Judah McAuley
@judahm.bsky.social
Tech leader who believes in SHAPE as much as STEM. Digging into trauma informed management, evolutionary complex systems, and what makes people tick. Kindness junkie. Loves to nerd out about ecology, neuroscience, sports, politics. Anti-racist, queer, enby
Ah, the time of year when I find myself pondering the deep questions of taxonomy in the grocery store.
Graham Crackers should be found in the aisle of:
Crackers?
Cookies?
Baking?
Candy?
Other?
What say you, I want to know!
Graham Crackers should be found in the aisle of:
Crackers?
Cookies?
Baking?
Candy?
Other?
What say you, I want to know!
December 25, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Ah, the time of year when I find myself pondering the deep questions of taxonomy in the grocery store.
Graham Crackers should be found in the aisle of:
Crackers?
Cookies?
Baking?
Candy?
Other?
What say you, I want to know!
Graham Crackers should be found in the aisle of:
Crackers?
Cookies?
Baking?
Candy?
Other?
What say you, I want to know!
News (sometimes) covers the big things, like judicial hearings and press conferences. But even though we know that there is more suffering behind each of those, it just doesn't hit people unless they hear what is actually happening on the ground. This is critical work.
I spent most of today seeking to meet with one of the many victims of ICE raids currently jailed in Downtown LA.
While @chrclla.bsky.social focuses its efforts on impact litigation, my team boosts efforts on the ground whenever possible.
What I saw speaks to the crisis in LA & beyond.
While @chrclla.bsky.social focuses its efforts on impact litigation, my team boosts efforts on the ground whenever possible.
What I saw speaks to the crisis in LA & beyond.
June 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM
News (sometimes) covers the big things, like judicial hearings and press conferences. But even though we know that there is more suffering behind each of those, it just doesn't hit people unless they hear what is actually happening on the ground. This is critical work.
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1/ 🎉 Black In Neuro is turning FIVE — and we’re celebrating with our first-ever in-person conference! 🧠✨
Join us for 3 days of connection, learning & celebration with the BIN community! 💥
📍 Sept 10–12 | Washington, D.C.
Registration is LIVE so register today at the link below! tinyurl.com/BINW25
Join us for 3 days of connection, learning & celebration with the BIN community! 💥
📍 Sept 10–12 | Washington, D.C.
Registration is LIVE so register today at the link below! tinyurl.com/BINW25
June 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
1/ 🎉 Black In Neuro is turning FIVE — and we’re celebrating with our first-ever in-person conference! 🧠✨
Join us for 3 days of connection, learning & celebration with the BIN community! 💥
📍 Sept 10–12 | Washington, D.C.
Registration is LIVE so register today at the link below! tinyurl.com/BINW25
Join us for 3 days of connection, learning & celebration with the BIN community! 💥
📍 Sept 10–12 | Washington, D.C.
Registration is LIVE so register today at the link below! tinyurl.com/BINW25
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🚨 Cool new project alert 🚨
WE- you, me, everyone- need to work together to get important science messages out to people.
4 artists & 3 scientists collab'd on these posters. We hope YOU will put them out in your community. Each poster comes w/info about each topic.
Get 'em Squidfacts.bigcartel.com
WE- you, me, everyone- need to work together to get important science messages out to people.
4 artists & 3 scientists collab'd on these posters. We hope YOU will put them out in your community. Each poster comes w/info about each topic.
Get 'em Squidfacts.bigcartel.com
May 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
🚨 Cool new project alert 🚨
WE- you, me, everyone- need to work together to get important science messages out to people.
4 artists & 3 scientists collab'd on these posters. We hope YOU will put them out in your community. Each poster comes w/info about each topic.
Get 'em Squidfacts.bigcartel.com
WE- you, me, everyone- need to work together to get important science messages out to people.
4 artists & 3 scientists collab'd on these posters. We hope YOU will put them out in your community. Each poster comes w/info about each topic.
Get 'em Squidfacts.bigcartel.com
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I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
April 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
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Crockett: I am tired of the white tears. When you compare me to Marjorie Taylor Greene or me to Lauren Boebert, there is no comparison. So the only people that are crying are the mediocre white boys that have been beaten out by people that historically have had to work so, so much harder
February 4, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Crockett: I am tired of the white tears. When you compare me to Marjorie Taylor Greene or me to Lauren Boebert, there is no comparison. So the only people that are crying are the mediocre white boys that have been beaten out by people that historically have had to work so, so much harder
Safe consumption sites, ftw! This saves lives, folks.
This is super dope! I hope future sites aren't met with resistance from the incoming administration. 🤞
Fantastic news out of Rhode Island. Opening their #OVERDOSE PREVENTION SITE!
Another tool in the toolbox, especially for those who are extremely marginalized or stigmatized. @reginalabelle.bsky.social
thepublicsradio.org/health/rhode...
Another tool in the toolbox, especially for those who are extremely marginalized or stigmatized. @reginalabelle.bsky.social
thepublicsradio.org/health/rhode...
December 11, 2024 at 6:44 AM
Safe consumption sites, ftw! This saves lives, folks.
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just a friendly reminder that one of my favorite secular holidays is coming up next week, so (if you haven’t already) it’s time to start figuring out your menu and shopping list for henry kissinger death day
November 21, 2024 at 4:46 AM
just a friendly reminder that one of my favorite secular holidays is coming up next week, so (if you haven’t already) it’s time to start figuring out your menu and shopping list for henry kissinger death day
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It's kind of amazing that we showed we could cut child poverty in half for roughly 100 billion/year (absolute peanuts in a 7 trillion dollar budget), did it for a year, and then just stopped doing it.
The food security report is out, and it's bad news: 13.5% of households were food insecure in 2023, up from 12.8% in 2022. This is what happens when you abruptly end "pandemic" supports that should have been there all along.
www.ers.usda.gov/publications...
www.ers.usda.gov/publications...
Household Food Security in the United States in 2023
An estimated 13.5 percent of households (18.0 million) were food insecure in 2023, meaning they had difficulty at some time during the year providing enough food for all their members because of a lac...
www.ers.usda.gov
September 4, 2024 at 3:55 PM
It's kind of amazing that we showed we could cut child poverty in half for roughly 100 billion/year (absolute peanuts in a 7 trillion dollar budget), did it for a year, and then just stopped doing it.
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As someone working in conservation and ecology, I want to add that learning to see the world differently, with new eyes, is one of the most beautiful and rewarding aspects of ecological training and expertise. We live in a world of wounds AND wonder, both of which are often invisible to others.
#Ecologists suffer from a burden of knowledge unlike that of most careers... Not only are we often underpaid, but we are also forced to watch the things we most care about be destroyed by apathetic or malicious humans who live blissfully ignorant to the importance of the natural world.... #ecogrief
November 23, 2024 at 8:45 PM
As someone working in conservation and ecology, I want to add that learning to see the world differently, with new eyes, is one of the most beautiful and rewarding aspects of ecological training and expertise. We live in a world of wounds AND wonder, both of which are often invisible to others.
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Ok, by request, here are my talking points for the seminar on countering misinformation. Note that this is a graduate course for STEM (almost entirely neuroscience)grad students & postdocs so while it's not preaching to the choir it's definitely teaching them a new song. 1/
November 22, 2024 at 11:54 PM
Ok, by request, here are my talking points for the seminar on countering misinformation. Note that this is a graduate course for STEM (almost entirely neuroscience)grad students & postdocs so while it's not preaching to the choir it's definitely teaching them a new song. 1/
This is a good reminder that a poll is a combination of who people believe they will vote for (actual survey) which has a margin of error but is fairly solid and then sampling of those based on who the polls think will actually vote. The model is the least reliable and most opaque.
If NYT/Siena is making you panic, take note that Harris is +12 among women and age 18-29, but NYT fiddles with the numbers to suppress them.
NYT assumed electorate:
52% women
13% age 18-29
Actual electorate 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020:
54-55% women
15-16% age 18-29
NYT assumed electorate:
52% women
13% age 18-29
Actual electorate 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020:
54-55% women
15-16% age 18-29
October 25, 2024 at 3:49 PM
This is a good reminder that a poll is a combination of who people believe they will vote for (actual survey) which has a margin of error but is fairly solid and then sampling of those based on who the polls think will actually vote. The model is the least reliable and most opaque.
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As you can see, the rise in profanity on Taylor Swift albums (left) is having the unusual effect of causing a dramatic rise in installed solar power capacity.
April 22, 2024 at 7:48 PM
As you can see, the rise in profanity on Taylor Swift albums (left) is having the unusual effect of causing a dramatic rise in installed solar power capacity.
4 years ago there was so much we didn't know. Couldn't know. But didn't pretend we didn't know anything, that we didn't have the ability to make better, more informed decisions than we did.
March 20, 2024 at 6:10 AM
4 years ago there was so much we didn't know. Couldn't know. But didn't pretend we didn't know anything, that we didn't have the ability to make better, more informed decisions than we did.
This is a wild ride of mendacity. So many "wait... Wut?!?" moments starting with the fact that Florida seems to have Public Defender as a partisan elected position?
March 16, 2024 at 10:30 PM
This is a wild ride of mendacity. So many "wait... Wut?!?" moments starting with the fact that Florida seems to have Public Defender as a partisan elected position?
The American Psychological Association does not have the most sterling record on human rights, to put it politely, but it is fantastic to see them stepping up on a timely and urgent issue.
The APA is coming out SWINGING, utterly rejecting the stigma and misinformation around trans healthcare, calling for a total repeal of all anti-trans healthcare bills, & going for the throat of transphobic lies!
I know it's not the same as gov't policy, but this is still great.
This passed 153-9.
I know it's not the same as gov't policy, but this is still great.
This passed 153-9.
World's Largest Psych Association Passes Policy Supporting Trans Youth Care By Massive Margin
The American Psychological Association, representing 157,000 members, has issued a resolution calling for an end to trans care bans and misinformation around care.
www.erininthemorning.com
March 3, 2024 at 6:10 AM
The American Psychological Association does not have the most sterling record on human rights, to put it politely, but it is fantastic to see them stepping up on a timely and urgent issue.
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The GLP-1 medication liraglutide significantly reduced opioid cravings in a small analysis.
www.statnews.com/2024/02/17/o...
www.statnews.com/2024/02/17/o...
Opioid cravings were reduced by anti-obesity drug in small study
Early but promising results from the first randomized controlled trial to test a popular class of weight-loss drugs against opioid addiction.
www.statnews.com
February 20, 2024 at 3:02 PM
The GLP-1 medication liraglutide significantly reduced opioid cravings in a small analysis.
www.statnews.com/2024/02/17/o...
www.statnews.com/2024/02/17/o...
This is a problem I've seen first hand many times not only in academia but also private industry. Our rewards are often aligned towards answers we desire rather than process we need. We need to reward people for doing the work the right way, not giving us the answer that feels best at the time.
February 19, 2024 at 6:54 PM
This is a problem I've seen first hand many times not only in academia but also private industry. Our rewards are often aligned towards answers we desire rather than process we need. We need to reward people for doing the work the right way, not giving us the answer that feels best at the time.
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One of the six police officers charged after the killing of Freddie Gray has been tapped to oversee the Baltimore Police Department's Public Integrity Bureau, a unit that handles misconduct investigations
Officer involved in Freddie Gray's death will oversee Baltimore police integrity unit
Captain Alicia White's move to the Public Integrity Bureau went into effect on Feb. 11, officials say. She is one of the six officers involved in Freddie Gray's death, none of whom were convicted.
t.co
February 16, 2024 at 1:41 PM
One of the six police officers charged after the killing of Freddie Gray has been tapped to oversee the Baltimore Police Department's Public Integrity Bureau, a unit that handles misconduct investigations
This is just one of the reasons we need a guaranteed income program. Everywhere it has been tried, it has worked. The monthly payments on the earned income tax credit during covid lockdown? Biggest reduction in childhood poverty ever. We can and have done it. Now make it permanent.
This is heart-breaking stuff.
February 17, 2024 at 9:21 PM
This is just one of the reasons we need a guaranteed income program. Everywhere it has been tried, it has worked. The monthly payments on the earned income tax credit during covid lockdown? Biggest reduction in childhood poverty ever. We can and have done it. Now make it permanent.