024 at 11:31 PM
You asked for it...
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One thing I hope we can do as Bluesky gets larger is be less tolerant of the resistance grifters who will try to hack the platform for engagement and growth without any interest in adding anything substantive or meaningful
It’s a different kind of troll.
It’s a different kind of troll.
November 19, 2024 at 1:40 AM
One thing I hope we can do as Bluesky gets larger is be less tolerant of the resistance grifters who will try to hack the platform for engagement and growth without any interest in adding anything substantive or meaningful
It’s a different kind of troll.
It’s a different kind of troll.
Thirst traps, Beyoncé discourse, arguments about influencers.
Bluesky might be taking off for real this time.
Bluesky might be taking off for real this time.
November 18, 2024 at 9:39 PM
Thirst traps, Beyoncé discourse, arguments about influencers.
Bluesky might be taking off for real this time.
Bluesky might be taking off for real this time.
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Netflix announces Beyoncé will perform at halftime for the Texans-Ravens game live on December 25
November 18, 2024 at 4:24 AM
Netflix announces Beyoncé will perform at halftime for the Texans-Ravens game live on December 25
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After we adopted Toro we discovered that his first owner taught him to laugh like an evil villain
November 13, 2024 at 6:11 PM
After we adopted Toro we discovered that his first owner taught him to laugh like an evil villain
Is this just the economic anxiety equivalent talking point in 2024? It’s a pretty straightforward coalition of the Maga crowd and a bunch of people who don’t want a female president imo
We live in hell
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
November 13, 2024 at 5:40 PM
Is this just the economic anxiety equivalent talking point in 2024? It’s a pretty straightforward coalition of the Maga crowd and a bunch of people who don’t want a female president imo
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Paper from my PD with @faurelab.bsky.social came out a couple weeks ago #neuroskyence #neuroscience
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Transient nicotine exposure in early adolescent male mice freezes their dopamine circuits in an immature state - Nature Communications
How nicotine impacts the adolescent development of neural circuitry is not fully understood. Here authors show that early adolescent nicotine exposure in male mice blocked the maturation of nicotine-e...
www.nature.com
November 11, 2024 at 9:01 AM
Paper from my PD with @faurelab.bsky.social came out a couple weeks ago #neuroskyence #neuroscience
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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this is not a popular opinion these days but people have agency. people are in control of the choices they make. no one is forced to do anything.
November 8, 2024 at 2:56 AM
this is not a popular opinion these days but people have agency. people are in control of the choices they make. no one is forced to do anything.