Vika Tkacikova, M.S.
@millennialinguist.bsky.social
Cognitive psychology PhD candidate | amateur hiker| intermediate crocheter | expert dog lover | gamer | activist
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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it really is astounding that a presidential administration crashed the growth trajectory of the wealthiest country on the planet in basically two months
April 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
it really is astounding that a presidential administration crashed the growth trajectory of the wealthiest country on the planet in basically two months
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I cannot overstate the importance of reading books, particularly novels by respected authors, for critical thinking skills and reading comprehension. If the big gun novelists don't interest you, start small and work your way up. Or read whatever interests you. Just read. Or listen. It's all books.
April 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I cannot overstate the importance of reading books, particularly novels by respected authors, for critical thinking skills and reading comprehension. If the big gun novelists don't interest you, start small and work your way up. Or read whatever interests you. Just read. Or listen. It's all books.
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Hi.
Books are incredibly important.
Please let them be.
Books are incredibly important.
Please let them be.
April 6, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Hi.
Books are incredibly important.
Please let them be.
Books are incredibly important.
Please let them be.
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Sen. Peter Squelch (Black Faced Shealthbill party) addressing congress today. He is attempting to champion a resolution to sell penguin eggs in return for tariff renegotiation. So far, he’s received cold shoulders and some Senators who’ve even flipped the bird, in a typically polite Ice House.
April 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Sen. Peter Squelch (Black Faced Shealthbill party) addressing congress today. He is attempting to champion a resolution to sell penguin eggs in return for tariff renegotiation. So far, he’s received cold shoulders and some Senators who’ve even flipped the bird, in a typically polite Ice House.
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wow this front page of The Wall Street Journal's weekend edition
April 5, 2025 at 5:13 AM
wow this front page of The Wall Street Journal's weekend edition
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Dear US colleagues,
In response to the Trump administration, my university @univ-amu.fr is setting up a new program dedicated to welcoming American scientists wishing to pursue their work in France.
There are several M$ in the budget.
www.univ-amu.fr/en/public/ac...
In response to the Trump administration, my university @univ-amu.fr is setting up a new program dedicated to welcoming American scientists wishing to pursue their work in France.
There are several M$ in the budget.
www.univ-amu.fr/en/public/ac...
Safe Place For Science: Aix Marseille Université ready to welcome American scientists | Aix Marseille Université
In a context where some scientists in the United States may feel threatened or hindered in their research, our university is announcing the launch of the Safe Place For Science program, dedicated to w...
www.univ-amu.fr
March 7, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Dear US colleagues,
In response to the Trump administration, my university @univ-amu.fr is setting up a new program dedicated to welcoming American scientists wishing to pursue their work in France.
There are several M$ in the budget.
www.univ-amu.fr/en/public/ac...
In response to the Trump administration, my university @univ-amu.fr is setting up a new program dedicated to welcoming American scientists wishing to pursue their work in France.
There are several M$ in the budget.
www.univ-amu.fr/en/public/ac...
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At @standupforscience.bsky.social and the signs are statistically significantly excellent
March 7, 2025 at 6:51 PM
At @standupforscience.bsky.social and the signs are statistically significantly excellent
Hello from Pittsburgh! #StandUpForScience
March 7, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Hello from Pittsburgh! #StandUpForScience
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Opt out tomorrow!
February 28, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Opt out tomorrow!
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House Republicans just voted to gut Medicaid, which covers 1 in 5 Americans overall, including 41% of births and 63% of nursing home care.
They also just voted to gut SNAP, on which 41 million food insecure Americans rely.
This won’t just harm people. This will kill people.
They own this.
They also just voted to gut SNAP, on which 41 million food insecure Americans rely.
This won’t just harm people. This will kill people.
They own this.
February 26, 2025 at 1:22 AM
House Republicans just voted to gut Medicaid, which covers 1 in 5 Americans overall, including 41% of births and 63% of nursing home care.
They also just voted to gut SNAP, on which 41 million food insecure Americans rely.
This won’t just harm people. This will kill people.
They own this.
They also just voted to gut SNAP, on which 41 million food insecure Americans rely.
This won’t just harm people. This will kill people.
They own this.
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Listen, we had 20 people in our DM‘s asking for Pittsburgh to be an official spot! If you wanted to be an official spot sign up to volunteer for the location.
🚨 Looking for more volunteers to help us Stand Up for Science in Pittsburgh!
Know someone interested? Send them to our Airtable! airtable.com/app4h5wUssMG...
Know someone interested? Send them to our Airtable! airtable.com/app4h5wUssMG...
February 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Listen, we had 20 people in our DM‘s asking for Pittsburgh to be an official spot! If you wanted to be an official spot sign up to volunteer for the location.
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Medicaid is not for sale.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
February 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Medicaid is not for sale.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
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Get in dorks, we're going protesting!
STAND UP FOR SCIENCE WITH US ON MARCH 7TH, 2025
WASHINGTON DC AND EVERY STATE CAPITOL
Because science is for everyone!
Find us at www.standupforscience2025.org
#standupforscience2025 #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
STAND UP FOR SCIENCE WITH US ON MARCH 7TH, 2025
WASHINGTON DC AND EVERY STATE CAPITOL
Because science is for everyone!
Find us at www.standupforscience2025.org
#standupforscience2025 #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
February 10, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Get in dorks, we're going protesting!
STAND UP FOR SCIENCE WITH US ON MARCH 7TH, 2025
WASHINGTON DC AND EVERY STATE CAPITOL
Because science is for everyone!
Find us at www.standupforscience2025.org
#standupforscience2025 #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
STAND UP FOR SCIENCE WITH US ON MARCH 7TH, 2025
WASHINGTON DC AND EVERY STATE CAPITOL
Because science is for everyone!
Find us at www.standupforscience2025.org
#standupforscience2025 #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
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STAND UP FOR SCIENCE! March 7th 12-4pm (local time). DC AND YOUR STATE CAPITOL!!
BECAUSE SCIENCE IS FOR EVERYONE!
BECAUSE SCIENCE IS FOR EVERYONE!
You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.
February 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
STAND UP FOR SCIENCE! March 7th 12-4pm (local time). DC AND YOUR STATE CAPITOL!!
BECAUSE SCIENCE IS FOR EVERYONE!
BECAUSE SCIENCE IS FOR EVERYONE!
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Now more than ever.
February 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Now more than ever.
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is it woke to want to end cancer?
NEW: The N.I.H. will cut about $4 Billion from federal research grants that support cancer, virus and heart disease research.
#Project2025 called for the cuts to end subsidies to "leftist" university agendas.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
#Project2025 called for the cuts to end subsidies to "leftist" university agendas.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
Deep Cuts to Medical Research Funds Could Hobble University Budgets
Grants from the National Institutes of Health come with additional money for overhead. Proposed funding cuts would leave colleges with large budget gaps.
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 3:15 AM
is it woke to want to end cancer?
So excited to see so many bilingualism & SLA academics finally make it to BlueSky! Welcome 🙂
February 6, 2025 at 6:04 PM
So excited to see so many bilingualism & SLA academics finally make it to BlueSky! Welcome 🙂
What do you mean this isn’t a word??!It’s Pittsburghese!
January 31, 2025 at 2:32 AM
What do you mean this isn’t a word??!It’s Pittsburghese!
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remember stuff like this when they tell you that diversity means a lowering of standards
robert f. kennedy jr. submits his application to harvard university. his application is, in its entirety, a single page with his name "Robert F. Kennedy Jr."
he is accepted immediately.
he is accepted immediately.
January 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
remember stuff like this when they tell you that diversity means a lowering of standards
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Encouraging diversity among scientists is ethically right and also leads to better science.
January 27, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Encouraging diversity among scientists is ethically right and also leads to better science.
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Downtown. Wood Street Commons. Caller is at the bus stop and says that someone in the apartment complex is throwing tuna fish from the windows at them.
January 26, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Downtown. Wood Street Commons. Caller is at the bus stop and says that someone in the apartment complex is throwing tuna fish from the windows at them.
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Bilingualism is associated with a bigger brain. Similar to other cognitively demanding skills, it leads to dynamic subcortical structural adaptations which can be nonlinear, in line with expansion-renormalisation models of experience-dependent neuroplasticity. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Dynamic effects of bilingualism on brain structure map onto general principles of experience-based neuroplasticity - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Dynamic effects of bilingualism on brain structure map onto general principles of experience-based neuroplasticity
www.nature.com
January 24, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Bilingualism is associated with a bigger brain. Similar to other cognitively demanding skills, it leads to dynamic subcortical structural adaptations which can be nonlinear, in line with expansion-renormalisation models of experience-dependent neuroplasticity. www.nature.com/articles/s41...