Naguib Mechawar
@naguibmechawar.bsky.social
The bookish neuroscientist ™
sad clowns vs evil clowns
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 AM
sad clowns vs evil clowns
"... had we been choosing our leaders on the basis of their reading experience and not their political programs, there would be much less grief on earth. It seems to me that a potential master of our fates should be asked (...) about his attitude toward Stendhal, Dickens, Dostoevsky."
- J. Brodsky
- J. Brodsky
November 9, 2025 at 8:44 PM
"... had we been choosing our leaders on the basis of their reading experience and not their political programs, there would be much less grief on earth. It seems to me that a potential master of our fates should be asked (...) about his attitude toward Stendhal, Dickens, Dostoevsky."
- J. Brodsky
- J. Brodsky
The latest publication from my lab. Impressive work by PhD student Marina Wakid (now post-doc in London, U.K.) who found lasting childhood adversity-associated changes in the neurovasculature (prefrontal cortex) of women, but not men!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Pervasive neurovascular dysfunction in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex of female depressed suicides with a history of childhood abuse - Molecular Psychiatry
Molecular Psychiatry - Pervasive neurovascular dysfunction in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex of female depressed suicides with a history of childhood abuse
www.nature.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:42 PM
The latest publication from my lab. Impressive work by PhD student Marina Wakid (now post-doc in London, U.K.) who found lasting childhood adversity-associated changes in the neurovasculature (prefrontal cortex) of women, but not men!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I've just changed all my passwords to "Louvre".
November 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I've just changed all my passwords to "Louvre".
Fight or flight? I prefer flight, especially if I'm in an airport.
November 2, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Fight or flight? I prefer flight, especially if I'm in an airport.
Don't forget to set back the clocks on your phones before going to bed tonight.
November 1, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Don't forget to set back the clocks on your phones before going to bed tonight.
Reposted by Naguib Mechawar
Rendezvous on the Beach, by Edvard Munch, 1896
November 1, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Rendezvous on the Beach, by Edvard Munch, 1896
A wonderful start to the weekend.
November 1, 2025 at 3:21 AM
A wonderful start to the weekend.
"There's no crying in baseball", but there sure is a lot of spitting.
November 1, 2025 at 1:41 AM
"There's no crying in baseball", but there sure is a lot of spitting.
Reposted by Naguib Mechawar
Le visa d'entrée aux Etats-Unis de Wole Soyinka annulé. (on espérait rien, on est quand même déçu, épisode N) www.franceinfo.fr/culture/livr...
"Je n'ai pas de visa" : le Nigérian Wole Soyinka, prix Nobel de littérature, interdit d'entrée aux États-Unis
Le dramaturge a enseigné et reçu des distinctions de grandes universités américaines, notamment Harvard et Cornell.
www.franceinfo.fr
October 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Le visa d'entrée aux Etats-Unis de Wole Soyinka annulé. (on espérait rien, on est quand même déçu, épisode N) www.franceinfo.fr/culture/livr...
I just aced a cognitive test.
October 29, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I just aced a cognitive test.
Reposted by Naguib Mechawar
Rilke to Lou Andreas-Salomé
Chateau de Muzot s/Sierre (Valais) Last day of October, 1925
“My dear Lou…
If only I had called out long ago.”
theamericanreader.com/31-october-1...
Chateau de Muzot s/Sierre (Valais) Last day of October, 1925
“My dear Lou…
If only I had called out long ago.”
theamericanreader.com/31-october-1...
31 October (1925): Rainer Maria Rilke to Lou Andreas-Salomé | The American Reader
theamericanreader.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Rilke to Lou Andreas-Salomé
Chateau de Muzot s/Sierre (Valais) Last day of October, 1925
“My dear Lou…
If only I had called out long ago.”
theamericanreader.com/31-october-1...
Chateau de Muzot s/Sierre (Valais) Last day of October, 1925
“My dear Lou…
If only I had called out long ago.”
theamericanreader.com/31-october-1...
I will have spent 15-20% of my professional life managing my email inbox.
October 27, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I will have spent 15-20% of my professional life managing my email inbox.
In my lab, we're generating results like no one's ever seen before. These big beautiful findings... nobody would have ever thought it was possible just three years ago.
October 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
In my lab, we're generating results like no one's ever seen before. These big beautiful findings... nobody would have ever thought it was possible just three years ago.
My flight is delayed because they're unable to "reset the plane's system". Whatever that means.
Don't forget to like and subscribe for more exciting content.
Don't forget to like and subscribe for more exciting content.
October 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
My flight is delayed because they're unable to "reset the plane's system". Whatever that means.
Don't forget to like and subscribe for more exciting content.
Don't forget to like and subscribe for more exciting content.
"Would you like to leave a 35%, 30%, 25% or 20% tip?" is a question a machine asked me a minute ago. Now I feel cheap for having left an excellent (20%) tip. That's the point, of course.
October 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
"Would you like to leave a 35%, 30%, 25% or 20% tip?" is a question a machine asked me a minute ago. Now I feel cheap for having left an excellent (20%) tip. That's the point, of course.
Bluesky, can we please get an "edit other people's posts" feature?
October 24, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Bluesky, can we please get an "edit other people's posts" feature?
The "East Wing Soup Kitchen" would have been an inspiring demonstration of leadership and compassion.
October 22, 2025 at 10:44 PM
The "East Wing Soup Kitchen" would have been an inspiring demonstration of leadership and compassion.
Overheard someone say "I don't have a racist bone in my body". As if racism was a skeletal thing.
October 22, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Overheard someone say "I don't have a racist bone in my body". As if racism was a skeletal thing.
When I lived in Paris, I was under the constant domination of the pastryarchy.
October 19, 2025 at 10:16 PM
When I lived in Paris, I was under the constant domination of the pastryarchy.
Who decided it was ok to add pesto to everything?
October 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Who decided it was ok to add pesto to everything?
CONFESSION
Except for his Requiem, Mozart's music leaves me cold.
Except for his Requiem, Mozart's music leaves me cold.
October 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
CONFESSION
Except for his Requiem, Mozart's music leaves me cold.
Except for his Requiem, Mozart's music leaves me cold.
Late Anthropocene, also known as Gaslightocene.
October 16, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Late Anthropocene, also known as Gaslightocene.
Reposted by Naguib Mechawar
"La vita oscilla
tra il sublime e l’immondo
con qualche propensione
per il secondo."
Ricordando Eugenio Montale, nato il #12ottobre 1896.
tra il sublime e l’immondo
con qualche propensione
per il secondo."
Ricordando Eugenio Montale, nato il #12ottobre 1896.
October 12, 2025 at 6:28 AM
"La vita oscilla
tra il sublime e l’immondo
con qualche propensione
per il secondo."
Ricordando Eugenio Montale, nato il #12ottobre 1896.
tra il sublime e l’immondo
con qualche propensione
per il secondo."
Ricordando Eugenio Montale, nato il #12ottobre 1896.