opapoulas.bsky.social
@opapoulas.bsky.social
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Canadian academics are some of the Americas’ top research collaborators and receive funding from US agencies. As a result, they have not been spared from the funding cuts and job losses that are plaguing their US counterparts. #Academicsky 🧪
‘A funeral for our careers’: Trump’s science cuts spill onto Canadian turf
Researchers in Canada prepare for turbulence in the wake of US funding changes — but there’s a silver lining.
go.nature.com
June 6, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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What songs get us up on the dance floor? New work by Riya Sidhu from the @neurobeats.bsky.social lab shows that it's the nostalgic throwback songs from our teenage years that are most likely to get us moving. 🧪 🧠
Some nice coverage of PhD candidate Riya Sidhu's recent paper. lfpress.com/news/local-n...
June 6, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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My quote of the day

Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.

Bill Bradley
June 5, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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Republicans added more ugly details in the middle of the night to make their “big beautiful bill” even uglier.

Now estimates show that 16 million Americans are about to lose access to a physician, medications, and more. That’s not cost-cutting; it’s care-cutting—a painful loss to so many families.
16 million lose insurance under budget bill, other policies: CBO - Roll Call
Estimate comes as Senate Republicans began conference-wide briefings Wednesday on how they plan to modify the $2.4 trillion House package.
rollcall.com
June 6, 2025 at 12:10 AM