Marlen Z. Gonzalez, PhD
@profg.bsky.social
community neuroscience, context matters, behavioral ecology, bunnies
Not ten toes in. Not at all.
March 28, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Not ten toes in. Not at all.
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My Phd student Noah is recruiting Trans* and Non-Binary folks to participate in a survey study on well-being (uwo.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...). Check it out if relevant and of interest to you, and appreciate any signal boosting in your networks!
March 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
My Phd student Noah is recruiting Trans* and Non-Binary folks to participate in a survey study on well-being (uwo.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...). Check it out if relevant and of interest to you, and appreciate any signal boosting in your networks!
Look who's NOT ten toes in. APA has been whack from the jump, so I guess it was too much to ask for them to do better. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/h...
Under Pressure, Psychology Accreditation Board Suspends Diversity Standards
As the Trump administration threatens to strip accrediting bodies of their power, many are scrambling to purge diversity requirements.
www.nytimes.com
March 28, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Look who's NOT ten toes in. APA has been whack from the jump, so I guess it was too much to ask for them to do better. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/h...
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NEW: In October, we published secret recordings of Russell Vought discussing plans to eviscerate entire agencies and decimate the morale of federal workers if Trump won a second term.
It's hard to imagine a more prescient piece of journalism, our editor-in-chief @sengelberg.bsky.social writes.
It's hard to imagine a more prescient piece of journalism, our editor-in-chief @sengelberg.bsky.social writes.
The October Story That Outlined Exactly What the Trump Administration Would Do to the Federal Bureaucracy
Historians have hindsight when they look into the past; journalists have the facts on the ground and context to help them look ahead. That means we can sometimes be surprised by how prescient a story ...
propub.li
March 20, 2025 at 11:02 AM
NEW: In October, we published secret recordings of Russell Vought discussing plans to eviscerate entire agencies and decimate the morale of federal workers if Trump won a second term.
It's hard to imagine a more prescient piece of journalism, our editor-in-chief @sengelberg.bsky.social writes.
It's hard to imagine a more prescient piece of journalism, our editor-in-chief @sengelberg.bsky.social writes.
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If you are a Black, Pakistani or Bangladeshi heritage UK student wanting to pursue a PhD in applied evolutionary anthropology or evolutionary public health with me, drop me an email and see funding opportunity below 👇🏻
www.ucl.ac.uk/scholarships...
www.ucl.ac.uk/scholarships...
www.ucl.ac.uk
March 19, 2025 at 3:50 PM
If you are a Black, Pakistani or Bangladeshi heritage UK student wanting to pursue a PhD in applied evolutionary anthropology or evolutionary public health with me, drop me an email and see funding opportunity below 👇🏻
www.ucl.ac.uk/scholarships...
www.ucl.ac.uk/scholarships...
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From a source: “Just had a co-presenter for a buildings research conference bow out. She’s a dual citizen and the FBI came knocking to ask her about her involvement in coauthoring chunks of the Paris Agreement.
Climate science is being literally (and I mean literally) criminalized.”
Climate science is being literally (and I mean literally) criminalized.”
March 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
From a source: “Just had a co-presenter for a buildings research conference bow out. She’s a dual citizen and the FBI came knocking to ask her about her involvement in coauthoring chunks of the Paris Agreement.
Climate science is being literally (and I mean literally) criminalized.”
Climate science is being literally (and I mean literally) criminalized.”
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I asked yesterday and no one could show me an article indicating that USAID money has actually been distributed as commanded by the court now over a week ago
Has USAID money been distributed?
Has USAID money been distributed?
March 17, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I asked yesterday and no one could show me an article indicating that USAID money has actually been distributed as commanded by the court now over a week ago
Has USAID money been distributed?
Has USAID money been distributed?
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BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered a stop to mass firings in federal agencies (except Pentagon, OPM and NARA) saying the so-called “reductions in force (RIFs)” broke the law.
“Employees purportedly terminated … are returned to government employ.”
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
“Employees purportedly terminated … are returned to government employ.”
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
March 14, 2025 at 1:27 AM
BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered a stop to mass firings in federal agencies (except Pentagon, OPM and NARA) saying the so-called “reductions in force (RIFs)” broke the law.
“Employees purportedly terminated … are returned to government employ.”
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
“Employees purportedly terminated … are returned to government employ.”
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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If you were thinking about making a donation to your local public college/university, NOW is an amazing time to do that. And yes, you can do things like earmark it for the music department. Or the physics department.
March 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
If you were thinking about making a donation to your local public college/university, NOW is an amazing time to do that. And yes, you can do things like earmark it for the music department. Or the physics department.
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Was thinking about how people at different ends of the economic spectrum are experiencing these times, then I remembered this--an example of how differently the ruling class experiences economic downturns compared to everyone else:
time.com/archive/6734...
time.com/archive/6734...
March 13, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Was thinking about how people at different ends of the economic spectrum are experiencing these times, then I remembered this--an example of how differently the ruling class experiences economic downturns compared to everyone else:
time.com/archive/6734...
time.com/archive/6734...
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Absolutely. Universities have to be very clear that cuts to research funding do not just affect faculty - they will drive up tuition costs. There will also be direct effects on patient care in universities with hospitals and clinical trials. These two outcomes are important to spell out.
Of course this may backfire if done poorly
But the connection between funding cuts and our teaching mission is, at the moment, at best hazy in people’s minds
Universities need to do better in making these connections
But the connection between funding cuts and our teaching mission is, at the moment, at best hazy in people’s minds
Universities need to do better in making these connections
March 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Absolutely. Universities have to be very clear that cuts to research funding do not just affect faculty - they will drive up tuition costs. There will also be direct effects on patient care in universities with hospitals and clinical trials. These two outcomes are important to spell out.
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Protesting is a right of all Americans under the first amendment. That said, If you're thinking about joining a protest near you, there are some crucial factors to consider in order to stay safe. Our guide from 2022:
How to Protest Safely: What to Bring, What to Do, and What to Avoid
If you’re planning on hitting the streets, this guide may be of some assistance.
wrd.cm
March 13, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Protesting is a right of all Americans under the first amendment. That said, If you're thinking about joining a protest near you, there are some crucial factors to consider in order to stay safe. Our guide from 2022:
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Man, when Boston Consulting Group is telling you to take action on climate change …
🚨NEW: climate inaction will cost more than a third of global GDP this century, but an investment of less than 2% GDP now will reduce harms by 90% - a "massive opportunity for humanity", finds a report from Boston Consulting Group and University of Cambridge.
Climate Inaction Could Cost 1/3 Of Global GDP This Century, BCG Warns
The Big 3 consulting firm finds that most harms come from productivity losses, but also reveals how nations could avoid 90% of climate damage.
www.forbes.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Man, when Boston Consulting Group is telling you to take action on climate change …
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The new OpenAI creative writing bot's "short story" has the phrase "democracy of ghosts". It's the sort of phrase that would make me stop and admire it, if I were reading a human author - which, it turns out, I was, because it's from Nabokov's 1957 novel "Pnin".
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
March 13, 2025 at 8:28 AM
The new OpenAI creative writing bot's "short story" has the phrase "democracy of ghosts". It's the sort of phrase that would make me stop and admire it, if I were reading a human author - which, it turns out, I was, because it's from Nabokov's 1957 novel "Pnin".
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
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Individual Border Patrol agents knew they were doing this, and a supervisor signed off on it.
U.S. citizen child recovering from brain cancer deported to Mexico with undocumented parents www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...
U.S. citizen child recovering from brain cancer deported to Mexico with undocumented parents
The Texas family was on their way to an emergency medical checkup, they said, when they were detained at an immigration checkpoint.
www.nbcnews.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Individual Border Patrol agents knew they were doing this, and a supervisor signed off on it.
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we tried this before
it ends with bears moving in
it ends with bears moving in
March 7, 2025 at 9:02 PM
we tried this before
it ends with bears moving in
it ends with bears moving in
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"the scientific basis of the [polygraph] was weak, the extant research was of low quality, the polygraph profession’s claims for the high accuracy of the CQT were unfounded, and, although the CQT has greater than chance accuracy, its error rate is unknown."
psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...
psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...
March 9, 2025 at 2:08 AM
"the scientific basis of the [polygraph] was weak, the extant research was of low quality, the polygraph profession’s claims for the high accuracy of the CQT were unfounded, and, although the CQT has greater than chance accuracy, its error rate is unknown."
psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...
psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...
As the director of the community neuroscience initiative, I have the honor of working with these absolute stars. Read about what we are up to here: news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
Neuroscience helps teachers empower students and themselves | Cornell Chronicle
The program from the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research provides student teachers an understanding on the neuroscience behind children’s learning and development and encourages them to p...
news.cornell.edu
March 6, 2025 at 5:10 PM
As the director of the community neuroscience initiative, I have the honor of working with these absolute stars. Read about what we are up to here: news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
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"The White House can lie all they want about how they're not stopping cancer research," the NIH source said, "but they're stopping cancer research on [NIH's] Bethesda campus."
Can confirm. The many shifting rules and EOs and bans do seem designed to stop cancer research at #NIH.
Can confirm. The many shifting rules and EOs and bans do seem designed to stop cancer research at #NIH.
1. The Trump administration has crippled cancer and Alzheimer's research by imposing a freeze on all government credit cards at NIH.
An NIH source with direct knowledge tell Popular Information that scientific research has ground to halt because necessary supplies can no longer be purchased.
An NIH source with direct knowledge tell Popular Information that scientific research has ground to halt because necessary supplies can no longer be purchased.
Trump credit card freeze crippling cancer and Alzheimer's research
On February 26, President Trump issued an executive order expanding the power of the United States DOGE Service (DOGE), the government initiative controlled by Elon Musk.
popular.info
March 4, 2025 at 2:03 AM
"The White House can lie all they want about how they're not stopping cancer research," the NIH source said, "but they're stopping cancer research on [NIH's] Bethesda campus."
Can confirm. The many shifting rules and EOs and bans do seem designed to stop cancer research at #NIH.
Can confirm. The many shifting rules and EOs and bans do seem designed to stop cancer research at #NIH.
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There are excellent neuro PhD programs in Europe that take international students. Here's one
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fchampalimaud.org/champalimaud...
March 4, 2025 at 1:49 PM
There are excellent neuro PhD programs in Europe that take international students. Here's one
fchampalimaud.org/champalimaud...
fchampalimaud.org/champalimaud...
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1/7. Public discourse about racial equity has changed a lot over the years. At @commhsp.bsky.social we’ve been monitoring those changes and their consequences. In a new 538 article, @efranklinfowler.bsky.social and I share what we’ve been seeing and why it matters.
abcnews.go.com/538/national...
abcnews.go.com/538/national...
How the national conversation shifted from structural racism to DEI
How the conversation about DEI has evolved over time.
abcnews.go.com
February 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
1/7. Public discourse about racial equity has changed a lot over the years. At @commhsp.bsky.social we’ve been monitoring those changes and their consequences. In a new 538 article, @efranklinfowler.bsky.social and I share what we’ve been seeing and why it matters.
abcnews.go.com/538/national...
abcnews.go.com/538/national...
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The "Datasaurus Dozen" is a standard example of how data can tell lots of different stories depending how you look at them. All of the data sets below have identical summary statistics (ones that are commonly reported) yet are clearly very heterogeneous. (from juliasilge.com/blog/datasau...)
February 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The "Datasaurus Dozen" is a standard example of how data can tell lots of different stories depending how you look at them. All of the data sets below have identical summary statistics (ones that are commonly reported) yet are clearly very heterogeneous. (from juliasilge.com/blog/datasau...)